A Blizzard of Over-the-Top Snow Rhetoric

We had a pretty big snowstorm yesterday and today here in the eastern part of the United States, and one thing that's always predictable about the weather is that more and more, the weather people scream their lungs out over any major snowstorm. They've dubbed this one "Snowpocalypse" and "Snowmageddon," two terms that suggest a biblically horrific end to life on earth. The problem is that even a biggish snowstorm is a mild inconvenience in some ways and a lot of fun in others. There's no need to literally scream about it or describe it as the end of the world. It leaves you with nowhere to go rhetorically if an all-out nuclear war or asteroid did, in fact, destroy the world.

Ah—it looks like the snow has slowed to a stop. And the world is still here! Whaddaya know. I'm playing inside today but other people I know are sledding or making snow angels. I'll have to dig the car and walk out sometime soon but actually I can use the upper body work.