Snow fell on Portland over Christmas. It was predicted weeks in advance and hit a few days later than forecast. Despite this, do you think anyone had arranged for gritters to be out on the roads in preparation? Course not. Cue 2 weeks of total mayhem and cabin fever. People stuck inside meant lots of snow days off work, chaos at the airports and the worst Christmas sales since the beginning of time. Some poor souls also lost electricity. No turkey this year, even if they did manage to get out to buy one!
This was the first year we never had a Christmas tree to put our presents under, because we couldn't get out to the local tree farm, or even to the local Target. I was a bit sad about that. Turns out - and I was told this by friends on New Years Day - that there was a shop across the road selling trees... DOH!
It's amazing how a few inches of snow can bring a city to a complete stand still. And yes, that was "inches", not "feet" - not like the good old days when we wouldn't blink an eye at a sprinkling of a foot or two. We may be getting more advanced as time moves on, but we're definitely getting soft in the process.
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