If you want an apology, listen to your local weatherperson, or read it online. The blizzard, hyped as a snow event that would cripple the Lehigh Valley, fizzled out and ultimately left us with only about 4″ of snow over two days.
Weather services and meteorologists are apologizing en force this morning for blowing the forecast.
Explanations of a dry trough developing, or the Ohio Valley low robbing moisture from the coastal low, or the two lows intensifying farther east than expected, all make sense to meteorologists, but for the rest of us, we simply looked out our window this morning and saw that only another inch had fallen overnight.
Frankly, I’m glad they got this one wrong and unlike those who feel it necessary to complain about the bad forecast, I’m pleased.
I had expected to be shoveling for hours this morning, cleaning my walkways and digging out my vehicle, while trying to find someplace to put all that snow.
Instead, I’ll be using a broom and will be done in about 10 minutes.
So, why complain about a blizzard that didn’t happen? Were people upset that they prepared for Armageddon by emptying out the stores of milk and bread, but it didn’t happen? Not surprising, I only have a quart of sour milk in my fridge and a few slices of moldy bread on my kitchen counter. I like to live on the edge.
I prefer that if the meteorologists get it wrong, they get it wrong with results being less snow than they predicted.
Save the complaints for a forecast that calls for 4″ of snow that turns into an unpredicted 24″.
If that happens, I’ll bitch about it with the rest of them.
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