Siberian Shuffle

We've had 5 straight days of 50-60 degree weather. I've seen people in shorts. I had to dig out a light jacket and tee shirts. We've only run the furnace very early in the morning. We've laughed and scoffed at the groundhog...I even wrote a piece about it on my blog. There's been no ice on the roads for at least a week...out of sight, out of mind. We haven't had to warm up our cars in the mornings. We've not scraped, or brushed a windshield. We've not pushed one morsel of snow flake down the driveway. We've been in a mental tropical zone, sans palm trees.,..and loving it.

Seen here are some locals taking advantage of this unusual February weather here in Nebraska:


And now this, this afternoon:

WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 102 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

The National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley has issued a Winter
Storm Watch...which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday 
evening.

Snow...heavy at times...should begin to overspread the watch area
Friday morning and last through early Friday evening before
tapering to flurries later Friday evening.

Snowfall accumulations of 5 to 10 inches are expected across a large portion
of the watch area...with locally higher amounts possible. In addition
to the
snow...Northeast winds of 15 to 30 MPH would cause areas of
blowing and drifting snow...resulting in reduced visibilities...
and hazardous Driving conditions.

If you aren't feeling sorry for us right now, it's because you live in Canada.

I just want you to know that come Friday night, this will be me...an ex-Floridian/Californian,
displaced and mistaken for the Thing From Outer Space (look it up):


I personally want to remind the weatherman of the fate of the last weatherman
to predict this sort of thing in the middle of February...and ask if he would like to reconsider this ridiculous forecast...