How have unreliable forecasts impacted you? Do you think things are getting better or worse?

A huge storm is expected in the northeast, and we're all trying to prepare. It doesn't help that forecasts range widely. Why is it so difficult to accurately predict snow and winter weather? Staff editor Andrea Thompson explains more in "Snow? Ice? How to make sense of winter storm forecasts" (January 23). How prepared are you?

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Meghan Bartels
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I feel prepared! Fortunately, New York City is pretty resilient to winter weather, and I don't have anywhere I need to be. I've got books and hot chocolate laid in until it's safe to go out.

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