And I Thought Forecasts of Snow Made People Crazy

Anyone who has lived in the Philadelphia region for a winter knows how insane people get when it might snow. If a TV weather forecaster hints at the white stuff, that's all people talk about for a week. Tonight, a college game was apparently postponed because it might RAIN! The sad part, for me at least, was that I didn't find out until I arrived at the field. My wife had a meeting tonight, so it was a perfect time to shoot down Rte. 55 to Glassboro to see my five former Xtreme girls play for Rowan University against Stockton. Even better, Rowan coach Scott Leacott and Stockton coach Nick Juengert are friends whom I have not see in awhile. And I looked forward to seeing the parents of the girls. I should have known it wasn't going to be my day when I was driving north on I-295 from Woodbury after a deposition and noticed southbound trafic - on the route I would be taking from home to Glassboro - at a standstill. KYW told me of an overturned tractor trailer where I-295 and Rte 42 come together - just above where I would get on Rte. 55 . After getting changed at home, I detoured over to Rte. 130 south towards 47, only to find 130 backed up in Brooklawn. And of course once on 47 I was behind a guy going no more than 5 mph below the speed limit at any given time. After nearly an hour on the road, I reached the Rte. 322 exit of Rte. 55 for Rowan and figured I would just about make the start of the game, only to find traffic on Rte 322 backed up. I finally pulled into the parking lot by the Rowan soccer stadium 5 minutes after start time, only to find it empty. The school's athletic website tonight says the game was postponed due to "inclement weather" meaning someone thought it might rain. Which it did not while I was there. I don't know if it rained in Camden, either, but less than 20 miles north of Glassboro, the TCNJ women played at Rutgers-Camden (and won, 4-0). The Rowan-Stockton game has been changed until tomorrow night, but I heard it might be windy.