On Tuesday, the local FOX news lead their newscast with all the bells and whistles usually reserved for an injured pet or murder. It was the POSSIBILITY of snow in Portland. They had people doing live broadcasts from streets that, if it WERE to snow, would be particularly icy. They interviewed people on the street talking about how icy patches of the road had been that very morning. They did close-ups of the sand used on the streets to increase traction! What they didn't do was show an actual weather report (you had to watch the entire newscast, as weather is on last). Well, yesterday came and went and we didn't get ANY snow... and here I was looking forward to not having to come in to work.
Once more, FOX news has completely disgusted me. (Well, at least they didn't use the potential snow as a venue to claim that global warming isn't happening... they only do that on the national FOX News.)
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Interesting... it reminds me of the year that I lived in Tennessee and it snowed 4 inches. We did not have school for a week (literally). We were released early one day, didn't go back for the next two days, then the weekend hit. Sunday night, I was going through my usual dread of the coming week when the news reported that school was cancelled AGAIN the following day. Of course, being the the north, it was business as usual for us, but not the natives.
You should see what happens when it rains here in San Diego - its like storm warnings every five minute - like no one here has ever seen rain - granted they all drive like 100 on the freeway and then wonder why their cars slide off the road - but still, coming from the North West Im always amused at it...
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