I get that meteorology is an inexact science, but jeebus, people, can you not predict a MAJOR SNOW STORM less than 12 hours before it hits?! (I happened to check Weather.com last night and the local forecast said NOTHING about a snow storm or even flurries this morning.) This has got to be some kind of new low in weather forecasting.
Just how bad is it out there (here)? Take a look for yourself. (I took these pictures around 12 noon ET -- and there was NO SNOW this time yesterday afternoon.)
I am in a particularly cranky mood because today is National Go Back to Bed Day (per the spouse), yet I was unable to because I had to get the kid off to school -- only to have the bus not show up and then find out shortly after she got to school that there was early dismissal today (which is at 10:30 a.m.). So no going back to bed for me. Just a lot of snow -- and a lot of shoveling later. :-(
[Note to my friends and readers in Florida and Southern California: Don't. Say. A. Word.]
It looks beautiful! Now stop typing and go back to bed!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea
ReplyDeleteInstitutionalize it
Let's take a long nap
Meteorology is an inexact science whose inexactness is obscured willfully by its attention-seeking practitioners.
ReplyDeleteFun Activity Suggestion! Make a snowman, dress him up as a TV meteorologist*, then pelt him with snowballs, all the while yelling "Betcha didn't see THAT coming!!!"
*You're on your own for this
3 hour drive from Danbury to Westport??
ReplyDeleteBelieve it.
As someone who works from home, I LOVE when snow arrives, surprise or not. I don't have to go anywhere and at least it's something different to look at.
ReplyDeleteAnd, for the record, I am very pro-nap. Especially during client calls
Of course, by 2 p.m. the snow had stopped and the sun was out -- and the kid was playing on her Nintendo DS. Bleh.
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