Oh the joys of winter
Dec. 21st, 2008 08:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrWe are having an unusual stretch of weather for Portland.
It's been a lot colder than normal for a week and looks like it'll continue that way at least until Christmas. On top of that, We've been getting snow (a rare thing here).
Last night we had some lovely drifting snow. When I checked outside early this morning, the front door of the building was hard to open. 3-4 inches of snow drifted against the door will do that. Then there was a clear stretch and then a drift a foot plus deep. Then the lawn where the snow was barely past the top of the grass.
Later, at some point we'd gotten freezing rain. So when I went out to do some shopping this afternoon, There was this lovely crust of ice on things. And trying to figure out ways around the deep spots (so as to not get snow inside my shoes) was loads of fun.
Early evening the lights went out for a second. I assume some idiot hit a pole or something. Fortunately the computer is on a UPS.
I'm stocked up on food I don't need to cook (some rice & beans in the fridge, more cooked beans in there, plus tuna salad). And a few cans of chili, plus a loaf of bread. And I just made a batch of spaghetti and meatballs, so that'll cover me for far longer than I can stay her if the power goes out.
If it goes out for hours, I can just read or something. Longer than that and I'll have to check with friends to see who has power. While I *can* sleep without the CPAP (in fact when I was sick last month, I wound up doing some napping without using it), it's not a good idea.
So I've got that as a limit on doing without power. :-(
It's been a lot colder than normal for a week and looks like it'll continue that way at least until Christmas. On top of that, We've been getting snow (a rare thing here).
Last night we had some lovely drifting snow. When I checked outside early this morning, the front door of the building was hard to open. 3-4 inches of snow drifted against the door will do that. Then there was a clear stretch and then a drift a foot plus deep. Then the lawn where the snow was barely past the top of the grass.
Later, at some point we'd gotten freezing rain. So when I went out to do some shopping this afternoon, There was this lovely crust of ice on things. And trying to figure out ways around the deep spots (so as to not get snow inside my shoes) was loads of fun.
Early evening the lights went out for a second. I assume some idiot hit a pole or something. Fortunately the computer is on a UPS.
I'm stocked up on food I don't need to cook (some rice & beans in the fridge, more cooked beans in there, plus tuna salad). And a few cans of chili, plus a loaf of bread. And I just made a batch of spaghetti and meatballs, so that'll cover me for far longer than I can stay her if the power goes out.
If it goes out for hours, I can just read or something. Longer than that and I'll have to check with friends to see who has power. While I *can* sleep without the CPAP (in fact when I was sick last month, I wound up doing some napping without using it), it's not a good idea.
So I've got that as a limit on doing without power. :-(
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Date: 2008-12-22 07:18 am (UTC)But I do need to visit your place one of these days. I might even clean up and show up in girl mode. :-)
Don't recall if I have the number or not. Email me the number and (if you want) the address)
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Date: 2008-12-22 10:21 am (UTC)