The every year Snow thread

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I know every year someone posts a thread about the trials and tribulations of going to work in a snow storm. After 10 years in nursing I still dread the snow. Usually my hubby takes me to work and picks me up in snow storms. Now that we have a little one who is 1 year old those days are long gone. So now I have to decide on what I'm going to do this weekend when we are expected to get 8 to 10 inches Friday into Saturday. Do I book a hotel now close to work? Do I make arrangements the night before the storm to spend the night at work for my day shift the next day? Or do I just try my luck in the AM getting to work in one piece? Gah. My dream is to eventually convince hubby to move to an location where snow is rare or minimum. A girl can dream .

It's 48° and sunny here. It feels like I am on a different planet!

Stay warm and safe, everyone. I have been thinking of you all since all this started.

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Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
How are those of you caught in the storms path getting on? Hoping all is OK with you and that you and your families are safe and warm. Unless the news is exaggerating some the roads sound scary bad and a whole bunch of people are without power. For many no power might mean no heat and no easy way to get to somewhere that does have heat and power, pretty scary!

I honestly don't know how much snow we have because of the drifting. The cars have barely any on them but the backyard stuff is DEEP.

We are on a travel ban so my fiance, non-essential personnel that he is, gets to stay home with the pets and me.

I have cabin fever. :( But at least I don't work at the hospital anymore so I didn't have to drive in this crap.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Cabin fever has struck here too. And it's not just the biped that's getting restless- the quadrupeds are as well. I'm actually afraid I may not be able to open the front and garage door due to drifting. And it's still coming down. Note to the person who ordered a blizzard: Next time, specify you mean the kind from Dairy Queen, m'kay?

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Just woke up from a nap. We have drifts too! The drifts near my fence are as high as my fence. Then nothing by the deck.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Still snowing. Accumulation is still occurring, just not at a very fast rate. Doing 4W drive in the AM, to work. But it's supposed to get up to 42 degrees by Sun. afternoon, so BYE-BYE SNOW!

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Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
Cabin fever has struck here too.

I'm watching West Side Story and drinking.

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Specializes in Med/Surg/ICU/Stepdown.

Not a speck of snow in sight. But it is a lovely 23 degrees (if not colder, but I am currently under a blanket and not about to get up to look)!

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I'm watching West Side Story and drinking.

I'm watching the snow. On the news.

Which is the lamest thing ever.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
I'm watching the snow. On the news.

Which is the lamest thing ever.

Limping right along beside you!

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.
I'm watching the snow. On the news.

Which is the lamest thing ever.

I must be pretty lame too as I have been doing the same thing. I had the weather channel on the tv in the lounge at work last night to check in occasionally. Seemed like every time I caught a few minutes though it was Atlantic City they were covering so I really don't have much of an idea what it's like elsewhere.

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Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
I'm watching the snow. On the news.

Which is the lamest thing ever.

That's why I'm watching West Side Story. I turned on what was SUPPOSED TO be figure skating, but it was the damn news. So now I'm crying because Tony knifed Bernardo.

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Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
Seemed like every time I caught a few minutes though it was Atlantic City they were covering so I really don't have much of an idea what it's like elsewhere.

AC is getting pummelled with flooding. Just a bit north of it is the blizzarding.

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