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Originally Posted by graciegirl
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We are expecting an Alberta Clipper today in Cincinnati.
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Gracie! Gracie! We must make a pact to never tell the rest of them how we act in Cincy when snow is expected. We must keep it our little secret or the real Northerners will surely mock us.
Last night, yes, Gracie, I confess, I was out there among 'em at Kroger. We were rushing through the aisles screaming in unison...running and screaming...
"WhiteDeathWhiteDeathSurelySurelyItiscoming. WhiteDeathWhiteDeath!!!"
And Kroger ran out of gallons of milk and we had to buy half gallons. And we stockpiled carbs and red meat high in our carts so we could hurry home and settle in to prepare for hibernation.
And when we returned to our homes, we ate and watched the crawl across the bottom of the television screen, as school superintendents fell, one by one, and announced delays and even, finally, some closings -- before as much as one flake had fallen.
And then, this morning, no snow.
And the news people stood along the various roads in the tri-state area, North and South and East and West. And the news people pointed to misty little flakes that were trying to form. And they filled the time. And the stations just kept up the snowdance, on and on it went. Because they have to justify that hideously expensive weather stuff they all buy. And they drew charts and graphs and were finally driven to superimposing threatening white pictures of snowstorms on the maps. But the snowstorms were not really there. (And I suspect that they do not think we will notice how many of those weather forecasts are, sure enough, "Brought to you by Kroger.")
And yes, finally, it started to come down. In earnest. And here we are. Inside. Looking at TOTV. Oh please oh please promise me, fellow Cincinnati Girl, that you will never tell them about how we act about snow and that we now have...ohhhhhh, I would guess about 3 inches.
But I just turned on the news again and it is getting worse. Where did I put those cinnamon rolls?
And, also, I hope your daughter gets all mended soon.
Boomer