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[deleted] t1_jc32762 wrote

You people are ridiculous. One little storm and Rhode Islanders start freaking out. šŸ™„

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retsuko_h4x t1_jc3dtyc wrote

Nah, they're not ridiculous. When I lived in Portland, OR the stores would run out of kale before a storm, no joke. That's ridiculous. Then, when the storm would happen people would just abandon their vehicles in the middle of roads, highways, etc. You'd drive around and it was just a graveyard of abandoned vehicles. That's also ridiculous. And we're not even talking snow like we get over here.

Funny, just went to look it up and see if I could find any pictures, seems they recently abandoned a bunch more vehicles again: https://www.kptv.com/2023/02/25/drivers-scramble-find-abandoned-vehicles-after-portland-storm-tow-lots-full/

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RedditSkippy t1_jc3kdlk wrote

Same thing happened in Brooklyn a few years ago. Whole Foods was wiped out of kale. KALE! Nobody had an explanation.

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GlotzbachsToast t1_jc42d3i wrote

Just a hypothesis, but maybe because stormy weather makes people want to cook soup? Seriously! Lots of soups have kale in them!

Thatā€™s like when the weather started getting cooler this fall I went to try and get large shells for stuffed shells and they were sold out EVERYWHERE

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asteroid_b_612 t1_jc32m8k wrote

Every single ā€œstorm warningā€ the past few years has not been anywhere as bad as they make it out to be

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[deleted] t1_jc32quw wrote

Itā€™s Rhode Island lol, we have a storm every weekšŸ˜†

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Rhodychic t1_jc3hfex wrote

About maybe 15 years ago there was a storm that moved in hard and fast. School busses full of kids were getting stuck and not dropping kids off until 11pm. 95 was a mess. Normal commuting time doubled. We were only supposed to get a few inches. Better safe than sorry.

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RedditSkippy t1_jc3kivk wrote

I remember this storm. It hit around school dismissal and the roads were too backed up for the plows to get through. Yeah, that was a shit show.

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[deleted] t1_jc3hwm0 wrote

15 years agošŸ˜‚ you sound like my grandparents who still talk about the blizzard of 78

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Forward-Contract9315 t1_jc3v64s wrote

I'm not sure investing in "safe" 500 times to avoid a single "sorry" (where the bad eventuality is kids getting home at GASP 11 PEE EMM) is really the sound sort of behavior you're making it out to be.

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Rhodychic t1_jc3wo9f wrote

Yeah, I'm sure all of the parents were absolutely thrilled that their kids were god knows where and when they'd be home. Or when the parents would get home. It took my partner 5 hours to get home. And this isn't the only time it has happened. So kindly back off and reassess your attitude.

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Forward-Contract9315 t1_jc4fpge wrote

stiffly and arrogantly pissed off at the slightest hint of disagreement. is this the redditor's natural state?

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