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Originally Posted by billethkid
and it was just another snow storm that happens occasionally where ever it snows a lot.
There was no 24/7 sensationalism to warn us of the impending danger.
There was no magnifying by telling us how many millions of people who "will be" affected by the coming snows.
There were no reporters standing in the weather showing us how it was snowing, where ever.
We knew we had a lot of snow when we looked out the window in the morning.
And yes we were expected to get to school and go to work.
When I worked for GE way back when, their weather stance was.....we are always open and expect employees to try to get to work......most did.
Some day the latter generatons will be gone and then there will be only the totally uninformed bots who know only what is being fed to them by the 24/7.
There is a lot I like about the world we live in today. I totally and completely dislike the 24/7 folks treating we the people like uninformed dolts.....and that goes for more than just the weather.
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I recall you had much the same reaction to an earlier storm up north this fall that caused many deaths and power outages, and caused other posters to recount other storm disasters. It really isn't just media blowup.
That winter of '78 was disastrous, and a coal strike to boot in western PA left a serious energy shortage. There were many power outages, auto accidents, deaths, and people holed up in their homes without being able to get out to get food. We personally had one car abandoned in a ditch at the top of our hill, and the other stuck in the ice at the bottom, with my husband dodging out-of-control cars trying to walk through two feet of snow back to home. This was before all wheel drive. And his large employer absolutely did not require everyone to be at work.
There is nothing to dismiss about sudden horrendous snowstorms. I remember having to abandon our van once in a freak November snowstorm and carry my toddler a mile and a half down a major road with no sidewalks to reach home. And Pittsburgh is all about hills. Your tough-it-out attitude is a slap in the face, IMO.