Comments | hylandr: State of Emergency

hylandr

State of Emergency

Oct 13, 2006 08:50

I guess they've called a state of emergency for the area. Driving bans are being enforced in my county and some adjacent ones. We've got 8" of snow and could get up to another foot. Power is out in some areas thought luckily not here. It is out at work as I tried calling there first and didn't even get the answering machine. I'm home for the ( Read more... )

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kdborg October 13 2006, 13:04:53 UTC

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait... I didn't see it happen, so it didn't happen. That's right. It didn't happen. LALALALALALALA!

hylandr October 15 2006, 15:07:41 UTC

Well, since I lost power Friday, I couldn't see much happen either.

dendren October 13 2006, 13:06:44 UTC

holy crap... had no clue the weather had turned so severe in your area. Stay warm and safe mister!

hylandr October 15 2006, 15:09:17 UTC

Last Sunday I was in shorts. Thursday was a freak storm. Had to do with cold air going over the warm lake. Since it's so early, there were still a lot of leaves on the trees to catch the snow and create heavy weights to land on the phone lines and take them out. Thousands of homes without power.

j_dc October 13 2006, 13:10:25 UTC

perfect time to be making nude snow angels... HOT!

hylandr October 15 2006, 15:10:30 UTC

Actually, they'd be slush or mud snow angels. The snow didn't stay long. Just long enough to weigh down the branches and take out power and phone lines.

bonisagus October 13 2006, 13:12:29 UTC

You got 8 inches did you? You say it like it's a bad thing. :p

hylandr October 15 2006, 15:11:12 UTC

If you wanna be bottom boy, have fun! Not me. :P

raphbearish October 13 2006, 13:18:39 UTC

Wow. The weather in your area sounds severe, but there's been worse. It's not like you live in Florida and the city's never experienced snow before. 8 inches is hardly "state of emergency".

hylandr October 15 2006, 15:13:32 UTC

The state of emergency is more because it's so early in the year that the trees are full of leaves still to catch the snow and take out power and phone lines, have large branches or whole sections of trees ball and block roadways, and such. There are thoushands of homes without power and they are looking at another week to be able to correct all the damage. Most of the snow is all melting away but the damage from the storm is the problem.