No, this is not going to be a post about the weather, for lack of anything better to talk about. Rather, this is a post about the way people in Germany (and Europe in general, I suppose) relate to the weather.
I was born and raised in Little Rock - never lived anywhere else. I've seen thunderstorms, tornadoes, ice storms... the works - and every single time there was reason to listen, someone was giving me a weather report - whether on television, the internet, or radio.
Here in Germany, things work much, much differently. There are no weather radars - I mean, I assume that air traffic control manages a few, but I can't even find a public weather radar on the internet - at least, nothing like we're used to in the States.
I guess that comes from never having to know if that super-cell is bearing down on your house, or exactly when the line of thunderstorms is going to hit your town. I understand that these just aren't concerns over here, but I'm spoiled on live Doppler radar that can project weather three or four days out.
So, my new method? The tried-and-true GOLU - go outside and look up!
Cheers,
Jeremy
6 comments:
You should take your towel with you when you check the weather:
1. If it's hard to hold onto, it's windy.
2. If it's wet....well you get the gist of it.
Also, look what I found --
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/radar?LANG=en&CONT=euro&CREG=dwdd
Leave it up to the Brits to keep an eye on things.
Just wanted to let you know we're really enjoying reading your blog... thanks for the head's up. The soccer report went over especially well around here ;-) 'Course, leave it to my first-born to know the best way(s) to check the weather. Enjoy your summer... KJ
I second the towel recommendation. I can't think of a better use for it for someone in your predicament.
I have to veto the towel idea. I think it would be much more interesting to use a cat.
You could try wetter.com for predictions and weather warnings.
But, besides rain and sunshine, there is not very much to warn about.
Plus, weather is very constant over time. Locals simply know when a thunderstorm arrives because, eg. the wind comes from a strange direction.
I second the cat idea. I think you should start with a full litter since the rascals will probably be very cat like and by that I mean totally unreliable.
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