Thought/Anecdote of the Day™©®

for March 10, 2002

On Storms Coming

Somewhere on a small farm in the Midwest:

“Storm’s comin’.”

“You reckon?”

“I reckon.”

“Huh.”

“Yep.”

“How can ya tell?”

“Just can.”

“Gotta be a reason.”

“Nope.”

“Joints hurt?”

“Nope.”

“Dog hiding?”

“Nope.”

“Leaves turned over?”

“Nope.”

“Nuthin’?”

“Nuthin’. Sometimes you just know things. Oh, and I been looking over the past coupla days for the development of temperature and wind flow patterns in the atmosphere which can cause enough moisture, instability, lift, and wind shear for tornadic thunderstorms . Our location is such that the strength and movement of the fronts, drylines, outflows, and other boundaries between air masses which tend to provide lift, coupled with our current moisture and temperature levels, will help storms form and stay alive.”

“You reckon?”

“I reckon.”

“Huh.”

“Yep…”

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