"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"Icebound" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:CgZCd.620242$wV.514014@attbi_s54...
Is it just me, or does it seem like weather forecasting has gone off
the
deep end?

Once again, we've been deluged with "Winter Storm Warnings"

Well, this particular storm may have affected Iowa a little less than
they
expected, but it is not *ALL* hype.

....snip...
This is a *significant*, though certainly not an exceptional, storm, and
some concern was warranted. Still is, for the people to the northeast of
it
... LIKE US!!...



It's winter in the Midwest. Snow and ice are the norm and sometimes it's
rain, that's why it is called winter. Several inches or even a foot of
snow
hardly qualifies as a "storm."



Maybe not..., but it depends on your perspective... Give it any name you
want, but nine inches at O'hare does appear to quality as "significant".
Even if you can call it the "norm", it still qualifies as worthy of warning
of widespread disruption:

http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/top...006103936.html