Four Inches
In which Rats' day is full of misunderstanding
Good time of the day, humans!
Transcript:
Rat: — Once upon a time, humans used to think four inches was no big deal.
Rat: — Nowadays, however, four inches of snow are enough for a «yellow warning».
Cousin: — Where? I’m not going to shovel yellow snow!
Color-coded weather warnings are mostly a European thing (to my knowledge, the system was invented by Norwegians); but, human, the trigger levels have suffered quite some in- deflation lately.
My mom freaks out and calls me or sends me an email whenever the Scary News tells her there's going to be snow in the Sierra Nevada. She did the same thing when I lived in Vermont, where snow is so normal it's almost boring. I don't pay attention to Scary News so I'm not sure what they're saying, but I do know that Fear Sells.
Speaking of yellow snow, I do have some here, but I'm like Cousin: I'm not going to shovel that stuff!
They merely want us to FREAK OUT accordingly.