Yesterday we were “hit” with a very mild snowstorm here in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. This weather event had been forecasted throughout the week, so everyone knew about it and were “prepared.” After the intensity of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Helene caught us off guard, people were super cautious about this upcoming weather anomaly. It rarely snows here in upstate South Carolina. In fact, it hasn’t snowed at all since we moved to this region.
Our children love snow and had been waiting eagerly for it. Their elementary school, out of an abundance of caution, announced that in-person instruction would be canceled on the day of the storm, and that all the students will be “e-learning” at home. They would be taught online through the school Chromebooks assigned to each student.
The school district obviously did not want parents driving on slippery roads to transport their children to and from school. Personally, I wasn’t that concerned because the forecast indicated that the temperature would be just below freezing, so there was little chance that the snow would affect the road surface itself. Years ago we lived in Seattle, where it snowed more, and I had done plenty of driving in the snow in the past.
It is funny how my children were praying for lots of snow, while the adults (who have to do the driving) were praying for less snow. People in the South don’t have experience of driving in the snow, so nobody wants to drive in the snow. The city don’t have snow plows or salt to melt the ice off the streets. No adults want their daily lives to be hampered by the snow storm.
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