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mahatmakanejeeves

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5. I'm pretty sure that that's so y'all can stock up at the liquor store.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2017, 01:36 PM

Jan 2017

Wait - I was born in Virginia. Don't hate.

No, that's so you can get to the grocery store. Like this:

Robeson County, NC: Wet stuff closing in

Posted on January 6, 2017 by robesonian

Wet stuff closing in

News, Top Stories

County prepares for worst, hopes for best

Donnie Douglas - ddouglas@civitasmedia - Scott Bigelow - Contributor

LUMBERTON — The bread and milk have been purchased, the roads are being salted, and emergency officials are getting ready.

Now what remains is to see how hard a winter storm that is closing in on Robeson County hits. There will be plenty of wet stuff, but whether it is rain, sleet or the preferred powdery snow remains to be seen.

[font size=1]Ralph Mullins, with three loaves of bread and several gallons of milk, is ready in the event he gets snowed in. The weather will start deteriorating late today, and Robeson County will get a mix of rain, sleet and perhaps snow during today and on Saturday.[/font]

ETA: it's snowing now. I'm in Alexandria, Virginia.

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LOL! The South ... [View all] struggle4progress Jan 2017 OP

Hey. yallerdawg Jan 2017 #1

Most Southerners never learned how to drive in snow. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #2

Conditions are different in the South, not the drivers Generic Brad Jan 2017 #3

I grew up driving around Atlanta. I stayed home when there was ice on the road. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #8

They don't pre treat the roads like they do in colder climes. Fla Dem Jan 2017 #16

We pre treat in NC unc70 Jan 2017 #22

Thank you. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #19

That's exactly the case in Portland, Oregon, and we get laughed at by the whole country. nt Still Blue in PDX Jan 2017 #26

Most Southerners may never have learned how to drive with even just the thought of snow struggle4progress Jan 2017 #6

I seem to remember less snow around Atlanta 50 years ago. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #9

I can't remember where I put my glasses down five minutes ago struggle4progress Jan 2017 #14

lol! dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #20

It's their loss. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #24

I sure as hell PasadenaTrudy Jan 2017 #4

Drive slow and don't expect to be able to stop or change directions quickly struggle4progress Jan 2017 #11

You'd get forced off the road up here. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #17

Drive like you have no brakes, no steering, and everybody out there is drunk..... lastlib Jan 2017 #23

I'm pretty sure that that's so y'all can stock up at the liquor store. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #5

Y'gotta start in th'mornin if y'gonna drink all day struggle4progress Jan 2017 #7

I manage to hold off until noon, but on January 20, all bets are off. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #12

A SOUTHERNER MOVES UP NORTH pstokely Jan 2017 #10

I've seen something else like that, about the first snow in wonderful upstate New York. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #13

pstokely, Northerners feel exactly the same way about the white sh*t sarge43 Jan 2017 #27

Meanwhile, just south of the New York - Pennsylvania state line: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #15

Don't laugh. Laffy Kat Jan 2017 #18

I'm about to log off. Drive safely. Stay warm. Have a nice weekend. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #21

I've been home since Friday night. LWolf Jan 2017 #25