It's all a conspiracy by the government.

Downed powerlines are the obvious main causes for power outages. Why not bury powerlines instead of hanging them on poles. It may be more expensive initially but that investment should pay off.

I have a friend who helps construct the towers that conduct power lines and I asked him the same question (my interest was in getting them out of sight, they're so unsightly), and he said that the lines have to be in the air so that they don't overheat. So, some residential lines could be buried, but most of the heavier ones (evidently) have to be in open air to cool off.

Santa checked his list
He even checked it twice
and he found out that you haven't been nice.
Coal's too expensive
so here's the scoop,
All you got for Christmas this year is
SNOWMAN POOP!

If we have a white out Marion Williams will holler RACISIM.

Watching the TV crawls of all of the school and business closings, I have always wondered why they don't just announce what schools etc. will remain open. The list will be a lot shorter and the rest can be assumed closed.

I think they rush out and stock up on supplies because of a sence of self-preservation. I think that deep down buried in ones dna is the need to protect and provide for their family. Like it was years ago when there were no modern conveniences.Stocking up on supplies, especially in the winter, was the smart thing to do, or one might freeze or starve.With only horses and wagons for transportation, the odds of traveling miles in a storm to town and back successfully, weren't that great. So all that brings us back to today and the reason why they run out and clean out the grocery stores, when the word "snow" or "ice" is mentioned...Of course my husbond has a much simpler explaination.. he says "IT's because their idiots!" :)