Sometimes the Precautionary Principle serves us well. Other times it comes back to bite us in the butt.
Today it proved to be the latter.
The Weather Guys™ predicted snow for today, with 5 to 9 inches accumulation expected here on the south side of Lake Winnipesaukee. The local TV and radio news outlets played up the first snowfall in over a month, trying to make it sound like the Apocalypse was coming. (To those of you not familiar with northern New England winters, 5 inches of snow is usually considered not much more than a dusting.)
Towns and cities all over central and southern New Hampshire canceled school today in anticipation of heavy snowfall expected in the early afternoon. But the joke was on them because the snow didn't start falling around here until well after the time the school kids would have been home on a normal school day. (A few towns on the southeast part of the lake decided not to cancel school, planning to send kids home early if the weather started deteriorating. Their gamble paid off because they got a full day of school in, meaning they'll get out that much earlier at the end of the school year.)
Today it proved to be the latter.
The Weather Guys™ predicted snow for today, with 5 to 9 inches accumulation expected here on the south side of Lake Winnipesaukee. The local TV and radio news outlets played up the first snowfall in over a month, trying to make it sound like the Apocalypse was coming. (To those of you not familiar with northern New England winters, 5 inches of snow is usually considered not much more than a dusting.)
Towns and cities all over central and southern New Hampshire canceled school today in anticipation of heavy snowfall expected in the early afternoon. But the joke was on them because the snow didn't start falling around here until well after the time the school kids would have been home on a normal school day. (A few towns on the southeast part of the lake decided not to cancel school, planning to send kids home early if the weather started deteriorating. Their gamble paid off because they got a full day of school in, meaning they'll get out that much earlier at the end of the school year.)
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