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June 09, 2008
Weather paranoia
Why isn't "Weather is crazy all across America" the top headline on every news site right now? I mean, tornadoes are destroying towns in Iowa, homes in Illinois. Dams are bursting and washing away houses and forcing evacuations in Wisconsin. Entire communities in Indiana are cut off from the outside world because of flooding. In D.C. and environs, high winds and tornadoes knocked in roofs, killed a person, and thousands of people are now with out power - or air conditioning - as 100-degree-plus humidity-filled days descend.
On days of paranoia such as this one, I'm glad there is weather.com to inform me.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at June 9, 2008 11:20 PM
Comments
Crazy is the new normal?
Posted by: underwhelm at June 10, 2008 05:13 AM
Don't forget to mention our June-uary weather out here in the northwest. This is abnormally cool.
Posted by: Sue at June 10, 2008 09:34 AM
Good point. People at work keep complaining about the rain, which seems fairly normal to me. But the cold is not as normal.
I recently heard the term "Global Weirding" to describe abnormal weather that may be triggered by changes in the planet's temperature. I'm not sure how much of this spring's abnormal weather is linked to global warming and how much is just linked to the planet being a big and chaotic place, but I like the term.
Posted by: Courtney at June 10, 2008 09:52 AM