I don’t know how many of you pay attention to long range weather forecasts, but I do… sort’a. Really it’s a very unexacting science that changes week-to-week; but watching and comparing all the different “expert” predictions over time will produce a pattern, per se. It’s looking more and more like most of us living north of the Mason-Dixon are in for another long, cold, snowy winter… especially the Pacific Northwest, Mid-West, and New England regions. Certainly hope y’all are laying in plenty of good seasoned firewood and emergency provisions… I am.
Kind’a reminds me of the story about the Indian Chief. His people came to him in the autumn and asked if the winter would be harsh or mild… Well, being a modern-day Indian, he wasn’t sure; at the same time he didn’t want let his people know that. He looked around, picked up some earth and smelled it, tossed it in the air and watched fall. And, just to be on the safe side, he told his people it would be a cold winter and they needed to gather more firewood and provisions.
A few days later he hiked on down to the phone booth and called NOAA, asked them about the winter. He was told it was shaping up to be a cold winter. He ran back to his people and told them to gather even more. Now, he didn’t want to end up with egg on his face, so a couple weeks later he called NOAA again… this time receiving news that the winter was looking even worse than previously thought. So again, he told his people to gather more…
So this goes on, every week or two he hikes to the phone and calls NOAA… each time being told that the winter is looking to be worse than previously thought… and each time he tells his people to gather even more firewood and provisions…
Finally he asks the guy at NOAA how he could be so sure that winter was going to be so harsh… The guy at NOAA answers back, “Well, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the Indians, and they been gathering…….”
Kind’a reminds me of the story about the Indian Chief. His people came to him in the autumn and asked if the winter would be harsh or mild… Well, being a modern-day Indian, he wasn’t sure; at the same time he didn’t want let his people know that. He looked around, picked up some earth and smelled it, tossed it in the air and watched fall. And, just to be on the safe side, he told his people it would be a cold winter and they needed to gather more firewood and provisions.
A few days later he hiked on down to the phone booth and called NOAA, asked them about the winter. He was told it was shaping up to be a cold winter. He ran back to his people and told them to gather even more. Now, he didn’t want to end up with egg on his face, so a couple weeks later he called NOAA again… this time receiving news that the winter was looking even worse than previously thought. So again, he told his people to gather more…
So this goes on, every week or two he hikes to the phone and calls NOAA… each time being told that the winter is looking to be worse than previously thought… and each time he tells his people to gather even more firewood and provisions…
Finally he asks the guy at NOAA how he could be so sure that winter was going to be so harsh… The guy at NOAA answers back, “Well, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the Indians, and they been gathering…….”
Seriously though, bring it ON!!
