“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 869 (Monday) – weather not

This morning, the weather app on my phone showed the little cloud with a lightning bolt icon at 7:00, at noon, and later in the day. I made sure the umbrella was in my work bag, but decided against a raincoat due to the heat and humidity.

For most of the morning, the weather app in the toolbar on the computer at work claimed it was raining or would be very soon. The forecast had people in our office checking out the window frequently while planning trips outside to pick up coffee, lunch, or run errands. It didn’t rain. Or if it did, we somehow missed it. The most we got was a mix of clouds and sun.

The not stormy
night sky at 8:45pm.

A text message came from National Grid at 4:59 pm about storm preparedness and how to report an outage. Winston went outside after his supper and there was hot wind blowing and the trees swayed wildly. It felt like we were on the brink of some wild and exciting weather, but it passed without incident. 

A supper salad of chopped cabbage, carrots, broccoli and green pepper with mayonnaise dressing was assembled and some was eaten. The kitchen mess was cleaned up. Netflix shows were watched. Phones and laptops were charged in case of a power failure. Hours later, the sky holds some regular, non-menacing clouds and there hasn’t been a raindrop in sight.

I feel a little cheated, having been mentally prepared once again for exciting weather and getting nothing of note. The pattern this summer seems to be a promise of rain or a potentially spectacular storm, preparations are made, and then nothing happens. It’s been a little like the infamous boy who cried wolf, except in this case it’s the weather person who cried rain, thunder, and lightning.