The blizzard of 78 WAS a big deal.
The snowstorm of 14 (aka Polar Vortex Storm Ion) ISN’T a big deal but is reported as one.
“The snowstorm of 14 (aka Polar Vortex Storm Ion) ISN’T a big deal but is reported as one.”
Tell me about it. My relatives who moved to Arizona years ago keep calling me to check up on me to see if I’m okay. I’m keep telling them: we had a few feet of snow, and it’s cold, no different than any other winter in Chicago.
I know 1978 was a big deal, as was my 1961 Hurricane Carla down on the coast, but my point was that extreme (or not so extreme) weather is always a big deal, and this is plenty enough extreme weather to fill the news for a few days, it is sure bigger than Super Bowls and the latest movie, or the latest normal fill local media uses, people love this stuff, they are having minor adventures and are all sharing in the experience, at least this is reality.
The weather industry and TV weather is not sitting on a shelf waiting to be relevant and entertaining every 30 years, or every other generation.
>> “The snowstorm of 14 (aka Polar Vortex Storm Ion) ISN’T a big deal but is reported as one.” <<
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My Father-in-law (79) has been driving his Pius through this storm. He started in Winterport Main a few days ago and has made his way along the northern tier to Indiana, only stopping when the police order people off the highway (he thinks it is to make more money for the motels).