What About That Weather, Eh?

The television weather reporters are having a field day this weekend. Toronto has had a weekend of unseasonably warm temperatures while Vancouver has been hit with a snowstorm and sits beneath a foot of snow. Meanwhile, the Prairies are in a deep freeze, with temperatures falling below 20 degrees Centigrade.

I find this fascination with weather interesting, but somewhat inexplicable. Perhaps because we are a nation of extreme weather changes, we are at times preoccupied with whether or not precipitation has fallen, and in which forms. On the other hand, perhaps we are like strangers on an elevator who, pressed for conversation, settle on the weather as a safe topic.