I would laugh at the fools in NYC, but cities in the south do the same thing.
Overreact.
Forecasters call for a chance of freezing drizzle and lows in the upper 20’s?
Schools and businesses start shutting down.
A few seasons ago here in N Tx. they were forecasting some snow/wintry mix. They shut the schools down in advance. Didn’t get a drop or a snowflake out of it. dum-dums-—
Also I grew up on Long Island, NY.— in years past we just dealt with the snow and blizzards as being part of a normal winter.
This media frenzy hype is to be shunned most of the time.
It's when things are mandated by a wimpy panty waste, that affect others, because he gets too scared of some perceived difficulties.
I would laugh at the fools in NYC, but cities in the south do the same thing.
Overreact.
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Difference is down South we don’t have salt trucks and plows. We have to shut down when we get a once every three year snow.
Which “southern cities” ever get shut down?
Well, I think a lot of people remember what happened to Atlanta last year, when the weather forecasters underestimated the ice and snow storm that hit Atlanta - people were stuck for more than 10 hours in some locations.
it’s even happening in MN. Last year a lot of businesses shut down because of the cold!
Yeah, but southerners have an excuse, because nobody down there knows how to drive in the snow. So even a light dusting can be deadly conditions to them.
Not really. Most of the shutdowns happen because we can't physically move (lack of plows and snow-tolerant tires), not out of bare fear of impending snowfall. OK, the last one we (Atlanta) DID predictively shut down, but that was because just weeks before nearly ALL of our considerable traffic got stuck for upwards of 24 hours from a freak ice storm; the ensuing embarrassment from nothing happening means we'll not do that again.
For NYC, though, the fizzle is indeed worth laughing at. They've got the equipment to deal with it, and a long history of coping with heavy snow multiple times a year. Sure, a "super blizzard" might slow things down, but we've slogged thru such things before.