Weather Part Two: Lack of Electric for the Bugaloo

When I left for work yesterday, it was 25 degrees and sleeting and the wind was blowing 40 mph.

Not long after I got to work the sleet changed to snow and the wind was blowing 80 mph.

The weather was bad enough that everyone who lived out of town was sent home. Charlene called in Robbie (the overnight support manager and only manager who lives in town) to come in early so she could leave. Morey called to say he was coming to work but he wasn't sure how far he'd make it. Charlene called after she got home to say that it was white out conditions all the way to Lincoln. By 8:30 everyone had left except for me, Robbie, Aaron, Sandy, Bryanna, and Kelsey.

All of the overnighters made it in (most of them live in town) and Morey walked through the door right at nine, having not ended up dead in a ditch for the second time this year.

As I was leaving for the night, I checked my phone to find a text message from hobbitgal saying that we had no power at home, which caused me to rant and rave all the way to my car.

Even though it had stopped snowing, the wind was now blowing 600 mph and I had to stop several times on my trek across the parking lot because the wind was blowing my feet right out from under me.

I made it home a wind-blown freezie pop and enjoyed dinner by flashlight.

The power came back on at 12:30 this morning, for which I was grateful because the temp in my room was in the upper 40's and I can't sleep well unless I've got my fan on for the noise.

Now they're saying we should expect 3 to 8 inches of snow on Thursday. I say, bring it on.