We’re not doing too well out here. Not well at all. Those of us who are prairie-dwellers turned New Englanders are currently the equivalent of a fatal case of dishpan hands. We can’t take any more cool and rain and wet and rain and clouds and more and more clouds and rain or any combination of moisture-producing weather systems. We can’t go so long without the sun! Â It’s inhumane! It’s barbaric! How do New Englanders live like this?
We have been asked how we deal with the frigid Saskatchewan winters. The answer is simple: the sun can trick you into believing anything is survivable. Even -50 windchill and snow drifts higher than your car. Â On the other hand, continuous cloud cover with frequent rain makes even the most lovely locale feel unbearable and unwaveringly dreary.
What’s worse is that the five day forecast changes every single day. Every. Single. Day. the forecast predicts several days of rain/cloud/cool weather followed by Joyous! Sunshine! and Angels Singing! But EVERY DAY the forecast changes to include one more day of yuck. So we never actually reach the promised carrot on the end of the stick, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, facking sunshine and heat!!!! I am ready to throw myself off the upstairs balcony into the ocean if I see one more computer generated raincloud.
Whoever came up with this diabolical weather forecast clearly has a mission to purge New England of all but the pure English race. Only those who are native English folks and their descendants could be expected to put up with this sadistic weather for weeks on end without beginning to feel violent or plotting a permanent move to a better climate. Even Saskatchewan has pleasant summers to make up for nasty winters. WHERE IS YOUR SUMMER NEW ENGLAND??? WHERE IS THE SUN???? WHERE???????
If anyone is looking for me, I’ll be here, drying my damp hair by the warmth of my computer and weeping into the keyboard.
June 12th, 2009 at 9:49 am
I hear you!
I used to tell people about the sun that came with the cold when I was living in Ireland. The gray and wet dreariness used to get to me a lot. We may have cold -50 here but at least we can sit in the sun streaming through our window and pretend like we are on the beach in Mexico!
You will survive!
June 13th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Well, Saskatoon is the sunniest city in Canada, so I think we’ve all been a little spoiled and have unrealistic expectations!
June 13th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Aw, it must suck having the pretty ocean right out your back door and no sun so that you can go enjoy it! It’ll get better. The sun will come out tomorrow (tomorrow!), la la la, I don’t know all the words to that song.
June 14th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
….bet your bottom dollar that tooooooomoooooooorow there’ll be sun!!! *lalala*
June 19th, 2009 at 12:17 am
I don’t know. We have tons of sun — TONS — and my glass is still half empty. I think it’s that English genes thing you mentioned: all my ancestry is pretty much English and Irish, so the incessant, oppressive sunshine we have around here makes every cell in my body collectively go “WTF?!” every time I step outside.
I’m totally with you on the weather forecast thing, though. I’m convinced that they have a random icon generator at our local forecasting center.
Just discovered your blog — look forward to reading more!
June 25th, 2009 at 9:57 am
This is really not normal. This is our Pacific Northwest weather. It may even be Pacific Northwest winter weather.
I’d would say that for the last 10 or so years we’ve had this weird phenomenon of our seasons shifting about a month, so that June is still colder than we expect and September feels like August. We haven’t gotten much snow before Christmas in a long time, however, this year was a notable exception.
June 28th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Loved your blog! I moved here two years ago and I am always asking people how they can stand this New England weather, and they always say, “What??? What’s wrong with the weather here???” I have to then assume that they have never left the area and don’t realize that there are places where the sun does come out more than two days in a row; of course even that forecast would be a welcome sight these days!!!