It didn’t snow Tuesday

LYNN – Locals expressed concern and dismay Tuesday after awakening to find weather conditions that quickly prompted surprising activity, long dormant feelings of sociability and discomfort.”I’m calling together the emergency management team to analyze the glowing disk in the sky,” Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy said Tuesday while quickly peeking outside the emergency storm bunker at City Hall.Meteorologists suddenly found themselves with live airtime to kill and thousands of commuters across the region had to actually show up at work Tuesday after Mother Nature threw a curveball and decided to take a day off from dumping massive amounts of snow on the region.Locals said the unexpected turn of events was unsettling.”It just ruined my day, because I didn’t have to clear off the salt stains from my shoes,” Swampscott Town Administrator Tom Younger said. “I didn’t even have to put boots on, our parking lot was cleared!” Younger continued with shock before going into a rant about how he had finally gotten really good at posting closure notices on the town website.Ted Grant, publisher of The Daily Item, scrambled to find a reason why home subscribers might get their paper on time today.”It’s important that our readers know that Tuesday’s snowfall, according to National Weather Service records, is tied for the lowest ever on that date,” Grant said from the downtown Lynn newsroom.After not responding to phone messages all morning, a tired-sounding Mother Nature said Tuesday afternoon that area residents could “suck it up.””You think you’re the only one who likes to binge watch Netflix?” Mother Nature asked. “I have to catch up on ?House of Cards’ before the new season starts.”Mother Nature continued to say that – even though the snow had stopped – area residents should remain grateful.”You can still avoid work,” Mother Nature said. “Just blame the T.”