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March 12, 2005
Blizzard of 1993
We are on the 11th Anniversary of the Alabama blizzard of 1993. For some of you that deal with blizzards every winter season you think we are making a big deal, but it is a big deal for us in Alabama to get any snow, especially 12 to 14" in one night. I will never forget that. It all started on a Friday afternoon. I was at school and during 1st period class there was a brief period of snowfall. It only lasted for about 20 minutes and I don't think it amounted to much on the ground. Everyone of us students made a big deal about it and it was hard to get us to do anything else in class. Well as the day went on it didn't snow anymore, but when school got out it was sleeting. I didn't think much of it (partly because of being only 13 and in the seventh grade).
I even remember going home and not thinking much about it until the next morning I got up and saw how much it had snowed. I think there was about 14" of snow in Oxford. I remember watching TV and telling about all the people that were losing power and that they wouldn't have it for days and then my mother started to worry. She was there alone with three kids (me, my brother, and sister)--My dad was a volunteer firefighter and was called to duty to help people stranded in cars and such. At about 10am that Saturday morning, the cable TV went out. No big deal just no more TV...had to rely on radio for the latest info about the snow and about 12 noon we lost power and then it really hit home when it started getting cold in the house. I remember being there for several hours at home in the cold before my dad came in his 4-wheel drive jeep with snow chains and took it to my grandmother's house (who didn't have power but did have a fireplace to stay warm). I think we stayed over there for about two days. It was the longest two days of my life.
On the third day of the blizzard, it was still hard to travel to roads and the power was still off at my parents and grandmother's houses. That day, my dad and uncle drove to Atlanta to buy generators and my dad had us back in our own house that evening with lights and heat.. It was sooooo funny b/c we were to only house in seeing distance with lights on that evening.
I beleive we finally got power on the Tuesday (the 5th day of the storm)...by them the snow was coming off the roads and I think I we went back to school on Wedensday.
Well...that's my story on the blizzard of 1993. Hope I didn't bore you too much.
Posted by Chris at March 12, 2005 08:33 PM