Getting ready for work today, I popped on the local news channel to see what the weather had in store for today.  Leading up to the forecast, I kept hearing this tease about how much cooler it was going to be today, and this week in general.

“Sweet,” I thought to myself.  “It’s really been hot.  I could use a break in the weather a bit to enjoy the outside and perhaps get some over-due yard work done.”

Then, after all of my waiting, the trusty weather guy shows up in front of his green screen.  “It’s going to be significantly cooler today,” he says.  And then the graphic pops up: Today’s high: 95 degrees.

Picture courtasy of National Geographic Magazine

Picture courtasy of National Geographic Magazine

WTF?!?  Significantly cooler = 95 degrees.  Sure, it may have been pushing 100 over the weekend, but I don’t believe that from 100 to 95 qualifies as “significantly” cooler.  It’s still hot as crap.

Would you say it’s significantly warmer today if the temperature went from -15 degrees to -10 degrees?  No!  You’d say, “it’s still cold as shit out there!  Bundle up or die!”

So perhaps a 5 degree turn to a weather guy is “significant.”  And perhaps it can be, but what the hell are you thinking telling me it’s going to be significantly cooler today when the temperature is still 95 degrees?! 

I guess it all boils down to the fact that I just don’t think like a weather guy.

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