Reason # 567 To Visit The Caribbean

Really it's simple. When I turned on the computer this morning, there was a red weather alert on the screen. Today is February 21, 2009, so I wasn't surprised to read this:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...SOUTHERN VERMONT...THE BERKSHIRES...AND TACONICS.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXISTS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD THEN TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDDAY MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 7 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

I think the National Weather Service still uses all caps because it doesn't know that we no longer use teletype machines. And that the Internet isn't an upgrade to a teletype. But I digress. It's already been a cold, bitter winter, and now, just when there is the slightest hint of the scent of spring on the air, this warning. I am not happy with this. There remains a snow cover on the ground; it's been there since December. And now it will again thicken.

Which brings me to reason #567. That would be the combination of the above warning and this:



What are you waiting for?