When it all started...outside West Wales General Hospital
Stuck at this roundabout for over an hour
View in Carmarthen
Absolute stand still....awful
I set to work yesterday at about 9.00 am even though I was not feeling well with fever and cough.....thinking that I've got only a ward round to do at the Gynae ward and some administration work. When I left Llanelli, it was raining and half way to Carmarthen it started snowing. Little that I know it was going to snow heavily. I completed my work and had lunch at the hospital cafeteria and then left for Llanelli at about 12 noon. It was still snowing heavily and it took me about and hour and the half just to get on the A48 from the hospital (normally around 10 minutes max). I wished it ended there but no.....the traffic was not moving at all on the A48.....and I virtually switched off the engine and fell asleep twice. Some of the drivers got out of their cars....did saw a lady walk her 2 dogs....some children were making snowman.....SO MUCH FOR THE PREPARATION, HUH? Some just abandoned their car by the road side. We did not know what was happening in front.....bongek jugak mat salleh nie....dah bertahun-tahun with the experience still tak tau macam mana nak handle the situation. The traffic was at a stand still for about 2 and half hours and when we finally started moving....we were moving less than 5 miles an hour. What can I say except that no one was prepared for the bad weather and ooh ya weather forecast can be absolutely wrong.....so much for the heavy snow prediction on Thursday....does not apply to this part of Wales. It took me 6 and half hours to get back home....the normal journey usually take maximum 45 minutes. It was an awful experience. I really hope that no one will have to go through what I went through yesterday. Hope the weather would be much better next week coz I've got to travel to Cardiff for 3 days.....for my basic surgical skills course (so lazy to read the manual and go through the DVD) plus at the end of the week....hoping to drive up to Sheffield with Pak Kai. I am really looking forward for the trip.....lama nyer tak balik kampung....hehehe
