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Twenty minutes and one small bag
t was on the
of food later, I returned home, and
morning of
the first snowflakes greeted me at
Jan. 1, 2000
that I learned the door.
On television, a meteorologist
the "Chicken
stood
in front of the "Doppler
Little" lesson.
29,000"
radar display and said that
I was feeling
snow
was
falling at a rate of up to
kind of foolish, sit-
three inches an hour in some sec-
ting on the couch
HARRY
tions of southeast Michigan.
in my sweats,
Pretty frightening stuff. Too bad it
KI RS BAUM
watching the bowl
stopped
snowing about 45 minutes
Staff Writer
games, surrounded
later,
or
they
would have had some-
by 25 gallons of
thing.
water, packs of batteries and 1,000
Reporting from Southfield later
rounds of ammunition.
that night, an embedded talking
The world had survived Y2K, and
head and camerman had coaxed a
so had I — being prepared was one
man out of his house to shovel his
thing, being an idiot was quite
driveway buried under a massive 1 1 /2
another.
inches of snow. This isn't news. A
My New Century's resolu-
man shoveling 1 1 /2 inches of
tion was not to fall for any
crack cocaine from his
more media hype, and
driveway ... now that's
except for a brief set-
news.
back following 9-11,
I turned off the tele-
I'm back on track.
vision
after the local
I made it through
weather
warned of a
anthrax and Code
sleet-filled
morning
Orange. I didn't buy
commute
and
special
the duct tape or plastic
coverage beginning at
wrap.
4:30 a.m.
So I didn't worry when
Everyone knows what
winter storm warnings were Weather radar
happened
Monday morning
issued two weeks ago on
—
no
sleet,
no snow and
Christmas Eve — nothing hap-
no-problem
commute.
pened, of course.
The real story wasn't about the
And I felt no different last week-
weather, it was watching technology
end when local meteorologists fore-
force total coverage of a non-event.
casted blizzard conditions starting
Even when the obvious became
some time on Sunday: Sleet, they
more
obvious, too much time was
said, maybe followed by 10 inches of
spent
planning for the storm and, by
snow, maybe followed by bone-chill-
God,
that's
what was going to get
ing cold.
reported.
On Sunday morning, I looked out
Meteorologists give opinions. If I
the window expecting at least some
really
wanted to know what the
semblance of bad weather, because
weather's
going to do in Birming-
how wrong could they be?
ham
I'd
call
a bar in Howell and ask
I saw my neighbor — coatless —
a
drunk
to
look
outside.
smoking on her porch and talking
We
need
something
else from fore-
on the phone. She spent most of the
casters
—
I
prefer
their
nurturing
day there.
influence
and
their
sage,
yet evident,
During my weekly trip to the gro-
advice.
cery store on Sunday evening, I was
Use sunscreen when it's sunny.
surprised to see the parking lot filled
Remain hydrated when it's too
with SUVs and the shelves nearly
hot.
empty inside. Very few staples were
Keep pets inside when it's too
left. Milk, eggs, chicken and fish
cold.
were in short supply. Plenty of beef,
Use your windshield wipers when
though. I guess steaks at $14.99 a
it's
raining, and don't dangle your
pound aren't considered essential,
baby in front of a crocodile.
even in Birmingham.
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