Panic in the South

[BEEDEE]

They are predicting 3 -5" here in eastern NC and schools and some businesses have already announced delayed starts or closures. Biggest problems are the motorists who don't know how to handle snow. There's only one thing to do....

Brian

[Southern Breeze]

It seems you can't trust anyone these days. The local weatherman said the only accumulation would be in the mtns.
Here in the valley there's already a quarter inch on the ground!

This isn't the best pic but It's all I have at the moment.

[piperdbh]

I think that part of the reason people go out and buy the "essentials" when snow is forecast is that we used to have this thing called Winter, when an icy substance called Snow when descend from the heavens and blanket the countryside, where it would stay for several days. One winter in the mid-1950's, there was snow every Wednesday for 6 weeks, which would close school. It took forever to make up the time.
Now, however, due to various causes, we no longer have Winter. Instead we have subdivisions, and their homeowners' associations won't allow snow, due to legal constraints and the cost of cleanup.

A former neighbor once called her husband at work, informing him of the impending snowstorm, and instructing him to bring home Mt. Dew and Reese's cups.

[sathor]

They are predicting 3 -5" here in eastern NC and schools and some businesses have already announced delayed starts or closures. Biggest problems are the motorists who don't know how to handle snow. There's only one thing to do....

Brian

There are idiots here that can't handle it here, and they grew up with it, I can't imagine the idiots + rookies down there.

On a side note, my uncle that lives in FL used to be in the Navy, and because he is from Ohio, somehow ended up with a snow shovel in his house in FL. His wife thought it was odd, but the second winter they were together, it snowed, and while she was freezing, she watched him out the window collecting the snow from the other sidewalks and using it to build a snowman in their yard.

[McMurdo]

Just be glad you're not up here


I learned how to drive in this type of thing and have been out on the motorcycle more than once in snow, I guess I was a bit nuts when I was younger.

[svc40bt]

I remember this phenomenon when I lived in PA. I wish I could head to a grocery store right now to see what kind of mad rush there is. We're supposed to get up to 6" here. I haven't seen anything but a trace in the 4+ years I've been here.

I guess I should have specified NW Pennsylvania. I used to live in a town that got an average of 120" a year. I suppose in Philadelphia they panic and make a run on all the grocery stores too.

[ohneplo]

We came down from Ohio and I've been instructed in the local custom of clearing all the supermarket shelves when the words flurries or snow are used in any weather forecast broadcast in Atlanta. Personally I think it's just to ensure fresh supplies will then be restocked all across town but it's fun to watch the panic every Winter.

I did move a snow shovel down here with the household just to be able to snicker at it hanging on the garage wall.

Fair winds,

Bruce

[BassClefB]

I think that part of the reason people go out and buy the "essentials" when snow is forecast is that we used to have this thing called Winter, when an icy substance called Snow when descend from the heavens and blanket the countryside, where it would stay for several days. One winter in the mid-1950's, there was snow every Wednesday for 6 weeks, which would close school. It took forever to make up the time.
Now, however, due to various causes, we no longer have Winter. Instead we have subdivisions, and their homeowners' associations won't allow snow, due to legal constraints and the cost of cleanup.

A former neighbor once called her husband at work, informing him of the impending snowstorm, and instructing him to bring home Mt. Dew and Reese's cups.

You speak my language... Nice avatar, BTW. Are you a bassist as well?

[beloitpiper]

This time last year we had 49 inches. This year we have 55. I think we're just blasting a few inches down south so we can clear the streets!

[Southern Breeze]

One more from tonight's little blizzard.