Halifax Weather Brings Stormchip Cravings (TWEETS)

When a storm hits, what's the first thing you pick up at the grocery store?

If you ask Maritimers, "#Stormchips" are a priority item on many residents' shopping lists.

#Stormchips first emerged as a hashtag in January, when Atlantic Canada was hit with a blizzard.

At the time, Stephanie Domet, host of Mainstreet on CBC Radio One, mused to a newsreader that ripple chips and dip were the only items on her list as the snow set in, CBC News reported.

The newsreader admitted he had a similar list, and so a hashtag was born that quickly spread across the eastern provinces.

The hashtag returned amid a Wednesday storm that has been compared to "White Juan," the powerful weather event that dumped a record amount of snow over Halifax in 2004.

#Stormchips proved difficult to find in some stores.

People really take their #stormchips seriously LOL pic.twitter.com/AqLjqHx4vv

— Hillary Brown (@hilldawgb) March 26, 2014

Are we really that predictable, #Halifax? Save some #stormchips for the rest of us. #cbcns pic.twitter.com/RXzBFqT4jK

— nancy waugh (@nancywaughcbc) March 25, 2014

Hope you have your #stormchips, Halifax! pic.twitter.com/A0OfYN8ZB2

— Hilary Beaumont (@HilaryBeaumont) March 26, 2014

And many others were all too happy to get their hands on them.

I have my #stormchips, do you? pic.twitter.com/PwVVyDazoI

— Carolyn (@iTeedee) March 24, 2014

Got me some name-brand #stormchips. @Mainstreethfx pic.twitter.com/cYV3j15EcJ

— Robin S (@Proi_RS) March 26, 2014

I can't complain! #WhiteJuan2 #familytime #stormchips pic.twitter.com/sh26dTmAuw

— Melissa Somers Angus (@Melissa_Somers) March 26, 2014

Good luck holding down the fort @Mainstreethfx I yeti’d my way home successfully into some waiting #StormChips pic.twitter.com/fVNwwNXMPd

— Uncle Fester (@TheExtremities) March 26, 2014

Even a P.E.I. politician jumped in on the act:

All emergency preparedness in place plus #stormchips getting ready for #24 hours #125kmwinds #noreaster #pei pic.twitter.com/l89wqTX6CO

— Doug W.Currie (@DougCurrie) March 26, 2014

Some shared the snack:

I'm not the only one enjoying #Stormchips in NB today pic.twitter.com/WodyRmhUfY

— Shane Fowler (@ShaneRFowler) March 26, 2014

Others found alternatives and variations on it:

No need for #stormchips when you've got homemade mac & cheese a la @MarthaStewart. pic.twitter.com/tHnWz3fENi

— Jill Chappell (@jill_chappell) March 26, 2014

@Mainstreethfx it's time for #stormchips or should I say #stormcheetos pic.twitter.com/ZZisLQlK3x

— Holly Chmelyk (@HollyChm) March 26, 2014

@Mainstreethfx How about some warm-out-of-the-oven homemade #stormbread? #Halifax #blizzard pic.twitter.com/jT73KcBVhZ

— In Slow Bloom (@inslowbloom) March 26, 2014

And still others didn't quite get the point of the exercise:

It's not working. I think it's defective. It's supposed to ward off storms, right? #stormchips pic.twitter.com/j6qoScPoFY

— Becca Babcock (@notyourleader) March 26, 2014

This being one of the worst storms that the Maritimes have seen in a decade, now's probably a good time to let your diet take a back seat to savoury, crunchy goodness.

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