Explanations and observations about the above:
Yes, I’m showing my boreal and Western Hemisphere chauvinism with the above headline.
The official time for the start of autumn 2005 in these parts is 3:23 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
That’s 5:23 p.m. in Chicago and 6:23 p.m. in New York City, proud capitals of the Infospigot media empire. And 10:23 p.m. in London, a city unvisited by your correspondent.
For Tokyo, an outpost of the Greater Infospigot Co-Prosperity Sphere, that’s 7:23 a.m. Friday, the 23rd (the Autumnal Equinox is a national holiday there). That means the last sundown of summer falls on the 22nd, about three hours from now (5:38 p.m., Japan Standard Time; since Japan declines to spring forward or fall back, its already experiencing early sunset blues.)
And since everything is upside down and backwards on the other side of the Equator — my first big thrill visiting Australia was the realization that the reason Orion looked different was he was standing on his head — spring begins at 7:23 p.m. tomorrow in Buenos Aires, 12:23 a.m. (the 23rd) in Cape Town, and 8:23 a.m. (the 23rd) in Sydney.
Hey Brekke. I’ve had it with you and your science. And I suggest you get your mind right. Autumn arrives when Reverend Pat says it does! Why won’t you just shut up and BELIEVE?
Does this have anything to do with global warming?
I love this kind of stuff. It is a beautiful evening here in NYC, very late summer-early autumn kind of stuff. It reminds me of World Series weather. I also think about springtime in Sydney and Canberra. That would be a good one to see. Later.