Digging out

Yep, we got caught in the most dangerous winter storm EVER!! 14 inches of snow officially, but the drifts are much higher. Unbelievable. Spent much of the day trying to find someone to clear our neighborhood streets--to no avail. Bill, Larry, and Susan even went down to the gate to our addition to shovel snow out from under it. Did I mention the cold? It was in the single digits, but tolerable with plenty of layers. Remind self to buy new gloves and something to cover my face to protect it from the cold. Did I mention that we lost upstairs heat? Something froze we think, but dear Bill spent the morning in the attic thawing out whatever was frozen. How do the people in the NE and Canada handle this? We would not have put the furnace in the attic if we knew it would freeze--duh! Design flaw?? Not safe to put a heater in the attic for the heater in the attic.Temps down into the minus category tonight. Global warming?? Mother, I know you would love this storm. Will school ever be in session again? Will we get out of the house again? Will Daisy ever go outside again without our having to carry her out? And the temperatures were what on Saturday??? 78 degrees. This is Oklahoma. I will sew tomorrow, providing I have heat upstairs, I promise.