Posts Tagged ‘surprise’
You would think that, living in New England my entire life, I’d be fairly used to quick weather changes and random winter weather. Yet, somehow, it still manages to take me by surprise sometimes.
Take yesterday for example. Morning weather report: tapering showers/snow showers, becoming nicer as the day goes on. Well, if by nicer they meant downpours and up to 8 inches of snow in some places, then they were correct! Apparently, not even the weathermen had the slightest inkling that bad weather was coming last night.
from komonews.com
Personally, I was walking to my class when I noticed some pretty dark clouds, but the only thought I had was “Haha, if it was the middle of the summer I’d definitely be expecting a big thunderstorm to start right now,” but then dismissed them. Until a few raindrops fell on me, but my thoughts still only reached “I should hurry so I don’t get really rained on.” So I suppose I shouldn’t have been completely surprised when a sudden downpour started hammering on the thin roof of our classroom, scaring half the class. I wasn’t even really bothered by the rain, I’d just received a new waterproof jacket so I just treated it as a good time to test it (it worked ;]).
What I did not expect, nor appreciate, was the pelting snow/ice/rain mixture that was steadily falling at 8 o’clock when I went to take the 15 minute walk to my car and subsequent 45 minute drive home. Had I expected the snow, I’d have been fully prepared with a hat and gloves, and most likely a change of clothes to stay with a friend. However, considering it was completely unexpected, I had the fine pleasure of walking out to my car with wind-driven precipitation pelting my face and finding its way down my sleeves, then driving home with barely any visibility and nontreated roads. There was one slightly good point about the snow being unexpected though: everyone else was just as taken off guard and frazzled, so I didn’t encounter any of the usual “I’m impervious to sliding on snow so I’m going to drive like a maniac” type people.
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