Being in harsh environments requires one to monitor your weather situation. Not paying attention can get you killed. I remember falling off of a dog sled in the middle of the night in Arctic and thought I was going to die right there. Well, ok. I was stumbling across the courtyard at Lion's Head in Vail going from one Apres Ski to another when I slipped and fell in the snow bank. Same sort of thing. Today the weather station is up and running. I have to go out in the elements and double check the installation. Damn scary out there.
Today I am launching a new Big Bend weather classification. Similar to my college Dr. Fujita's work on tornadoes. The classification is named the Hillitta scale of wind velocity. I won't bore you with the formula's but it goes sort of like this.
H-1 Little Breezy
H-2 Damn Breezy
H-3 Freaking Windy
H-4 Blowin it's Ass Off
H-5 @$##@%ing Tornado
Today we were in the H-2 category as opposed to three night ago when we hit the H-4 and made my roof a little lighter. While you may not see me tied to a stop sign during a storm on the weather channel, I will do my best to protect and serve.
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