Storm of The Century!

     The Northeast is buried under a mound of snow this morning, reminding me of some of the great snowstorms of my childhood in New york City.
     A friend in West Virginia emails:

I could hardly get the front or back door opened enough to let Symph out. As much as she likes it, she only could go out a foot or two & didn't care to venture further.

     Symphony is Gary's dog by the way.
     Further up the East Coast, my brother in New Jersey says he has no choice about going to work...the roads in his apartment complex are impassible, and the management doesn't seem in too big a hurry to plow.

    The U.S. Postal Service has cancelled mail service up that way, giving lie to the "neither now, nor hail nor dark of night" promise.

     Unrelated mostly (except in my stream-of-consciousness brain pattern this morning), the Advance Publications promise to never lay off employees at its newspapers---including the Birmingham News, Huntsville Times and Press-Register---is going by the wayside. They offered buyouts to longtime employees, and those who stay will have to live with the threat of the pink slip. The News has a new leader too.
     But back to the snow...or "the "S word" as local forecasters endlessly whisper...don't ya love the way the shelves empty out when there is a threat of even flurries? Even if several inches fell in most of Alabama, how long could it possibly last? Ah well, its part of the culture now. The photo up above shows the only snow of 2009 in Montgomery...on March 1st. So there's still hope! Go buy some bread and milk!