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I'm supposed to go visit my parents this weekend in upstate New York, with Alex. I took Friday off from work. Because of family drama which I won't go into here, we won't be seeing my family at Christmas - this was going to be my opportunity to spend time with them.
They got hit with seven inches of snow today. We went out and bought Alex a pair of snow boots so she could frolic in the snow at Grandma's house. I worried a little bit about the drive, but figured if I took the long way around and stuck to the Interstates I would probably be fine.
My mother just e-mailed me this: ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... [...] THIS NOR'EASTER IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY. [...] SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 FOOT OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE [...] A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE HEAVY SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 INCHES OR MORE.
Sunday, the day we were expecting to drive back. Shit. And yet it's just a watch, not a winter storm warning. It could turn into anything, or nothing.
Do I go, and just figure that we might get snowed in and have to stay an extra day? If I don't go, the trip can't be switched to another weekend (due to the aforementioned drama issues). The visit would have to be postponed until God knows when.
I don't want to cancel, but a five-hour drive through potentially bad winter weather is nothing to just shrug off. Shit.
They got hit with seven inches of snow today. We went out and bought Alex a pair of snow boots so she could frolic in the snow at Grandma's house. I worried a little bit about the drive, but figured if I took the long way around and stuck to the Interstates I would probably be fine.
My mother just e-mailed me this: ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... [...] THIS NOR'EASTER IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY. [...] SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 FOOT OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE [...] A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE HEAVY SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 INCHES OR MORE.
Sunday, the day we were expecting to drive back. Shit. And yet it's just a watch, not a winter storm warning. It could turn into anything, or nothing.
Do I go, and just figure that we might get snowed in and have to stay an extra day? If I don't go, the trip can't be switched to another weekend (due to the aforementioned drama issues). The visit would have to be postponed until God knows when.
I don't want to cancel, but a five-hour drive through potentially bad winter weather is nothing to just shrug off. Shit.
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