February 14, 2007

A Wintery Mix

It's that time of year again the first snow of the season is falling and everyone is freaking out. To give credit to overly scared people, the roads have not been plowed and are very icy and wet, leading to a number of car accident and slips on the sidewalks. I cannot understand how the capital of the wealthiest country in the world is incapable of snowplowing.

Anyways, the news stations are loving the ensuing panick and describing the weather in dramatic terms. Except that you really need to work hard to make the weather an exciting topic of conversation.

So they've decided to throw around a new word: wintery mix. As in: "the weather this morning is treacherous, we are seeing a wintery mix on the highways. Be safe out there folks, it's an accident waiting to happen".

So, for your learning pleasure, here is wintery mix, defined by me: "A mix of snow, ice and slush that generally occur during winter".

Please use it at will, in panicky situation to create mayhem of dismay over normal winter conditions.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Our flight to a meeting in Florida just got canceled due to "wintery mix." So we're staying home. Powerful phrase, that!
Amanda

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately it's lousy material for snowman construction. Very disappointing.
-Ammo

Victoria said...

Oi, how overly dramatic. People just need to learn how to drive in "wintery mix" conditions...
Is this honestly the first snow? It's starting to warm up a little (I think, knock on wood) here. And the days are getting longer, too!

Victoria said...

P.S.: I'm so sorry to hear that, Amanda!

007 in Africa said...

Amanda, that sucks!

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Victoria and Dorothee. No big deal, though. Today the sun is shining and the snow on the ground looks pretty...
Amanda