Weather Reports . . .

For many years, I relied on the evening news for the weather forecast for the coming day. Occasionally, I’d get a report on the radio during the day.

How things have changed . . .

Thanks to “technology” Nancy now gets minute-to-minute weather reports on her ‘I-Pad.’

Is that great, or what?

I don’t know how many times in the past year or so, she says: “Hay, the computer says we’re having a ‘rain event’ at ——— (whatever time it says). Would you check?”

Well, at times I did check and I think maybe 99 percent of the times there was no ra...