On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:00:59 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 2/11/2019 1:34 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>> People panicked here in the Seattle area last Thursday, as evidenced
>> by my local Fred Meyer being completely out of shopping carts when I
>> arrived around 6pm to pick up a few things. I had done my major shopping
>> the day before and as always I managed to forget something. I soon found
>> where all the shopping carts had gone - they were manned by restive
>> customers standing in lines 20 deep, going halfway up the aisles. I
>> must say things were pretty calm despite the gridlock and lack of
>> essentials like bread and bananas. Fortunately I had "about 12 items"
>> and the express lane lines were more reasonable.
>
>When I lived in Philadelphia, that was common. In New England, no big
>deal. People were batter at driving in snow and the highway crews are
>better equipped to deal with it. In all my years in CT, if I could get
>out my driveway I could get to the store.

They had snow out in Vancouver and an arctic draught which veered
their way instead of across country. Can't say I even felt a twinge
for them as they had all made sure the country saw pics of their
cherry blossoms etc the week before that That'll teach them