They went on forever and they, when I, we lived in Arizona and the skies always had little fluffy clouds in them and, er they were long and clear and there were lots of stars at night and, er, when it would rain it would all turn, it, they were beautiful, the most beautiful skies, as a matter of fact...
There were way, way, way more bugs. Yesterday I spent about 12 hours on the highway, and I didn't need to pull over to clean my windshield once. 20-30 years ago my windshield and headlights would be completely plastered after a few hours.
Night sky had the Milky Way. Same place now, can probably only see a hundred stars total.
The skies were full of birds. Like 50 times what we have today.
I remember stars covering the sky in a shower of light. Not just a few here and there, but the literal Milky Way band. Light pollution has grown at a concerning pace in my own lifetime and I wonder what it will look like when my children are grown.
Roughly the same. I remember more lightning bugs, though, if they count as "sky." Not sure if that was peculiar to where I was living at the time, outside Memphis, Tennessee.
Concord's roaring overhead. Miss those planes.
1% chance of a single cloud being in the sky
0.00005% chance of a thunderstorm
-50% chance of snow
The sky is completely white some days. Not clouds, but LITERAL SAND.
You can cook an egg using only the sun.
One more thing: when it rains, it's usually only for a few seconds. I repeat: seconds.
Much cloudier
I live in CA. So about the same lol. I'm tired of our shades of summer though
Ah, the old "contrails/chemtrails didn't exist when I was young" argument. Yes, they did; you didn't look up when you were a kid.
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