Snow Day!

[time_lady]

School's cancelled for tomorrow because of a chance of snow. Just got back from the grocery store--there was one pack of eggs and half a quart of chocolate milk left on the shelves. No regular milk at all. There was actually quite a bit of bread left--I think they must have run the bread truck today. Just curious--do people buy out bread, milk,

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[antikythera]

Here in Toronto, we can get a foot of snow on the ground and nobody panics, they just stay home.

I once spent March in Atlanta, and there was half an inch of snow on the ground... schools closed, police put out traffic warnings, and the Kroger's looked like it had been ransacked. My grandparents were glad they had a 4WD minivan full of Canadians who knew how to drive on the stuff.

So it just depends on how much weather is "bad" weather. ;)

[time_lady]

Makes since. We don't have any real way to clear the roads, so I guess it doesn't hurt to stock up on the basics...

[drox]

We get lots of snow in Iowa, and when there's a run on the grocery stores (usually happens only if several days of no-travel-advised weather are forecast) it's cans of chili (and ingredients for making chili) that seem to fly off the shelves first. I suppose because it's hot and filling, and it's seen as "comfort food".

[time_lady]

^,^ we totally bought chili stuff---and there wasn't much of it left. ^.^ I guess we do that here, too.

[mprice]

It sometimes happen after an unexpected Lake Effect pounding but not before. When you live in an area that regularly gets hammered with snow, you learn to stock up in advance.

When I lived in Orlando, I noticed people did the same thing during Hurricane season, which struck me as a bit odd. If a hurricane ever made it as far as Orlando, we were screwed. That's where everyone evacuates to!

I think the southern thing is not knowing how to drive in snow and not having any way of clearing the roads on those rare occasions when it does happen. Last year when Austin go a whole inch of snow, the people I worked for kept telling me I didn't have to come into work if I didn't feel comfortable driving. It was all I could do not to laugh. "Um, I've driven on roads that had several inches of snow on them. I think I can handle a light dusting."

[time_lady]

I think the southern thing is not knowing how to drive in snow and not having any way of clearing the roads on those rare occasions when it does happen.

We got two inches of snow and my school's been canceled for the next two days. We have no clue.

[mprice]

*has giggle fit* I never even bothered shoveling that little amount unless it's the wet stuff that will turn into ice when the temp drops overnight. It would melt so fast it wasn't worth bothering with.

[time_lady]

Yeah, I've never shoveled snow. We were really hoping this would turn out to be a real snow storm instead of the imaginary snow storms we usually end up with. But there's hope yet--we're supposed to have more of this crazy armageddon-type snow weather week. Maybe we'll end up with enough to make a snowman this time.