Here's my storm update. Will post some pics later.
Left work at noon, drove down to Pembroke to my friend's condo. About an hour drive and roads were just wet. Worked until 5 and then joined my buddy's snow crew (he heads winter ops for his landscaping company). Worked until about midnight shoveling out garages and walkways at a 50+ condo complex.
Go to drop one of the guys off at home, road blocked by trees. Turn around to go another way, also blocked. Go to leave to go back to my friends condo...tree feel behind us and blocked us in. End up getting a saw from a neighbor, cutting up the tree and pulling it out of the way. Get a bit further and two more trees had fallen, cut those up and get home. No power, but eat some chips and get to sleep. Wake up and trees down in the driveway, my car is blocked in by two large pines. Ended up losing a few trucks over the night while guys were plowing. Either blown hydraulics on the plows or trees fell on guys while they were driving.
Go back the next morning, finish up the complex. Go nonstop from 10am to 6pm. We had made 3 rounds the night before, for all 30 units there. Made one round Saturday, drifts up to 5' in front of half the garages and most walkways. Leave, get food and get to sleep around 10. Still no power. Wake up, dig my own car out and finally get back to my apartment around 1pm. Couldn't park in the driveway because it was barely shoveled. Parked .5miles away, walked back, and managed to move their 6' piles back and shovel the rest of the driveway out (whole thing can fit 9 or 10 cars). Finished around 6pm. Just finished showering for the first time since Thursday night.
I am moving when this lease is up and finding my own place alone.
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