I live in Washington, D.C. If you listened to what the National Weather Service was saying, you’ll know that I survived a giant snowstorm on March 13 and 14. Except there was no giant snowstorm.

I’m not just saying that because I’m from Ohio and spent four years in the snow belt. Snow began falling on Monday. That afternoon, weather models were forecasting that the storm would be closer to the coast than previously expected. In other words, there wouldn’t be as much snow as the NWS had predicted.