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How do weathermen keep their jobs when they're so wrong?!

People who live in Utah, do you remember about a month ago, two days before Thanksgiving, how they issued a "Severe Weather Warning" that was supposed to be the worst we've seen in years? For those of you not in Utah, it was supposed to be an awful snowy, blizzardy, cold cold day. It was so bad, that businesses closed down early in preparation for it. Even BYU, who I have NEVER seen shut down for a storm, closed it's doors at 3 Tuesday afternoon and was closed all of Wednesday in preparation for the Blizzard of 2010.

When all was said and done, Utah County had about a half an inch of snow on the ground. OOOO, scary! Yeah, they were totally off. Granted, I will give them that areas north of us actually did get more snow and bad weather, but my issue is that they predicted it would reach as far south as us, and it so did not.

Well, today it is snowing. It has been snowing for more than 24 hours straight. I have lost count of when it started. This is the biggest storm we've had all year. There's at least 13 inches on the ground. Jarom tried to go to work this morning, and physically could not make it. He unburied our car at 3am, started plowing through the un-snowplowed roads, made it to BYU where he tried going up the hill on North Campus Drive by the Hinkley Building, and could not make it up. Again and again he tried, but it was just too slippery and for some reason no one thought it might be good to plow. He then turned around and made his way home.

Anyways, my whole point to this is that there was no severe weather warning put into effect. Until this morning. I'm sorry, but if you issue a WARNING in the middle of the storm, it's a bit late. It's no longer a warning, just a statement. "By the way, you are having severe weather right now!" Gee thanks for the heads up.

So my question is, how do weathermen keep their jobs? They are so off! All the time! And no one seems to care!

While I'm on this note, how do snow plow drivers keep THEIR jobs?! This last week or so I have seen many snow plows out diligently keeping the roads clear, when there was NOTHING on the road to scrape off!! It was mainly raining, with a little hint of mushy rain, and they were out. Today? Last night? With actual snow? No where to be seen. I saw on the news last month, after our FIRST storm, that Salt Lake had used 75% of it's TOTAL budget for snow plow removal. In ONE STORM! In NOVEMBER! What are we going to do for the rest of winter?! Die?

Anyways, enough ranting. I just think some things are dumb. But here are some pictures from our front door. I think the snow is pretty and nice before it all turns to slush. I'm just glad I don't have anywhere to go today.

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