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A few days ago The Capital Weather Gang officially declared
this May the Worst Ever for DC Weather [http://wapo.st/1TAagMe] and if the standard for bad weather is overall dreariness, who can disagree? We
had a record 15-day unbroken streak of rain, followed by a few days of sun
mixed with clouds, and then back to rain, rain, and more rain. And then a
little break this afternoon and evening, which will be followed by still more rain on
Sunday continuing into Monday.
If you can wait until Tuesday, here’s the good news:
If you can wait until Tuesday, here’s the good news:
You can sing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ9VPTTGbJ0
By Wednesday it will be both sunny and hot, possibly in the
80s, but by Thursday or Friday it will be wet again – though by then there will be
nothing to do but try to live with it as best we can. And I can think of no
better way than this:
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I can’t find anyone who agrees with me, but this is the prettiest spring I’ve experienced in my many years in DC. The trees, shrubs, and grass all look fabulous, and the flowers are gorgeous and lasting an unusually long time. My garden is so happy. The sky is not so pretty, but everything else is.
ReplyDeleteHere's a follow-up from The Capital Weather Gang explaining "the worse May ever" :
ReplyDeletehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/05/23/washington-d-c-s-worst-may-ever-explained/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_buzz