In honor of last night's Oscars, I give you this:
And the award for most scary alarmist snow reports goes to... Cincinnati weather reporters! (crowd erupts in applause).
On Friday local weather reporters were forecasting the worst storm of the winter. Mind you, this has already been one of the worst winters in Cincinnati history. So the worst storm of the winter definitely caused some raised defenses. The initial forecasts were for 6-12 inches. EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! By Saturday the forecast had been downgraded to 4-8 inches. EVERYBODY PANIC! By Sunday, after yet another downgrade, the snowfall totals were expected to be 3-6 inches. EVERYBODY RUN TO THE GAS STATION AND GROCERY STORE!
After all this hype and after the alarmists had calmed their britches, we ended up with about 2.5 inches or maybe 3. A shoveler of a storm at the worst and a nuisance at best. No big deal at all.
In the end, the sky was NOT falling. Now what are we going to do with all that milk, bread and cheese we bought? Oh well, at least the gas tanks in the cars are full.
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