A week or so ago, I told my story about being in the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. I mentioned that at the time the storm hit, we were all totally oblivious to the approaching storm. We had heard about the storm in Portland, Oregon that afternoon (200 miles south), but none of our 60s weathermen thought to warn us that it might hit Tacoma.
Ironically, this afternoon all of the local stations have started warning us of a major wind storm that is due to hit our area. The difference, 45 years later, is that this is Tuesday and this wind storm is not due until Thursday. Ah, the miracles of modern science.