So I am writing this the first week of January and I am in the Great Lakes Region of the United States... that can only mean one of these days we are going to have some pretty bad snow - Unless that Global Warming promise has finally come true - but that sounds like another topic for another day.

So as the possibility of a major winter storm bears down our now chilled backs, what should we be doing to get prepared? Well, I am so glad you asked as I was just running through that exercise in my home and thought I would take you along on the journey with me. I think the best place to start is with how to understand all those different types of notification that are put out by weather people. Here is my best shot.