LaunchPad
12-22-2006, 07:10 AM
We got hit pretty hard the other day. Still recovering.
When i left for work at 0700 the ground was clear. By 1000 we had a good 10 inches and the highways were closed.
My wife also works in town but at the extreme oposite end of it. She usually takes highway 24 whereas i take hwy 94 to get to base. Since the only way back to our house is via one of the highways and they were closed going out of town we were stuck.
After some stuggle we managed to link up and make our way to a hotel where we spent a good 30 hours holed up.
I had changes of clothes and shoes so i could shuck my uniform and be somewhat comfortable because i always carry extra in my car or truck. The wife and kids didn't have anything i didn't bring for them- which was pretty limited because they almost never ride in my car.
Even after much prodding for her to stock up since i bought her the new car in October she had not put any emergency supplies into her new car- even with this being the SECOND blizzard since she got the car.
I had bought her a quality shovel for digging out, ice scrappers, tire slime, jumper cables, tow strap, chem lights, etc, etc. she just hadn't gotten around to bothering with the rest. oy!
Luckily, it was not worse for us then it was- we only had to spend $150 for a night in a hotel and to eat.
This morning, before heading out, she filled one of our many backpacks with the items i have been insisting she have in the car at all times. it is at least a small step forward. :)
The other part of the story- it didn't look like a lot of snow had fallen when we finally got back home- because of the wind we have out East of the springs. BUT, there was a snow drift INSIDE the house from the front door. Thing is it is new with good seals and has a storm door too. Very persistant stuff with the blowing wind to get thru there.
This morning i opened my shop door and found the entire front of the shop packed solid with 3-4 feet of snow. After some investigation i found out that the weather stripping around the garage doors does not seal if the garage doors are loaded with a good windload. The pile of snow had huge potential of ruining a lot of good tools once it melted so made for a bit o'work to clear it all out.
I think that the relationship to how the house sits vs the shop that if the gargage doors were loaded to Push away from the seals the storm door to the house must have had some pretty good suction on it to allow the snow to swirl through. ???
When i left for work at 0700 the ground was clear. By 1000 we had a good 10 inches and the highways were closed.
My wife also works in town but at the extreme oposite end of it. She usually takes highway 24 whereas i take hwy 94 to get to base. Since the only way back to our house is via one of the highways and they were closed going out of town we were stuck.
After some stuggle we managed to link up and make our way to a hotel where we spent a good 30 hours holed up.
I had changes of clothes and shoes so i could shuck my uniform and be somewhat comfortable because i always carry extra in my car or truck. The wife and kids didn't have anything i didn't bring for them- which was pretty limited because they almost never ride in my car.
Even after much prodding for her to stock up since i bought her the new car in October she had not put any emergency supplies into her new car- even with this being the SECOND blizzard since she got the car.
I had bought her a quality shovel for digging out, ice scrappers, tire slime, jumper cables, tow strap, chem lights, etc, etc. she just hadn't gotten around to bothering with the rest. oy!
Luckily, it was not worse for us then it was- we only had to spend $150 for a night in a hotel and to eat.
This morning, before heading out, she filled one of our many backpacks with the items i have been insisting she have in the car at all times. it is at least a small step forward. :)
The other part of the story- it didn't look like a lot of snow had fallen when we finally got back home- because of the wind we have out East of the springs. BUT, there was a snow drift INSIDE the house from the front door. Thing is it is new with good seals and has a storm door too. Very persistant stuff with the blowing wind to get thru there.
This morning i opened my shop door and found the entire front of the shop packed solid with 3-4 feet of snow. After some investigation i found out that the weather stripping around the garage doors does not seal if the garage doors are loaded with a good windload. The pile of snow had huge potential of ruining a lot of good tools once it melted so made for a bit o'work to clear it all out.
I think that the relationship to how the house sits vs the shop that if the gargage doors were loaded to Push away from the seals the storm door to the house must have had some pretty good suction on it to allow the snow to swirl through. ???