Greg Rambles

Some thoughts on this cold Wednesday in February.

- Greg officially hates Differential Equations. This is going to be a long semester that requires lots of hard work and patience, two things I generally lack.

- Man it got cold last night! Most of Eastern MA started the day in the mid 30's. By 4pm, we were in the upper teens! Arctic cold fronts get you every time. The wind was quite strong too. Think of it like this, if you have ever opened a sealed container and felt and heard air rush into it, that is what we experienced last night. Cold air literally rushing into our region.

- Potholes suck. Big time. And you all know that there are TONS of them out there right now. I hit one yesterday and it took me out. Some of them are ridiculously big. But honestly there is nothing you can do about them. You really can't fix them until we start getting consistently warmer weather , which is late March early April. Fix them now and they will likely open up again in a few days. Yuck!!!

- Feel free to wave goodbye to our near miss of a storm tomorrow. Currently it is wreaking havoc in the south. Areas like Arkansas, Alabama and Tennessee are getting a pretty substantial snow storm. Oklahoma City and Dallas saw significant snowfall for the second time in 1 week. Unusual for them and believe me when I say that these people have no idea how to handle snow. My friend Sarah Brown reports that Memphis has 5 inches of snow and there are accidents everywhere. Don't feel too bad for them though. These same areas will be close to 70 degrees next week.

- While we are on the topic of other places getting snow, Japan is getting a pretty good snowstorm as we speak. Something tells me that they are more efficient at cleaning it up though.

- I was not alive in 1969(in case you were wondering) but on Feb 8-9th, our region was currently getting leveled with what is famously known in New York as Mayor Lindsay's Snowstorm in. Although only 15 inches fell in the city, amazingly 14 people died! I know that forecasting has gotten better since then but judging by Bloomberg's reaction to this past December's snowstorm, New York still hasn't figured out how to deal with snow.

- My cousins better be reading this because I am using this space to talk about San Fransisco weather. And you know what the weather is? Boring. You guys are protected out there right now by strong high pressure. No rain in sight. In fact, that dryness might become a problem down the road. But for now, you will see sun and fun. Maybe not so much fun for the cousin who is pregnant with twins though.

- I intended to work on homework all night. Time spent on homework, 90 min. Time spent blogging and jerking around on the internet, well over 2 hours.

I think I will finish on that note. Stay warm!