Originally Posted by
celsius1939
As one who lived in Illinois and Missouri, snow is annoying, but not a big deal. For the coasters like this guy, even a foot should be no big deal, but he must listen to MSNBC.
Agreed that they sometimes over-react, but there are areas that are dealing with over three feet of snow, 70 mile an hour winds and power outages. The fact that they are not able to define the exact area it will hit means that surrounding areas need to be ready to deal with it. If NYC had had the above, it would have been pretty difficult to deal with. The fact that they prepared for it and it didn't come - well, that is just icing on the cake! The last storm that Buffalo dealt with - not the norm and they prepared the best they could. There were still people that were stranded at their homes and unable to get out to get to work, store, etc. for up to a week.
Unless you have lived through that, you really shouldn't comment. I remember trying to keep the house warm with two little ones when our power was out for over a week after an ice storm. Sometimes we get what they predict - sometimes we don't.