WINTER STORM: SATURN

They say you have to be flexible, adaptable etc to do a travel fellowship, and they are correct, best laid plans for me had already been thrown out by the NPS cancellation.

My new plans were looking great , yes a bit of a drive but it would be fine....

WINTER STORM SATURN:
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-saturn-state-by-state-impact-20130304


The weather channel here is almost compulsive viewing ,the enthusiasm of the presenters beggars belief at times , not something that I can see our TV weather people doing I must confess, but it could be the way ahead, still we do not generally have to get to the point of naming winter storms,

W\S Saturn was forecast to cause major problems in the area running from the central Midwest along to the east coast and many places in between.
Talk of 20 inches of snow was being bantered about , my meetings yesterday were tempered with ,
"If it snows the government buildings may well be closed"

Sure enough it snowed and a call the following morning confirmed that all government buildings were closed ,

I must confess I didnt thisnk it was too bad but apparently the government do this to stop roadway congestion and allow the roads to be cleared, and they were .