Crazy Weather

For those of you that think State College, PA weather is crazy, well you haven't been to Harbor Beach, MI.  We had one night that was so foggy we couldn't see our cars on the street.  Mind you, this was at 8:30 pm when its still semi-light outside.  It looked like something out of a horror movie.  At 11 am the next day, it was still fairly foggy (could barely see the DAS plant maybe 1/4 mile away).  We've also had a day where it was 80 degrees then the next day it was 50.  Luckily the 80 degree day was a weekend so I could lay out on the beach.

Today was by far pretty crazy.  My alarm went off at 6:45 and I had to do a double take at the clock because it was still so dark.  Now, normally it is fairly dark because I'm on the back side of the house but I would have told you it was 2:30 in the morning.  It was also quite cold (and by that I mean like high 40s maybe).  So we leave for work, and it's raining.  Not down pouring, but substantial rain.  So naturally, I pull out my umbrella for the 3 minute walk to work.  Well, an umbrella may be able to withstand a passing CATA bus, but it cannot withstand Harbor Beach wind.  It turned inside-out 3 times before I finally gave up on it (remember, I only have a 3 minute walk to work).  This afternoon, it was bright and sunny and I was sweating in the long sleeve shirt I have to wear at work.  This morning I was cold in a fleece jacket and that long sleeve shirt.

After work on Thursdays, all of the engineers and some of the operators and security guards get together at Smalley's (a local restaurant and bar) for dinner.  Because a lot of people aren't going to be here tomorrow night, we all got together tonight.  It was still very nice outside at 5:30 when we arrived.  But come time to leave at 8:30, it was starting to get nasty outside.  It was actually kind of cool because it was misting on us, but about a block south it was gray and rainy and a block north it was bright and sunny.  So of course, we had to find a rainbow.  I have a picture on my phone so I'll upload that when I get if off of there.