Hunker down

Now that the snow storm of the century ( based on 13 years) has passed, we can all, except those in northeastern CT and on the tip of LI, can come out of hunker mode.
When did we start this hunker thing?
When I was younger and a storm approached we were told to "stay home". Now we have to hunker which causes a run on the grocery stores the day before the event. Coming but a week after the Super Bowl holiday shopping these two weeks have been quite a boon for the chip and other snacks companies.

Despite all the hand wringing and dire warnings of the approaching Nemo, Storm of the Century or Blizzard of 2013, NYC measured 8 inches in Central Park, 16 in Stamford and granted a whopping 38 inches in Stratford CT. not exactly monumental and if everyone had just stayed home, instead of needing to hunker, perhaps there wouldn't be so many stranded cars on the LIE. Apparently Boston also got hit pretty bad, well at least bad enough to show over and over on the weather channel,  a wave coming over a retaining wall in Revere MA.

Depending on where you live you may or may not have experienced a Blizzard. To be blizzard worthy,   the wind has to blow at a certain MPH and the temp was below a certain mark. Many of the TV alarmists tried desperately to raise the storm to Blizzard status, but it was a stretch.

You can also measure the severity of the storm by how the weatherman is dressed. Jacket and tie, no big thing. No jacket, things are getting interesting, rolled up sleeves, no jacket says I've been tracking the storm all night haven't seen my loved ones and we are in for a whopper. I also noticed that some of the weathermen and women, stayed on the job long into the day and evening. Very dedicated or are they afraid they'd lose their jobs to another weatherperson and there seems to be no shortage of these people?

With the NYC storm a bust the mayor gave a news conference, and despite being all over the TV during Sandy, Bloomberg had the look of, a press conference for this, REALLY!

Now that we are in clean up mode and the hunkering has subsided, the weather channel has moved onto the next earth moving event, and my favorite, Icy Mix, so go out today and let's get ready to Hunker.