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NWS forecasters are local forecasters, and local forecasters are fresh

By adamg on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 10:33pm

It is, of course, to laugh: The latest NWS forecast discussion for the Boston area alerts us:

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW LOOKS TO OCCUR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

And then, the NWS discussion continues:

WICKED COLD AIR FOLLOWS THIS COASTAL LOW

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By bookworm on Sun, 02/08/2015 - 7:57am.

I like this bit about the expected storm later in the week,

WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS SYSTEM WILL PASS HARMLESSLY OUT TO SEA BUT WE ALL KNOW THE TRENDS OF PAST FEW WEEKS.

By cybah on Sun, 02/08/2015 - 8:51am.

ugh I'm running out of places to put it. I'm really wishing I had gotten a wheel barrel yesterday at home depot.

Speaking of which.. i went to Home Depot to get rock salt yesterday.. three out of four didn't have any. And the employee of the store I was able to get it it at (Chelsea) said the 6-8 skids they had of the stuff would be gone by noon (yesterday). Glad I picked up several bags! Good luck to anyone after this storm who needs rock salt..

By Lisa on Sun, 02/08/2015 - 3:24pm.

I was in Stop + Shop yesterday while everyone was of course buying eggs for French toast. Someone asked me if brown eggs were the same as white eggs. I responded that while we were taught that "brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh," I had heard that they are all really the same and it was all a marketing gimmick. : )

By anon on Sun, 02/08/2015 - 8:36pm.

White eggs come from leghorn chickens. They're typically the chickens used by large commercial operations.

Bluish green eggs come from araucana chickens.

Dark, chocolate-brown eggs come from copper maran chickens.

And the common lighter brown eggs come from most any other breed. It's likely that if it's a local egg, it's brown, but it's not necessarily true that if it's brown, it's a local egg. (Converse fallacy.)