Snow panic?

This last storm, at least in my area really wasn't a big deal, more like normal winter weather. But of course, the internet and the news blew it up like it was the end of the world. I got 6 inches of snow on top of the 3 feet I already had at my house, big deal. I got about 18 inches of snow at work on top of the 2 feet that were already there, big deal. I drive 57 miles each way back and forth to work, up and over the mountains. 3 to 5 feet of snow up there, the roads were clear so big deal. I was absolutely shocked on my way in this morning, the roads were empty! Not a car in sight, business closed or on limited staff for the day. I get to work, no customers, no parts deliveries. Seriously? It's winter, in Vermont what do people expect? School canceled even BEFORE it started snowing, my grocery delivery canceled BEFORE it started snowing. WTF? Seriously WTF

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swirlie · 31-35

The exact same thing happened up here in Toronto last night (Sunday). They preemptively canceled all schools 24 hours ahead of Monday morning starting, after getting word that it would snow on Monday.

Well yes, here in downtown Toronto where I live right on Lake Ontario it was whiteout conditions all morning long today, but like you said, nobody was around.

Every morning at 5am I go for a long run along the lakeshore and down near the water if I can and this morning when I went out, everything was closed ahead of the storm yet I could still run in running shoes with no problem!

What this meant was, every family had to have an adult stay at home from work today because school was canceled as were all the buses. My first thoughts were, like seriously, WTF?!

sgoodroe · 51-55, M

@swirlie My kids were home from school, so we put them to work running the snow blower and shoveling snow

swirlie · 31-35

@sgoodroe
Now that was a smart move!

When my sisters and I got snow-days and stayed home from school when we lived on my parent's tobacco farm, our Dad made sure that he had 3 snow shovels in stock at all times, plus 3 small yard tractors with 3 snowblowers on the back end which my sisters and I would be assigned to.

It pretty much took all day to clean out our laneway which was 1000 feet long from the house to the gravel road out front, considering we could cut about a 2 foot wide path while moving backwards!

When we'd be at school and it would snow, our Dad would use his giant John Deere tractor with a heated cab and dual wheels front and back, to clean out the lane in about 4 minutes with a snowblower that was 8 feet wide and 4 feet high! Snow-days for us meant, keep them busy and no watching TV!