So I’m back to post that I’m finally in warmth.
Unfortunately we had to abandon the Pittsburgh Norton Estate. The power situation had become critical and it was time to find warmth. Unfortunately our forced air furnace will not operate without power, so the house had dropped to approximately 40 degrees.
We Left at approximately 6:30pm to try and take haven at a friends house. After encountering numerous obstacles around 7:45-8:00pm, we finally made it to a friends house about 5 miles away. With dogs in tow. We only had to park three blocks away. I carried about 25 pounds of essential stuff along the way. But alas we had to bring the whole family(dogs included).
Right before we left The Pennsylvania American Water Company has issued a stop on all water consumption, so we we’re forced to turn our water off. We are praying that nothing goes wrong with the pipes, but it’s a problem we’ll just have to deal with.
For The moment we have found haven at the Hiersche Estate in Beechview, PA .
Click on the above to see the Google Street view of the house in normal conditions.
Snowpocaylse Pittsburgh Hiersche Estate
Luckily the Hirsche’s aka Halstead and Evan have power, internet, and HEAT. Thank you so much to our gracious hosts.
As a matter of point; everyone I spoke with has said its the worst snow storm they’ve ever seen in the P-burgh area. However, I’ve heard differing stories from other areas in the city. Farther east-north in oakland. I’ve heard there was less than 18 inches of snow. However I can say that there was easily over two feet of snow in my driveway on the west-south side of the city.
Overall, I’m exhausted. I spent about 8-10 hours shoveling snow to get out of the driveway. And that was really only about a third of the job. I definitely must thank my neighbor John for snow blowing a good portion of my driveway. I will have to do something very nice for John very soon.
Thanks for tuning in to the Snowpocalypse 2010 report from Skitzo at lostNtranslation.com.
