We’re all going to die, it’s winter 🌨

We’re all going to die, it’s winter 🌨

I am not fan of shut everything down every time it snows in the winter. Roads get snow covered, commutes are longer. Boots get wet, things are slushy. Commutes especially in the outlying areas can be challenging, some workers might have to call in for the day. But let’s be realistic, we all live in Upstate NY and I don’t think a modestly snowy day should be an excuse to shut everything down and be a disruptive as possible to the economy. Especially these days with the warming climate, and overly optimistic snow predictions that rarely come to be.

Maybe I should just embrace my day off. I save my bus fare, I didn’t have to work or even venture on out. But it certainly didn’t seem like an extreme snow storm like everybody was saying it would be. But then again I live in city where it never snows much and when it snows the streets and sidewalks are quickly cleaned. The buses run regardless of the weather. But I concede it would have been cold at 5 PM waiting downtown by those windy buildings, especially if we had gotten the wind they had promised in the meteorology departments. But I just find all this doomer talk on the television to be obnoxious.

Map: Average Yearly Temperature
SVGZ Graphic: Albany Airport - Days Above 32 Degrees in January
SVGZ Graphic: Average Days with More then 6 Inches of Snow, by Decade
SVGZ Graphic: Average Low Temperature - Albany NY - January 1939-2025
SVGZ Graphic: avg-cloudiness-for-december
SVGZ Graphic: Days Below Zero, Past 20 Years
SVGZ Graphic: El Nino vs. High Temperature in January in Albany
SVGZ Graphic: El Nino vs. Total Snow in Albany in January
SVGZ Graphic: First Day of Snow at the Albany Airport, Past 30 Years
SVGZ Graphic: Ichabod Crane School District
SVGZ Graphic: Primary Residential Heating Method - 2021
SVGZ Graphic: What people crash into on icy and snowy roads
SVGZ Graphic: Winter Weather Crashes
SVGZ Graphic: Wood energy consumed by the residential sector, New York
Thematic Map: Coldest Day of the Year in NY State
Photo: First real snowstorm of the season

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