ICE

Here's proof that we Southerners are not as crazy drivers as you might like to think. You might drive on snow, but we get solid ICE!!

Check this out:
http://www.wyff4.com/news/5544255/detail.html
http://www.wyff4.com/news/5545459/detail.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178916,00.html
http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/NEWS0701/51215007
http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051216/NEWS0701/51216001

Yeah well... we aren't lucky enough to have gas logs. I'm at work... the only power source for me until this all gets solved. Our power's out at home, so you won't hear from me again until I'm back at work Monday, unless we get lucky and get power back before that. I figure it's better here, even if I am working. I'm the only one here from my team. My co-worker had a power line and tree fall on his house (thank goodness he's only renting), so he's in western NC with family.

There is a power line down about 10 feet from the turn-in to our complex. It is sitting across the road. I rolled over it once, not know what it was. It scared me to death after I found out it was a power line. I can only assume it is OUR line, since it crosses the road toward us. Plus, the power was on and that line wasn't down yesterday morning. When I came home for lunch to check on Doc and the pids, the line was down and our power was out. I called this morning about the line, and I was apparently the first to do so. They acted surprised to hear it.

Trees are down EVERYWHERE. If you go backward from those links above from www.greenvilleonline.com, you'll find about 300 photographs residents have taken. It's caaaarrrazy over here!

Josh attempted to go to Mickey D's for me last night before he went to work (both our jobs have generators, so we luckily haven't lost any time there), but the line was too long and he had to come back empty-handed. I went out later, wanting to go to Wendy's or something, but I passed by Fatz Cafe before that, LOL, so I had a pretty nice meal in the dark! :)

Our frig is just about warm. We've lost most everything in the frig part, but the freezer is still above 40. We ditched our Milk and Popsicles, though. If we're going to be without power for six more days (that's the Duke Power forecast as of last night), we'll have to ditch pretty much everything. We JUST went to the store, also, and we don't really have extra $$ to replace it all. Figures...

"Intersections became games of chicken with traffic lights out." - quote from greenvilleonline.com
You've got that right. The state law is that if a traffic light is out, then the intersection automatically becomes a four-way stop. Yeah right - try doing that on Pelham Road. Those buttholes just keep coming. There are only two lights I've seen out of about 30 that are actually working. I've found myself making extreme efforts to make all right-handed turns, avoiding lefts, if at all possible. There are some intersections I've passed that treat it as if their light just changed, and the whole side stops for the opposite side to send out about 20 cars, and so on. That's what I mainly see.

Danielle is lucky enough to have power. She lives in a forest, so I don't know how she was THAT lucky, but she has given Josh and me permission to come over and shower. Thank goodness... Josh worked last night, and still smells like rubber (tire plant). He had to go to bed like that, too. Eww.

I've got both phones, a huge Jurassic Park flashlight, and the Gameboy at work charging up LOL. Our phone batteries only last two days WITHOUT use, and they both went out last night. In fact, I'd set the alarm on mine for this morning, and the battery died before the alarm could sound. So I woke up at 8:30 (work-time), and strolled in here about 9:15ish.

Oh, there's also no way into the apartment complex. There is a HUGE tree bent over, but not broken, in the way of the entrance. Luckily, though, there is a separate exit. People going in and out have to share the exit. It's a little unnerving in the daylight, b/c you can see headlights at night.

We are supposed to have a Christmas dinner with my grandma in Seneca tomorrow. However, the only people who have power are my aunt and uncle. Grandma included, no one else has power, and we're all supposed to cook something!

Well, I might write later before I leave if I have time.
Oh yeah, a couple of pics I took are coming up when we have power at home.