We Are Not The Weather Channel

It was only a matter of time before I cracked. It just so happened that it was mere hours after I had told a co-worker how I keep expecting to have a bad day of some kind at the job but so far it's been smooth sailing...mostly. It wasn't until the 1000th parent called asking if the University was still holding the Open House for potential freshman even though there was going to be a hurricane. These questions were completely valid during the beginning of the week. It was still uncertain at the time where Irene was going to make landfall. I was more then happy to sweet talk the parents, and reassure them that if something were to happen the University would provide information to them about cancellations and so forth and so on. But not today. Today I took calls left and right about parents concerned about the hurricane. Do you people watch the weather? I mean seriously...it hasn't been aiming for us since like Tuesday. If I had a dollar for everytime a parent called and asked me this " I was just wondering if the Open House was still going to be going on with the hurricane?" I'd retire. Because WHAT HURRICANE? It's not even scheduled to rain on Saturday!!! GAAAAH!! And therefore I cracked. Actually I cracked before then but I still had a fighting chance before a woman called wanting me to help plan her trip by giving her this weekends weather conditions in Charleston. But first she asked me the question I already mentioned above. I was all done giving a looong drawn out explanation of how the hurricane probably wasn't going to effect us at all blah blah blah so I replied like this:
 " We're not getting the hurricane ma'am".
 " What do you mean 'we'...like South Carolina or Columbia?"
" Columbia is not getting a hurricane ma'am."
"Ok because we're driving a long way and we're actually going to making some stops in Charleston and Myrtle Beach, what does the weather look like there you think?"
" I would check the Weather Channel ma'am for that information. "
" Well could you transfer me to someone who could be a little more helpful because I just want to know what we might encounter when we come down for our visits."

We are not travel planners. We are not the effin Weather Channel. We do not know the weather in Charleston because WE'RE IN COLUUUMBIAAA. So if you want to know what the weather is going to do this weekend for Charleston or anywhere other then Columbia then use your pointer finger to turn on your tv and go to a weather related channel because WE DO NOT KNOW. If I've already told you Columbia will in no way be effected and you and your daughter will still be able to come to our Open House event then what more do you people want from me? Are you computer challenged? Do you not have a weather app on your phone? Is your tv broken? Because I can think of a million different ways to find out what the weather is going to be like then to call the admissions office of a University and bug the S*!T out of them for weather information. There. I'm done.