inky, I think news reporters have to take a course in college entitled "How to Find the Dumbest/Craziest Person to Interview."
Also, in my area, they must also have a requirement about "Find a Local Link to the Big Story No Matter How Ridiculous It Is."
And, yes, give me snow over ice/freezing rain/sleet any day. I hope we don't actually get any ice tonight, though I have nowhere to go. We just still have a lot of carnage in the yard from the insane winds we had, so I don't want to add ice on top of it. I suspect our power would go out all too easily.
laureanna, I know you mean your condolences sincerely, so I will not trout you.
nienna, they freak out here about snow, too, though not quite so bad as in the South.