As if on cue, the same day our station's management planned our Flu Shot day, cold weather arrived. More on the shot later.
This powerful cold front fired up showers and thunderstorms. There were two Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in NW Oklahoma. We had some storms here that produced small hail and heavy rain, but no warnings. I had trouble sleeping last night, because I was anxious to see how strong the storms would be when they rolled in. It was impressive.
Stillwater and Bristow had some small hail and there were areas where over 2" of
rain fell. The Tulsa National Weather Service received 2.16". That is not a record for
the date, that is 4.05" set on this date in 1920. We had a couple of our AWS
automated weather sites with 2", but most had between 1" and 1.5".
More impressive may have been the temperature drop. At 5pm Wednesday we
were 24 degrees colder than our temp. at 5pm Tuesday.
I asked our new promotions guy if we could do the afternoon promos outside. He didn't have any rain gear for his high dollar camera, so I said, "lets go to the roof." He stood in the roof's doorway opening where it was dry, and I stood on the roof with 25 mph winds, rain, and cold weather. I didn't notice it at the time, but when I saw the promo on the air, you could see my breath in the cold!
This afternoon was our scheduled flu shots. Something management here does
for those employees who want a free shot. Not mandatory, just something for those who want a little insurance. I was busy, but thought it was well worth the 5 minutes it took.
The nurse was a pro, she was great, and I didn't feel a thing. Though tonight as I write this
my shoulder is a little sore.
It's funny, how many have strong opinions about flu shots. Some say they give you
the flu, others argue that it always protects them. Some never take them, and others
swear they work. My thought has always been, why not? I've got too much to
do to get the flu, so I take the shot. You can't forecast the weather from bed.
Just thought it was odd that this had been planned for a month, and the day
they picked for flu shots was the day the cold weather blew in. Could it be
they know more about the weather than our weather team? Perhaps
"Most Accurate Managment Forecaster" title needs to be awarded.
