The Arctic Blast in America

A phone call at 7:20 a.m. woke me up. I manage a groggy, heavy 'hello?', and someone's saying 'Suman look out of the window!'. My mind raced. I was late, so the car pool guys had been waiting down stairs, and after repeated attempts of knocking on my door, they resorted to a phone call. Not quite. I slammed the phone down and opened the blinds, it was snowing! Columbia SC had seen snow last year and people were not hoping any snow this year. But the arctic blast that hit us. coming from the north changed it all. As I am writing this I could see snow coming down in swirls, powered by the wind. The temperature at 9:10 a.m. is minus three degree celsius. And I am from Chennai, India. So I feel like a whore in the church, all right. Check out the storm warning below!
Weather.com says:
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC-CLARENDON SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC- LANCASTER SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-NEWBERRY SC-RICHLAND SC-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOPVILLE...CAMDEN...COLUMBIA... LANCASTER...LEXINGTON...MANNING...NEWBERRY AND SUMTER 824 AM EST THU JAN 23 2003
...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

SNOWFALL WILL TOTAL 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING THROUGH NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...AND BISHOPVILLE. SNOWFALL WILL TOTAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE AREA EXTENDING THROUGH SALUDA... COLUMBIA...SUMTER...AND MANNING.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELLING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

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