Consider the Dandelion

Working at a campground in the rain is probably the worst ever, because people are paying to sleep on the ground and get wet during the only week or two they have off all year. It's totally a kick in the pants for them, and I imagine it must suck. I get this impression because the soggy campers tend to take their miserable misfortune out on us.

I've heard that there has been a ton of rain in the city and that the weather has broken records this season. I think Miller Lake must be in a bubble, because yesterday was the first day all summer that it rained during the day. We've had a few storms overnight, and some showers as well, but yesterday was the first day of constant near torrential rain. It hadn't rained for about 3 weeks before that. Neener neener boo boo.

At work we have a weather board that hangs outside of the office. I've claimed it as my job this year because it involves pretty coloured markers and drawing happy sunshines. The boss's daughter's boyfriend works at Environment Canada, so we are forbidden to use anything but that site to acquire our weather information.

This is what I found for Friday's weather:

Okay....I get that red means high and blue means low. That's just common sense. But wait...I see a sun, a rain cloud and a storm cloud. May I ask...there is a sixty percent chance of what, exactly? Sun? Cloud? Maybe some drizzle? What about some lightening? Oh wait! I've got it now! It means that there is a sixty percent chance that they have no idea what the heck they are doing. Thanks, Environment Canada!