It seems to have taken hold especially dramatically this year: my students are weather hawks, and if any kind of storm is predicted, they panic and want to know if we're having class. I seriously had a student email and ask if we were holding class at 1:00. It was hard not to respond with something sarcastic, but I simply told her that if the university is open, we're having class. I'm not sure some thunder & rain, combined with the possibility that there might be a tornado somewhere in a 300-mile radius, is reason enough to cancel class.
I know that TV stations have to make money, and I know that it's good to know if a terrible storm is heading your way, but there's nothing to indicate that this is anything other than a garden variety spring thunderstorm . . . such as this area has seen every year for at least a millennium or two.
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