"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Our snow here is different. East Coast snow is dryer. West Coast snow is
heavy and wet. Forms a thick layer of ice almost instantly. And they use
salt/sand or chemicals on the East Coast.