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+title: 'Weather Report'
+date: '2003-10-28T19:47:53-05:00'
+permalink: /weather-report/
+tags:
+    - travel
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+I took off from [Ontario](http://www.lawa.org/ont/ontframe.html) this morning, not only on time but a full ten minutes *early* (Pilot: “Well, folks, everybody’s here, so we’re gonna go”). The skies were relatively clear, much as yesterday — visible smoke, but visible sky as well — and the faint smell of smoke was not much more overwhelming than that found when walking down a neighborhood street during winter.
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+But once airborne, both the fires themselves and their precipitating causes were immediately visible — smoke in the air, sparse desert vegetation, arid land. Brown in every direction, as far as the eye could see.
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+What a shock, then, to land in [Minneapolis](http://www.mspairport.com/msp/) to find that it was 40 degrees cooler, and raining. And that rain had been a snow flurry some minutes earlier. Boston is not quite that cool, but still lovely. One of the people I met here today complained that there’s supposed to be [rain](http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/local/USMA0046) tomorrow, and I just wanted to cheer.
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+I can’t bring the rain home with me, but I will apparently be bringing [something](http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/local/91711) much needed — the temperature is falling, the humidity is rising, and the winds are falling still. What was a high of 102 two days ago will be a high of 66 on Thursday.
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+Here’s wishing everyone a little cool, and a little wet, and a little more appreciation thereof.
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