The television stations teach their weathermen (better known as meteorologists) to be fear mongers. It starts with predictions of potential weather outcomes supported by maps that have reds, whites, blues, and purples. There are weather advisories, storm warnings, areas subject to blizzard conditions and evening flooding predictions. In addition the switch has been made from reporting the temperature outside to reporting “wind chill” equivalents which sound worse. The weather tonight is predicted to be the storm of the decade (even storm of the century) because of it’s size. I’ve even heard the term colossal proportions. It is nice to know bad weather is coming but to sensationalize it seems over the top. If the track of the storm changes, all bets are off. I will say this winter sh– is gettting old.
And what is it about Sheboygan? They seem to get the effect of each snow storm coming through. Then then get a backlash of “lake effect” snow. With this new storm, they are in the blizzard advisory zone because of the winds off the lake. I don’t remember that kind of stuff when we lived there. I bet my son-in-law wishes he was back on the tundra.
Packers are in Dallas for Super Bowl. Warm weather. Pretty girls. Parties. Today Dallas will get sleet and 3 inches of snow. It will be 20 degrees tonight. Somehow I feel better.
My expensive watch (expensive by my standards) was repaired last summer. It was like putting a new motor in an old truck. Just to let you know how resourceful I am, yesterday my metal band that holds the watch on my wrist came apart. The long slender pin that attaches the band to the watch came out and the watch fell off my wrist. Being the engineer that I am, I found a paper clip the same diameter as the pin. I slid the paper clip through the proper openings and crimped both ends. Nobody would ever know my watch is being held together by a paper clip. The inevitable is coming. Sometime in the near future I’ll be wearing a cheap Timex.
Today would have been brother Jack’s 68th birthday. It seems strange not sending him a stupid humorous birthday card. We are also approaching what would have been Nana’s 100th birthday. She came close.
Stay warm and safe.
Love,
Dad