Tag Archives: weather

Fake Spring Break

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

Today is the first day of Spring Break. It’s been spitting snow all day. It was 38 degrees. The wind chill was 28 degrees. In Alabama. I had to get our taxes done. We have to get a new AC/Heating … Continue reading →

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Caught in a Tornado!

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Caught in a Tornado! Today I was sitting at my desk, trying to finish up grading, when I heard that baseball-sized hail was headed my way. Thinking that I could get home ahead of it, I grabbed my stuff and … Continue reading →

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Rotten Alabama Weather

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

We have a saying in Alabama that if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change. (I said this a couple of weeks ago.) Well, tonight the five minutes can’t come fast enough because we are … Continue reading →

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Gotta Love Alabama Weather

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

We have a saying in Alabama. If you don’t like the weather, wait 5 minutes, and it will change. Today is the perfect example. Here’s how it played out. When I woke up this morning, it was raining and a … Continue reading →

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Bootless in Alabama

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

I felt a little left out today. It was a rainy, stormy day in Alabama, and I didn’t have any rain boots. It’s kinda funny because used to I never saw anybody wearing rain boots around here, and today it … Continue reading →

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Weird Cold Weather Dressing

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

In Alabama, the season shift is a weird thing temperature-wise. When you leave in the morning, it can be 30ish and by noon anywhere from 70-85 degrees, causing some strange sights in attire worn by obviously confused people. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Hot or Cold? I Have THE Answer

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

Cold. Definitely cold. I have always said that I prefer cold weather to hot weather because I can always put on more clothes, but there is a decided limit to what I can take off. Even if you’re naked you … Continue reading →

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Wild Weather in North Alabama

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

I live in the land of wild weather in North Alabama. We have some seriously fluctuating weather patterns here. Today, my international students were complaining that it was COLD. Seriously? Now, I understand that it was 100 degrees just last … Continue reading →

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Weather Control

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

The post a day 2011 topic for today is If You Controlled the Weather, What Would It Be Like Outside Today? It certainly wouldn’t be 94 with a heat index of 100 and a dew point of 70. If I … Continue reading →

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I Think We Could Use a Little Snow

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

Dang it’s hot! I’m pretty sure the temps have sweltered at 95 or above for the last two months–and we are just now entering the dog days of summer. We probably saw more snow last winter than we have in … Continue reading →

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