Posted by
Scott Keys on Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:30:58 PM
It's always entertaining to listen and read local LA media hyperbolize about any deviation in the great weather we almost always have. Today's Daily News featured a picture of people in coats , scarves and hats waiting in the "cold" yesterday at a bus stop - in 50 degree temperatures!! "BRRRRRR" screamed a headline on the
website as apochyphal phrases like "state of emergency," and "extreme peril" filled the story!!! As Dave Barry would say, I'm not making this up. Yeah, it got a little nippy last night, maybe as low as 31 degrees. If you're sleeping on the street that can be a problem, I understand, but the TV news loves to make a big deal of anything slightly unusual. In the best traditions of Chicken Little they always actually trumpet approaching winter rain storms (notice I didn't even say thunderstorms) with huge full screen banners warning, "STORM WATCH 2006!!!" (or whenever). Cue scary, Jaws-like music and...cut to commercial!! What a joke. Put on a fuzzy sweater and get over it.