The following is a detailed account from a survivor of the Great Nashville Blizzard of 2010.
Friday January 29th
9:50am: Awoke to a cacophony of “Snowy Nashville” tweets.
9:52am: Opened my window blinds to discover the tweets were accurate. Lipscomb was a winter wonderland.
11:00am: Boldly faced the icy conditions to give prospective families a tour of LU.
11:15am: Realized that ice skates may have been more appropriate footwear.
11:25am: Prospective student and his mother were tagged in a barrage of snowballs in Bison Square. Thanks guys.
2:00pm: Began the quest of carrying bulky drink containers across campus.
2:01pm: Tagged by bombardment of snowballs trying to cross Bison Square.
5:00pm: Too cold to be active. Decided to hibernate.
8:30pm: Awoke from hibernation well rested. We could all take a lesson from our friend the bear. However, massive hunger had officially set in.
8:45pm: Journeyed to the Student Center to find food. Surprisingly, there was no salvo of snowballs. Perhaps everyone had succumbed to hypothermia.
11:00pm: Nashville reached 5 inches of snow. Played Cranium at a local residence where I discovered I couldn’t spell broccoli, but I could spell statistics backward. Fair trade-off.
Saturday January 30th
1:24am: Tweeted about how I couldn’t remember the last time it snowed so much in Nashville. This way I can document it the next time we see this much snow. Fell asleep.
12:30pm: Awoke to embrace the day. Somehow formulated the brilliant idea that we should go sledding on Capitol Hill.
12:59pm: Assembled Nashville’s top sledding crew.
2:45pm: Departed for Capitol Hill, a typical 5-10 minute drive.
3:30pm: Arrived at Capitol Hill, after a roughly 45-50 minute drive.
3:30-3:45pm: Had an extraordinary time sledding. For the video recap of the day, click here.
3:45pm: Had the brilliant idea to blow up air mattresses and use them as sleds.
3:50pm: Learned that yoga mats make great sleds, air mattresses make death traps as our friends went careening down the hill at roughly 25-30mph resulting in a violent collision at the curb across the street below.
3:55pm: After giving emergency care to our injured friends, we transported them to the nearby emergency room. Later learned that the accident resulted in a fractured calcaneus (heel bone) and coccyx (tailbone).
4:07pm: Tweeted “Remember kids, practice safe sledding. We abused the laws of the sled, and our friends paid the price.”
11:00pm: Fast times at The Gazebo.
Sunday, January 31th
3:00am: Fell asleep watching the Winter X Games on ESPN. Perhaps the arctic icy Nashville made the experience more serendipitous.
2:00pm: Awoke from my slumber to continue watching the X Games. Turns out Mono-ski X is possibly the most intense event ever. To see what I mean, click here.
5:30pm: Discovered an amazing Snow Bison snow sculpture on campus.
This is the final entry of our correspondent. At this point, only one thing is for certain - This extreme combination of arctic cold and icy streets have turned the city upside down. If you are out there, stay warm, stay alive, this will all pass soon.
But until then, enjoy the winter wonderland that is Nashville!
