[SOC] Amish Weather Stick

[Rob Matherly]

Hi All;

In the midst of the first storm 'o the year, and was trying to remember
something my Earth Science teacher used to have outside his window.  It was
a green stick (no, not the color green) that had all it's bark removed.
About 2 feet long, 1/4 at the base and 1/8 at the tip.  Basically a longish
twig freshly snapped from an unsuspecting tree...

Anyway, you stuck the thing outside, parallel to the ground.  If it pointed
up, it meant one thing, and if it pointed down it meant another (no
perverted jokes... ;^)).  Something in the weather changing caused one side
of the stick to shrink, thus you could use it to indicate the weather.
When the system passed, the stick returned to normal.  Something the Amish
came up with.

Here's the point of all this... what in the %#$^ was it the stick was
supposed to point out?  Anyone know?  I think up meant rain if I remember
correctly...

And no, this isn't a crock of bs :^)  We observed the stick once a day for
a month and graphed it compared to the weather.  It was never wrong.

72/73/oo
Rob, kc0bom
ARRL; FP Qrp -330; Live-Wire #442; IA QRP #143; SOC #497; QRPp-I #19

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