yes. it happened again. the whole damn town shut down. schools cancelled. people running to the store to buy the requsite bread, milk and eggs. as one of my co-workers commented " i guess french toast is a big thing around here during storms". heh.
as i'm sure you realize, the problem lies not in the fact that we got 5 inches of snow, but in that we have no plows, sanders, or shovels to get rid of it. we don't have snow tires. most people i know don't even seem to own gloves and hats.
at the university, classes are cancelled but the university runs on its adverse weather schedule which means: get your ass to work; if you can't get your ass to work, you have to either take a vacation day or make up the time.
who wants to do that?
so i propose this: since it seems like we're going to be getting snow and ice storms every winter from now own (since it's happened three years in a row) why don't we (and by "we" i mean the royal "we" and refer to "the city of Raleigh") PREPARE for it? maybe buy a couple plows? call target and wal-mart and tell them to order some shovels? for those that didn't grow up with snow, teach them how to stop a little bit BEFORE the stop sign to allow for sliding?
good granny bejeezus.
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