Sunday, June 21, 2015

Rope Barometer

Rope Barometer, Via Saragozza, Bologna
I have an absolute distrust in weather forecasts, because they are almost always wrong or simply exaggerated. I wonder why people keep listening to the demented words of these charlatans, like they were an oracle: compared to this even a horoscope looks like science. On the other hand, I have recently discovered a serious and well-thought device that can help us against these apostles of the uncertain weather, and I am glad to share it with you. It is an ancient contraption called “Barometro a corda” (Rope Barometer), and you can easily build your own.

Rope Barometer

Rope dry: sunny
Rope wet: rainy
Rope stiff: freezing cold
Rope moving: windy
Can't see the rope: fog or you drank too much
Rope gone: somebody stole it
(This is not from Livorno: I found it under the porticoes of Via Saragozza, in Bologna)

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18 comments:

  1. RevrunnerJune 21, 2015 at 12:24 AM

    Ha! I'm reading this even as I await the arrival of TS Bill. Better check my rope barometer. :-)

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  2. RandyJune 21, 2015 at 3:38 AM

    I don't trust the forecasts either.

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  3. JackJune 21, 2015 at 4:45 AM

    The weather forecasts are ALWAYS right. When they say there is a 90 percent chance of rain and it rains, they were right. If it doesn't rain, well, that was the 10 percent likely outcome.

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  4. GunnJune 21, 2015 at 8:39 AM

    We have two: storm.no and yr.no
    I choose the most promising one....
    Still waiting for the summer:)
    Perhaps i should make a sign and put it out in the garden?
    Nice find and a good idea you have here:)

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  5. AriannaJune 21, 2015 at 10:41 AM

    La conosco...รจ ormai una tradizione! Ciao, Arianna

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  6. MarleenJune 21, 2015 at 12:43 PM

    :)). This might be usedul for the Dutch as well, the weather is always point of discussion here.

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  7. DinaJune 21, 2015 at 2:12 PM

    Ha, fun folk wisdom. :)

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  8. PerthDailyPhotoJune 21, 2015 at 4:11 PM

    Haha! Love it VP and I'm very pleased to hear it's not only the weather forecasters in Perth that get it wrong all the time :)

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  9. BirdmanJune 21, 2015 at 5:01 PM

    Hilarious. Gotta get me a rope.

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  10. UnknownJune 21, 2015 at 6:47 PM

    Brilliant! LOL!

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  11. LowellJune 21, 2015 at 8:08 PM

    Very funny. I've seen several variations of this theme and I love them all!

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  12. RedPatJune 21, 2015 at 8:22 PM

    Good one!! ;-) There was a 90% chance of rain and thunderstorms here all day today! It has been sunny and warm all day!!

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  13. cieldequimperJune 21, 2015 at 9:35 PM

    I've seen something like this before and it made me LOL so much!

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  14. Luis GomezJune 22, 2015 at 4:39 PM

    So good! Thanks for the laughs VP.

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  15. William KendallJune 22, 2015 at 5:28 PM

    I have seen something similar here in English, with a rock fastened to the end of the rope.

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  16. KarlJune 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM

    Very nice, VP !
    I like especially the last sentence :)

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  17. EG CameraGirlJune 23, 2015 at 6:46 PM

    The rope method is amazingly accurate. ;)

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  18. Stefan JanssonJune 24, 2015 at 10:53 AM

    Forecasters have done a good job in my area. Which is bad as the weather is bad. Two Summer days so far in June.

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