A long, long time ago when I worked in newsrooms far, far away, I liked to tell aspiring journalists my definition of news: It’s what people are talking about.
It was justification and rationalization for my penchant of either personally writing or later assigning weather stories. While it was the bane of some reporter’s existence, it was also the delight of a few fellow odd ducks like me who enjoyed the challenge of explaining the whens, whys and hows of our atmospheric condition and what and who it impacted.
While I admit that sometimes my weather stories were the direct result of a slower news cycle, there is no question that one of the biggest stories of this winter is that we haven’t really had one so far.
At this point I could insert the statistical information like recent temperature averages between the high and low coming in at 20 degrees warmer or more than average or the lack of snow cover and precipitation.
But you all know that — based simply on being able to go outside without your winter coat. And a glance out the window confirms that there is no snow.