Well....it is cold here in NC. Just a few days ago it was 70 degrees.
Now if you have never been to the sandhills of NC then maybe you don't understand that we have really interesting winter weather. Usually it is rainy...I mean, get sick of it rainy. Some days it is warm...some days, well, BRRRRRRR!!!!
Ok, so if you guessed it, I don't do well in cold. Probably has something to do with all those cold winter nights working for the FD standing outside for hours soaking wet. Someone once told me that if you get REALLY cold just one time that your ability to do well in the cold goes down and through that past life of the FD, I have been REALLY cold many times.
So back to the meat of this blog. It appears that a mass of rain is coming up from the Louisiana area. It also appears that it is going to be cold in NC for the next few days. Hmmmm....cold and wet, that isn't good.
Now let me explain that it doesn't usually snow in this part of NC. If it does it is the perfect snow. It usually falls, covers the ground, and then melts in about 2 hours. Now how much more perfect can snow get? I mean really!
But, living here in NC all of my life, I have to say that there is a bad thing with rain coming from the south when it gets cold in NC. Usually if the system is coming from the North we don't get a thing.....BUT....when it comes from the south, well, sometimes we get A LOT.
I am not too worried about it, although the thought of a day off, yea, I would play hooky, sitting in my chair watching tv, blogging and whatnot sounds great, I don't expect to be building a snowman anytime soon.
The interesting thing is that in NC......well, let's just say that everyone over-reacts when even the hint of a flurryis mentioned. The forecast for tomorrow is that it MAY flurry with a chance for accumulation on the grassy areas. I know, to seasoned winter people that sounds like nothing but here in NC you can expect craziness.
We actually have coined a term when I worked for the FD for our snow storms...I get a chuckle evertime I say that...snow storms. We used to ask if it was a 1 loafer, a 2 loafer, or a 3 loafer.
Confused? Let me explain. When snow is mentioned here people IMMEDIATELY flock to the grocery store. I guess they figure that the BIG ONE is coming and that they MUST have bread to survive...oh, and don't forget the milk! SO the worse the storm...the more loaves of bread one must have to survive. Got it? Ok, sorry if there was any confusion.
Watching the news tonight it appears that several schools have already posted a 2 hour delay of opening and they are putting the "anti-ice" coating on the roads. They are stratigically locating snow plows, read...dump trucks with a blade attached, throughout the state...."just in case". A little over-reaction if you ask me. Heck, NC is one of the only places in the south that I know of that actually has salt storage facilities for snow...go figure.
I do have to admit that NC gets some wicked ice storms. We have had them so bad that people have lost power for days....and when we get ice it is worse than ANY snowstorm. It does shut everything down and with good reason, that stuff is MAJOR dangerous.
So....hopefully I will be able to visit ActiveRain tomorrow.....but if you don't see me, keep an eye out for the freshly built snowman!
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