It’s the Best of Times at the Worst of Times
Posted by: buzz in bitching, news, photos, vancouver, zacharieSo it snowed this morning. Lots of it too.
The schools are closed and people aren’t showing up to work and meetings are getting cancelled.
I arrived at the station 20 mins ahead of a scheduled meeting to find it cancelled. The out of town visitor was petrified to drive from downtown to Richmond and nixed it.
My ride in wasn’t that bad. The conditions really aren’t that nasty today, as confirmed by an email from Grouse Mountain encouraging people to spend the day off school up on the mountain skiing.
Wait a second. Your children can’t get the 5 blocks to the local elementary school safely, but you can haul the whole family up to the North Shore to carve up a few turns? Sounds a little suspicious to me.
The truth be told, on days like today the roads suck for a couple of hours and then it’s no big deal. The plows get the work done, the traffic finishes off the job, driving the salt into the snow. By the time I got on my way at noon, I had one of the shortest commutes ever. No worries whatsoever.
Last year there was a spooky ass ride home because it was iced up like nobody’s business. Took me 2+ hrs to get home. I even picked up a woman who was so scared she pulled over on Hwy 91 and just opened my passenger door and got in. She didnt speak much english, she was just so scared about the conditions she had more confidence placing her safety in the charge of a total stranger than weathering it alone.
Those days are few and far between in Vancouver. Today was not one of those days.
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I would venture to say the mountains were a little busier than normal too. It wasnt that bad, yes the sidewalks weren’t shoveled and we got a little wet when we went for our walk today, but we still troddled around, the kids could have made it to campus too. Besides, the best part about being at school when it snows, is recess!
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Heh! Snow day… Not what it used to be. When I walked 5 miles to school. Uphill. Both ways.
I avoided getting into the car today after I watched some dude lose control and plow into another car on Alberni. Granted, there was a bit of an incline, but that’s just stupid. And, hey, why make things worse by adding to the driver stupidity out there when I’m perfectly capable of working at home.
Oh, and yesterday was the 11th anniversary of the 18 car pile up that kept me in and out of hospitals and specialists office for over 3 years. That might have something to do with it.
yeah, everyone’s experience on a day like today is totally different. i cant say jen and i werent scared as hell whenever a car passed us as we waded through the sidewalks this morning.
Cmon people, SHOVEL IT!
just sayin the drive on the main roads isnt too bad - now anyway.
Your son is seriously the cutest thing ever. Great photo!
I didn’t bother going in to work today because I live out in the middle of nowhere (farm land, in Aldergrove), and the roads were treacherous. The plows never come back as far as my house is, so whenever we get a dumping like this, we’re stranded. I went for a walk this afternoon, and provided there’s no more snow tonight, we should be able to get ourselves out of here tomorrow morning.
I too am able to work from home, if necessary, but it’s so much nicer to get out of the house for 8+ hours.