Am I the Jinx?

You know that podcast, Am I the Asshole? I'm asking, Am I the Jinx?

Last summer I moved out of Florida for very sound reasons and would like to have returned to the life and fabulous apartment I'd left in New Jersey, which is home, but I decided I was over long, cold winters. So, instead I moved to North Carolina after considering South Carolina and the Tidewater area in Virginia. My reasoning was that while I didn't want a cold winter, I certainly I didn't want snow. So I considered places  that don't really get snow and if they do it's a dusting that only they think is real snow. If the temperature drops, it very quickly rebounds, or so I thought...

It was explained to me pretty early when I got here that the weather in North Carolina is bipolar. I was warned to expect wild fluctuations in temperature, nothing about snowstorms. From what I'm hearing, they have not had a real snow storm like the one we're expecting since 2000. It was believed that there would not be another such storm "in our lifetime". Here we are 26 years later and they're bracing for another snowstorm the magnitude of the 2000 storm. 👀 Some people say there was a big snow in 2014 as well but apparently 2000 was the whopper. So I'm asking myself, "so why didn't you go to New Jersey"? If they're going to have snow like this in NC, I could at least be home with my peeps. LOL! Although, I do have quite a circle here, which was part of the draw to NC, that is ever growing! I have met some really good people. I am content...

Turn the clock back a little bit. In 2009 I moved to Binghamton, New York. I know, I know, make it make sense... I keep making these moves but that one was really out of sorts for a summer bunny like me. But there I was in Binghamton, New York where they get this predicted flood everyone 100 years. Three rivers meet in Binghamton. It's called a confluence of rivers. So, it's a thing...

Binghamton had just had the centennial flood a few years before I moved there, I think 7 years before. Well, lo' and behold, what happens? They have this 100-year flood 93 years early and the whole city is a hot flooded mess! I take my car across town to higher grounds and return to my my high rise apartment where I rationlize if the water reached my apartment, it was gonna' be a wrap for most of us. I didn't get meet my maker vibes at all... So I perched myself on the rooftop where I could see what was happening from a prime vantage point. It was horrible! I even wrote a blog about it, There's A River A Rising in Binghamton.

So here I am in two different places where these natural disaster events that are only supposed to happen every blue moon decide to greet me with a spontaneous welcome party. So, Am I the Jinx? If you say yes, I'll be moving to your city soon. LOL!

Be safe, stay warm, and dry! Do all the precautionary things we're told to do, fill your gas tank, make sure you have batteries, flashlights, candles, blankets, and ample food. Somebody told me if the lights go out, put my food on the balcony because it'll stay frozen out there. Fill your tub with water in case your toilet stops flushing or something to that effect. But most important, eat your snacks in moderation. We may be in for a while...

Am I the Jinx? 🤷🏾 Miss Higgi really wants to know. (smile)...