This Snow Mess is Somebody's Fault!

Get it? This "snow" Mess? This "whole" mess? ...yeah, I know, too early for bad puns.

We basically went all of Monday without much notice or warning about a potential storm on Thursday, and that all changed starting Tuesday, as the threat of the storm started to get more and more real. By Wednesday, the word was that the storm would be crippling. Schools were shut down preemptively, despite the fact we were due to only get, at most, a foot of snow and the real snowfall wouldn't arrive until Thursday night.

Then came Thursday.

No snow stuck to the ground in the city, and people stayed home, most likely in fear, that it would get worse. Myself? I went out, anyway, and went to work. I didn't get home until 7PM and by then, it finally began to stick to the ground. During the entire day, the major networks publicly argued about just how much snow we were to get, from some stations still sticking with a foot to others arguing nothing more than 6 inches.

Its now 8AM as I write this and I'm getting ready to head to work.

FOX 29, and indeed everyone else, is saying stay home. There's a problem or two with their logic. For starters, they have to cover EVERYONE from Philly to fucking Delaware! Is anyone else slightly annoyed by that? That the fact that our local news station seems unable to tell people in their MAIN MARKET that what applies to certain places doesn't apply there? The snow is sticking here, it's about 6 inches at (in some rare spots), but it really isn't that bad unless you drive.

So, here's the real message:

If you have to DRIVE today, wait until noon when the snow stops. IF you're walking or taking the regional rail or subway, you'll be fine. IF you're waiting for a bus, you're going to have to wait a while.

Sound good? Great. It's simple crap, folks!

Schools are closed again (although this time I actually can't blame them), but the local government is still running. It isn't a "snowmaggedon" or anything like that. Honestly, I thought this area had more fucking balls than to act like a bunch of 2-year-olds when we see a snow storm. We've just dealt with the worst blizzard in Philadelphia's entire history! 6 inches of snow shouldn't cause this many problems!