I've mentioned before that the craziness and unpredictability of this job is one of the things I like. I don't mind if my schedule gets changed at moment's notice. I like doing coverage of severe weather although I don't like that it can be damaging to our viewers' property or dangerous for that matter. It's a bit of a double edge sword because the reason I'm doing what I like is because it could be dangerous to you.

I got to cover quite a bit of hazardous weather in the past week. Actually, I think I covered everything but a Tornado (which is ok with me). When I left the station on Sunday the big concern was fire danger. It was dry and windy, a more summer like setup with temperatures in the 70s. I was able to enjoy a few nice days off on Monday and Tuesday as the weather was very nice.

Wednesday was another nice day, but the changes were on the way. I had to work a different shift because we wanted to cover severe weather awareness day in South Dakota. Of course, right on cue that night we saw our first severe thunderstorm warning of the year for Tripp County. Quite a hail producer was moving through that county.

Thursday we had some thunderstorms that were on the fringe of being severe. There was a true threat of seeing something severe, but the right elements didn't quite come together. However, I still had to alter my schedule at the last moment to be prepared just in case. I thought that was an interesting day. I had no idea.

Friday my phone rang just before noon asking me to get to work ASAP because of the snow. I did and was amazed at what happened. 15+ inches of snow in some areas less than one week after having grass fires. During the day yesterday I didn't think about the big change, I was just concerned with the issue at hand.

This morning when I was eating my breakfast I got to thinking about the week. What a change. I went from talking about spring like conditions with Kent on the Desk to doing cut-ins for possibly the strongest winter storm of the year. Simply amazing. What's also amazing is that less than a month ago Pierre hit 90.

When I was in Indiana they always had that little saying about if you don't like the weather wait 5 minutes. Well they don't have anything on us. There were a lot of days in Indiana when I had to have my defrost on in the morning and my air conditioner on when I go home in the afternoon. I'm sure days like that aren't far off here!