Weather Forecasting is Easy Joke

It's late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota
asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the
old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the
winter was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter
was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should
collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He
went to the phone, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is
the coming winter going to be cold?"

"It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold", the
meteorologist at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. "Does it
still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?"

"Yes", the man at National Weather Service again replied, "it's going
to be a very cold winter".

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again.
"Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely", the man replied. "It's looking more and more like it is
going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen".

"How can you be so sure?" the chief asked.

The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like
crazy".

Hoosiers and Cold Weather

Cold Weather Behavior…

60 above zero: Floridians turn on the heat. Hoosiers plant gardens.

50 above zero: Californians shiver uncontrollably. People are sunbathing in Indiana.

40 above zero: Import cars won’t start. Hoosiers drive with the sunroof open.

32 above zero: Distilled water freezes. The water in the Hoosier State gets thicker.

20 above zero: New Mexicans don long johns, parkas, wool hats and mittens. Hoosiers throw on a flannel shirt.

15 above zero: New York landlords finally turn on the heat. People in Indiana have one last cookout before it gets cold.

Zero: People in Miami all die. Hoosiers close the windows.

10 below zero: Californians fly away to Mexico. Hoosiers dig their winter coats out of storage.

25 below zero: Hollywood disintegrates. Girl Scouts in Indiana still selling cookies door to door.

40 below zero: Washington, D.C. finally runs out of hot air. People in Indiana let their dogs sleep indoors.

100 below zero: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Hoosiers get upset because the Mini-Van won’t start.

460 below zero: ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale). People in Indiana can be heard to say, “Cold ’nuff fer ya?”

500 below zero: Hell freezes over. In Terre Haute public schools open 2 hours late.