This may be my last post ever! The media in Oklahoma has alerted us that an ominous situation is on the horizon and impending disaster is upon us – it’s called The Big Chill or Winter Storm 2007. The last week the news has warned us to get to the stores to buy generators, gas, food, and whatever else we would need for several days of being without power. And guess what? It worked. Thursday evening was chaos and pandemonium as last minute survivalists overtook the stores to get prepared for the end as we know it. I am sitting here waiting for total anarchy to begin.

I am not downplaying the seriousness and consequences of an ice storm. My family and I were stuck in bed with a really nasty flu and defenselessly listened as trees fell and hit our house in the Winter 2002 Storm. Many people were without power for weeks and unfortunately some people died. But the media and weather people in Oklahoma are starting to get out of control. (As I was writing this they broke into regular programming to let me know that some sleet was taking place and to give me a play by play where the reporter was observing this sleet for 10 minutes). For several days the weather people blogged and got on TV to warn us of impending danger. Yesterday they were on TV ALL day! Plus, should I really listen to news people who warn me that an F5 tornado is bearing down on my house and I can only survive underground – yet keep their camera crews in the field so I can watch it live on TV???

It’s almost embarrassing for me to write about how our weather people behave in Oklahoma.

My riff is this; the media should be careful how they sensationalize and play up what is going on. They should choose their words wisely and not paint an inaccurate picture. They will loose the little trust that they have and I wonder what would happen if this was really a huge disaster in the making – like an F10 tornado or Rosie and Donald making up! To be fair it did sleet and it is cold…but I still have electricity and an Internet connection. Starbucks still exists and Jethro is still driving his pick-up truck down our residential street at 55 mph.

Life continues on and we have survived the “Big One” for now, but I am going to go load my shotgun and trade my money for gold just in case.

(This was a post on my personal blog but thought it would be fun to place here too)