Dear Swami:
I guess you think people don't keep track of your supposed "forecasts." Back in the beginning of December, right after we had our first snowstorm, you wrote that the storm would be "a distant memory the next time Lake County and/or the Chicago metro area receives more than 4 inches of snow in one shot." Care to admit you were wrong?
The Snow Miser
Dear Mr. Icicle, a.k.a. Mr. Ten Below:
Perhaps you are referring to the 11 inches that fell in Island Lake on Dec. 19 or the 12.8 inches of snow that fell in Waukegan over the weekend as evidence that The Swami falsely predicted that we would not see a snowfall of more than 4 inches during the winter of 2008-09.
However, it must be noted that The Swami's exact words were that the first snowfall of the year, which occurred on Nov. 30 into Dec. 1, would "be a distant memory" by the time we were pillaged by another snowstorm.
Be honest. After shoveling out and driving through the 40-odd inches already in the books this winter, you can't name how many inches we measured in that first snowfall of the season, can you? Can you?
You cannot. That is what we call a distant memory.
P.S. The crystal ball foresees that the total snowfall for the winter of 2008-09 will surpass the total from the winter of 2007-08 (60 inches), as measured at O'Hare International Airport.
Dear Swami: You are correct in the "distant memory" theory, which was proven during the Blizzard of '78-'79. One couldn't remember when it wasn't snowing.