Settling For Two Inches

For the thousands of you wondering what finally happened with the snow yesterday, well, we finally did get some. It started falling shortly before noon and through most of the afternoon, it pretty much melted as soon as it hit the ground. It didn't begin to stick to the roads until after the sun went down. Nonetheless, the fact remains that what did finally occur was nothing of the magnitude predicted the day before.

None of the weather forecasters issued an apology for inducing mass panic among the populace, though they all seemed to offer forth plenty of excuses. This might be acceptable, except that we went through the exact same thing just last Thursday: School cancellations, government workers on liberal leave, salt trucks deployed, and no snow despite the dire warnings of forecasters.

It is becoming increasingly evident that our current crop of meteorologists are incapable of weather forecasting. Yet it is to society's benefit that we should know what to expect from Mother Nature.

Therefore, the obvious solution is to hire monkeys to forecast the weather. If they get a forecast right, we give them a banana. On the other hand, if they get it wrong, we give them electric shocks. Rest assured that before long, the chimps will be doing a much better job than the humans we currently have handling the task.