Knowing when the rain is coming…

November 16, 2005 Leave a comment

When I was young, I was amazed by my granny’s prediction of the weather. She often called out "Peng, later will rain, dun go out…" True enough, rain clouds began to form. And most times, it did rained. I always wondered how my granny able to make weather prediction so accurate. She dun watch TV forecasts or dial tele-weathercast. 
 
Unable to withhold my curiosity, I decided to ask her about her skills to predict rainy days. She told me to observe the "water flies" and the behaviour of our dog. Somehow, she was able to pick up signs from these animals to predict the rain. (That is something I can never pick up) I tried correcting her and pointed the clouds to her. I told her about those cloud formations that I learnt in Geography. She just shook her head in confusion. Watching clouds was far too complicated for her. She can only tell the difference between a "dark sky" and a "white" one.
 
When I grew up, I developed my own "bio-system" to forecast the rain. Strangely, I am able to forecast rain 2-3 days in advance. Amazing, it works 90%. Here are what I noticed:
 
1)  Your house is suddenly full of ants. (I suspect ants are able to predict rain and come indoor for shelther)
2) There is a halo around the moon at night. (There are dense moisture in the air, possibly rain the next day)
 
I guess there are many tell-signs around us to forecast natural events. We just need to pay additional effort to observe them and understand their unique behaviour.
 
Guess the same theory can be applied to people-to-people relationship. We have to observe signs of a breaking relationship and try our best to mend it. If not, we got to try all ways to avoid a bad storm. I never look forward and count down to the end of a bad storm. Instead, I always look forward to the start of a refreshing, sunny day.
 
Somehow, the air, after a storm, is often cooler, fresher and cleaner.   

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