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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
March 19, 2024

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Weather Eye: A poem of thanks for all we have to be grateful for on this Thanksgiving

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I want to offer my annual Thanksgiving poem: “I look up at the sky and give thanks for the rain, hail, and snows; to fulfill our needs as only our creator knows. We complain about the heat, the cold, and the rain; but we’re given a variety to keep us sane. The dark clouds may come, but a rainbow will appear, to comfort and tell us our creator is near. We’re given the seasons — summer, fall, winter, and spring; each with their own weather they do bring. Symbolizing a beginning, growth, and death. But the wind keeps on blowing and never runs out of breath. We have acquired the knowledge of the sky, and will keep on learning, that’s no lie. As a shower that moves through and off to the east, this I would like to say at least: ‘Have a great Thanksgiving and a wonderful feast.’ “

Thanksgiving is when each of us can give thanks in our own way. I give thanks for living in the best part of the USA where we simply have the greatest weather anywhere. I also give thanks to the many fine letters from readers and local weather observers this year and support from my family and friends. In a few days I will log in 24 years writing this column for The Columbian.

I want to say happy birthday (Friday) to my daughter Sara, a 2000 graduate meteorologist from the University of Washington. Wow, where does time go? Seems like yesterday that we went on those long winter walks in the snow, chased thunderstorms and rainbows, and splashed in the puddles. One more thing to be thankful for.

Keep warm and dry, enjoy the day of Thanksgiving.


Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

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