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It's All About The Weather!
Posted On 07/16/2015 14:14:40 by yourchoice

We all seem to like to talk about the weather, perhaps thinking that it will do some good! We don't have severe weather conditions where we live (except perhaps the occasional blizzard in the winter), as some of the events that I hear about in other areas, but we still talk about it. Being from a farming background, the common complaints I grew up with were...  


  • too hot
  • too cold
  • too dry
  • too wet
  • too windy
  • not enough breeze
  • too much rain
  • not enough rain
  • we need more snow
  • we're sick of all the snow


Question? Did any of those complaints help to make us happier and/or more content?

I got to thinking about this after the MAIN news item on our local radio station this morning. Heavy rains during the night and early morning had flooded a substation downtown and the rapid transit was not working. People stood in the rain for more than two hours, waiting for public bus transportation to pick them up and get them to within walking distance of their work. It was all the fault of the city... why weren't they quicker with the buses. I can only imagine the challenge the city of over a million people were dealing with that major power outage. In my books, getting wet would not be high on their priority list... there were emergency situations to deal with! And... if the work force was late to their downtown jobs, their workplace was also without power. 

We are so dependant on electricity, that when the weather interrupts our power supply, the rants begin. We expect instant remedies. What happens to people in areas of the world where they don't have electrical power, cause by weather, flooding, war, isolation? How do they survive? I've experienced a wee taste of it when I was growing up on the farm. No electricity, no running water, no telephone. That's when ingenuity kicks in!

In my "never-to-be-humble" opinion (thanks Dr. Laura), we are spoiled rotten!!!!

Tags: Talking Rants Electricity



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07/24/2015 07:47:02

When speaking about electricity, I am thinking about the fridge and the  prepared food inside it... We are suffering from a heatwave  at this moment which seems to last for ever and ever... And without AC or fans, the humidity is terrible! Thanks for the blog and the comments. Loved them all. Only if it were just a bit cooler at home!  



07/17/2015 13:29:48


StoryBoat wrote:

"Iced" coffee, Mona?  How will you make your ice without electricity?  lol

No problem, Kath! Columbian Instant coffee will blend with cold water; then add ice! We can enjoy brewed coffee again when the lights come on!!!!!



07/16/2015 16:41:38

Are we not living in a 'moaning sociey' today who if they were not moaning about the weather they would be moaning about something else.

The days of making the best of a bad situation are long gone



07/16/2015 16:16:38


kiwibarb wrote:

I don't think those comments were ever intended to make anyone happier or more content, but rather to share their feelings with others, and possibly to find agreement from someone else that their complaint is justified. Yes, of course we are spoilt, and without electricity our way of life would be drastically impaired. At one time I had several alternatives for boiling water, for instance. One was a wood burner stove and another was a gas ring. These days if we have a power outage, this spoilt person has no means of even making coffee.

Barb, you've made great points, and much of it I agree with. What got me on this "path" is the fact that our daughter and family live ON the fault line that runs up the west coast of North America. Even though they have been told for years that the anticipated mega earthquake is not "if" it will happen, but "when" it will happen. As she said, for some years after the quake that hit San Francisco, they had been diligent in keeping their "earthquake stash", but have become lax. For those who may/will survive such a disaster, how will they live without electricity, water, etc. That is very "thought-provoking", and may cause some to do some "what if" planning!

And I'm with you, Barb, I can't imagine a day without at least several cups of coffee!!!!! We may have to get to enjoy more iced coffee!





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