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A modern day American Indian reservation in the West had lost their chief to old age and a new chief was installed. The old chief had known the ways of the wild and was locally famous for his ability to predict the coming winters with amazing accuracy.
The new chief was younger and had not learned to read the signs. At the Autumn Council, as was their tradition, the Indians asked the chief about the coming winter. The chief, not wanting the people to be caught short, replied, "It's going to be cold. Start gathering wood."
A few days later the chief called the National Weather Service and asked what the winter would be like and received the answer that "We expect a fairly cold winter."
The chief went back and told the people to gather more wood in preparation for a very cold winter."
A week later he called the NWS again and received the reply, "We expect a very cold winter with extended periods of snow."
The chief told the people to gather anything that would burn in anticipation of an extremely cold winter.
A week later he calls the NWS again and is told "We expect a severe winter with below zero temperatures, extreme snowfall and dangerous condittions."
The chief asks, "How can you predict that this early in the season?"
The NWS guy says, "Man, the Indians are gathering wood like crazy."
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