Since Bruce mentioned empty store shelves, I have to share this story from last Friday in Seattle. It's not unique except for one thing down near the bottom. And of course Seattle did get snow.

https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Combat-shopping-Mayhem-at-Seattle-stores-as-13600229.php

Kalin threaded her experience at Freddie's, noting one brave man who stood in line with just one item: A bouquet of flowers

I can't help but wonder about the man buying a single bouquet of flowers in advance of a major storm.  Was he a romantic taking flowers to his lover? Was it a wife/husband or an illicit affair? Was he visiting a sick friend in a hospital? Was someone he loved/cared for dying? Was he simply trying to brighten the day of a neighbor? Was he visiting an elderly person in a nursing home or otherwise unable to get out?

I can't get "flower guy" out of my head.


From: UTS <uts-bounces@starmanet.com> on behalf of Bruce Jividen <kundar@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 3:24 PM
To: Under the Stars
Subject: Re: [UTS] Marshmallow surprise
 
We didn't get any snow here either, although the threat of snow was enough to empty the shelves in the grocery store.

safe-from-grocery-shopping.jpg

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:53 AM Effie in the desert <wadesert@hotmail.com> wrote:
At least that's what it looks like to me. In truth it is the major east-west highway in the state that's been closed since Monday evening. It's not going to be opened today. They are doing avalanche control/blasting and plowing again today. Even for up there, 53 inches of snow in two days is a lot.

The dentist office called yesterday and rescheduled my appointment for 3 weeks from now.  Yet here, today, the roads are bare & wet and very passable. It's just adds more insult to injury that I cancelled my appointment last Wednesday because I was afraid of the snow. Then, that day was perfectly fine.

Effie
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