As the predictions for the next big weather change in the South began to roll in, so did a slew of opinions and speculation. Upon recalling the event many observers speculate that the constant weather reports were to blame for the excitement and obsession on the incoming weather. Take Mrs. Polstra for example. Barbara D. Polstra on Facebook claimed, “Our tv stations just way overdo our forecast when it comes to snow.” She added that if the new stations would just warn us and “let it go” instead of going “on and on” the backfire would have been lessened. So essentially what one was a temperature change snowballed into the Blizzard of 2017 or as I know it, Snowpocalpyse.
Now, there were many different reactions to such a news story. According to various posts on social media and onlyinalabama.com, there were still some good-humored Southerners to be found who did not take this weather all too seriously. In fact, they would take the criticism from say, Northerners, on the chin by making such satirical posts, such as those found below. Meanwhile, the consensus of Northerners believed that the Southerners just needed to quit complaining. Wesley Smith reminded us that just two weeks ago, everyone was complaining since we skipped winter and now that we have it, we are complaining about the cold. He ended his statement with a firm, “It’s always something.” And some Southerners retorted, “It’s funny how Northerners make fun of us for cancelling classes for snow, but have you ever considered the fact that they cancel classes because it’s too hot?”
Now whether or not you as an individual can deal with the two-inch snow fall- you must understand this simple fact: The South is not equipped to handle snow and ice. As Diana L. Riggs so eloquently put it, “You may not have gotten much snow, but you do have ice.” She further explained that her fiances drives a truck for a living. Consequently, it took him a whole nine hours to drive eighty miles on I-20. “He has witnessed many accidents today, some silly, some tragic.” With that being said, here are Judson we were glad to have both Southerners with a sense of humor, and Northerners for the common sense about the cold. A prime example being the use of Leah Boyd’s ice scrapper upon Bethany William’s ice ridden windshield.
Meanwhile classes here at Judson were canceled after twelve on Friday. Honestly, that didn’t make much difference because there are no classes to be canceled after twelve on Friday but at any rate the sentiment of a ‘snow day’ was felt. Most students, including yours truly, were inclined to stay indoors with a hot cup of cocoa. Whilst others could be found (whether begrudgingly or per tradition I do not readily know) buying a loaf of bread along with a contained of milk. And still others were found making mock weather reports of the raging storm outside their homes. By the next day, the sun had taken care of what remnants of the snow day remained.
And thus ended the Snowpocalypse of 2017, January 7th– the 9th.