Sentence:  Well the weather is similar, the hot dang LLVs are still <WSD>cooking up a storm</WSD> yet we hardly get the old Hill Street Blues adage of "Let's be careful out there" and  any form of liquid is noticable by its absence. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make a big fuss, generate a lot of unnecessary talk or activity; make a scene.