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DUWBureau of Unnecessary Phenomena

FORM 012 · OFFICIAL DOSSIERS

Archives of Unnecessary Weather

A complete catalogue of phenomena the bureau has processed. Each dossier carries its case number, threat classification, approved duration, witness testimony, and the official stamp of its disposition. 12 cases on file.

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Case #PhenomenonThreatDurationWitness TestimonyStatus
DUW-0001
Indoor Rain
Precipitation / Interior
Annoying11:00 to 11:47, dailyIt only falls inside the kitchen, and only when the kettle is about to boil. It does not wet the floor; it wets the decision to make tea.
M. Okafor, Tenant, Apt 4B
Deemed necessary to cool enthusiasm.
DUW-0002
Wednesday-shaped Fog
Atmospheric / Temporal
OntologicalEvery Wednesday, 03:00 to 04:00The fog is not in the shape of a Wednesday, it IS the shape of a Wednesday. You cannot enter it; you can only become it. It smells faintly of paperwork.
Dr. E. Vasquez, Fog Liaison
Calendar integrity maintained.
DUW-0003
Apologetic Lightning
Electrical / Social
Harmless0.3 seconds, twice nightlyEvery strike is preceded by a small 'sorry' written in the sky. It strikes only objects that have wronged someone. It has never missed.
T. Brennan, Night Clerk
Politeness confirmed.
DUW-0004
Wind that only exists when watched
Kinetic / Observational
OntologicalContinuous, while observedThe moment you look away, the wind stops. It is not that it hides; it is that it is shy. Wind speed is inversely proportional to confidence.
S. Lindqvist, Observer
Unverifiable by definition.
DUW-0005
Backward Hail
Precipitation / Reversed
Annoying3 minutes, unannouncedThe hail falls upward, then apologizes by falling down. It is the only precipitation that arrives before it leaves.
R. Patel, Grounds
Trajectory reviewed, reversed.
DUW-0006
Second-hand Sunshine
Radiative / Secondary
HarmlessAll day, borrowedThe light here is not produced; it is inherited from a brighter city two hundred miles away. It is warm, but slightly apologetic about being secondhand.
A. Moreau, Resident
Luminance budget balanced.
DUW-0007
Gravity that leans left
Fundamental / Tilted
OntologicalPermanent, since 1994Objects do not fall down; they fall down-and-to-the-left. Nobody has noticed because everyone has always walked slightly right to compensate.
C. Nakamura, Physicist
Awaiting level surface.
DUW-0008
Scheduled Silence
Acoustic / Administrative
Annoying14:00 to 14:05, weekdaysFor five minutes each afternoon, all sound is filed away for later. You can see people speaking, but their words arrive at 14:05, all at once.
P. Osei, Office
Noise backlog cleared daily.
DUW-0009
Persistent Drizzle of Questions
Precipitation / Interrogative
AnnoyingDuring any unresolved meetingFine droplets of 'but why' and 'are you sure' accumulate on every surface. They evaporate the moment a decision is made.
L. Haddad, Committee
Inquiry volume excessive.
DUW-0010
Echoes arriving early
Acoustic / Temporal
OntologicalVariable, up to 3 days leadYou hear the echo before the sound. It is the department's way of giving you a preview, and also a warning you cannot use.
J. Whitfield, Archivist
Preview protocol active.
DUW-0011
Commemorative Humidity
Atmospheric / Memorial
HarmlessOn anniversaries onlyOn certain dates the air grows thick with the humidity of a specific past afternoon, usually one that mattered. It is the weather's way of remembering.
N. Alvarez, Local
Memorial moisture approved.
DUW-0012
Reluctant Thunder
Electrical / Hesitant
HarmlessAfter every lightning, delayedThe thunder arrives, then thinks better of it, then arrives again more quietly. It is the sound of a decision being unmade.
K. Ito, Listener
Volume under review.

Harmless

4

Convenient, if unnecessary.

Annoying

4

Bureaucratically significant.

Ontological

4

Threatens the very idea of weather. File immediately.