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A Slushy Freezy Mess
Feb. 12th, 2013 12:17 amBoston has weathered a big blizzard and is continuing to dig out, even though the last of the snow fell Saturday morning. Roads are mostly clear, though Somerville has kept the snow emergency on while they continue to dig out hydrants and lots. Many area schools closed Friday and continue to be closed through tomorrow. The MBTA closed early Friday and was out Saturday and (mostly) Sunday, but today was back to normal service. I went home early Friday afternoon and finished the work day remotely.
My office suffered severe damage from a burst pipe when a window was left slightly ajar in the storm. My house has done better, the basement isn't significantly flooded so far. Saturday was cold, but a mild Sunday and positively balmy Monday (starting with freezing rain but closing the day in the mid-40s) have made for a lot of snow melting at once. It's fortunate that tonight is warm, too, or we'd have a lot of ice to contend with.
Overall I'm glad that the state took extreme measures to encourage people to go home early on Friday (a state-wide ban on non-emergency traffic starting at 4:30PM on Friday, not lifted until 24-hours later), especially after seeing photos from the Long Island Expressway, where drivers were trapped in the storm. While the storm was less powerful than the blizard of '78, comparisons to that turned out to be not as outlandish as I'd expected.
Snow days are still pretty fun when you're safe and sound and have somewhere warm to hide out, and the restaurants, bars, and cafes around Inman and Union tried to make the most of things, so the snow day weekend was still pretty fun.
Also in my life, wedding planning is ramping up. I'm getting a lot organized, but there's a lot to do, and it's stressing me out. I've started having the same recurring stress dream that I occasionally had in college: I'm in high school (nominally "college" (or, in the new series, "grad school") but all the detail are like high school) and I'm failing to get my work done because I'm incapacitated by exhaustion after the first few class periods or unable to get out of bed. It's one of those dreams that seems real when you wake up, until it becomes clear that none of it make any sense.
Anyways, things are okay. Seems like the weather will continue to be relatively warm the rest of this week, so hopefully the slush won't be bad for too long.
My office suffered severe damage from a burst pipe when a window was left slightly ajar in the storm. My house has done better, the basement isn't significantly flooded so far. Saturday was cold, but a mild Sunday and positively balmy Monday (starting with freezing rain but closing the day in the mid-40s) have made for a lot of snow melting at once. It's fortunate that tonight is warm, too, or we'd have a lot of ice to contend with.
Overall I'm glad that the state took extreme measures to encourage people to go home early on Friday (a state-wide ban on non-emergency traffic starting at 4:30PM on Friday, not lifted until 24-hours later), especially after seeing photos from the Long Island Expressway, where drivers were trapped in the storm. While the storm was less powerful than the blizard of '78, comparisons to that turned out to be not as outlandish as I'd expected.
Snow days are still pretty fun when you're safe and sound and have somewhere warm to hide out, and the restaurants, bars, and cafes around Inman and Union tried to make the most of things, so the snow day weekend was still pretty fun.
Also in my life, wedding planning is ramping up. I'm getting a lot organized, but there's a lot to do, and it's stressing me out. I've started having the same recurring stress dream that I occasionally had in college: I'm in high school (nominally "college" (or, in the new series, "grad school") but all the detail are like high school) and I'm failing to get my work done because I'm incapacitated by exhaustion after the first few class periods or unable to get out of bed. It's one of those dreams that seems real when you wake up, until it becomes clear that none of it make any sense.
Anyways, things are okay. Seems like the weather will continue to be relatively warm the rest of this week, so hopefully the slush won't be bad for too long.
