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“What?” asked my friend, dur
ing a recent weather-centered
conversation.
“What!” she repeated, disbelief
in her voice. “What do you mean
you don’t read the almanac?”
But I do read the almanac. In
fact, I have a collection of alma
nacs. And I do read them. I read
the jokes. I read the recipes, I read
the riddles, I read the puzzles
And yes, I read the weather pre
dictions. But not with any inten
tion of taking them seriously.
(And we don’t plant according
to the signs of the moon. We plant
at planting season as quickly and
practically as we can get manure
hauled out and fields tilled and
ready for the planting equipment.
Who has time to even look at the
moon during 4he spring rush?)
Reportedly, at least some of the
almanacs’ predictions called for a
cold and snowy January. My only
copy on hand for 1994 is a sort of
condensed publication, called Far
mers’ Almanac, published in
Maine. It called - at various times
through the month for rain and
snow, periods of colder, and a
stretch of windy and warmer
weather.
We got all that. Wc even got the
“warmer” part—a move up of the
thermometer from minus
-10-dcgrees to plus-10-degrees.
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The predictions toward the end of
January for showers arid flurries
did coincide well with the last Fri
day of the month. If you can call
the pouring rain which came
through our basement, flooded
area roads and then froze up into
giant skating rinks across the reg
ion “showers.”
What we seem to forget
especially after several years of
relatively warm winters is that
mow, ice, cold, and wind chill
'almanacs haven’t gotten .into
wind chill) arc normal for January.
It all just got more intense and
nore prolonged through this
/car’s stretch of the frigid stuff.
But remember. We also had
heat last July which set records,
didn’t we? If there’s a trend, it
seems to be that whatever we get
will be to extremes. Weather to
the max, if you will.
Just for fun, this past week’s
weather prediction in my almanac
called for an intense storm on the
East Coast through the early part
of the week, then heavy rain tow
ard the weekend.
(I’m writing this more than a
week ahead of publication. How
close were we?)
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hospital during the first three
hours of symptoms.
“Overeating and drinking can
be dangerous for an already over
stressed individual.” says William
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specialist in Kingston, New York.
Dr. Baubie and the American
College of Emergency Physicians
clearing in the Northeast, (Clear
ing cold? Clearing warm? Clear
ing put?) with a major frost in
Florida predicted around the 20th.
Next week the 21st to the 24th
is to be fair and milder, with
near record heat in the Great
Lakes area, then moving to sunny
and pleasant in the Northeast tow
ard die end of the month. Yessss!
Please, please, please let that one
be on target!
See, I really do read the
almanac.
But as for taking any of it more
seriously than light entertainment,
let me just share this. My zodiac
sign - Libra - is described in the
almanac as: “charming.... gra
cious, and having discriminating
taste.... see all sides of an issue....
keep feelings under control, are
impersonal and make fine
mediators.”
For someone who finds herself
becoming more outspoken and
opinionated with each passing
year, the above zodiac description
sums up perfectly why I read and
collect almanacs.
I like to laugh.
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Leant how to recognize the
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■ Decrease Your Chances of
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Dr. Baubie recommends eating
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