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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Preemptive Snow Emergency Declared in Allentown
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ReplyDeleteWhose woods these are I think I know.
ReplyDeleteHis house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost
One of my favorite poems. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI didn't grow up around here, but up in the Alabama part of PA, as Carville calls it. As a kid, we were always pissed because our schools would never close.
ReplyDeleteDid it used to be that way here? It seems we close at the drop of a flake, at least in the dozen or so years I've called the LV home.
Here's the deal. In the LV, the first few snowstorms are big events. This is our first weekday snow storm, so everybody freaks out, buys a million eggs, a few tons of milk and lots of toilet paper. But as the season wears on, we tend to be more sick of snow days than of just going to work.
ReplyDeleteTell me about it. Snowmeggedon killed D.C. We haven't had the newspaper and school since Thursday. School is cancelled for tomorrow, too. Just today, the mail came for the first time in quite awhile. For some reason, the supermarkets in DC run out of lettuce, eggs, milk, bread, nachos, potato(e) chips, and lunch meat. Nobody ever touches the bottled water or the toilet paper. Weird, huh?
ReplyDeletePeace, ~~Alex
That's a hoot! I was picking up just a couple of items today, and the checker at Giant asked me if that was all I needed "for the big storm". She was glad because she had just checked and bagged two $300 orders in a row!
ReplyDeleteThe funniest thing, I think, are the sellouts of snow shovels every storm. Do people buy them and then throw them out? I have the same one for the whole time I've lived here. So does my neighbor.
Probably just jinxed myself. We'll be stranded for a week with no vittles and my shovel will snap off.
Work nearby city's public works
ReplyDeletedepartment. For the past week have
watched these guys and gals work 24 hours straight including traditional Sunday off to keep the city's roadways clear and safe. Some equipment old and rusty, but these workers never stop their efforts.
Alex -
ReplyDeleteEvery time snow hits DC, I am hopeful that it will slow the damage our politicians are doing to our country.
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