By Elmer Beauregurad
As I was plowing my driveway this morning with my 1939 Ford 9N a couple drove past in their Lexus SUV and seemed amused by the whole scene. Now it might have been that I was dressed up like a Ninja, with a black face mask and black glasses or maybe they were amused that only 1/4" of snow fell and I have to plow my driveway. You see my driveway is next to a 40 acre alfafa field so when the wind blows any snow from that whole field ends up in it.
Then I started to think, I'll bet those people just got in their heated garage and drove away with heated seats and if there was any plowing to be done the plowguy did it the night before in his heated 1 ton Chevy. Now I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that, in fact that's the lifestyle I'm shooting for.
I also thought that we as a society have become more and more removed from the weather, especially when its bad and don't really know how bad it is out there. And I'll bet that all Meteorologists, Politicians and IPCC scientists don't actually have to get out when its -25ยบ below windchill and shovel snow. If they did the Global Warming issue would be gone in one good old fashioned Minnesota winter, like this one.
Ah, contrare. I as a meteorologist shoveled many a driveway and sidewalk while home in Minnesota. I actually miss it as I have been in Atlanta for the past 10 years. Shoveling snow made me appreciate the weather and grumble about all the whitestuff I had to get out of the driveway. I know a few others still in the upper Midwest shoveling and/or snow blowing away especially those in Madison who is experiencing a record winter snowfall.
Yeah, but you probably aren't talking about Global Warming then.