by Dick Schilling, "Editor Emeritus"
... on this day on which Memorial Day is observed, even though it isn’t the “real” Memorial Day (that’s May 30) I am thinking about weather.
If forecasts came true, the first few days of June were about 20 degrees cooler than the last few days of May.
This morning, May 28, as Iowa forecasts predicted another high in the upper 90 degree range, I was watching reporters for the weather channel along Florida’s gulf cost wearing North Face parkas in middle 70s temperatures!
And I was thinking about weather yesterday (May 27) afternoon when my home was involved in a power outage, which lasted a couple hours.
When the utility, in response to my contact, said it could take that long to have power restored, I figured I was in serious trouble.
Two hours on one of the warmest days on record with no air conditioner. Not even juice for fans. No electric range. No television.
Goodbye, cruel world.