Could it be snow-mageddon? Well, I GUESS NOT.

[seasleepy]

From our current Special Weather Statement:

..Could this be snow-mageddon?..

Mother nature from time to time will line up a near perfect set of 
conditions that generate a series of significant events.  That time 
appears to be the coming week or so for many portions of southern 
Ontario in the form of snow storms.  There appears to the right 
balance of sufficiently cold air in place, with Arctic highs to the 
north and a storm track along the lower Great Lakes.  The term 
'snow-mageddon' is not meant to alarm anyone or make light of the 
situation, but to highlight the cumulative effects and impacts that a 
series of snow storms can have on a wide region.
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Er.... If you have to walk back something less than a paragraph after you first say it, maaaaaaaybe it shouldn't be in there in the first place?

Comments

[mencc1701.livejournal.com]

This is Canada. We aren't allowed to be dramatic unless we reassure people it really won't be that bad.

[gilles84.livejournal.com]

Not only that, but local media is now picking up and running with the term, without the disclaimer.