storms! storms! storms! 



there's a weak system tracking across the country that may bring light rain to the kansas city area.

but the weatherfolks refer to it as a 'storm system'.

i've noticed, these days, that any weather phenomenon is referred to as a storm, even if nothing happens. every station has its 'storm track' with big screaming letters. (tonight's horror show was courtesy of channel 41 . . . the doomsday 'storm' in question may well pass south and take its light sprinkle bransonwards.)

now, i'm no fool: it's all about ratings, and if station A is tracking that monster storm with 1/4 inch of rain in it, it makes 'sense' that every other station try to lead the population in a panic it to empty the stores and choke the outbound lanes of highways 70 and 71 . . . . but i remember when a storm was a storm, by god, and not a weak trickle. what would these knock-kneed marketeers call one storm i recall, with thunder beating on the roof of my home one summer in 1984, all night long, with inches of rain roaring down on every side. the apocalypse?


come on, people. let's try to return to reality here. 

Posted: Mon - December 26, 2005 at 05:34 PM             |

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