Snow Update

The world is quiet here. No traffic. No sound of planes taking off from LGA. Even inside our building, I don’t hear doors slamming, shoes clomping, or music playing. The city seems to be asleep after the big snow (approximately 10 inches here).

I do hear the sound of snow shovels. The snowplows went continuously yesterday, pushing  the snow up against parked cars, further trapping them. Buses kept running, but you do not want to drive if you don’t have to. It would be a real mess to dig out of a parking space today. To find a place to park would not be fun. The parking garages will be full.

On our short walk around the playground last evening, we saw more than one vehicle spinning as they tried to move. One man’s broom looked ineffective for snow removal from where he was stuck.

There will be plenty of opportunities for the young men from the mission to volunteer their time with snow shoveling.

People were taking photos against snowy backgrounds in the playground near here last evening to impress their families in warm weather countries.  For some of these immigrants, perhaps many of them, it will be the first time they’ve ever experienced a snowstorm or even seen snow.

My husband put on his boots and walked to work at Elmhurst Hospital this morning. He offered to work 12 hours since not all the employees will be able to be there. Laurence says it will be a slow day as most doctor visits will be done remotely. (Thanks to the pandemic instead of a snow day, there will also be school via remote.)

The forecast is to be in the deep freeze all week, so this snow won’t be melting anytime soon. I’m going to the grocery store to get ingredients to make soup for lunch. When I look out the window, I see someone walking in the middle of the street where the snow is cleared away.

Soup and hot tea, puzzles and books. Alaska is not calling. Phoenix is.

Berniece