Saturday, January 22, 2011
Mia and Her Collection: EARLY SNOW BLIZZARD HITS EASTCOAST ..... CK...CK.....
Mia and Her Collection: EARLY SNOW BLIZZARD HITS EASTCOAST ..... CK...CK.....: "A blizzard is a severe snowstorm usually accompanied by high winds, blowing snow, very cold temperature and the blowing snow can cause white..."
Friday, January 21, 2011
EARLY SNOW BLIZZARD HITS EASTCOAST ..... CK...CK...CK....
A blizzard is a severe snowstorm usually accompanied by high winds, blowing snow, very cold temperature and the blowing snow can cause whiteout conditions that make driving and walking nearly impossible. This unexpectedly perfect storm arrived in unprepared NYC, NJ area the day after Christmas, where pretty much every retailer in the United States has outrageous after Christmas Day Sale.
As many folks head out the door for Day After Christmas Sales ........ me and my husband Eddie, made our way to go to Macy's Herald Square in NYC. Snow was already start falling but not to heavy, so we thought its just another snow. Oh, and yes, none of us checked weather channel that a blizzard warning is in effect for New York City and surrounding. We arrived at Macy's and got a perfect parking right in front of the building. That was around 2:30PM. Soooo ..... if you think most of New Yorker will stay home watch TV and eat their hot soup, you are mistaken. Macy's was packed! My friend Grace happened to work at Macy's, so after Macy's we were heading Queens to attend the Indonesian Catholic Apostle Christmas celebration, Grace and her husband Darmo came along in our car. We stayed at the party until 9PM.
When we're about ready to go home, we were shock to see the outside blizzard. Me and Grace with our high heels tried to fight our way to the car (duuuuhhh ...... it's a party). The snow was nearly 10 inches high, higher than our heels ... LOL. After spinning and sliding in the huge unplowed parking lot, our seventh generation Honda Accord 2005 made it's way out to the almost empty street. We drove not more than 20 miles an hour due to low visibility. Once we reach Manhattan, that's where the problem began. More traffics ahead of us, some sliding, some spinning, some dancing on ice, some covering the whole street. Some taxis was abandoned in the middle of the street. A GMC Terrain SUV wheels are sliding out of control on ice, and you think how come their four wheels drive vehicle can't go. LOL, it doesn't matter if it's four wheels or two wheels, it's still just rubber on ice. So, we were about to make a turn on 57th street, hoping that wider and major street will be well plowed, but before we made a turn, we didn't realize that the snow on the side was that high. Our car got stuck just in front of a taxi that also got stuck. The car won't move, all of a sudden this Samaritan China man whose taxi's stuck in the snow bank came to our rescue. He pushed our car as much he can until finally did moved. We all thanked him, but in return he asked us to help push his taxi. Eddie and Darmo was like ...... "oh crap", they just wore a suit with no jacket, no gloves, no hat, not to mention their leather shoes. So, we told him we're going to help and again try to park the car into a better spot. Unfortunately, we got trapped again that I have to switch and seats behind the wheel while the boys tried to push the car. After all the pushed forward, push backward and push forward again, the car out of the snow bank, and I make sure look for a better spot to stop which was actually far from the China man's cab. What happen to the two boys? Their face and hands were frozen and they couldn't help to get inside the car, so we regretly left the China man behind. We all felt soooo bad to the China man, but that's what happen when you were not prepare with winter gear. So we strolled very slowly on 57th street, but all of sudden the wipers when completely off. But we were afraid to stop and fix the wipers, cuz when we stop, it will be hard to slide the wheels. With zero visibility, just depending on lights, we moved extremely slow. We thought we're not gonna make it home with no wipers. When we reached Fifth Avenue we got a better spot to stop and clean the wipers and voillaaaa ...... it works ....... so off we go.
Numerous people simply gave up waiting for bus and taxi, instead they walking down in the middle of the street. We were wondering how come Manhattan streets were not being plowed, or maybe they only did once??? Or could it be the snow just fall too fast???
Anyway, we made our way out Manhattan and facing another problem on Rt. 3. A huge truck trailer was stuck horizontally and covering three out of four lane highway. After waiting for about half an hour for the NJ trooper to haul the trailer, we finnally able to pass the trailer and traffic was moving slowly through the slushy snow covered roads. We got home almost 1 AM and not able to enter our own driveway, by then the snow was already high and the stupid snow plower dumped the street snow into our front driveway...... whaaat daaa .... We left our car on the street and we DIVED!!!!!
The next morning I put a sign "HOUSE FOR SALE 1 MILLION US$ OBO ..... OWNER MOVED TO SUNNY AND WARM STATE" ................ hehehehe you laughing ...... let me know if you are interested :)
BALI hold my hand ..... i am coming home :)))))
End of story.
No need snowboard .... slide by itself
As many folks head out the door for Day After Christmas Sales ........ me and my husband Eddie, made our way to go to Macy's Herald Square in NYC. Snow was already start falling but not to heavy, so we thought its just another snow. Oh, and yes, none of us checked weather channel that a blizzard warning is in effect for New York City and surrounding. We arrived at Macy's and got a perfect parking right in front of the building. That was around 2:30PM. Soooo ..... if you think most of New Yorker will stay home watch TV and eat their hot soup, you are mistaken. Macy's was packed! My friend Grace happened to work at Macy's, so after Macy's we were heading Queens to attend the Indonesian Catholic Apostle Christmas celebration, Grace and her husband Darmo came along in our car. We stayed at the party until 9PM.
When we're about ready to go home, we were shock to see the outside blizzard. Me and Grace with our high heels tried to fight our way to the car (duuuuhhh ...... it's a party). The snow was nearly 10 inches high, higher than our heels ... LOL. After spinning and sliding in the huge unplowed parking lot, our seventh generation Honda Accord 2005 made it's way out to the almost empty street. We drove not more than 20 miles an hour due to low visibility. Once we reach Manhattan, that's where the problem began. More traffics ahead of us, some sliding, some spinning, some dancing on ice, some covering the whole street. Some taxis was abandoned in the middle of the street. A GMC Terrain SUV wheels are sliding out of control on ice, and you think how come their four wheels drive vehicle can't go. LOL, it doesn't matter if it's four wheels or two wheels, it's still just rubber on ice. So, we were about to make a turn on 57th street, hoping that wider and major street will be well plowed, but before we made a turn, we didn't realize that the snow on the side was that high. Our car got stuck just in front of a taxi that also got stuck. The car won't move, all of a sudden this Samaritan China man whose taxi's stuck in the snow bank came to our rescue. He pushed our car as much he can until finally did moved. We all thanked him, but in return he asked us to help push his taxi. Eddie and Darmo was like ...... "oh crap", they just wore a suit with no jacket, no gloves, no hat, not to mention their leather shoes. So, we told him we're going to help and again try to park the car into a better spot. Unfortunately, we got trapped again that I have to switch and seats behind the wheel while the boys tried to push the car. After all the pushed forward, push backward and push forward again, the car out of the snow bank, and I make sure look for a better spot to stop which was actually far from the China man's cab. What happen to the two boys? Their face and hands were frozen and they couldn't help to get inside the car, so we regretly left the China man behind. We all felt soooo bad to the China man, but that's what happen when you were not prepare with winter gear. So we strolled very slowly on 57th street, but all of sudden the wipers when completely off. But we were afraid to stop and fix the wipers, cuz when we stop, it will be hard to slide the wheels. With zero visibility, just depending on lights, we moved extremely slow. We thought we're not gonna make it home with no wipers. When we reached Fifth Avenue we got a better spot to stop and clean the wipers and voillaaaa ...... it works ....... so off we go.
Numerous people simply gave up waiting for bus and taxi, instead they walking down in the middle of the street. We were wondering how come Manhattan streets were not being plowed, or maybe they only did once??? Or could it be the snow just fall too fast???
Anyway, we made our way out Manhattan and facing another problem on Rt. 3. A huge truck trailer was stuck horizontally and covering three out of four lane highway. After waiting for about half an hour for the NJ trooper to haul the trailer, we finnally able to pass the trailer and traffic was moving slowly through the slushy snow covered roads. We got home almost 1 AM and not able to enter our own driveway, by then the snow was already high and the stupid snow plower dumped the street snow into our front driveway...... whaaat daaa .... We left our car on the street and we DIVED!!!!!
The next morning I put a sign "HOUSE FOR SALE 1 MILLION US$ OBO ..... OWNER MOVED TO SUNNY AND WARM STATE" ................ hehehehe you laughing ...... let me know if you are interested :)
BALI hold my hand ..... i am coming home :)))))
End of story.
The next morning, over 30 inches of snow
Free snow, feel free to pick your own
He is thinking of playing golf
Neighbor come to our rescue
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