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DEL.ICIO.USIn your forecast: Weather Venting
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We know you’re talking about it even though you can’t do anything about it. So why not talk about it here at the new “weather” vent.
You want a little direction on the content of this vent. No problem. We’re happy to play weather vane and point you to some famous quotations about the weather (with the assistance of bored.com):
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. __ George Carlin
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. __ Jane Austen
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. __ Anonymous
Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t start a conversation. __ Kin Hubbard
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By ron
June 10, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this
In the north there are two seasons,winter and getting ready for it.
By null
June 10, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this
Whose horrible idea was this?
By Heazy
June 10, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
It’s so hot that on the way to work I saw the devil on the street corner holding a sign that read “Will work for food and a tall glass of lemonade”
By JayGee
June 10, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
I think some of this wild weather – tornadoes, flooding - is Mother Nature’s way of saying, “I don’t like what you’ve done to the place. Here, let me just erase this and you can start over.”
By Bruthaman
June 10, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
Heat is all relative, it just depends on whcih one’s you won’t visit cause they won’t turn down the thermostat.
By Larry
June 10, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
The hot Georgia weather can save on utilties; just put the fry pan on the front step and cook with Solor Heat!
By Amanda
June 10, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
Null, stop being so negative.
Everyone talks about the weather.
By Void
June 10, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
The same people who have ruined the regular Vent.
By D
June 10, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
ah yes, Carlin, the hippie dippie weather man, tonight’s forecast dark…with widely scattered light in the morning…
By Hot Stuff
June 10, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this
Our A/C went out in our house and the repair man said it wouldn’t fall under the warranty we purchased. Why do they sell crap like that again?!
By J
June 10, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this
They tried to have a fire drill here at work…when I see flames then I will go outside. It still would probably be cooler inside than out.
By Publicenemynumberone
June 10, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this
DAGMAR’S FRONTAL BOUNDARYS ARE FORECASTING A SUBSTANTIAL RISE IN MY BAROMETER.
By Kelly
June 10, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this
I think it’s a great idea. Especially after having the dead Pollen vent.
By James Brown
June 10, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
Yes Ron, a fellow from Minnesota once told me that up there they had nine months of winter and three months of poor sledding. He wasn’t kidding.
By weather watcher
June 10, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
This vent is for the 50+ gene. All they like to do is sit around and watch the weather channel.
By Natalie
June 10, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this
If you don’t like the weather hang around, it will change shortly.
By dbh
June 10, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this
Somewhere today, Heatmizer is smiling.
By Natalie
June 10, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this
If you don’t like the current weather wait a little while, it will change.
By Terri
June 10, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this
I work outside all day and right now I’m too hot to think up something clever to post here.
By Ron
June 10, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this
My rubber shoes have melted. I now have impenetrable feet.
By Jay
June 10, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this
I heard that this week was “unseasonably hot”. Exactly what other time of year do we expect upper 90s?
By Al Gore
June 10, 2008 6:59 PM | Link to this
When Barack Obama gets elected he will abolish the National Weather Service and name Heidi Cullen to head up The Forecast Earth Department.
By Calvin Coolidge
June 10, 2008 11:32 PM | Link to this
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
By Rob
June 11, 2008 12:05 AM | Link to this
A blog like this only further proves why the AJC will always be a bottom dweller compared to others in the country.
By Steve
June 11, 2008 12:08 AM | Link to this
Hot Stuff, they sell warranties to get idiots like you to buy them. What a waste!!
By swolf4810
June 11, 2008 1:12 AM | Link to this
Dagmar’s “preachin to kindergarteners” style of delivery WAY overcomes her looks. It drives me up the wall!
By Steve
June 11, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
Come to Florida. The ocean breezes are always cool, the water cool, and the waves delightful
By MrLiberty
June 11, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this
So the weather goons say that these storms have been falling apart because they are moving into drier air over the Atlanta metro area. Now if everyone was watering their lawns there would be lots of evaporation and the humidity would go up. Wouldn’t that mean that the storms would make it all the way over here? Maybe this plan of Perdue’s is counter-productive.
But seriously, 1/2 and hour with a wide open hose is the most wasteful way to water anything. That same hose hooked to a properly laid out drip irrigation system would deliver more water directly to the roots of the plants. Instead, water will run all over the soil, the mulch will get wet on top and no water will get to the roots. The plants will die anyway and the water will be wasted.
Just another example of why central planning doesn’t work. There is no way for one person to know the best way to take care of an issue for everyone. Bun in this case UGA agriculture department and virtually every nursery and grower in the country would have told him the same thing I just said about drippers. Of course if we had a truly free market in water, this shortage would never have happened either.
By Forecast Me
June 11, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this
Everytime I watch Dagmar Midcap do the weather forecast, my personal Mellish meter rises to a 7 1/2.