"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message news:_b_Cd.12923$1U6.6740@trnddc09...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:CgZCd.620242$wV.514014@attbi_s54...
Is it just me, or does it seem like weather forecasting has gone off the deep end?

Once again, we've been deluged with "Winter Storm Warnings" in the Midwest that have turned out to produce a few
inches of snow. As one station (primarily the Weather Channel) starts to hype the coming "huge storm" all the local
stations feel compelled to jump on the bandwagon. They, in turn, start running live segments of "Doppler Radar" and
serious talking heads showing all of us that it is -- *gasp!* -- actually SNOWING outside!

Har! Har!

Jay, (gasping for breath between chortles of hysterical laughter.....) you should see what happens up here in the
north end of California's share of the Mojave Desert when it snows. Honest, it does that every three or four years.
Back in '83... why, we had ten inches!
Two years ago, about four inches fell, and stuck, just before sunrise. Would you believe about one out of six or
seven cars rattled down the street with chains! Some of those didn't think about what that extra eight inches or so of
chain was going to do to the fenders, if they didn't tie it down.
Yep, school was dismissed. The city declared a skeleton workday. Half the Navy employees failed to show up for
work. A few days later, a citizen wrote a letter-to-the-editor condemning the Highway Patrol for not establishing
emergency escorts on the highways.


We did the So. California to visit grandma and grampa for Christmas last week and were greeted with the severe winter
storm warnings. It must have rained a whole 3-5 inches the entire time we were there. It is a hoot to watch the wx
forecasters with the live 'outside' reporters bundled up for the frosty 50° temps. They were getting so wet their makeup
was running. There were wreaks all over the place, pretty amazing ( I used to love it when it rained; I could fly the
car so to speak).

I concur with the other writers statement about the liability thing. It is also better for the stations to keep you
glued to the screen...