Welcome, Bolair. I grew up in the south - we loved it when the weather man said "maybe, quite possibly, perhaps not at all snow" because we were guaranteed at least 2 snow days.

I don't know how many alarm clocks I have used/own/tried I still somehow turn them all off without knowing. I do like the Alarm Clock Xtreme App (android) makes you do math before it stops blaring at you.