DC Snow Report, Day 3

The skies are clear again today. Thanks to a late night snow plow run, we have a single lane up our street on which to escape if needed. Parking is still at a premium since no one can park on the street, but our neighbourhood is generally managing.

kent4str and I went out foraging earlier today with visits to Home Depot and Giant Foods. We also made stops at Radio Shack and CVS in search of "D" batteries but none were to be found, apparently since last Friday. Oh, well... our existing ones will be good for a while.

We bought some minor hardware for some household projects (remounting a mirror on the bathroom door, fixing the light fixture in the office, etc.) as well as replenishing the food stocks (primarily Coke Classic).

As expected, the roads weren't great. We stuck to the major commuter routes but the right-hand lane of most were still buried in snowbanks, restricting the flow of traffic. We had to wait 10+ minutes to make a left-hand turn at one intersection because the turn lane was buried and thus no car could activate the sensors for the left-hand turn signal. The entire line of us theoretically broke the law by turning left against the signal but we did it only when we were sure the path was completely clear --the county can spank me later. Most parking lots were half buried in snow too. I'm still amazed how many people couldn't be bothered to clean the snow off the hood of their car or the passenger side of the windshield, let alone the roof; the same drivers also apparently didn't mind talking on the telephone while driving. Morons.

The true joy is yet to come: we have another storm system moving in which may drop another foot of snow on us between noon Tuesday and 7pm Wednesday. You can imagine how thrilled we are by this development.

Additional note: my dental cleaning for tomorrow morning has been rescheduled because the hygienist won't be available. One can only imagine the sorrow I feel currently.

DC Snow Report, Day 3

The skies are clear again today. Thanks to a late night snow plow run, we have a single lane up our street on which to escape if needed. Parking is still at a premium since no one can park on the street, but our neighbourhood is generally managing.

kent4str and I went out foraging earlier today with visits to Home Depot and Giant Foods. We also made stops at Radio Shack and CVS in search of "D" batteries but none were to be found, apparently since last Friday. Oh, well... our existing ones will be good for a while.

We bought some minor hardware for some household projects (remounting a mirror on the bathroom door, fixing the light fixture in the office, etc.) as well as replenishing the food stocks (primarily Coke Classic).

As expected, the roads weren't great. We stuck to the major commuter routes but the right-hand lane of most were still buried in snowbanks, restricting the flow of traffic. We had to wait 10+ minutes to make a left-hand turn at one intersection because the turn lane was buried and thus no car could activate the sensors for the left-hand turn signal. The entire line of us theoretically broke the law by turning left against the signal but we did it only when we were sure the path was completely clear --the county can spank me later. Most parking lots were half buried in snow too. I'm still amazed how many people couldn't be bothered to clean the snow off the hood of their car or the passenger side of the windshield, let alone the roof; the same drivers also apparently didn't mind talking on the telephone while driving. Morons.

The true joy is yet to come: we have another storm system moving in which may drop another foot of snow on us between noon Tuesday and 7pm Wednesday. You can imagine how thrilled we are by this development.

Additional note: my dental cleaning for tomorrow morning has been rescheduled because the hygienist won't be available. One can only imagine the sorrow I feel currently.