There's a tag on my Weather Channel page that says "severe weather alert." I click it to find out that there will be "increased lake winds" tonight.

Okay, put out a "small craft warning"--but a "severe weather alert"? Severe weather used to be the deadly stuff, threat to life and property: hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, blizzards, hail, ground blizzards, flooding from heavy rains, ice storms. Now any time the weather makes any kind of a blip--a dip in temperature after a warming trend in midwinter, gusting winds before a front, the tide 1 inch higher than usual--and suddenly it's a severe weather alert. Next thing we know, rain, snow, and sunny days will all be someone's idea of severe weather.

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. . . . . noted and logged by Linda at 1:40:00 PM

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