Dad's ideas for preparedness re: the impending Chicago blizzard.

My father. What can I say about him aside from a few tactile details that you can't pick up from his language, vocabulary and crazy wide- eyed rants, all coming from a place of fatherly love? Beats me...

Feb. 1. 7:58 am.

LOVE YOU ENJOY
SNOW POPS.
'Running From the Devil,'
by jamie Frezoletti , she was
interviewed this a.m.
sounds as gem mystery writer.
Could be. Book s b at library
..............THE OLD MAN
SPEAKS tata......... do gym
early. since you have never
driven in snow b.4. listen
to radio all day and let those
'meal brains' drive your mind
into raging panic or mush,
dont thro garbage away,
bury it in yard. May need to
dig up and eat, also have
digital gps chip implanted in
your 'phistaerum' (note to
Unc. Stu obm, his favorite
part of anatomy).
Call Barrow,
ALASKA CHAmBER
OF COMMERCE INUIT
DIVISION. Perhaps they
will overnight a month or
2 supply of whale blubber.
So as to assist with surviving
the cataclysmic event which
is upon us. DO NOT LEAVE
SOPHIE IN YARD OR ON
PORCH ALONE. MANY
COYOTES IN METRO
AREA, FOREAL.
Hmmm, maybe should not
LEAVE SELF on porch or
in yard ALONE, Hmmm.

1:41 pm.

wind started blowing out
of west. snow was holding
in missouri basin. ENJOY.

1:48 pm.

U have food n stuff 4 seige
of snow?

2:02 pm.

Here they come.

3:37pm.

Its cold, its snowing yur pa is
in his element

9:26 pm.

shnoingan! 8 blks to go
kimball bus

10:52 pm.

I have never in memory, including
Colorado mountain winter storms
and '67, experienced any
storm as this. The difference is the
30 and 40 mph wind gusts,
and I wasnever 62 y.o.
b4. Gonna be interesting in the
morning at 'dawns early light'.
Until the morrow.
Nicole my best to Sophie and
ACG. Chad my best to your
cameras and rugs. ( Couln't
think of anything better,
brain cloud) In closing, finally,
bought 2 different copies
of Beowulf. Powerful
good reading, better than
high school.          I love
each and every one of you
very much. Pops.

Feb. 2, 6:16 am.

Who said your driving
anywhere !   You dare think I
Would allow my dear child to
drive in such a Slizzard,
with a 7and a half inch draft.
Hey I love you.  dat means
what I need to do for your total well
being .
Which first is my ability,
talent, if necessary physical
prowess in 'walking the circle'.
Tier two,
friends with whom the committement
to stand forward at the ready
should the need be real.
More to follow.
Feb. 2, 11:36 am.

How high is your snow?