Weather, Stuff
Dec. 16th, 2008 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
olivia_suttonHiya -
First, you gotta understand - yesterday it suddenly got warm, a lot warmer - into the low 40s F. This was a bad thing because some of the snow melted, leaving the roads, sidewalks, and parking lots wet.
Then overnight the temp dropped 20-something degrees, something the meterologists are calling a flash-freeze.
And I had to get to a doctor's appt before work. I nearly wiped out three times, and when I got there I was told the appt was at 10:45am. I still had the card in my purse that said 11:15am, so it was their mistake. Fortunately, I was able to see my doctor anyway. (Actually, I saw him quicker than normal - maybe I should try that on purpuse next time?).
Plus it was snowing, and there was blowing snow too, so visability was nearly nil. Fun. And I had to go to work because I had a student coming in to take his exam from last term (thank god - he showed up). I didn't have anyone for help lab tho'.
As I was working on grading said student's exam, practical exam, and homework, and then figuring out the paperwork to change his I to his real grade, several adjuncts and professors came in complaining about the expressways - which weren't very express. Due to accidents all three of them were backed up and 131 north was closed (which was the one I needed to take to get home). I ended-up being at work to 6:15 or so. And then, the light to get out of our complex was broken! I was in the left turn lane (at a T-stop) and the red light stayed red, and it stayed red, and it was red some more, and finally after about 10-15 minutes of waiting I figured it was actually broken, and I had to switch into the right-hand lane, turn right, and pull a left/left turn (legalised U-turn) to get on the same road going the other way. Again, fun.
By the time I got to the expressway, which is normally five minutes from the front door of my building, it was 6:30pm. I didn't get home until around 7:30pm. Aaah, winter. And it had more or less stopped snowing by then too.
Here's the current conditions from NOAA
Temp: 16 F (-9 C)
Humidity: 80%
Wind chill: 3 F (-16 C)
Wind speed: W 12 mph
Oh, and there's a hazardous weather outlook statement for the rest of the week.
Beautiful.
--Olivia
OK, I want snow until Christmas and then could it warm-up, please?
First, you gotta understand - yesterday it suddenly got warm, a lot warmer - into the low 40s F. This was a bad thing because some of the snow melted, leaving the roads, sidewalks, and parking lots wet.
Then overnight the temp dropped 20-something degrees, something the meterologists are calling a flash-freeze.
And I had to get to a doctor's appt before work. I nearly wiped out three times, and when I got there I was told the appt was at 10:45am. I still had the card in my purse that said 11:15am, so it was their mistake. Fortunately, I was able to see my doctor anyway. (Actually, I saw him quicker than normal - maybe I should try that on purpuse next time?).
Plus it was snowing, and there was blowing snow too, so visability was nearly nil. Fun. And I had to go to work because I had a student coming in to take his exam from last term (thank god - he showed up). I didn't have anyone for help lab tho'.
As I was working on grading said student's exam, practical exam, and homework, and then figuring out the paperwork to change his I to his real grade, several adjuncts and professors came in complaining about the expressways - which weren't very express. Due to accidents all three of them were backed up and 131 north was closed (which was the one I needed to take to get home). I ended-up being at work to 6:15 or so. And then, the light to get out of our complex was broken! I was in the left turn lane (at a T-stop) and the red light stayed red, and it stayed red, and it was red some more, and finally after about 10-15 minutes of waiting I figured it was actually broken, and I had to switch into the right-hand lane, turn right, and pull a left/left turn (legalised U-turn) to get on the same road going the other way. Again, fun.
By the time I got to the expressway, which is normally five minutes from the front door of my building, it was 6:30pm. I didn't get home until around 7:30pm. Aaah, winter. And it had more or less stopped snowing by then too.
Here's the current conditions from NOAA
Temp: 16 F (-9 C)
Humidity: 80%
Wind chill: 3 F (-16 C)
Wind speed: W 12 mph
Oh, and there's a hazardous weather outlook statement for the rest of the week.
Beautiful.
--Olivia
OK, I want snow until Christmas and then could it warm-up, please?
