After all the hype and the dire warnings of much snow yesterday, we got absolutely nothing but rain.  It rained all day long with the temperature hovering around 40° F.  The promises of snow were empty, though, because it never got cold enough.

It amazes me how poorly we understand the weather.  It's 2005 and we still can't accurately predict it within 24 hours — not even 12 hours.  Meteorologists and atmospheric physicists are lucky to get it right for the right now, something we can all do by looking outside.  It makes me laugh uproariously when they try to go out even a few days or a week, let alone months in advance (hear that, Farmer's Almanac?).

But I understand the plight they find themselves in.  Weather is a chaotic system with a vast amount of variable input and factors that are near impossible to accurately model, let alone successfully predict.

Still, don't promise me snow if you're not going to deliver.  This is Texas and snow is a big deal, especially for people like me who love winter and the weather it has to offer.