Shyzer.com

There are few things that I love about South Carolina. For the most part, you can find me bitching and complaining about any number of things, from the Confederate flag still being flown on the state house grounds, to the amazing racism that still is bred from 100 years ago, to grits.

But one thing that I love about South Carolina did appear this morning. Snow. Ok, well maybe we don’t get snow as often as I would like. Once every three years usually. However, that turns out to be a good thing because if I can tell you one thing about the South, it is this. Southerners are scared shitless of snow. I’m not joking. If the weatherman predicts that there MIGHT BE a chance of flurries, there is a mad dash for the supermarket to grab all the bread and water. I can still picture the lines at Ingles where a good 50-70 people were buying the last of the bread and water and nothing even happened that night. It’s like they think they will be snowed in their house and unable to leave. Quite humerous.

But today I awoke to this glorious news. “The University of South Carolina Columbia Campus is closed today, Thursday, January 23, due to winter weather conditions.”

I looked outside and started to laugh my ass off. We got MAYBE half an inch. The roads were perfectly clear. But those good ole’ Southerners went ahead and closed just about everything. But I wasn’t complaining. Thursdays are when I have the most classes (4) and I have to spend about 7 hours in the classroom….not fun. But today, I just slept in and can go home early.

So if you ever want to see an entire state panic over nothing, please make a trip to South Carolina in the winter time. Wait, did I just tell people to actually travel to South Carolina on their free will? Scratch that, I’ll just take some video footage for ya. Nobody should ever have to come down here on their own.