That's what I was trying to edit away from.

Oh. Then I would say Names, I guess.

Chicago's Streets and San department freaks out about any snow forecasts over 2 inches, but that's because every politician in the city knows the consequences of not plowing the streets--you get voted out next election.

A few years back right after New Years, we had the second-biggest snowfall in Chicago weather history--21 inches in 24 hours. The main roads were clear by the next morning, even though the back roads and alleys took another week.

The news headlines here are all 10 INCHES OF DEATH SNOW! !MILKBREADTOILETPAPER!!! and then you read the article and it is 5-10 inches.

But I did learn that the crazy President's Day storm was Baltimore's worst. Huh. That was the storm where I left the shovel in the trunk. But I've got bragging rights now!

I did learn that the crazy President's Day storm was Baltimore's worst.

I got on the local news for that storm. Because my neighbors and I had to shovel our street out. It never got plowed. And the local news lady was asking leading questions trying to get us to sound all pissed at the city gov't. But we were all, "Eh. They have limited resources. We'd rather they keep the major roads clear."

It might possibly, maybe snow here. There are six things forecast to happen that might mean snow, but there's no promise that those will happen and even if they do then it still might not snow.

That's been the forecast for a few days. No one wants to say "it will snow" because there's always a chance it won't. Since 1991 it's snowed 4 times. In 1989 we had 1" of snow but mostly it's the kind of snow that melts as soon as it hits anything.

That President's Day storm stranded my sister in Philly. She was on her way back from Italy to Seattle and had what was supposed to be a two-hour layover. It turned into four days, and even though my mom and brother only live 45 minutes from the airport, they couldn't get out to pick her up until her third evening.

East coast snowfall reactions provide plenty of comedy for us living in those areas which live with ice and snow all winter.

ETA: Not the snows themselves, the reactions.

I just realised that I agreed to go over someone's head yesterday on a business requirement we didn't like.

Well, the bulk of the realisation is that I don't know how high to go, because I don't know any of the people upstream of the person I want to sidestep.

I should go to lunch instead.

eta:

East coast snows provide plenty of comedy for us in those areas which live with ice and snow all winter.

There aren't places on the east coast that have ice and snow all winter? Is it a coastal exposure thing?

Because my neighbors and I had to shovel our street out. It never got plowed

Yarg. That must've been a lot of work. The complex brought in heavy machinery to clear out the snow in the parking lot. And dump trucks to take it off the property. It was crazy. OTOH, that was the most thorough snow removal job they ever did. Now it is pretty much ignored if it is under a foot.

There aren't places on the east coast that have ice and snow all winter? Is it a coastal exposure thing

There are, but the ones who get more snow don't go wacky and have banner headlines about impending doom. Plus saying "east cost areas who normally don't get much in the way of snow, and whose climate is influenced by the gulfstream, not including those states that aren't, like inland of many states, including main, vermont, new hampshire and new york, which has the great lakes on the western side, providing Buffalo with excess lake effect snow...." gets kind of clunky.

We are also amused by Texas snowfall reactions.

ETA: I also edited my first post immediately after posting, while you were posting, apparently. I added that the reactions of the east coasters were amusing, not the fact of snow itself.