Travel
The weather in the east is truly amazing, and reminds me of a few blizzards I have been through when I lived there. There is something exciting about making the preparations, getting food (and drink) in, battening down the hatches, and watching the storm's progress on TV. I've been doing that today - watching the progress of the storm, that is. My granddaughter is in Philly, a niece is in NYC, and my son and his family are out in the Hudson Valley. I hope all of them are prepared.
It has been especially interesting watching the behaviors of people who are urged to get off the roads early. I laughed to myself and thought "those high powered execs in DC are too important to get off the roads when told to. (I'm including govt as well as corporate officials, as both seem to live in a parallel universe.) And by golly I wasn't far from wrong - the DC and Northern VA area still have people out getting stuck in the snow. There have been an astounding number of accidents today in this area, and it puts the responders at risk.
The folks in NYC are having a good time and taking things in stride. Most of them don't drive anyway, so they are throwing snowballs at each other in Times Square. Oh how I wish I could be there this weekend. A TV reporter noted that the line was out the door at Whole Foods, and out the door and down the block at the nearby liquor store.
So it has been raining here much of today and will be the same tomorrow, and then we should have a week of sunshine.
I have my air reservations made for my trip to NY in April. Wish me luck.
- Strangeness
I can't really say why, or exactly what it is that I'm noticing, but I can tell you that I've been observing clouds for the past year or so and they are very different lately. I've watched clouds for many of the 75 years I've...
- Problems With Aol Mail
I've just been able to access my AOL mail and it's nearly 2:00 pm! I don't know what their problem was but it affected a lot of people from what I can tell. I was talking to my son on the phone about it, and he replied that I could...
- Oh Joy!
I could hear the rain hitting the roof throughout the night, but by this morning it had stopped. When I went out for some errands at about 10 am, the sun was shining! Beautiful sunlight! I have never minded rain although I can't...
- Not Many Blogs Today?
I have only been able to read a few blogs today as most have not appeared in my sidebar. I'll take it that most of you are just taking a break today rather than a problem with Blogger. So far I've had pretty good luck with being able...
- Sat, Aug 10
After eating prepared foods up until now, I was fixin' to cook some red rice and beans tonight. Even planned on having a campfire, but at 4:30 you could see the angry clouds moving closer, and at 5:30 all hell broke loose. I had brought everything...
Travel
Wild Weather
The weather in the east is truly amazing, and reminds me of a few blizzards I have been through when I lived there. There is something exciting about making the preparations, getting food (and drink) in, battening down the hatches, and watching the storm's progress on TV. I've been doing that today - watching the progress of the storm, that is. My granddaughter is in Philly, a niece is in NYC, and my son and his family are out in the Hudson Valley. I hope all of them are prepared.
It has been especially interesting watching the behaviors of people who are urged to get off the roads early. I laughed to myself and thought "those high powered execs in DC are too important to get off the roads when told to. (I'm including govt as well as corporate officials, as both seem to live in a parallel universe.) And by golly I wasn't far from wrong - the DC and Northern VA area still have people out getting stuck in the snow. There have been an astounding number of accidents today in this area, and it puts the responders at risk.
The folks in NYC are having a good time and taking things in stride. Most of them don't drive anyway, so they are throwing snowballs at each other in Times Square. Oh how I wish I could be there this weekend. A TV reporter noted that the line was out the door at Whole Foods, and out the door and down the block at the nearby liquor store.
So it has been raining here much of today and will be the same tomorrow, and then we should have a week of sunshine.
I have my air reservations made for my trip to NY in April. Wish me luck.
- Strangeness
I can't really say why, or exactly what it is that I'm noticing, but I can tell you that I've been observing clouds for the past year or so and they are very different lately. I've watched clouds for many of the 75 years I've...
- Problems With Aol Mail
I've just been able to access my AOL mail and it's nearly 2:00 pm! I don't know what their problem was but it affected a lot of people from what I can tell. I was talking to my son on the phone about it, and he replied that I could...
- Oh Joy!
I could hear the rain hitting the roof throughout the night, but by this morning it had stopped. When I went out for some errands at about 10 am, the sun was shining! Beautiful sunlight! I have never minded rain although I can't...
- Not Many Blogs Today?
I have only been able to read a few blogs today as most have not appeared in my sidebar. I'll take it that most of you are just taking a break today rather than a problem with Blogger. So far I've had pretty good luck with being able...
- Sat, Aug 10
After eating prepared foods up until now, I was fixin' to cook some red rice and beans tonight. Even planned on having a campfire, but at 4:30 you could see the angry clouds moving closer, and at 5:30 all hell broke loose. I had brought everything...