Cassi Creek: It’s
cold enough to recall two dozen metaphors and countless euphemisms of the less
polite variety; most dealing with some portion of someone or something’s
anatomy. Except, it’s not cold at all
today, hasn’t been for the last several days.
Currently the temperature, recorded at 1428, is 75.70 °F. For the second day in a row, we have the heat
turned down below ignition and the windows open in several rooms.
The unusually
warm weather concerns me. The potential
for severe weather is increased by the convective patterns in the
atmosphere. However, the Severe Storms
Prediction Center has forecast no severe weather for this region. This branch of the NWS has become remarkably
adept at recognizing conditions that predispose to dangerous weather and in
issuing the appropriate cautions, watches, and warnings.
What has been
forecast for us is a period of heavy rains beginning tonight. We can use the increased water levels in the
aquifer but if the soil becomes saturated and high winds return to the area the
cost in trees and lost utility services will be high.
There is the
potential for another “winterless” winter this year.
We ran a
recovery mission this afternoon, to retrieve an earring that Gloria lost
yesterday while visiting a friend. The
objective was found in the driveway, at a gate that required her to exit her
car. She worried about the loss all
night after discovering it. When we
reached the area she thought was holding the earring, it took less than 60
seconds of searching to find it. Fortunately,
it was undamaged.
We’re looking
for an uneventful week.
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