Rotten Timing...

There's never a good time for a major winter storm but falling on a holiday is really rotten luck for travelers. Natureman was checking out the weather on Google News and what he discovered caused me great distress.

Why?  Well because Mother's Day was the last time I've been with my kids that live on the other side of the U.S. and our time together is limited as it is. 

Not nice Mother Nature, after all you're a Mother!

Of all times to send a storm to wreak havoc in the South starting Monday causing Dallas to cancel hundreds of flights and move it eastward to hit New York Tuesday. Travelers could have done without the sleet, freezing rain and snow to plague them.

Then you're planning to dump a major rain (about 3 inches) on the East coast. Forecasters warn: Be ready for delays. In many areas the cold will turn that precipitation to snow from Louisiana to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and northern Florida. My daughter is scheduled to travel from Atlanta midday. I have no idea where her plane is originating... 

Rain's forecasted to increase throughout the day across the Carolinas and possibly Washington D.C. and Philadelphia. Guess where my son and his girl friend are traveling from on Wednesday? The latter, Philadelphia where rain is supposed to become sleet and freeze mixing with snow. Western Pennsylvania and the interior of New England will get snow and up to 9 inches could dump on northern parts of West Virginia. It doesn't sound good.

All I can hope for is that everyone will eventually arrive safely and not be 'too' grouchy. And if we have to celebrate a bit later, we'll deal. May we forget the travel hassles and enjoy our time together here in the End of the Rainbow Valley...