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Here Comes the Rock!
November 30, 2006
The first Rock of the winter season seems to be headed to State College with a vengeance. AccuWeather.com has some news on this winter storm, and you can check in with my nemesis Henry for insights into winter weather beyond this storm. The first storm should leave a good swatch of snow from OK to MI (if you're "fortunate" enough to score in this regard takes lots of pictures!) as well as some "icy mix" in a line to the east. Everyone take care with the bad weather, drive slow (or not at all) and don't overdo it with the first shoveling of the year (this tends to be an issue with the first snowfall.)
The storm that may follow, on Monday, will be to our east and too far to make much of a difference. Alert Cashier Tammy, who may or may not hate to drive in winter weather, will be heaving a sigh of relief. How long will our snow drought hold up?
(I should explain, for both of my new readers, that the rock thing comes from "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" wherein Charlie goes door to door with his friends trick-or-treating, only to check his bag afterwards and find out that he was given a Rock. How Charles Schultz came up with the idea of adults passing out Rocks to kids will always amaze me, particularly in the day that he did (nowadays that's probably not that far-fetched.) I love snow, and yet live in State College, PA - a valley that often just misses getting snowed on. This phenomenon of being "just missed" by snow has been named "Getting a Rock.")
(If THAT doesn't clear it all up, I'm not sure what would.)