Winter of our discontent

Dear Editor,

Let it snow! If we don't hear these three words for another decade, it won't be any too soon. Holy Jupiter! (also called Jove). In ancient Rome, he was considered God of the heavens and weather. In modern society, if Jupiter was still in power, we'd wonder what's his problem? The snowflakes won't quit! It's an ultra-stubborn, hellish winter!

Everyone I talk to has had their appetite soured against snow and frigid weather. No wonder birds fly south for winter; they're smarter than people.

Whatever became of global warming? It's a farce a tease to appease our winter blues. A misrepresentation by scientists, who are still searching for the Holy Grail.

The heavens opened its atmospheric passageways in December and the snows fell steadily through January and February. The month of February has proved to be the heaviest snowfall recorded in several decades. Winter havoc not only plagued the eastern seaboard, but most of the country was hard-hit by tons of snowfall, dangerous layers of black ice, plus frigid temperatures!

No doubt, the oil companies and electric power suppliers are relishing the extreme "deep freeze," as their bank accounts are showing profitable gain. Keeping the thermostats at a desired temperature during frigid weather is taking a heavy toll on everyone's purse strings. Oil and electric bills are just plain astronomical.

I sympathize with my landlord; poor fellow doesn't know where to pile the mounds of snow here in West Penn Township. Wait until it beings melting, the ground will be heavily saturated. We won't need rainfall until summertime.

It's a picturesque winter wonderland as the white flakes continue to fall from the heavens. The denuded trees are a thing of beauty as their branches glisten with silvery snow, looking like tiny diamonds in the moonlight.

High banks of snow cover the entire region. There could be a car buried beneath that huge snowbank. And that's exactly where my Chevy Malibu is hidden, the tires frozen to the icy ground.

It's either shovel snow away from your vehicle or stay at home. Fat chance of this is you're among the working class and the boss expects you to be on time. It can turn into a living nightmare when old man winter becomes nasty and disagreeable. Let's face it ... Mother Nature is just like a woman, she can be angry or good-humored, and this has been her worst side, as she continues spilling a hail of lacy, white stuff upon the earth.

Once again, it feels like the blizzard of 1996 is upon us. You remember that one, it was another snowbound disaster like our current storm. Lord help us if the country continues having heavy snowfall overlapping into March. Maybe we're being tested as to just how much we can actually cope with. Maybe we're being punished with these severe winters because we aren't living according to the Lord's expectations of us. Isn't it food for thought?

Meanwhile as my car is thawing out, I'll remain indoors with my malcontent of winter life.

Earle E. Stahler

West Penn Township