# Snow, Snow, Snowhere to Go

- Link: https://fontlife.com/snow-snow-nowhere-to-go/
- Published: 2010-01-30T20:58:01-05:00
- Author: Victor Font

[⌊Snow, Snow, Snowhere⌉⌊Snow, Snow, Snowhere⌉[

Image Courtesy of [bjgr](http://www.sxc.hu/profile/bjgr).

Growing up in the Northeast teaches you at least one thing, how to get around in
the snow. When a good winter nor’easter blows through New Jersey or Connecticut,
it could dump several feet of snow on the ground. Of course, just as you finish 
shoveling out your driveway, the snow plow comes down the street and blocks it right
up again. I miss those good ol’ days!

That’s what I thought anyway until we got 5” of snow in Raleigh today. We’ve been
living here for 3 years and this is the first time we’ve had any accumulation. We
had a light dusting in the past and even in a light dusting, the state virtually
shuts down. There are 870 closings and delays listed on [www.wral.com](http://www.wral.com),
the local news channel website. Almost all of the churches cancelled both services
tomorrow. I’ve never seen anything like it.

In New Jersey, I worked outside in blizzards when I was a paramedic. Snow never 
stopped us. In Connecticut, closing a church on Sunday because of the snow is unheard
of, even if the Pastor preaches to an empty congregation.

Here in North Carolina it’s different. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a snow plow.
I’m sure they have them, but I’ve never seen one. Maintenance crews begin spraying
brine to prevent icing on the roads in the face of a winter storm warning. Spraying
brine? I’m sure that’s really effective considering most of the roads are iced over.

Listening to the weather report a little while ago, the meteorologist said this 
mess is going to be with us for a few days. The temperatures are going to warm up
Monday and we’re going to have rain on Tuesday. I suppose the hope is that the snow
will all wash away.