Winter Storm Stella turned out to be a bust in the big Northeast cities like Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, although it did dump up to two feet or more of snow, as predicted, in inland areas. But according to the Associated Press, National Weather Service meteorologists knew by Monday afternoon that there was a good chance the big snowfalls they'd predicted for those big cities weren't going to happen, but they decided not to change their forecasts because they didn't want to confuse the public and send the message that Stella was no longer a threat. Greg Carbin, chief of forecast operations at the Weather Prediction Center, said the decision was made out of what he called "extreme caution," and emphasized that the storm still was dangerous in the cities, but it was from ice due to the sleet that fell for hours on top of the about half-a-foot of snow they got. That sleet was caused by the rain-snow line moving further inland than earlier forecasts had expected. As to whether or not this assertion is true or not I haven't a clue. I can tell you this, however...the media is often accused of stirring up a panic when a big storm looms and when they miss the forecast, they're ripped endlessly. It's a no win situation.