I am so glad to have Tim home...He just got home
a couple hours ago from the
Desiring God conference in Minneapolis, MN.
They left about 1pm on Wed.
He called me a couple times in the night to tell me
that it was going to take a
while to get home. He called for the last time at 11pm.
I woke up at 6:30am thinking
they would be almost home, but went back to sleep.
He called again at 9:30 to say they
were almost home! That's what, 20 hours of travel
instead of 8!
.....he got stranded 2 times in Wisconsin...once for
5 hours and once for 1 1/2 hours!!! Because of the
icy, snowy weather
so he got home at 10am, instead of midnite last nite!!!
I guess there were semis that
jacknifed, etc, etc... There were stories
(he's not sure if it's true or not) of
travelers that had been stranded for 12 hours!
Evidently the the West-bound lane
had a lot more issues and they were headed East-bound --PTL!!!!
poor guy.... exhausted...
He said that the 2 counties that they were in at the
time of being stranded
declared a state of emergency and they had the
national guard(?) out and
helicopters were going over and they had some shelters
or something set up....quite a story,
I said, that is funny, and he said it didn't seem funny
at the time... cuz you
just don't know when you are going to get to go again! :)
So i am glad he is
home... Poor Ben (Mich state trooper ) was in his van and
he was trying
to get them to stop! He knows all about that stuff and
why they call it a
state of emergency, I'm sure
but the I guess they decided to keep pressing on and
get home! ;) He said the ice on the roads was like
going on a gravel road
with potholes, only worse... Sounds like quite the trip!!!!
smiles (glad i didn't know all that last nite!)
We searched for a news story on it, but found
nothing...guess the news people think
there's more important things, but that sounds
newsworthy to me.
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*after checking the comments*
...a better way to put it than search was
that we watched tv for a while thinking it would jump out.
...thanks mwh for the story
now it jumped out..thanks :)
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Thats the same storm we got here Tuesday night and yesterday only Jerry was trying to get out! He had to leave for MN yesterday and headed out about 12:30. After getting stuck in the driveway for 20 min he was on his way. He said it was bad for about the first 21/2 hours and then he drove out of it. I was nervous as he only was wearing a jacket and had no warm clothes. He's so stubborn!
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We're glad they're back!
Me, too!
I'm glad I didn't have to drive in that. :)
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