HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 14 VOL 6
JANUARY 17TH 2008
WEATHER; NOT BAD, LOW HUMIDITY, 44/62 DEGREES
MOM’S DOING A MAKE OVER OF THE COMPUTER ROOM AND NEEDED A SET OF NEW SHELVES SO OFF TO HOME DEPOT WE GO! WE PICKED UP SHANNON AND TOOK HER WITH US. AFTER LEAVING HOME DEPOT WE WENT TO APPLEBEES FOR LUNCH THEN STOPPED AT KROGERS ON THE WAY HOME FOR SOME OF MINE AND MOMS FAVORITE LOW CAL SNACK BARS! WE KEEP THEM IN THE COOLER BOX THAT’S ON THE BACK FLOOR OF THE CAR! WE BOUGHT THIS COOLER BOX FOR OUR TRIP AND STILL USE IT TO KEEP THINGS COOL OR WARM DEPENDING ON HOW WE TURN THE PLUG HOOK UP! DURING THE TRIP WE SURE WERE GLAD WE HAD IT TO KEEP OUR DRINKING WATER COOL/COLD! WE ALSO PUT SOFT DRINKS, BREAD AND SANDWICH MAKINGS IN IT; IT REALLY DOES A GOOD JOB!
MOM GOT HER SHELVES PUT TOGETHER AND UP IN A CLOSET IN THE COMPUTER ROOM! SHE DID ALL THIS WORK SO SHE WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO USE THE NEW COMPUTER KEYBOARD SHE GOT FOR CHRISTMAS!
THE WEATHER PEOPLE CANCELED THE REAL BAD RAIN, SLEAT, SNOW FOR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS FOR TOMORROW! THIS CREW CAME ON BOARD ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO WHEN THE GOOD PEOPLE WE HAD MOVED ON TO BETTER JOBS! THESE CLOWNS HAVEN’T BEEN RIGHT ON THE WEATHER MORE THAN 2% OF THE TIME IN 3 YEARS!
WHEN I WORKED FOR THE EXXON STATION AT THE GREATER SOUTHWEST AIRPORT COMPLEX IN FT. WORTH THE FAA WEATHER MAN, BOB RUDDICK, AND I BECAME PRETTY GOOD FRIENDS! I DELIVERED HIS GSA CAR TO HIM ONE DAY AFTER DOING THE SERVICE ON IT AND JUST OPENED THE DOOR TO THE BLOCK BUILDING AND WALKED IN! HE QUICKLY PUT SOMETHING UNDER THE COUNTER AND I KIDDED HIM ABOUT IT BEING A DIRTY BOOK. HE SLOWLY PULLED IT OUT AFTER MAKING ME PROMISE NOT TO TELL A SOUL, IT WAS THE LATEST EDITION OF “FARMERS ALMANAC”! HE TOLD ME WHEN HE MADE A FORCAST FOR THE AIRLINES AND IT DIDN’T COME UP TO WHAT HE THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE HE CROSS CHECKED IT WITH THE ALMANAC THEN IF IT DIDN’T LOOK RIGHT HE WOULD BLEND THE TWO TOGETHER AND ISSUE THAT FORCAST. IT WAS RIGHT 99% OF THE TIME AND HE NEVER GOT A COMPLAINT FROM ANY OF THE PILOTS HE HAD CONTACTS WITH!
I DO REMEMBER ON TIME WE HAD A THREAT OF SNOW AND I CALLED HIM TO CHECK ON THAT, HE SAID THE SNOW WAS GOING TO GO WEST OF US AND HIT FT. WORTH! I HUNG UP THE PHONE AND LOOKED OUT TOWARDS THE CENTRAL AIRLINES BUILDING AND HANGER WHERE MOM WORKED AND THEY DISAPPERED BEHIND A SOLID WALL OF “SNOW”! I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED HIM BACK AND SUGGESTED HE STEP OUT SIDE WHICH HE DID, WHEN HE PICKED UP THE PHONE ALL I HEARD WAS “SHIT” AND HE HUNG UP! I NEVER LET HIM FORGET THAT! WE GOT 14’ OF SNOW THAT WEEK (THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER) AND HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND TILL THANKSGIVING! IF THOSE DUMMIES AT CHANNEL 12 WOULD DO THE SAME AND CROSS CHECK WITH THE “FARMER ALAMNAC” MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME ACCURATE FORCAST INSTEAD OF THE CRAP THEY PUT OUT NOW!
BOB RUDDICK EXPLAINED WHAT WEATHER FORCASTERS ARE UP AGAINST IN TEXAS! IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF TEXAS YOU WILL SEE THAT THE WEATHER IS DRAWN INTO A FUNNEL WITH THE SMALL END AT THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE BIG END IS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE STATE! ALL METEROLOGIST ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TRAINED TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION BUT MOST OF THEM SEEM TO THINK THEY KNOW BETTER AND FORCAST THEIR WAY NO MATTER WHAT THE INSTRUMENTS SAY WHERE, IF THEY WOULD CROSS CHECK THEIR FINDINGS WITH THE “FARMERS ALAMNAC” THEY WOULD POSSIBLY SEE WHERE THEY MADE AN ERROR!
WE WATCHED “COMMANCHE SUMMER!” IT SURE WAS GOOD!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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