Snow-Apocalypse!

A friend of mine sent me the funniest (yet very true) email yesterday titled, “Snow-Apocalypse.” You open the email and all it said in 18-point red type is:

“P-A-N-I-C!!!”

And that’s what most people in the D.C.-area have been doing over the past 48 hours. Stores are packed (even a local Whole Foods had to shut its doors last night because of the crowds. What? They ran out of farm-raised Salmon and fair-traded mangoes? So much for a run on TP and milk...). Roads are packed, even my TV is packed with endless irrelevant updates on the impending storm.

It’s just snow people. Little white flurries that eventually melt.

Here’s a news flash for you: In other parts of the country, this happens all Winter long! Schools remain open, employees remain at work and … life goes on. Now, this area has been hit with a lot of snow this year. But there were no storm-related deaths. No one starved.

Sure, we all had to get out and shovel a few inches.But guess what? That’s a common occurrence for most of the country. Those folks shovel out before they go to work…and they still get there on time! No delays, schools closings or snow-related “Apocalypse.”

Now where did I put my shovel??