For the past two days I’ve heard nothing but How Terrible the Weather Will Be. And I don’t doubt that. Last week we had sub-zero temperatures, then it was 50 and raining for two days. Then we had tornadoes and “hurricane-force” winds that tore the garage door and roof right off Marcus’s house Tuesday night. We know this because we saw his ass on the news.
Then it was 12 degrees. Now we’re expected to get somewhere between 5 inches and 8 million feet of snow, with ice on top of it, followed by freezing rain. By Sunday it’s supposed to be in the fifties again, with torrential rains that may cause flooding as all the snow and ice is melting.
Whenever someone quips, “That’s Indiana weather for ya!” I want to throttle them. What, exactly, about this series of events seems status-quo to you? Yes, there are temperature fluctuations. Yes, there are sudden thunderstorms. But experiencing three seasons and just about every possible weather pattern – with the exception, perhaps, of volcanic eruptions and an earthquake (and I’m not completely ruling those out just yet) – it doesn’t seem like a typical Hoosier January to me.
Girl, I sooo remember hearing that all my damn life. Then I moved to Tennessee. Ironically enough, even though we qualify for “south” the weather patterns are exactly the same. Two nights ago we had the hurricane winds/tornados. Today, school was delayed for two hours due to freezing rain SOMEWHERE in the county. Once school was in session, the sleeting started. By 3:00 it was thundering and lightening. Now, it is about 30 degrees. Pouring down rain, and they are saying it could snow, or it could be freezing rain. Forecast for Saturday? 60 and Sunny. ::shakes head::
That website sounds cool. I shall be checking it out.
Keep cool/warm/dry.
-H