Key word that many here dismiss when people rant and rave.
Nobody is truly going to swan dive off of the Tobin, or sit in their running car with the exhaust funneled into the window, and nobody, not even Ray is going to take a toaster bath over a Grinch storm.
The ebbs and flows of emotion are what make us human, and quite frankly make this place much more enjoyable during the winter months. Everyone knows where to get their "serious" weather talk, and by-pass the b.s. when then want.