Monday, December 29, 2003
Excerpt from Hundreds Stranded As Storm Closes I-5
Monday December 29, 2003 7:01 PM
YREKA, Calif. (AP) - A fierce snowstorm closed nearly 150 miles of Interstate 5 in California and Oregon on Monday and stranded hundreds of travelers, police said. Some people had been stuck since Sunday evening.
There was no estimate when crews would be able to get to the people stalled between Redding and Medford, Ore., said Jennifer Bryan, a dispatcher for the California Highway Patrol.
``We can't move them, we can't get to them,'' said Bryan. ``Don't try to come up here.''
Visibility was down to 25 feet in the steady, blowing snow, and crews trying to clear the highway were stymied by drifting.
``Once the plow gets it, it gets blocked again,'' said Bryan. In some areas snowdrifts were as high as five feet.
The Oregon State Police said so many vehicles had spun out of control that it was difficult to calculate how many accidents had occurred.
We are intact though currently stuck in Redding (in a hotel) with my parents waiting for the ice/snow to go away. Also I have one (1) fewer unwrecked cars than I did yesterday. It slipped on ice and followed the tracks of another car that had slipped on the same ice and hit a rock. My car hit the other car (which was empty). It got towed to Redding and is staying in a shop where it will get diagnosed and (if it doesn't cost too much) repaired. If it does come back, it will probably be many more colors and I will rename it Shmuel. If not, there is a lot of walkingorpossiblybiking in my future.
p.s. Do not be misled by the unfortunate ending. The rest of the roadtrip was fantastic. Mexico, the painted desert, San Franciso, Santa Cruz, redwoods, my cousin's wedding, the loneliest road, and lots of Wal-Mart parking lots. F a n t a s t i c.
Monday December 29, 2003 7:01 PM
YREKA, Calif. (AP) - A fierce snowstorm closed nearly 150 miles of Interstate 5 in California and Oregon on Monday and stranded hundreds of travelers, police said. Some people had been stuck since Sunday evening.
There was no estimate when crews would be able to get to the people stalled between Redding and Medford, Ore., said Jennifer Bryan, a dispatcher for the California Highway Patrol.
``We can't move them, we can't get to them,'' said Bryan. ``Don't try to come up here.''
Visibility was down to 25 feet in the steady, blowing snow, and crews trying to clear the highway were stymied by drifting.
``Once the plow gets it, it gets blocked again,'' said Bryan. In some areas snowdrifts were as high as five feet.
The Oregon State Police said so many vehicles had spun out of control that it was difficult to calculate how many accidents had occurred.
We are intact though currently stuck in Redding (in a hotel) with my parents waiting for the ice/snow to go away. Also I have one (1) fewer unwrecked cars than I did yesterday. It slipped on ice and followed the tracks of another car that had slipped on the same ice and hit a rock. My car hit the other car (which was empty). It got towed to Redding and is staying in a shop where it will get diagnosed and (if it doesn't cost too much) repaired. If it does come back, it will probably be many more colors and I will rename it Shmuel. If not, there is a lot of walkingorpossiblybiking in my future.
p.s. Do not be misled by the unfortunate ending. The rest of the roadtrip was fantastic. Mexico, the painted desert, San Franciso, Santa Cruz, redwoods, my cousin's wedding, the loneliest road, and lots of Wal-Mart parking lots. F a n t a s t i c.
Thursday, December 18, 2003
Regarding Return of the King:
I think that movie may have actually caused me dehydration by making me cry so hard.
It has my official Approval. Go. See it. Have high expectations. You will not be disappointed.
I think that movie may have actually caused me dehydration by making me cry so hard.
It has my official Approval. Go. See it. Have high expectations. You will not be disappointed.
Friday, December 05, 2003
There is a turtle on my thumb.
TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN.
...
I interpreted Nodep as similar to Sleep Dep, except instead of being deprived of sleep you are not deprived of anything. No Dep! Very empowered.
I am in the ETC waiting for Fureigh. Tra la la. For Fureigh I wait. Wait wait wait. Deedle dee.
~karafischer
TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN.
...
I interpreted Nodep as similar to Sleep Dep, except instead of being deprived of sleep you are not deprived of anything. No Dep! Very empowered.
I am in the ETC waiting for Fureigh. Tra la la. For Fureigh I wait. Wait wait wait. Deedle dee.
~karafischer
