When I left pdx on Thursday an inch of snow had closed the schools... we went for a nice bike ride to grab a few last minute things and saw that the buses had chains and heard that people were getting a few hours grace to get to work.

In downtown pdx we saw shops that had signs that said they had closed early because of the weather.

But I do understand that when one lives in a place where it rarely freezes or gets snow and where the city has no means of dealing with it that it can be hard for those who have never seen weather like this.

The Girl is from Detroit and even she thought that folks were over reacting just a little.