Friday

54 degrees and it's doing it again: RAINING!

From WKTV Channel 2 News:

***FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK, NORTH OF US ROUTE 20 THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING***
***WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR HERKIMER, HAMILTON, FULTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTIES FROM 4PM TO 11PM TODAY***
Today: Rain, heavy at times, with gusty winds by afternoon. Highs in the low 50s very early, but falling through the 40s during the day.

...and from the Weather Channel:



Many years ago there lived in Waterville a tall, soldierly-looking gentleman named John Zweifel. A native son, wounded - or "shell shocked," some said - in the Second World War, he spent his days working around the Episcopal Church, where he was the sexton, walking country roads with his friend Bill Baldock, or supervising the everyday goings-on in the village. He knew everyone, and everyone knew him. I remember meeting him at the Post Office on a cold, rainy day like this and, just as I was about to make what I thought was an appropriate comment on the weather, he stood straight, smiled skyward, and then - looking me right in the eye! - boomed out, "This is the day that the Lord hath made; Rejoice and be glad in it!"

That sure shut me up!

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A telephone report from the parent of a Boys' Varsity Soccer player: "after an hour of drenching rain, which would have swamped the old field, there was just one small area of puddling: the astro-turf worked wonderfully!"

And so didn't the team, winning 2 - 0 over Morrisville-Eaton!