In case you didn't get the memo...

[WBOB]

Question:

How can you have a "Winter storm Warning" when technically
we're still in the season of Fall.

My calendar says 1st day of winter = Dec. 22nd.

Time machine maybe.
Always wondered.

[echosauce1]

I for the most part agree with the point stated by this post but I want to add something. Please also try to remember a sense of empathy and not overreact and drive like an butthead either.

Tonight leaving work I was driving an older rear wheel drive pickup because my usual mode of transportation was in the shop. I was on a country road that was somewhat icy. A car was riding my ass, flashing lights at me because I was not going fast enough for them.

To that drivers credit, I was under thirty miles an hour. What they do not know however, I was embarassed as hell. I had the truck moving on a slight uphill grade and I tried to pick up speed, however, every time I barely touched the gas down farther my tires lost traction and started spinning and the back tried to shimmy out to the left. Sorry dude, I'm trying here but the damn truck doesn't want to do what I want.

After the toping the incline, I turned on my hazzard lights and pulled to the side to let him pass. Someone in the passenger seat rolled down the window and flipped me off. They hit the gas hard and almost spun out in a manly show of no fear in front of me. I laughed a bit and was glad the truck I borrowed did not have a gun rack..(kidding...really... maybe..)

All I'm saying is try to remember that the person in front of you that you are pissed off at may be a bit pissed at their situation as well, but are trying to make the best of it.

A little courtesy on the road can go a long way.

[zenmandan]

I'm all for a little courtesy on the road. That would do everyone some good to have a bit of patience with those around them. It would also do good for people to have an ounce of intelligence when on the road too. Just because it's forking cold outside doesn't mean you have to drive like your great-grandpa drove his Model T. The auto industry has made several advances since then in terms of traction control, braking, etc. For those of you not with me on this one, or who may not be too sure...COLD DOES NOT EQUAL BAD ROAD CONDITIONS. Nor does falling snow, or snow on the side of the road. These just mean bad road conditions are POSSIBLE, not fact. If, for some reason, you are afraid of driving in the cold, or driving in snowy, icy conditions...STAY THE f**k HOME.

to echosauce...I totally see where you are coming from. I had a Ford Ranger 2 wheel drive. It was like trying to drive on skis. I couldn't accelerate up even moderate inclines because it would just spin the tires. The assholes behind you should have been able to deduce, if not from your moderate speed, then from the fact that you were spinning tires and sliding around, that you MAY have had some sort of traction problem. The fact that they couldn't come up with a reason for why you were going slow, other than to piss them off of course, just goes to further my earlier point about people having even an ounce of intelligence, which, apparently, they did not.

[Krieves]

or "Winter Weather Warning" or whatever.

WARNING!!! GIANT SLAB OF SNOW IS A-COMIN'



that would f#ck up your whole day.

Too funny! A giant slab of snow... isn't that more like an avalanche?

[tiny]

Sandy Thomson is a broadcasting legend, and should be respected as such.

And the winter weather and snow related warnings serve a purpose for all of the people in the broadcast area. Imagine living in the wilds of, say, Bryan Ohio and seeing the warning on the FW television stations. That advance warning could save a life.

TIC factor=100.1%

Ollie, thanks for making me pee a little in my pants. I'd pay ten dollars to see Greg Shoup talking about 'giant slabs of snow headed our way.'

[Jambrea]

Ollie, thanks for making me pee a little in my pants. I'd pay ten dollars to see Greg Shoup talking about 'giant slabs of snow headed our way.'

Knowing Greg Shoup. That is what he would call an avalanche!