Re: [Paddlewise] Oregon coast and weather humor

Local Vancouver weather humour(?)

Vancourites don't tan - we rust!

How to use the view of the mountains for weather forecasting:
If you can see the mountians through the clouds, it's going to rain 
soon.
If you can't see the mountains through the clouds, it IS raining.




>From: Andy Knapp <Andy_Knapp_at_compuserve.com>
>To: PaddleWise <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
>Subject: [Paddlewise] Oregon coast and weather humor
>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 00:35:51 -0500
>
>"Good weather?? Reminds me of the story..."
>
>At the risk of wandering off topic a bit, does anyone else have any
>humorous regional weather lore?
>This reminded me of some of the old jokes we kick around in Minnesota:
>
>Minnesota is the theatre of six seasons- spring, summer, fall, and 
winter,
>winter, winter.
>
>Or, in another viewpoint, we only have two seasons-  Winter and the 
Fourth
>of July.
>
>In Minnesota, Duluth has the most efficient snow removal system-  it's
>called August.
>
>And so on. (No Sven and Ole jokes, though.)
>
>-Andy Knapp
>Fifth-generation Minnesotan- some of us never learn.
>Minneapolis
>(At one time, there was a movement to rename the two Twin Cities
>"Minnehaha"- Minne for Minneapolis and HaHa for St. Paul.)
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