Storms

I've lived in 4 different states and worked in two more in my life. Each deals with winter weather differently. Here are my thoughts on how they each handle storms:

Have you seen a lot of posts from your friends on Facebook lately that make it seem like an epic snowpocalypse is imminent?

As we've dealt with a number of "snow events" so far this winter, there's been plenty of grumbling about the conditions of Ocean County's roads during storms. But we can rest assured that we haven't had to deal with the total breakdown of infrastructure that Atlanta has this week.

It's the day after a major snow storm, and you know what that means - if you live in a residential neighborhood and you haven't shoveled yet, you'll be getting a lot of knocks on your door from budding entrepreneurs.

This tends to be the worst case scenario when it comes to winter storms - the worst of it is right in the middle of the day. Schools let out early, offices close early, and a lot of people are on the roads during the worst of it.

Quick! Stock up on bread, milk, and eggs, there's a snow storm coming!

As Labor Day is right around the corner and summer wanes, the winter predictions are starting to come out. And The Farmers' Almanac is telling us that it's going to be...

This past week we had some pretty intense storms. They weren't hurricanes, they weren't nor'easters, a lot of us heard the term "Derecho" for the first time.

After a picture perfect late spring weekend, we're getting back to work this week with some major weather headaches.

There is almost universal agreement that it's not a matter of "if" another big storm is going to hammer New Jersey, it's a matter of "when."