Memo to Weather: Christmas is over

I can imagine that my friends in the Northeast aren't too happy today:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMMINENT...

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY...

* HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT
  TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP
  TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT
  TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY
  ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS
  DECORATIONS.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
  MONDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
  THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS
  WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH.
  ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND.

We've got a little lake-effect snow right now, with about 15 cm on the ground, but nothing too heinous. Parker, in fact, just got half an hour of running around in it at Oz Park. He's even doing better on recall. Not much better, but still.