71 Degrees and Sunny

So we just had our first snow storm of what is probably going to be a long winter. It was an interesting thing too. It was 71 degrees outside and sunny one day then the next we had nearly a foot of snow on the ground. It was an interesting situation that can caused some rather severe thunder with the snow storm.

As the storm swept across the Midwest it knocked out power in each town it crossed. Like a certain monster raging its through the streets of Tokyo. The interesting thing that happened was as the storm moved in I began receiving calls, IMs, Emails or any other form of communications about the nature of the storm. The question was always the same. Is it snowing there yet?

The amount of messages from the east grew at such a rate that I was unable to answer them all at once. So, in frustration, the answer soon became, "No, It's still 71 degrees outside and sunny." While I still hoped that wasn't a complete lie, I was growing tired to the same question over and over.

I have this theory about winter though. Ignore it and it goes away. Like a two year old throwing a tantrum. When it sees that nobody is paying attention it will eventually stop. At least thats my theory anyway.