I don't think that we had more than an inch or two of snow, overnight, but Kevin's already out with the sidewalk plow.
An article in this morning's Observer-Dispatch tells readers not to plan on going anywhere at all on Sunday! The writer must have gotten his/her information from WKTV.
- Friday: A few snow showers, especially north of Utica. Otherwise, breezy with clouds and some sun. High in the mid 30s.
- Friday night: Chance of a few snow showers early, otherwise partly cloudy and chilly. Low in the upper single digits to low teens.
- Saturday: Sun and clouds to start. Increasing clouds in the afternoon. High: 22, Low: 10
- Saturday Night: Snow arriving after 8 PM or so. Snow will become heavy at times after midnight. Significant accumulation possible toward morning.
- Sunday: Heavy snow likely with significant accumulation likely. Windy with near blizzard conditions at times. High: 16, Low: 12
A "courageous courier" - in shirtsleeves, no less!
I was reminded of the old "neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night," which I thought was the motto of the United State Postal Service. But when I "Googled" that phrase, this morning, this is what I found:
"Many of us have heard the postal carriers' motto in one form or another. One popular version is 'Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their appointed rounds'.
The original saying was actually 'Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds' and was said about 2500 years ago by the Greek historian, Herodotus. He said this adage during the war between the Greeks and Persians about 500 B.C. in reference to the Persian mounted postal couriers whom he observed and held in high esteem.
Today many people believe this saying to be the U.S. Postal Service (U.S.P.S.) motto, but, in fact, is not their official slogan. According to the U.S.P.S. they have no slogan at all. The reason it has become identified with the U.S.P.S. is because back in 1896-97 when the New York City General Post Office was being designed, Mitchell Kendal, an employee for the architectural firm, McKim, Mead and White, came up with the idea of engraving Herodotus' saying all around the outside of the building.
The inscription was supplied by William Mitchell Kendall of the firm of McKim, Mead & White, the architects who designed the Farley Building and the original Pennsylvania Station in the same Beaux Arts style. Kendall said the sentence appears in the works of Herodotus and describes the expedition of the Greeks against the Persians under Cyrus, about 500 B.C. The Persians operated a system of mounted postal couriers, and the sentence describes the fidelity with which their work was done."
From that time on the saying has been associated with U.S. postal carriers.
(Source: Bob Cannon, Public Affairs and Communications Officer for the U.S. Postal Service in Boston, MA.)
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More pix as things happen!
Have a good weekend, everyone!
