It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a ... Snowflake

The first snowflake of the season is still hundreds, maybe thousands, of miles away but the local media have been beating the drum for its arrival for days. Of course, snow before Christmas would be a novelty here, though not unheard of. It's just that snow anytime in metro Atlanta is BIG NEWS. So, while the official forecast is only that there is a slight chance of rain turning to snow overnight and little or no accumulation (they talk in terms of whether it will be "sticking" or not), the local TV stations have sworn they will have their Severe Weather Storm Centers up and running through the night. You now, just in case that first snowflake arrives in town. And, they'll surely have their remote vehicles posted to nearby North Georgia mountain towns (Jasper is a favorite because it's right off I-575) to show the snow falling and the local residents buying up all the milk and bread in sight and saying something along the lines of "It don't mean nothing to me, I've lived in these parts for forty years, but the young'uns like it. Of course, they'd a ruther it hadda come on a school day but they'll enjoy it anyway."