Comments on Of Cabbages and Kings: Weather or Not

Angelawd- I have to say, that sounds like a not-so...

2010-01-07T05:50:55.323-05:00

Angelawd- I have to say, that sounds like a not-so-fun way to start off the New Year. "Hey, honey, let's start 2010 off with some stormwatching!" :) While I'm glad you've gotten to witness this behavior first hand, I'm sorry it was for a holiday.

This post completely lost me until I went to visit...

2010-01-06T18:28:57.869-05:00

This post completely lost me until I went to visit my inlaws over New Years. People really do this! I'm...flabbergasted. And I don't like it.

CatLady- I take the same approach. Unless there...

2009-12-30T10:24:26.844-05:00

CatLady- I take the same approach. Unless there's something I need to accomplish at a certain time that's weather-dependent, I don't really give it a lot of thought.

Berowne- Ah, yes-- having friends in New Jersey, I know how that works! Happy New Year to you, too!

Barry- Do I detect you are disavowing any responsibility for your meteorological devices? :) Hmmm....

Our house has a thrmometer that tracks highs and l...

2009-12-30T08:27:07.128-05:00

Our house has a thrmometer that tracks highs and lows - etc you can tell how cold it got last night or how hot yesterday - etc.. But it isn't mine. Also there is a rain gage on the fence that I have been asked to empty when it has filled during a storm. Once again - it is not me :P

Whatever the weather may be, when it hits my son&#...

2009-12-30T08:10:35.872-05:00

Whatever the weather may be, when it hits my son's place in Pennsylvania I know it will hit us here in CT in a few hours.
As accurate as any TV weather broadcast.
Happy New Year!

My ex used to be a total weather freak, although w...

2009-12-29T20:21:58.622-05:00

My ex used to be a total weather freak, although we never had cable so he didn't know the joys of TWC. Mostly he's just freak out if there was even a hint of a storm. My attitude is, if it snows, I'll deal with it.

Mooog- I think those women aren't really meteo...

2009-12-29T05:56:28.926-05:00

Mooog- I think those women aren't really meteorologists; they're aspiring anchorwomen who happen to read the weather from the monitors. :)

Jay- "He was pathetically grateful." That cracked me up as I can see my dad getting really excited about that. In fact, I imagine he has at least one device along those lines. He also has an atomic clock and some thing that tells him the phases of the moon and where they are at any given moment. So he doesn't have to go outside and look up.

Bob- I suspect it just has to do with how much time a person has to dedicate to something they can't control. If you have a big to-do list of items you CAN control, it may seem more effective to chip away at that. Of course, if you have giant hurricanes or tsunamis barreling down on you every few days, it's probably wise to keep on top of it. :)

Mike- Take two hours of TWC and email me in the morning. You'll be feeling better soon. :)

Before I leave a comment on this post, I need to c...

2009-12-28T23:45:52.674-05:00

Before I leave a comment on this post, I need to check my Weatherbug gadget on my Windows desktop. Hmmm. It's 24 degrees F outside, and we're supposed to get a high of 42 degrees tomorrow with a low of 21 degrees. No snow in the forecast for at least seven days, though, so that's good. Ohhh, I and see Miami's going to be in the high 60s and 70s this week. Fantastic!

Anyway, I don't think people can be addicted to the weather, Jen. It's not like alcohol, or heroin. So this column just seems silly to me.

I knew I'd learn something, Jenn, popping in l...

2009-12-28T20:17:03.960-05:00

I knew I'd learn something, Jenn, popping in like I do now several times a year. Lisa may be right, women grow up being used to things they can't control (children and things) and are not fascinated by the weather. Reading all the above made me realize how many pictures I have taken of the weather from the Hovel 'studio' in the last year, but then I spend hours and hours EDITING them on Photoshop! Nature is not good enough for me, or when the weather is boring I have to help it be interesting? Whatever! I don't care, Corfu has a perfect climate, you females from cold climates think too much! No, that's all wrong.....now you've confused me.. My latest post is crap...leave visiting for a day or two...I'll get some CAT pictures out. HNY all.

I'm probably safe, because it's OH who is ...

2009-12-28T18:53:33.878-05:00

I'm probably safe, because it's OH who is the weather junkie in this house. He is totally addicted to both weather and time (accurate to the nth millonth part of a second, thanks to the atomic clock), and has been for a while now. I bought him a weather station a while back but it started playing up (he couldn't tell exactly how many millibars of pressure we'd had at 3.30am last Wednesday week) so I bought him a new one for his birthday. He was pathetically grateful.

It's an epidemic, I tell ya.

I want to know when meteorology became a hotbed as...

2009-12-28T13:48:39.956-05:00

I want to know when meteorology became a hotbed as a career choice for hot women.

I mean, this TOTALLY would have changed my degree choice in Advanced Fryolator Operation.

Jen- I think your fascination with the weather in ...

2009-12-28T13:35:01.197-05:00

Jen- I think your fascination with the weather in the context, however, is sort of like rubbernecking when there's been an accident. Big snow quantities are just enticing because they're so hard to comprehend.

Thank you for sharing your addiction with us here. :)

I am the weather person in the family. Only during...

2009-12-28T13:08:04.590-05:00

I am the weather person in the family. Only during storms however, I haven't graduated to full blown TWC all day long...yet. We had that storm over Christmas, it never seemed to end. Prior to the storm hitting I was glued to TWC. I enjoyed them going out on a limb predicting the snowfall amounts. We were supposed to get two feet of snow at one point but only ended up with about 15 inches. Now that it's over I only check in on the 8's. I do tend to watch more in the summer time to try to predict my water and A/C usage.

Jaffer- In that context, her weather interest was ...

2009-12-28T11:53:59.224-05:00

Jaffer- In that context, her weather interest was quite poetic. :)

Question of the day: do you have a weather bug in ...

2009-12-28T11:08:44.957-05:00

Question of the day: do you have a weather bug in your family?

Yes. My Late Gradma Selma

She used to say - After a drought of an extended period, the first rain drops will usually fall on a Thursday

And, The sun is usually the harshest of Fridays.

(There is a religious theme to it if you are wondering)

Lisa- I get the EXACT same dialog from my dad. Som...

2009-12-28T10:51:44.802-05:00

Lisa- I get the EXACT same dialog from my dad. Some of it is wanting to rub it in that he's somewhere warm and I'm not. But some of it is just pure weather love.

That's my dad too. I don't think you have ...

2009-12-28T10:42:52.174-05:00

That's my dad too. I don't think you have to worry about becoming a Weather Addict. You're a woman. It's a man thing, I've found. Just look at my brother and his freak out last week about the weather stuff. You see? It's a man thing...totally. My dad is worse when he's going to be traveling somewhere far away, or if he is already there. He'll be on the phone with me and say "I see it's snowing up where you are. Our temps are 70 down here..." (If they are in North Carolina in the winter). The other day when I went down to visit, I turned on the TV and there it was -- left on the Weather Channel.

Da Old Man- Heh, so you had one, too, eh? Beer ...

2009-12-28T10:06:14.914-05:00

Da Old Man- Heh, so you had one, too, eh?

Beer Drinker- I certainly understand about hurricanes. But when you start checking what weather various family members have in their non-hurricane areas, it goes beyond self-preservation. :)

Hmmm. Well, my dad did have a rain gauge in our ya...

2009-12-28T09:56:29.451-05:00

Hmmm. Well, my dad did have a rain gauge in our yard growing up, and we used to record rainfall. No we weren't farmers, so I think it has to do with the proximity to the National Weather Service just 20 miles from our house and actually on the map you've chosen.

Where I live now in S. FL, weather can = death for the 6 months of hurricane season, so it is important. I guess you could just look for the lines at the gas station or for your grocery store to look like it was bombed, but the weather channel is more handy!

OMG, yes. My Dad became obsessed with the weathe...

2009-12-28T09:48:20.525-05:00

OMG, yes.

My Dad became obsessed with the weather in in his later years. Particularly the 5 day forecast just in case he was thinking about going out later in the week.