Yesterday, I said if you could subtract by 8 you might be a meteorologist. That was just another false weather prediction. When I went to bed around 1:30 AM this morning, it was 72°F. Right now at around 8:00 AM, it’s 34° F. That’s not a difference of 8, but you can still be a meteorologist since accuracy isn’t a requirement.
Go home, Jim! 😏
Yesterday, on-air personality of The Weather Channel, (weather.com), Jim Cantore and his crew were in Charlestown, Indiana. They were there to provide up-to-the-minute coverage of the devastation caused by the predicted storms.
He should’ve went to Chicago instead. While a bit windy here about 25 miles NE of Charlestown, (my outdoor rugs had their corners turned up) we had no significant weather challenges.
My lightweight, wicker furniture on the deck upstairs didn’t even budge.
Now you know: In 2017, a lawsuit was filed in Austin, Texas by a man seeking $17.31 in damages from his date who had been texting during a movie. He argued that his date’s behavior was a threat to civilized society and the money sought was to reimburse him for the cost of the movie ticket. (He dropped the suit after she paid him back the money.)
Yesterday was a near perfect spring day even though it’s not yet spring. It was sunny and nearly 75° F.
Today, they’re calling for rain and temps to be 8° cooler than yesterday… and tomorrow 8° cooler than that… and the next day, 8° cooler than that. See? If you can subtract by 8, you too could forecast weather in rural southern Indiana.
Will today be the day I bring out the Dap?
With my birthday rapidly approaching, I find I’m getting more and more ads for burial insurance. My inbox gets them and Facebook serves them up to me too. I’m not putting a lot of thought into the Facebook choice since they’re also showing me ads in Spanish, but sheesh!
With Scott talking about his move back to Indiana and Katie being all creative and painting furniture, I have a bit more motivation to patch the bajillion flaws in the upstairs walls and touch-up paint. But still, I can’t seem to get motivated enough to begin.
Here’s to TODAY being the day I get started!
Now you know: Pronouncing Arkansas as “Arkansaw” is required by Arkansas state law.
I took a photo of the same landscape on two separate days in a row. Crazy how much the weather can change in such a short time.
I know Indiana isn’t the only place where you can get all 4 seasons in one week, but this state can hold its own when it comes to fickle weather conditions. It’s one weather alert after another around here. Now we’re under a dense fog advisory — difficult travel due to visibility.
She’s not sad, I promise.
I grabbed a photo of Dharma as she was laying on the wet deck… in the rain. She looks so very sad. But she wasn’t sad at all! This is her “for crying out loud would you leave me the heck alone” face:
Dharma didn’t want to come inside the 73° house. She preferred to keep her heavy coat of hair outside where it was around 50° with drizzle. Merida was inside and the ole’ girl just wanted to be left alone out there where it was quiet and comfortable — comfortable to her anyway. 🙂
Now you know: In the 1950s and 60s, people could buy plastic screens to colorize their black & white TVs.
In June 2013, we had a total of 1.18 inches of precipitation. In June 2023, we had a total of 4.5 inches of precipitation.
No data yet for July 2023, but I’m guessing it will shake out to be more of the same. The pool water temperature has dropped from 84°F to 80°F. Four degrees doesn’t sound like much, but I got in yesterday and it was COLD! 🥶
No swimming after the sun goes down.
I’ve had a pool for the majority of the time I’ve been a homeowner. We would oftentimes swim after dark and loved the peaceful feeling of floating around with only the pool lights. Without the warming sun, it’s simply too cold for that so far this summer. Not only that, but Perry hasn’t gotten around to hanging the outside lights there yet either.
Sitting outside after dark is comfortable…
…at least when it’s not raining.
It’s an El Niño year and meteorologists say that’s means it could really heat up for the remainder of the season. In the past, El Niño has led to record highs like in 1998 and 2016. It also indicates we can expect cold, wet conditions this winter, but that’s a post for another day.
Today I Learned: Women are 2x as likely as men to have insomnia.
My favorite brother sent me a photo complaining about his weather in Las Vegas…
That’s certainly hot… I’ll give him that. But as a reply, I sent him a photo sent to me by one of my best friends, Julie:
Julie lives in Scipio — she and her husband, Scott, own a few hundred acres and the only damage they had from yesterday’s storm was on the plot where their house is located. The roof of their barn is destroyed, Scott’s new truck took some damage (see the dangling mirror?), and the door to the garage isn’t operational.
Take that Mr. “I’m so hot” — you don’t have it so bad after all! 😉
One of the guys that works for Julie’s Scott (not to be confused with my Scott who is whining about being hot in Las Vegas) has a side business. Lucky for them, that side business is tree removal. The tree crew hauled off 6 dump trucks full of tree debris and had their yard and drive cleaned up before Julie took this photo…
She’s pretty sure God sent that just for her — and she was thankful no one was hurt. She said her grandkids might need therapy forever, but they’re all fine. 🙂
And finally, I didn’t catch a double rainbow — I didn’t have storm damage either so that’s a win — but we did have a beautiful sky last night to close out the day.
Today I Learned: In 2024, the original design of Mickey Mouse loses its copyright protection. However, Disney can still take legal action if you draw it in color, because colored Mickey Mouse is still copyrighted until 2035.
