[TAC] Weather this winter

[Hank Kohl]

English:  "Are the caterpillars wooly?"
French: "Sont-ils les tracteurs à chenilles wooly?"
If the reply is: "Oui, et eux portent des carharts cette année!" we may 
want to pack heavy clothes!

Soixante-dix trois et au revoir,
Le canard

<plus de>

On 8/29/05, Kurt T. Meyers <pasteur at bex.net> wrote:
> Hank and the gang:
> 
> I don't know how well any of you know Toledo, but one characteristic in this
> corner of the world is suspicion of all experts. "What does he/she know?" is
> the common accusation. It's rubbed off on me.
> 
> When I lived in Cleveland, Ohio, and was getting interested in organic
> gardening, I swallowed the Farmer's Almanac "hook, line, and sinker" as to
> moon phases, planting time for various types of crops and so on. What a
> bunch of nonsense! It never made any difference!
> 
> I'll look up the French word for caterpillar (which I'm not sure I can spell
> in English), telephone Maxotel and see what color the wooly caterpillars are
> there. The darker they are: the tougher the winter. The lighter they are:
> the milder the winter. That's at least as reliable as the Farmer's Almanac.
> 
> Speaking of that, I'm going to head over to Swan Creek Metropark to look for
> caterpillars.
> 
> 73, W8IQ
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hank Kohl" <hank.k8dd at gmail.com>
> To: "Thumb (MI) Area Contesters (and DX'ers)" <tac at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:28 PM
> Subject: [TAC] Weather this winter
> 
> 
> Although the past two years on Miquelon have been in the 40's, here is
> another view of what this winter is going to be like!
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------
> 
>  Almanac Warns of Temperature Fluctuations
>  By JERRY HARKAVY, Associated Press Writer  2 hours,  21 minutes ago
> 
>  LEWISTON, Maine - Get your sweaters, mittens and hats ready. The
> Farmers' Almanac warns that the coming winter will bring unusually
> sharp fluctuations in temperature, and says readers "may be reminded
> of riding a roller, or in this case, 'polar' coaster."
> 
> 
> "Mother Nature seems to be in the mood for some amusement this winter
> season," the almanac said in its 2006 edition, just off the presses.
> 
> The coldest weather will be in the Northeast, which also will get
> plenty of snow, the almanac said. It predicts cold weather for the
> South and Mid-Atlantic regions and snowy but mild weather in the Great
> Lakes and Midwest.
> 
> Parts of the Rockies and the Great Plains may have drier-than-normal
> weather, adding to the area's continuing drought, but
> wetter-than-normal weather is predicted for the Pacific Northwest and
> lower Texas.
> 
> The 189-year-old almanac claims 80 percent to 85 percent accuracy for
> the forecasts written under the name Caleb Weatherbee.
> 
> The forecasts are prepared two years in advance using a secret formula
> based on sunspots, the position of the planets and the tidal action of
> the moon, said editor Peter Geiger.
> 
> The         National Weather Service  questions the accuracy of such
> long-range forecasts, but almanac officials say its predictions stack
> up well against those of traditional meteorologists.
> 
> Chris Vaccaro, a weather service spokesman in Silver Spring, Md.,
> wouldn't comment on the almanac's predictions without knowing "the
> methodology or algorithms" used to produce them, but said any forecast
> more than a week in advance is subject to change.
> 
> The almanac, not to be confused with the New Hampshire-based Old
> Farmer's Almanac 24 years its senior, claims a circulation of nearly 5
> million. Most are sold to businesses that give them away as a goodwill
> promotion. Other versions are sold by retailers in the United States
> and Canada.
> 
> This year's almanac contains the usual mix of recipes, anecdotes,
> corny jokes, quizzes and helpful hints.
> 
> "In today's busy world, people want an escape," said managing editor
> Sondra Duncan. "They look to the almanac to connect to the simple
> pleasures."
> 
> Pumpkins get plenty of ink this year, first in recipes that include
> pumpkin pie, pumpkin gratin, pumpkin dip and pumpkin pancakes.
> 
> But an article also describes how a hollowed-out pumpkin can be used
> as a boat, as is done each year at the Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin
> Festival and Regatta in Nova Scotia.
> 
> Potential participants beware: "Your pumpkin, or personal vegetable
> craft (PVC) as they are known, can rarely be used twice due to
> structural ravages," the almanac says.
> 
> ___
> 
> On the Net:
> 
> Farmers' Almanac: http://www.farmersalmanac.com
> 
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