Comments on: CIDU: East Coast Blizzard Special Edition (language advisory)

By: Vicky

Vicky — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:51:33 +0000

this cartoon probably would have been more imediatly understandable if the words at the bottom were at the top of the picture

By: Ted in Fort Lauderdale

Ted in Fort Lauderdale — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:42:04 +0000

mdt - well, there _were_ (very) light flurries (well, speckles) on Jan 19 1977…

It actually got quite cold (for us) last night (high 40’s? - cold enough that both the lizard and turtle spent the night inside). It’s warming up now, but it may not get warm enough that we need to run AC for the next week - just as well, as I can use the break on my electric bill.

While you may find all this amusing (or irritating) take into account that they actually open shelters here when the temps drop into the 50’s, because we’re not used to or prepared for it and many people (especially including the homeless) have little if anything in the way of warm clothing and many homes have only rudimentary heat (or none at all)…

(Doubt that helped, but…)

By: mdt48302

mdt48302 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:35:17 +0000

From arloandjanis.com:
“It’s our turn now, apparently. There’s a snow storm bearing down on the southeast, with places like Mobile and Pensacola expected to see at least flurries. Inland, forecasts range from one to eight inches, but it’s started early in Texas and Louisiana, and they’re talking as if accumulation might be in the upper reaches. I’ll let you know how it turns out.”

Putting in a little body English here that it gets down to Ted in Fort Lauderdale, but I suppose that’s a forlorn hope…

By: hm

hm — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:52:54 +0000

@Powers, you can gladly have the 36+ inches in my yard! We saw a plow for the first time about midnight last night and I was so happy I thought I might cry! Running out of ideas for the 3 kids, forget the milk and juice.

By: Powers

Powers — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:09:41 +0000

How do you think those of us in Upstate New York feel? That’s twice a blizzard has passed south of us in favor of Washington and Philly. We’re starting to wonder if we did something to tick the snow off and it doesn’t like us anymore.

By: Lola

Lola — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:51:55 +0000

Bookworm…. I’d settle for a stale cracker about now.

By: bookworm

bookworm — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:28:19 +0000

I feel for those of you in all that snow. Are milk and bread still available?

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:05:02 +0000

mdt, I’m guessing you’re also in the midst of the Snopocopypse/Snowmageddon/Snoverkill… After sending them pictures of my snow-filled neighborhood they sent me a picture of their bright, sunny, Florida yard. I didn’t respond for fear of insulting them.

By: yellojkt

yellojkt — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:15:15 +0000

The other variation is a sheet of black construction paper titled “Black Cow in a Coal Mine At Midnight”.

By: vintage_schwinn

vintage_schwinn — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:38:35 +0000

LOL @ mdt