(quote taken directly from NPR weather watches and warnings)
SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORY
THE HOTTEST DAY ON THE PACIFIC COAST WILL BE TODAY...WHEREAS THE INTERIOR WILL WARM SEVERAL MORE DEGREES ON SATURDAY. EXPECT HIGHS ON THE COAST TO BE IN THE 70S ON SATURDAY WHILE THE INTERIOR WILL BE MAINLY IN THE LOWER 80S. SOME LOCALES HOWEVER IN THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS AND CASCADE VALLEYS WILL HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S.
DURING HOT SPELLS...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...AVOID OVER EXERTION... LIMIT TIME SPENT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT...AND CHECK UP ON ELDERLY RELATIVES OR NEIGHBORS. ALSO...PROTECT PETS FROM THE DANGERS OF HOT WEATHER. NEVER LEAVE THEM IN A PARKED CAR ON A HOT DAY.
The hell? Did we just get a weather warning for 70 degree weather?
At first I thought they had to be joking (broadcasters around here have a great sense of humor) but as I took my walk this morning people were in fact stumbling about while squinting at the strange yellow orb in the sky and looking a bit scared. Mothers were hastily applying SPF 50 to their childrens' faces or simply ushering them back to the safety of indoors.
That's it. I've had it. People up here are just friggin weird.
Now don't get me wrong, I love Seattle. The city and it's weather. I truly enjoy rain. Always have. But these people don't just have an unnatural affinity to grey skies, they actually DESPISE the sun. I've read that heliophobia occurs in less than .001% of the population, if that's true, then every single one of them lives in the Pacific North West.
But before any of you smug San Diegans even chuckle at this idiocy, let me remind you of the severe storm warning we had a few years ago down there for a quarter inch of rain that fell over the course of 6 days and the subsequent panic, confusion and general mayhem it caused on every road, freeway and biking trail in the region.
Anyway, my son and I decided to take advantage of the heat wave and do some gardening. I dug a pair of dusty shorts out of storage and headed outside. I could sense my neighbors peering at us through the blinds of their windows in what must have been shocked disbelief that I would so recklessly expose my infant son to the elements. I'll probably be getting a visit from child services any minute now.
2 comments:
thats hilarious. its like 90 or 100 at times where I work...with no AC... blacktops for the kids to hang out on and little shade because all the buildings are all spread out. still we are all expected to work and perform like normal non-cooking human beings. but 70 degress is just plain nice.
Ive been checking Oxford weather daily too just to see the comparison...it was 70 there last week. seattle offocially has no balls.
I commend the people of Seatle for their incredible toughness in "suffering" through these past 5 months of inclement extremes. I for one would have moved. Who knows, by summer's end people will have probably suffer from temporary hyperpigmentation changes (known as tanning in San Diego). wsw
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