The grocery stores become packed with people afraid of being snowed in for weeks

This mayhem unfortunately happens in Baltimore too, and I have yet to figure out why in the hell people do this. If there is mere mention of snow in the forecast, the inept local news crews all swarm to local grocery stores to document this stupid event, then they proceed to the city and the county's salt domes to "make sure that the road crews are prepared to handle it". One of these days, I'm going to go to the store before a storm and start grabbing people asking why the hell they must go buy out the entire supply of milk, bread, and toilet paper out of each and every store.

However, anyone caught in the path of an ice storm has ample reason for concern. You cant push it, it pulls electric lines down, and you damn well can't drive on it.