Breath our scents, walk our landscape, hear our melodic dialects, delight in our savory morsels, touch each rich texture, and the southern essence remains a mystery. The ethereal south, unfathomable to the five senses, lives in the heart. If you believe in magic, and can survive the devastating passions of an open heart, just possibly, you stand a chance of living a moment as a southerner. Most people aren't brave enough to be southerners, even the ones that are.

Saturday, January 19, 2008

It's TRUE! If you don't like our weather, just wait 15 minutes.

This is the kind of local weather set up that turns cocky sure meterologist into blubbering broadcasters who rely on the most technical language they can muster from their scientific background training. Which it turns out, is a convoluted way of talking about upper level wind shear and condensation rates, dew points, jet stream anomalies, etc., to essentially say, in a hidden coded way, "We don't have a #*s%king clue what the weather is going to do." But we locals know.

It might rain. It might snow. It might sleet. It might do all three, or any combination of two of those. Or, it may just stay cold, cloudy and miserable, and do nothing. That's just the nature of the beast, when a high moves down from Canada and a low comes out of the Gulf. It really depends on WHERE they collide. And that's the way it is, here beneath, the Carolina moon.
Posted by Dread who stocked up on cans of salmon, milk, butter, onions, and potatoes to make a stew.

3 comments:

Sandy Kessler said...

what was your weather finally . it looked like a stew to me on T. V.

Beneath the Carolina Moon said...

It rained and nevere got to a freezing temp until it had cleared late in the night. Today its freezing. And they called for 1 to 3 inches of snow and slush. NADA!

Jennifer said...

That sux! Dad, DH and I made a mad dash up there to winterize the parental units house. Left the baby w/ mom. Had we known that, would have taken our time. hey, at least I got 2sewing machines and a serger out of it!!!