Hey..What is the adverse weather policy?

When you think of weather on the Cape Fear Coast of North Carolina, most people think of hurricanes. Thess storms which frighten people from other geographical areas, give us a reason to have a Hurricane Party! During the last storm, my wife decided to do her impression of the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore on our porch. She held on to the porch rail and acted like she was getting blown away. I was happy to have caught this Oscar winning performance on tape.

When it comes to snow, the situation is much different. The average annual snowfall in this area of NC is too little to measure for the most part. The winter of 99/00, there was massive snowfall! I think we had 2-3 inches. You would have thought the world was coming to an end. Schools were closed for days, and there was not a gallon of milk in the entire county.

At our office last winter, we shut down early one afternoon for "adverse weather"....snow. It did not cover the grass in my yard. The "official"corporate voicemail script was e-mailed out that morning. The message went something like; "Due to extreme adverse weather, our office is closing early". The next morning I was laughed at by several partners calling from New Jersey that thought this was hysterical.

We are expected to get 2-4 inches tonight. So, if I don't make it to work for the next 4 days, I will claim that I did not feel safe driving in the "extreme" adverse weather. If we all hunker down, we might just make it through.