Snow my God!!!

Tompkin's Square Park two blocks away.

A winter storm warning went into effect last night and something happened here that I didn’t expect.

Everyone FREAKED OUT.

Bars up and down the block had signs out that said “Snowstorm Special!!!”

The schools closed preemptively last night along with most government offices.  My roommates coworkers along with my friend’s student peers were all saying things like “go buy food!” and “are you prepared to stay inside all day?!”

Was there something we just weren’t getting?

The snow started late last night, and it hasn’t stopped yet.  Its texture has varied from beautiful, fluffy, and mostly harmless, to the wet, sludgy mist falling right now.  The roads are covered.  The gutters are getting slushy.  There’s less traffic.  It’s quieter outside.

I went out to look for jobs in my black faux-fur coat and hat ensemble (The coat: found in a garment bag on top of sidewalk trash, the hat: on a post in Brighton Beach.  Another score!  Lice can’t live for very long away from a human body, so I think the hat is okay.  It smells like old lady perfume.) and was toasty warm.

The finest in faux glamour.

Fuzzy hat! I got Brandon a fuzzy black ushenka. Now we can rock the black fuzzy hats!

However, I discovered that my boots are no longer waterproof.  They’re REALLY no longer water proof.  And freezing feet make the rest of you freezing no matter how much faux-fur goodness you’ve got engulfing you.  So, I came home to remove the soggy socks and report to you all on the sunny spring side of things.

My friend and I were puzzling over this snow-freakout from the locals.  I mean, we ARE in a northeastern city.  Don’t these people…get snow?  We thought:  maybe it’s just…gross! Tonight it’s still fluffy and white for the most part, but the gutters are already taking on that sludgy grey characteristic and by tomorrow we will all be wading through puddles of liquid smog.  Mmmm.  Liquid smog.

Still, no one really needs to drive here, and we haven’t even gotten a foot of snow yet.  Most of the sidewalks are already salted.  I don’t really understand.

Suck it up, east coasters!  If we desert folk can do it, so can you!!!

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~ by fancydelic on February 11, 2010.