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When it rains, it pours... er....
The plows passed through this morning, but because they don't appear to know how to deal with snow in Kansas, they didn't actually remove any snow... or even push it onto the verges on the sides of the road. On the hill leading up to campus today, we have a single lane. What makes it even better? A year or so ago, neighborhood nannies decided to have the city to install little barriers in the middle of all the intersections. You guessed it: There's almost no way to get around them right now.
But here's the kicker: It appears that a water main broke near campus. On the plus side, the massive river of water running down the hill is melting the snow-drifts caused by the crappy plowing. On the down side, tomorrow's high will remain around zero, and tonight we should reach -12°F before windchill factors. Add teen-aged Kansas drivers and hilarity ensues.
I had a real blast trying to get up the hill (on an alternate route) in my Saab - a car designed for winters. In fact, at some point I simply gave up and turned around, which was fun on a one-lane-wide road buried in snow. I learned how to drive in Minnesota, and you couldn't pick a better car for this stuff, and yet. Imagine 18-year-olds in rear-drive SUVs. Good times.
At least it's Friday, so we have a couple of days before the work week resumes. Perhaps by Monday, when students and teachers will be on campus, the hill will be ice-free. It'll require heroic measures, but it could happen!
Chris
The plows passed through this morning, but because they don't appear to know how to deal with snow in Kansas, they didn't actually remove any snow... or even push it onto the verges on the sides of the road. On the hill leading up to campus today, we have a single lane. What makes it even better? A year or so ago, neighborhood nannies decided to have the city to install little barriers in the middle of all the intersections. You guessed it: There's almost no way to get around them right now.
But here's the kicker: It appears that a water main broke near campus. On the plus side, the massive river of water running down the hill is melting the snow-drifts caused by the crappy plowing. On the down side, tomorrow's high will remain around zero, and tonight we should reach -12°F before windchill factors. Add teen-aged Kansas drivers and hilarity ensues.
I had a real blast trying to get up the hill (on an alternate route) in my Saab - a car designed for winters. In fact, at some point I simply gave up and turned around, which was fun on a one-lane-wide road buried in snow. I learned how to drive in Minnesota, and you couldn't pick a better car for this stuff, and yet. Imagine 18-year-olds in rear-drive SUVs. Good times.
At least it's Friday, so we have a couple of days before the work week resumes. Perhaps by Monday, when students and teachers will be on campus, the hill will be ice-free. It'll require heroic measures, but it could happen!
Chris
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If you're in a rear-wheel behemoth, you're f-kered. There is an upward slope to Troost as it goes north to a stop light at 39th St. and some poor bastard in an old Ford wss just spinning his wheels. I came home up the Paseo, it's wider and less sloped.
I got home and won't go out until tomorrow, when we have a hotel walk-through for Conquest.
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Will ConQuest be downtown again? Nice digs!
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Oh, here's a fun fact I neglected to mention before: I had ordered some winter-riding stuff for the new Vespa - a nice, big windshield to cut the wind and crash bars, just in case - and they arrived on the first day of Snowpocalpyse™2009. The delivery guy set the box in a snow drift. Hardee har har. At the rate the snow is piling up, I won't be able to use this stuff until it's too warm to really benefit. *sigh*
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Do you have anything pressing going on this weekend? If not, my advice is to stay indoors and drink hot alcoholic beverages.
Edited for icon solidarity. However, here it's in the mid-40s and raining. As usual.
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On the bright side, sounds like you have a new ice-skating rink!
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Naturally, I have just jinxed myself. Pray for me. Or something. :)
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My response was more about the "idiots in SUV" stuff. :)
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It apparently didn't affect the building, but I did call and warn him. Fortunately he doesn't need to go out that side of the building at all.
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Funny thing about living outside of Lawrence is that the main road is in better plow condition than anything in town. If only my driveway was clear! -jen
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