Ahhhhhhh, you and I would get on well
! That scenario has happened to my family more times than I care to count, and with appropriate settings and aid to boot! That very trip I alluded to earlier, we were driving through Ohio on our eastward trek, and all of a sudden our car started smoking and the engine caught on fire. So we pulled off to the side of the road...
...which happened to be right in downtown Toledo. And someone else on the road apparently had seen our car smoking and had already called the fire department and police, who were there within minutes to help us (they were just down the street, as was a motel for us to hang out at until we figured out what to do next). Talk about a lucky coincidence. We've been very fortunate to have the kindness of strangers on more than one occasion.
(It was really funny, too, because we were attempting a move at that time-long story, just like yours would be-and we didn't have a U-Haul, we had a whole mess of our stuff crammed into our tiny car. You know those clown cars where things just keep tumbling out of a seemingly neverending pit? That was us that day. With people looking on curiously
.)
On another note, I'm sorry about the passing of your grandmother. And I'm glad you got a chance to get to your destination after all.
Good move. Highly recommend that. Not saying you can't walk
anywhere, a block or two won't hurt, but yes, if you can find other means of travel, it's the wise way to go for sure.
Only downside to the cabs and buses is that you'll likely find yourself in traffic jams. But eh. Happens to everyone.
It is, yeah. One of them talked about how drastic the change is, in Chicago they were able to go to all sorts of stores and find all sorts of cool things or things they liked (he's into kosher meats as an example), and now he and his wife are living in my town, which is around 30,000 people, and he has a much harder time finding the sort of variety of things he could back in Chicago. Even nearby cities don't always have what he's looking for. What a case for Iowa, huh
?
I'm so glad you and the rest of the residents are all right
. Same with you, U2MaNaIcWeIdO-I feel sorry for the couple whose place was damaged, but yeah, as long as everyone inside is all right, that's all that matters.