Ye gods, the weather
As anyone who watched the national news knows, it sucks ot be in Buffalo these days.
I drove out of town on Thursday night in the snow and thunder and lightning. Yes. All at once. No, I am not kidding about that. Scariest thing I have ever seen.
I had to be in Rochester on Friday to help run Rudicon. I packed by candlelight Thursday night, and while the traffic light at the end of my street worked when I got home from school (after taking 40
minutes to go 6 miles) there was no traffic light and a cop standing in the snow when I headed for the highway. It apparently got worse after I left town. Some people were reporting upwards of 14 inches of heavy wet snow. Trees can either have leaves or snow. Both at once and the trees break.
I'm glad I drove out on Thursday night, as the New York Throughway was *SHUT DOWN* going into or out of Buffalo for most of the day Friday.
I got home last night. Still no power. I am writing this from school where classes resumed today (no university services Friday-Monday other than emergency stuff). School has heat and hot water. I have a house that is about 49 degrees inside (ironically the digital thermostat must be battery powered, I can see how cold it is in my apartment but can't do anything about that).
I have no front yard, just a pile of branches as high as my car. There is a branch on the power line going into the house.
It's like the ice storm of 98, only this was snow in OCTOBER!
My birthday is Thursday. I am hoping to be given electricity. The local power company hopes to have the entire city up and running by... Sunday.
I drove out of town on Thursday night in the snow and thunder and lightning. Yes. All at once. No, I am not kidding about that. Scariest thing I have ever seen.
I had to be in Rochester on Friday to help run Rudicon. I packed by candlelight Thursday night, and while the traffic light at the end of my street worked when I got home from school (after taking 40
minutes to go 6 miles) there was no traffic light and a cop standing in the snow when I headed for the highway. It apparently got worse after I left town. Some people were reporting upwards of 14 inches of heavy wet snow. Trees can either have leaves or snow. Both at once and the trees break.
I'm glad I drove out on Thursday night, as the New York Throughway was *SHUT DOWN* going into or out of Buffalo for most of the day Friday.
I got home last night. Still no power. I am writing this from school where classes resumed today (no university services Friday-Monday other than emergency stuff). School has heat and hot water. I have a house that is about 49 degrees inside (ironically the digital thermostat must be battery powered, I can see how cold it is in my apartment but can't do anything about that).
I have no front yard, just a pile of branches as high as my car. There is a branch on the power line going into the house.
It's like the ice storm of 98, only this was snow in OCTOBER!
My birthday is Thursday. I am hoping to be given electricity. The local power company hopes to have the entire city up and running by... Sunday.