It’s The End of the World!
Well, gentle blog readers, if you’re reading this, you are one of the brave souls who has managed to survive this epic storm here in Greenville, SC. Or, you might be somewhere else. But if you are somewhere else, you should know that there are, in fact, some survivers of the winter storm of 2008. Huddling together with our bread and milk (the bread and milk we had to throw elbows at old ladies to get last night at Bi-Lo), we braved the nearly 63.5 mm (yes, that is roughly 2 and a half full inches) of snow and now we are here, blogging from what still exists of downtown Greenville, to tell the world that YES! There are survivors! Send in the rescue trucks and hot toddies! We’re not sure how much longer we can hang on!
But seriously folks, as someone who was born in Anchorage and grew up in Denver… I am constantly amazed by The South’s reaction to snow. The world immediately shuts down. Schools close for 2.5 inches? Are you kidding? We definitely had days in Denver where we went to school in 18 inches of snow. Big deal! We were hearty, Western stock. So I do enjoy watching the city slide into a chilly white panic when the annual snow snow dusts us for a night or two. I will admit that the second day, when things ice over, that can get bad. But this slushy snowy day is actually pretty nice. Fewer people on the roads, everything is quiet and nothing is actually dangerous.
Except, of course, for the people stocking up on bread and milk.
So here’s wishing all of you Greenvillians a happy snow storm! Don’t worry. I have a strange feeling that we’ve got a ways to go on the apocalypse. Though, I do worry that Huckabee winning Iowa might be one of the harbingers.
What do people do with all that bread and milk anyway? Bread-milk sandwiches do not sound all that appealing to me. On my way to work today, I did notice that we were the only bank open before 10am. By the way this was while I was driving on the perfectly clear roads all the way from Mauldin! I grew up in Florida, and the panic happened there as well, but seriously do you want some of these people out on the road? They cannot drive when it is raining, scratch that, they just cannot drive in general, so I guess it works out for the best!
Comment by Jared — January 17, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
i don’t understand the panic, either, but as a teacher, i say, “bring on the fear!” snow days are my #2 reason for being a teacher (summer is, of course, #1).
Comment by michele — January 18, 2008 @ 8:04 pm