As we live on an island off the shore of a large land mass, and on the edge of a vast ocean with all sorts of streams and weather systems, our weather is infinitely changeable and a constant topic of conversation. There are many old sayings to do with weather, and one which often springs to mind for obvious reasons as we have so much wet weather is ‘rain before seven, dry be eleven…’
Apparently it is sort of true – just from my personal observation I’ve noticed it tends to work out. It seems that most rain that we see here results from being part of a frontal system, and these fronts usually blow to over in between three to four hours! There is another similar saying about a ‘mackerel’ sky – it’s a particular cloud pattern which looks similar to te beautiful markings on a mackerel. ‘Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, never long wet, never long dry,” which is also true for the same reasons
Much as I and everyone else complains about our weather, I do actually like the variety – if it was all the same what on earth would we talk about? How would we make conversation with perfect strangers, or people we have just been introduced to, or fill those awkward silences?!
Lois Elsden 
Last year we had practically no summer to talk of and now we are experiencing the worst winter on record. Where is the global warming we were supposed to get? Even our weathermen are starting to apologize on a daily basis. They say that our Eskimos have a hundred different words for snow but mine are always preceded by an expletive!
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There is certainly something wrong with the weather! Well, the prediction for today was a little late, it rained until well past eleven, but now we have wonderful sunshine!
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The only time in recent history that the weather predictions were even close was after 9/11 when all air traffic was halted. The weather satellites could actually view the earths surface without all the pollution that planes emit. As for the drop in oil prices, that will enable governments to impose a carbon tax that will stay with us forever. Those gerbils in parliament have already figured that one out.
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Those darned gerbils!
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