Y2K5SRT
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Looks like going for a weekend drive is out...
So the weather forecasters predict doom and gloom for last weekend: 1/2" of freezing rain turning to ice, followed by 6-8" of snow. What did we get? A 1/4" of slush and that was it. Kids pissed that the anticipated Monday school closings weren't even a remote possibility. Weathermen (and women) offer half-hearted apologies for being so far off. On Wednesday these same weather personnel predict a "slight dusting with no more than an inch of snow" for Thursday. Here it is about four hours before it even started to slow down:
One "man on the street" interview had some guy saying this about our local forecasters, "They are the only people who get paid to lie on the job." Of course he forgot about politicians, but we will forgive him for that.
The good news is that if you wanted to go shopping or out to eat, you pretty much had all the places to yourself:
Remember that Kansas City is towards the southern end of the snow belt. This single snowfall was more than we had the last few years combined and the heaviest in over ten years (10" here). And don't get me wrong, I felt bad for the weather forecasters - all except the head weather guy on Channel 4 who tried to BS his way through their screwup. Fortunately, one of his daytime weather guys had a much better sense of humor about it. He said, "Hey, if you combine our forecasts for this past weekend and today, divide it by two - we were perfect!" I know that it is not an exact science by any means, but this was pretty laughable.
And I'll be damned if those kids didn't get both Thursday and Friday off from school...
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So the weather forecasters predict doom and gloom for last weekend: 1/2" of freezing rain turning to ice, followed by 6-8" of snow. What did we get? A 1/4" of slush and that was it. Kids pissed that the anticipated Monday school closings weren't even a remote possibility. Weathermen (and women) offer half-hearted apologies for being so far off. On Wednesday these same weather personnel predict a "slight dusting with no more than an inch of snow" for Thursday. Here it is about four hours before it even started to slow down:
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One "man on the street" interview had some guy saying this about our local forecasters, "They are the only people who get paid to lie on the job." Of course he forgot about politicians, but we will forgive him for that.
The good news is that if you wanted to go shopping or out to eat, you pretty much had all the places to yourself:
You must be registered for see images
Remember that Kansas City is towards the southern end of the snow belt. This single snowfall was more than we had the last few years combined and the heaviest in over ten years (10" here). And don't get me wrong, I felt bad for the weather forecasters - all except the head weather guy on Channel 4 who tried to BS his way through their screwup. Fortunately, one of his daytime weather guys had a much better sense of humor about it. He said, "Hey, if you combine our forecasts for this past weekend and today, divide it by two - we were perfect!" I know that it is not an exact science by any means, but this was pretty laughable.
And I'll be damned if those kids didn't get both Thursday and Friday off from school...
