Vee, I enjoyed the Blizzard story--even the second time around I remember a similar type of Survival Experience as a 17 year old, working 15 miles from my home, using bus service to get back and forth and the storm came when I was at my job. To get home, it took planning, waiting, and taking a train in a different direction, to get into the Chicago area. I knew if I could make it there, there would be buses running and I could approach my home from the east rather than the west. It was a long night to get home. I did phone my mother to tell her of my plans. NO she did not drive-infact the only car we had my Dad had it parked near where he worked. I was on my own. What a growing experience that was for me---as I look back Susanne