Personally, I think no one knows how to be happy anymore (general sweeping statement I know). But if the city had put all the sanders out, salt, gravel and resources into this "storm" and people got home in good time, the waste would be headline news as well. With everyone getting home quickly and fine it would look like a huge money loss on all that equipment and labour.
It really didn't snow much and it hit below 0 quickly. Looking out the window or at any pictures there isn't much accumulation. No reason to really think this was going to be a devastating driving day at all. Yes, snow was forecast, but there's been plenty of days with snow in the forecast this week (I'm sure someone will bring up some stat to dispute this, I know, and I know it's November, no excuse not to expect snow). But being in Calgary for most of my life, this was a strange incident, and I know weather forecasters shoot 50-50 at the best of times, and as much as I know, the city listens to the same reports we do. Did Andy from Breakfast TV give you an indication it would be as bad as it was? Why would the city know any different?
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