I'm Free At Last

[kiranlightpaw]

After spending three days trapped in the house, we were finally able to escape the Snowpocalypse last night. Only after I rigged up a makeshift "snow shovel" out of two pieces of wood and used it to clear the driveway. The neighborhood is still a mess with ice and slick spots all over the place, but once you get out on the main roadways, it's fine.

We celebrated our daring escape from confinement with Thai food. And, for those who are curious, Snowpocalypse 2011 was Huntsville's biggest snowfall since 1988, and third biggest ever. And the worst part is that, during the day, it gets just warm enough to melt a little bit of it ... which refreezes over night and turns all the roads into giant sheets of ice. So yeah. Snow is just not something we're built to deal with around here.

Man, shoveling that snow sucked. I can't imagine what I'd do if I had to shovel snow on a regular basis. Still, it beats cowering in a dark room while tornadoes threaten to rape you. It'll be that time of year in just a couple of months!

Comments

WOO TORNADO RAPE

[brodycatsmouth.livejournal.com]

HIDE YO COWS, HIDE YO TRAILERS
CAUSE THEY BE SNATCHIN ERRBODY UP

..and depositing them two miles away.

Re: WOO TORNADO RAPE

[kiranlightpaw.livejournal.com]

WELL OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A TORNADO ON THE LOOSE IN HUNTSVILLE!

[beerpope.livejournal.com]

We here down in Hothlanta have been fighting the stupid.. I almost wrecked twice omw to the VA today..

[nexrad.livejournal.com]

I think if I move anywhere north of a line from about Macon, GA to Jackson, MS I'll be investing in some tire chains. ;-)

[tilt-longtail.livejournal.com]

oooohhh... I do NOT miss that.

[kubulai.livejournal.com]

Dude, I am laughing my ass off at the makeshift snow shovel. Whenever there's a snowstorm I say "I bet people down south don't even f*&^ing own snow shovels..." and you just proved me right. Aaaahahahaha. XD

[kiranlightpaw.livejournal.com]

Pretty much yeah. :P

Hell, I think this is the first time in my adult life I've needed one. :P

[bucktowntiger.livejournal.com]

They don't even SELL snow shovels down here.

http://www.wsbtv.com/weather/22540792/detail.html

""We don't even sell snow shovels. They'd have to go to the old-time coal shovels, which is the closest thing I have," said Todd Friddle, the manager at a Lowe's in the Charleston, S.C., suburb of Mount Pleasant"

[(Anonymous)]

HAHAHAHA AWESOME!!!!

[kubulai.livejournal.com]

*whacks LJ* And that was me by the way.

[bucktowntiger.livejournal.com]

Shoveling snow is overrated. I just drove over the snow in my driveway. :)