@Kayla, yes, I've heard the "Red sky at night, sailor's delight" rhyme before, and it's still followed today! Lots of nautical people around where I live, and I hear it all the time at work. Never heard of the "mares tails and mackerel scales" before though, will have to ask at work about that one. Neato!
@Lysmachia, it's really enlightening to think about stuff like that, huh? Once upon a time, mankind wasn't so reliant upon his watch or "smart" phone (a misnomer, in my opinion!
), or all that junk. He would wake up, look around outside, and know what to do based on what he observed around him. Now-a-days, people can't seem to "observe" anything farther than the gadget in their hands.. makes ya wonder how we call this "progress", huh?
I love talking about this sort of stuff with my new Bossman; I ask him where he gets his weather info from, and he says "By looking around outside and paying attention to what's been going on, and what's happening NOW".
Smart Bossman!!
