Before a storm, animals and insects become nervous,
often irritated, sometimes even vicious.
Flies bite, fishes become bold, birds dress their feathers and
quarrel with one another; horses get quick-tempered.
Lowering storm pressure releases gases and odors that stimulate
animal sensitivity; dogs become nervous
and alert. It is natural, then, to
presume that humans might also react to pre-storm weather.
Quite so: Rising humidity
and lowering pressure affect us both physically and mentally, but so
mildly that only slightly nervous reactions are produced.
Text: Eric Sloane's Book Of Storms -- Hurricanes, Twisters &
Squalls.
Photographs: Georg Paul Neumann, The German Air Force In The Great War
(Website).
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