What Weather Will This Year Bring?
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Well when someone asks me about what the weather is going to be the next day or week I simply tell them this, “There’s only 2 people who know what the weather is going to be, God and Mother Nature and they’re both
‘?!$$ed’ off at us for what we’ve done to the planet.’
Think about it and you tell me that the weather pattern 20 or 30 years ago is the same today. I know the monsoons in the southwest are completely different.
I am not wasting that many onions to find out!!!
I think a lot of the accuracy of weather lore depends on *where* such sayings originated. For instance, the old "red sky at morning" poem was fairly accurate when I lived in New England, but doesn't mean much down South, where red clay in the soil means almost ALL sunrises and sunsets produce a red sky. ;D
My ex-husband was in the Navy and said when they were at sea they dreaded a red sky at morning because ("Red sky in the morning, people take warning".) because that meant they would be encountering some stormy seas. (His ship's captain received the equivalent of a court martial because he endangered the ship and its' crew; what was left of the flag of the USS Trenton, LPD-14, was displayed on the ship aftewards; at least a third of it had been shredded and blown away in the storm that led to the man's court martial.
What about if there's no wind eve or day?
Good question! Unfortunately, the above weather lore does not address that scenario. However, there is another proverb that says (for any date) “No weather is ill, / If the wind be still.”
Hi there! I'm doing research on the ruling days for my own personal benefit. I grew up hearing about them and how they predicted the weather for the upcoming year, but never paid enough attention and now wish I had. Do you have information on the Ruling Days? I believe they may have originated in Scotland but I always heard them linked to Appalachia. I'd love to hear anything you have to say on the subject.
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My daddy-in-law got me started years ago doing this, except sometimes I forget to write it down. then it's a surprise!