It’s rainy and we opt to stay in. Have to admit that were we in London and the temperature fourteen, as it is here, we would have been pleased at the warmth, put on our rain jackets, and gone out. And then there’s Regina, with a windchill this morning of -52. Yes, MINUS 52. When I first moved to Regina in 1968 people would say yes, but it’s a dry cold. At that temperature it really doesn’t matter. (OK, cold air does hold less moisture than warm - but it still doesn’t matter).
Have wondered about the discrepancies between the weather forecasting sites. Would have supposed that radar views would have been similar, given a bit more or less time lag, but this is not always the case. Rain moving in from Greece - and lots of it - can show on one site but not another. Predictions vary as well. And of course they are only predictions. It seems there is a well known phenomenon not previously known to us called “wet bias”. This is the rounding up of percentage chance of rain by forecasters, apparently because viewers are much more upset about being drenched unexpectedly than about having taken an umbrella along only to find it isn’t needed.
So we stay safe at home and make hot soup with our lovely fresh vegetables. And later spaghetti with an aubergine sauce.
And we really are safe. Have never seen, let alone lived in, a place with a door like the one in this flat. Very solid wood and a total of SEVEN bolts to lock it. Looks like it was designed to protect Mafiosi. Quite astonishing!
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