“Awww, I could have told you back in May it was going to be
a cool, wet summer. There’s no such thing as Global warming!”
“Oh?”- I reply as I sip my café latte.
“Yup. It’s all those things they got going around up there
in space. That’s what’s causing all this freekish weather”
I was having a coffee break on a bleak autumnal afternoon
when the gentleman at the next table offered his thoughts on the weather. He continued talking as I continued sipping.
“They’re just foolin’ around with too much up there that
they don’t know a thing about!” He points up.
I reply-“I heard weather experts say the Polar Vortex and El Nino
will be affecting our weather through March. We might get a bunch or snow again
or maybe a milder winter. Nobody seems to know exactly.”
He continues as if not hearing a word I just said, “No, we
are back to regular summers and cold, snow-filled winters alright, just the way
he intended it to be.”
“He?”- I asked.
“The big fellah. You know- God.”
“Oh…”
I sipped again, then, offered an observation-
“Well I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. However, it
was nice that summer arrived for a couple of weeks in Late September/early
October.”
“I suppose”- he says, “Have a good one!”
Up he gets and starts to walk away.
“I will. Thanks.”
Everyone always talks about the weather here in Orillia.
Questions abound.
Hot enough for ya?
Cold enough for ya?
Wet enough for ya?
Sunny enough for ya?
Snowy enough for you….
And on and on.
These days the talk is all about Polar this and that and El
Nino or Nena. We seem to be at their mercy. Now, if you’re a Farmer’s Almanac
sort of person you’ll already know that their agricultural prognosticators say
some areas will see snow- later this month and into November of course. Poor
old Manitoba has seen the white stuff already. Calgary too.
I remember one August it snowed in Calgary. Not too unusual
for Alberta- more unusual for us in Central Ontario. Weather is strange- isn’t
it?
Take Newfoundland for instance. Most years they see summer
on or about July 28th. It leaves on the 29th!
I have always thought that living year round in Hawaii would
be a good thing. Yes, they have the occasional hurricane but they don’t happen
that often. There’s too much Pacific Ocean and they just blow out to sea. Other
than that, the weather is pretty much nice every day.
So, here in Orillia, enjoy a nice sunny day when it comes
along. We’ll be bitchin’ about shovelling snow before you know it. I saw an ad
for a pre-lit Christmas Tree the other day with 1000 mini lights. Right next to
it an ad for Christmas Cards.
Ho Ho Ho!
