So, Gore, how's that global warmin' working out for ya?

[captainsblog]

I can say with complete confidence that my drive this afternoon was the absolute worst I can remember, at least in the local-only category, that didn't result in an actual car accident.  A stress factor of about 120 percent and an accomplishment factor of absolute zero.

It wasn't that bad when I left. Flurries, at worst, which we hardy Buffalonians are more than used to. I was expected at a client's about 15 miles and three towns over from here, and after leaving the office I had well over an hour for that trip, so I took a quick detour to get my hair cut.

Half an hour later, I had more hair than I did when I came in and only half an hour left for the rest of the trip. Each of three stylists had a woman getting a Full Do, with layering, coloring, and I could swear I saw curlers in there somewhere. What I couldn't see at the end of that half hour was a little thing called Transit Road. The flurries had intensified into full-blown squall, and I put my coat on and headed east while I still had half a chance of getting there.

Halfway through Clarence, it was getting clearer that where I was really getting was nowhere. I couldn't see the car in front of me for a good three miles of Main Street, there wasn't a state plow in sight, and when I did a spinout just before Clarence Hollow, thankfully alone, I resolved to turn around, tune in (to my cell phone) and beg out.

It happened to me right at the corner where my doctor's office is, so I said, fuck it, long as I'm here I may as well make an appointment. He's notoriously hard to reach on the phone, and I've had some vaguely located (but occasionally sharp) pain in my right arm for about as long as Eleanor's been laid up, so I pulled in there- and found out he'd moved, even further out Main.

Shit. Now utterly frustrated, I headed back home, whereupon the 10-mile trip took close to an hour with slow going right into the teeth of the storm and lots of stops at every red light. Fortunately, I made it back, me and the car in one piece each, and we'll try this again tomorrow.

Comments

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

Ain't winter grand? *sigh*

[bktheirregular]

Weather can be wacky. Walking the East River waterfront at night on the Sunday after Christmas - without gloves or heavy-weather clothing? Weather forecast for Athens on New Year's Eve predicting almost seventy degrees? (Fahrenheit, not Celsius, thank goodness...)

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

Around here, the thing we mostly remember about Celsius (other than hearing references to it on Toronto radio and being generally confused) is that once it gets to -40, it's the same.

[luckycee.livejournal.com]

The way it's blowing out there, I wish I'd saved up more vacation days. Drive safely!

[headbanger118.livejournal.com]

Yuck! This sounds like the joy we East Tennesseans had last week. I have found the biggest obstacle to overcome while driving in inclement weather is...other drivers. Bleh.

Hope tomorrow goes better!!

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

Remember -- global warming doesn't mean that everything simply gets hotter. It means that there's more energy and more heat to power the weather engine -- so we're going to see more of this in the future.

Which I am unhappy with. You have my sincere sympathy. Especially since the Bad Commute two years ago, when everyone in Boston left work at the beginning of the storm, and our 45-minute ride took us 8 hours.

[ellettra.livejournal.com]

oh man, i feel your pain. i'm glad you made it home safely, if fruitlessly.