Snow Day: Part Two

Thanks to Winterstorm Titan, I was off work Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. So today, Thursday, is like my Monday and tomorrow will still be Friday. My brain and body are so very confused.
The snow/ice/slush finally all melted in Northern Mississippi on Wedesday, when the temperature finally crept a little above freezing; so I knew that on Thursday I'd have to return to work.

But when I crossed the I-55 bridge connecting Tennessee to Arkansas, I was amazed.
West Memphis, Arkansas was still covered with ice/snow/slush. And let me clarify something: the Arkansas Delta doesn't normally receive snow - just like the Memphis area normally doesn't. And when we do, things shut down. Like down down.

Our area is never prepared for snow/sleet/ice/slush. We don't have the resources that most large cities have to combat it, so our method is just to shut everything down.

The storm rolled in Sunday night, these photos were taken on Thursday morning...I can only imagine what it looked like the day of! And thank God my employer had the decency to close our campus, because driving in all this in an old ass Toyota Camry is gut-wrenching - especially when 18-wheelers are still going their normal speed and throwing ice and sleet and snow and slush directly at you.

 This is the road directly in front of Mid-South Community College. And my turn was coming up. I had to barrel through that wall of snow to get to work. Interesting? Oh you bet!

 This is our parking lot...covered with ice. I only busted it twice walking into the building.

Some side street in West Memphis. Some of the roads are ok, but there are downed power lines and trees everywhere!