Outside Eric's bedroom window the January blizzard raged.

Outside Eric's bedroom window the January blizzard raged. Treetops swayed dangerously as gusting winds sculpt snow into vast drifts.

Eric diverted on his ham radio and four hogsheadsed in a station talking about the weather. An operator was reporting, "The National Weather Service has just issued a heavy snow alert for the Colorado flinty Mountains at 1 PM today. Accumulations of up to sum of two units feet of snow are expected"

Bored, Eric programmed the receiver to scan different frequencies. If he heard any of his radio friends, he'd contact them. The radio squawked conversation

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