Note to file.

[rabidsamfan]

The next time you need a new winter coat, try not to wait until the night that the hurricane-fed nor'easter is swooping into town to go out looking to buy one.

Comments

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to see that you arrived saely home again. *smiles*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Damp, but intact! Although the wind is definitely picking up this morning.

[mariole.livejournal.com]

The corollary is, "If you move to Colorado from Florida, don't wait until the first snowstorm to decide to buy a coat and gloves." (This was necessary because, being stupid Floridians, we had no food in the house and hadn't paid attention to the weather. So we drove through 2-foot drifts to Wal-Mart, dressed ourselves, and made the cashier ring us out while we were wearing the new clothes, because we were too frozen to take them off.)

How's Boston today?

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Windy and wet. Sustained winds were 31 mph at the airport last time I checked, and since I live about four blocks from one of the runways...

I'm glad it's my late day for work. It won't be any fun going in, but most of the party should be over by the time I'm on my way home.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, and Walmart is adequate, but if you want really good winter stuff, go to the skier/mountain climber/outdoor sports stores. That's what I did last night and I was nice and cozy on the way to work this morning.

[mariole.livejournal.com]

We were from FLORIDA. We were IDIOTS!! It makes a funny story in retrospect, though. :-D

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

My mom has a picture of my Texas cousins standing next to a tiny patch of snow in the middle of July up on Trail Ridge Road when we were kids. They look like they're about to die of frostbite. Mind you, it was the middle of July, and it was the first snow they'd ever been close enough to touch...

And you're right -- it' a great story. I can just see the look on the cashier's face!

[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

It's a mess out there! Broken umbrellas all over the place. Mine will undoubtedly soon be joining them.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

That's why I went up to REI and bought a ski jacket with a nice removable liner and a hood. Yay GoreTex!

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess as long as it's drip-dry...

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

*snort*