The blizzard looks to be over.  The sun is shinning and it’s not snowing anymore, but the ground is still blanketed with the white stuff.  The Herald-Mail is reporting that we received 18 inches of the stuff here in Williamsport.

The National Weather Service is saying this storm was a record for the month of December.  I’m not sure why it’s important to categorize it by the month.  It’s not like it’s August or July.  It’s December, one of the months we get snow.

I guess a lot of people yesterday decided to would be a good idea to go out and drive around even though local law enforcement was pleading with people to stay off the roads and to please stay home.  It’s not like there were a lot of places for people to go, except of course a snowy ditch on the side of the road.  That’s where a lot of people ended up yesterday.  In a snowy ditch.

Most if not all of the stores in the area were closed yesterday. I guess it’s hard to get people in the world of retail to come to work in the middle of a blizzard when you are only paying them minimum wage.

Yesterday was some kind of major shopping day in that it was the final Saturday before Christmas, the day we honor the birth of the Son of God, the man that told people to forsake treasures here on earth and to instead sell everything we own and give it to the poor.  We honor his birth by ignoring what he said and instead we buy lots and lots of stuff for the people in our lives.  If these people also happen to be poor, than so much the better.

Now that it’s stopped snowing and the roads look to be clear, I imagine the malls and other stores will be making up for yesterday with lots of shoppers.  And yes, I will probably be one of them.  I have a 30% off Borders coupon that expires on Monday.  Plus, I think we still have a few gifts to pick up.