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Extreme weather boosts creativity

Samuel Johnson wrote that “When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.” The good doctor wrote that in 1758, long before the conversation of Englishmen was informed by the hyperbolic outrage of London’s present tabloids. Just lately it seems he might amend his phrasing to “their only talk.”
The British are in a weather frenzy. Snow has shut down Heathrow Airport essentially for five days. Other airports are stuttering, trains are barely operating, roads…
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Added by Matt Rees on December 23, 2010 at 10:06pm — 1 Comment

Lousy Weather

You can't go out and rake those leaves with the wind blowing.
You can't finish sorting the stuff in the garage into give-away, throw-away and put-away piles with the rain and the damp.
You can't go for a walk. Well, you could, but you'd be wet and miserable in five minutes.


You might as well write something.

Added by Peg Herring on November 6, 2009 at 10:22pm — No Comments

Making deserts bloom

Jerusalem endures both suffocating dust and torrential downpours as Middle East confronts water shortage.By Matt Beynon Rees - GlobalPost

Published: February 23, 2009 12:02 ET



JERUSALEM — When you experience the weather here, you start to understand how the biblical prophets found such great material for their doomy prognostications. Last week high temperatures had locals wearing T-shirts in midwinter, then a… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on March 2, 2009 at 7:57pm — No Comments

Oh, the Weather Outside Is Frightful

I guess Winter decided not to wait for its official entry date. Michigan got hit big-time with snow yesterday and is expecting more ... and more. Being a native, I know that one has to look at the bright side.



First, it's pretty. The trees are hung with white, the ground is smoothed and uniform.

Second, it's probably necessary in some geo-scientific way. Snow is water, water is good, right?

Third, it slows everybody down, at least the intelligent ones. You'd best not be in… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on December 2, 2008 at 9:41pm — No Comments

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