Let It Snow (fercrissake)

[plumtreeblossom]

So who can tell me about this "storm" supposedly coming? The weather on Boston.com simply described it as ordinary snow, nothing to get worked up about. But everyone at work is all "the storm, the STORM!"

What don't I know?

Comments

[mizarchivist]

IMO, our little metropolis is REALLY good at being hysterical about the weather. Yeah, sometimes we get an ice storm, but then there's every other time. It's why there won't be any bread or milk in the grocery store by tomorrow night. There must be some group consciousness about the blizzard of '78 that just doesn't go away.

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

There is always hype...definitely. However, those of us with cars or who had to deal with Commuter Rail last year during the snow storm that dumped a lot of snow very fast in just a few hours do not relish the idea of spending 5 hours to get from MIT to Salem or waiting 2-3hrs for a Commuter train that will get us where we need to go.

[mizarchivist]

No doubt! Sometimes the snow is, in fact, a menace. However, I think that it's often the city's collective reaction that causes more trouble than the actual snow.

Good luck on this week's precipitation

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Well, of course. implied impending doom causes anxiety and chaos in a population that can't seem to drive normally, less so in the rain and especially when these alien, white crystalline structures start their float of doom upon the poor souls of Our Fair City^tm.

[kencf0618.livejournal.com]

My girlfriend, a Bostonian who currently resides in Portland, Oregon, would whole-heartedly agree.

[vibrantabyss.livejournal.com]

No kidding. I was driving to Union this morning. It took me 10 minutes to crawl from the Maaco to the Marketbasket. When I finally got close, I could see that people were so desperate to get in there that there were two cars from the opposing direction blocking the road side-by-side, no way for them to enter the lot at all as it was fully backed up. And when it did start to move those two drivers jockeyed and beeped and fought with eachother to see who would be left blocking traffic....

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I remember after Y2K New Years when nothing bad happened, there were people who were seriously disappointed that that there was no apocalypse. Because what were they going to do with 10 years worth of canned goods and a water purifier? :-)