Comments on: Big snow

By: Dick Stanley

Dick Stanley — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:33:11 +0000

I can imagine the cabin fever from being snowed-in. It’s bad enough here and that’s just from it being cold all the time.

By: Veeshir

Veeshir — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:47 +0000

I stocked up on salami, brie and bread and cigars today. Store finally had baguettes.
Scotch and beer still holding out.

Cabin fever getting to me.
The dog keeps telling me I’m acting weird but I think he just wants to go back out and play in the snow.

By: Dick Stanley

Dick Stanley — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:56 +0000

When the food stores run out of stock, you may have to head south.

By: Veeshir

Veeshir — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:16:25 +0000

Another day off, the roads are still really bad.
If it snows the 10-20 inches they’re predicting today I might have the whole week off.

By: Dick Stanley

Dick Stanley — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:18:04 +0000

Sounds like Alaska, or North Dakota. Pretty amazing.

By: Veeshir

Veeshir — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:06:45 +0000

The side streets are still only one lane that’s just snow packed down to about 5 or 6 inches of ice.
I haven’t been out past the major road by my house, but it’s an important commuter road. The George Washington Parkway. It’s Washington St in Alexandria.
Right now it’s 1 lane each way instead of 2 each way plus a parking lane that’s HOV. Northbound in the morning and southbound in the afternoon the parking lane is a travel lane.
Right now, there’s one open lane and some cars parked in deep drifts of snow.

It’s not getting any better until it rains or gets above freezing for a few days.

By: Veeshir

Veeshir — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:38:58 +0000

I have a gas stove so I can heat it up there.

I’m not big on nukesters. I use them for thawing food before I cook it and not much else.

StG, I won’t be going outside too much.
I mostly got the beer for the Super Bowl tomorrow. The city will still be under then, heck, I’ll probably get a snow day on Monday again.
I’ll only to bring the dog out and he’s not liking the snow too much, it’s deeper than his legs are long.
He crapped up this morning.

By: Dick Stanley

Dick Stanley — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:33:01 +0000

Indeed, Mr. B’s godfather wasn’t worried last night. I mainly worry about him losing power out there, but he has a fireplace and plenty of wood. As long as he can get to the tractor without soaking himself in the wet snow he should be all right.

Veeshir: Well, Chinese is better than starving, as long as the microwave works to heat it up. Nothing worse than sticky, cold Chinese takeout. I read your post and the comments. You had better get that snow off the convertible top before it collapses it.

By: SnoopyTheGoon

SnoopyTheGoon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:09:39 +0000

I would venture a guess that people in rural areas are better equipped to meet such a storm.

Veeshir: as long as you remember that the feeling of warmth created by the drink is a false one, you should be OK.

By: Veeshir

Veeshir — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:58:26 +0000

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It ain’t pretty. Even the dog was happy to go back inside, it’s too deep. Everything around here is just a series of humps in the snow. Tree limbs are coming down all over the place, it is a wet snow and weighs a ton. Last night, during the first few hours, it was a mix of rain and snow and started out heavy, heavy, heavy. I feel sorry for shovelers.

As for my pantry, I got breakfast food yesterday (the supermarket was out of bread. Out of bread) and had a bunch of Chinese food delivered yesterday before the snow accumulated so I have a full weekend’s worth of Kung Pao Chicken, Szechuan beef and Mongolian beef.
I also stocked up on Belgian beer and single malt scotch so even if I run out of food, I won’t mind so much.