North Texas Weathermen

OK...I just need to vent a little. I'm kind of sick of North Texas Weathermen and their end of the world type of attitudes! All I heard today were forecasts for Horrible, SEVERE thunderstorms with STRONG chances of tornadoes. They made it sound like this would be the storm of all storms, which completely FREAKED Colin out when he heard these forecasts!

Sorry...in my area, it rained, thundered a little and was mildly windy for about 20 minutes, then died down to NOTHING! I guess the thunder wasn't loud enough to bother my son because the boy stayed in bed! Two nights ago, the winds were so much worse. In fact, those winds were so much stronger & harder on our house that Colin thought it was thunder and came scrambling out of his room. He said that he came out and called for me, but I couldn't hear him over the wind. He, also, said that he realized it wasn't thunder, so he went back to bed. And where were the forecasts for that?!?! Keep in mind too, I grew up scared of thunder (and still am). I was more scared of the wind 2 nights ago than tonight's "thunderstorm."

Then, let's take last month's ice storm. Forecasts for freezing rain and treacherous icy road possibilities were so bad that school was closed on a day where NO ICE was to be seen. Now granted, later that night, freezing rain came, roads were iced everywhere the next day & school was canceled again; so, they were finally right there.

I guess my point is that they sensationalize everything to the point that I don't know if and when to believe them. Thankfully, I am married to my own severe weather "junky" who keeps me informed with more reliable forecasts! Thanks Honey!