Weather forecast weirdness

There is a special weather warning today for my location

...A CLUSTER OF BRIEF SHOWERS THAT MAY CONTAIN A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS CROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 3 AND 7 PM...

The hourly forecast on the same weather-site shows sunny to partly cloudy conditions from now (6 am) until 3 pm ... but THAT'S where the red warning label is stuck.

Shouldn't the red warning label be stuck where the hourly forecast says "increasing cloudiness" and "possible thunderstorms"?

Growing older in a young world

I just read this article Going Gray is a Revelation.

I'm celtic, most of my ancestors came from Ireland or Scotland. That is, in common language, I'm white. A white woman on the autism spectrum. I cannot speak for any other woman on the spectrum, but I always considered myself a person first, then female, then anything else.

As such, I never quite understood or approved of the hyper-focus on female 'attractiveness' with regard to make-up, clothing or hair. Wearing make-up and dying one's hair always seemed like lying to me and I am uncomfortable with lies.

As for clothing ... well, so-called "sexy" clothes are always uncomfortable. MEN don't have to wear skimpy shirts, too short or too-tight attire, so why should I?

Anyway, I always felt that if I was clean, appropriately/ decently dressed and my mother wasn't yelling at me to get my hair out of my eyes, I was good to go. I had no wish to have multiple boyfriends and I don't really care to attract the attention of random individuals of any gender. I have a partner who likes me as I am and I like him and why would I want anyone else?

So, yes, I am grey. I like being grey. I like the visible sign of experience and gravitas that the blaze of grey gives me. And I like that I am not signaling a desperate attempt to deny the weight of the years I bear.

My grey hair signals that I am comfortable with myself as I am. I have no wish to present myself as anything other than what I am. I won't say that I don't care what I look like, because that would be a lie; but once I am comfortable with my appearance, I put it out of my mind and concentrate on what is in front of me. Who is in front of me.

My favorite quote about appearance comes from a Lord Peter Wimsey novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. Well, not quote exactly, but philosophy. Lord Peter says that he's not bothered by his appearance because he doesn't have to look at himself. It's the rest of the poor buggers around him who have to suffer.

So, grey hair, comfortable clothing, no make-up ... if you can't see me as a person because I don't fit your perception of what it means to be female, I'd say the problem is YOURS, not mine!