The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

12 July 2007

Share the drought

Noontime in Alabama:

"Doesn't look like rain," I said to her as she was cleaning up tables.

"Too bad." She shook her head. "We need all the rain we can get."

I told her where I'd come from, and that we'd had a year's worth of rain in less than seven months. She asked if we were going to plant rice next year. I said I'd certainly suggest it.

In the meantime, fashionable Oklahoma women (yes, there are such, now shuddup) have begun wearing these:

Haute couture waders

Click to embiggen. (Thanks to S.M.)

Posted at 7:28 PM to Weather or Not , World Tour '07


Those things are scary.

Posted by: Veronica at 7:59 PM on 12 July 2007

So... these are for that big date with Aquaman?

Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 9:21 PM on 12 July 2007

Daryl Hannah has a closetful of those.

Posted by: McGehee at 9:30 PM on 12 July 2007

Hilarious! But don't need 'em in Tennessee. Maybe some insulated sole footwear so as not to scorch your tootsies. Maybe 2-inch platform soles with tiny little air conditioners built in, solar powered of course. Walk around here for 20 minutes and then tell me there's no such thing as global warming.

Posted by: Winston at 10:01 PM on 12 July 2007

If it's your globes that are warming, I don't know how air-conditioned shoes are gonna help.

Posted by: McGehee at 6:25 AM on 13 July 2007

I refuse to believe those shoes really exist.

Posted by: michele at 12:31 PM on 13 July 2007

I swear if I could get a pair before I go on another cruise, I'd wear them to the Captain's dinner. What a freakin' riot those are. Or cause to start one.

Posted by: Vickie at 2:51 PM on 13 July 2007

McGehee - ahahahah..but seriously, no kidding. Cold air sinks.

Posted by: Vickie at 2:54 PM on 13 July 2007

It appears I brought some of the rain with me.

Posted by: CGHill at 5:44 PM on 13 July 2007

Doesn't it always rain in Florida? Or am I thinking of southern California?

Posted by: McGehee at 7:35 PM on 13 July 2007

It never rains in southern California. (Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before.)

Posted by: CGHill at 8:45 PM on 13 July 2007

And the girls only warn ya.

Posted by: McGehee at 10:21 PM on 13 July 2007