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by Peggy Robin
Snow is falling at a fast clip right now, as I’m typing
this. Whoa, I’m so confused. Two days ago -- Thursday, February 15 -- it was 73
crazy degrees outside. I was perfectly comfortable outside in my T-shirt and
jeans….watching guys jog past me in shorts. Meanwhile, out at Dulles, it hit 76◦F
(see http://wapo.st/2EwRgKR).
The next day, the daytime temperature had dropped by a few
degrees for a high of 66. But today I could do a few winter sports in my
driveway, including the Downhill Slip-and-Fall and the Double Hip-Break (Over
55 Division).
So far, this sort of thing is unusual, but not unheard of.
It’s what’s happening next week that brings us into the twilight zone. Just a
few days into the future, the temperatures will rebound for a few days in the
mid-70s. Tuesday’s supposed to be around 74 and Wednesday will be higher than
that (see: https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USDC0001:1:US)
It all makes me wonder, where am I, really? What kind of a
place is this? Let me answer my own question. Apparently, it’s a place where
you keep a snowbrush/ice scraper in your car and make sure that your car AC is
working at the same time. But you need to take care, as you’re sweeping the
snow off your front steps that you don’t throw your back out, or you might not
be able to play tennis or just go for a run in the heat of the days to come. Expect
more records to be shattered. You’re not likely to be disappointed!
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Still Life with Robin is published on The Cleveland Park Listserv
and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.
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