Happy extended winter break.
Happy snow day.
We were supposed to return to school today, but Mother Nature had other plans.
This is what had accumulated as of about 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 5, 2014:
Yes, I know it looks like the highest part of the snowbank.
Yes, I know that 20 1/2" isn't much, compared to other parts of the country.
Yes, I know that this is new accumulation on top of old accumulation, and that it wasn't 20 1/2" of brand new snowfall. We had more like 10 - 12" of new snowfall last night.
Yes, I know there's still more to come because it's MICHIGAN and it's still JANUARY.
Yes, I know it's still snowing as I type.
I also know a few other things.
- People always forget how to drive in snow, never mind that they've driven in it at least four months of every year since they've been a licensed driver in the state of Michigan.
video clip - youtube
Pure Michigan: Winter Virgins (spoof)
2. Store shelves will be bare of basic necessities because people act like it has never snowed before, and they'll be without eggs and cereal and a whole host of other crap they wouldn't otherwise ever eat but feel the need to have on hand simply because it's snowing.
video clip: youtube "Gotta get the Milk"
3.Even though the kids are off from school today, some will still venture to our local sledding hill - despite below-zero wind chills.
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| Richmondmom.com |
4. Someone from t.v. news will inevitably stand out on that hill and talk about how school may be closed for another day due to that subzero wind chill, as the kids whiz by on sleds.
5. All sorts of media will have photos or live footage of cars stuck in ditches, in the road, at the end of driveways, and all of us will flock to see them as if we've never seen snow before, or a car stuck in a ditch before. I know this, because all of you looked at my photo of the amount of snowfall in my driveway.
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| cederspringspost.com, Feb. 2011 |
6. Someone will inevitably interview some poor guy who just wants to get his driveway cleared off but will be asked to provide a newsworthy quote about the weather. As if we've never heard any bit of wisdom about Michigan weather before. As in, "Wait five minutes - it'll change."
7. Someone else will try to find a catchy name for this most recent spate of snow. Snowmageddon. Snowpocalypse. Blizzard 2014! Ooh, how catchy. Or, how about snOMG, or snowpalooza, or Snowbigdeal. I think more along the lines of "craptabulous."
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8. We'll be schooled again on how to avoid the travesty in the above photo. That is, how to properly take care of the pipes in your home whether or not it is your primary residence.
9. We'll be coached to be mindful of the family pets in snowy, stormy weather.
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| www.petwellbeing.com |
10. We'll be reminded on the proper way to shovel, and the effects of snow shoveling on our overall health. And don't forget about tips to ward off frost-bite, like appropriate winter dress.
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| www.washingtonpost.com |
11. We'll be urged to stay off the roads unless it's absolutely necessary. Someone will be interviewed who found it absolutely necessary to go to the local party store for a fountain beverage, or to the mall, or to the store for a can of hairspray (because the eggs were all gone) or who just wanted to get out and see all the snow.
I know these things.
So do you, because you've lived them if you live in Michigan - or other parts of the country that get large amounts of snowfall.
You know that in a few months' time, we'll have moved on to heat wave stories. And when it's cold and blustery again, we'll be hit again like so many million sharp pellets of snow with cold weather stories because people will have forgotten how to deal with snow.
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| a blustery day blognoordhoekvillage.co.za |
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