The "B" word. Again!

[Esme12]

Well, I am where we have been belted with snow. They are using the "B" word again....yup BLIZZARD and not of the Dairy Queen Blizzard.

Any one else dealing with this mess?

What are the facilities doing to keep nurses safe?

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Gosh that's awful! What are the people in outlying areas doing? I'd imagine unless you work at one of the major hospitals there probably aren't hotels right next door if you can't get back home. Are clinics just closed? And what about the LTC/SNF folks? Most of those facilities seem to be off the beaten path a bit, at least where I live.

Clinics have been closing quite a bit and rescheduling patients. Today is Sunday and tomorrow is a holiday so most clinics aren't open anyway but the last 3 Monday/Tuesdays have been disastrous.

The major hospitals all have hotels right next door but, you're right, the smaller ones don't. I don't know what people who work at those hospitals are doing, I don't know anyone who works at a community hospital. Same with LTCs. I imagine a lot of nurses have been stranded for days.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

So that picture of the path to our woodshed? It's 2/3 full of snow that came in since midnight (it's almost 2pm and has mostly stopped coming down now). And the driveway is 3-4 feet deep AGAIN.

Our cats are fit to be tied, since they can get out to the enclosed screen porch through the cat door, but when they nose up against the one going to the outside, nothing happens. Because five foot drift over it outside.

I'm tired of this.

[ixchel]

Are you all getting the wind with the snow? We lost a chunk of fence from this wind. It's horrible. Couldn't sleep last night from the noise of it.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Are you all getting the wind with the snow? We lost a chunk of fence from this wind. It's horrible. Couldn't sleep last night from the noise of it.

Yes to the wind for this storm. I'm waist deep in snow everywhere. My deck has at least 5 feet on it, I'm expecting to be able to open my back door sometime around June.

[ixchel]

Yes to the wind for this storm. I'm waist deep in snow everywhere. My deck has at least 5 feet on it, I'm expecting to be able to open my back door sometime around June.

Booooo! I am not at all a beach person, but this is making me crave someplace tropical.

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

Booooo! I am not at all a beach person, but this is making me crave someplace tropical.

I'm going to Florida next month for vacation, you are all welcome to join me if you can get out of your snowed in houses by then.

Seriously though, this thread has stopped being all lighthearted fun. I genuinely feel awful for all of you living with this crazy huge amount of snow. I'm also pretty darn worried you might just go from bad to worse when this stuff melts too fast and instead of snow there's tons of property damage due to flooding. Happened to us a couple years ago, and since I don't live in a flood prone area nobody had flood insurance. Some of the washed out roads are still not totally repaired, nobody expected that kind of damage so the budget just wasn't there for quick repair.

[floridanurse1983]

Hey that's freezing for us now . We can't handle 40 degree nights here.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

LOL!! My coat comes on when it gets below 75! I bought my coat over 30 years ago when I went to college in Gainesville:rolleyes:.

Yesterday I walked outside wearing my winter coat, gloves and a hat and thought "it's kinda hot out". Got in my car and the thermostat read 17 degrees. Today: