“The weather service reported that there weren't any atmospheric conditions present that might have led to fish raining from the sky.”

“My life before the flood was manageable; during the flood it was chaos. The National Weather Service only reported river levels, and at times, crest predictions. It didn't report or predict everything else that could go wrong.”

“I wanted to make love in the rain, but owing to unfavorable (or, rather favorable) weather conditions, I took to the shower as a suitable substitute.”

“The oldest woman in the village, Paciencia, predicts the weather from the flight of birds:Today it will rain toads, she says,squinting her face into a mystery of wrinklesas she reads the sky - tomorrow,it will be snakes.”

“Was Superstorm Sandy caused by greenhouse warming of the planet? In a word, no. Individual storms arise from specific conditions in the atmosphere. Since records have been kept, hurricanes have varied in number and intensity each season with cycles going up and coming down. The temptation to attribute any specific weather event to global warming distracts us from considering and adopting adaptive strategies, such as improving and expanding irrigation for agriculture and the water supply for cities, that will serve us well when climate changes inevitably arrives on our doorstep.”

“What? Have I stunned you into silence? Shocked you with myforwardness, maybe?”“Nah, I was just searching for the weather report from hell. I’m guessing it must have frozenover down there.”