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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2019-02-11 4:17 p.m., wrote:
> 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
>

I went out to Vancouver in Feb/89, apparently in time for the once every
decade snowfall. We were stuck in a holding pattern for an hour while
they cleared the runway. Traffic was moving very slowly. There was about
6-8" of snow in Victoria, which was nothing to me, but it threw the city
into a panic. It was all gone by the next day, completely melted.