Here in the great state of North Dakota, we are all accustomed to the pathetically cold weather. This sounds incredibly monotonous because I guarantee there have been a thousand articles written about how cold it is here and how we relate to them.
You can tell more about a person by how they react to the blizzard at hand. Here I present to you the different types of people during a blizzard.
1. Barbarians
The barbarians are the ones that go about their lives like nothing even happened. "What's a blizzard?" is usually their favorite phrase when our tundra turns into a snow-covered desert. Cold blowing snow is pretty much an easy-going day for them. Why should they care? This isn't their first rodeo.
Odds are, they drive a 4x4 pickup to adhere to their lifestyle of not caring about how bad the weather gets.
2. Foreigners
Those who aren't from the north, typically. Sometimes these people just feel they belong near the equator because even if it isn't storming, they hate the weather in the north between November and March... even if it's a very mild winter with 0 blizzards. The ones that will sit there, in their warm house that they cranked to 75 degrees... and shiver... just because it's 35 outside.
3. Snow freaks
Those that brave the cold and vow to not allow the blowing snow put a damper on their fun. They're the ones that will snowboard behind trucks through the vacated streets. The ones that will take their cars out and drift throughout the streets like they're in a rally race because nobody is on the roads; but, they will end up using their snowmobile to go to work or class. It's happened. Trust me.
The ones that dream of massive campus-wide snowball fights. The guys that will strap on ice skates and shovel ice at the local outdoor rink over and over and over until they can somewhat see the puck when they skate with it on their stick. These are the ones that some consider to be out of their wits, but they just wanna make the most of their day off.
4. Hermits
The ones that avoid outside at all costs until the temperature is back to positives, or nearly not freezing anymore. They usually just pretend that the storm isn't happening. They will call in sick to work, check with their classes online and see how many skips they can have before they face consequences, and then proceed to use all of them while binge-watching their new Netflix shows.
Nine times out of 10 if they see a car passing by, being driven by one of the barbarians, they will make negative remarks about their lack of respect for the great outdoors.
5. Snowholics
Those that see snow, hear snow day, and immediately break out the Jag, Busch, Jack, Captain, and/or Vodka. (Usually all of the above) Funny thing is, they have absolutely NOT been planning this at all. They already had all of that.
They have absolutely nothing going on for the day, so what's a better way to spend the day inside and unbothered, than by drinking until you can blackout in the comfort of your own warm home? What's another day of drinking? The bars are near impossible to get to, so it makes total sense, and you feel like less of an alcoholic if the outside world doesn't see how alone and drunk you are... right?
6. Over-planned stranded-hood
These people will rush to the grocery store, plan out a survival kit, and go way overboard on all of the items they think they will need for the blizzard that will more than likely only last a day. They'll hit up Sam's club like it's their day job and stock up on everything from flashlights, to canned goods. Two inches of snow is the damn snowpocalypse to these people.
