Stay warm, guys. What I hated about where I used to live in NY is that I was surrounded by huge oak trees. Every time it snowed, rained or was windy, we would lose power because a branch would fall on the power lines. (I won’t even mention squirrels in the good weather committing suicide at the junction boxes). We lost power for more than 2 weeks with Hurricane Sandy and that was late October. Freezing in the house. I cannot IMAGINE losing power when it’s in the teens, single digits or, God forbid, below ZERO!
There are people like ED everywhere. Empowered by the ease of instant communications (emails, texts, social media, etc.), they ‘enlighten’ the rest of us of their ‘valuable’ and unsolicited, and unimportant ‘expert’ opinions. And suddenly we have experts in constitutional law, astrophysics, medicine (especially communicable diseases and pandemics), statistics (especially throwing numbers at you to support their ‘expert’ views, without worrying too much about the source of these numbers), engineering, science, etc.
I am not sure how to counteract the ‘ED’ effects, in general. For me: I purged my accounts of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn from any / all ‘EDs’ that pop up, no question asked.
I have been much happier, less stressful, less cranky since I did that.
Last night the weatherman said, “Keep checking the weather as it is constantly changing”. And it depends on which side of the river you live on as to whether it is snowing or not. It does make a huge difference.
I think it’s a saying in every state “Don’t like the weather? Wait five minutes and it’ll change!”. That said, I remember several White Easters in Maryland. And just sweater-weather Christmas as well!
Meteorology and economic forecasting are two professions where being correct is not a requirement of being considered an expert. As long as you can explain after the fact why you were wrong.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago
That’s what you get for living near large bodies of water. Of where I live, the high temp for this weekend is going to be -25C.
dlkrueger33 over 3 years ago
Stay warm, guys. What I hated about where I used to live in NY is that I was surrounded by huge oak trees. Every time it snowed, rained or was windy, we would lose power because a branch would fall on the power lines. (I won’t even mention squirrels in the good weather committing suicide at the junction boxes). We lost power for more than 2 weeks with Hurricane Sandy and that was late October. Freezing in the house. I cannot IMAGINE losing power when it’s in the teens, single digits or, God forbid, below ZERO!
Smudge Premium Member over 3 years ago
There are people like ED everywhere. Empowered by the ease of instant communications (emails, texts, social media, etc.), they ‘enlighten’ the rest of us of their ‘valuable’ and unsolicited, and unimportant ‘expert’ opinions. And suddenly we have experts in constitutional law, astrophysics, medicine (especially communicable diseases and pandemics), statistics (especially throwing numbers at you to support their ‘expert’ views, without worrying too much about the source of these numbers), engineering, science, etc.
I am not sure how to counteract the ‘ED’ effects, in general. For me: I purged my accounts of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn from any / all ‘EDs’ that pop up, no question asked.
I have been much happier, less stressful, less cranky since I did that.
katina.cooper over 3 years ago
The weatherman said it would be warm on that day. It’s his fault.
stairsteppublishing over 3 years ago
Last night the weatherman said, “Keep checking the weather as it is constantly changing”. And it depends on which side of the river you live on as to whether it is snowing or not. It does make a huge difference.
Arthur I Romeo Premium Member over 3 years ago
Oh Ed ! Here in NY we had a winter storm a few days ago. Some idiot on the radio said we could expect anywhere from 1" to 18". Thanks for nothing.
ChessPirate over 3 years ago
Uh oh, Ginger’s affecting the weather again… ㋡
PammWhittaker over 3 years ago
I think it’s a saying in every state “Don’t like the weather? Wait five minutes and it’ll change!”. That said, I remember several White Easters in Maryland. And just sweater-weather Christmas as well!
Perkycat over 3 years ago
Silly Ed!! Unfortunately our weatherman was correct for today ~ it’s Snowing……..bah, humbug!!
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member over 3 years ago
Meteorology and economic forecasting are two professions where being correct is not a requirement of being considered an expert. As long as you can explain after the fact why you were wrong.
tracybsmith over 3 years ago
Ed might be a blonde.