Snow day

When I was a kid, and because I was a teacher for many years, all the way up until I was in my early 40’s the word snow day brought warm, fuzzy, happy feelings. It still does, but not as much as it used to — since I work from home for a consulting company [...]

More Weather in Illinois

As I type this, I can only see the house next door to the one in which I grew up — anything beyond that is lost in a milk-mixed-with-water looking  fog. Dense fog advisories as well as flash flood warnings are in effect. And it is 51 degrees out there. Yesterday the problem was icy [...]

White Christmas? You Betcha!

Depending on your definition of a white Christmas* — it looks like we’ll have one this year.  If we get to Elgin at all, that is. We’re flying to O’Hare and then taking a taxi to Elgin. Wish us luck.
Issued by The National Weather Service
Chicago, IL
5:52 am CST, Tue., Dec. 23, 2008
… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY [...]

What’s up with the weather?

It’s the middle of November for heaven sakes and we have a tornado watch in effect. It’s nearly 70 degrees outside and as humid as the Amazonia exhibit at the National Zoo.
It’s either global warming or our second Indian [...]

Reduced to weather talk

This morning I was surprised to see the temperature was 56 degrees at 8:00 am. I checked to make sure it wasn’t the attic temperature I was looking at (we have one of those digital thermometers that show four different channels). No, it was set on channel 2 – outdoors. By the time I [...]