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[chanter1944]

We're under not just a winter storm warning, but a blizard warning until midnight tonight. We've had over a foot of snow so far, and it's forecast that we'll get six inches more tonight. End of the world? Forget fire or earthquake, forget lava. The world will end by snow. ... Or not, because I know we'll be here come the weekend. But I had to get my two cents in about it somehow.

Took the dog out to play in the snay earlier today. He was a very happy, sniffy labby for a while. Then we came back in, and since it was still coming down out there (still is, too) he really was a snow lab for a minute! I looked like a white-haired old woman. Aaaaaand then we were just drenched. :)

I tried to make my way up to the square, got snarled in difficulty finding buried sidewalks on both paths I tried, gave up and went home. All I could think for a second there was 'I lost my way.' Then I nearly got teary right in the middle of Main Street. I know most people would call that an overreaction, but it made perfect, painful sense to me just then. For those who aren't gigantic quote geeks like me, 'I lost my way' is a Gene Roe quote from 'Bastogne'. Ow ow ow.

Couldn't be bothered to pick up a bottle of booze last evening, though I did get the rest of the groceries earlier yesterday morning. Now I wish I had gotten something. Oh well. I'm supposed to travel home tomorrow, but if we're getting several further inches of snow tonight, the roads may be questionable for a while. Heck, they're still pretty questionable now, and that's with crews out and working since dawn. I also know that the temperature's slated to drop, which could lead to ice, and that never does travelers any favors. We shall see, I suppose.

I think tonight is going to consist of threading (snowball fight and OOMery with Sariel!) and DXing a ton. Between the pirate ops, the hams and anybody else who shows up, the end of the world should be pretty thoroughly celebrated on radio. My evening's going to be the very definition of wild, isn't it? :)

I also need to get back to working on the fic ysabetwordsmith and I have been discussing. This is the perfect sort of weather to write the refugees being welcomed by Resistance folks in Ontario. I need to get Kendra out of her rather shocky state first though, ditto her traveling companion, unless I just skip over a couple scenes for now. Those scenes are rather important in setting up the tone of the introductions that happen once everyone's relatively clear-headed, though. They also influence who gets introduced when, and what reactions Kendra has to certain people. Hmm. ... If I go on like this, I'll be spamming my friends page with my thought processes more than usual before long. Heh. :)

The wind has been consistently over 20 miles per hour since morning. It's howling around my windowframes. No wonder I'm cold. Must turn the heat up in here! Bur!

Comments

[meimichan]

Oh arse.

I'm a bit worried about having to drive in to work tomorrow. Pretty sure we're not going to close for two days in a row, and if it's still really bad, I probably will have to burn a day off.

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>We're under not just a winter storm warning, but a blizard warning until midnight tonight.<<

O_O I heard that some places got a lot of snow. Here in central Illinois it was reasonable -- looks like maybe a couple inches.

>> I also need to get back to working on the fic ysabetwordsmith and I have been discussing. <<

I was just going to ask about your progress on this! I really want to read it.

>>This is the perfect sort of weather to write the refugees being welcomed by Resistance folks in Ontario.<<

Yeah, I took advantage of the season to write a piece of fanfic for kajones_writing. "Twilight Memories" features the Lakota vampire John Good Road and his thoughts about the Wounded Knee Massacre.

>>I need to get Kendra out of her rather shocky state first though, ditto her traveling companion, unless I just skip over a couple scenes for now.<<

Maybe look up descriptions of shock and its treatment?

The main idea is to take care of basic physical needs first -- make sure the person is warm, dry, in a safe location, and has no major injuries. If they haven't eaten recently, food can help get back into an ordinary state of consciousness. You want to keep things quiet if possible, and not have a lot of people hovering, unless there's a physical emergency demanding more attention. It's also not a good idea to leave anyone alone in an altered state, so having one person stay with her makes sense.

A scene like this is also really different when written from each perspective, someone providing help vs. someone in need of help. For example, "Safe Keeping" shows Alex responding to a friend arriving on her doorstep as a fugitive. "Moulting" shows a devil crash-landing in a church, where a priest takes care of him.

Something like this is a good opportunity to show that the Resistance is used to such challenges, knows how to handle them, and does a capable job. It will be more intellectual if told from their perspective, and more sensory if told from Kendra's perspective; but focus on concrete details and you can really cram a lot of information into a scene like this without it seeming like an infodump at all.

>>Those scenes are rather important in setting up the tone of the introductions that happen once everyone's relatively clear-headed, though. They also influence who gets introduced when, and what reactions Kendra has to certain people.<<

As mentioned above, having one or maybe two people providing care is better than a crowd, unless someone is injured. Logical caregivers could include:
* whoever found Kendra
* whoever has the most first aid experience
* whoever is the most nurturing personality on the team
* anyone with a matching trait (a woman to care for a woman, a genderqueer person for anyone alt-sex, a person of color for a black victim, etc.)

>>If I go on like this, I'll be spamming my friends page with my thought processes more than usual before long.<<

It's fun to read, though!