Inclement Weather

The big news around here is the impending snow storm. As I write this, it is Monday night, 9:30 — it’s cold, 43 degrees, and a bit rainy. It’s supposed to get down to 31 degrees over night, with an 80% chance of snow. It was in the 20s degrees a couple of nights last week, and even reached 17 degrees one morning.

Back in November, it snowed very briefly over one night leaving a dusting on the ground in parts of the area (not at our house, though). All evidence of the precipitation was melted away by noon that day. But the snowfall expected tonight is supposed to be 2-4 inches and to last all day. If this occurs, it will effectively shut down our city for a day or two.

Southern states just don’t have the infrastructure to handle big snow and ice. We have some plow trucks and some salt and sand for the roads, but it’s just not what states like Illinois or Colorado have. And before you Illinoisans and Coloradans laugh at us, answer this: how prepared are you for a hurricane?

The grocery stores around here were busy all day long. Bread, milk, and toilet paper were in short supply. Batteries? We buy batteries at the approach of hurricanes, so we’re usually already well stocked for the once a decade “real” snow storm.

Our boys are excited over the chance of snow. They talked about the coming event all day Monday, and it was the last thing they mentioned before falling asleep at night. They’ll probably both wake up at 5:00 in the morning wanting to see the snow. God, I hope not.

I’ll post an update sometime Tuesday, when we actually see the snow.

Update: It’s 6:45 Tuesday morning; the boys got up at 6:00 wanting to know if it had snowed. It had, and it is still coming down. Looking out our windows, we can see the thick blanket of white stuff glowing in the light of the streetlamp across the street. We’ve probably got a couple of inches already. Calfgrit8 said, “This is the most amazing snow I’ve ever seen!” Our schools are closed.

Bullgrit