So today, us Rochesterians woke up to something like 13 inches of snow that fell yestderday and overnight. It was so nice yesterday morning...no snow on the ground, no snow to worry about, and then BAM...SNOW!! Apparently this is the single greatest amount of accumulation that has fallen at one time since Christmas Day 2002. The massive amounts of snow and freezing, below zero temperatures remind me of a funny news story I saw on CNN this winter (yes...I watch CNN...because the local news up here sucks!). The newscaster started the story by saying "And hell has frozen over" and just pasued for a bit. The news graphic that was up next to her said "Hell has frozen over." It was the kind of thing you expect to see in a movie. The newscaster than continued by saying that she was, of course, talking about Hell, Michigan, we're temperatures had dropped to below freezing. Obviously the news director of CNN Headline News has a pretty good sense of humor...you wouldn't see that sort of thing on Fox News. It definitely feels like hell has frozen over here in Rochester, for the umpteenth time already. I'm just glad I'm driving around in an SUV with 4-wheel drive. That's right, my Saab happens to be in the shop having some warranty work done on it, and the rental place actually gave me an SUV...I guess I had perfect timing since I got the SUV right before the snow fell and had it to use during yesterday and today.
Speaking of Hell, I'm reminded of another funny little thing. My family and I vacationed to the Cayman Island a few years back, and believe it or not, there's another city named Hell there too (of course, this one definitely doesn't freeze over often). They even have a post office there where you can send postcards that are postmarked from Hell. Pretty funny...yes, we definitely send a few postcards out, including some to ourselves ;)
