We have lived here for nine years and this is still hilarious to me. We had barely enough snow to cover the grass. I don't remember ever having a delayed school start when I was young. You either went to school or you had a snow day. And it certainly took more than a dusting to make that happen. Snow in the south is handled much different than what I'm used to. When it snows here, everyone stays in their house and everything closes down. Just the mere mention of the "S" word sends everyone running to the store for bread and milk. ??
The first winter we lived here, it snowed a lot. By any standard it was a fair amount of snow. The first storm dropped four to six inches. Our reaction - get out the snow shovels and start clearing it off. It wasn't until I had been out shoveling for awhile that I realized something - no one else was out in the neighborhood. Turns out nobody here had snow shovels (I did hear later that one neighbor was using a spatula to clean off her front porch). The procedure for snow management - wait until it melts.
Here's a few pictures from early yesterday morning. I apologize for the darkness. I had to take the photos early as the snow disappeared here as soon as the sun came up.
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Hah! Yes the reaction is pretty silly and has become funnier to me the older I get. Do I get points for having a snow shovel and snow/ice melter in my attic? :-)
yeah, when i got to school no one had their car brushed off, everyone still had snow all over it and i heard stories of people having to drive half blind, waiting for the snow to melt off their windshields. there wasnt any ice, but i guess it was still too much for people to think of brushing it off. i don't think anyone else actually had a snow/ice brush/scraper thing... :)
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