Snow Pounds Tacoma With More Inches Than Anyone Asked For

Snowmageddon 2019. Day 5, 2100: The sound of melting slush permeates Tacoma. Tires fly through sloppy piles of icy mush as citizens once thought lost for good emerge from their shelters.

Amounts vary by exact location, but something like 20 damn inches of snow fell in the area. For the record, this Snowpocalypse was “the seventh-snowiest month dating to 1895 and the fourth-snowiest since records have been kept at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.”

For posterity, we now recap all that has transpired, with additional notes fromfellow survivors included…

Pre-storm, 2200:

“Being prepared for severe weather is no joke, but having just left Fred Meyer on 19th we gotta say there were only a few shelves we saw completely wiped out.

“The good news is that, even if salty carb stuff is in low supply in Tacoma, there’s plenty of kale and decaf coffee available for stocking up on. You last minute people are going to experience a very healthy and relaxing snowpocalypse.”

Snowmageddon 2019. Day 1, 0900:

“The beast rears its ugly head. Brace yourselves, Tacoma. The end is nigh.”

Snowmageddon 2019. Day 1, 1400:

“Contact with other survivors becoming less frequent.

Saw someone actually attempting to operate a vehicle in this maelstrom of whiteness. Likely dead and frozen by now.

Rumors circulating about a group of antiquarian survivalists taking refuge at Fort Nisqually.

Will likely resort to cannibalism before long.”

Snowmageddon 2019. Day 1, 1800:

“Darkness descends on the wreckage of our city.

Roving bands of outlaws have taken over South Tacoma, terrorising survivors.

Relying on Mad Maxian monster trucks, they’re the only ones able to travel in the unrelenting blizzard.

Garbage cans are left out as mementos of our once thriving system of public utilities.”

Snowmageddon 2019. Day 1, 2100:

“Cabin fever is starting to set in. Distraught neighbors made a feeble attempt at evacuation.

A post shared by overtacoma (@overtacoma) on Feb 9, 2019 at 8:04pm PST

Wright Park and downtown madness as witnessed by me:

Twitter exchange pointed out to us by @testifeye on Instagram.

Closing remarks:

Cleanup efforts continue as schools begrudgingly open doors once again. It appears, despite all fears and dramatics, life as we know it in Tacoma will march on.

May we never type or utter the words “snowmageddon,” “snowpocalypse,” or “snowmgtacoma” again.

Images by Sierra Hartman, Sara Kay, and a slew of other folks who hung out with us through the storm. Thanks to everyone for pitching in and making the jokes. We’ve done our best to include names in images as credits. If you see something missing that ought to be added in you’re welcome to email us: editor@gritcitymag.com.