Allie didn't have school yesterday because of the enormous snowstorm that came through our area. Madison, north of us, got 13.3 inches. Orfordville, south of us, got 21. So we got somewhere in between, probably about 16 inches.
So school is closed again today. When I was a kid, we seemed to get many bigger storms than nowadays, but I don't ever remember having school cancelled two days in a row.
Hey, that's nothing. Several semi trucks had trouble negotiating a hill east of our town and they blocked the interstate. They blocked the interstate for several hours. How many? Oh, about 12 hours. People ran out of gas, and rescuers on snowmobiles checked to make sure people were OK. The governor sent the National Guard, who came in Humvees and 5-ton trucks and passed out water and military rations. 500 cars, 19 miles of backup.
And they said in the paper this morning, well, we couldn't stop more people from getting onto the interstate. We didn't have enough officers to block every on ramp and exit. You know what, park a city vehicle there! What stupidity.
I am so thankful that Greg didn't go to work yesterday. Allie and Julia went to daycare and I went to work, and barely made it the three miles back across town home.
We survived the storm of '08. And it's supposed to snow tomorrow!
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As an update, they're now saying there were 2000 vehicles in the traffic jam. It's insane.
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