Weather daily interest-then & now

[skhill]

I know exactly what you mean-- my morning starts out with putting out the dog, feeding the cats, starting the coffee, then turning on the weather channel. Right now, it's the main reason I haven't ditched the tv!

[Tuckervill]

I'm a weather junkie. There is something about growing up with my mom, who was a Boy Scouts den mother...the idea of "be prepared" was imprinted on me at an early age. (We never run out of anything in my house, especially toilet paper. My mother was NOT like that, by the way.) I just don't feel right if I don't know if I'll need a jacket or an umbrella or a bottle of water.

I live where the weather is very unstable during certain times of the year. (Tornadoes, etc.) I want to know ahead of time!

One of my very good friends just looks outside when she occasionally thinks to check the weather before she leaves the house, and then just "makes do" when she doesn't have a jacket and it's chilly. I admire her make-do attitude, but I just can't emulate it.

Karen

[OakLeaf]

I feel unprepared if I haven't checked the hourly weather graph to know whether the wind's going to be changing direction or speed.

Did I mention I'm a geek?

[Norse]

Local weather is the first thing I check in the morning and last thing before bed at night. Then again, in MN our weather can change drastically in a matter of hours and we sometimes see the extremes of either end so lots of folks here are weather junkies.

[shootingstar]

One of my very good friends just looks outside when she occasionally thinks to check the weather before she leaves the house, and then just "makes do" when she doesn't have a jacket and it's chilly. I admire her make-do attitude, but I just can't emulate it.

Karen

And there are some people here who feel comfortable enough not to bring an umbrella along even though the sky and forecast clearly looks like rain. Or some people in Toronto, who don't even wear boots when there is sufficient snow. If possible, I like to be prepared to be somewhat dry/warm. Since moving to Vancouver, I do pay attention to weather forecast for need or not for a jacket-- the summers here to me, still have a Pacific cool edge despite long-time Vancouverites complaining about high heat in summer...when our summer temp. really reach at most 80-85 degrees F and that's not every single summer day. Humidex doesn't even compare to central Canada.

[Chile Pepper]

I always check. I use two internet weather reports--accuweather and a Chilean service. They never agree, so I pick the least favorable. I also generally assume that any predictions of rain are just wishful thinking.

[Starfish]

I only check by looking outside: what weather is hovering over the water, the mountains? Is there ice on the bird bath or not? Do I need a fire this morning or not?

But, several years ago I had a job where it was my duty to check and record the rainfall every day. It was an area that could get a LOT of measurable rainfall. For awhile, I got very obsessed with it, and really enjoyed the measuring. My family did not really understand why I thought rainfall measurers were such a fun gift at Christmas!

[Fredwina]

I usually check by looking outside, too, but I live where it doesn't rain at all for 6 months at a time
What will be will be, the future's not our to see is my motto with forecasts(apologies to Doris Day)