Lately, I’ve been whining about the rain in Whitehorse, or more specifically, the lack of sunshine.
That’s what I always liked about Yukon summers: glorious sunshine. Except this year. Not only are our summers short, but now, we don’t even get sunshine? What’s up with that? And to make matters even worse, Yesterday morning, on the Carcross Road, we woke up to -4C. It’s mid-July for crying out loud.
Every time I look up the weather forecast, all I see is rain, rain, rain. Except, look at the icons below. This is the same forecast, same city (Whitehorse), same days. Which would you rather have? Even though the chance of precipitation is the same, I think The Weather Network is more pleasing to the eye (and my brain), and it preserves sanity.
On CBC Radio, they interviewed the owners of Sourdough Sodbusters this morning, and they haven’t been able to sell sod because of the rain. Too much rain isn’t good for business. One of the owners, Vanessa, who also hosts the Lotus Paperie blog, still sounded so cheerful though. I should call her up to find out what her secret is.
Oh, and did I tell you that, according to one expert, Juneau didn’t get any rain in June?
CBC Weather Forecast
The Weather Network Forecast
Geof Harries said,
July 11, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Part of why I like working from home is when it’s sunny – y’know 20% of the day at present – I can easily run outside and bask in the supposed warmth. Mmmm, just like the tropics.
yukonchatterbug said,
July 11, 2008 at 10:28 pm
“Supposed” is the key word here. Hhmm.