Messy morning here
By Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
Canada
February 13, 2019 4:01am CST
Well the storm didn't pass us by. We are getting hit quite hard right now. All schools are closed, the city buses aren't running, most businesses are deciding not to open, cabs aren't coming up this way because of the hill and road conditions and there is no way I can get my car out of the parking lot. It is only going to get worse as the day goes on but I have to go to work. Not sure how I am going to get there. My boss is down south on vacation so he can't pick me up. I guess I will figure it out. I think I said this many times before I hate winter.
Hoping you all have a wonderful day or night depending where you are.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
What a difference a few miles make. The snow is just starting here. No accumulation yet. I wonder what the day will bring.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
It is suppose to change to freezing rain here later. It started here about 4am.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
@Happy2BeMe it's coming down a lot heavier now. Hubby has an appointment in Cap Pele for and oil change at 8 AM. He'll be heading out in about half an hour. Hope that the weather is decent at least until he gets back home.
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@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
13 Feb 19
@Happy2BeMe He finishes for about 6:30. So on a good day, it may take him about an hour on public transit. Now, I'm really not sure what's going to happen.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
@dodo19 our transit has been pulled off the roads here. Hope he gets home soon.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
I do hope that everything is ok. When do you expect him home?
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@Juliaacv (51361)
• Canada
14 Feb 19
@Happy2BeMe I hope that you didn't stu and fret all day about missing work.
When the boss (in charge) cannot get in, it only makes sense that everyone else will have issues as well. I hope that you enjoyed the day off.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
14 Feb 19
@Juliaacv I enjoyed the afternoon after I got over the anxious feeling
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@Fleura (30541)
• United Kingdom
13 Feb 19
@Happy2BeMe It would be good if there was stuff you could do at home, you don't want to put yourself at risk just for the sake of a sign!
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
It is not an essential service but we never close. It is a aign/printing company
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
@Fleura no I don't but of the boss says we are open we are expected to be there
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
13 Feb 19
@Happy2BeMe I read it. You were better off not risking your life for a job. Good for you!
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
@DianneN thanks I felt bad about it but there wasn't much I could do
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
I decided to just stay home I couldn't get to work even if I wanted to
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
13 Feb 19
I would make today a sick day and stay home where it's warm and safe.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
13 Feb 19
I didn't go in I jusypt couldn't get there
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Feb 19
This is such an extreme situation that your work should be shut down.
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@BearArtistLady (6036)
• United States
10 Mar 19
I'm not too sure when you wrote this, but it brought to mind the winters in Montana and how much I hated them. I'm not a cold person and I sure don't like ice and snow. So I moved back to California back in 1981. The horrific rains were more tolerable than the snow and ice. Fast forward to March 6th. I was supposed to do my half day working at the shop...except...we got to the creek and it was more like a river. That was the lower crossing. The water was about 100 feet across and about three feet deep the whole 100 feet across. So we turned around and went to the upper crossing.
We got there and it was about 75 feet across and running about 3 and a half feet deep with a lot of debris blocking the roadway. No way could we cross. When the water is running that deep it is usually too dangerous for a vehicle to try to cross the "creek" to get out. Too many people have taken chances trying to cross the creek when it was running hard and deep, even after the people living back where I live banded together and laid concrete across both crossings to make it safer to drive through the water. We ended up going home and I called work and told the we weren't coming in.
I can understand the reasoning as to "WHY" the various modes of public transportation won't work in your part of the world. It's too easy to have an accident and have people injured. Especially with the possibility of black ice causing a vehicle to suddenly slide. I read a lot of accident reports about vehicles having accidents on black ice...and very often opted to stay home rather than go out on a serious storm day.
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@Coffeeman970 (33)
• Christiansted, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
13 Feb 19
I'm sorry to hear about that. I hope you will be ok.
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