Comments | dawn_felagund: Snow: A Marylander's Plight

dawn_felagund

Snow: A Marylander's Plight

Jan 30, 2007 21:33

I was driving home from work today, and I was about five minutes from home when *whoosh!* it started to snow. I mean, one moment I was driving and it was cloudy but clear; next, I could barely see for all of the snow. Of course, I live in Maryland, and. so. traffic. stopped. It took fifteen minutes to get home, during which time about a centimeter ( Read more... )

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elvses January 31 2007, 16:00:31 UTC

There is a two-foot-high snowdrift blocking half my driveway.

Maryland sounds like one of those places where residents never use the word 'bobcat' as a verb.

dawn_felagund January 31 2007, 20:37:01 UTC

Nope, I've never heard "bobcat" used as a verb until reading your comment! Here, six inches is a lot of snow and shuts things down for at least a day. A few years ago, we got three feet; since "bobcat" doesn't exist as a verb here but "shovel" does, you can imagine how my mom, sister, husband, and I spent the day following that one!

The next year, Dad got a snowblower. We haven't had a lot of snow since. Naturally.

isil_elensar January 31 2007, 22:27:15 UTC

Not on the roads, mind you, but the Marylander's response is "OMG SNOW!!! *screeeech on brakes*" whether the snow is on the road or not.Huh. Weird. That's the typical response to snow in the South. Period. Oh, we know what it is, but to actually *see* it?? People stat panicking, going to the grocery store to stock up on food that would perish if the power went out, got gas in their cars even though it might snow five feet and there would be no traveling, and the downtown area would close down to the point of rolling up the sidewalks because snow is coming ( ... )

atanwende February 1 2007, 21:42:27 UTC

You know, my father always says that people stop being able to drive properly as soon as it's dark and "something comes from the sky". ;)

So maybe I've got a complex with appearing strong and brave when I'm really not.

Absolutely seconded. I've had those days too, dragging myself to school/university/work when I really should have stayed in bed. From time to time I'm getting those really evil migraine-style headaches and even then I went to class only to sit there feeling completely miserable... I'm not really nice to my poor self sometimes... :-/