Sorry Folks Alabama is Closed

Governor Bentley declared a state of emergency on Monday afternoon for the in coming weather on Tuesday, which I laughed about.

  Tuesday morning Brian and I were suppose to work at the downtown office, but Brian had been watching the weather and thought best not to leave the house.  

At 8:30am Tuesday morning This is how the snow started.

 And it kept accumulating...

 Gus had to go out and came back in like this.  He isn't too fond of the snow.

 And it kept snowing...  If you look closely it is snowing in this picture.

 This is the most snow I have seen since living in Alabama (10 years).

These pictures are some of the pictures I found on Facebook this morning (Wednesday).  

This is Hwy 280 in Birmingham.  People had to abandon cars and walk.  Shelters opened up at local churches, people slept in cars and hotel lobby's.  This picture looks like mass chaos and the end of the world.  Most of these were parked cars because they couldn't maneuver the hill.

 This is a neighborhood street up by our favorite restaurant Joe's Italian (which is closed today).

 I saw this on Facebook this morning and had to laugh because being from Missouri this is so true.

 I have friends that live in Pensacola, FL and these are pictures from there. The storm hit them to and everything is closed up.

 The street in front of their house in Pensacola.

 Palm tree leaning over due to ice. 

These are pictures of us playing in the snow this morning.  No snowman because the snow is powdery and wouldn't stick together.

 Brian measured almost an inch here at the house.

 Gus isn't too sure about all this.

 Gus's little foot prints

 He doesn't operate too well on ice!  

These are pictures from a guy that works downtown at UAB.

This is Hwy 65 south, which is the way Brian and I would have gone to come home.

 People eventually gave up and parked wherever they could find a place.  Some slept in their cars (2 of my doctors and our brace lady slept in their cars last night on 65) and some started walking.  

 On side streets around the area people parked wherever making the roads one lane in some spots.

I am so Thankful to be safe and warm in my own home right now because 1000's of people aren't.  Schools didn't close early enough and the students weren't able to get home.  Places of business didn't shut down and empolyee's all over slept in offices last night and probably will be staying there tonight as well.  It's just CRAZY!

Jabez wanted outside so I let him out.  I was surprised that he ventured clear out to his favorite spot on the rose beds.

Funny thing about it is next week we will probably be 60 degrees and sunny!