My Car + Snow =

[jsbowden]

Not going to work.

If the roads had been treated, I'd have probably not turned around and come home, but when I'm sliding around doing 25 - 30 on Fairfax Co. Parkway? Fuck it.

I was going to go in, work for a bit, and come home with the laptop that's currently sitting in its dock on my desk. If I had known yesterday when I left work that snow was even a possibility, I'd have brought it home with me, but I usually only take it home on the weekends.

And we're almost out of milk. This is hilarious, if you have any idea at all about how the DC metro area responds to snow. I wonder if either of the grocery stores nearby have any left?

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[desdenova.livejournal.com]

...whereas here, it snowed 4" or so last night, it's still snowing, and the (main) streets are clear and I'm about to shlep out to work on the train.

I kinda wish I could have a snow day!

[publius1.livejournal.com]

After Mike Bilandic's loss of the mayoralty in Chicago due to a blizzard, I'm pretty sure the #1 priority for every other mayor since the late 1970's has been: GET THE ROADS GOING AFTER A SNOWSTORM!

[sungo.livejournal.com]

I lived in Hilton Head for a while. Just before I moved, the weather folks announced there might be flurries. They wouldn't accumulate but snowflakes would be visible. The whole area freaked out. Every place sold out of antifreeze and gloves and hats and anything that might plausibly be used as a snow scraper. There was no food left for a good 10 mile radius. I had to drive down to savannah to get groceries. When the weather finally arrived, it spit snow for about an hour which didn't even make it all the way to the ground before it turned into mist.

DC goes nuts about snow but they're totally sane compared to those old bastards in hilton head :)

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

Everywhere I've lived (except for western Massachusetts, where snow is just an excuse to break out the cross-country skis), the merest whisper of snow causes people to descend in ravening hordes upon the nearest grocery store and denude the shelves of milk, bread, and toilet paper.

Even in Seattle, where the snow barely ever lasts until the next day, they do this. It's like a brainstem function or something.

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[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

When I was growing up in suburban Maryland, a snowplow driver for Monkey County lived on our street.

This was, as you might imagine, awesome. Our road was always clear within an hour after it stopped snowing.

[dilickjm.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Where in western MA?

(And yes, you totally nailed the response to snow there).

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

I was at the grocery store last night. We were out of milk and eggs. I tried to panic some on the way to the store, but then AC/DC came on sirius and I totally lost my panic.