When did 1-3 “ of snow constitute a winter storm warning. Not that I wish death and destruction on my fellow pedes, but when I was young, we walked to school in several inches of snow. My mother’s retirement community in my hometown just rushed them through Christmas dinner saying they have to get home. Finished by 6pm, Merry Christmas.
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Where I live in eastern NC, where extreme cold is very rare, the forecast is calling for 13 Friday night with a wind chill well below zero. We're supposed to have wind gusts up to 55 mph tomorrow.
In places that almost never have snow, any amount is bad. If the roads ice up, any kind of vehicle can just slide right off the road. In the early 80s, I had to stay at work until paycheck time, tried to drive downtown to put my check in the bank, and while stopped at a traffic light, my car slid sideways all the way to the curb.
I was never out of school because of snow, because we never had any while school was open. We had flurries one day, and everyone had to go to the windows and look. I knew some people from Georgia who had never seen snow a single time before.
It makes a difference that up north it snows often enough for snow plows to be on hand. In the South, it would be stupid for a town to buy a snow plow that might be used once in 10 years.
Not sure sure your point.
You're minimizing a storm that really is a big thing for some areas, especially with the extreme cold, high winds, and extremely low wind chill. And this extends all the way into the South, where we'll have zero inches of snow, but may have ice from all the rain we just had.
Nope not minimizing a storm for the situation. Did you read my original post? When they started dinner, they rushed everyone through due to the impending storm. They started at 4 instead of 5 and were finished by 6. It was 45 degrees and light rain. Flurries didn’t START to fall until after 9. I’m tired of this. People dont understand the toll it takes on elderly. I’m sure the left celebrates it.
The elderly needed to be home. Most of the ones I know won't leave home if they can't get back home before dark. The line of the front had a wicked difference between the east side and west side. And it was moving fast. So older people don't need to take any chances.
It's a bad enough storm for the Weather Channel to name it Elliott. :)