First Snow in Lander: October 5, 2009

Up until there was a whole foot of snow on the ground, the National Weather Service swore up and down that accumulation would be less than an inch. Apparently, no one got it in his head to go outside and look for himself...

What do weatherpeople know about life in the Rockies, anyway?

The Winter Weather Advisory turned into a Winter Storm Warning, and roads went from "clear" to "closed," and all roads leading away from Lander were shut down. And here I was beginning to think I was the Anti-Winter...