Thirty years ago…it's not like futuristic technology had made it to the weather department… In that particular era…well that was 30 years ago… we didn't have all the numerical computer models that they have now... Yet the forecast warned of a storm a full 26-hours before the first flake fell. Modern advances in technology has emboldened the forecaster to call for storms, even 'the big one'…far in advance. …Nobody in their right mind was going to forecast…initially…30" of snow…because it was just a tremendous amount of snow…and it'd never happened before… " But for all our advances in forecasting … modern technology may actually work against us for the next blizzard… I have a concern that If we had another event..power fails…without the media…without being able to get on a cellphone and call while they're driving...I don't think they'd be able to cope… They had more survival tendencies than they do now... Chains on vehicles were more common…Real snow tires…instead of the 'all-weather tires'… Vehicles aren't made for snow…even the SUVs..." Perhaps new attitudes leave people unprepared…"[Stromgren] Those are the people who don't like to wait in line when we have an accident or when we have the street blocked up or the snowplows are going too slow for their consideration…You can say the weather's coming…People may not heed warnings…and all the mechanical equipment in the world may not help you…" Today, some of the most strident advances in technology overall have been in the arena of forecasting…and Television station and weather bureau alike possess their own huge Doppler radars and all the tools they need…All that's left, is for the citizen to go back to the basics… If you can prepare for one emergency…You've prepared for most everything."