The Emperor Nero didn’t venture outside of the house unless his astrologer said it was okay, and we all know what happened when the Andrea Gail*** crew ignored concerns about The Perfect Storm. As for me, I just go with my gut, even if the Magic 8 ball says that things are “doubtful.” Of course, I do pay attention to the warnings that you have to adjust your cooking time depending on your current elevation. I lived at or near sea level before, but never lived on top of a mountain, so it hasn’t affected my life all that much.
What if there was a way to know if a family gathering was going to be a great time had by all, or whether it is going to be a crankfest? You may not be able to tell weeks in advance, but now you can be alerted the morning of. You see, there is now a very special website (MediClim.com) that was dreamed up by Dr. John Bart, who received his doctorate in medicine, not chemistry like Dr. Laura did, and a meterologist Dennis Bourque. It lets you check off what weather exacerbated conditions you have and the site will alert you in the morning to weather you may find things acting up that day. Since Mr. Bourque is Canadian, I can trust that he KNOWS all about snow and such other moist matters very well.
I decided to check off heart disease, diabetes, migraines, asthma and . I don’t have all of those problems. Not at all. However, I do know people that have one problem or another. If I am having a party in the afternoon and there is a high alert for certain things, I know that certain guests may not be feeling well and therefore I will hide any board games that require guessing and also put away the salt shaker and the vollyball net, because everyone will be in a short tempered mood and it will not be a pretty sight (OR site). I will plan gentler games such as “Who Can Fall Asleep Sitting in a Chair Faster Than Grandpa.” For the kids, it will be the perennial car trip favorite, “Whoever Can Stay Quiet The Longest Wins a Prize.”
Another thing that you could do would be to really impress people into believing you are highly emotionally intelligent and can sense over the phone that someone is not feeling well, ”Hey, Bob…I am sensing that you are a little stiff today…I know Arthritis and weather don’t always mix.”
“But it isn’t raining quite just yet…but how did you know? My knee is already aching. You are so thoughtful!”
The one thing I would hope that this site would do eventually would be to predict a day or so in advance, that way people could plan their activities accordingly in their calendar ahead of time to avoid certain people….I mean….activities when achey weather strikes, or is going to. People could plan important power meetings around it. I, on the other hand could predict if I should bake a cake tomorrow or not. Of course, these reports have nothing to do with oven hot spots or altitude of the kitchen. Rather, it will have more to do in predicting the patience of the baker, therefore dictating the simplicity of the recipe. We all know it is better for me to make more complicated things while I am aggravated because trying something new compells me to read the directions, versus “thinking i know” and royally screwing something up.
(***= No, I understand that it was not really the crew’s fault. However, if George Clooney had LISTENED to Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, things would have turned out a heck of a lot differently. It would have been a pleasant documentary on how John C. Reilly’s accent was accurate, Diane Lane’s was quite iffy, and George Clooney was too much of a star to be required to learn one.)
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