IceAggedon: The Aftermath
Feb. 2nd, 2011 02:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mythicalgirlThe power went out several time last night, luckily never for more than a few minutes. Whew!
We also got lucky in the the second wave was mostly sleet here in Indy rather than more freezing rain. I really think that's the only reason I have power right now.
I didn't have internet until a little while ago - that went down sometime in the night and wasn't back for several hours. But I'm up and running now. Since I was without connectivity for half the day I decided to just go ahead and take a vacation day today rather than stress over work stuff. I did log in to check email once I was able to - and promptly got booted by the remote system as it once again can't handle the load of nearly everyone working from home. *sigh*
I'm off to sit in front of the fire with a good book. I plan to brave the outside world to go to work tomorrow. The word on the street (ha!) is that the roads are in decent shape once you get out of your neighborhood. I can see the main street from my house and it looks like traffic is moving well so I think I'll chance it tomorrow. I shouldn't have any trouble getting out of my driveway - getting back up it is a different question but I'll deal with that when I have to. I'm hoping the sun comes out enough tomorrow to start melting some of this stuff while I'm at work so I can come home and pry it up.
I went out earlier to try to chip away at the ice. Um, yeah, not a great idea. I didn't get far and after 20 minutes I stopped, feeling kind of wet noodle-ish. I need more salt. Or explosives.
We also got lucky in the the second wave was mostly sleet here in Indy rather than more freezing rain. I really think that's the only reason I have power right now.
I didn't have internet until a little while ago - that went down sometime in the night and wasn't back for several hours. But I'm up and running now. Since I was without connectivity for half the day I decided to just go ahead and take a vacation day today rather than stress over work stuff. I did log in to check email once I was able to - and promptly got booted by the remote system as it once again can't handle the load of nearly everyone working from home. *sigh*
I'm off to sit in front of the fire with a good book. I plan to brave the outside world to go to work tomorrow. The word on the street (ha!) is that the roads are in decent shape once you get out of your neighborhood. I can see the main street from my house and it looks like traffic is moving well so I think I'll chance it tomorrow. I shouldn't have any trouble getting out of my driveway - getting back up it is a different question but I'll deal with that when I have to. I'm hoping the sun comes out enough tomorrow to start melting some of this stuff while I'm at work so I can come home and pry it up.
I went out earlier to try to chip away at the ice. Um, yeah, not a great idea. I didn't get far and after 20 minutes I stopped, feeling kind of wet noodle-ish. I need more salt. Or explosives.
