Thursday, February 10, 2005

Severe Weather Alert!

WARNING. There will be a huge blizzard coming to your area. 18 to 25 inches will fall today, so make sure to be prepared!

Oh no, the sky is falling! You will be completely buried. The governor is ready to call a state of emergency for your area so be prepared!

Fizzle.

In this time of fear in our country, the over-reactionary news outlets take every opportunity to keep that fear going, even if it is a natural event. Such extreme predictions about what is coming keeps most sheeple ready to go to the grocery store and take everything off the shelves. Does that technically mean more purchasing power?

In any event, I fell for it. I did check the weather maps and radar and tried to keep up on predictions. Obviously things changed while I slept. Now it is down to some rain and a few inches of snow, with sleet mixed in.

It pisses me off that I was so gullible, even with research, then the old bait and switch happened over night, after all the shopping centers closed of course. Go fig.

I guess I was hoping to have a day off. :)

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