Finally getting around to publishing this…it's out of order. I am so thankful and grateful for The National Weather Service, living in New York. Especially a bad winter year like this year. I'm able to check and see that a winter weather warning has been issued and heavy snow will impact the evening commute tomorrow, instead of driving all the way out to Auburn, an hour and a half only to discover oh it's a whiteout on my way home or coming back to Rochester to find the highways covered in snow. Back in the day, when I was 20 years old, my only way of figuring out there was a snowstorm or bad road conditions would be waking up one morning, pulling up the blinds, and discovering with horror that the roads outside were covered in snow. Or driving home from work and suddenly it's a whiteout, snowing so hard you can't see the road or where the turn is for your apartment complex and you have to just hope you don't turn into a ditch. I say that, but I don't really know if the tools did exist when I was 20 years old (15 years ago, in 2010) or… Okay I just checked. Yep, they were. But of course my blue collar family didn't know about it, or ever teach me about it or how to use it. That came after college and working in the environmental field with other scientists who use science tools, who are informed and know where to get the best information. Learning from smart people instead of my small townie, uninformed family. I wasn't taught so much that I had to learn by myself, on my own, from others. And I was only able to meet others by escaping my small town, my tiny circle of influence. Now having the NWS available and accurate is so fantastic and a life saver. I never have to be caught out in a storm. I know when to stay off the roads. I was going to drive to the office tomorrow, even though I am definitely still sick. You're currently a free subscriber to Letters from the Mire. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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Saturday, 10 January 2026
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