Funny winter panic story. Long ago, straight out of Brooklyn I moved to UT Knoxville having never been west of New Jersey. Major culture shock for everyone involved. The first winter I couldn’t believe the city shutdown because an inch or two of snow was PREDICTED. Schools and roads were closing, local news was urging people to go the store to buy gas and groceries. It was like the world was coming to an end. Then the storm hit and the University stayed open. Getting off the bus to campus I saw one of the few people I knew walking ahead of me. I picked up some snow and was making a snowball to throw at my buddy when a cop pulled up and told me to drop it. He threatened to arrest me because throwing a snowball was “against the law”. It was crazy.
I lived in Virginia for a year...two inches and no one was on the road. Next day...Headline....”7 sleds sold at Max’s Hardware”.