The Sky is Falling
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 1:32PM If I didn't know better, I would have thought it was the day before Thanksgiving. Or Christmas. Or some other holiday where people gorge on food and wine.
Cars jammed the grocery store parking lot first thing this morning and drivers honked at each other angrily. People pushed carts overflowing with milk, eggs, bread and other provisions down clogged aisles. Long lines snaked out from the cash registers.
On any other day at this time, I share the store with fewer than a dozen shoppers. Drive right into my favorite spot next to the door. Linger at the cheese display. Yak with the friendly clerk.
So, what gives? Oh, just a little thing called snow. "LOTS OF IT!" according to forecasters. A 40 percent chance of 16 inches or more. Which in these parts translates rather simply to:
SNOWPOCALYPSE!
Prepare for the end, people.
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