Weekend wishes

[wondersofwine]

Sorry Glenora about the disastrous temps in Finger Lakes area.
Fortunately, Fayetteville did not get the icy roads that Raleigh area had last week. They dismissed school around noon but conditions were so bad that most school buses could not complete their routes. They were called off the road at 9:00 PM and about 3000 students ended up stranded at their schools overnite. Teachers, administrators, PTA members and neighbors of the schools provided bedding and sandwiches, etc. The school buses began moving again 0830 the next morning to take the stranded students home. Commuters from Triangle Research Park and elsewhere spent hours on the roads. Many cars abandoned and people walked home or got a ride with someone in a four-wheel drive vehicle, etc. The Governor called Wake County officials to see if they should open shelters for stranded motorists and someone hung up on him (apologized the next day). Something like 600 accidents in Raleigh alone in a 12-hour period, including cars and a trailer-truck flipped over. Wake County Sheriff Deputies helped out State Troopers on accident scenes. (Only about 1-2" of snow but the ice and unexpectedness of the snowfall created chaos.) Weather predictions had all been for only a light dusting of snow in Raleigh area but the jet stream dipped further south than expected or something.