Remember the movie The Jerk when Steve Martin got excited about the new phone books? Jackie Mason’s line was “I wish I could get that excited about nothin’!” That’s the impression I got from this video. Storm Tracker Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel was reporting live in Plymouth, Massachusetts when he confirmed the storm was thundersnow. A true weather geek knows how rare that is, and to be reporting live at the scene excited him to no end. See the longer version of this weather report at The Weather Channel.
Massachusetts has had a huge amount of snow: Boston recorded over 45.5 inches of snowfall in February, the most in one month since at least 1872, when record-keeping began. They’ve received over 89 inches of snow this winter, another record. And more is on the way. The forecast for my corner of Kentucky calls for 6-12 inches tomorrow, the most snow since 1998. But unless the electricity goes out, I’ll be able to get to work. -via Uproxx
I was initially excited, because I knew it was a unique weather occurrence.
And then the realization of being on a stopped ski lift with the pellet snow falling and the chance that lightning could hit the lift set in.