Whappen my crew? Given my inconsistent blogging over the past few months, it's probably not a surprise to any of you that my posts are non-existent this week. Well, let me tell you what a rass week I've had iya! Yours truly nearly froze to death! Yes, you heard me, froze to death in the middle of October! How the rass did that happen? Well, I'm glad unnu (y'all) asked. As it turns out, we've been having a couple days of rain with Wilma snooping around and all. Unfortunately, rain wasn't the only thing in store for us here in little old West Virginia. A sudden cold front developed on Monday night and rushed through our state, causing extremely low temperatures. Since there was much moisture in the air, the drastic change in the climate resulted in the production of my numero uno enemigo (number 1 enemy)...SNOW!
Now, I've dealt with snow and cold weather before and I've even driven in extreme conditions a few time; however, the one thing I didn't really account for was the fact that most of the trees still had leaves on them (it's Fall, so the leaves are still changing colors) and the combined weight of the snow and the leaves resulted in branches being ripped off and actual trees toppling over! Tuesday morning I woke up to about 3 inches of snow and my neighbor pulling a huge branch from off the hood of her Jeep. Luckily for me I'd come in pretty late on Monday and wasn't parked under the said tree, whichhappens to be used to be my favorite parking spot...but it was a narrow miss still, as I was parked just one car down from where the branch fell. Anyhow, a miss is a miss, thank God for that!
Of course y'all know that when trees start toppling, the next thing to go is power lines! Sure enough, I lost power at around 7:30am on Tuesday morning. Here's a little equation for y'all:
No Power = No Electrical Appliances
Stove && Central Heat = Electrical Appliances
:: No Heat && No Cooking
Regardless of having no electric at home, I decided to make my way to work (because I'm such a brave soul); however 10 miles from home a tree had fallen across the roadway and although my little Honda, God bless her, kicks major ass, she really is not suitably equipped for such driving situations, so I had no choice but to call the office and inform them that I couldn't make it in to work.
Eventually, I made my way back home, after slip sliding around in the snow and dodging downed power cables and trees. I had hoped that power would've been restored, but no such luck! At this point, the Dog start to fret, because the apartment getting colder by the minute and food in the fridge and freezer getting ready to spoil! No flames to cook with, hence money going down the drain. Fortunately I keep a few batteries next to the radio, so I was able to tune in to some news and find out what the deal was.
The news itself wasn't too heartening, since the power company had been swamped with so much work that they didn't think they'd be able to get power back to most residences until Friday (i.e. today). Rass, how I going bathe? How I going eat? How I going keep warm? All these thoughts rushing through my head as I listen to the news and hear reports about people in higher elevations seeing up to 12 inches of snow! Anyhow, eventually I calmed down and went out with a few friends to pick up an igloo, some ice, and some flashlight batteries. I packed all the food in the igloo, though it was already too late for the frozen stuff, set up my flashlights, found as many blankets and comforters as I could, and decided to fight out the night.
Next morning I woke up, managed to take a shower with the remnants of the hot water left in the heater, and go to work. The landscape looked like a hurricane had hit it and it will take several days to recover (though I did get my power back on Wednesday evening, so life is back to normal).
Anyhow, I gotta go, have a great weekend y'all!
Now, I've dealt with snow and cold weather before and I've even driven in extreme conditions a few time; however, the one thing I didn't really account for was the fact that most of the trees still had leaves on them (it's Fall, so the leaves are still changing colors) and the combined weight of the snow and the leaves resulted in branches being ripped off and actual trees toppling over! Tuesday morning I woke up to about 3 inches of snow and my neighbor pulling a huge branch from off the hood of her Jeep. Luckily for me I'd come in pretty late on Monday and wasn't parked under the said tree, which
Of course y'all know that when trees start toppling, the next thing to go is power lines! Sure enough, I lost power at around 7:30am on Tuesday morning. Here's a little equation for y'all:
No Power = No Electrical Appliances
Stove && Central Heat = Electrical Appliances
:: No Heat && No Cooking
Regardless of having no electric at home, I decided to make my way to work (because I'm such a brave soul); however 10 miles from home a tree had fallen across the roadway and although my little Honda, God bless her, kicks major ass, she really is not suitably equipped for such driving situations, so I had no choice but to call the office and inform them that I couldn't make it in to work.
Eventually, I made my way back home, after slip sliding around in the snow and dodging downed power cables and trees. I had hoped that power would've been restored, but no such luck! At this point, the Dog start to fret, because the apartment getting colder by the minute and food in the fridge and freezer getting ready to spoil! No flames to cook with, hence money going down the drain. Fortunately I keep a few batteries next to the radio, so I was able to tune in to some news and find out what the deal was.
The news itself wasn't too heartening, since the power company had been swamped with so much work that they didn't think they'd be able to get power back to most residences until Friday (i.e. today). Rass, how I going bathe? How I going eat? How I going keep warm? All these thoughts rushing through my head as I listen to the news and hear reports about people in higher elevations seeing up to 12 inches of snow! Anyhow, eventually I calmed down and went out with a few friends to pick up an igloo, some ice, and some flashlight batteries. I packed all the food in the igloo, though it was already too late for the frozen stuff, set up my flashlights, found as many blankets and comforters as I could, and decided to fight out the night.
Next morning I woke up, managed to take a shower with the remnants of the hot water left in the heater, and go to work. The landscape looked like a hurricane had hit it and it will take several days to recover (though I did get my power back on Wednesday evening, so life is back to normal).
Anyhow, I gotta go, have a great weekend y'all!
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