Monday, February 15, 2010

SNOW.....OH NO!!!

Is Ohio the only state in the world where news people treat snow flakes like fall-out from a 'nuke-u-ler' bomb? Reporters bundle up and position themselves like statues along highways patiently awaiting the site of the dreaded flake. Viewers at home watch and anxiously await the announcement. Then, there it is! The flake! The flake! Everybody, pile in the car, we have to get to the store! People run to the market like the paparazzi chasing Britney Spears. Sheer panic erupts! They stand in check out lines with their milk, bread, ice, flashlight batteries and stuff. Then, it's the rush back home before any more flakes hit the ground. They get back with all their amenities needed for survival and wait in front of the TV. How will we get to work? Will the kids have to go to school? Will there be 3 to 6 inches? 6 to 9? If we do have to out, what will we wear? How will we drive? Wait, stay calm, the news people will tell us. Don't worry, they will stay on the air and give you flake by flake reporting. Come on, come on, tell us! Look, look, that reporter is talking to a State Trooper! What is he saying? What is he saying?

"if you have to go out...........drive slow"

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