2nd blizzard scores a knockout on my block

It’s been a rough last couple of days. The 2nd storm that came through DC took down a huge oak tree in the middle of the storm and crushed my neighbor’s van. My Jeep was parked in front of it and narrowly escaped. The tree snapped a telephone pole in half and took down all the wires for the block, including power. Some of the wires were still live and getting buried in the snow, meanwhile the power company suspended repair operations because of the harsh conditions, so everyone was stuck. We eventually got out of there and stayed with our friend Erin(much thanks!) in another part of the city.

The top half of the telephone pole was only inches away from hooking me up with a new ride. How this cursed vehicle survived unscathed is beyond me. Damn…