winter weather wibbles

[mayhap]

I don't like it when the normally staid prose stylists at the National Weather Service start using words like "historic" and "crippling" and "potentially life-threatening". Governor Nixon has just declared a state of emergency. My place of employment is still telling us to call the switchboard in the morning to see if we're going to have a late starts or closures and assume we're coming in at 8:00 if there are no messages.

Do not want.

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[mayhap]

I know, right??? They clearly can't read or are in denial.

[shrewreader.livejournal.com]

I went to college at a school where the President, a former student at the college, as well as Dean, native of southern California, said she 'did not believe in snow.' 3 feet would be outside her window and she'd call her doctor to ask for advice about the hallucinations.

Fortunately, the day there were 4 feet of snow outside her door, she was stuck -in- soCA, visiting family.

The decision to cancel was left to the college security chief. He did so with alacrity.