The Snow Day

by WTWizard 4 Replies latest jw experiences

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  WTWizard

  I know it's a little late in the year for snow, unless you live in the far North or high up in the mountains. But, I wonder how many others would hope for a blizzard on meeting night or when the a$$emblies were scheduled--or if anyone has ever had the Crapmorial cancelled for snow.

  One thing I liked was when, on a meeting day, it would be snowing hard. There would be a foot or so on the ground with more coming down toward suppertime. I would like to get that phone call message that the meeting was cancelled for snow. Or, it would be Saturday night and it would snow hard all night, forcing them to call off the meeting the next day. I would hate it, however, if the storm would miss us or if it weakened so the meeting would be still on. Or, if it changes to all rain. The thing that p*%^ed me off the most, however, would be if the hounders decided that the meeting couldn't be cancelled for some lame excuse such as "Babylon is holding their meeting" or "If you can go to the mall...".

  True, it is getting late in the season for snow days. Now it's severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. Last year at this time, those in New Hampshire (particularly along the Seacoast) got rain enough to wash out major highways, hopefully causing them to cancel the meetings for some time. And there are those hurricanes that are upcoming. A hurricane warning should cancel a meeting, unless the hounders are such @**holes that they decide to take the chances.

  Another bummer is when they try to get the meetings back on track as soon as possible after a disaster. They did that for Katrina. Congregations were still displaced, and people were not back on their feet. Yet, it was important to resume regular meeting attendance, so these displaced Witnesses were often hounded to go to the meetings in locations wherever they found themselves. I'm sure this happened after the tsunami of 2004 as well.

  It sure is a bummer when the meetings and a$$emblies do not get cancelled. I hated those storms that missed us or didn't materialize. And I hated meetings where they should have called off but didn't. Hopefully, there will be smart storms that will take out Kingdumb Hells while leaving adjacent territory untouched. Or smart blackouts that only affect Kingdumb Hells and A$$embly Hells and force the meetings down.
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  bernadette

  No such luck over where we live - mind you flu was a blessing in disguise especially if it lasted for a couple of weeks

  btw is that a blizzard you've got going on in your avator?
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  WTWizard

  That avatar is a snowy forest. As for the snow, people in the North luck out. Once you get south of about Washington, DC in the east or about Kansas in the midwest, snow can be a scarce commodity. You will have better luck from Washington DC north, in the mountains of the Appalachian chain, the Rockies, or along the US/Canadian border north. Along the Dixie states (from the Kentucky/Tennessee state line south, from the Virginia/North Carolina border south, and the West Coast, snow is very hard to come by.

  Your season for cancelled meetings is coming. If you are in the midwest from Kansas south, you are in Tornado Alley (tornadoes can form north of Kansas, but the hottest spot is from Kansas south). And along the coast, there are hurricanes. And that season is still young. If you live about 50 miles inland, you will be spared the storm surge, but get just enough wind and rain to knock out power and wash out roads. And the West Coast has those rain and windstorms.

  In the desert regions, you are out of luck. It might rain hard for a short time, only to clear up. That isn't going to cancel diddly. You might luck out if lightning hits a power line to the Kingdumb Hell and the meeting has to be cancelled (remember, many of them have no windows so they are totally dark in the event of a blackout). Dust storms might also cancel a meeting. However, you are going to see fewer cancelled meetings in the desert Southwest than you would, say, in Marquette MI where the lake snow meets arctic air.
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  RollerDave

  I don't know about that WT Wiz, up here in the Great White North, it takes a whole lot more snow to shut things down. If we get thirty inches, they shut it down, but for a measly fifteen inches, it's 'game on!' and you not only have to go to to the Kingdumb Hell, but you get the joy of slogging through the slush and muck.

  In other parts of the US, a couple inches can set the whole are in a tizzy, but the bleatings go on.

  All in all, a mixed bag, but if I had to go anyway, I sure would rather not have to slog.

  Roller
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  WTWizard

  That's because they are used to snow up north. If it snows just an inch in a place like Tallahassee or Dallas, it's a big deal. The same inch in Marquette would hardly slow things down. And, of course, they are determined to have the God machinespeople at the Kingdumb Hells no matter what. They get a foot in some places, and the machinespeople are expected to come to the boasting sessionmeeting anyway. After all, what can possibly be as bad as crocodile infested water?