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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Clark: It’s Just Snow, People

Well, it looks like ol' Jack Frost will soon be nipping at us like a pack of aggressive panhandlers in the downtown Spokane business core. Yes, winter is on the way. And just like each and every year, the entire region is likely to experience the occasional flurry, perhaps a blizzard or two, a run of pipe-bursting low temperatures and highways icy enough to host a Chiefs game. But before any of this happens, I'd like to once again make a heartfelt appeal to our TV weathercasters: Please -- for the sake of our sanity -- try to STAY ON YOUR MEDS! When the flakes starts falling, could you at least not foam at the mouth and act like the region has just experienced an end-of-the world cataclysm/Doug Clark, SR. More here.

Question: Do you think Spokane TV weathermen get carried away whenever it snows in the Inland Northwest? Or is Clark exaggerating?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.