Twisted Twisters, or: Breaking Wind
Some say the best advice when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your insurance paid up and update your will. My advice is just as simple: At the beginning of March, dig a big […]
Tag: bad weather
So, I Set Fire to My Snowblower
If you’ve followed me long enough, you’ve probably heard of the Infamous Exploding Lawn Mower Incident. But probably not–it happened a very long time ago, when my main social media was LiveJournal. Maybe I’ll track […]
An Ode to Odious Winter
As months go by and seasons change We watch the outside rearrange Nature knows a change is due, And it’s not hard to see a clue Like puppies frozen to a tree While going […]
Don’t Sweat Air Conditioner Problems
We had an unusually cool spring, but we noticed a problem during the first heat wave of the year: Our big window air conditioner blew air just fine, but that air wasn’t conditioned. I don’t […]
My Grumpy Mother Nature Song
Is it just me, or has Mother Nature been, this year … grouchy? Surly? Cross? Cantankerous? Yeah, I thought so, too. Maybe we brought it on ourselves, the way everyone has been storming at each […]
Winterizing: Not For the Weak
It can be nice to sit in our house and let the summer breeze blow past. Or, to get even more breeze, we could open the windows. My house leaks like a Washington insider. Over […]
A Hot Time In Every Town
I realized while going through old blogs that I write about winter way more often than summer. Like most humor writers, my work is usually about stuff I’d be complaining about anyway, so there you […]
Breaking Winds With Twisted Twisters
This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Here are some useful safety tips from actual experts: https://www.in.gov/dhs/get-prepared/nature-safety/severe-weather-preparedness/ Some say the best advice you can give when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your […]
A Real Weather Wizard
Seasonal changes can get confusing. Of course, every place in the world has the same expression: If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes: It’ll change. (There are possible exceptions, such as, say, the […]
A Dark and Seriously Stormy Night
I complain about winter weather a lot, so maybe it’s time to complain about something else: Spring weather. Yes, spring arrived, kind of, like the proverbial lion. The last […]