I love snow/icy days in Dallas; they’re reminiscent of an end of the world action movie. I use no exaggeration in the following blog and I thank the people of Dallas for being a tad overdramatic and awesome.
Things you need to know:
- First, Ice/snow is always less than one inch (80% of the time less than half an inch)
- Second, temperature is usually only below 32 degrees overnight
So since Sunday afternoon the local weathermen have been hard at work sounding the alarm for the winter storm of the century (not to be confused with the apocalypse). For those of us that have migrated to Texas from other parts of the country, we find nothing more hilarious than watching neighbors raid the nearest grocery store for canned goods, bottled water, and heating lamps, just in case.
The following are five things that frustrate me about Dallas winter advisories:
1) You don’t have to go the speed limit when there are icy roads, you should actually be driving slower than posted limits, take it easy. Please take caution especially on roads that don’t get much sunlight. This note is to the woman traveling down Lemmon this morning who thought she could still go 40 on a slick road and stop in time at the stop light. I literally watched her hit me in my (correction, Megan’s) rearview mirror, I was stopped at a red stop light and saw her coming and just knew that she didn’t have time to stop. Next, she proceeds to get out of the car and says “hehe, its icy, oops” OOOPSS? Yea its icy, you didn’t get the memo with the rest of the metroplex? Its only been the topic of conversation for the past 48 hours, lets not go 40 on the ice….that is what I wanted to say but instead just responded with lets exchange information and get this show on the road.
2) Texas Department of Transportation, this memo is for you. There is this thing called salt and it melts ice and would help to clear most major roadways. Sand is just annoying, irritating and sits on top of the ice.
3) Maybe if I had children or if somebody depended on me, I would take the preparation process more seriously, but one day of ice does not constitute stocking the pantry with non-perishable goods.
4) And finally, most importantly its all going to be gone by noon when the temperature reaches the upper 30s and mid 40s so lets just take it easy and be flexible till then, no freaking out needed.
5) Maybe I’m just writing this because I’m no longer in school and was made well too aware that the stock market doesn’t close for snow days, nor does my place of employment.
So since Sunday afternoon the local weathermen have been hard at work sounding the alarm for the winter storm of the century (not to be confused with the apocalypse). For those of us that have migrated to Texas from other parts of the country, we find nothing more hilarious than watching neighbors raid the nearest grocery store for canned goods, bottled water, and heating lamps, just in case.
The following are five things that frustrate me about Dallas winter advisories:
1) You don’t have to go the speed limit when there are icy roads, you should actually be driving slower than posted limits, take it easy. Please take caution especially on roads that don’t get much sunlight. This note is to the woman traveling down Lemmon this morning who thought she could still go 40 on a slick road and stop in time at the stop light. I literally watched her hit me in my (correction, Megan’s) rearview mirror, I was stopped at a red stop light and saw her coming and just knew that she didn’t have time to stop. Next, she proceeds to get out of the car and says “hehe, its icy, oops” OOOPSS? Yea its icy, you didn’t get the memo with the rest of the metroplex? Its only been the topic of conversation for the past 48 hours, lets not go 40 on the ice….that is what I wanted to say but instead just responded with lets exchange information and get this show on the road.
2) Texas Department of Transportation, this memo is for you. There is this thing called salt and it melts ice and would help to clear most major roadways. Sand is just annoying, irritating and sits on top of the ice.
3) Maybe if I had children or if somebody depended on me, I would take the preparation process more seriously, but one day of ice does not constitute stocking the pantry with non-perishable goods.
4) And finally, most importantly its all going to be gone by noon when the temperature reaches the upper 30s and mid 40s so lets just take it easy and be flexible till then, no freaking out needed.
5) Maybe I’m just writing this because I’m no longer in school and was made well too aware that the stock market doesn’t close for snow days, nor does my place of employment.
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude.
-William Shakespeare
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