Forecasters Predict Snow for Nashville Area, Acceptance of Said Forecast Based on Radical Assumption that Weathermen Actually Know What Snow Is

This photo was taken on Thursday of last week. It is the morning after forecasters predicted up to 2" of accumulation. All the apocalyptic forecasts had schools closed and plow operators up all night. It was on all the radio talk shows and news stations. The build up was SO BIG that when I walked out Thursday morning and saw the above scene, I laughed out loud. NOW, what made the whole situation even more hilarious is that after the erroneous forecast, everyone went about their merry business and no more mention of snow was made...

Until the next day.

This is what we all awoke to Friday morning. No plows, no schools planning on closing, no mention of snow AT ALL for Friday. Wow. It made me laugh. Why do we forecast anyway? The local forecasters here in Middle Tennessee got it so bass ackwards it was laugh out loud ridiculous. I learned long ago the best way to plan for the weather is to stick your head out the front door and look up. At least 97 percent of the time this will get you through the day just fine.

That's the story of my life...