Article March 10, 2003 Issue

I love the weather

By Nate Talbot

Don't knock the weather. It's been estimated that up to 90 percent of society is incapable of carrying on a long-distance phone conversation without discussing it! Our planet would be a pretty dreary place without the clouds and rain, the wind and snow, the heat and cold.

But look what we've done to the weather:

We've demonized it. National weather reports are sometimes so aggressively negative that I've honestly wondered if occasionally people die of fright before the weather even hits. One TV channel heads up its report with the icon, "Wicked Weather."