Neither snow nor sleet...

So the morning started at 5:15am. My wife got up and got ready for her 6:15 van call. They were headed to the Jersey shore. Nice destination except for mid February when snow and ice have just pummeled the region.

I puttered until 8:30 when I headed to the car parked a few blocks north of our place. (“You have a car in New York City”, “Shaddup! I’ll deal with you later!”). After a half hour of hacking at ice drifts and ramming my car back and forth, back and forth, I was free. Off I went, west toward Harrisburg.

Twenty minutes after crossing into Pennsylvania I encountered this.



ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell declared a statewide disaster emergency Thursday to deal with the aftermath of the winter storm that created a 50-mile traffic jam on Interstate 78.

As one trucker put it:

The traffic jam on the icy, hilly section of Interstate 78 in eastern Pennsylvania started to ease by the afternoon, but drivers were still seething “How could you operate a state like this? It's totally disgusting,” said Eugene Coleman, of Hartford, Conn.

I phoned my two friends in NYC who were planning to make the trip up to see me in “Wife”. I told them that under no circumstances were they to risk their lives to see me in this play. I was completely taken aback when they agreed.

And so begins my third week of performances.