Us out West wrote:
nelson wrote:
What about people using some common since. Weather predictions are just that perdictions so don't bet you life on it. Foresight is always 20/20,
To much so called 'good' info available now that the use of 'common sense' by many nowadays is not used...maybe they don't know what 'common sense' even is as they rely on others to make THEIR decisions and then get ticked off when things go bad.
:h :S
Amen, the govt. mantra...don't rock the boat and pass the buck.
Old Minnesota isn't immune to poor planning with roadway maintenance, either. Someone over at MNDOT decided that plows aren't to be used while it's snowing and the deicing schedule has changed. I would bet both of these are due to budget trimming. In past time, plows were out at the first snowflake and sand/salt was spread so that intersections and roadways melted out before the storm had finished. Now, most of the secondary roads have sheets of built up ice that isn't going away until traffic or weather does the job.
FWIW, when I lived in Houston there was a local TV weatherman that was so poor on forecasting that they put his talents against a cow owned by a local rancher. Depending on the way the cow rubbed against the fences and moved in the corral indicated changes in the weather. They ran this contest for a month or so and the cow won out handily.
