Describe a time when the weather caused you to change yours plans.

• when it was
• how the weather condition was
• what initial plan you had and explain what you did once you changed your plan.

This is a nice topic to talk about and I have experienced this exact situation several times in my life. I thank you for the opportunity to let me talk about an event when the sudden change of the weather ruined a long-desired plan. It was 2014 and on my younger sister’s birthday, most of my cousins, uncles and aunts came to our house. Next day my father proposed that we should take a family trip and go to Goa at Keri beach and enjoy our time together as a family. It was a great proposal and we were all excited to spend our time there.

Two of my cousins and their parents had never been to this beach. “Though we spent our childhood together in a joint family in our early childhood, we hardly get time to enjoy together” – told Tom, one of our cousins and he was completely right. We were very happy to have our relatives at our home, celebrate our sister’s birthday and have the opportunity to make a family tour together after a long. In the morning my father proposed us to take our cars and visit the sea beach and other tourist spots next day and it was a sunny day with a clear blue sky at that time. 

The weather forecast, that I checked online, showed that there was no possibility of rain and the temperature would remain almost the same. But our luck must have been quite bad as the weather completely changed in the evening. While we did not even expect the rain, there was a thunderstorm with the torrent. The wind was ferocious and the storm lasted a long. The sea beach thus was not a good place to visit the next day. It was a 4 hours journey and we were supposed to go there early next morning. However, the weather condition forced us to abandon the tour and stay home. The weather was still ferocious and it was unsafe for us to leave the house. 

When my parents declared that we have to cancel our tour, I, with four of my cousins, planned to watch movies, play computer games and meet some of my friends at their home. At around 11.30 am, when the weather was still bad, we watched an animated movie while my parents were busy cooking. We ate homemade popcorns, coffee and hamburger. In the evening the rain stopped and we went to meet my friends who happened to live nearby. At night we played different types of indoor games and that was fun. Though our initial plan was ruined due to a sudden weather change, nevertheless, I enjoyed my time with my cousins. I am the only child of my parents and that’s why my cousins are like my siblings and I enjoy their company a lot.

OR

It has not happened very often when the weather changed my plan. But yes, I remember a time when my friends and I had planned to go to a museum, Pushpa Gujral Science City, near my hometown, where we could not go because of heavy rainfall. Last year, in our summer vacation, we planned to visit this museum. This museum is at a distance of one hour from my hometown.

As I live near the bus stand, my friends had to assemble at my house and then we had to go to the bus stand and catch a bus for the museum. It was cloudy, and we could anticipate that it would rain, but we never thought it could be that bad. Just has we were about to leave it started raining heavily. We thought we would wait for sometime for the rain to slow down and then we would go. But it started raining cats and dogs, and the rain went on for five hours at a stretch. We could not go anywhere.

My friends were also stuck at my house. But we made it a day to remember. My mother made a nice lunch and many snacks for us and we played carom board. Although we could not go to the museum, we had a fun time together. Even after the rain stopped, there was a lot of water logging on the roads and my friends could not go home till late evening. So that was a day when the weather changed our plans

Part 3 – Follow up

Ques: – Where can people get weather reports?
Ans: – People can get weather reports through Radio, TV, through Internet and nowadays even two apps on their smartphones.

Ques: – How do weather reports affect people’s life?
Ans: – People change their plans according to the weather reports, especially in the temporary climates, where the weather reports tend to be more accurate. In the tropical climates however, the weather reports I’m not so accurate and so people do not give much importance to them.

Ques: – What do people do on rainy days and sunny days?
Ans: – On rainy days people like to be indoors and enjoy special dishes such as fritters and tea.

Ques: – Has climate change affected your country?
Ans: – Climate change has affected each and every part of the globe, and my country is no exception. Summers have become very long and winters have shrunk. We also have hotter summers and cooler winters.

Ques: – Does weather affect your mood?
Ans: – When it is too hot I feel very uncomfortable and when it is too cold, I feel lethargic.