Do they shut down programming, and have a talking head taking calls from
the local area? "We have Joe from Bothell on the line, and he says that
there is a half-inch of snow out there!"

Last night one of our local TV stations began "live coverage" from "Winter
Blast 2005", with reporters standing miserably on street corners with
rulers, measuring the snow depth!

I almost died laughing. What a bunch of maroons!

Storm's over now. We got 9 inches of light, fluffy snow, which took almost
24 hours to fall. If the stupid snow plow crews hadn't been listening to
all the hype about "Winter Blast 2005", they could have easily kept up with
the gentle (if persistent) nature of this snowfall.

But, of course, they "pulled the crews off the roads" overnight (in
anticipation of things getting much worse), and now have to clean it all up
in one fell swoop.

Idiots.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"