Comments | vovat: Snowy Days and Sundays Always Get Me Down

vovat

Snowy Days and Sundays Always Get Me Down

Dec 28, 2010 00:38

I was hoping Walmart would be closed on Monday, due to the snow that was all over the roads and still falling when my shift began, but no such luck. They did end up closing four hours early, but the amount of driving was the same. It had only recently stopped snowing when I took bethje to work on Monday morning, but there was no chance her work would ( Read more... )

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Comments 7

ozma914 December 28 2010, 09:01:52 UTC

Back in 1993 I went into work at my part-time job at a video store even though I had a high fever, because a really bad snow storm was just hitting and I figured no one in their right mind would venture out just to rent a movie or game. It was the single busiest day in our history; when people wouldn't get out in four wheel drives anymore, they came by snowmobile and on foot.

Be careful with that Wii; I gave Emily hers on December 21, and I'm still taking heavy pain medicine after three days of Wii Sports.

vovat December 28 2010, 22:30:01 UTC

If you're going to be stuck in the house all day, I guess you might as well be stuck with a movie, right? This was before the days of On Demand, after all.

ozma914 December 29 2010, 05:59:42 UTC

I have an entire house full of books, so that doesn't compute for me ... but then, a house full of books doesn't compute for a lot of other people.

I think their biggest fear was that, as a family, they might have to -- *gasp* -- talk to each other! And that's a fear I *can* understand.

kevenn December 28 2010, 15:40:34 UTC

I wonder if the "state of emergency" has to do with the supplies of salt available for clearing road in relation to the amount of snow fall. Maybe their supplies of road salt has been depleted faster than they anticipated?

vovat December 28 2010, 22:31:44 UTC

Could be. Actually, the worst preparation for a snowstorm I've come across was in southern Virginia. Apparently they're not even sure what snow is down in Dixie.

rockinlibrarian December 28 2010, 15:59:34 UTC

Step up from state of emergency = disaster zone?

My mother in law is always insisting we call off work whenever there is snow on the road. Um... doesn't quite work that way.

vovat December 28 2010, 22:32:09 UTC

And a step up from a disaster zone is an apocalypse!