Snow is
something I’m very familiar with. I grew up in Holland, Michigan which is right
off the coast of Lake Michigan. Every winter we would get dumped on, snow-wise,
because of the lake effect. It wasn’t odd to not see grass from November until March.
I dislike snow a lot and was happy when we moved down to NC. We still get
winter but it’s usually much milder and not as long.
Not this
year though. Thanks to the polar vortexes we’ve gotten a ton of snow and zero
degree temperatures. A couple of days ago, Atlanta was gridlocked because of
the snow. We got a couple of inches here. My husband is great driver in snow but
when he left for work on Tuesday, he didn’t get very far before he decided the
roads were too bad and came home.
We have a
unique perspective because of growing up in Michigan. Things are different down
here because they just aren’t prepared for snow. Todd said the roads were so
bad because the plow trucks weren’t plowing they were just salting. So it made
it very dangerous.
I saw tons
of posts on Facebook and Twitter of friends stranded, running out of gas and
having to walk home. It’s crazy to think a few inches of snow could cause so
much chaos but living down here we just don’t have as many winter resources
down here.
Emily didn’t
have school for three days because of the snow and cold this week. While I wish
she could go to school I do feel better safe than sorry. A bus overturned not
far from here on Tuesday when it was snowing so much. There were just minor
injuries but it was very scary to even think about all those kids on that bus.
It’s
supposed to be 40 today so the snow will be melting, ending the SnowApocalypse
of 2014. Hopefully this will be the last of the horrible winter weather down
here but I’m not holding my breath.
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