There was a week there, I think
Jan. 26th, 2024 04:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkPerhaps we should have shoveled last weekend. We got ice and sleet and general "ick" on top of a couple of inches of wet snow. On the other hand, it's not like we needed to go anywhere.
Monday morning, the weather folk posted a winter weather advisory for wintry mix/sleet/freezing rain to begin sometime Monday afternoon. I emailed the Farmington people and said "yanno, I'm just gonna stay home. I don't really want to drive untreated, lightly travelled roads after dark in this weather". All of the other low saxes bailed as well. There were probably others who skipped rehearsal, too. I heard from friends that it was pretty icy by 10pm, so I think I made the right choice. Monday evening there was a flurry of texts & emails from the township supervisor. Originally, she was just going to delay opening the office, and then as the weather continued to worsen road conditions, closed the office entirely. Tuesday morning, we got a confirmation from the Livingston band people that *they* weren't going to be rehearsing either, as Howell schools were closed. Our road was iced over Tuesday AM, and the back roads were much worse.
I was able to go out and run errands on Wednesday, in the rain, but I stayed on the main roads. Thursday, J was able to unload the chorus' infrastructure (risers, sound gear) which had been in the truck/trailer since after the concert on Saturday evening. We got nearly 2" of rain in about 10 hours overnight Thursday, mostly falling after J got home.
The black cat doesn't like the chilly wet, but it's far preferable to the cold and snow/falling rain, so he's been going outside a lot today.
Monday morning, the weather folk posted a winter weather advisory for wintry mix/sleet/freezing rain to begin sometime Monday afternoon. I emailed the Farmington people and said "yanno, I'm just gonna stay home. I don't really want to drive untreated, lightly travelled roads after dark in this weather". All of the other low saxes bailed as well. There were probably others who skipped rehearsal, too. I heard from friends that it was pretty icy by 10pm, so I think I made the right choice. Monday evening there was a flurry of texts & emails from the township supervisor. Originally, she was just going to delay opening the office, and then as the weather continued to worsen road conditions, closed the office entirely. Tuesday morning, we got a confirmation from the Livingston band people that *they* weren't going to be rehearsing either, as Howell schools were closed. Our road was iced over Tuesday AM, and the back roads were much worse.
I was able to go out and run errands on Wednesday, in the rain, but I stayed on the main roads. Thursday, J was able to unload the chorus' infrastructure (risers, sound gear) which had been in the truck/trailer since after the concert on Saturday evening. We got nearly 2" of rain in about 10 hours overnight Thursday, mostly falling after J got home.
The black cat doesn't like the chilly wet, but it's far preferable to the cold and snow/falling rain, so he's been going outside a lot today.
