Petition to Nature

Hello!

               Let’s talk about weather. Specifically, let’s talk about how weather in Iowa sucks. Majorly sucks. We have too many extremes. In the summer it breaks 100 pretty regularly, and in the winter we get sub-zero temperatures without breaking a sweat, pun intended.

               Many examples of Iowa’s stupid weather are available in the past few years. One example of Iowa’s stupid weather is this past week. It started off sunny, with temperatures in the high fifties and low sixties. It was glorious; the ability to sit outside in shorts and a t-shirt was truly wonderful. Then everything took a turn for the worse as the week drug on, and it got really cold. I suppose it can’t qualify as “really” cold, because it was only high twenties and low thirties, but it was a lot colder than it had been earlier in the week. The sudden change was awful, and made for a miserable day or two for people who were wearing shorts and t-shirts and flip-flops. What was even worse was that on Friday we had freezing rain and some snow! From sunny and warm to windy and snowy all in a week. That’s some pretty crazy weather. Make up your mind, Iowa!

               Another example of our crazy weather is the flood in 2008. The water level rose like crazy, really fast, to a really high point, without precedent. The flood left hundreds of people without homes and thousands without power.  All of this happened because of our crazy weather, and it affected so many people.

               It’s not just these incidents that are upsetting about the unpredictable weather here in Iowa. There are a bunch of reasons why it sucks. For one, it’s annoying to actually have to watch the weather. Every morning in spring I have to get on the internet or read the paper to see what the weather’s going to be doing so I can dress accordingly. It would suck to be one of those people earlier this week who were wearing shorts and t-shirts when it was snowing. And let’s face it, most people are just too lazy to read the paper every morning for a season. Another reason it sucks is that it pushes a lot of people away. Most people like warm weather, so when you’ve got this crazy extreme weather, people hate it. So the point of this post is to petition Nature to change how the weather works here. Good luck. (410)