{"id":77,"date":"2004-12-24T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-24T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2004\/12\/24\/holidays-on-ice\/"},"modified":"2004-12-24T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-24T16:01:00","slug":"holidays-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2004\/12\/24\/holidays-on-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays on Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"

(with apoligies to David Sedaris)<\/p>\n

On Wednesday they closed the University early \u2013 at 12:30. This was due to the worsening weather conditions \u2013 and it didn\u2019t affect the students since finals are already over. Well, I had planned on heading south to visit my folks and the lure of an early start overrode the concern about the weather. So, I packed up my stuff and got on the road about 1:30.<\/p>\n

The snow was bad. The roads were bad. The drivers were not too bad, though being anywhere near a semi was cause for alarm. Changing lanes was rough \u2013 what with all the unpacked snow between the lanes. And I was nearly in an accident.<\/p>\n

The driver in the right hand lane accelerated and lost control. I saw it happen and started to slow down. He slid forward and then executed a fairly neat looking 270 \u2013 ending up in my lane, perpendicular, and facing out into traffic. By this point I had come to a stop just a few feet away from his car. Fortunately, the car behind me was able to get stopped too and gave me enough room to back up a bit \u2013 thus giving the spin doctor room to turn even further and get out into traffic when he was ready. There was an elderly woman in the passenger seat and I wasn\u2019t sure if I should wave to her or not. Seemed a little rude. So, I just waited patiently and when the way was clear I speeded up and went on my way.<\/p>\n

Overall, I counted 26 accidents, including 2 with semis. Columbus was bumper to bumper when I finally got to it at 4:30 and 23 was worse, so much so that I didn\u2019t get to my parents house until nearly 6:00 pm. Normally, the drive time is about 2 hours and 40 minutes total.<\/p>\n

My sister works in Columbus and got stuck there when a level three snow emergency was declared. She\u2019s still there, staying with a friend, though she hopes to be able to head here this afternoon.<\/p>\n

The ice storm Wednesday night coated my car \u2013 and everything else. Pretty, but terrible too. Lots of downed tree branches and powerlines on Thursday and even more today. My family is safe, so that\u2019s all that matters for the moment.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also hoping it clears up a bit by the end of the weekend \u2013 I\u2019m expected back at work on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019ve got some email to get to, so I\u2019ll wrap this up.
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Later\u2026
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