#131: It's SNOWING!

Yeah, it's snowing, here in Charlotte, NC. It's not too unusual, but a full-out thundersnow blizzard...that's not usual. We've had some pretty bad storms since we've moved to Charlotte, but only a couple that have been really bad. In '02, we were out of power for 4 days. At least this time out, we still have electricity. I live up on a hill, so trying to get anywhere isn't gonna happen anytime soon.

Ice is the big thing around here, and Southerners don't know how to drive in snow and ice. Add the NASCAR thing around here...and it's a running joke that the first things to go from the grocery stores are bread and milk. Most of the area schools have canceled class tomorrow, all but Charlotte-Mecklenburg, of course. They always wait until the last possible minute before canceling class. But there's no way I'm sending my kids out in weather like this.

This will be Sarah's first snowfall...I wonder how she'll react. Unfortunately, the other kids have been fighting colds for the past two weeks. SIGH!

Mom called earlier tonight...she said that they've been having lots of rain in VA Beach, and it just changed over to sleet. They're supposed to get 1-3 inches. I know my parents aren't too fond of the snow, but Dad seems to take it more in stride.

Little more later.

Anne