Monday, January 18, 2010

What is this strange word of which you speak?



This is the forecast that popped up when I fired up the computer this morning.

Today: Rain. Highs in the mid 50s. South wind around 10 mph early in the morning
becoming light...then becoming east around 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Rain in the evening...then rain likely after midnight. Lows in
the mid 40s. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a 40
percent chance of rain. Highs in the upper 50s. South wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Cloudy with rain likely. Lows in the lower 40s. South
wind around 10 mph in the evening becoming light. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Wednesday: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the mid
50s. West wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Cloudy with rain likely.
Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday: Rain. Highs
in the mid 50s.

Thursday Night: Rain. Lows in the mid 40s.

Friday: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.

Friday Night: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows in the lower
40s.

Saturday: Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs in the mid
50s.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s.

Sunday: Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of
rain. Highs in the mid 50s.

Do you see any particular word recurring here? Do you see anything wrong with that word being used so often? I do.

Hint: It's a freakin' desert!!!!

2 comments:

Grange95 said...

We have deserts in America, we just don't live in them!--Sam Kinison

Matthew Yauch said...

With four out of the next five days off I was planning on hitting up the park, doing some reading, enjoying outdoors. You better believe if I see the sun for 5 minutes I'm flying out the door. I moved here to avoid this.