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December 12, 2004
Thanks—but consider the source
I can't help but appreciate it when the Weather Channel's site tells the story straight:
... "WINTER" WILL RETURN TO CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
Yet I have learned that the Weather Channel grossly exaggerates the danger inherent in winter conditions hereabouts. They don't have car wrecks and house fires to attract viewers; instead, they have colossal dramatization of fairly ordinary weather. When you read the details in today's forecast for 13332, you discover that we're due for a whole inch of snow:
WHEN THE SNOW ARRIVES THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING... THERE COULD BE A QUICK, INTENSE BURST OF SNOW... WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IF YOU HAVE ANY TRAVEL PLANS FOR THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT... BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.
Oh, okay, thanks. Whiteouts are indeed a bummer. I'll check the radar before I go to the grocery store. And I'll leave the skis in the closet.
Posted by senioritis at December 12, 2004 11:06 AM