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I saw a surprising number of people (other than snowplows) out on the roads today, both this afternoon when I went into work, and coming home. Many of them were folks with older rear-wheel drive cars that just should have stayed home. But I suppose the lure of stale pretzels, cigarettes, and bread & milk at the WaWa was too much for them.
We were keeping the ambulance runs to a minimum tonight ... true emergencies only. Anyone in a relatively safe setting (police stations and hospitals) will just have to sit tight until the roads are cleared. However, as I explained to an ER staff member at another hospital who was concerned about her patient's place in our batting order ... "mental patients are NOT like pregnant women. They don't all blow in the snow ... I don't anticiptate there being too many people ahead of you once the rig's back on the road."
Our big surprise for the night was that people actually showed up for visiting hours.
I do wish I had a snowmobile. I could have gotten to and from work tonight and had fun doing it. Of course, I don't have any reasonable place to keep it (the living room in my apartment is not big enough for my furniture, much less a snowmobile). Someday, though ...
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