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The chance of a White Christmas in Oklahoma is 3%, we beat the odds yesterday! In fact we beat the single day record for snow, 11 inches. Normally we close on Christmas Eve at 3pm, you might think the fact that there was a Blizzard outside might mean we could just go home at noon? Yeah right! The interstates are closed, the Turnpike is closed and the Highway Patrol said if you get stuck, call a friend because we are too busy with real accidents, but we are open.
And I can understand if you need feed for your animals, but why are you driving in a 40 to 50 MPH wind IN A BLIZZARD just to look at paint samples? I could not believe how many people just came in to shop IN A BLIZZARD. I can't see a block away out the window, but they risk driving in this. Around noon the customers finally figure out IT'S A BLIZZARD and drop off to about one or two an hour. No now we are all just standing around staring at each other wondering why we can't just go home. One of our bosses does go home and it takes her almost three hours to get there. She of course calls to tell us to be careful, but not that we can go.
At 2pm I go out to move my car closer, but first I have to shovel snow that has drifted almost 2 feet deep in front of it. But finally it is almost 3pm and we can go, right? No! suddenly about a dozen people show up and want to shop and look around. And of course the other boss will not just tell them no, we all have to wait on them. Now if you saw a bunch of people wearing their coats, most with snow on them, with their keys in hand and standing with their hand over the light switch, you might think they are ready to leave.
So I am over 30 minutes late leaving, I drive very slow and get home OK, but as I pull into the driveway, I get stuck with the back end of my car sticking out in the road. I remember I still had a partial bag of kitty litter in the house and went in to get it and find my dad on the floor, he had fallen and he has hurt his shoulder. I don't know if it is bruise or a break, so I call 911. When they are on their way and I have got my dad comfortable, I grab the kitty litter, get enough traction to pull back out in to road, get just enough speed to pull into drive (and into the snow drift), run back in to answer the phone calls from all the neighbors with a scanner.
Now on my way back in, I can hear a siren in the distance, but as I wait and wait, no ambulance. My dad wants to move to his chair and I know I shouldn't but if he can get there it probably isn't a break, so I help him move, but still no ambulance.
So I go back out, get my snow shovel, and clear off the porch for them. as I go the clear off the drift that has the back door blocked, I hear a siren again, but when I get to the front door, it is the Lake Ranger. The Ambulance got stuck in the snow! He brought a paramedic, he checks my dad out, no break or dislocation, just a bruise. As he finishes, the Ambulance makes it here, they check out his vital signs and stuff. One of the paramedics tells me he has been going non-stop since his shift started because of all the people having wrecks trying to drive in this. In fact I just heard the siren again as I am typing this.
My dad is OK, he just needs help getting up and down right now as he can't brace himself with his left arm. I will call out tomorrow, between him, the weather and the fact my car is in a snow drift. If they had just closed early none of this would have happened and if we could have closed at 3pm as we were supposed to, he wouldn't have been lying on the floor for so long.
And I can understand if you need feed for your animals, but why are you driving in a 40 to 50 MPH wind IN A BLIZZARD just to look at paint samples? I could not believe how many people just came in to shop IN A BLIZZARD. I can't see a block away out the window, but they risk driving in this. Around noon the customers finally figure out IT'S A BLIZZARD and drop off to about one or two an hour. No now we are all just standing around staring at each other wondering why we can't just go home. One of our bosses does go home and it takes her almost three hours to get there. She of course calls to tell us to be careful, but not that we can go.
At 2pm I go out to move my car closer, but first I have to shovel snow that has drifted almost 2 feet deep in front of it. But finally it is almost 3pm and we can go, right? No! suddenly about a dozen people show up and want to shop and look around. And of course the other boss will not just tell them no, we all have to wait on them. Now if you saw a bunch of people wearing their coats, most with snow on them, with their keys in hand and standing with their hand over the light switch, you might think they are ready to leave.
So I am over 30 minutes late leaving, I drive very slow and get home OK, but as I pull into the driveway, I get stuck with the back end of my car sticking out in the road. I remember I still had a partial bag of kitty litter in the house and went in to get it and find my dad on the floor, he had fallen and he has hurt his shoulder. I don't know if it is bruise or a break, so I call 911. When they are on their way and I have got my dad comfortable, I grab the kitty litter, get enough traction to pull back out in to road, get just enough speed to pull into drive (and into the snow drift), run back in to answer the phone calls from all the neighbors with a scanner.
Now on my way back in, I can hear a siren in the distance, but as I wait and wait, no ambulance. My dad wants to move to his chair and I know I shouldn't but if he can get there it probably isn't a break, so I help him move, but still no ambulance.
So I go back out, get my snow shovel, and clear off the porch for them. as I go the clear off the drift that has the back door blocked, I hear a siren again, but when I get to the front door, it is the Lake Ranger. The Ambulance got stuck in the snow! He brought a paramedic, he checks my dad out, no break or dislocation, just a bruise. As he finishes, the Ambulance makes it here, they check out his vital signs and stuff. One of the paramedics tells me he has been going non-stop since his shift started because of all the people having wrecks trying to drive in this. In fact I just heard the siren again as I am typing this.
My dad is OK, he just needs help getting up and down right now as he can't brace himself with his left arm. I will call out tomorrow, between him, the weather and the fact my car is in a snow drift. If they had just closed early none of this would have happened and if we could have closed at 3pm as we were supposed to, he wouldn't have been lying on the floor for so long.
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