Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Great Blizzard of DC




This all started last Friday. We had been getting warnings from the news that it was going to be a pretty big snow storm - but - taking into consideration that a "big snow storm" for Dc is usually an inch we weren't too worried about it. Over night it dumped about two feet of snow on us. Now that may not seem like a whole lot of snow in Utah terms but we soon realized that in DC terms that was enough to cause people to prepare for the Rapture.
There are no snow plows in DC so the snow just keeps piling up and piling up. People are going completely nuts. Last night a group of people got so anxious they threw cement blocks through a target window and everyone ran in and just looted everything as if it were the last box of cereal on earth. It is pretty crazy how fast the atmosphere of fear and anxiety spreads. There is definitely a feeling of every man for himself- which can lead people to act really irrationally. I am sure this is fueled a lot by people going crazy with cabin fever, it is rough being stuck inside an apartment for 5 days -believe me !
Sunday people were starting to act normally some people were even out playing in the snow and sledding down the monument steps on cookie sheets. There was a big snow ball fight down town with over 2,000 people. Most of the people were enjoying the days off and trying to make the best of it. Things got ugly when we got news of a second wave of snow that would hit Tuesday. I think that this was what made everyone go a little nuts - it was already so overwhelming with the snow we had the thought of getting more just seemed impossible to deal with.

The second wave of snow hit us yesterday. Most people don't have power today and everything is shut down, no one is leaving their houses and i am guessing it will be that way for awhile since it has not stopped snowing since yesterday around noon.
Libby and I are doing great other than missing Phil. He was lucky enough to get on one of three flights that actually got out this week from the DCA airport. We didn't realize how lucky we got until i heard a news broadcast and they had said only three flights actually got to where they were suppose to go- so we are very happy he got home safely. We are just playing in the apartment and trying to not go crazy ourselves( no big change for us ). We feel very grateful that we have been taught our entire lives about being prepared for a situation like this so we can just sit back and laugh at the crazy people - having food storage and water storage is not just a good suggestion you can really see its blessing in action right now.

Well that is way more than enough for now - i guess you can tell i haven't talked to anyone in a awhile. Ha hah ha.

2 comments:

  1. So lucky for blogs.... I am glad to hear you are taking this in stride... Make sure your roof is getting cleared... (Yes I am a worry wart)
    Love you Harris Family !!!

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  2. Amy, we are glad you are stocked up and hopefully warm enough. Sorry you are stuck inside with Libby and not Phil, as always. :P We are so glad he made it here! We will pray for a warming trend so he can get back too. Love you both.

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