So the DC area is due to receive from 0-18" of snow tomorrow, possibly accompanied by lightning, in a storm dubbed "Snowquester". I live in an area that tends to get more snow than the rest. I also have an early flight to catch Friday morning, so I was dreading having to clear the long gravel driveway after the storm blew past.

When I pulled up my driveway coming home from work today and saw that my neighbor had put up reflector poles along the entire length of the driveway, I was a happy man. Snow plow for the win!

woo hoo!

You crazy Americans and your need to personify storms.

Here in Atlantic Canada we keep it simple and refer to them by a rating system, mostly determined by wind speed.

1 to 10 knots -- Barely a fart from a hen's arsehole
11 to 20 knots -- A good wash day
21 to 30 knots -- A bow-slapper
36 to 40 knots -- A stiff breeze
41 to 60 knots -- A bit of a blow on, eh!
60 knots plus -- Blowin like a MutherF___er

I love it.