It was October, 2003 and the Indians on a remote reservation asked their new Chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a Chief in a modern society he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect firewood to be prepared. But being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?" "It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold" the meteorologist at the weather service responded. So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather Service again. " Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?" "Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter."The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find. Two weeks later the Chief called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"Absolutely," the man replied. "It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters ever. "How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked.

The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like crazy."


Suz

Cheers, Vince

Along the same line: A movie company was shooting on the reservation, and to be sure that they would have no weather-related problems, they hired the medicine man at $100 a day to tell them what the weather would be that day.

The first day, the director asked;"What will the weather be like?" The medicine man said: "Squeeee sssss wwrk weather clear and sunny." And he was right.

The next day: Wrrrrk squeeee sssss Partly cloudy, and wind from northeast at 12-15 miles per hour." And he was right.

This kept on for a week or so, when one day, the medicine man said: ssss squeeeee wrrrrkkkk clear and sunny. About 10 a.m., they were hit by a thunderstorm and microburst. The director went to the medicine man, and shouted " I HIRED YOU TO TELL US WHAT THE WEATHER WOULD BE! WHAT WENT WRONG?" You were right every day for almost two weeks!"

He said; " Squeeee ssss wrrrk....Radio broke!"