One of my pet peeves is the weather, and the way the local TV stations handle it.
Yesterday was not, however, a day for such complaints.
Simply put, we got hammered.
Luckily I was safely in the office before all hell broke loose early yesterday morning.
Not everyone was that lucky.
We had downpours, high wind, thunder, lightning and even a little hail.
There no doubt was a lot of people wondering “what the hail” Mother Nature was throwing at us.
Me? I was left to ponder the wisdom of a local traffic reporter who pulled out the tried and true tune we usually hear reserved for snow storms.
If you don’t have to go outside, don’t.
That likely didn’t come as much comfort to drivers huddling in their cars during the downpours that reduced visibility to near zero.
It apparently also did not deter two adventurers from deciding to tangle with a raging Brandywine River near West Chester. That decision cost them their lives.
One kayaker was pulled from the river. He died at a local hospital. The other remains missing in the swollen river.
The forecasters tell us we could face more storms rolling across the area later this afternoon.
I can hardly wait to hear the breathless accounts.
Yesterday was not, however, a day for such complaints.
Simply put, we got hammered.
Luckily I was safely in the office before all hell broke loose early yesterday morning.
Not everyone was that lucky.
We had downpours, high wind, thunder, lightning and even a little hail.
There no doubt was a lot of people wondering “what the hail” Mother Nature was throwing at us.
Me? I was left to ponder the wisdom of a local traffic reporter who pulled out the tried and true tune we usually hear reserved for snow storms.
If you don’t have to go outside, don’t.
That likely didn’t come as much comfort to drivers huddling in their cars during the downpours that reduced visibility to near zero.
It apparently also did not deter two adventurers from deciding to tangle with a raging Brandywine River near West Chester. That decision cost them their lives.
One kayaker was pulled from the river. He died at a local hospital. The other remains missing in the swollen river.
The forecasters tell us we could face more storms rolling across the area later this afternoon.
I can hardly wait to hear the breathless accounts.
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