It's not cold enough to accumulate on pavement.

I shoveled for the first time this year on saturday morning just for exercise.

It can accumulate above freezing. If it snows hard enough.

and quickly melts without need for removal

We never get more than projected. It's always a fraction of what they scream. The only reason to become a weatherman is to get laid.

outside looks like the frozen pool in "poltergeist III".

9 people called into work so far. theres only 1" of snow

like I said, it's not sufficiently cold

we've had a lot of precipitation this year for heavy snowfall if it had been colder. before bernstein attributes it to global warming, this was anticipated months ago due to el nino

9 people called into work so far. theres only 1" of snow

For the past 5 years or so, we've had a late and mild winter.

didn't lake michigan still have ice floating around it in May a couple of years ago?

there is no such thing as ice. its just water at a different temperature

We’re what , 6 , 7 days days into the working year and the amount of people at work who have already missed 3 days is crazy . Same people who of course once they burn through their sick days by March will
simply start using FMLA the rest of the year.

didn't lake michigan still have ice floating around it in May a couple of years ago?

The Polar Vortex was 5 years ago. Winter didn't start until February.

I am looking outside currently and calling b.s.