Kicker: Creation’s clock

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AUDIO: Summertime / says goodbye to us. / Pretty crazy cool weather feeling like fall. / Man! Did it feel like a very fine fall day?

NICK EICHER, HOST: It’s time to pack the pool floaties and break out the pumpkin spice: summer’s eviction notice took effect yesterday at 2:19 pm eastern time, the autumnal equinox.

That’s the moment the sun is directly over the equator, so neither hemisphere gets the tilt advantage.

Now, the animal world doesn’t need the weathermen. Squirrels know to stock up, monarchs to fly south, bears to binge berries and tank up for the long winter’s nap.

Just think: the heavens keep time better than any smartwatch!

It’s The World and Everything in It.

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