Winter Weather Advisory
Jan. 16th, 2008 05:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
requialexaUnlike when other users post about Winter Weather, this is a post of barely contained GLEE.
See white spots? The white spots indicate actual Snow!
Okay, so it won't accumulate, and it won't amount to anything, but we're still going out to eat Mexican food because the last time we were expecting a ho-hum bit of wintry mix, we went out to eat Mexican and ended up with a substantial and dangerous ice storm (during which I sat up and watched out the window as the power lines across the park from us sparked pretty blue arcs all night on the road.... and listened to the "Crack! Crack! Thwomp!" of trees breaking under the weight of the ice and falling to the ground). I am totally one for superstition and good omens.
Rules for ensuring significant winter weather in the SE US:
#1: DO NOT under any circumstances take it seriously. Ignore it completely, in fact. The amount of precip is in direct proportion to the amount of attention paid to the developing system by the citizens and news media.
#2: Do NOT be prepared in any way. Wood for burning, extra water. batteries? They all prevent the weather from arriving.
and well, it's all I have for now. Superstitious, that's me.
But you have to be when it comes to these things. The snow is NEVER expected. The more they hype it, the less impact it will have. In almost 20 years here, it has been oh, so true--privately and publicly.
Like in 1993, when it was forecast that there might be a bit of snow in the Northern suburbs, so I thought I'd leave my Northern Suburb to stay at my (then-future-) sister-in-law's house in a far more Northern suburb. 'Cause then I might get to see the snow before it melts.
I didn't even check to make sure my cat was inside the house before I left. I doubt I packed gloves.
That was what became the 'Blizzard of '93' and meant we had no power, no heat and had to trudge back to my house at 5mph on almost impassable roads (a day's journey) to let my cat back in the house--she had ice on her whiskers!
So here's to my having completely jinxed the weather single-handedly by posting this bit of useless drivel....
(Oh, and it has been snowing the entire time I have been writing this and the temperature has dropped from 37 to 34 and now....now it is those big, juicy flakes that stick together. I love snow. I love it so much! ::takes deep, cleansing breath:: )
See white spots? The white spots indicate actual Snow!
Okay, so it won't accumulate, and it won't amount to anything, but we're still going out to eat Mexican food because the last time we were expecting a ho-hum bit of wintry mix, we went out to eat Mexican and ended up with a substantial and dangerous ice storm (during which I sat up and watched out the window as the power lines across the park from us sparked pretty blue arcs all night on the road.... and listened to the "Crack! Crack! Thwomp!" of trees breaking under the weight of the ice and falling to the ground). I am totally one for superstition and good omens.
Rules for ensuring significant winter weather in the SE US:
#1: DO NOT under any circumstances take it seriously. Ignore it completely, in fact. The amount of precip is in direct proportion to the amount of attention paid to the developing system by the citizens and news media.
#2: Do NOT be prepared in any way. Wood for burning, extra water. batteries? They all prevent the weather from arriving.
#2a: The Milk and Bread Clause: In the Atlanta area most specifically, the snow and/or ice accumulation is inversely proportional to the sheer volume of Milk and Bread purchased at hoarders' pace by panicked Atlantans. Leave the Milk and Bread, people, and we will see snow-covered hills!
and well, it's all I have for now. Superstitious, that's me.
But you have to be when it comes to these things. The snow is NEVER expected. The more they hype it, the less impact it will have. In almost 20 years here, it has been oh, so true--privately and publicly.
Like in 1993, when it was forecast that there might be a bit of snow in the Northern suburbs, so I thought I'd leave my Northern Suburb to stay at my (then-future-) sister-in-law's house in a far more Northern suburb. 'Cause then I might get to see the snow before it melts.
I didn't even check to make sure my cat was inside the house before I left. I doubt I packed gloves.
That was what became the 'Blizzard of '93' and meant we had no power, no heat and had to trudge back to my house at 5mph on almost impassable roads (a day's journey) to let my cat back in the house--she had ice on her whiskers!
So here's to my having completely jinxed the weather single-handedly by posting this bit of useless drivel....
(Oh, and it has been snowing the entire time I have been writing this and the temperature has dropped from 37 to 34 and now....now it is those big, juicy flakes that stick together. I love snow. I love it so much! ::takes deep, cleansing breath:: )
