I have never lived in an area where it snowed, at least, not on a regular basis. There has been an odd dusting of snow where I live, but that is very, very rare.
What scares the poo out of me, is driving on ice. I HATE it! Just a few weeks ago, on my way in to work at O'dark-thirty in the morning, when suddenly, I drove in to a bad down-draft, complete with strong winds and hail.
Once I got out of that, there was hail on the road, of where the cloud burst had been. Fortunately, some vehicle had already made tracks in the hail covered road.
The logical part of my brain kept saying, "Go slow. Don't touch the breaks, and stay in the tracks."
The emotional part of my brain, was saying outloud, over and over again, "Oh, sh--! Oh, sh--! Oh, sh--!"
I will be the first to admit that I do not know how to drive in ice and snow.
So, if I did hear the weather person saying that we were going to get snow amounts that hasn't been seen in decades, and to prepare for the worst, yeah, I would probably stock up too.
Call me stupid for doing so. Call all those people who stocked up stupid. But I would rather be stupid and safe, then foolish and unprepared.
But I will say this, I live in earthquake country, and you never know when an earthquake is going to hit, or how strong it's going to be.
I am prepared for the worst case scenario. I have a month's worth of emergency food, 20 gallons of water, a pimped out first aid kit. I can make splints, I have crutches, a back board, neck brace, head immobilizer, stethoscope, blood pressure machine, burn cream, emergency blankets, hammock, tent, tarp, paracord, flashlights, knives, whistle, hard hat, safety vest, two-way walkie-talkies, emergency radio, solar shower, portable toilet, soap, shampoo, cookware, utensils, plates, just to name a few things.
Laugh at me all you want. Call me stupid for preparing for the worst. Yes, I may be "over prepared", and may never use it, but I'd rather be over prepared, and never use it, than to have a devastating earthquake, need it, and not have it.
And guess who's going to be coming to me? Those who didn't prepare.
So, just maybe all those people who cleaned out the stores are the same way. They are over preparing, because they would rather to have it, and not use it, than to need it and not have it.
So the truly stupid ones are those who are laughing and making fun of those who are preparing for the worst, and poo-pooing people reacting to "a few snowflakes".
It's best to keep Aesop's story of the grasshopper and the ant in mind.
There's a lesson there.
It's best to heed it.
To do otherwise is foolish.
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