While I think it's been a disaster for the road service crew, from our perspective, it's just been a bunch of snow. Our apartment is toasty. We've never lost the internet, phone or tv. Our fridge and pantry are stuffed. (Not at all like last February in Virginia when we went days without heat or a means of communication. And the city was not equipped for snow removal whatsoever.) Since we travel by foot regardless we were not cut-off from the grocery store or even play dates. And school/mid-terms/interviews for Dustinn never slowed to catch a breath.
The saddest part of the storm was that hundreds of commuters on Lake Shore Drive got caught in the blizzard and had to abandon their cars and get to safety (see video).
There were also whiteout conditions (lack of visibility; losing orientation in storm) and 18-foot waves. (We did walk to the beach last night and saw something very cool--waves frozen mid-cusp.)
And neither blizzard compares to danger and panic caused by an earthquake when I was a little girl in San Francisco...and, well (totally switching gears) it has made us grateful that there is a prophet of God on earth, who speaks with God and gives divine guidance such as having our houses in order and food storage but also warnings to safeguard our families spiritually.
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When the snow storm was going on Mom said she was very grateful that you are set up so you can stay home. In fact not only is your apartment across the street from a grocery store (in case you do need something) but you also have a Toy Room(!) that you can go to if the kids get stir crazy :)
I think you are 'very happily situated'...as they'd say in an Austen novel :)
one unique thing I liked about this blizzard: because of Chicago's lake-effect wind, the wind was blowing the snow and swirling it around so fast you felt like you were in a snow globe where the show was driving completely horizontal at times. it was pretty cool
one unique thing I liked about this blizzard: because of Chicago's lake-effect wind, the wind was blowing the snow and swirling it around so fast you felt like you were in a snow globe where the show was driving completely horizontal at times. it was pretty cool
This looks like scenes from the movie The Day After Tommorow! waves frozen mid-cusp--that's crazy!
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