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Show 'VEA VEA ' WEATHER THER MYTHSPerhaps MYTHS " . Perhaps many credulous persons pel sons aie ale are now watching watchmg for fora a veiification veuficatIOn verification of their weather piedictions pledictIons predictions , based on whether whethcithe the ground hog saw his shadow in m their localities on Glound Ground GloundHog GroundHog GioundHog Hog Day Daj ' , February 2 . . And even eveyr eve i if their predictions aie are al e not notvellfied notvenfied vellfied verified , they will doubtless ' offer 'Offer some sort of alibi for that thatvenerable thatvenerable thatvenerable venerable fOl foiecaster forecaster ecaster . . Then about \ March l\larch l larch 21 these same folks wIllwatch will watch for forthe forthe forthe the he "equinoctial equinoctial 'equmoctial equmoctial 'equinoctial " ' storm stonn " which is supposed to occur about the thetIme thetime tIme when the sun "dosses dosses "Closses Closses "crosses crosses " the line hne . " ? Of COUl course se , no one with any knowledge of meteOl meteorology meteorologypays meteoiologypays ology ologypays pays any attention , to either of these ancient supelsbtIOns superstitions supeistitionsbut , , but in m the popular nundthey mmd'they mmdthey mind nund - ' they -they cling chng with gum tenacity . . I Ibut Owing Owmg to the enatic erratic habits of the weather , , any kind kmd of ofpred1ctIon ofprediction pred1ctIon p serp red7ctron will come b hue true ue occasionally , , but scientific o obsel- obsel obselVOl'S obsei-vors obsei vors ser- ser - VOl'S VOlS vors ' tell us that ihat in 111 the piesent plesent present state of human knowledge knO\\ledge knO ledge \ \ It ItIS itis IS impossible to piedict predict pi edict weather conditions moie mOle more than a very veryfew veryfew veryfew few days ahead . . Fiom Flom From the iccoids lecolds records of the last 50 years , , kept by the theI theUmted the"United theUnited Umted United " States ' Weather 'Veather Veather Bureau , , it is shown that stoims stOlms storms are areno areno areno I no more l fiequent frequent equent during durmg equinoctial equmocbal peiiods peuods periods than at othertimesof othertImesof other fact . the most deshuetive desbucbve destructive of all stOlms storms stOlmswestern stormswestern timesof tImes-of tImes of times . , of the year . In-fact In fact In.fact Infact In - , -western western _ - western - , tornadoes and West 'Vest Vest ' Indian hurllcane-occur hurllcane occur hurricane-occur hurricane hunicane - - occur pun- pun puncipaliy puncipall5 - eipally cipaliy cipall5 ' in the summer summel ' and fall , at periods fal faithest farthest thest 1 emoved removed removedfrom tiom from l om the equ equinoxes 111 0- 0 0e : - " e s . But old superstitions die hard , , and those concerning theweather thp the thpweather weather al aie are e among the most persistent . . |
