Trippy
As I was taking Sammy out on his last walk before bed just now, I glanced up at the sky and nearly fell over from dizziness. There were two layers of clouds moving in ORTHOGONAL directions, one layer moving VERY QUICKLY and the other moving about half as quickly.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen clouds do that, especially at the clip at which they were zipping along tonight. There was no wind at all at ground level, but the lower atmosphere was a mash-up of excitement, as if all the clouds were hustling off in different directions on missions of great import*. The whole scene, in calming blues and blacks and grays, had the eerie feel of a silent apocalypse.
Have I mentioned that I find clouds absolutely fascinating? Perhaps I ought to be a meteorologist.
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* Maybe they were on their way to dump a little sorely-needed rain on a farmer’s drought-stricken field**. (I will assume they are benevolent clouds until I have reason to believe otherwise.)
** My nitpickiness compels me to state, for clarification, that the field in question is probably in South America (i.e., where people might grow things in February). Which also explains why the clouds are in such a hurry, as it’s rather far from here.
Tags: miscellany
February 11th, 2006 at 9:08 am
Well, Natalie, just because they are probably growing things in February in South America doesn’t mean we don’t need the rain here. In fact, up until mid-January, we were 23 inches below our average rainfall for a 12 month period, which severely affects the levels of resevoirs throughought our region. These resevoirs feed rivers which keep fish alive, and also are channeled through irrigation systems throughout the great plains of Texas to keep our soil moist during the hot hot summer months. so please don’t send the rain to South America. They have rain forests down there, so there’s no need to worry abou them.
Cheers,
Greg-o
February 11th, 2006 at 9:22 am
But we just got rain here. Remember yesterday? When it was raining? And all the rain came down and made things wet?
I’m not saying it was 23 inches’ worth, but maybe they’re running behind schedule (hence the hurrying) and gave us a little splash on their way to help someone else.
Also, I do not control the weather; I merely observe.
February 12th, 2006 at 10:57 pm
Eek. Given plenty moisture and heat and whatnot, that be tornado weather.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
I know! Good thing it was cold. A tornado in winter would be…craziness.