Stay Away From Grocery Stores Tonight!

As you know I live in wonderful New England.  Where occasionally we’ll get a snow storm and people will go absolutely crazy.  The weather forecasts are predicting a big storm tomorrow that will drop anywhere from 8 to 20 inches of snow on us.  Do you know what that means?  It means to STAY AWAY from the grocery stores tonight.  People will flock to grocery stores tonight and “stock” up on milk, water, bread, etc. for a storm that will only last 8-10 hours.  Are people really thinking they are going to be stuck in their homes for days on end?  Every time a snow storm is announced with any substantial snow, the day before is like a jackpot for grocery stores and gas stations.  I really don’t get it.

Even though I think people are dumb when it comes to this crap, I can’t put sole blame on them.  I have to put some blame on the weatherman, news and radio stations in the state as well.  They hype these storms up like there the End of Days storms or the 2012 Doomsday.  It’s just a snow storm people.  We have them every year, we’ll continue to have them and if you are going to continually be freaked out, maybe it’s time to pack up and move to sunny Florida.  Maybe it’s me, but a ten hour storm does not warrant stocking up at the grocery storm like its Armageddon.

So head my warning.  If you’re in Connecticut tonight and thinking, hmmm, I think I should stop by the grocery store for some supplies, be prepared to be stuck there for a very long time.  All grocery stores will be packed and you have been warned.