Global Warming?

[adelheid_p]

Well, we had about 4 inches of snow during the course of yesterday and then sometime yesterday afternoon it changed to freezing rain and continued to rain in to the night. Sometime early this morning it turned back into snow. All the other universities in the city have closed (at least until noon) except for mine. The large lilac bush in the back is very heavy with ice and the branches have come down low to the ground to obstruct my normally clear view of the bird feeders. Many of my co-workers are taking PTO today and I'm working from home this morning. Fortunately, I have electrical power. Many people don't. The T (our light rail transit system) is down due to the ice. I've got the news on the tv and even the malls aren't opening until noon! Anyway, the Klingon left early this morning for work (he made it in) and I had already planned on working from home this morning. We shoveled the driveway last night so I'll be able to get out and we need some salt (I imagine we're not alone) because I used the last of it on the steps and front walk last night. My back is a little sore this morning (the snow and freezing rain was heavy!) from shoveling yesterday. I took a break in between shoveling sessions so I tried to be healthy about it.

Comments

[amg04.livejournal.com]

of course nothing causes Pitt@Bradford to close down....but i did get to learn how to drive in the snow a little....we currently have a "heavy snow warning" and it seems like we already have almost a foot of snow...with 2-4 more inches accumulating today.

[celticmoons.livejournal.com]

Well I got to leave work early on Tuesday and today I was told not to come in not at all. I had the day off! Ha ha ha ha!!!

and no I do not get paid for it.

[oxymoron67.livejournal.com]

I took a personal day yesterday. I had ice. I wasn;t about to go skating just to get to work.

[adelheid-p.livejournal.com]

I ended up taking a half day of PTO. I worked from home in the morning and then went about two miles on crappy main roads and turned around because I didn't want to drive the remaining 8 miles on crappy roads and then come home 10 miles on crappy roads. I made it almost all the way home and had to park in my neighbor's driveway two doors down because I couldn't make it up our little hill. Our street hadn't been cleared since 7 am yesterday morning.