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Oh My FREAKING Mother of Gawd!
So just as I was posting "snowing!" the office said to go home. That was 10:37am, and it was 19F with a wind chill of 11F.
Since I leave my dog with my parents most days (they live closer to my job than I do) I headed to their house, which is 10.6 miles from the office. It is now 3:30 PM and I just (finally!!!) arrived at my parents' home.
But wait, that doesn't explain the hell.
In FOUR+ hours in the car I had travelled only 7 miles! I finally gave up all hope and left my car (in a parking lot) and HIKED the last 3+ miles to my parents home.
In blowing snow. At 17F according to my car when I got out. Before wind chill. All without gloves or a hat (though thankfully with boots)! I know. I know. But I didn't think it would actually snow. No one did. It was supposed to skip us, which is why offices and schools were full when the storm hit, and every major artery in the city became a grid-locked parking lot. Most schools are reporting keeping many kids over night because parents cannot reach them.
And the temps are continuing to fall (low of 8F expected) while it's still snowing into the night.
If I hadn't abandoned the car, I would STILL be sitting in traffic, because after hiking a half mile I passed an enormous ice skid with the multi-car pile up and abandoned cars on both sides of the road, to the point that it was no longer passable. No way in hell I was ever going to make it home in a car. Seriously, while hiking I passed an abandoned police car AND fire truck!
Since I leave my dog with my parents most days (they live closer to my job than I do) I headed to their house, which is 10.6 miles from the office. It is now 3:30 PM and I just (finally!!!) arrived at my parents' home.
But wait, that doesn't explain the hell.
In FOUR+ hours in the car I had travelled only 7 miles! I finally gave up all hope and left my car (in a parking lot) and HIKED the last 3+ miles to my parents home.
In blowing snow. At 17F according to my car when I got out. Before wind chill. All without gloves or a hat (though thankfully with boots)! I know. I know. But I didn't think it would actually snow. No one did. It was supposed to skip us, which is why offices and schools were full when the storm hit, and every major artery in the city became a grid-locked parking lot. Most schools are reporting keeping many kids over night because parents cannot reach them.
And the temps are continuing to fall (low of 8F expected) while it's still snowing into the night.
If I hadn't abandoned the car, I would STILL be sitting in traffic, because after hiking a half mile I passed an enormous ice skid with the multi-car pile up and abandoned cars on both sides of the road, to the point that it was no longer passable. No way in hell I was ever going to make it home in a car. Seriously, while hiking I passed an abandoned police car AND fire truck!