I have internet!
My phone's 4G just came on, and I've created a mobile hotspot for my laptop. Pray it stays on. This has cheered me enormously, and is also a big safety improvement.
There are only two ways to leave my property and one is impossible (8' of snow at least covering g the driveway, ending in a 10' wall of solid ice) and the other is really dangerous (wooden stairway completely covered in up to 5' of very soft snow so you can't see where the steps are.) I've been climbing/struggling up and down the latter to get to my neighbor's place so I can use the phone/internet because otherwise I can't contact anyone to get help with anything like internet, water, shoveling, etc, but obviously it would be much better if I could just stay home and email/text for help.
(I tried making homemade snowshoes. Several times. None of them worked. All I can say is you should try it yourself in deep snow and see if you can do better.)
I haven't had a shower since the 27th and every time I go out, I get drenched to the skin and filthy. And my clothes are wet and dirty and I can't wash them.
The water company plowed my street SOLELY TO TURN OFF MY WATER. They plowed to my meter, turned off my water, and backed out rather than even finish plowing the street past my house!
That is typical of the disaster response effort. It's a disaster in and of itself. The gas company has sent at least four conflicting alerts saying that we should dig out our gas meters or our houses will explode, and that this is a myth and we don't need to.
The only supermarket in Crestline had its roof collapse, and the other nearest supermarket (in Blue Jay) just got red-tagged so no one can go in.
People are completely stuck in their houses with no food or medicine, roofs are collapsing across town, and everyone's left on their own to shovel themselves out. No one can help anyone else except to a very small degree because no one can get anywhere. We need the National Guard. Apparently one very small group got called out but no one's seen them.
I've been shoveling a ton and I'm sore and I want a goddamn hot shower.
I should have some help shoveling on Sunday and possibly a shower, if my friends across town can get their own street plowed.
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There are only two ways to leave my property and one is impossible (8' of snow at least covering g the driveway, ending in a 10' wall of solid ice) and the other is really dangerous (wooden stairway completely covered in up to 5' of very soft snow so you can't see where the steps are.) I've been climbing/struggling up and down the latter to get to my neighbor's place so I can use the phone/internet because otherwise I can't contact anyone to get help with anything like internet, water, shoveling, etc, but obviously it would be much better if I could just stay home and email/text for help.
(I tried making homemade snowshoes. Several times. None of them worked. All I can say is you should try it yourself in deep snow and see if you can do better.)
I haven't had a shower since the 27th and every time I go out, I get drenched to the skin and filthy. And my clothes are wet and dirty and I can't wash them.
The water company plowed my street SOLELY TO TURN OFF MY WATER. They plowed to my meter, turned off my water, and backed out rather than even finish plowing the street past my house!
That is typical of the disaster response effort. It's a disaster in and of itself. The gas company has sent at least four conflicting alerts saying that we should dig out our gas meters or our houses will explode, and that this is a myth and we don't need to.
The only supermarket in Crestline had its roof collapse, and the other nearest supermarket (in Blue Jay) just got red-tagged so no one can go in.
People are completely stuck in their houses with no food or medicine, roofs are collapsing across town, and everyone's left on their own to shovel themselves out. No one can help anyone else except to a very small degree because no one can get anywhere. We need the National Guard. Apparently one very small group got called out but no one's seen them.
I've been shoveling a ton and I'm sore and I want a goddamn hot shower.
I should have some help shoveling on Sunday and possibly a shower, if my friends across town can get their own street plowed.
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