| "I wish I could, but I don't have time". "Sorry, but | | | | chance it will rain if we've just washed our car. |
| I have too much to do". "Maybe I can fit it in next | | | | We also know that there's a good chance it won't |
| week". Monday turns into Thursday and Thursday | | | | rain if we carry our umbrellas all day. |
| turns into the following month. I feel like a dog | | | | If weather forecasters predict partly cloudy skies, |
| chasing its tail. It's time to stop and smell the beef | | | | I know more about them than I do about the |
| jerky treat. | | | | upcoming weather. They're pessimists. If they |
| It's time to enjoy the reason we moved to | | | | were optimists, they'd predict partly sunny skies. |
| Southern California - the weather. For my | | | | In the musical, "Man from La Mancha", Don |
| husband and me living in the East had become | | | | Quixote sings, "Whether I'm right or whether I'm |
| one of those four-letter words - snow. Now I'm | | | | wrong - I've got to be me". If you change the |
| addicted to sunshine. | | | | word whether to weather, you've got the |
| If it rains, I try to remember what my | | | | perfect theme song for all weather forecasters. |
| grandmother used to say, "If there wasn't rain, | | | | Unfortunately, these people need our sympathy |
| what would umbrella makers do?" Well, | | | | more than they need a theme song. If their |
| Grandmother, they could become Southern | | | | weather reports get lower rating than their |
| California weather forecasters. | | | | competition does, they're weather beaten. |
| You don't need formal training. All you need is | | | | Family and friends living in the Midwest, as well as |
| good hair and a charming smile. The smile is very | | | | the East, give Southern California weather low |
| useful when they explain why their weather | | | | ratings because we don't have seasons. I can |
| predictions weren't accurate. | | | | weather the storm of their jealousy - especially |
| Forecasting weather in Southern California isn't | | | | November through March. |
| any harder than forecasting nighttime. Instead of | | | | After all, it's been scientifically proven that |
| having a degree in meteorology, weather | | | | weather affects our moods. For me sunshine |
| forecasters should have windows in their offices. | | | | makes me feel happy, rain makes me feel |
| The average Southern Californians don't have a | | | | depressed and fog makes me feel lonely. |
| barometer, humidity readings and satellite pictures | | | | However, when we lived in New Jersey, snow |
| to predict rain. We know that there's a good | | | | made me feel like - moving. |