The weather rumors (I swear I just saw flurries) brought this photo to mind, taken in front of Anders Bookstore after the legendary snow of ’73.
(Note the Punt, Bama, Punt bumper sticker on the window.)
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Photo by Cecil Bridges.
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It was the spring of 1999 or 2000 — this took place in one of my senior years — when there was a forecast of snow on the plain. The university canceled classes *the day before* the precipitation event.*
So there everyone was, with nothing to do this one night or the next day. A friend very famously began calling random 844 numbers until he found a “cute-sounding” girl to talk to. Didn’t know her. She didn’t know him. But, in a testament to his prowess, he was able to talk her into a bar meeting the upcoming weekend.
On which, of course, he promptly stood her up.**
(If you are her, I apologize on his behalf.)
Anyway, the next morning: No snow. No flakes had flung themselves to the ground. No flurries had fallen from the heavens. No tiny puddles of crisp moist snow flurry death.
*And for context, they canceled classes just hours (!!!) before Hurricane Opal landed in the fall of 1995.
**This story is true and ridiculous. And while you may think it horrible, rest assured that this can never happen again. Facebook is a great equalizer.
That was really weird. I was in school then, supposedly it had never snowed at Auburn but it snowed something like 6 inches. I’m not talking tiny little flurries, I’m talking a bunch of snow. Oddly after the snow is was like 50-60 degrees the next day and it was all gone almost immediately. We had a great touch football game/snowball fight that day.
JB