The town where I grew up is on the water and my dad has always been an amateur weather man as well as a sailor. There was a peninsula in the town with a long harbor on one side and the sound on the other. Whenever there was a storm, my dad would say, “let’s go down to the beach and see if the water is over the road yet.” I remember the flooding being more common in winter storms. Dad and I, and my sister, would jump in the car, drive down to the beach, and plow through the water, first with the car and then on foot. We would check out the water level around the buildings and look for waves and white caps.
Weather was exciting! Rain and storms were to be EXPERIENCED. As an adult, I try to recapture the joy of being outdoors in all weather, foul and fair. And whenever dad calls, his first question is always, ‘how’s the weather?’ The stormier the better in his mind!
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