Storm making U.S. cities seem like ghost towns: resident
Posted Jan 22, 2016 1:19 pm.
Last Updated Jan 22, 2016 3:30 pm.
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A former Calgarian living in the path of the U.S. east coast storms says his area is like a ghost town.
John Woodman, who grew up in Calgary and now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, told 660 NEWS storms like this happen only once or twice every winter, and a lot of people aren’t prepared.
He said residents flock to the stores before the storm hits, and then lock up their doors and stay inside.
“They like to get their milk, bread and eggs weeks in advance,” he said. “As soon as there’s a chance of any kind of snow or ice, they’re heading to the local grocery store, and you walk in and it’s just bare. So in their preparation they go maybe a little bit further than what Calgarians are used to with a normal ice storm.”
“They shut down like it’s the Apocalypse. They get their milk and bread, they close their doors, they turn on their fire, and they shut down.”
He added winter tires are a foreign concept to many drivers, so a lot of people hunker down inside and wait for the storm to pass.
Schools and government offices across the eastern U.S. were closed Friday in anticipation of the storm, with forecasters predicting more than two feet of snow by the afternoon.
