The Blizzard

 

          Once upon a time when I was young snow covered the city of Indianapolis.  So much snow in 

fact that they had to shut down the city of Indianapolis.  Even the great pharmaceutical company was

shut down, and they never shut it down.  So, us kids were out of school for a week.

           Even though the street workers tried to plow the streets they could not, because the snow kept 

coming down.  Then too, there was the body of the homeless people they had to watch for.  The police 

had trouble doing their routes due to the ice and snow on the road.  As a result, some people got by 

committing robberies and no one cared.  

            The basic concern was keeping people warm and alive.  The news kept telling people where to

go to stay warm and stay alive.  The problem with this was getting this advice from the news meant you

had to have a television or radio.   Most of the people needing this information were the homeless and

 had no access to a television or radio.  You, therefore, would find dead people on the streets who had 

died from the bitter cold.

          The day finally came when the street workers were able to clean the busy streets and highways.

The side streets had to be cleaned by those who lived on them.  The men on our street got dressed in 

triple layers came outdoors and shoveled the snow.  This was done so that they could go to the grocery

 store and get to work.

Paul D. Eccles