Armageddon!?! the Apocalypse!?! could it be the Cataclysm!?!!?! No, just a snow storm

The most common meme running through FB the last day or so has been images of panicked shoppers stocking up on milk, bread and toilet paper because of a snow storm approaching. While there may be some truth to peoples behavior for such an event the weather forecasters and their news counterparts sure can ratchet folks up a few notches. Not that one should ignore preparing for the weather in these parts especially when you may be getting 18 - 24 inches of snow. Check your snowthrower, is there gas in it? Shovels handy, dressing warm when you go out... don't drive into a ditch if you need to be out and about. Now that the snow will be arriving in the next few hours certainly by midnight and projected to snow all day tomorrow then well into early Monday morning we are settled in. Though there will be plenty of clean up to do there is the aspect of watching snow falling and the wind blowing it around. The birds will arrive for quick bites at the feeders and I'll make a couple of forays into the storm to keep the end of the driveway cleared as the plow truck drivers will create one heck of a snow challenge to reach the roadway.