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Maria Conlon  
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 More options May 26 2004, 10:36 pm
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From: "Maria Conlon" <mariaconlon...@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 22:36:43 -0400
Local: Wed, May 26 2004 10:36 pm
Subject: Re: hectic as positive
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Areff wrote:
> Maria Conlon wrote:
>> Southeast Michigan, around Detroit, isn't half bad. We have four
>> distinct seasons, and rarely get the extremes of cold weather
>> and snow that people think we do. (Go a ways north or southwest
>> from Daytwa, though, and expectations will be met.)

> Are you including Washtenaw County in "around Detroit", or would
> it be "southwest"?  It suffers from Arctic-style winters, but I
> have to admit, it's a much better climate than that of Chicago
> (TLCIA), what with the latter's Winchell Factor[tm] among other
> things.

For some purposes, I would include Ann Arbor (in Washtenaw County) in
the "around Detroit" category. For weather patterns, though, I think of
it as separate -- and southwest.

By the way, we also have a Winchell Factor, but we don't pronounce it
quite that way. Anyway, I think the Factor is a creation of TV stations
that want to make even the weather more sensational a story than it is.

Hype. Just hype. Just like the promos that tell you what's coming up on
the 11 o'clock news. They tell you just enough to whet your news
appetite. But by now, most people know that if a news item is important
enough, it won't have to wait to be told.

Maria Conlon, Southeast Michigan, USA.


 
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