Severe Weather Warning - by Miriam Webster

I was walking the dog at the beach when I saw rats throwing themselves into the sea, spilling over the shoreline in a great tumble of nose and tail. All the birds left. The dogs’ hair prickled and stood on end; electrified, we thought, by atmospheric changes ominous and invisible. At dusk they let out one, unified bark. The cats stayed indoors, licking themselves. Those who find meaning in constellations blamed it on the moon in Scorpio, that volatile sign. Those of sound mind blamed it on climate change …