Worst. Commute. Evar.
Jan. 5th, 2009 08:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiSo, remember last year, when, thanks to an ice storm, I broke my ass on the way to work?
Today was just as bad, but since I didn't break my ass on the steps, I actually had to make the commute.
Every fucking inch of sidewalk was covered in ice. As were much of the streets. Walking from the bus to work took as long as my entire bus ride, and I fell at least five times, as there was literally no place without ice.
Ow.
Nothing broken, at least. Although I was lucky to be next to a huge snow drift for one fall, which otherwise would have at least sprained my wrist.
(Seriously, I don't understand canceling things for snow, which really isn't that bad, but not for ice, which is much, much more dangerous).
Today was just as bad, but since I didn't break my ass on the steps, I actually had to make the commute.
Every fucking inch of sidewalk was covered in ice. As were much of the streets. Walking from the bus to work took as long as my entire bus ride, and I fell at least five times, as there was literally no place without ice.
Ow.
Nothing broken, at least. Although I was lucky to be next to a huge snow drift for one fall, which otherwise would have at least sprained my wrist.
(Seriously, I don't understand canceling things for snow, which really isn't that bad, but not for ice, which is much, much more dangerous).
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Date: 2009-01-05 01:40 pm (UTC)EDIT: Ah, and the snow cancellations. Things are probably different up there, but when TN shuts down for those 1-2" snows it's not really for the snow. We usually have *just* enough residual heat in the roads to melt the first 1/2" of snow before the pavement drops below 32 degrees, leaving a nice impossibly slick surface with a bit of fresh snow on top...
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Date: 2009-01-05 07:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-06 01:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 03:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 04:26 pm (UTC)I saw two guys fall and it took me 30 minutes to walk to work when it usually takes me ten.
They really need to grit the pavements, not just the roads. It's incredibly dangerous.
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Date: 2009-01-05 10:40 pm (UTC)You need these
Date: 2009-01-05 11:13 pm (UTC)