Sneaky Snow

Winter Storm Warning, two feet of snow coming, blowing and drifting likely, stock up on essentials and get ready for the return of the Ice Age. You see it on TV and read about it on the weather web sites if you live in "Snow Country". It usually amounts to 1-3 inches and many meteorologists claiming the storm JUST missed us.

If you live near a big lake, the next scenario will be all too familiar to you. TV land is silent, the weather site has a partly cloudy picture posted and one radio weatherman goes out on a limb to predict a 30% chance of flurries. Well, you do see a flurry, followed by another, then another until you suddenly realize your visibility is less than 100 yards. It is coming down in sheets, heavy at times. 12 hours later you are looking at a foot of "flurries". They call it lake effect snow... I call it sneaky snow. It is striking again as I type... I'm none to happy about it either. It means I'll be up early tomorrow - shoveling a whole lot of sneaky snow just to get my car out of the driveway. Suddenly the Winter Storm Warning is sounding pretty good to me!