New Hampshire Ice Storm - Can't Get There From Here
New Hampshire Ice Storm - Can't Get There From Here
Last night it started to get icy, and I guess around 2:30AM the power went out. I slept until my normal 6:15AM and the alarm on my phone woke me up. Not only was the power out, but the phones were out too. My G1 on T-Mobile didn't have any service, but my AT&T phone from work did have service.
I had a feeling it would be a bad commute but decided to go in. I called my work and the auto attendant picked up so I knew we had at least basic power (we have a generator at work). I called my boss and told him I might be late.
The hot water wasn't very hot due to the hot water heater being off for 5 hours, so I didn't take a shower this morning. I just washed my face and brushed my teeth and got dressed.
My car had a little ice on it but a lot of it melted because it was raining.
I travel north to work on backroads, and there were tree limbs all over the road but the first part of my commute it was already cleared. There were still some spots where trees were down but were only blocking half the road so the crews must have skipped those for now to make the roads at least passable by 1 lane.
I come to a 4 way intersection where I normally take a left and not only was the left turn blocked, but going straight ahead was blocked too!
I turned around and decided to try an alternate route. A half mile later that was also blocked.
I backtracked down another road and was blocked again. This spot is where I took this picture. It's quite pretty looking with all the ice, but it sucks balls trying to get to work.
I tried one more altnerate and I was blocked again, then decided just go east towards the coast where I could catch I-95. Finally I was able to find some passable roads and my normal 30 minutes commute took an hour and a half.
The main power in our building is out, but we have a robust generator so at least the computer/server area where I sit has power.
