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Ok on to “we’re having a lot of weather lately …”
Years ago an older member of the family made the above
comment, causing us to giggle at her rather “unusual” expression, although we
all knew what she meant. Living in the UK it’s easy to understand what “a lot of
weather” conveys. When Vito came to the
UK for the first time, he sat watching the weather forecast a couple of days
after arriving with a bemused expression on his face.
“How can they show a map of the UK with every kind of
weather symbol on it all at the same time?
“Wait” I replied.
We hadn’t reached the end of the week before he told me nodding
wisely, “now I understand”.
This morning, opening the shutters once more to see a dismally
overcast sky and feel nippy air on my face, I found myself wondering what on
earth was going on.
It’s June now for goodness sake! I can’t remember it ever being so cold here at
this time of year, nor remember the weather being so changeable. In
the UK it’s normal to go out in June in a summer dress and sandals and wish you
were wearing a winter coat by midday, but here? By now the sun is usually
shining brightly in a cloudless blue sky, the temperature well up in the 80s, and the heat with a really fierce “bite” to it too.
Instead this year the temperature charts are well below average and
nothing is constant except for inconstancy although it’s true, the result can sometimes be
pretty.
Shades of “The Day after Tomorrow?” Or a replay of “The Year without a Summer “ (1816)
which from reports sound not too dissimilar to this year?
The Day after Tomorrow – could it really happen?
Another Year without a summer – is it possible?
Are we in for a horror scenario for real in the near future?
I don’t know but one thing for sure, this piling on of clothes,
and then stripping off a while later only to get dressed again within minutes is
far too reminiscent of the menopause for my liking.
Roll on summer
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