Snowmageddon 2022 day number one is in the books. It’s about midnight and hovering around 23° F. More snow overnight they say (doubtful it will be much), and windchill right now is 11°.
Perry is slated to work tomorrow and as of right now he thinks he can make it. It doesn’t matter that he must drive through three counties in RED travel advisory status (emergency only!). Men are afraid to say the roads are too bad to drive on them because they fear someone would take away their man card.
Perry telling himself that he’s a great driver on ice and can make that hour drive in about an hour and 5-minutes is about like Katie’s man heading out from Florida to drive through it. And that’s why this storm was named Landon… after a man. 🙄
Good night… and stay tuned tomorrow for Snowmageddon Day #2.
All snow now, you guys! Although the ice is still there, you can’t see it anymore. It’s like Mother Nature is putting a bandaid on a cut… you know what’s under there but don’t have to look at it.
Of course, I think it’s beautiful! 🙂 I truly love snow.
It’s currently 23° F and a bit windy. Although I’m not crazy about that, all in all I’m happy I didn’t miss this one. Perry’s Mom called worried about the road conditions where she lives in Ohio County. I just listened and shook my head… she’s not driven for at least 20-years.
I’m not the only one around here that loves the white stuff. Dharma wants out every few minutes…
Not sure how long the snow is supposed to continue to fall, but I’m inside for a bit, for sure. Scott said it was 28° F in Vegas this morning but it had warmed to 40° F by 9:00 AM. Said people are complaining like crazy about the “winter weather.” Whatevah. 😉
If there’s a single person out and about this morning in Seymour, they didn’t come from my end of town. It’s around 10:30 AM and 26° F. So far, we have a covering of ice but nothing is thickly coated. The temperature is dropping.
Yesterday, late afternoon, chili and brownies were being picked up in the rain.
By midnight, there was still only light rain and when I went to bed at 4:00 AM, (yup… 4:00 AM!), the rain was changing to freezing rain. In between there somewhere we had a few pellets of sleet fall. Too sleepy to take a photo, I grabbed this one first thing this morning with my trusty iPhone:
REMC (our electric cooperative that serves many rural areas of Jackson County) posted on FB that power lines are starting to “gallop” — winds pushing on the icy lines lifts them up, causing a jumping or galloping motion. This causes lights to flicker and lines to break. Some outages have already occurred.
We have just a thin layer of ice here so far.
Winds are beginning to pick up a bit but are forecasted to gust up to 35 MPH later in the day. It’s currently doing something because I can hear precipitation hitting the windows. No snow yet.
Jackson County has been declared a RED travel county by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. Red is the highest level of travel advisory — restricted to emergency management workers only. Walmart and gas stations remain open but most everything else is closed — including local factories. We did get mail. (Neither rain nor sleet nor… you know the rest.)
So far we have power, Internet, and coffee. Settled in for part two of snowmageddon 2022, the only thing we’re sure will remain is the coffee. Oh… and dog treats.
We’re all sick and tired of COVID and the way in which it’s changed our lives. All of us. Browsing FB this morning was no different than yesterday — some sharing photos of gatherings and concerts, while others are in fear of losing a loved one.
Columbus Regional has COVID patients in the hallways of the COVID wing — there are no beds. Are all of those horribly sick people unvaccinated? While curious — not to place blame… just interested in how protected vaccinated/boosted people really are — I’d never ask. It’s to the point that many are quiet about their vaccination status.
It’s like taking a “side” is a requirement. Even Dharma and Merdia work together for the better good. “Good” in their case just happens to be a treat. 🙂
I had an interesting conversation with a client last Friday…
This specific client booked 3 events right before COVID hit hard. Their contract was executed but no deposit had been made when events started postponing. As a Senior Lifestyles client, they had huge challenges and moving forward with any live event was out of the question. Last week, they firmed the date of their 1st of 3 events for mid-May.
The Senior Living industry has been hit so hard, their previous event theme no longer fit today’s times. Rather than striving to stand out from their competitors, their desire now is to get back to where they were before… only better. Because COVID has changed the lifestyles of everyone — especially older adults — there had to be a pivot. And not just for the one event! They’re implementing a core transition to compensate for the challenges brought about by a pandemic.
The overall objective now is simply to welcome back life.
There’s not a person on the planet who doesn’t want to embrace life without a lurking virus causing sickness, death, and isolation and shout, “welcome back!”
But a part of me thinks it’s too soon for that. Another part thinks it’s way past time. The rational, sensible, and optimistic part of me thinks by May (when their 1st event is scheduled), COVID will be under control and life will indeed be more normal than it has been since early 2020.
What do you think? Is it time to welcome back life — or should we pull back on the reins until Omicron has fizzled making sure no new variants are on the horizon?
I just have to say that I greatly admire the company for the thought they’ve put into their upcoming events, employees, and customers/clients. So many meetings are held just to have meetings. But this group? They’re truly thinking about how to best move forward for the success of their organization and teams, and to ensure they’re providing the level of quality and care their clients and prospects desire and deserve.
That sensible part of me I mentioned above? It knows days like this will be gone by May (even if COVID isn’t):
For the record, I’m STILL waiting on a “real” snowfall! 🙂
TIL (Today I Learned): Classical music and metal fans have the most similar personalities, based on a study of 36,000 people in more than 60 countries. “Both have the same basic motivation: to hear something dramatic and theatrical, a shared ‘love of the grandiose.‘”
This has likely been the LONGEST WEEK EVER. Not really awful — I booked a total of 5 speeches (which is awesome!) — it just felt like it dragged on and on. One highlight is we got a bit of snow last night. We had maybe a 1/2 inch by the time it quit, which was an hour or so after the photo below was taken.
So many of my Facebook friends have COVID.
Not just a little sick, but hospital and family asking for prayers/complete healing kind of sick. So scary. One FB friend (who also rode my bus a LONG time ago), spent 30+ hours in the ER in Scottsburg… no hospital beds available there or in Louisville. Ended up transferring her to Seymour. I noticed another friend asking for prayers for both her brothers that “have a long road ahead.” 😢
So as I’m scrolling past all the sick people, I see my brother and wife shared a photo from a restaurant in Vegas with friends — and no masks. He/wife have already had COVID twice and have been vaccinated and boosted.
I’m still limiting my exposure, wearing a mask when I go inside places, and washing my hands like it’s my job. I just don’t feel bulletproof.
Remember to order your free COVID-19test kits if you haven’t already. When mine arrive, I’ll store them with the other two boxes I purchased right before there weren’t any available to buy. How does that work anyway? Stores and pharmacies totally sell out, and just a couple short weeks later the federal government has bajillions of them to ship for free?
TIL (Today I Learned): Margaret Bulkley lived as a man in order to be a surgeon. She climbed the ranks of the army to Inspector General and performed the first successful C-Section in Africa. It was only discovered she was female after her death in 1865.
