Horrific Commute...

[Zeb_Carter]

Well today started like any other day...a leisurely drive to work ( 25 minutes ). Work, work, work, lunch, work...power outage. Nothing to do, hung out on the back deck of the office...watched the wind blow rain, leaves, branches and trees past the office. Went inside and helped get the generator set up and running. It's needed to keep the servers that host web site's up. They have a 2 1/2 hour battery back up and ComED said the power wouldn't be up until after 5:30pm.

Got the generator up and running. Stood around some more watching the rain and semi-twisters go sailing by. Boss told us all to go home. That was at 3:30pm. I left at 4:00pm. I didn't get home until 6:30pm. The last 15 minutes of the trip was the longest part. The first 2 hours I traveled a total of 3 miles. If that.

I am exhausted and going to bed...nite all.

 

[Guest]

Glad you're home safe.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Glad you're home safe.

Thank you sweetie!

Good night...

 

[Guest]

Thank you sweetie!

Good night...

Good night.

 

[S-Des]

I actually did a lot of driving today. I was on my way to pick up my daughter when my ex told me not to bother. A tornado touched down two houses from them and there was a lot of damage in the neighborhood. Also, a roof collapsed, injuring 42 workers. There was no way to reach them, so I ran a few errands (and watched the really interesting sky). Then I headed to work, which was a lot of driving tonight. On a ridiculously cute note, my daughter took my picture (the one from the disco band with the wig ) to the basement while the storm raged. She told her mom that I was keeping her safe.

My worst commute was a couple of years ago. We had an insane snowstorm on a Thursday night. I was supposed to do sound at a big corporate event downtown for a radio station (they blew at least $100,000 on the party). I couldn't get off work, so I dropped off the gear and had a friend mix for me (which turned out to be a nightmare I won't discuss). As I left the building, the snow started to fall. By the time I got to the edge of the city, the snow was a full-blown blizzard and traffic wasn't moving. After 2 hours, I gave up, turned around and went back to the gig. I got there just in time to mix the last few songs, tear down, then make the 2-3 hour drive home (people were still on the highway from rush hour at 10:00 PM).

 

[rgraham666]

Glad you made it home safe, Zeb.

 

[R. Richard]

I am glad you made it home safe. Driving in storm conditions with trees and power lines down in the street is no fun at all.

 

[glynndah]

My worse commute was driving to twenty miles to work during a blizzard and passing not one, not, two, but three snowplows in the ditches, the last one sliding off a few car lengths in front of me. I made it into work on time, with fresh donuts for my crew, I might add. Many people who lived "in town" called in because of the road conditions that day.