It's 2014 and that means time for a polar vortex!
Yey!
It would be a party but everyone's huddled inside. Seriously, the city of Chicago is inside except for necessities such as police, hospital, Starbucks, and CTA workers. Schools closed and even work too (for the lucky!). With temperatures below 0 degrees F, the indoors is the place to be.
But still, the vortex feels wasted. There can be no parties as snow, ice, parking, few cabs, and Oh yey, the extreme cold make travel less than smart. No guests at a party is not a party. Dead or hospitalized guest for a party is a party no-no.
Also, hosting a party would be hard as the grocery stores have been cleared of supplies. This is hard to fathom as the city is full of delivery services and the vortex will really last a day. The other factor that makes is hard to imagine, is everyone's well stocked pantries. I've never been to a home were there isn't at least food for 3 days on the shelves. Maybe the food is not exactly what a person might want at the moment, but pickles instead of olives is not hard to live with for one day.
The vortex will pass and leave a quake of snow, car issues, cabin fever, and sadly, hardship on those without homes. The homeless make my heart pang. Most either have an addiction or mental illness (or both) which is how they ended up on the street. Already having to deal with the issues leading to their lack of a home, Nature beating on them seems inhumane.
But Nature isn't human and I (like others in Chicago) have at least one coat in my closet I meant to donate but was too busy with the holidays, parties, shopping, and my home to get it done.
Yey!
It would be a party but everyone's huddled inside. Seriously, the city of Chicago is inside except for necessities such as police, hospital, Starbucks, and CTA workers. Schools closed and even work too (for the lucky!). With temperatures below 0 degrees F, the indoors is the place to be.
But still, the vortex feels wasted. There can be no parties as snow, ice, parking, few cabs, and Oh yey, the extreme cold make travel less than smart. No guests at a party is not a party. Dead or hospitalized guest for a party is a party no-no.
Also, hosting a party would be hard as the grocery stores have been cleared of supplies. This is hard to fathom as the city is full of delivery services and the vortex will really last a day. The other factor that makes is hard to imagine, is everyone's well stocked pantries. I've never been to a home were there isn't at least food for 3 days on the shelves. Maybe the food is not exactly what a person might want at the moment, but pickles instead of olives is not hard to live with for one day.
The vortex will pass and leave a quake of snow, car issues, cabin fever, and sadly, hardship on those without homes. The homeless make my heart pang. Most either have an addiction or mental illness (or both) which is how they ended up on the street. Already having to deal with the issues leading to their lack of a home, Nature beating on them seems inhumane.
But Nature isn't human and I (like others in Chicago) have at least one coat in my closet I meant to donate but was too busy with the holidays, parties, shopping, and my home to get it done.
