Batten Down the Hatches!

When you live on the East coast, weather is a very big deal. Especially if there's a winter storm coming. It's such a big deal that the weather men (Oh sorry, weather people) have half a dozen terms for the word snowstorm  There's blizzard, clipper, nor'easter  snow squall and probably some others but that's all I know. (Hey, I'm not a weather person.)

Because we live in the East, we get the benefit of having four seasons. (Winter, A little warmer than winter,  summer, and almost winter again) We're lucky enough to get the "weather variety pack". Snow, sleet, hail, thunderstorms, wind, sun, rain......and sometimes we have a few different weather types in a single day! However, none are more entertaining than the snow storm.

The East coast is going to "get slammed by winter storm". (That was one of the actual headlines I read today.) When a big storm is predicted, it's like the Oscars. There is constant news about when it's going to start (The pre-Oscar red carpet walk complete with interview with some B list celebrity), total accumulation (what designer everyone's wearing), temperatures (who's hot and who's not), and which areas are going to get the highest amount of total snow (some boring foreign film took home half the awards). For days, it's all anyone can talk about. The newscasters are gleefully reminding you to stay tuned for the "latest on the storm". That's news gold baby! And it's all people talk about for DAYS. "Did you hear about the storm? It's going to bring anything from eighteen inches to six feet." Um, no, it's not. We're supposed to get 10 to 18 inches but we'll probably end up with 15 and people will act like it's 36.

No snow storm would be complete without the shrieking sallies who love to panic and swarm grocery stores for their bread, milk, and toilet paper that they probably don't need but plan to stock up on "just in case". In case of what? A 3 month power outage? You realize you have 60 rolls of toilet paper in your cart, right? Are you buying a case of prunes and know you'll need the extra rolls? And the 3 gallons of milk you're buying.......if the power goes out, how do you expect to keep it from going bad? Chug a gallon at a time? You can't put it in the snow, because not only is it camouflaged but you'll have to bring a shovel every time you want a glass of milk. We're talking 1 to 2 feet of snow people.

I'd love to stay and chat, but I have to go to the store. I just realized I only have 14 rolls of toilet paper.