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People who have moved here from areas that get more snow are surprised at how little snow it takes to paralyze the area. The highlight of the "storms" we get around here is watching the local tv reporters shivering on the coldest overpasses around town.
Most people laugh at the overkill coverage these snow events get. For Jodie and I, it's a real hassle!
Jodie uses crutches. I don't use crutches (I do use a walker some of the time), but my balance, my unstable gait, oh, and the fact I slipped on ice and broke my arm a couple years ago - we don't do ice.
We use to have a set of snow tires for our last vehicle, a minivan. We stopped putting them on years ago when we realized that it does no good to be able to drive anywhere in snow and ice if we can't even safely make it to and from our car!
When it's icy, we stay home. It's safer for us, and for whoever would have to rescue us if we got stuck, or fell, or had an accident. It kind of annoys us, as if it is a life situation where we have not overcome our disability. We more or less accept is as a practical limitation.
Most of the time, wintry conditions that make us housebound lasts two or three days. In January 2004 we missed four days of work because of a big snow event. That is the longest time we have stayed home because of weather.
We stand to break that record this year. It snowed last Sunday. It has been below freezing since. Today is Wednesday. It snowed this morning, and rained this afternoon. A night of rain would clear the slush out for us, but the temps are supposed to dip tonight, and arctic temps are returning.
A large snow event is supposed to hit Sunday into Monday and Tuesday!
Jodie and I don't know at this point whether we will be returning to work tomorrow, Friday, even into next week.
Jodie and I can do some work from home, and that really helps, but it still makes us feel funny being away from our offices so long.
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