Snow DayAnd my husband givers her an answer....
The most frequently received comment I've received today is "I'm slammed." What happened to the glorious days when we looked out the window, saw the white, cold wonderland, and went straight back to bed — with a book or even better plans (until kids or shovelling absolutely demanded your presence)?
Re: Snow DayI think he is very right. The more affordable energy we have the better everyone can use the available technology to innovate our lives and do things like work from home as my husband does at least one day a week.
The simple answer, Kathryn, is that technology has successfully "disintermediated" severe weather. It's a great example of adaptation to severe weather enabled by two things: a) innovation and b) access to affordable energy (the tech is useless without electricity and of only marginal usefulness if just the rich have access to it). So it is odd, to say the least, that climate alarmists say that if severe weather increases, we should reduce access to affordable energy (and, separately, impose restrictions on innovation they haven't approved beforehand).
Technology and affordable energy have enriched our lives by giving us far more flexibility than ever possible.
The only worry is depending on it too much. I think I'll take the kids camping this summer. They should know how to pitch a tent, build a fire, and protect their food cache from animals.
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