Winter Storm?

So, I hear that here in the mid-Atlantic region, people panic whenever it snows. I find this to be extremely interesting. When I lived in the Midwest, I always thought that the weather out here was much worse than ours was in St. Louis. This may or may not be true, but what I have found to be very true is that people in St. Louis know how to handle the weather better than people here in the nation's capital.

We had one inch of snow during the school day yesterday. The kids (and the faculty) were excited about the possibility that we would be going home early. That did not happen, but we were delayed two hours this morning. Now, I'm not complaining because I got to sleep in. However, the delay was totally unnecessary. It was warmer outside at 7 a.m than it has been over the last few days, the streets that had been plowed and treated were completely clear, and there was even less traffic than usual because of the inauguration. I was looking at stuff on cnn.com about the inauguration and there was a picture of a guy from Texas who said that he would never come back north again because he didn't want to have to deal with another "winter storm." I've seen some storms in my day and I will be the first to tell you that what we had yesterday was no storm. There was ONE inch of snow on the ground and the streets were pretty clear by the time I left school at 4. The only reason it messed the whole city up is because no one here knows how to deal with the snow. Now I know the truth. The reason we Midwesterners always think the weather out here is worse than ours is because people ACT like it is, not because it actually IS. I never thought that I would be one to tell people to tough it out in the cold weather (being the cold weather baby that I am).

I will say, though, that I love living in a city where one inch of snow shuts the whole city down. This means that I'll have some snow days this year. It also means that I'll have to make them up in April, but a few days of unexpected rest, sledding, and a good excuse to make hot chocolate are never a bad thing. Storm away (or at least flurry because I'm a damn good actress).