Raven's dictionary: Inept Weather-Preparedness Day

Def: (noun) Inept Weather-Preparedness Day (or IWPD) occurs when people who don't know how to cope with cold weather run headlong into it.
The resulting hysteria is characterized by early release/cancellation of school/work, panicked rushes to community grocery stores to stock up on goods, general gossiping and over-concern about the latest weather report, and/or rumors of road conditions varying from slightly exaggerated to "You've got to be f*&^%$# kidding me!"

Common to more temperate-weather zones, this phenomenon is the by-product of hysteria, poor cold-weather coping skills (both individual and institutional), and an extreme desire to do anything but work, go to school, deal with reality, or generally do anything but cozy up with a blanket, a movie and one's Poke-Slippers (see picture above).
It does not take much to trigger an IWPD, generally a forecast of freezing temperatures, a little precipitation, and no way to cope with it is sufficient excuse. Compared often to the ubiquitous "snow day", it is worth mentioning that triggers of that event vary wildly region to region, but is still based on a sound principle of "It's too dangerous to go outside," and should not even be considered a synonym for IWPD which seems to be based on the principle of "It might be too dangerous to go outside."

Long story short- I get off work 2 1/2 hours early, I get to laugh my Rock-Mountain-raised ass off at the poor little Texans, and I get to mock everyone who thinks, as my Nic-knack put it so delicately when she came home, "Holy Hell, it's cold out there!"