Thank you for mentioning that - the storm I mentioned in NH last year (2008) left parts of the state without power for over a month, and the power companies actually ran out of transformers so some folks didn't get their power back until NYE. There were state of emergenices declared for 3 states.
It was really bad blizzard, as is what's happening in DC. It can be more than an annoyance (and if implied that, it wasn't the intent), as there can be property damage, etc., but its not something that doesn't happen periodically and hopefully not the end of the world.
Part of the problem is that that area of the country does as you mention get this sort of snow every few years and then the government seems shocked that it happened, again! I was talking to my dad last night about his being in DC for a business trip in the 90s and the same thing happening.
I think my annoyance is a lot due to the fact that all the people I hear using the terms mentioned are in fact folks who are safely bunkered in their homes and who are happily drinking cocoa.
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Date: 2010-02-09 03:24 pm (UTC)There were state of emergenices declared for 3 states.
It was really bad blizzard, as is what's happening in DC. It can be more than an annoyance (and if implied that, it wasn't the intent), as there can be property damage, etc., but its not something that doesn't happen periodically and hopefully not the end of the world.
Part of the problem is that that area of the country does as you mention get this sort of snow every few years and then the government seems shocked that it happened, again! I was talking to my dad last night about his being in DC for a business trip in the 90s and the same thing happening.
I think my annoyance is a lot due to the fact that all the people I hear using the terms mentioned are in fact folks who are safely bunkered in their homes and who are happily drinking cocoa.