today there was the usual snow coverage. wall to wall snow coverage. but wait! there is a new clip of odd snow activity.
a man visiting from south korea is jogging/walking wearing sneakers, shorts, gloves, snug neckware (just the collar of a turtle/polo neck) and hat. this impressed the men on the newscast, the women just shook their heads and laughed.
back to family and dog in the park building snowmen and throwing snowballs.
Also, check on your elderly neighbors.
And then there is the BBC reporter reporting about the reporters reporting the snow.
Stupid snow reporting doesn’t stop at the border.
“Be sure and give yourself extra time for the drive to work.”
Thanks for telling me that every time it snows, Mr. Weatherman.
Followed closely by “And leave extra space between you, and the car in front.”
The spike in birthrate nine months later…
You’re missing out. This morning I turned on the TV to find that the reporters were out in the field waiting for the snow to start. The snow wasn’t expected to start for at least six hours but they were all out there waiting for it. They cut into a show in the afternoon with breaking news: a few flakes of snow had fallen.
And when the mayor has his press conference, there will be at least 15 people standing behind him…Who are these people?? Give 'em all shovels and put 'em on the sidewalks!!
But they do have to say that every year! Look at how many chowderheads forget!
The reporters all dressed up like they are in Ice Station Zebra.
Low angle snow plow shot.
The old classic radio reports for school closings : “The Humpty Dumpty Nursery School Closed…”
Bend with your knees,not your back.
And if you start feeling pain, stop, and here at the warning signs of a heart attack.
Is the NY/NJ/PA area the only place in the country that has school district numbers just for this? It’s an awful lot faster to rattle off a list of numbers than place/school names. (And oh, the memories…lying in bed, listening to the AM radio station, desperately hoping to hear the right number called…)
while standing in two inches of snow with a flake or two drifting down, saying “It was REALLY coming down until just a few minutes ago,” with two or three kids and a dog scampering down the sidewalk in the background without difficulty.
Here in Chicago we also get pictures or video of the bizarre things people leave in their cleared out parking spaces on the street, to keep others from parking there, ranging from chairs, swingsets, laundry baskets, even a broken television set! I swear, that was in the Red Eye. I think it’s illegal (I’m not sure, because we don’t own a car) but people do it anyway.
There is endless use of the term “hunker down.”
Overexcited reporters with panicky voices are always standing by in Tysons Corner.
There’s always an affluent family whining about having to “hunker down” by candlelight until their power comes back on.
I always seem to see a news report with a little doggie with little doggie boots…
Yeah, what’s WITH the shovels? I must be the only one who has had the same shovels for years now…
Not french toast, but I have to have ice cream and chocolate which I sometimes wind up eating before the storm even starts and then I’m wishing I had it. 