Friday Forecast

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 5, 2008 

Hurricane Barometer?Located in North Carolina, we’re preparing for a potential visit from Tropical Storm Hanna, possibly followed by Hurricane?Ike.

The Beginnings of a Pampas Folktale
Although I’m inland, my parents live at the coast.? My Mom’s pampas grass is always the last to bloom in her area.? After 15 years of living at the coast, she has noticed that hurricanes do not hit the NC coastal area until after her pampas grass blooms.? While visiting last week, I took note of the fact that the pampas grass in her area was blooming, although the pampas grass in her yard was not.

Breaking News – A Report from 115 Apollo Drive
I checked with her this morning and she said the tube that produces the bloom is present, but not a bloom.? Therefore, her prediction is that Hanna will retain its tropical storm status as the ocean is not yet warm enough to sustain a hurricane.

The Street Report
Additionally, my Mom said that every time a hurricane hits her area, there is a section of pavement in her street that ripples.? The city engineers then take about four years to dig it out and replace it.? She said she prefers they not do that because each time they do, they get hit with a hurricane shortly thereafter.? The NC coast has been spared a hurricane hit for several years now.? While we were there this weekend, I noticed her rippling street was under repair!

Prognostication
My Mom has some Irish in her so superstitions run deep.? But her methodology is probably as good as any meteorologist – just like monkeys can do as well in the stock market as the professionals.

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