Storm of the Century--get to Food Town!
Well, we were supposed to get some snow yesterday. Two to four inches were expected. Also expected were long lines at the grocery store. One prediction was correct--the lines. I don't think we got that much snow.
What is it about bad weather that gets everyone all excited? Bad weather, not catastrophic weather. It seems that every time the weather folks predict a "storm" people go disaster-crazy. I'm not talking about hurricanes or blizzards. Just an inch of rain of a couple inches of snow. Also, I'm referring to my area: Central New Jersey. I can understand that a couple inches of snow could paralyze a place like Atlanta or Baton Rouge. But we are used to snow here. Why do people go so crazy?
I would think that most normal families usually have enough food in the house for two or three days, even at the end of the week. Can anyone remember when we couldn't leave the house for more than two days because of the weather? Blizzards and hurricanes not withstanding, no. So why do people raid the grocery stores, buying food for two weeks and water enough for a month as soon as the weather people even hint at a dusting of snow? When was the last time you had no running water for even a day due to a storm that wasn't a disaster. Never.
I'm standing on line with a pound of chop meat and a box of Hamburger Helper for dinner behind some lady who's preparing for Armegeddon or Ragnarok: two carriages full of all sorts of groceries and water. The irony? I see a lot of stuff that needed to be cooked in her lot. Funny, considering when the storm is really bad, my guess is there will be no power to refrigerate or cook this stuff.
Some of the blame rests on the TV stations who use hype and hyperbole in their teasers: "How much snow will we get and why you should be stock up on TV dinners enough for two weeks! Right after this: Bradjolina in foursome with Jessica and Nick--and why they are afraid of the snow 3000 miles away!"
I don't weep for America. I weep for myself because I have to put up with this shit.
What is it about bad weather that gets everyone all excited? Bad weather, not catastrophic weather. It seems that every time the weather folks predict a "storm" people go disaster-crazy. I'm not talking about hurricanes or blizzards. Just an inch of rain of a couple inches of snow. Also, I'm referring to my area: Central New Jersey. I can understand that a couple inches of snow could paralyze a place like Atlanta or Baton Rouge. But we are used to snow here. Why do people go so crazy?
I would think that most normal families usually have enough food in the house for two or three days, even at the end of the week. Can anyone remember when we couldn't leave the house for more than two days because of the weather? Blizzards and hurricanes not withstanding, no. So why do people raid the grocery stores, buying food for two weeks and water enough for a month as soon as the weather people even hint at a dusting of snow? When was the last time you had no running water for even a day due to a storm that wasn't a disaster. Never.
I'm standing on line with a pound of chop meat and a box of Hamburger Helper for dinner behind some lady who's preparing for Armegeddon or Ragnarok: two carriages full of all sorts of groceries and water. The irony? I see a lot of stuff that needed to be cooked in her lot. Funny, considering when the storm is really bad, my guess is there will be no power to refrigerate or cook this stuff.
Some of the blame rests on the TV stations who use hype and hyperbole in their teasers: "How much snow will we get and why you should be stock up on TV dinners enough for two weeks! Right after this: Bradjolina in foursome with Jessica and Nick--and why they are afraid of the snow 3000 miles away!"
I don't weep for America. I weep for myself because I have to put up with this shit.
posted by BG at 14:45
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