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Count a Cricket's Chirps
Counting the number of times a cricket chirps can be a surprisingly accurate means to determine the temperature, because a cricket's metabolism changes as the temperature changes.
Count the number of times a cricket chirps in 14 seconds and add 40 to that number. The resulting number should come close to the temperature in Fahrenheit.
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You said "easterly winds, which blow from the east, can indicate a storm front is moving in, while winds blowing west mean good weather." Wouldn't blowing from the east be the same as blowing west or did you mean from the west?
April 16 2013 at 12:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOne prediction you missed, long jet contrails predict rain!
March 10 2013 at 1:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyStrange things often happen, and we should calmly cope with them. Several years ago, when we needed rain desperately here in Arizona. I did a rain-dance every day for a week. It worked too well. There was severe rainfall and flooding in China, and several deaths there. I will never forgive myself, and will never rain- dance again.
February 09 2013 at 11:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyi use my body..it always tells me what weather is coming..
January 16 2013 at 12:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIT IS THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, STUPID.
December 01 2012 at 1:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI did not have this info yesterday so i counted the crickets chips til about 40 then shot the RAID in the corner. Now i`ll never Know
August 20 2012 at 11:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis reminds me of a scene from the movie "Mean Girls":
August 20 2012 at 7:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyKaren: Well, I'm kinda psychic. I have a fifth sense.
Cady: What do you mean?
Karen: It's like I have ESPN or something. My breasts can always tell when it's going to rain.
Cady: Really? That's amazing.
Karen: Well, they can tell when it's raining.
Yes true, when my left knee became pain sometimes. My hand massaged my left knee. I can feel my left knee cold inside. Someone saw me and she told me :"Your knee is pain that mean Rain will come soon". I did think she is crazy. But it came true, Rain came. OMG! I am not kidding with y'all!
August 20 2012 at 5:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMy left wrist (broken in the past) sure knows when there is bad weather coming.
August 20 2012 at 4:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDiagnosed with Fibromyalgia and nobody knows the cause... hmm??
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