Weather as Entertainment, by Don Tassone

“Have you heard the forecast?” said one man to another.

“No.”

“They say we’re in for an atmospheric river.”

“A what?”

“A giant rainstorm.”

“Oh.”

“There’s one over the Pacific right now.”

“An atmospheric river?”

“Yeah, but it’s called a Pineapple Express.”

“Interesting.”

“At least it’s not a bomb cyclone.”

“What’s that?”

“A storm that develops really fast, then explodes.”

“Holy crap!”

“Could be worse.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. It could be a supercell.”

“A supercell?”

“High winds, huge hail and tornadoes,” he said.

Then he looked at his watch.

“I’ve gotta go.”

“Dinner?”

“No, there’s a special on The Weather Channel.”