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I'm stranded at work!
Jun. 4th, 2008 08:35 pmIt's 8:36pm and I'm still at work.
Why? Because there's a huge storm going on in my area. One storm came through around 3 today and we got an emergency evacuation notice so we all headed down into the basement of our building- where we stood around, ate Chex Mix and gummy bears- until it was over. There was a tornado but it didn't go past us. It did kill a guy in our county, though. Not good.
Then I stayed late at work because my writers' roundtable group is at 7 (I get there around 6:30 to set up) so it doesn't make sense to go all the way home and then out again. At 6pm I got a phone call from the library saying the meeting was canceled because the power at the library is out. So did I go home then? No.
I stayed here because there's no power at home. And here I have food and light and power and the internet. So at least I can follow the box score of the Stanley Cup game and eat dinner. And catch up a little on pervy_werewolf. I got another Tornado warning from the university (where I work) at 8 but it said to take shelter in a building, not go to the basement or anything like the last one. And right now raining just a little and there's a little thunder. The huge part of the storm and the hail has passed by. It's supposed to get bad again around midnight, so I'm planning to go home before that (most traffic lights are out- but it's mostly right turns all the way home for me except for the very first turn, where the traffic light is on anyway).
But if it gets bad again, I could very well be stranded here at work for the night. There's a spider about 2 inches in diameter in my office somewhere, too. Don't really want to bunk down for the night with him. But I've got a jacket and sweatshirt and my Eeyore blanket here at work (boy, I'm a dork) and I have cheese and crackers and beverages and stuff to eat for dinner that I don't have at home.
Kind of fun, actually. Except for missing the game. HELP! I want to listen to it online but I've been everywhere and can't find a live feed! Okay, so reading Remus pr0n is a good time waster while I listen to the emergency broadcast signal on the radio. But I'd like to listen to the game as well :-)
Why? Because there's a huge storm going on in my area. One storm came through around 3 today and we got an emergency evacuation notice so we all headed down into the basement of our building- where we stood around, ate Chex Mix and gummy bears- until it was over. There was a tornado but it didn't go past us. It did kill a guy in our county, though. Not good.
Then I stayed late at work because my writers' roundtable group is at 7 (I get there around 6:30 to set up) so it doesn't make sense to go all the way home and then out again. At 6pm I got a phone call from the library saying the meeting was canceled because the power at the library is out. So did I go home then? No.
I stayed here because there's no power at home. And here I have food and light and power and the internet. So at least I can follow the box score of the Stanley Cup game and eat dinner. And catch up a little on pervy_werewolf. I got another Tornado warning from the university (where I work) at 8 but it said to take shelter in a building, not go to the basement or anything like the last one. And right now raining just a little and there's a little thunder. The huge part of the storm and the hail has passed by. It's supposed to get bad again around midnight, so I'm planning to go home before that (most traffic lights are out- but it's mostly right turns all the way home for me except for the very first turn, where the traffic light is on anyway).
But if it gets bad again, I could very well be stranded here at work for the night. There's a spider about 2 inches in diameter in my office somewhere, too. Don't really want to bunk down for the night with him. But I've got a jacket and sweatshirt and my Eeyore blanket here at work (boy, I'm a dork) and I have cheese and crackers and beverages and stuff to eat for dinner that I don't have at home.
Kind of fun, actually. Except for missing the game. HELP! I want to listen to it online but I've been everywhere and can't find a live feed! Okay, so reading Remus pr0n is a good time waster while I listen to the emergency broadcast signal on the radio. But I'd like to listen to the game as well :-)
