The local weathercasters have been talking for at least a week about the severe winter storms that they were predicting would beset us this weekend. Beginning Friday evening and throughout the day, they interupted regular broadcasting with special alerts and maps forecasting the imminant freezing rain that would cover the area with ice. Many churches, including Skillman, canceled Sunday services out of concern for the safety of members.
There was quite a bit of rain during the night and this morning, but the long threatened ice failed to form. By the time roads actually started to freeze around the area this evening, people were immune to the forecasts and apparently caught off guard by slick driving conditions. One wonders whether weather wonders working themselves into such a frenzy all week didn't have the same numbing effect on the public as the boy who cried wolf...
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