Corey McCullock’s First Omaha Snowfall

Corey’s first snowfall in Omaha. Photo Credit/Corey McCullock.

Snow in the Big O!

Thursday night, I experienced my first snow while living in Omaha. I will say it did not meet me expectations, which are extremely high compared to Lyons. Yes, the snow may have looked neat as it blew in through the orange glow of all the city lights. It did not look neat the next morning when I went to class.

Unlike Lyons, there is constant traffic on every street. This means that the lovely fluffy white stuff turns into a black slush almost instantly. The good thing is that it melted away so that when the next snow comes, it will be a nice bright white again. One thing that did not surprise me was the driving ability of some people in Omaha during snowy conditions. I had heard from upper classmen that come from towns outside of Omaha that some, not all, are extremely dangerous to drive on the same road with. That came as no surprise to me, and was proven numerous times Thursday night when many people were driving down the middle of the road and slamming on their brakes and overall freaking out while they were driving.

Aside from the terrible drivers and not meeting my expectations, it was a good snow. And I base that off of the joy in my Brazilian roommates face when he saw the first flake fall. He saw snow on the ground in January but he had never seen it fall until last night. And this absolutely amazed him. He said he has always dreamed of a white Christmas and his dream was brought to life with the first snow of the year. Even though it was a month early, it gave him hope.

On a deeper note, that kind of made me realize how much we have here, even though it’s snow, that we may take for granted or find as a nuisance. The first snow also brought a scare to my dorm room when one of my other roommates totaled his car, so I was out till 1 in the morning picking parts up off the road, directing traffic, making the car drivable and assuring him that his parents were not going to kill him.

You could say that the first snow had many ups and downs, but I love snow so it worked out in the end.