The weather is always news. Most of the national morning and evening shows have a segment about the weather. Often, the weather is the lead story. We spend hours of our lives inquiring about the weather. Will it be hot today? Will there be tornadoes or floods today? Will it be rainy today? The weather report is always news regardless of the weather.
We talk about the weather a lot. If you can’t find anything else to talk about you can always talk about the weather. For example, if you are ordering a soft drink at the local five and dime snack bar and you are sitting next to a stranger, you can always say something like, “It sure is hot today.” Or you can say something like, “I think we are supposed to have a lot of wind today.”
If the stranger wants to talk they will likely chime in and say, “Yes, it’s really hot out there or it’s been windy.” You can usually go from there and talk more specifically. You can say something like, “Those people out there in Kansas just about got blown off by the tornadoes.” Or you can say, “Those people over in Texas are burning up in the heat.” From there your conversation can go other directions.
