Well, the Northeast is supposed to be hit with a big snowstorm.

[conuly]

Except that looking at the maps it seems like the snow will pass juuuuuuuuuuuust by NYC. My weather app agrees. Unfortunately, I guess everybody using stopandshop has decided not to bet against snow, and consequently everything I always get is out of stock. Not bread and milk, but onions? since when are onions ever out of stock anywhere!?

Well, I was going to wait until tomorrow evening to place the grocery order anyway, for delivery Friday. Maybe they'll restock, or if they don't, I can hit up the supermarket near me when *they* restock. (I don't really think there will be snow.)

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[redbird]

The article I saw yesterday noted that the margin of error for this sort of forecast three days out is about 150 miles, and then talked about a rain/snow line for Massachusetts. At that point, all they were saying with anu confidence was that Cape Cod would get rain instead of snow.

The somewhat-serious French Toast Alert for the Boston area is now at three slices, "moderate, plowable snow predicted" and advising that it's time to buy an extra loaf of bread, gallon of milk, and dozen eggs. Not that we're going to be living on French toast, but those are the things that everyone seems to make a point to stock up on before predicted snowstorms.

[conuly]

It does seem to me that Boston's been a lot snowier than NYC in recent years, though.

[movingfinger]

Ugh, thanks! I've been trying to get my mother to order a delivery and she's insisting that she has plenty of food. She was just in the hospital for two weeks. She has not got plenty of food, in terms of milk and OJ.... I'll lean harder...

[conuly]

Perhaps it might be more efficient to just order the food and present it to her as a done deal.

[adafrog]

Onions? Weird.

[conuly]

Right!? I mean, they're one of the biggest kitchen staples, so it isn't totally bizarre - but the bread was still in stock?

[adafrog]

Maybe they all had a sudden craving for french onion soup?