Storm Cleanup

We survived the winds. They gusted up to 135 km/hour and broke records for the month of February. It's still whistling out there this morning, but nothing like it was on Sunday. It's quite nice out there at only -6 (-16 with the 44 km wind).

There was a lot of damage as siding and rooves blew off. Part of the high school blew off as did a large chunk of the eight-storey building. Some cars were completely covered in snow and a taxi that was hidden in a drift got smoked by a smow plow. It was one of the worst storms that the residents here have seen in many years.

So I'm glad that I was here for it. Most people on Sunday couldn't sleep because of the wind, but I slept soundly and uninterrupted for the whole night. As everyone else was weary and tired, I was bright eyed and bushy-tailed. The only problem was that schools on Monday were closed so I had a lazy day at home.

It was a tragically boring day. The power, which had been on for the whole night, went out at 7:45 and remained out until 1:30. I didn't have anything to do. I read my book and dozed for the morning. It wasn't a lot of fun, but at least it didn't get cold in the apartment. I did manage to take a shower, and use the battery on the laptop, but neither was enough to keep me adequately entertained.

I did get a phone call about a possible shortlisting for a teaching job, but I'm not going to think about it until I hear something definite. I'm predicting that after having no options, I will suddenly go to having to make a very difficult decision for this September.