On Wednesday and Thursday morning, I had to scrape ice off my car windows before heading to work.
This morning, there was no ice to scrape; and there was no snow to clear.
It’s funny how that works. But we should all be relieved that the schools were closed.
The weather gods are fickle aren’t they ?
In 1876, Mark Twain gave a famous speech, often titled “The Weather”
at the New England Society dinner, satirizing New England’s notoriously changeable climate, claiming its maker was an “apprentice” who couldn’t get it right, contrasting it with the world’s fine weather, and famously noting he once counted 136 weather changes in a day, though he’d forgive it all for a beautiful ice storm. This speech popularized the idea that “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it” and the related saying, “If you don’t like the weather in New England, wait a few minutes”.
It was certainly much easier getting to work yesterday morning, Fred. The roads were empty. I can thank the forecasters for that!