GSR Quest Week #10
Brad versus Winter Storm Provisions

By the time you read this, we will have a foot of snow, an inch of ice, or something in between, according to the weather forecasters.

It's eminent. No question that this weather event is going to occur.

If the ice prophecy occurs, you may even have to read this blog by candlelight. I hope that is not the case.

And so, for this week's Google Search Results competition, it's me versus "winter storm warning" provisions.

It's no secret that whenever a winter storm is predicted, that everyone in the area apparently sprints to the nearest grocery store and stocks up on perishables -- milk, bread, beer and eggs.

I was at Schnuck's last night getting bread -- not because of the impending storm, but because we actually needed it -- and their shelves were already pretty wiped out. Perhaps, that was because of the weather forecast or just the fact it was the end of the weekend and lots of people made toast.

Since we had plenty of milk, beer and eggs at home, I passed on hoarding any extra.

When it seems eminent that we will be snowed or iced in, the first thing that always comes to my mind is French onion potato chip dip.

My mom always seemed to have some on hand when a snowstorm was predicted to hit our rural Ste. Genevieve county farm. Since there was usually nothing on the half-dozen channels we picked up on our TV -- in today's world, six channels could by argued as child-abuse -- we would gather as a family, eat dip and play poker or rummy.

Apparently, "French onion dip" is not considered a critical snowstorm provision by much of the country. It racked up only 6 GSRs. This is the first time, I'm not bringing up the rear on the GSR competition.

I don't know what happened at Google over the last week, but my personal GSRs made a come back, jumping to 342. I can't explain it.

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