Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It … TIME TO PANIC!

Published on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, by James Norton / Edit Post

Gawker has done a nice job of capturing the uniquely East Coast festival of hysteria that seems to sweep through the population anytime more than a half inch of snow is forecast: the semi-annual Looting of the Supermarket. If you live on the right coast, you're familiar with the drill: Snow is forecast, all the frickin' bread and milk is swept off the shelves, snow falls, people dig their cars out, and life goes on. Minus bread and milk.

As Gawker (covering the DC-area blizzard) puts it:

"Naturally, the capitol is preparing for the impending blizzard by hoarding Lunchables, half & half and Chunky Monkey."

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  • This is so true! But I have to admit, having a small baby at home, I also consider myself a panic buyer of milk and bread before a blizzard. Lol.

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  • LOL...I live in the northwest and we are used to lots of snow. That said, we have had a real riot listening to the terms, snowmaggedon and crippling, etc. 2 feet of snow paralyzes D.C. while 2 feet of snow here means maybe snow closures...maybe. It also signifies lots of hot chocolate mustaches and lots of stews and soup.

  • My family lived in one of the D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side back in the 1960's, while my poor father worked on Constitution Avenue. Every time there were more than 16 consecutive snowflakes, it would take him five times as long to get home. D.C. truly deserves the description "All the charm of the North and all the efficiency of the South."

  • The Boston news blog Universal Hub has had this codified for some time (at least a couple of years) as the French Toast Alert System, since eggs are often included along with the bread and milk in the supermarket clean-out around here:
    http://www.universalhub.com/french-toast