It was a blizzard, rather than a snowstorm, so there was drifting snow due to the winds. Many cars were invisible because they were buried in snowdrifts.
I was working the night (11Pm-7AM) shift when the snow started; it was just starting when I went to sleep at around noon. When I awoke at around 8PM, it was very deep, so I decided to take the bus into work. (I lived about two miles from RIH, in the city) I called to let my supervisors know I would be running late, and they told me to stay home, as I-95 was shut down, and people were walking off it to the hospital. (It was the only thing that many of them could see, so they followed the lights to safety)
My husband didn't make it home for 3 days (he was at the hospital), and even then he had to walk. We lived on a fairly main street, but it still wasn't plowed for almost a week. Only snowmobiles and 4 wheel drive vehicles could get around. when the street was finally plowed, the snowbank was higher than our second story window!
The only good news was that we had had an ice storm a couple of weeks before this, and I had not had adequate supplies. This time, I was prepared, so we lived fairly well. (Lots of beer and wine, cheeses, etc) Plus, we still had power, so I could watch TV, and wasn't freezing.
I'll be PMing you tomorrow with the info, OK?
