Editorials

Well, we’re getting to the time of year where we’ll soon be on the lookout for winter storms. Conveniently, there are two nifty signs, provided by M. Nature, that tell you whether hazardous winter weather may be approaching. Now both of these clues pertain to multi-hour periods of precipitation, that are typically preceded by those high, thin, wispy clouds, called cirrus, but also known as Mare’s Tails, because they look like the flowing tail of a horse.

CARIBOU, Maine — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins made a stop in Caribou on Oct. 3, as the homegrown politician continued along her campaign trail. Her vibrant and patriotic red, white and blue campaign bus pulled into the S.W. Collins parking lot around 11:30 Friday morning to visit with her constituents — many of whom were close friends and family — at the location where the Collins family has run their business for five generations.

You don’t have your phone. So no apps. Calculator? Nope. Abacus? That would be funny. But here’s the deal. You are heading to New Brunswick, or elsewhere in Canada, and you hear this: “Clearing tomorrow, with a high of 20.” Thing is, it’s Summer, and they’re talking Celsius! (Remember back in school when they told us “you’d better learn the Metric System because it is definitely coming”?)

I was going through my Decker binder the other day, most of the information in it is 10 or more years old, but it never ceases to amaze me what I have been able to accumulate. I have even more information saved on computer and the Internet.