There was high excitement in the Tucson newsrooms last night. The lead story was the weather. Nothing was held back. The talking head earnestly warned anyone listening that cold weather was imminent. Looking every bit like St. Paul's Dave Dahl charting windchills with a worried brow, he solemnly predicted 24 degrees Fahrenheit.More details would come later in the show, he assured startled citizens, but we had heard enough.
We sprang from our cozy bed, pulled on a night cap and rushed outdoors into Cafe del Solveig to rescue our tender petunias from certain ruination. In a nick of time we whisked them indoors, safe from the threatening night air.
We returned to bed, satisfied and confident that everything had been done to preserve life as we know it.
This morning we learned that Arizona weathermen are no different than Minnesota weathermen. They do have their difficulties.
The mercury fell last night, all right, but we failed to fall to a hard freeze. As we took our morning walk, we found ourselves to be overwarned, overdressed and overwrought.
The petunias are back in the warming sun. Tonight's lead news story? Road construction expected to delay traffic on Oracle Road.
