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Everybody’s talking about the weather but nobody’s doing anything about it

Since I was a teenager, I've never really trusted the weathermen/women when it comes to forecasting. My wariness began when I saw one of the early space launches canceled because of a chance of thunderstorms within a few dozen miles of the launch site. It occurred to me -- when those thunderstorms never happened -- that we can develop technology to put people in space, but we can't accurately tell whether it'll rain.

I know the technology gets better and better and I assume the forecasts are becoming more accurate -- but still ...

We have a chance of showers changing to possible snow showers here in the Missouri Ozarks. Usually, that sort of forecast means we'll get nothing, or we'll end up getting up in the morning to 18 inches of ice and snow. (It never just snows here. There's always a treacherous layer of ice first, then the snow comes to hide it.) So when I hear "showers" or "flurries" now, I always prepare for the worst. My wife would tell you it's because I'm getting more cynical as I get older. Bah, humbug, I say to that.

Whether you're living in a cabin in the mountains, or you have some Alabama land for sale, or you want to move to the coast -- you, too, face unique weather problems. Oh, well, I suppose desert climes are usually weather-neutral if not weather free. Here in Missouri, the "natives" think they have a unique weather, proudly bragging: "If you don't like the weather in Missouri, just wait a few minutes and it'll change."

I haven't had the heart to tell my good Missouri neighbors that I've heard the same cliche exactly when I lived in Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho, and South Dakota -- only with the appropriate state named in place of "Missouri." I suppose that simply means all of us need to get out more and see more of this great nation, and it's great (?) weather to better appreciate what a wide, wonderful land we live in.

Ah, well, living in Missouri or Oregon or Pennsylvania or Maryland or Wyoming or ... what do I know? I'm just a guy who reads the papers -- and watches out for those snow showers.
[tags]weather, weather technology, weather sayings, just a guy who reads the papers[/tags]