The South will whine again...

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

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[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

thats because you;re fooled into beliving this bullshit. As noted above, its not anything to do with SNOW, its to do with ICE and being told in the middle of the day while you are at work "oh by the way come and get your kids, we're kicking them out of the school RIGHT NOW"

Oh SORRY WE HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES ESPECIALLY WHEN ICE TAKES OVER IN LESS THAN A FUCKING HOUR AND WE HAVE NO SALT TRUCKS OR SNOW PLOWS

Geeziz are all northerners this ignorant?

[joshthevegan.livejournal.com]

1) I was totally joking. I know how weather that your area is not prepared for hitting you can be rather un-fun. If it hits 95 degrees around here everyone (myself included) starts acting like they are melting.

2) We got a lot of ice this winter too (as I mentioned). In fact, about two weeks ago we had an ice storm that dumped about 4 inches of the awful stuff on us overnight. My work didn't even close. Now, granted, I used a sick day that day, but my work still expected me to report in spite of the ice storm. Salt trucks don't really do anything for ice storms, either. They can lay salt before it's down, but putting it on top is an act in futility and most townships know this and don't do it.

Speaking of don't do it, when you have a winter with weather as heavy and frequent as we have, many cities / townships start to run out of money on their snow removal budgets. And when that starts happening, they simply stop doing anything about it. We got 3-4" sometime last week and I didn't see a single plow. Getting to work that day was miserable.

What I'm getting at here is that I totally understand the pains of snow and ice and I tease because it's a shared experience, not because I am trying to be a dick.

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

I stayed home and helped with the online efforts of getting people stranded connected with people willing to put strangers up in their homes. I had friends freaking out becuase their loved ones hadnt shown up at home after 10 hours. I read about the lady giving birth literally in a car on an iced-out highway.

Then for the next FUCKING MONTH I get to see constant snarks about how "ooo southerners can't handle a little snow"

SO PARDON ME for being fucking sensitive

[angelcerv25.livejournal.com]

These areas aren't supposed to get snow and ice. Only recently have they. Climate change is real. Soon southern areas will need to seriously consider winter emergency management protocols. Up here in the Northwest it goes without saying, and we don't shut down anything even if two feet of snow fall on us. That's just what we're used to. The south will be learning much to come, whether they do it the hard way or the easy way remains to be seen.