NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The first sign of a coming snowstorm in Middle Tennessee is not the forecast. It is the parking lot.
By Wednesday afternoon, grocery stores across the region were already crowded, shelves thinning as shoppers prepared for snow expected Saturday. The rush was familiar, almost ritualistic: carts filling, checkout lines stretching, and the quiet question hovering in every aisle: how much is too much?
At Fresh Market in Brentwood, shoppers moved with purpose. Early arrivals were not hunting for a single forgotten item. They were stocking up.
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“I figured it may be a good idea,” said Josh, a Nashville resident, glancing toward the checkout line. “Looks like everybody else is trying to get ahead of it, so we figured we’d grab a couple necessities, so if we actually see the snow, we’ll be ready to just hunker down.”…