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January 20, 2007
Snowbound
Don't you just hate when you have to turn in a comic strip 2 weeks early?
(courtesy weather.com)
And from today's www.weather.gov alerts page:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
426 AM MST SAT JAN 20 2007
...WINTRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
TODAY...
...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM HEADED FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
.PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND BECOME GUSTY...WHICH
COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY ALONG AND
NEAR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS.
AFTER A BRIEF BREAK TONIGHT...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.
ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS NEW MEXICO THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. CHECK
YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM.
It's too bad we don't know where in the Southwest Prickly City is located, but I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in New Mexico. Somewhere where it's going to snow today. Oops. Sorry Stantis. Maybe if you had an original joke about subsidies it would have worked. Sucks to be you.
Comments
He's never said exactly where, but he did mention Arizona in one podcast. I figured it was supposed to be near the city of Winslow (shows up in the top left of your map). ...where it's currently snowing.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2007 11:39 AM
In fairness to Scottie, and God how I hate to use that phrase, snow isn't unusual in most of New Mexico, including Albuquerque, because the state is so mountainous. (Think Taos and Angel Fire.)
And really, you all should learn more about New Mexico and Bill Richardson.
Okay, off my soap box: the thing is that Scottie keeps the location vague, just as he keeps Carmen's ethnicity and Winslow's politics vague. By keeping everything up in the air, he can make whatever feeble attempt at a joke he wants to make without being hemmed in by 20th century notions of character, setting, plot, and theme.
Posted by: Annie at January 20, 2007 12:56 PM
Watching the news it looks like most of New Mexico is going to get hit so I don't feel too bad about ripping Stantis on it. But Annie's right - Stantis doesn't ever want to commit to anything, and when he does and he's wrong he just flip flops. Just like John McCain.
Posted by: The Furnace at January 20, 2007 02:20 PM
