[Magdalen] snow

[Jay Weigel]

I wonder if Ann+ is so sanguine about retiring to Buffalo now. Snow is why
my parents left Syracuse so many years ago!

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Below is part of a note from my sister who is in East Aurora, NY. She is
> well and truly snowed in. Thankfully she still has power.
>
> Esther
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> "Update:
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> Sunshine for a few hours today - then there's another one coming with
> 1-2 more feet. We have 5 feet of snow now. It looks like a Dr. Zhivago
> set out there. We are all confined to home - driving ban everywhere;
> thruway closed from Rochester to Pa. line; many other express roads
> closed.
>
> The 2nd band is supposed to hit this afternoon and last through until
> sometime tomorrow.
>
> Huge funeral scheduled for Saturday - don't know how I will even get
> there, but probably a lot of other people won't, either (someone will
> come for me if the driving ban is off.) We are prepared for 500 people -
> the Roycroft is springing for the reception (this is the former owner of
> the Roycroft who was still on the board. She took my EfM class a few
> years back and we became very close friends.
>
> I am of course nervous about things like the roof caving in, one of our
> trees falling on us, especially about losing power, etc. I try to ignore
> those thoughts but of course they keep coming back. It's hard just
> trying to get a door open to let the dog in and out - and believe me,
> she doesn't want to go out! Ha."
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