Living in the small town of Irondale, just 10 minutes outside of Birmingham, for 18 years, I have seen most of what Alabama weather is capable of. Throughout the first day pictures swarmed in throughout the state showing the effects of the snow.
Starting the year of 2014 Alabama experienced a great "snowpocalypse." This, however, was not the first time the South had their run in with snow. In 1982 Alabama was disturbed with a massive fall of snow. It was a full on crisis. Cars were abandoned everywhere, and that's how it was during the snowpocalypse of 2014. Without snowplows, snow tires, or snow chains, most of us were helpless. A lot of my friends hunkered down at my house for 2 days and my parents stayed in a hotel and a family friend's home. The house to ourself was nice, and we all kept it decent.
The first night of the crisis my friends and I bundles up and walked about 2 miles down the road to the SAMs, McDonalds, and eventually the BP gas station. I was hesitant to walk on the freshly fallen snow. The sparkle it emanated from the street lights was quite pretty.
As we walked we sang and people we passed on our way joined in. When we got closer to our destination a hunting cart road up next to us offering crackers, coffee, and a ride. Knowing all of us wouldn't have been able to fit, we politely declined. The Southern hospitality they offered and heard about the rest of the 2 days we were all together was truely amazing. It was inspiring to see how kind the people of the South can be when disaster strikes.
The South isn't always full of negative stereotypes. You just have to look beyond the every day actions and into the history the South has experienced to see the good in the people here.
(From left to right) Morgan, Alex, Me, and Gibson
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