Ice Storm, Oh My!

Well, we're about to be hit by a "monster winter storm!!!!" Oh my!!!!!!!!!

Just kidding! :) You'd just have to live out here to know how crazy these people are when there is even a 0...01% chance that we might get a snowflake or a drop of ice. Now I understand that ice and snow can be dangerous, but wow! do these people overreact!!! Seriously, the "storm" is supposed to come in late tonight and continue through tomorrow afternoon, eventually turning to just rain. This morning, they were already out treating roads -of course, they probably have something like 3 snow plows for the whole county ;) so they may have had to do that to get all these roads and interstates out here covered. But, the most hilarious thing I have ever heard was when they broke into regular radio programming to use the emergency broadcast system to announce this "Winter Storm Warning" that wouldn't hit for almost 24 more hours!!!! Hysterical!!!!!!!!!

Our first year out here, we missed two days in a row because there was the threat for some slight freezing rain. I have never in my life missed school for the "threat" of anything. It was comical when people found out that we went out in that terrible weather! Of course, I should say that when school is closed here teachers still have to go in or take a day without leave, use a personal day, a sick day, etc. My principal is nice enough to let us make up the time if we can't get in due to bad roads. So if tomorrow is really, truly icy, I am going to stay home and relax, do school work from here, nap, and play a game or watch a movie with the kids and Rob, if he's home. No sense in letting these inexperienced drivers kill me or wreck my car! :)

So from the soon-t0-be-icy state of North Carolina,
Good Night!
Rebekah :)