Welcome to the midwest...

Much like when Steven Spielberg was trying to make us cringe and hold our breaths by applying the Jaws Theme whenever that pernicious shark was sure to appear, so does West Virginia and Ohio prepare us for the chilling and, just as painful, bite of their version of Winter. The icicles along the cliffsides begin just as the Jaws Theme does: slow, interspersed and seemingly innocuous. As the innocent bystander goes on their merry way, however, the occurrences are no longer rare and isolated incidents but rather are becoming part of the regular scenery, constant background music if you will. And just as in all horror movies, following any good plot line, there must be a dramatic climax... only one truly clinched and guranteed result of such an apocalyptic buildup - and that, my friends, is that the victims will know pain and agony as they have never truly understood such things before. This is the very best description I could possibly impart to anyone who is considering, however insane it may be, to visit a place such as Ohio in January.