Sigh. It’s happening again, folks. People are whining and crying about a supposed snowstorm that’s going to hit Sunday into Monday morning. It looks like a wee bit of a storm will be hitting New York City, but the storm looks to be the sort where people are scared over nothing. But I’m not a NYC blogger. I’m in Albany.
According to the Times Union, our local newspaper of record, in a report published about an hour before this article was published, the storm is not going to affect Albany in any significant way whatsoever. In the general Albany area, the prediction at the moment is 4″ to 11″, depending on what side of Albany is involved. It’s less than a foot. Nothing to cry over.
We had a so-called “storm” last week as well as last month, and it was pathetic at best. True, it left piles of snow and icy sidewalks throughout the city, but when you live in upstate New York, you adapt. I was briefly raised in Alaska and I’ve lived in upstate New York since 2005, so I’m not afraid of a little bit of snow.
The newspaper reported that Monday’s morning commute will be affected. Yes, affected by people who see a little bit of snow on the ground and forget how to properly operate a motor vehicle. Yes, affected by our city’s snow plows being unable to properly serve the city. But in Albany, will the storm be anything to worry about? Unless something drastic changes, there is no cause for worry.
Even if things do change and the storm drops a foot or more of snow in Albany, will it really matter? No, not unless you’re scared of a little snow. Yes, sidewalks will be tedious as for the most part, property owners “forget” to shovel the sidewalks surrounding their properties, in violation of city law. Yes, roads will be filled with idiots who can’t drive in snow. And it’s all over nothing!
With yesterday’s tiny dropping of snow, the sidewalks are slushy, but not icy. I was able to walk around the corner earlier today for Mass and I easily negotiated the sidewalks with no problem and with no whining. I adapted. Some people have not.
That failure to adapt includes the girl I walked past on the way to Mass. She couldn’t have been more than fifteen years old. She slipped and fell down hard. I didn’t stop to help her up or to see if she was okay. I just advised her to quit being a little bitch and I kept on walking. She looked as if she were about to cry. Not my problem!
Even when the sidewalks were icy from our last “storm,” I never slipped. Not even once. That’s because I have common sense and I don’t cry over tiny bits of snow. One of my co-workers was not so lucky. She walks to work and fell flat on her ass on the way in. She slipped again a few feet later and broke her arm.
Another co-worker who walks said she almost slipped several times. I suppressed the urge to quit being a retard, but getting fired again does not interest me. I was fired a few months ago for refusing to render medical aid to a co-worker based on her Latina heritage. I did get my job back, but calling someone retarded at work would result me being again fired, this time for good for creating a hostile work environment. So I kept my mouth shut.
Speaking of work, no matter the weather, I must report to work and do so on time. There are no excuses where I work. We provide essential services and shutting down over anything, even weather that some consider inclement, is not possible. In the past fifteen years, the building was shut down only once and it was over a storm that I guess qualified as an actual snowstorm. Even so, I reported to work and sat down at my desk and did my job, even though I was one of only five who showed up. We were the GOAT.
I can already tell you that our building will not shut down. If it does, I will still report to work and do my job as best that I can without 37 or so other people out. If I do get the email or text saying that we’re closed and that I must stay home, I will do so. While other people call out of work all over the area, I show up. I’m not just strong…I’m Army strong.
All we can do now is wait and see. The storm’s path could change at any moment and the impact on Albany will be zero, or things could go the other way and an actual snowstorm could happen. I mean something real, something that’s two feet or more. That’s my line in the sand.
Anything less than two feet is child’s play, not worth worrying about. However, those of us who can actually handle snow will have something to worry about, as I mentioned before. I have to watch out for morons who forget how to drive when a wee bit of snow falls. I have to be careful around my neighborhood as sidewalks go uncleared because of homeowners and landlords refusing to obey the law.
Another thing I have to watch is, as I’ve stated, the roads. Though driving is the best way to get to work, if things go south weatherwise, it might be safer to take the bus. That way, if someone runs into the bus or if the bus runs into someone or something, there’s a better chance of avoiding injury or death in a bus than in a car. I can tell you that no matter how bad things may or may not get in this upcoming event, the buses will run.
In all the time that I’ve been here, CDTA, the entity that runs the bus system, has pulled its drivers off the roads once and that was back in 2013.
Again, I’m not worried about me. I know how to drive in the snow. I’m worried about the idiots who cannot drive in minor weather situations.
So let’s sit back and wait, folks. During the last “storm,” we did not lose power, nor did we lose the internet. Let’s see if whatever happens this time around keeps that trend going.
If you’re in Albany and you’re feeling scared, suck it up, buttercup. A little snow never killed anyone. Only idiots in snow kill people. So just relax. The actual impact on Albany will be minimal to non-existent.