Fire and ice.

I think it’s time to get our money back from the groundhog.
It’s two days after Valentine’s Day, and it’s about 80 degrees outside here. But! The weather is going to change drastically in the next 24 hours. We are, at this very moment, simultaneously under a tornado watch and a winter storm watch. And a red flag fire warning because of the incredibly high winds. Dark clouds are showing up to the northwest, red blotches are starting to show up on the radar in eastern Oklahoma, the wind is blowing like crazy, and in 24 hours we might have sleet coming down. I’ve seen strange weather, but I’m not sure it gets more bizarre than this. I’m starting to envision the “snow tornado” from the beginning of the Michael Jackson/Diana Ross flick The Wiz.
In other news: I’m ready for February sweeps to be over right now. I’ve had one of those weeks that makes me think that while there’s still much left for me to do in the audiovisual media, I’m not long for the world of news promotion. You’ve heard the expression “firing on all cylinders”? This has been one of those weeks where, much to the contrary, it seems like all available cylinders are aggressively seeking any way to avoid firing.