I Ain't Afraid of No Daleks

Here's what's happening in Glens Falls, according to the local TV station:

Adults get a "snow day" too
2/14/2007 3:08 PM
By: Jessica Mokhiber

Oh yeah, great day off, trapped indoors. Tried walking this afternoon--gave up the ghost...too much like trying to walk in a icy sandstorm--breathing and walking were both a bit of a challenge.

It began around midnight, last night---still going, but is looking like it's starting to wind down a bit. Everything back to normal tomorrow, most likely.

Just saw a beer truck rumbling past, down on the street below. What's their motto? "Neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night, will stop us from delivering..."

ermmm--no, that's the US Postal Service. What's the beer distributor's motto? "Whether Bud Light or Beck's Dark or whatever "aies" the weather brings, we'll not let you go dry!" The cab's and buses aren't running, but the beer truck is. What's that say about us northeasterners, ey?

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It's official: we're in the throes of one of the worst blizzard's to hit our area in 10 years--and we have blizzards every winter--often several times!

A nasty nor'easter has swooped down on us.

Everything is closing--not totally unusual for schools and a few businesses--but most businesses, as well as the cab company. The cab company is only running cabs to certain areas--and mostly is just plain not running--most of their cabs are getting stuck in the snow, that's literally falling faster than the city's many snowplows can keep up with it!

The city-which is usually well-prepared for such weather, has resorted to using bucket loaders and other construction equipment, to help with the inundation. It's currently snowing at a rate of about 3 inches an hour.

And, this is something I've NEVER seen, in my 46 years of weathering a northeastern NY winter--it's snowing CHUNKS! Yeah, I'm serious. Mixed in with the finer and normal-sized snow that's swirling around, filling the air, are these whopping huge chunks of snow, varying in size from a quarter to a half-dollar...in other words--abnormally large flakes! Never seen the like! Not ever.

The snow coming off the roof looks like smoke...snow is just choking the air, filling it, billowing and blowing every which way, seemingly changing direction every second, like a hurricane of winter.

One minute it's gusting and billowing from the south, the next, from the north, back to south, then west, then east, etc...it's slamming into my windows, and traffic in the city, as I watch, is slowly grinding to a complete halt--very rare. The buses and cabs were running this morning, people driving to work, people out walking---now, in the mid-afternoon hours, it's suddenly like a ghost town. Even the plows have taken a pause.

It's amazing to see. The snow, swirling and skirling off of the roofs and through the air all around, so thick, one can hardly see.

Think I'll slip on my boots and coat, and go for a walk---it's such a fine day outside.

A CLASSIC NOR'EASTER BLIZZARD AS SEEN FROM SPACE

Checking out Nan-og's website, I got curious--well, and I was a tad bored--and took the personality test, "what movie are you?"

Seems I'm Apocalypse Now. Hmmmm--interesting. Never seen it. But, considering my recent past history--very apropo, I'd say.

It also says that I'm a "rouge wanderer on the winding river of life, searching after (my) shadow self."

Ey???

Ya'know, that sounds more like a description of the New Doctor Who, than me. I always thought I was fairly self aware.

Hmmmm---not a bad thought, Nancy the half-baked country bumpkin Time Lady, the new new new Doctor Who. My Tardis could be 69 Chevy pick up truck, he-he. Instead of a sonic screwdriver, I could have a sonic combination pizza cutter and cattle prod. Saving the universe for fast food and dairy cattle everywhere.

"What? You asked for a 9-inch pizza and they didn't slice it! Oh dear! Well, I can fix that, with my trusty sonic pizza cutter. Here. Eight slices all nice and...what? You only wanted six, eight is too many for you to eat? Are you planning on eating all 6 slices? You are. But it's still a 9-inch pizza, whether you...oh forget it. Here's a fiver, go buy a Big Mac instead."

"Unhand that bossy, you fiend--how dare you grab her there! (ZAP!)--oh. Sorry. So that's where milk comes from then, ey?"

Meh--maybe not.

Okay, I know, now I'm just being silly. Had a lousy night at work--but then, so did a lot of other people--so, I'm taking my rather lame attempt at humor and trundling off to bed.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR MY READERS:

As of 20 minutes ago, a blizzard began. It's going to be bad--sleet, high winds, tons of snow, thunder and lightining, the whole schmeal, roughly lasting two days. It's the dreaded winter nor'easter. We don't get 'em much, but when we do, they're real doozy's.

It's coming from the south--and the northeast, both, this time. Not good. But never fear. I'm made of sturdy stuff--Here in northeastern New York state, we've had earthquakes and hurricanes, tornados and nor'easter blizzards...you just go with the flow and deal with it.

My internet and phone provider is the local cable company--therefore, there's a 50-50 chances the lines will go down--there's already been one outage tonight, albeit, only a few minutes. There may be more. So, if you don't hear from me--don't panic. It's just the storm, no big deal. It'll be back up in no more than a day at most, very likely, and, if I'm very lucky, it won't go out at all.