[SOC] Re: [fpqrp] Amish Weather Stick

[George, W5YR]

Sounds a lot like the used by "water witchers" who claimed to be able to
find underground water by "dowsing." Some used wire rods or even bent coat
hangars . . .

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Rob Matherly wrote:
> 
> 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.