Snowpocalypse indeed!

[franklanguage]

I swear, nothing can make people go to the grocery store to buy bread and milk like a little snow!

It's insane; the weather is bitter, and they're shutting down the public transportation system at 11 PM tonight.





(Captions and comments to follow; I have a bus to catch!)

Comments

[sabotabby]

As a Canadian, I feel that I should make a comment, but it would be the most stereotypically Canadian comment ever, so I'm just gonna sit on my hands.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

As I mentioned to karinmollberg, this was The Storm That Wasn't. If it hadn't drifted out to LawnGuyland, we would have gotten a few feet.

[sabotabby]

It remains cold as balls here.

[misstia]

They do that in Ohio too---oh we're getting snow, we have to go to the store and buy lots of things that we don't need because SNOW!!!!! Now, I do realize you are suppose to get 2 feet + of snow and they are taking every precaution to ensure people aren't trapped on highways, etc and I can understand someone who was low on an essential and was planning on going tomorrow to get it and then going to get it tonight---ie: milk, bread, staples like that or even getting a prescription--or furbaby rations. Most people have enough food at home they could eat a couple days without leaving their homes. But people go WILD!! I'm basing that on around here when they predict 4+" bread will be all gone, bottled water----water service has never been disrupted due to weather, of course cases of beer, toilet paper....I've seen carts overflowing with enough food for A MONTH for a family of 5! Just for an overnight storm.

But at least---though people are inconvenienced---cities/states---are taking precautions to ensure safety. I hope it's not as bad as they are predicting.

I don't understand though, how in the last 10-15 years people have gotten so bad about storms. It didn't use to be like this. People would shrug, realize they'd get plowed out eventually and they'd stay home of their own volition.

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...it isn"t really that much, is it? New York has had snow before I believe? But I'm biased having grown up in Stockholm but still. They also made media panic at the first snow coming, each and every single year. My parents used to find it hilarious because: Sweden & Winter = normal?!. Then, when it got truly a lot of snow (more than 1 mtrs) and very cold (below -10-21°C) the Swedes were all very relaxed about it; as in "oh, well...". Off course, the commuter trains Made on Malta...the Stockholm authorities had bought themselves cheaply didn't work too well in winter already (because of cold weather;) and even worse when there was snow (not much snow on Malta, normally) so then they had to revive the ancient trains with a practical shovel up front and how I& everyone loved them and how well they worked, no matter what weather conditions out there. So romantic, too, steampunk, yohoo. Stay safe, nevertheless, of course!

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Yeah; this was "the storm that wasn't;" we're glad of that, too.

It is true what you say about the media: they'll use any excuse to say, "OMG SNOW" and hype it up. We're still trudging through the last crusts, which haven't melted, and supposed to get more snow today.

(Commuter trains made in Malta? The island paradise? Tee-hee!)