#The Weather Forecaster's Song

 The Weather Forecaster's Song

I forecast the weather and I love my job

Because I can’t do no wrong

No matter what I forecast I can’t be blamed

Every day it’s the same sing-song

I will tell you it might rain or it might snow

The sun may even appear

Every night on TV I’ll make a big show

And I do this without fear

I just flip my coin in my secret room

Rain or shine it don’t matter to me

Will I forecast gloom and doom

Heads or tails, what will it be?

Will the sun shine or will there be a storm

To be honest I have no clue

How the weather pattern will perform

Sometimes I truly wish I knew

With weather satellites to track the clouds

And other high-tech gizmos

I still don’t know what it’s all about

None of us weather people really knows

My job is secure, for life you might say

I work for the government you see

With this job I will always stay

For the benefits and the security.

So let me give you some advice

If the weather you want to know

Check in the Farmer’s Almanac

Or just look out of your window

© 2014 Herbert Grosshans

It’s enough to drive you crazy. Last night the all-knowing weather-people forecast the temperature to drop down to 4 C. They didn’t say ‘Risk of Frost’ like the night before, but 4 C is close enough to worry. So we covered up my wife’s newly planted flowers and my garden. I’m mainly concerned with my tomatoes and peppers. And the cucumbers. None of them like cold. And we do this work around midnight after watching the news. The night before we didn’t get to bed before 1:00 a.m. So we weren’t happy to go through this whole thing again. In the dark, or semi-dark. We do have bright lights on our house and we can light up most of the yard. In addition, I wear a headlamp.

Covering up everything is not too bad. We are prepared. I have huge tarps and burlap. Also a large number of ice-cream pails and plastic pots we saved over the years from all the shrubs and small trees we bought to be planted in our yard. But it still takes time to do it, especially at night.

Friday night it actually did go down to the predicted temperature, but last night it didn’t. When I checked this morning at 6:00 a.m. it was 9 C. They were completely wrong with their forecast. To add insult to injury this morning it started raining. Not much but enough to make the grass wet. That rain had not been forecast either. So my wife and I rushed out at around 8:00 a.m. to remove the tarps and the burlap from my garden. It is not good to have wet burlap, and, of course, we need the rain water for the plants. No sooner were we finished the rain stopped and the sun appeared.

I want to strangle those weather forecasters! Unfortunately, we can’t ignore their warnings, because there is a good chance they may just be right. Fat chance but it could happen.