CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
REPORTS FROM STORM “KNIFE” IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK
November 17 to November 21, 2014
Photo by Kirsten
In 1977 my sister Lee was driving in Alden, New York, when the Blizzard of 1977 began. When she could drive no longer she parked her car on what she hoped was the side of the road. She, her 5-year-old son Todd and her 10-year-old daughter Deb exited the car and proceeded to the distant lights of a farmhouse.
Almost immediately she lost Todd in a snow drift. She frantically dug into the snow and finally managed to uncover him. Frightened, the three headed towards lights in the distance, never realizing they passed another closer house on the way. The owners let them in and cared for them while the blizzard blew wild outside.
Fast forward to Monday, November 17, 2014.
Sunday and early Monday, Nov. 17, 2014
Contributed photo.
Lee is now a senior citizen experiencing health problems. Her daughter lives in a trailer with her husband, Tom, and 3 children: 7-year old, 5-year old, and a 6-week old baby. Kirsten could only open her door slightly open. The snow is falling. Fast.
Photo by Pat
Below are conversations I had with her, Kirsten, my long-time friend Pat, my sister Sally and sister-in-law Marge.
Snow blocking Kirsten’s door — photo by Kirsten
Kirsten’s girls, photo by Kirsten
Tuesday. November 18.
Lee. 10:00 a. m. While Monte and I drove to a doctor’s appointment I called Lee. She was snowed in.
“It’s sunny here, blue (more…)
