Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: Blizzard warning!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Blizzard warning!

Our 'snow storm' warning has been canceled, but only so it may be replaced with a 'Blizzard Warning'.

Oh Boy..... a blizzard. What fun.

My aching back.

Our mail box, which can still be seen..... for now.....

Bamboo.... bending under the snow load.

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

AN INTENSE COASTAL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SLIDE NORTH ALONG
THE NEW JERSEY COAST THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE PUSHING EAST OUT TO SEA
TONIGHT.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH OCCASIONAL
HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY AT TIMES.

THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER
HOUR ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES IN THAT REGION.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN
6 AND 12 INCHES FROM SOMERSET AND JOHNSTOWN TO BREEZEWOOD. SNOWFALL
TOTALS WILL EXCEED A FOOT ALONG THE I-81 CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS
APPROACHING 20 INCHES FROM GETTYSBURG TO YORK TO LANCASTER SOUTH
TO THE MARYLAND BORDER. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING.

TWENTY INCHES MORE!?!?!?!?

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"