It seems we're going to finally get our first real snowfall of the year tonight, and Providencians are unusually frantic about it. Cancelled events, crowded grocery stores, and breathless weather predictions from the local media:
NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND HEAVY SNOW BANDING POSSIBLY DEVELOPS. THE SNOW WILL END BY LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE TREACHEROUS.
You'd think we were getting three feet of snow, when all thats predicted is 2-5! My mom was in town this past weekend, so its a good thing she left Monday so that her travel wasn't affected by the incoming storm. Forecasters predicted last week would be the coldest of the entire year, with highs barely topping the 20s. I was impressed at how easily she adapted to the New England chill, especially after getting some particularly awesome shearling boots. Good work, mom!
This week is a break for me - Wintersession classes ended today, and spring semester gets underway next Monday - and I am spending it finishing up a project at my new workstudy job. By the end of today I will have personally touched every single public (and not so public) page of www.risd.edu as part of a school-wide documentation effort. Not the most glamorous of vacation activities, but it pays the bills. :)
Those boots came in handy once I returned home to find no heat and the furnace needing total replacement!
It's always funny to me what short memories people have. We all forget that it snowed last year and, against all odds, we came out alive. But omg! This year, the snow is coming and it's the end of the world!
Looking at the risd site, so what's with the navigation system where you have to CATCH the menus? They're all racing across the screen and I start getting anxious "what happens when they get to the edge... do they fall off? Will they be back! Ah, they're back, but they're moving faster/slower! Wait, which do I want? Stop moving!" I just thought that was funny, but it's probably just me.
Stay warm KatyBeck!
I like to think of it as a little test where humble applicants must prove themselves worthy before the almighty institution can bestow its hallowed knowledge upon you.
According to my coworkers, however, it was just that people knew jack about Flash when this was built seven years ago. At the time it won all sorts of design awards!