Re: Are you all snowbound?
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  • Subject: Re: Are you all snowbound?
  • From: j* s* <i*@q.com>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:47:30 -0800
Been unseasonably warm here for the last few days. It was 52 at 5 AM  
when I got up. Doubt if it'll get much warmer, though. Supposed to  
rain off and on; so what else is news...

On Jan 14, 2011, at 7:30 AM, Daryl wrote:

> The schools have been closed all week here in the Atlanta area. Our  
> area has
> not had any mail, FedEx or UPS, nor newspaper until this morning,  
> when the
> FedEx truck came into the neighborhood. Perhaps the mail will get  
> here, too.
>
> Most of us are doing ok. We've got power, which means we have heat and
> light, and for internet junkies like me, a lifeline to the world.   
> That is
> such a blessing! We have camping lanterns and such, but it's so nice  
> to be
> able to flip a switch and not fiddle.
>
> We mostly have enough of everything to last us a couple of weeks,  
> but I
> picked up an extra gallon of fresh kerosene when I made a run for  
> cat food
> before this all started, and DH got some fresh gas and stabilizer  
> for the
> generator just in case. Fortunately, neither the kerosene heater nor  
> the
> generator have been necessary.
>
> DH and SIL got to work on Wednesday noon, finally (snow started  
> Sunday), but
> the roads are still really bad, since we have no plows or sanders in  
> this
> county, and the state was so busy with the interstates (You probably  
> saw it
> on The Weather Channel), they never got to most of the state roads.   
> It's
> supposed to finally get above freezing, maybe by noon today - the  
> first
> temps above 32 since the snowstorm  moved on up the coast. It was 11  
> here
> this morning. :-(
>
> A local landscaper was out yesterday, scraping the road with his  
> bobcat. Guess he got tired of leaving his truck at the top of the  
> hill and walking home.
>
> I'm ready to move to Miami.
>
> d
>
> www.theanimalrescuesite.com
> www.freekibble.com
> www.freekibblekat.com
>
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