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Snow in Baltimore is Not a Good Thing™. I woke up this morning to weather reports saying that we are going to get four to six inches starting this afternoon through tomorrow morning. A bit of math tells us that this is no more than a half-inch per hour, just enough to set the state into a panic.
(For the record, Bobby heard six to eight inches in Howard County, where we live, right smack in central Maryland.)
Schools have already been closed early for the day. I just got back from lunch at Subway, and there is nary a flake in sight. As of this writing, it is 1:14 p.m.
It feels cold, though, like snow, and the clouds are low and gray. I suspect that we'll get something; whether we get eight inches--or even two--remains to be seen. Maryland meteorologists like to spin ginormous blizzards and we're lucky if we get a light dusting. Sometimes I think I'm the only person in this state who understands that for snow to stick on the ground, the ground must be cold. Three days after we have a seventy-degree weekend, people were in a panic over the possibility of snow.
The ground is cold, though, so we'll see.
How do people react in your areas to snow? (If you get it at all.) Does life stop or are you among the numbers who (rightfully) scoff at we panicky Marylanders starting stampedes for the last roll of toilet paper and creating ten-car pile-ups on the Interstate whenever the white stuff appears in the air?
( More Observations of the Winter Behavior of the Common Baltimoron )
I also want to let everyone know that Bobby and I will officially begin work on Nelyo's Candy in January. I believe in upholding my commitments, so those of you for whom I beta and those groups for which I mod or co-mod, I will continue to lend you my help. But if I seem scarce during that time, this is probably why. I will continue to post AMC and to read my friends' list every day, but I might not always reply. But, as always, I am accessible through email and YIM, so if you need me during that time, you know where to find me!
Thanks to all of my friends--online and offline--who have been so wonderfully supportive during this exciting time. And to those of you who live in the area, be safe in the snow! (You might want to begin by not coming anywhere near Maryland!)
(For the record, Bobby heard six to eight inches in Howard County, where we live, right smack in central Maryland.)
Schools have already been closed early for the day. I just got back from lunch at Subway, and there is nary a flake in sight. As of this writing, it is 1:14 p.m.
It feels cold, though, like snow, and the clouds are low and gray. I suspect that we'll get something; whether we get eight inches--or even two--remains to be seen. Maryland meteorologists like to spin ginormous blizzards and we're lucky if we get a light dusting. Sometimes I think I'm the only person in this state who understands that for snow to stick on the ground, the ground must be cold. Three days after we have a seventy-degree weekend, people were in a panic over the possibility of snow.
The ground is cold, though, so we'll see.
How do people react in your areas to snow? (If you get it at all.) Does life stop or are you among the numbers who (rightfully) scoff at we panicky Marylanders starting stampedes for the last roll of toilet paper and creating ten-car pile-ups on the Interstate whenever the white stuff appears in the air?
( More Observations of the Winter Behavior of the Common Baltimoron )
I also want to let everyone know that Bobby and I will officially begin work on Nelyo's Candy in January. I believe in upholding my commitments, so those of you for whom I beta and those groups for which I mod or co-mod, I will continue to lend you my help. But if I seem scarce during that time, this is probably why. I will continue to post AMC and to read my friends' list every day, but I might not always reply. But, as always, I am accessible through email and YIM, so if you need me during that time, you know where to find me!
Thanks to all of my friends--online and offline--who have been so wonderfully supportive during this exciting time. And to those of you who live in the area, be safe in the snow! (You might want to begin by not coming anywhere near Maryland!)
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