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Old 01-12-2011, 03:25 PM   #14610
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Okay, I've calmed down a little bit. Thanks everybody for the good thoughts. I waited a couple of hours and tried again. I managed to get to the car without killing myself, and drove over to mom's house. Some streets actually have dry areas on them now, from the wind, but some are still completely white. Mom's street is that way. I made it there, though, but was afraid to stop in front of her house because it was that thick clear kind of ice and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get off of it if I parked there. Her driveway is a steep hill, also ice covered. Anyway, there was a spot a couple of houses down where someone had been parked during the storm so it was kind of clear. I pulled over, opened the door, and...could not walk. I was like Bambi on the frozen pond. I had a walking stick with me to give me balance, but it wouldn't punch thru the ice so it did me no good. Just then I heard a roaring noise, and I looked up to see a bulldozer heading straight for me, scraping the street as he came. He obviously saw my panic, and just stopped and waited for me to skate my way around the car to the curb. I tried to pick my way back toward mom's house but by that time I was so over it (again!). I got back in my car and followed the path of the bulldozer back to the main road, and then came home. I've satisfied myself that in an emergency I could get to her, or out of here, but this isn't an emergency so I'm back home. And luckily not flattened by a bulldozer. Now I'm going to shop at Amazon for some yaktrax. It won't do me any good this time, but next time...
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