If you know me, you know how ticked I get when the weatherman is wrong (always). Especially when the prediction is for snow.
Growing up in Fayetteville will really spoil the whole snow thing for you (at least it did for me) because the weathermen around here are always predicting these huge amounts of snow that never accumulate to much of anything.
Every year it’s the same old thing. Some “crazy winter storm” is always coming our way and everyone freaks out and gets all pumped just to wake up to about a half inch of dust on the streets. This year is getting off to the same old start. Click on the picture above to marvel at the sight of what “6-10 inches of snow” looks like at my house.
Don’t get me wrong, though. I am thankful for even the smallest amount of snow. I love snow. Alot. I just wish they’d say, “Look ya’ll, we’re not gonna get much, but we will at least be able to wake up to a very pretty, half-inch coat of snow on our town.”
Yes, I am almost 30 years old and still complaining about snow like a 2nd grader. Pathetic, really.
December 1st, 2006 at 12:26 pm
I feel your pain Todd. I actually just posted about this yesterday.
December 1st, 2006 at 12:33 pm
On a brighter note, nice columns.
December 1st, 2006 at 1:57 pm
the ground is too hot for the snow to have stuck. everybody knew that, right?
-snow know-it-all
December 1st, 2006 at 2:45 pm
snow know-it-all,
you’ve got a lot to learn about snow. i would suggest starting with the basics. for example, that white stuff that was covering the grass, roads and trees is called snow. also, if it’s covering everything, then it definitely stuck…which means that the ground was most certainly not too hot.
that’ll be thirty dollars, please.
-todd
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:36 pm
if the ground was cold, all the snow that fell would have stuck. since the ground was too hot, most of the 6 to 10 inches of snow melted before it had a chance to be made into snowmen. the dusting that we received doesn’t indicate a lack of moisture, but a lack of favorable conditions for snow accumulation.
-snow know-it-all
December 6th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Not bragging or anything, but if you want to know what 6-10 inches of snow looks like, feel free to stop by my house… Bad news is you’ll have to come to Anchorage. Good news is there will be more and it won’t melt until some time in April.
PS: All weather people are pretty much created equal.