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MORE SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3/25/2014

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I guess we’ll spend the evening battening down the hatches, hauling in dry firewood and securing the BBQ for another winter snowstorm and high winds.   "Winter Wednesday" will hit us again, this time with even more punch.   Funny how all the major storms seemed to hit us in the middle of the week this winter.  I know this because most of the cancellations for our Wednesday evening hook-ins and Christmas party were due to the weather. Hump day which normally means the middle of the week, or peak, now stands for how much snow we get.....humps of it! 

I personally think we’ve had enough winter but Mother Nature has the last word and she's a sassy, independent dame. Maybe Father Time did a dirty on her so she's taking it out on us, a woman scorned and all.  Who can even say if this is the last of the snow for the year?  Maybe we’ll have a white Easter, or worse, a white summer! It’s never over until it’s over and these days with weather a bit more erratic, who can call it?  For goodness sake, we aren't that far from April.....will we be able to say 'April Showers Bring May Flowers'? 

I would imagine the grocery stores will have bare shelves by the end of the day as people scramble for provisions in case there’s a power outage or conditions prohibiting trips to the store. I’ll be one of them so I hope there is something left by the time I get there after work.  I don’t buy canned or packaged anything and usually the raw foods are left behind but that only lasts a few days before spoiling, especially if the power is out.  That means hubby, the pups and I will be the first to perish of starvation if a natural disaster ever hits.  We’d be hard pressed to find anything more than a can of tomato paste on our pantry shelves or maybe a box of linguini, but that’s it. There’s a few baking supplies, a bag of almonds and a few walnuts and of course flour but that will go down hard without water.   I often think about it, I like to be prepared for situations but we don’t eat processed food and hate to buy it just to sit on a shelf in case the tsunami hits.  And, in that scenario, any food would probably end up in the neighbour’s yard or miles down the road anyway.

Speaking of a Tsunami.   It doesn’t hurt to be prepared.  We’ve been talking about an evacuation plan since the town had a meeting to discuss what will happened in a natural disaster…which areas will flood and receive the most damage.  Pretty much the entire town is on a flood plain including my shop, so it will be washed away, ending up somewhere on the west side of town, probably merged with what's left of our iconic Three Churches.  All my beautiful wool washed away!  Help yourselves gals! Pick it out of the trees.  Call it a disaster sale, all you can carry, free for all! 

It never hurts to have a plan.  You’d be surprised how disoriented you can get in a panic, do stupid things that cost precious minutes that prevent you from making it to safety.   If we see the harbor emptying of water, which is what occurs before the big wave hits, we will have about 5 – 10 minutes to get in the vehicle and ride up the neighbour’s hill to the crest were we have a bird’s eye view of our beautiful house being lifted off the foundation, smashed into splinters and head to town with all the other homes, cars and debris that were destroyed before us along the road.   

We dearly hope our home is high enough to sustain minimal damage, but it’s not just the water surge, it’s what’s in the water.   Ron White, a comedian has a funny bit in his routine that comes to mind.  “A guy in Florida tied himself to a tree and said that he was physically fit enough to withstand hurricane force winds….and Ron says, “It’s not that the wind is blowing, it’s what the wind is blowing.   If you get hit by a flying Volvo, it doesn’t matter how many stomach crunches you did that morning! “

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3 Comments
Leslie Annen
3/25/2014 06:25:15 am

Chin up my friend, if you lived in California, it would be earthquakes, Oklahoma or Texas, tornados. You hold on tight, and show Mother Nature just who she is messing with. Saying a long prayer for both you and your house (but praying for you more! )

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Pam
3/25/2014 08:35:13 am

I am not looking forward to any more snow.....but the snow day from work...well...that is another thing! :-) I guess we will see how things work out in the morning.

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Patricia
3/26/2014 05:03:05 am

Do take care. I see it unfolding on the weather network. As much as I love your wools I do not wish to pick them off the trees. Oh dear the thought. I see your home in hooked version and real. Both are beautiful.
Be safe.

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