An Interesting Story About Me, the Internet and Weather
Before I left for work today I went to Weather.com and looked what the forecast was for today. There was a Partly Cloudy picture and it said 75 degrees. I head to work. When I get there and start-up internet explorer, Google’s weather image is lightning. WHAT THE FUCK?!? I know weather can change but the days forecast can’t change from Partly Cloudy to FUCKING LIGHTNING in 30 minutes.
In disbelief I go to my office’s homepage to see what their weather box say. Lightning. Now, I’ve been using Weather.com for yours. Does this mean for years I’ve been fooled into using a inferior service by a simple web address? As I contemplate, I turn in my chair and look out the large window and look at the partly cloudy sky. I decide to prod further.
My office’s homepage has a link to AccuWeather.com, so I click it to get more information. AccuWeather.com’s current forecast was partly cloudy. I scroll down to the days forecast. The day is broken into Today and Tonight. BOTH ARE LIGHTNING! Now this is getting ridiculous. It’s time to bust out the hourly forecast.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Rain | Rain | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy |
Ok, well that explains the lack of lightning now. But still no reason for today’s forecast to be Lightning. What’s the afternoon look like? I click the link for the afternoon.
| 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy | Lightning | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy |
Umm … are you telling me an hour of rain that will probably be a thunderstorm is enough to call the whole day Thunderstorm with Lightning? I’m not sure about that one.
By the way, at about 4:30 it started pouring. It’s still raining now and I have to leave. I have no umbrella.
