'Winter Storm' Anticipation

Well, we're allegedly supposed to get some kind of freezing rain/snow/ice/winter disaster today.  Yesterday we had to go to the grocery store, and every single bit of the bread was completely wiped out.  It's pretty silly if you think about it why everyone buys up all the milk and bread whenever 'bad weather' is expected.  I mean, really, who eats milk and bread whenever it snows?  It sounds like a bad prison sentence.  "Oh, Lord, it snowed an inch.  I'm so glad I purchased those 10 loaves of WonderBread and 8 gallons of milk, because it's the only sustenance that just might give us enough energy in order to possibly survive this disastrous 2-day blizzard!

I guess in the Milk & Bread Buyers' defense, it doesn't really help that all the newscasts hype it up like WARNING WARNING STORM STORM ICE ICE WARNING WARNING DEATH DEATH FREEZING TORMENT STORM WARNING ICE ICE DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

So this alleged Winter Storm is due to begin around noon today with Freezing Rain.  We shall see.

I GUARANTEE that school will be closed tomorrow.  And possibly all the rest of the week.

I can kind of understand why we in the South get made fun of for acting so silly and helpless for being brought to our knees if it snows an inch (and if it snows anything more than an inch, then we act like it's the apocolypse).  Last night, Jamie's boss texted him to let him know that their workplace wouldn't be open today, in anticipation of the imminent winter storm...even though it was perfectly clear at the time, and wasn't supposed to start snowing or whatever until early afternoon the following day!  That's pretty ridiculous.  There are a few workers at Jamie's workplace today, so thankfully Jamie decided to go on in to work as usual.  It's kind of silly not to, especially when nothing is happening yet weather-wise, and isn't supposed to for many more hours.

Here's the winter storm as of right now, that I braved the elements to snap a picture of standing on the porch wearing only a hoodie, t-shirt, bloomers, and socks:

*crickets chirping*

Updates on this alleged Winter Storm will be forthcoming...