Wow! We were expected to have up to 23" of snow in Philly. Now... 2 Inches!

[onehandle]

Sheesh!

Glad it missed us, but seriously weatherchimps...

[postulater]

1. Thanks Obama!

[merrily]

2. If they don't stop with the sky is falling (almost literally) forecasts, people are going to

stop paying attention to them entirely. That is part of what happened with Katrina. A friend who lives just outside NOLA was emailing me just before the storm, telling me how people were running into each other and the conversation would go like this:

You evacuating?

I dunno. You?

They'd just heard too many false alarms to panic yet one more time.

Of course, that particular storm was not as horrific as the consequences of overtopping and failed walls, which was another story entirely.

However, people everywhere get tired of evacuating or taking special steps for what turns out to be a middling rain or a piddling snow. I usually can't even be bothered anymore to make a special trip to stock up on food, though I do always keep canned goods and a manual can opener on hand, along with some bottled water.

Still, glad you escaped hardship. Some of these storms hit New England very hard. People dying for lack of power. Homes sliding off bitty cliffs, into the ocean. Etc. Better a false alarm.

[KittyWampus]

4. it's a f*cking blizzard. I am in the worst of it. Just cause it veered off from PA doesn't mean

it is/was a "false alarm".

Only an idiot would ignore the weather warning especially when there is actual radar showing the storm exists

[merrily]

5. Meaning, OBVIOUSLY, it was a false alarm for this particular DUer. "Glad you escaped hardship."

I also spoke of how badly storms like this hit New England, etc. And of always keeping emergency supplies on hand myself, even though real hardship in Boston proper is rare.

Hope you escape hardship, too, even though the storm has hit your area.

[KittyWampus]

6. a false alarm means nothing happens. Near miss would be the term.

[merrily]

7. Nothing did happen to that DUer. Hence the OP of this thread.

[NutmegYankee]

8. There's a lot of us who have been pissed off by people calling storms a bust when they pounded us.

I can think of Hurricane Irene in 2011. SE Conn and RI got the crap beat out of them - massive power outages and trees down, but because NYC was spared, it was a Non-storm in social media (until it caused massive floods). And then those same people wanted our sympathy when Sandy kicked their non-prepared asses a year later.

[merrily]

14. Of course, I didn't call any storm a bust.

That wasn't my point at all. To the contrary, I referred to horrors caused by storms.

I am currently waiting in Boston to see what hits us (or doesn't). I've woken up more than once to find snow piling up on my living room floor because the wind overcame all efforts to make sure the door didn't blow open.

I'm sure that most or all New Yorkers stopped calling the storm a bust when they learned that others got hurt badly by it.

However, people who want to be pissed off usually will be.

Stay safe and warm. That is my only wish for anyone tonight.

[LanternWaste]

21. Much as people who want to minimize what others go through usually will do so.

"However, people who want to be pissed off usually will be. .."

Much as people who want to minimize what others go through usually will do so.

[merrily]

23. I didn't minimize a thing anyone suffered. And I am in Boston, with plenty of snow,

standing firmly by my prior post.

If you want to think the worst of New Yorkers or anyone else, go right ahead. I don't agree.

[bobGandolf]

9. Haven't looked outside lately....

oops, I live in central MA, and I may have 3 inches so far! Gonna need to start snowing pretty damn to reach our 2-3 foot prediction.
Maybe they just wanted to close down all car driving again....nothing like flexing those muscles again.

[merrily]

10. Stay safe and warm.

I doubt our new Republican Governor (yuck) was eager to tell people to stay home from work. The forecast must have required it.

(My review of his delivering the news yesterday is in the Mass Group).

[bobGandolf]

11. Ha, ha, didn't think of that. n/t

[Atman]

15. You do realize...

Oh wait ... You obviously don't realize anything. The storm warning is in effect through Wednedsay! Sorry it didn't all happen at once to satisfy your short attention span. I'm in Eastern Connecticut...we're getting hit pretty hard.

[bobGandolf]

27. Jeeshhh..

Might have been stretching for this one...
Just wanting to throw one at the weatherastrophes that are played to ad nauseum on TV. This high volume weather forecasting grates on me.

[lovemydog]

3. I bet a lot of folks were looking forward to school being cancelled.

Sounds like it won't even be delayed there in Philly.

[blackcrow]

12. RI here, 1:45am and six inches of snow and howling winds.

According to radar, we ain't seen nothing yet. And it's projected to go on for almost 24 more hours.

Gina locked down the roads at midnight.

[Oilwellian]

13. It's my understanding...

it will be circling back down tomorrow. Stay tuned!

[cwydro]

16. From the safety and warmth of my southern home

I've been watching the story.

Looks pretty nasty up in NY.

But y'all are used to that mess.

Just like when I lived in Key West. Hurricanes just kind of came along.

[PCIntern]

17. Just walked to my office from my hotel...

deserted streets, no snow, misting rain/sleet in Center City Philly. No cigar. Now...let's see if I can resurrect the SECOND day from this non-event here - I however do understand why they had to do this. Sheesh...lots of egg on faces of the forecasters who are now backtracking...they must have learned the tecniques from the RWers who are proven wrong time and again...

[Adrahil]

18. Weather forecasting is notoriously hard.

It's better to give a false alarm than have the city get pasted without warning.

[PCIntern]

19. Yeah I know...

I've been watching forecasts for 62 years. I was just remarking...not criticizing. I'm not sending my hotel bill to the local weathermen.

[Adrahil]

20. LOL.... I love the closing line!

But yeah, it can be amusing when Snowmageddon turns into a light dusting. You just KNOW that some forecaster somewhere is pulling his hair out.

OTOH, the model geeks are probably anxious to look at the data and refine the model. The model should improve incrementally.

[Logical]

28. For every major misprediction the crying wolf syndrome kicks in next time! Nt

[spanone]

22. our media is comical

[kentauros]

24. It's interesting how major weather systems are experienced

in the northern areas versus for those of us on the lower coasts.

That is, when a storm fails to live up to expectations, or veers away and hits some other area instead, we don't complain about having spent some time and money preparing for the worst. Sure, we do complain about the hype to some extent (or laugh at it when it has gone totally over the top!) But we also simply sigh in relief, and keep what supplies we can for the next awaiting disaster.

[etherealtruth]

25. You must be so relieved!

[Atman]

26. Somebody sprayed the chemtrails in the wrong place.