Snow freaks me out

[Ember]

Oh, Tina, this is the cutest thing I've read in a long time! You'll be fine, I promise. As a Canadian, I can say with confidence that the snow won't leap up and attack you when you're not looking. It will sit there and be cold, but it won't actually try to get you. Dress up warm when you go out, drive more slowly and carefully, and plan a nice bath for when you get home to warm up.

You also probably don't have to stock pile food. (But it's awfully funny that you are.) We regularly his -25 or so with several feet of snow and we still manage to get to the grocery store. When you live somewhere that regularly gets cold and snow, life doesn't stop because of it.

Take care of yourself!

 

[Christine]

I am right there with you.

I've been wringing my hands since yesterday. I *really* dislike being trapped in my house. Even though I have nowhere to go, I don't like thinking that I can't. I guess it's some weird form of claustrophobia.

My husband, on top of it all, has decided to go skiing. Tonight. He is going to drive to Pennsylvania and stay overnight and ski all day tomorrow. He's not worried a BIT about driving up there.

I am lucky that my best friend and neighbor just got a snowblower for Christmas so I won't have to worried about getting my driveway shoveled.

I also seem to gain about 5 lbs each snowstorm because I eat. I have nothing else to do so I make brownies, cupcakes, etc.

 

[MJMouse]

Oh the crock pot! I was just sitting here wondering what to make tomorrow and the crock pot sounds like a wonderful idea!!!

During the snow storm last weekend, I made beef stew on Saturday and Spaghetti Sauce on Sunday. This weekend I think it will be Chili tomorrow and Beef Brisket on Sunday.

Anybody have a good recipe for Beef Brisket (not the corned beef type)?

Love the crock pot!

 

[kafitty]

I mean, how do you drive in it?

i drove in my first major snowstorm when i was 16, probably just a few weeks after getting my license, in a crappy 1990 Toyota Camry. No big deal.

I told my husband after surviving this winter and alone at that, the only glittery thing I want better be in a blue Tiffany bag.

you go girl!!

Tell your Momma that canned goods and water are for hurricanes, LOL. Snow vets know that the proper survival supples for snow are milk, eggs, and bread! (And maybe a sack or two of melter, if you remember.)

this is SO true.

As a Canadian, I can say with confidence that the snow won't leap up and attack you when you're not looking. It will sit there and be cold, but it won't actually try to get you. Dress up warm when you go out, drive more slowly and carefully, and plan a nice bath for when you get home to warm up.

very sound advice

i'm sorry, i don't meant to make light of your nervousness, but to a girl that was born & raised in MA and doomed to be here forever...well...it's funny!

 

[bigmerle1966]

We regularly his -25 or so with several feet of snow and we still manage to get to the grocery store. When you live somewhere that regularly gets cold and snow, life doesn't stop because of it.

Take care of yourself!

Yeah, but you're used to it. Around here things come to a screeching halt for a couple inches!

 

[Sgt Mickey]

You made it through last week I think this week will be a piece of cake
BUT I hear ya. MY hubby deployed while we were staioned in Alaska in teh middle of winter. Thanks goodness I had a great neighbor. ANd I am from upstate NY so I was used to snowI just never had to do it all alone.

 

[Feralpeg]

No snow here, but the weather radio just went off saying we are in a tornado watch. Lovely!

 

[gerberdaisy1234]

Normally I love the snow but last Saturday's was a bit of a shock after ten days at Disney wearing t-shirts and shorts (got home Friday night). But I think our bodies are finally adjusting to the change in temp.

My problem now is we started back "eating healthy" after our trip...should i bake 3 batches of cookies??

The stores here are crazy we actually needed bread and I decided it was safer to go the the drugstore for bread than the grocery store.

DID I JUST HEAR RIGHT?!? DID THEY SAY 2-3 FEET?!?
Wow, if that is true you can paint all the rooms plus tile the floors.

 

[jen0610]

I told my husband after surviving this winter and alone at that, the only glittery thing I want better be in a blue Tiffany bag.

Also tell him, that if he thinks after moving you to where it snows and with the Army possability that he'll get to sneak off again next year, that along with the pretty sparkly coming in the blue bag/box, that you want the top of the line snow blower. And it's yours and yours alone. If and when he's around, a shoveling he can go!! Tell him as a southern girl, you can walk behind a snow blower, but flinging snow just don't cut it.

 

[lovemygoofy]

Also tell him, that if he thinks after moving you to where it snows and with the Army possability that he'll get to sneak off again next year, that along with the pretty sparkly coming in the blue bag/box, that you want the top of the line snow blower. And it's yours and yours alone. If and when he's around, a shoveling he can go!! Tell him as a southern girl, you can walk behind a snow blower, but flinging snow just don't cut it.

You know, I never saw a snow blower until a visit to Michigan many years ago. I had no idea what the heck the neighbor was doing. We were going to the car and there is this guy just walking behind this thing and I ask my husband "why is he mowing the snow?" I thought he had some jacked up on wheels push mower

 

[Cindy B]

I work with a bunch of weather wussies.. I told them that I used to live in an area that didn't close due to poor weather.. in fact the kids went to school with 3 feet of snow! (Over 3 feet was the closing cutoff)

My workmates looked at me and said "I'm glad you aren't in charge". Seriously though, it really isn't bad.. just the constant media coverage makes it worse.

 

[S. C.]

Didn't read all responses so not sure if this has been mentioned. Please take lots of breaks while shoveling. Too many people overdue it while shoveling and have heart attacks from it. Our news reminds everyone of this every year.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Snow is good. Snow is beautiful. Snow is fun.

Ice, that's what you should be afraid of. Ice dragging at the limbs of your trees until they keel over into the snow. Ice pulling down power lines and leaving people in the dark, and in many cases with no heat source. Ice clinging to pets feet when you bring them inside. Ice sneaking into your pipes and bursting water all over your basement. Ice sitting silent and black over the roadways, just waiting for unsuspecting motorists to pass by.

I hate ice storms.

 

[Gigi22]

A word to the wise, from the frozen north--if you are shovelling the snow, take the time and do a 10 min. warmup (stretches, bends, treadmill, whatever else) first. It is way too easy to pull cold muscles shovelling!

 

[KirstenB]

OP, I'm right there with you. I'm not normally an anxious person, but the week before a big snowstorm, the news channels talk about it over and over. Then the kids come home from school all excited. It's all any one talks about no matter where you go. I swear it just builds up until I'm on the verge of freaking out. I feel trapped inside. One thing that helps is trying to go to the gym during the week before it hits. I see my friends there, and try to distract myself. I visualize the summer, WDW and the palm trees, anything warm.

 

[bluesaturn]

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I know everyone is saying this is unusual...but my skeptic Florida girl ain't believin' a word of it.

It's definitely unusual. Why do you think we're all freaking out? We don't know what the heck we're doing.

You also probably don't have to stock pile food. (But it's awfully funny that you are.) We regularly his -25 or so with several feet of snow and we still manage to get to the grocery store. When you live somewhere that regularly gets cold and snow, life doesn't stop because of it.

Actually she probably does need to stock pile some food. We don't EVER get this much snow in DC, so life does stop. Everything is going to be closed.

 

[jekajekalynn]

Luckily, this year in Michigan we're in a perpetual bubble of El Nino-ness that is keeping us from getting hit with large amounts of snow like we usually receive.

What I hate about snow? Driving in it... er I should say OTHER PEOPLE driving in it. I HATE getting tale-gated by SUVS going to work early in the morning when there is 6+ inches of snow and ice on the road. Im SOOOO sorry I'm not driving up to your 60mph speed limit standard on a 45 mph road.. I will remember that when you go fish tailing off the road as you pass me...

 

[shortbun]

Whatever you do, do not wait until the end to shovel. Shovel every four inches or so. Two feet of snow is impossible to shovel. We've shoveled twice here already and we've only gotten close to 7 inches with another 5 arriving. We've shoveled the drive and the street where we back out. Nothing worse than getting stuck at the end of your driveway. Isn't there some high school kid around who you can pay? My son and two of his friends made a competition of it so it ours was done faster than I could get my boots on. Of course, I took it pretty slowly, lol! Good luck tina. With all that snow, you'll have to shovel eventually, might as well start now. Be sure to put it in a place that won't get in the way.

 

[dumboiu]

I work with a bunch of weather wussies.. I told them that I used to live in an area that didn't close due to poor weather.. in fact the kids went to school with 3 feet of snow! (Over 3 feet was the closing cutoff)

My workmates looked at me and said "I'm glad you aren't in charge". Seriously though, it really isn't bad.. just the constant media coverage makes it worse.

If you used to live in an area where the infrastructure was set up to handle that much snow, then 3 feet probably wasn't a big deal. The problem is that this storm is hitting the Mid Atlantic and this area is NOT used to getting the volume of snow they have received this winter. I don't know where you live, but for the most part, in the areas receiving the bulk of the storm, the snow is unrelenting. If you live in the city, then things are different than if you live in the country. When you make a blanket statement as you did, you should first consider what audience you are targeting. It may not be very bad for you, but for others it may be. It really all depends on exactly where you live.

 

[punkin]

The first year we moved down here, there was a bad snowstorm at the end of February. There were missing lanes on roadways for WEEKS. Infrastructure here just cannot handle snow. Period.