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We are in the midst of Snowmegeddon 2019, and you may laugh at Seattle if you like, because we certainly do. Those people have inches of snow and there is a riot at Whole Foods as everyone makes a run on…..green tea and organic arugula. Trust me, the sight of all those outraged sandals, socks, shorts, and man buns, is really not for the faint of heart. Stay off the streets people and stay safe…
All in good fun here, but hubby and I caught a few moments of the Seattle news and saw things like, sidewalks and roads. So proceeded this wonder and awe, wait, they have roads??!
I’m pretty sure if you still have visible asphalt somewhere, you have not had a “significant snow event.” I happen to be sitting here not quite sure where the road even is or once was. Doesn’t really matter, because even if I could drive, those lovely, new fangled electronic locks connected to the ignition would have to be blow dried and coaxed to life.
Or perhaps just set on fire, pulled out, and stomped on…
You may wonder at “Snowmegeddon 2019.” I only mention it because there was also a Snowmegeddon 2018, and 2017…..1993, 1984…. I feel the need to reiterate this point because even my dear hubby, who was actually born here, who should actually know better, is trying to claim it just never snows here.
I swear, I have pictures of him as a little boy up to his arm pits in snow. Then there is the fact that his truck is still caved in from two Christmasses ago when we spent the Eve in the ditch. I presume we did not arrive there due to a strong tropical breeze?
My mother is simply parroting every thing she has seen on the news, like how this is a totally freak weather event due to global warming. Apparently it just never snows here.
Denial seems to be like this alien virus that has taken hold of people’s brains. If the cabin fever doesn’t break soon, we may all soon resort to cannibalism….
I find this all most annoying. I mean, I suffer from post traumatic snow stress. This is not an imaginary condition, it is born of experiences, the real kind. So I began expressing my snow anxiety a week ago to no avail, meeting nothing but a never ending wall of denial and a few patronizing pats on the head.
I kid you not, as if the fam was not against me enough, some Jehovah Witnesses actually came to the door and informed me, “snow, smow, it’s not going to snow, it never snows here!”
Right, so I guess prophecy is not really their thing….
The Governor has declared a state of emergency, which is supposed to free something up somewhere for some reason. I decided to help by sarcastically informing him, “we’ve actually been in a state of emergency since you were elected.” So no doubt I have probably gotten myself on a watch list somewhere. At the very least least I should now have a bulging permanent record, one I began working very hard on in junior high.
And we are only now in hour 20 of Snowmegeddon…..
Well, it was actually snowing four days ago, but I mean “real snow,” the kind you can no longer even walk in. And more is on the way.
Yay me.
I should shut up, at least we still have electricity. And we haven’t resorted to cannibalism quite yet….
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See, there's this thing called biology... 
I LUV the antics you throw. Funny…”Snowmegeddon”😀👍
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Snowmeggedon? WE call it a normal February here.
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Right?? It’s winter and February. Come summer, we’ll be in panic over the drought and the heat wave. Believe it or not, it’s fairly temperate in my neck of the woods, so most of the panic is completely unnecessary. 🙂
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You crack me up IB— your snow is like when we have a snow— 2 inches paralyzes Georgia— two weeks ago the northern half of the state canceled schools and all government offices in anticipation of “ a snow event ‘ that was merely a rain event— no school due to rain— imagine that!! If that was the case, y’all would never have school 😗
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Ha! I never trusted our officials to get it right. We too would have snow days for the rain, and then when it really snowed people would dance around afraid to make an executive decision. Went to a school concert once and there was a good foot when we came out. I had just bought a bunch of pillows at Walmart, so we got them out of the trunk and tucked them around the kids. Very cute how they didn’t make a peep and just sat still the whole way home. I guess when your mom starts wrapping you with pillows, it’s cause for concern. 🙂
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Just extreme safety measures 🤗
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We had a snow day two weeks ago. But last week we had an ice day. Schools etc. were closed down because of freezing rain. It hasn’t gone above zero since then so driveways, side roads are still sheets of ice.
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Exactly, it’s the ice that is always such a problem. Snow is actually a bit sticky and almost warms things up.
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Lol, loved it, we have the same reaction in NY when it snows!
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Oh, so THAT’S where all the snow is going! We’ve had very little this season, even the major dump we got a week ago (a good 6 inches) was gone after a day of warm temps and steady rain. I’m not complaining though – any day I don’t have to shovel or scrape ice off my windshield is a good day, imo
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Ha! Yes, we’ve all been complaining, why can’t Canada keep it’s cold air to itself?? This is obviously Canadian snow and it needs to go right back where it belongs. 🙂
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Well I don’t know where all your snow is coming from, but the cold air? That’s from Russia, sneaking across the border. 😋
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It’s always the Russians! Bullwinkle, Boris and Natasha. Those people are nothing but trouble.
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Maybe you should put up a wall…
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Ha!
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Too many snowflakes…….. lol
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LOL! Yep. 🙂
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I remember the snows of my childhood–much more impressive than the snows of today. I even had Driver’s Education in the snow. So, no, a little snow doesn’t faze me. J.
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You’all are welcome to move to Minnesota, where snow is reminiscent of the old fashioned snows of my youth. Snow banks are at lest five feet high and great packing snow for making forts and snowballs. Although at my age, I’m content to be a window seat spectator. It’s really getting old!
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Ha! I hear you, it’s really getting old. I’ve seen it, I’ve done it, been there already! 🙂
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Wish you all the best. It had to be hard especially when it’s such a rare occurrence ❤️
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Ha!—I remember those. We used to dig snow tunnels and make snow-caves too.
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We did too⛄️⛄️⛄️🏂⛸
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Haha this happens in Florida every hurricane season starting some years back… meteorologists and newscasters have a ball with the weather talk. Then everyone’s freaks out and the state seems to forget that tropical storms are normal here.
It’s hilarious how weather reports send people into a panic, more than the actual weather
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Ha! Good point about how people panic more about weather reports then we do about the actual weather. 🙂
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OK, so I’m actually one of those people who prefers to hunker down at the first flurry, (although I will admit that I’m more apt to venture out now that the region has invested in a few plows and is actually allowed to salt the roads. It makes all the difference). Of course hyped media coverage and terms like Snowmageddon and Snowpocalypse don’t help matters. BUT I do have to say that there was a particularly unusual hysteria going on this year. I mean, there were cars literally lined up around the block at Costco, and I’ve never seen empty shelves at the grocery store before. More like folks preparing for a category 5 hurricane than a Seattle Snow Event. I wonder what has gotten into people.
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Right?? I too noticed the hysteria, the runs on milk and bread, the empty shelves. Many people were actually putting gas in cans too.
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The media hasn’t reported it, but there have also been runs on marijuana dispensaries and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. Seattle is perfect example of what happens in a city run by drug addicts.
Consider too that the weather hysteria is being fueled by people whose grasp of science tells them that gender has no basis in biology; or that snowstorms are caused by automobile exhaust; that banning rat traps is better for the environment than rat poison, etc. Expect ignoramuses to act like fools—it’s just nature taking its course, like snowfalls.
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It appears the average monthly snowfall in the winter months at Seattle-Tacoma airport is about 1 inch. Based on record snowfalls, it must be quite low snowfall most winters. Monthly records are 17.5″ [Nov. ’85], 22.1″ [Dec. ’68], 57.2″ [Jan. ’50], and 18.2″ [Mar ’51].
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SeaTac doesn’t get much snow. They have now broken a record set in 1923.
We however, live many miles away from SeaTac and are often much colder.
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