I am terrified of this weekends snowstorm!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're joking, right? Please tell me this is sarcastic. Do not be that person who cleans out the shelves at the grocery store. Shame on you if you do.

This area will get all major roads plowed in a couple of days after the storm. Grocery stores will restock during that time. If there's a lot of snow, your side street might not get plowed for a few days, so either you walk to the store, or you keep a *reasonable* stock of food for a few days.

You should have a *reasonable* quantity of basic necessities at home, including batteries for flashlights, lighters/matchsticks to light your gas stove if you have one, a bit of firewood for your fireplace if you cleaned the chimney recently, pantry and household items, ice melt that's pet-friendly, a shovel and ice-scraper/brush for your car, as well as snowboots for everyone.

Boom scenario: 20 inches of snow for DC.
Bust scenario: 6 inches of snow.
Worst case scenario: freezing rain and ice event, that will cause power outages. But that last is a remote possibility, so stop stressing about it.

But everyone stocks up before blizzards.

You don't need to. That's lemming behavior. At worst, you need to shop for just ONE week. To most people, this represents the usual grocery store run.

And technically, we are not anticipating a blizzard, because the coming winter storm has no significant wind. Thus, no blizzard. This is a winter snow event, and possibly, if we're unlucky, a winter snow /ice/freezing rain event.

[Anonymous]

I get extreme weather related anxiety. To soothe it, I stock up on foods, treats, puzzles and books. There was an ice storm here in 98, I believe, and my parents and I were without power for 5 days. The things I wanted were those comfort foods and items. You can warm up with clothing and blankets. Unless you have a medically fragile person at home, everything will be fine in the unlikely event of an outage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Power loss is unlikely. The snow will be light and fluffy due to the very low temperatures.

You probably will not be able to get out for a few days. Stock up on food and entertainment.

Speak for your own neighborhood. I plan to lose control of my SUV and hit the nearest utility pole.

I like a preplanner.

[Anonymous]

Yikes, I have a flight coming in on Monday. I’m going to be in Florida where it’s 80. I’d stay there but I have teens at home. Hopefully drive home from the airport will be ok if the roads clear by then.

[Anonymous]

Terrified seems dramatic. Are you new to the area, OP?

Go get some groceries. Go get some basics. Get enough for a 7-10 days.

A storm can be annoying for sure, but it's not something to panic about.

[Anonymous]

Seriously, all of you need to get a grip. Go get food tonight or tomorrow. Plan your Netflix watch list. Go get ice melt at the hardware store. Buy a shovel if you don't have one. I'll never understant the panic around here for snow. Yes, I get that this area doesn't have the significane infrastructure to deal with snow like other areas of the country do but we do get snow and we do deal with it. Even when we've gotten feet of snow, people get out and about withing a couple of days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Power loss is unlikely. The snow will be light and fluffy due to the very low temperatures.

You probably will not be able to get out for a few days. Stock up on food and entertainment.

Speak for your own neighborhood. I plan to lose control of my SUV and hit the nearest utility pole.

She jokes, but literally the last two times our power has gone out, this was why.

[Anonymous]

I'm dreading it because I hate the cold and because everyone massively overreacts.

These things would be less miserable if people would stop doing panic runs at the grocery store the second snow is even mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm dreading it because I hate the cold and because everyone massively overreacts.

These things would be less miserable if people would stop doing panic runs at the grocery store the second snow is even mentioned.

You'd be less miserable if you stay home, put on an extra layer and avoid the interwebs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Step 1: Go look in a mirror

Step 2: Slap yourself

Repeat until you have your shit together.

you win!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if we lose power or run out of food? I mean they won’t even be able to get to us to rescue us with blocked roads!

Calm down, go take your xanex.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband think he's driving to Raleigh on Monday with our teenager. So. Yeah. Right there with you.

If he can get out of your neighborhood, the highways might be fine by late morning/afternoon.

[Anonymous]

I'm not worried. I have a large quantity of propane, gas, a generator, lots of coolers, and fire place that is wood burning, many cords of wood, plenty of portable propane burners, charcoal, cast iron cookware, bottled water, and plenty of wool hats, sweaters and blankets, and a 4WD vehicle. Plenty of shovels.

[Anonymous]

Oh and plenty of shelf stable food.