As I'm sure y'all know by now (why do we put an aggregate assumption of the populace as an introduction for a topic?? anyway...), IL in addition to other areas of central US is in for a boatload of snow the next few days: they're predicting up to 17 inches of sleet/snow for our locale, not including ice. More snow and less ice up northern-ways.
Meanwhile, today was prep day. This afternoon I went around getting the generators ready for a power-outage...walking around outside in sandals resulted in numb toes, but at least I wore a coat this time around. Grocery stores are running out of basic necessities...Mom couldn't find milk at Kroger...sugar, potatoes, and other staples are getting low. Gas sky-rocketed 30¢ to 3.29$...Dad was the only one at the gas station this evening to fill up all our gas containers, of which two one-gallons he bought on the way home from work (sold out of 5-gallon containers). A neighbor was testing his generator to make sure all is well.
And then you have the weather...the precursor began around noon today with at least 1/2" accumulation of sleet in certain places. The above is around 5:30 this evening...even after various broomings to reduce the excitement of a slippery fall. Emil mentioned during dinner that on his way home from work a truck with a 9' trailer had turned upside-down on the interstate. However, the big stuff is supposed to start tomorrow afternoon...we'll see what happens...
But overall, God is in control. And call me crazy, but I'm kinda looking forward to seeing what He's gonna do with all that fluffy stuff. The awesome power of a silent fury such as snow and the resulting vastness of a white expanse...guess it deals with being born in January or something. And if the power's out, I'll still have internet access if a picture catches my blog-post-inclined fancy.
And that internet also will be good if the power goes out...because my courses with Thomas Edison State College start tomorrow. :P
Ciao.
2 comments:
Did you survive?
So far so good. Thankfully the power didn't even go out! Although Emil and I had some fun on the way to work yesterday with a minimal snowdrift and subsequent sliding, lol.
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