Snow what! (or) What snow?

"What am I going to do if it is horrible outside tomorrow? I will skip church and do my taxes. What will I do it is only sound and fury with little to no snow? Go to church and then do my taxes. What? No prepping? Nope - I (like many of us), have seen this movie before. Lots and lots and lots of times."

For those who have lived in this part of the country most of their lives (and are old enough), remember the Halloween Blizzard of 1991. Was it predicted? Yes, snow was predicted. But was a mega-storm predicted? Nope. Imagine the shock and awe on most of our faces when the Saturday after Halloween, we were all caught in a giant snow globe. Even though it was decades ago, folks are still talking about it. Yes, everybody has a story about that day.

That is one side of the equation. On the other side are what are known as phantom storms. Some weather guesser will get up in front of the camera, sweating and panting, and talk about the incoming "storm of the century". Everybody, with the great, late Halloween Blizzard still fresh in their minds, will go the grocery store, the liquor store, the gas station - and get all bunkered up to be hunkered down. Then the storm hits, and something happened to all the moisture it was supposed to bring. We end up with 2 - 4 inches of fluffy snow and most of us looked like we were fooled again. 

The storm which is going to hit tonight and paralyze us tomorrow is being called by the local fish wrap newspaper - historic. My take? That is the kiss of death. Meaning what? Maybe another phantom storm. Or - we could be surprised that the weather guessers might have one right for a change. I guess by this time tomorrow, we all will be ready to decide if it is weather guesser blather or another snowmageddon. 

What am I going to do if it is horrible outside tomorrow? I will skip church and do my taxes. What will I do it is only sound and fury with little to no snow? Go to church and then do my taxes. What? No prepping? Nope - I (like many of us), have seen this movie before. Lots and lots and lots of times.