It it sure is pretty, it sure is uncommon.
All hell breaks loose here in North Carolina when the first word of snow is whispered by a weather forecaster. The grocery stores clear out, the salt and sand, shovels and sleds disappear from hardware store shelves. Kids delight in a day or two or three off from school, and adults like me go stir crazy, and absolutely bonkers throughout the entire irritating situation.
It began last night around 6pm, with light, feathery flakes. It didn’t stop for hours and hours. Waking up this morning to about three inches of fluffy white stuff. Kids are already out with their sleds, packing the snow down on the streets here in the neighborhood whirring down the roads. As the weather isn’t supposed to reach over freezing today, and will plunge into the single digits tonight, this is a nightmare situation for trying to get out to work tomorrow. The roads will be a complete sheet of ice, making it impossible to get out of here tomorrow morning.
I will have to augment my work schedule to accommodate this. I am supposed to work at 7am, 20 miles away.
Look at these pictures. Even the beaches in the south are snow covered.
Amazing! I don’t see anyone with sunscreen out there today, and yet we are supposed to be about 70 degrees on the beaches of North Carolina this Sunday! Total craziness! If you don’t give any credence to global warming, I think you should.
Have you heard about the travel nightmares in Atlanta, Georgia? This was a record setting storm for areas south of here. I have a friend that was trying to get home from work yesterday in the Atlanta area around the noon time hour. She still isn’t home, 24 hours later. The roads are parking lots, gridlock due to the snow. This turned into abandoned cars, and just a horrible situation. This sort of thing happened here locally back in 2010. In fact, the three inches of snow we got, is more than we have had since 2010. It just doesn’t happen here very often.
Ok, so I guess I will try to get some things done around the house today. I got my run in yesterday before the storm. I logged four miles yesterday so that I would have to get out in this today. This is what others say though, even though I don’t share this thought today.
Be safe out there!
Running Wild 