Getting "Slammed"

We have had some interesting weather lately. I base all of my comments here on the weather people and newspeople on the television, because they are the whiniest, most annoying people on the planet.

First, according to our lovely weatherpeople, we are slammed with ice, all over the place. The street I live on, a steep hill, was not sanded. The neighbors and John went out with their own de-icer and shoveled up the snow so a few people (not us) could get up to the world. If the county knew, we would be swarmed with PETA or Greenpeace people screaming that we killed something with our deathly de-icer. Oh well.

THEN, we get slammed with snow. And more snow, and more snow. Yes, almost as much snow over several days as the east coast gets in a few hours. And western Washington came to a dead halt. And good Lord do they complain about it on the news.

I would like to add at this point that my street did not get plowed of snow. Any neighbors who don't have 4 wheel drive parked up at the top of the hill. We didn't, we have TWO 4 wheel drive cars. We still didn't venture out more than once or twice though.

Good news, my street became a center of attraction to all sledders who were not afraid of the possibility of shooting through the barrier and off the cliff. It was fun to watch from my cozy inside couch.

Then, tonight, I turn on the news. They open up with the fact that it has been raining for two days, and we are being SLAMMED with rain. Oh my gosh, flooding warnings, dangerous slush, it is horrendous! I wanted to slap them all. Whatever. After a good 10 minutes on weather, they finally mention that Israel SLAMMED the Palestinians with explosives today. Of course, they did not use the word slammed on that, when they SHOULD use it.

By the way, my road is still untouched by the city and I am still not complaining about it. I laugh when people come down and get stuck. Hello, this is a mountainous area, not a hilly one. Get 4 wheel drive or stay at home during storms. Or try something new, walk!

These weather guys whine so much they really ought to live on the east coast. I forgot how much people complain about the weather over there. I might have to get a petition to banish them before the New Year.

Provided, that is, we don't get SLAMMED by them.

Snow Thunder?

I woke up this morning around 5:30, my husband was leaving for work. So I lied on the couch to make sure he got up the hill okay (he was curious to know what I was going to do if he didn't make it) (the answer is nothing, but hey, I was a cheerleader, what do you want me to do besides cheer you on?).

But I digress. It was snowing on TV, somewhere in Seattle or the surrounding area. The snow, all 2 or 3 inches of it, is nonstop news matter today. I saw not one, not two, but 3 different reporters in different areas, at least 20 miles apart from each other, pushing aside a thin layer of snow to reveal a thin layer of ice. Just in case we didn't get it from the first reporter. I was slightly bored and falling asleep at this point.

Then, of all things, they annouce we have SNOW THUNDER. WHAT? Am I dreaming this, or am I awake? Yep, in Snoqualmie, or Snohomish, or Sno-wherever the reporter was, it was snowing, and there was thunder. He explained that a thunderstorm in the snow was called Snow Thunder. I'm not buying it. First of all, I thought you needed heat to have thunder. I am sure it was just trucks crashing into each other on the road out of his sight and he was mistaking it for thunder. Or else some cute little boys were smashing a big thin sheet of metal that fell off of a truck (trucks around here drop stuff ALL the time), and that's what the reporter was hearing. I bet he'd fall for the War of the Worlds trick on the radio if we gave it a try.

Snow Thunder. What will they think of next? Snow Tsunami? That's a good one. Let's try it.