Once again Portland has been whipped up into a frenzy regarding the weather. “Winter Blast 2011”! It’s all over the news. A massive snow storm was supposed to arrive last night. There could be accumulations of up to 10 inches on the valley floor! Thank goodness everyone put on their snow tires at the beginning of the season and spent the last 4 months destroying the roads because the huge snow storm is finally coming. There was a run on the grocery stores! People needed to stock up on things. They could be trapped in their homes for up to, oh I don’t know, 36 hours! Give me a break!
Well, surprisingly, it actually snowed a little bit. I think it took me an extra 5 minutes to get to work this morning. All of the schools are closed though. Non-essential services are shut down. Offices are closed and people are working from home if they can.
When we have snow here, it lasts a day or two at most. Even on those once a decade times when it lasts for a week, you can always get out and take the bus. Let’s be clear. For the vast majority of people, this is just an opportunity to take a break and blame the weather. People at the grocery store are mostly stocking up on things like beer and potato chips. They are not settling in to survive the storm; they are settling in to enjoy the storm. They'd better do it quick, all of this snow will be gone by this afternoon.
Sounds like you had a "Texas" snowstorm. They close school here because it "might" snow, and when the "snow day" comes it is 68 degrees and sunny.
ReplyDeletePeople are a funny lot.