I second that. I hope everything is going ok there.
I second that. I hope everything is going ok there.
Don't feel bad. I was driving to work one morning, at about 4 a.m. when I saw flashing lights through the snow squall. It was 2 N.Y. state snow plows off in the ditch. They travel in tandem, and when the lead plow got caught in a whiteout and went in the ditch, the other followed right behind it.Of course, blizzards have occurred here multiple times, but my scariest experience was getting caught in a white out from a tiny but heavy snow storm. When I left to drop my son off a just couple miles from home it was clear. But as I turned around to go home in suburban roads I traveled daily it began to snow so heavily and so quickly that within minutes not only could I not see a few feet in front of me but I could not even tell where the road was. I could have been driving in oncoming traffic or the ditch because I couldn’t distinguish anything. I was somewhere fairly close to home and totally lost. I kept thinking this was so silly but I was just terrified. Fortunately I could see on my right side through the snow a light shining very faintly in the sky . I hoped it was a parking lot or at least a street light where I could pull over so I turned towards it. It turned out to be the huge lighted sign of a Howard Johnson motel, four blocks from my home. I managed to park without hitting anything and sat inside for maybe fifteen minutes until the snowstorm passed.
We still have them, only now it's called the Emergency Alert System. I remember when it was called CONELRAD, back in the day.Various blizzards, with 3 feet of snow in one day; Arctic temps, flooding, and Hurriance/Storm Sandy, but we were not in the direct path of Sandy, so we were very lucky. They did set up shelters in our area, though. Does anyone remember those Emergecny Broadcasting System ads on TV ("This is only a test")? It was the first time that I heard the REAL message on TV.