I must vent for just a moment so bare with me.
Every year there is mass hysteria when the first snow storm is forecasted in southern Ohio. There is utter panic even if we are only expecting 1' of precipitation. Teachers prepare their students, the school district's automated emergency communication system is tested, people leave work early so they can clean the grocery store shelves of bread, milk, and soup. Folks just go plane crazy.
We are expecting 1-4" which in my opinion is manageable, especially for a city in the Midwest. School might be delayed by an hour but nothing major, right? WRONG! The school closings will start coming in before the first snow flake appears. The kids will start celebrating before they even go to bed. I just don't get it.
As an east coast girl I grew up dealing with a huge amount of snow. I remember waiting for the bus to come while standing on top of a 5 ft. mound of snow. We did not get snow days unless there were several inches of ice and close to a foot of snow on the ground. OK, I do remember in 12th grade, school was cancelled for 2 days in a row and the snow never came. In fact it was 60 and sunny both days.
Anywho, stop the panic, the big one is not coming and it seldom does. I am done preaching for now.
I am off to make Chaka's b-day dinner. I am making steamed broccoli, seafood and chicken in a garlic cream sauce over whole wheat pasta, mmmmm good!
Enjoy the evening and just in case the big one hits make sure you have gas in your snow plow, so I can borrow it.
Peace.
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Same thing happens here...expect it's RAINING. FUNNY! I thought the mid-west was used to snow?
You would think that we would be used to it but the panic happens every year during the first snow fall. It's crazy....
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