Some cities handle their weather preparedness better than others.
Washington, D.C., and the Mid-Atlantic area are currently preparing for a potentially historic blizzard expected to begin Friday, so the residents of the nation's capital and surrounding areas are currently in full-on freakout mode.
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While it's fun (especially for northern cities) to poke fun at D.C. for its excitement over a snowstorm, some weather reports are predicting a snow accumulation of up to 30 inches, enough to cripple any major city's ability to function properly.
Regardless, bread and milk are flying off the shelves in D.C. grocery stores -- as well as booze, of course.
...and it continues on the bread aisle... #milksandwiches #jonas #snowmaggedon A photo posted by @tiffaneeshante on Jan 20, 2016 at 1:22pm PST
#Winter has come... #washingtondc #DC #snowstorm #snowmageddon2 #panic #gonnabefun A photo posted by Lena O (@lena._.o) on Jan 20, 2016 at 2:27pm PST
Hurry or you'll be stuck with whole wheat bread.
"We've got to get the bread and milk! They said snow! We'll all die without it!" - Southerners pic.twitter.com/YiXZQpjCjH— Willowmore Fox (@Willow_Fox) January 20, 2016
And skim milk.
It has begun...time to make those milk sandwiches... #milksandwiches #jonas #snowmaggedon A photo posted by @tiffaneeshante on Jan 20, 2016 at 1:18pm PST
Forget the fresh fruit, it's too late.
Apparently Bananas are the number 1 #DCBlizzard preparedness food. https://t.co/wquTL6F518 pic.twitter.com/p9Mm2nzZNy— Lars Schmidt (@ThisIsLars) January 20, 2016
Do not forget the booze.
Make sure you're prepared: "DC Blizzard watch: Severe snowstorm likely Friday through Sunday." #BetterSafeThanSorry pic.twitter.com/5mOOKpdMEx— john wehrung (@johnnywehrung) January 20, 2016
Scenes from my grocery cart. #DCsnow #pleasebewrongweatherman A photo posted by Melissa MacGregor (@houseography) on Jan 20, 2016 at 10:08am PST
I guess I'll just improvise beer while everyone else is having milk sandwiches. #winterstorm #blizzard #panic #milkandbread A photo posted by BEE (@missbeezy03) on Jan 20, 2016 at 12:44pm PST
When the memes start, you know it's time to start freaking out.
OMG!! Yay Maryland/ Washington DC area is getting a BIG SNOW STORM. I can't wait. I love snow pic.twitter.com/eOnJXt4udQ— Grey Enterprise Inc. (@DolorosM) January 20, 2016
When they say snow in DC people be at stores like pic.twitter.com/9DXAkvp9Tt— Byrd (@igotit4free) January 20, 2016
Current DC Snow Forecast for #Jonas: https://t.co/4uOvA8mxH8 pic.twitter.com/hPzTOCZuYW— Adam Goldstein (@A_H_Goldstein) January 20, 2016
For those wondering why everyone is joking about bread and milk, it's a reference to a viral video from Vic Dibitetto from 2013, who parodies the pre-storm freakout with his need for bread and milk.