Weather good, weather bad..

So it's been snowing pretty much nonstop here for days, leaving us with well over a foot of accumulation most places. Sidewalks are almost impassable, and half the roads suck, too. So every local community college, local and public school, most agencies, Binghamton U., and all of adjacent Broome County are closed. But is Cornell? Heaven forfend, no.

The only time in recent history Cornell's closed due to weather was 3 years ago, when a sudden ice storm hit early afternoon, and the sheriff ordered the roads closed at 5pm. So Cornell closed a little early.

However, story has it that the previous time that happened, and the sheriff closed the roads at 1pm, Cornell didn't close. The entire staff was up in arms, and I can't blame them. I would've gone home anyway. However, they've made a halfass attempt to keep the campus and local roads clear, and little to no attempt to keep sidewalks, paths, plazas, etc. clear.

I really really hate not being able to bike everywhere--I'm still biking, but half of campus is just impassable by bike.

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On a better note, I helped push a stuck car out of the snow as I was going to work today. Yay, Good Samaritanism :)

Snow!

Just cleaned off my truck (after putting it in 4WD-Low to get it out of the space it was in)--used brooms and scraper (and the help of TJ, a boarder) to clean off a good foot of snow and ice--ice because I was parked next to the house, so ice and snow were sliding off the roof onto that lucky set of vehicles.. it's so much happier and more driveable now :) (Meanwhile, there are a few other vehicles snowed in in the lot, including one little sedan that's almost completely buried--you can see the rear turn signals and a bit of the front end, and that's it :)

And apparently I lost a fleece ear band that I had in the pocket of my jacket, after stopping by Campus Store (to pick up the reprints of the formal pix for Phil that Konica screwed up the first time) and WSH drop off the check for by Habitat Spring Break work trip.. then hung out with an engineering rep candidate, Yurij (politically very active, known him through APO for a good while), and Lisa (I think her name was), candidate for next year's senior class president, with purple contacts :)