It has been a crazy few days... a reminder in many ways of the reason I chose to go into the news business... so now that it looks like the ice has passed (for now at least) I will attempt to recount my day in the newsroom...
Thursday when I got to work... the meteorologists had great news... the snow was coming but it would not be as much as they initially thought... the metro area would get a dusting to a half inch and it would all be over by 7pm. Wonderful news! It would be in an out... pretty falling... but it wouldn't cause too much craziness in the city.
Then when the day crews started home just after 7 o'clock a surprise... it was no longer snowing... but it was still sleeting a little and the roads were getting slick. They were so slick that one person from the newsroom tried to get home, but ended up coming back because his steep driveway was covered with ice. We quickly determined this was going to be an ice event.. that's what happens when it hasn't been above freezing for several days... the ground is very cold!!
When I finally left work just after midnight... I had visions of cars sliding all over the roads... and I did slide a little coming up the hill from our parking garage... but other than that, I made it home safely... though it did take about twice as long as usual (probably longer)... I got home but not in my garage... my driveway too was iced up... thanks to some quick thinking and calm advice from both my mom and Patrick, I found a spot around the back side of my building.
What a night!!!
