In early June we had 35 degrees Celsius and hot weather in Warsaw (which was closer to what it should be, but still a bit too hot for late spring).
Now, it's 11 degrees Celsius, raining and cold.
WTF.
Anyone else experiencing weird weather this summer?
No, because we don't have that faggoty fucked-up Celsius to mess with us. What's that in Kelvin?
A part from getting 2 months of rain in less than a hour, real funny when parts of your roof is missing due to it being renovated. Almost all large roads leading in to Copenhagen is closed due to floding...
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Had fun driving my train last night, almost all bridges I went over the road beneath was flooded with loads of cars stuck in it and waiting behind.
Winter is Coming. :ph34r:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9SXOP_4xU
A little video I took of the walkway beneath the tracks on the central station, an hour later it was under 1m of water. The tracks were flooded too which gave more troubles than me getting a bit wet.
Finland is getting 30 degrees Celsius for the past week or so. :cool:
Yeah, that's not good.
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The weather is weird. No summer here. So far.
Things back to typical July weather.
Incidentally it was 130 F in the sun outside my office window yesterday.
Yes. 30+ weather followed by barely 20s days followed by 30+ weather.
18 degrees now. Somewhat disappointing for the season, yeah.
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 03, 2011, 09:25:37 AM
Yes. 30+ weather followed by barely 20s days followed by 30+ weather.
The same here. The weather is shifting 10º almost every week, from 25 max to 35 and vice versa.
Normal, steady summer stuff here so far. Let's see....Highs coming up: 99, 99, 100, 100, 100, 99, 100, 100, 100. 40% chance of rain for the last one. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2011, 08:21:50 AM
Things back to typical July weather.
Incidentally it was 130 F in the sun outside my office window yesterday.
Ah...I don't think so.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 03, 2011, 07:01:28 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2011, 08:21:50 AM
Things back to typical July weather.
Incidentally it was 130 F in the sun outside my office window yesterday.
Ah...I don't think so.
Elaborate.
Quote from: The Brain on July 04, 2011, 02:25:37 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 03, 2011, 07:01:28 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2011, 08:21:50 AM
Things back to typical July weather.
Incidentally it was 130 F in the sun outside my office window yesterday.
Ah...I don't think so.
Elaborate.
The highest temperature in the history of England is 101. F
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records#Highest_temperature_ever_recorded
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 03, 2011, 07:01:28 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2011, 08:21:50 AM
Things back to typical July weather.
Incidentally it was 130 F in the sun outside my office window yesterday.
Ah...I don't think so.
My bold, do you understand now ?
Maybe he was unaware that official temperatures are measured in the shade 2m above ground.
Quote from: Liep on July 04, 2011, 06:53:12 PM
Maybe he was unaware that official temperatures are measured in the shade 2m above ground.
Indeed I was. That method's completely retarded.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 04, 2011, 07:00:29 PM
Indeed I was. That method's completely retarded.
The point is to measure air temperature. Not the rate at which some arbitrary material absorbs radiant energy.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 04, 2011, 07:00:29 PM
Indeed I was. That method's completely retarded.
Maybe that's a bit of an overstatement.
Quote from: Liep on July 04, 2011, 07:09:57 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 04, 2011, 07:00:29 PM
Indeed I was. That method's completely retarded.
Maybe that's a bit of an overstatement.
Overstatement! On Languish! :o
Bleh. More 100 degree weather. :(
It's currently 81 feeling like 91 & it'll feel like 100 by the end of the day.
Sleeping is gonna suck.
We are having one of our worst droughts in decades. Right after one of the wettest years on record last year.
Austin had to cancel the fourth of July fireworks this year. The threat of fires was too high.
I'm melting.
It's the same old shit as every year. A few hot days in spring, a summer that changes rapidly between warm and wet, then a late summer heatwave in September.
OMG WTF global warming etc. etc.
Quote from: Valmy on July 11, 2011, 09:42:40 AM
We are having one of our worst droughts in decades. Right after one of the wettest years on record last year.
Austin had to cancel the fourth of July fireworks this year. The threat of fires was too high.
I was looking into homes in Plano, but Texas and its water situation makes me think twice about moving down there.
We had a day where it was 85, but that is ok, it got down to 53 at night :)
Heat index of 48 here. That's 118 for those of you who speak medieval.
I think it only got up to 117 here. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on July 11, 2011, 10:12:16 AM
Quote from: Brazen on July 11, 2011, 09:57:32 AM
It's the same old shit as every year. A few hot days in spring, a summer that changes rapidly between warm and wet, then a late summer heatwave in September.
OMG WTF global warming etc. etc.
Aren't you confusing weather with climate ? :hmm:
Besides which country were you in this spring ? Because we've had an extraordinarily warm and dry spring, not just a "few hot days"
I must confess that I hadn't noticed it being either particularly warmer than the average or dryer than the average where I live in the middle of the country getting the dregs of the weatherfronts that have already hit everyone else.
I'll also note that I don't recall many/any news stories about hosepipe bans this year; just a few mutterings that farmers may have to stop watering crops. Am I missing something due to the alleged excess heat making me sleepy or something?
More than an inch of rain yesterday, more than 2.5 today. :yuk:
Averaging a blistering 70 degrees (F) here in the Puget Sound. :)
Was sunny and 60's most of weekend, was fantastic.
Mid 90's since March. Will stay that way until mid October. The killer is the humidity. Ugh.
Quote from: mongers on July 11, 2011, 08:14:53 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on July 11, 2011, 07:39:37 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 11, 2011, 10:12:16 AM
Quote from: Brazen on July 11, 2011, 09:57:32 AM
It's the same old shit as every year. A few hot days in spring, a summer that changes rapidly between warm and wet, then a late summer heatwave in September.
OMG WTF global warming etc. etc.
Aren't you confusing weather with climate ? :hmm:
Besides which country were you in this spring ? Because we've had an extraordinarily warm and dry spring, not just a "few hot days"
I must confess that I hadn't noticed it being either particularly warmer than the average or dryer than the average where I live in the middle of the country getting the dregs of the weatherfronts that have already hit everyone else.
I'll also note that I don't recall many/any news stories about hosepipe bans this year; just a few mutterings that farmers may have to stop watering crops. Am I missing something due to the alleged excess heat making me sleepy or something?
We'll something is affecting you're reasoning. :P
We were talking about the spring, you know the season before the one we're in now; no idea if June/July have been warmer or cooler than average so far.
Anecdotally I'd say its been pretty dry in central southern England, the river outside my front door doesn't seem to be flowing, looks more more like a pond. <_<
:contract:
And surprise, surprise, I was talking about Spring as well - 'cause that's when they first start talking about hosepipe bans being "almost certain" even if they don't impose them until full summer. Spring's when they can tell how well replenished the water table has been by Autumn/Winter.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 11, 2011, 10:27:02 AM
I was looking into homes in Plano, but Texas and its water situation makes me think twice about moving down there.
So glad the word is getting out. The water situation is getting more and more critical and people just keep on moving here.
What's the situation of water in Texas?
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 12, 2011, 12:26:18 PM
What's the situation of water in Texas?
There is none.
Quote from: katmai on July 12, 2011, 01:06:49 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 12, 2011, 12:26:18 PM
What's the situation of water in Texas?
There is none.
Deviation of the Mississippi might be a solution.
Quote from: Agelastus on July 12, 2011, 12:22:59 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 11, 2011, 08:14:53 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on July 11, 2011, 07:39:37 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 11, 2011, 10:12:16 AM
Quote from: Brazen on July 11, 2011, 09:57:32 AM
It's the same old shit as every year. A few hot days in spring, a summer that changes rapidly between warm and wet, then a late summer heatwave in September.
OMG WTF global warming etc. etc.
Aren't you confusing weather with climate ? :hmm:
Besides which country were you in this spring ? Because we've had an extraordinarily warm and dry spring, not just a "few hot days"
I must confess that I hadn't noticed it being either particularly warmer than the average or dryer than the average where I live in the middle of the country getting the dregs of the weatherfronts that have already hit everyone else.
I'll also note that I don't recall many/any news stories about hosepipe bans this year; just a few mutterings that farmers may have to stop watering crops. Am I missing something due to the alleged excess heat making me sleepy or something?
We'll something is affecting you're reasoning. :P
We were talking about the spring, you know the season before the one we're in now; no idea if June/July have been warmer or cooler than average so far.
Anecdotally I'd say its been pretty dry in central southern England, the river outside my front door doesn't seem to be flowing, looks more more like a pond. <_<
:contract:
And surprise, surprise, I was talking about Spring as well - 'cause that's when they first start talking about hosepipe bans being "almost certain" even if they don't impose them until full summer. Spring's when they can tell how well replenished the water table has been by Autumn/Winter.
You said:
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Am I missing something due to the alleged excess heat making me sleepy or something?
Isn't that in the present tense ?
:contract:
Quote from: Valmy on July 12, 2011, 12:25:15 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 11, 2011, 10:27:02 AM
I was looking into homes in Plano, but Texas and its water situation makes me think twice about moving down there.
So glad the word is getting out. The water situation is getting more and more critical and people just keep on moving here.
I doubt the word is out. I'm aware of such things as it pertains to work. Sort of.
Plus you couldn't really tell a few weeks ago. Nice lawns in Plano. :)
I don't really get the appeal of arid climates where you can be both hot and cold in the same 24 hour period. :hmm:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 12, 2011, 03:26:49 PM
I don't really get the appeal of arid climates where you can be both hot and cold in the same 24 hour period. :hmm:
I love arid climates for the change if nothing else.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 12, 2011, 03:26:49 PM
I don't really get the appeal of arid climates where you can be both hot and cold in the same 24 hour period. :hmm:
You dislike the mullet of climates? :wacko:
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 12, 2011, 03:36:17 PM
I love arid climates for the change if nothing else.
So why do you live in the Pacific Northwest?
Quote from: mongers on July 12, 2011, 02:38:40 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on July 12, 2011, 12:22:59 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 11, 2011, 08:14:53 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on July 11, 2011, 07:39:37 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 11, 2011, 10:12:16 AM
Quote from: Brazen on July 11, 2011, 09:57:32 AM
It's the same old shit as every year. A few hot days in spring, a summer that changes rapidly between warm and wet, then a late summer heatwave in September.
OMG WTF global warming etc. etc.
Aren't you confusing weather with climate ? :hmm:
Besides which country were you in this spring ? Because we've had an extraordinarily warm and dry spring, not just a "few hot days"
I must confess that I hadn't noticed it being either particularly warmer than the average or dryer than the average where I live in the middle of the country getting the dregs of the weatherfronts that have already hit everyone else.
I'll also note that I don't recall many/any news stories about hosepipe bans this year; just a few mutterings that farmers may have to stop watering crops. Am I missing something due to the alleged excess heat making me sleepy or something?
We'll something is affecting you're reasoning. :P
We were talking about the spring, you know the season before the one we're in now; no idea if June/July have been warmer or cooler than average so far.
Anecdotally I'd say its been pretty dry in central southern England, the river outside my front door doesn't seem to be flowing, looks more more like a pond. <_<
:contract:
And surprise, surprise, I was talking about Spring as well - 'cause that's when they first start talking about hosepipe bans being "almost certain" even if they don't impose them until full summer. Spring's when they can tell how well replenished the water table has been by Autumn/Winter.
You said:
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Am I missing something due to the alleged excess heat making me sleepy or something?
Isn't that in the present tense ?
:contract:
Well, that could be...
(1) Poor use of tenses; two in one sentence.
(2) An error.
(3) I've been hibernating since Spring.
Take your pick...given how I've felt the last two months, I'm taking (3) as my choice... :)
In the last three days we've had 117.5mm of rain. <_<
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 12, 2011, 11:12:40 PM
In the last three days we've had 117.5mm of rain. <_<
Bah, I've seen seven inches in one night. Fucking chaos. One car get stuck in rising waters, A fire truck come to save it and another idiot crashes into the fire truck pushing it into the water. Luckily nobody was killed. This was back in 93. I remember watching houses torn from their foundations and washed down river.
Crazy fucking weatehr this morning.
Woken up at around 5:45am. The sky outside was bright, bright orange. Weird as fuck looking. Within about 10 minutes we had a full blown thunderstorm, which ended within abut 15 minutes.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 12, 2011, 11:12:40 PM
In the last three days we've had 117.5mm of rain. <_<
In the last year we have had .00001mm of rain <_<
Quote from: Barrister on July 18, 2011, 09:04:55 AM
Crazy fucking weatehr this morning.
Woken up at around 5:45am. The sky outside was bright, bright orange. Weird as fuck looking. Within about 10 minutes we had a full blown thunderstorm, which ended within abut 15 minutes.
Yeah. Summer. You'll get use to it.
What is this word summer?
too fucking hot.
So far seems pretty normal Summer here in eastern Massachusetts. A few hot/humid days, among most others warm and low humidity, nice. But we're due for the heat wave that's been hitting the Mid West.
It's been bad the last while - super hot and very little rain.
Quote from: Malthus on July 18, 2011, 01:35:42 PM
It's been bad the last while - super hot and very little rain.
gonna hit 46 on thursday (37 witout the humidity)
Quote from: HVC on July 18, 2011, 01:37:08 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 18, 2011, 01:35:42 PM
It's been bad the last while - super hot and very little rain.
gonna hit 46 on thursday (37 witout the humidity)
Gahhh. :(
Quote from: Malthus on July 18, 2011, 03:12:08 PM
Quote from: HVC on July 18, 2011, 01:37:08 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 18, 2011, 01:35:42 PM
It's been bad the last while - super hot and very little rain.
gonna hit 46 on thursday (37 witout the humidity)
Gahhh. :(
gonna be in the mid to low 30's all week (without humidity). Canada is cold my ass.
My AC is on full blown. It was actually cold at work today.
We're in the middle of a severe heat warning right now. I've never heard of a severe heat warning before.
And it's a perfect +15 in Whitehorse today. I just checked. :(
Spent a few hours today checking on old people for my wife's church. Hell is a old person's home filled with box fans and sitting on their plastic covered couch while Gunsmoke plays at high volume on their ancient 1979 Zenith wood cabinet TV.
We got 0.67" of rain yesterday, we average 0.72" in the entire month of July.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 18, 2011, 03:33:30 PM
We're in the middle of a severe heat warning right now. I've never heard of a severe heat warning before.
We had that last week. We're down to excessive now.
The level of irrigation is crazy in this country, the river needs about 2cm of rain a day to keep steady at this time of year.
This is bullshit.
It downpoured a little while ago, now it looks like a really bad Vietnam movie. All steamy and stupid and shit.
This is bullshit.
It's mid July and I'm having to keep the windows closed to keep out the cold. :bowler:
This sucks.
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110721/toronto-hottest-day-heat-alert-110721/20110721/?hub=TorontoNewHome
QuoteThe hottest day of Toronto's ongoing heat wave was already breaking records Thursday morning, as an imposing heat dome forced morning temperatures to their highest mark in more than 170 years.
It is goddam hot. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 19, 2011, 06:49:01 PM
This is bullshit.
It downpoured a little while ago, now it looks like a really bad Vietnam movie. All steamy and stupid and shit.
This is bullshit.
I don't think even Vietnam got this hot.
Thankfully I figured out how to charge the refrigerant in my car yesterday. My AC had been getting flaky & finally stopped. I got the stuff with stop-leak & I have an extra can at the ready in case I have to do it again...
I'm a little cold. All this A/C is giving me an headache.
Quote from: Malthus on July 21, 2011, 09:40:19 AM
This sucks.
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110721/toronto-hottest-day-heat-alert-110721/20110721/?hub=TorontoNewHome
QuoteThe hottest day of Toronto's ongoing heat wave was already breaking records Thursday morning, as an imposing heat dome forced morning temperatures to their highest mark in more than 170 years.
It is goddam hot. :(
Sucks so bad. Office has AC, but with a window seat i'm still boiling.
Quote from: mongers on July 21, 2011, 10:01:43 AM
Quote from: Malthus on July 21, 2011, 09:40:19 AM
This sucks.
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110721/toronto-hottest-day-heat-alert-110721/20110721/?hub=TorontoNewHome
QuoteThe hottest day of Toronto's ongoing heat wave was already breaking records Thursday morning, as an imposing heat dome forced morning temperatures to their highest mark in more than 170 years.
It is goddam hot. :(
QuoteEnvironment Canada says the mercury is likely to hit 38 C in the city, as the heat dome settles in over central Canada for the long haul.
Not pleasant, at those temperatures I stop working.
Worst part is that it is also extremely humid, pushing humedex readings into the 40s. :(
It really is quite unbearable outside.
Quote from: Malthus on July 21, 2011, 10:23:36 AM
Worst part is that it is also extremely humid, pushing humedex readings into the 40s. :(
It really is quite unbearable outside.
46/47. i feel sorry for the guys working in the plant at my company. basically a giant metal easy bake oven.
Quote from: HVC on July 21, 2011, 10:26:39 AM
Quote from: Malthus on July 21, 2011, 10:23:36 AM
Worst part is that it is also extremely humid, pushing humedex readings into the 40s. :(
It really is quite unbearable outside.
46/47. i feel sorry for the guys working in the plant at my company. basically a giant metal easy bake oven.
Apparently it was up to 48 C with the humidity (that's 118 F) yesterday.
Bleah.
This is bullshit.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 22, 2011, 09:04:50 AM
This is bullshit.
Welcome to your continental climate, from the island with weather. :P
Incidentally I accidentally google the weather for my home towns namesake in New Jersey rather than here, it said 100F 62% humidity*. :(
* here it's 70F and 19% (though I think thats absolute humidity, we don't really bother that much with it.)
I didn't think it was possible in the universe we live in for the humidity and the temperature to match even, but this AM it did.
8:00am: 80 degrees F, 80% humidity. Total bullshit.
Should play that number today.
It's always nice to wake up in the morning & see all the windows fogged up on the outside. If this shit keeps up, I'll just move to Miami, where it's actually been cooler than here most of the summer so far.
32C in Toronto right now, 31 in Havana.
I was outside for 30 minutes. HOLY SHIT.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 22, 2011, 11:34:00 AM
I was outside for 30 minutes. HOLY SHIT.
See if you were a Texan you would never make this mistake.
Pffft. Yankees.
Monterey has been averaging around 60-65 degrees F. :cool:
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 24, 2011, 12:07:04 AM
Monterey has been averaging around 60-65 degrees F. :cool:
Fuck you.
HOW THE FUCK CAN IT BE 90 DEGREES OUT AT 1 AM THERE ISNT EVEN A FUCKING SUN NOW
FUCK
Heat wave has been pretty, bad. Then something odd happened, it started raining on clear day.
Meanwhile in Vancouver we basically haven't had a summer at all.
Lots of people have been complaining, but frankly I prefer it to getting baked like the rest of you folks in the East. I can't handle that kind of hot temperatures for long.
The thunderstorms last night were bad. Wrath of God bad. Surprised there wasn't any tornadoes.
Still spent the night in the basement.
September is the perfect month. Cool mornings and evenings, warm days. Football comes back. The kids are back in school. Life is good.
This summer is officially the coldest and wettest summer since the start of the danish meteorological national records in 1874...
Not according to the danish meteorological institute. But it was fucking wet and boring.
No. År Millimeter
1. 1980 323
2. 2011 321
3. 1879 317
4. 2007 310
Quote from: Liep on September 04, 2011, 09:01:29 AM
Not according to the danish meteorological institute. But it was fucking wet and boring.
No. År Millimeter
1. 1980 323
2. 2011 321
3. 1879 317
4. 2007 310
Coldest
and wettest...
Maybe coldest, but not wettest.
This week has had really nice weather for a change. Highs in the mid 70's. I pulled out my window unit and replaced it with a small fan. It's only 63 right now. Perfect.
Quote from: Neil on September 04, 2011, 07:34:24 AM
September is the perfect month. Cool mornings and evenings, warm days. Football comes back. The kids are back in school. Life is good.
Holy fuck - the kids going back to school are destroying my commute. Took me an hour 15 to get to the office. :ultra:
I can't get out of this hellhole soon enough.
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I shoulda bought that winter home in Scottsdale. :weep:
Quote from: Barrister on September 08, 2011, 10:50:43 AM
Quote from: Neil on September 04, 2011, 07:34:24 AM
September is the perfect month. Cool mornings and evenings, warm days. Football comes back. The kids are back in school. Life is good.
Holy fuck - the kids going back to school are destroying my commute. Took me an hour 15 to get to the office. :ultra:
Now you know my pain. It takes me about 20 minutes now. But I am willing to pay that 5 minute premium to not live in Edmonton.
Snow overnight in the mountains. The pass is closed in Truckee. It rained all day yesterday at my place ~1000ft below the snow level.
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Quote from: Barrister on September 08, 2011, 10:50:43 AM
Quote from: Neil on September 04, 2011, 07:34:24 AM
September is the perfect month. Cool mornings and evenings, warm days. Football comes back. The kids are back in school. Life is good.
Holy fuck - the kids going back to school are destroying my commute. Took me an hour 15 to get to the office. :ultra:
Now you know my pain. It takes me about 20 minutes now. But I am willing to pay that 5 minute premium to not live in Edmonton.
You missed that it took me an hour and 15 minutes <_<
I have coped by coming into the office for 7am. My commute is nw down to 45 minutes door to door. <_<
Run the childrens down.
Quote from: Barrister on October 05, 2011, 12:03:16 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 05, 2011, 11:30:04 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 08, 2011, 10:50:43 AM
Quote from: Neil on September 04, 2011, 07:34:24 AM
September is the perfect month. Cool mornings and evenings, warm days. Football comes back. The kids are back in school. Life is good.
Holy fuck - the kids going back to school are destroying my commute. Took me an hour 15 to get to the office. :ultra:
Now you know my pain. It takes me about 20 minutes now. But I am willing to pay that 5 minute premium to not live in Edmonton.
You missed that it took me an hour and 15 minutes <_<
I have coped by coming into the office for 7am. My commute is nw down to 45 minutes door to door. <_<
You are right. So tell me again why you live in Edmonton?
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 05, 2011, 12:05:37 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 05, 2011, 12:03:16 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 05, 2011, 11:30:04 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 08, 2011, 10:50:43 AM
Quote from: Neil on September 04, 2011, 07:34:24 AM
September is the perfect month. Cool mornings and evenings, warm days. Football comes back. The kids are back in school. Life is good.
Holy fuck - the kids going back to school are destroying my commute. Took me an hour 15 to get to the office. :ultra:
Now you know my pain. It takes me about 20 minutes now. But I am willing to pay that 5 minute premium to not live in Edmonton.
You missed that it took me an hour and 15 minutes <_<
I have coped by coming into the office for 7am. My commute is nw down to 45 minutes door to door. <_<
You are right. So tell me again why you live in Edmonton?
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We have little Dudes here too. But he would have to lose the Jets jersey so I can understand the problem now.
edit: btw he gets more cute by the day.
Quote from: Maximus on October 05, 2011, 11:24:09 AM
I can't get out of this hellhole soon enough.
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"Little if any frozen precip" in Brownsville, Texas? Wow, that's surprising. :rolleyes:
Map sucks.
Decided to resurrect this old thread. Looks like hell over around Cal and Ed's area. Heard they let schools out in the Louisville area. That struck me as strange, but whatever.
Can't ever recall seeing snowfall after the first tornadoes of the season. We just got an inch or two.
2012. :ph34r:
We've had really weird weather. Winter just skipped us. It's been light jacket weather most of last month. A lot of days you could outside in just a pair of jeans and a short sleeve shirt. Leaves didn't even fall off the trees till like November. It's been really weird. Still, can't complain. I'd rather have a mild winter then the dig out three feet of snow.
It is supposed to snow this weekend.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 02, 2012, 05:37:54 PM
Decided to resurrect this old thread. Looks like hell over around Cal and Ed's area. Heard they let schools out in the Louisville area. That struck me as strange, but whatever.
They are likely basing decisions on this:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/daily-torcon-forecast_2011-07-11
Never got out of school for a Tornado. We'd just shove our heads between our legs and practice kissing our asses goodbye.
Everybody into the halls! Against the lockers!
We're ok. Got hail the size of gumballs. I have a friend who lives in Henryville, IN (been to his house and was just up in Salem, IN last weekend)... he's not ok. He just posted on Facebook that he was injured by hail and his house got a moderate amount of damage. Henryville got its ass totally kicked... the high school was flattened and a bunch of gas stations along I-65 have ceased to exist.
Supposedly a tornado hit Ft. Knox but I haven't heard as much about that one since a bunch of people were killed up in Henryville and other places in Scott County.
Just heard that in some parts of my county the hail was so large that it punched holes in buildings. Better go out and take a look at my roof. :ph34r:
What does it feel like to get clonked with hail? Like getting pegged with a rock?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 02, 2012, 06:49:35 PM
What does it feel like to get clonked with hail? Like getting pegged with a rock?
Cold rocks. Until it gets to a certain size, I guess, where you don't really feel it when it crushes your skull.
Roof is fine. :showoff:
I've never gotten hit by hail that I can recall. I've driven through it (as recently as this morning on my way into work :bleeding: ) but never actually been impacted by myself. I guess I could ask my friend Kevin, but might wait a little bit to pose the question to him. :hmm:
Also, another neat thing with tornadic fronts: usually it's pretty warm as they approach, and it always gets progressively warmer till they impact and then the temperature drops rapidly. Before this one hit, it was actually hot outside, and I've also experienced that in late January once when we got hit by one. I was lucky (or foolish?) enough to be outside when this one hit and you can really feel the temperature drop... there's also always this very low rumble that's just barely perceptible, almost like a distant train or something. I always wonder if that's just approaching thunder or some sound that tornadoes make that can travel long distances or something.
Also, even though this hail was very large--biggest I've ever personally seen--it all melted within like a minute of falling.
Quote from: Caliga on March 02, 2012, 06:53:06 PM
I've never gotten hit by hail that I can recall.
It sucks.
I left work early today... one, because Princesca was bugging me to come home and move the dog's crate away from a window, and two, because I didn't want to possibly drive thru another, worse, hailstorm. :yes:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 02, 2012, 07:06:09 PM
Sucks even worse for your car.
Back a few years ago, my Rodeo got pelted by some...eh...marble-ish or so sized hail. It must've been coming down at a nice angle though, because those little overlapping hail dents were only on one side (plus the roof and hood). Kinda weird.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 02, 2012, 07:06:09 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on March 02, 2012, 06:55:10 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 02, 2012, 06:53:06 PM
I've never gotten hit by hail that I can recall.
It sucks.
Sucks even worse for your car.
Yeah, I remember after a hail storm it looked like someone took a hammer to our car.
Hell, they can fuck up the roof of your house.
Damn, continental weather sucks. :(
Today Blighty was attacked by slight fog.
Quote from: mongers on March 02, 2012, 08:10:31 PM
Damn, continental weather sucks. :(
Never a dull moment though! :cool:
Quote from: mongers on March 02, 2012, 08:10:31 PM
Damn, continental weather sucks. :(
My grandparents had their porch wrecked by a hurricane several years ago.
Tornado in Marietta right now. :o
This is the Henryville tornado, taken the friend I mentioned who lives there. Came within about 50 yards of his house.
Some of the hail that pelted the fuck out of him:
In Poland, it has been sunny today and no snow/freezing weather for over 2 weeks now. Yay, springtime for Poland.
He posted some videos of the tornado on Facebook too, but you people will spend more time mocking their accents than learning anything, so :P
Are those brick or fake brick houses?
I dunno. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on March 03, 2012, 06:40:59 AM
This is the Henryville tornado, taken the friend I mentioned who lives there. Came within about 50 yards of his house.
OSSUM! His pic is on the front page of CNN.com right now!
So it went from being in the 80s right before the tornado front struck to me SHOVELING SNOW OUT OF MY FREAKING DRIVEWAY THIS MORNING. :ultra:
Tomorrow it's supposed to be in the 60s. :wacko:
Quote from: Caliga on March 05, 2012, 07:35:49 AM
So it went from being in the 80s right before the tornado front struck to me SHOVELING SNOW OUT OF MY FREAKING DRIVEWAY THIS MORNING. :ultra:
Tomorrow it's supposed to be in the 60s. :wacko:
So why did you bother shoveling the snow? It's just going to melt anyway.
uhh because I needed to get to work and Princesca had the 4WD vehicle? :contract:
My driveway is like 100 yards long and ends about mid-slope on a steep hill. In snow/ice conditions, if I don't hit that hill going pretty fast I'll be sliding down it. Been there, done that, don't wanna do it again. :ph34r:
Quote from: Caliga on March 03, 2012, 04:56:06 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 03, 2012, 06:40:59 AM
This is the Henryville tornado, taken the friend I mentioned who lives there. Came within about 50 yards of his house.
OSSUM! His pic is on the front page of CNN.com right now!
He also ended up being interviewed on CNN by Don Lemon. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on March 05, 2012, 07:45:17 PM
He also ended up being interviewed on CNN by Don Lemon. :cool:
That's one well-spoken black man.
Oh man, it's going to get to 85 today. <_< What the hell? It's fucking March. Both the fall and winter have been strangely warm. I really hope the summer isn't to bad.
Quote from: Caliga on March 03, 2012, 06:40:59 AM
This is the Henryville tornado, taken the friend I mentioned who lives there. Came within about 50 yards of his house.
Oh, fuck that.
NO THERES NO TORNADOS IN KENTUCKY LULZ
You ever see a Tornado, Seedy? Hell of a thing. Sirens blaring, sky turns green, and this big fucking thing tearing the shit out of everything.
I think it is time to bring the Challenger out of the garage. She hasn't been ridden in 3 months and needs me to ride her long and hard.
Going to hit 21C this friday. This summer is not going to be fun.
Quote from: HVC on March 14, 2012, 09:21:41 AM
Going to hit 21C this friday. This summer is not going to be fun.
I guess cross-country skiing is out for this weekend. :lol:
Wasn't it just winter or something? :hmm:
Quote from: Malthus on March 14, 2012, 01:55:39 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 14, 2012, 09:21:41 AM
Going to hit 21C this friday. This summer is not going to be fun.
I guess cross-country skiing is out for this weekend. :lol:
Wasn't it just winter or something? :hmm:
Winter? what's this winter of which you speak. we've had an extended fall leading into a short spring :D
It was hot here both yesterday and today. :cool:
It is snowing and 25f, so you can all go fuck yourselves.
Not my fault you line in Alaska :P
Quote from: HVC on March 14, 2012, 03:48:02 PM
Not fault you line in Alaska :P
:worthy:
Very warm in Cornistan today.
Quote from: katmai on March 14, 2012, 03:30:26 PM
It is snowing and 25f, so you can all go fuck yourselves.
You're so lucky. I miss a good proper northern winter. :(
Quote from: Caliga on March 14, 2012, 03:28:06 PM
It was hot here both yesterday and today. :cool:
I had to turn on the AC in my car yesterday, and I guess I'll have to do it again for my drive home. Much too early to have to do that. It was bad enough that we were cheated out of a proper winter. Now this :angry:
Quote from: HVC on March 14, 2012, 03:48:02 PM
Not my fault you line in Alaska :P
Line in?
Speak english you porto-canuck.
Quote from: Barrister on March 14, 2012, 03:57:45 PM
Quote from: katmai on March 14, 2012, 03:30:26 PM
It is snowing and 25f, so you can all go fuck yourselves.
You're so lucky. I miss a good proper northern winter. :(
We are about 6inches shy of setting highest snowfall on record for Anchorage.
Quote from: katmai on March 14, 2012, 04:03:16 PM
Line in?
Speak english you porto-canuck.
And that's after two rounds of edits. :lol:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 14, 2012, 03:49:29 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 14, 2012, 03:48:02 PM
Not fault you line in Alaska :P
:worthy:
Very warm in Cornistan today.
i blame my phone for that one :P. originally said "Noty" which I changed to not without noticing "my" was missing. I blame the line/live on autocorrect too :D
Quote from: HVC on March 14, 2012, 04:06:31 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 14, 2012, 03:49:29 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 14, 2012, 03:48:02 PM
Not fault you line in Alaska :P
:worthy:
Very warm in Cornistan today.
i blame my phone for that one :P. originally said "Noty" which I changed to not without noticing "my" was missing. I blame the line/live on autocorrect too :D
Typical porkchop - always trying to blame someone (or something) else... :rolleyes:
I readily admit to having "issues" with typing and spelling :lol:
It was mid 60's on Friday, snowed Monday night and is warm-ish but rainy today.
Seattle had snow yesterday too, quite unusual this late.
Spring is finally coming here.
Apparently we had the worst winter for a while....and it really wasn't that bad at all. Outside. Inside the lack of insulation and heating of course made it quite naff.
It's been partly like Springtime since January where I am, in eastern Massachusetts. I would have preferred it to be a bit colder, kill off the insects, etc. I assume it will be a tough summer with mosquitoes. Last winter we had a very cold and snowy winter, and the resulting summer I was rarely hassled by mosquitoes, until the very end of summer. I'm wondering if a long cold winter just keeps them from breeding so early. :hmm:
got snow here yesterday on higher elevations. Very unusual. Too bad the Olympics were not held this year. More than enough snow now.
Just saw the weather forecast for Friday: 16C, mild wind from south-west, plenty of sun and only a few clouds. Basically what we call "summer" here in Denmark, if we uses last last summer as the standard...
Last day of winter...82 degrees. LOL.
Manhattan was lovely today. I think it was in the mid-70s and I think 80 is due sometime this week. Actually I'm briefly running the a/c as my apt is overheated and it isn't actually cool outside. Craziness.
Had a lovely 2 hour champagne lunch in the sun though. Was nice to catch up with a friend from school.
We had the AC on last night... was too hot in the house to sleep without it.
Snowed again today.
We haven't really had any snow that has stuck for more than an hour or two, but we have to be getting close to a record as far as total number of days with snow. Portland might get a couple of days of snow, most of which doesn't stick around, but I swear I have seen snowfall at least 12 days this year.
We've been getting nasty storms last few days. Suppose to storm tonight, as well as rain tomorrow.
It's been in the 70s here the last few days. This week to continue the same, maybe hitting 80s later this week. This is amazing. Broke record temps, from the late 1800s and early 1900s. If it stays fairly warm like this I'll start planting at least a couple rows of my veggie garden early, in April, see how that does. Ground should maybe be warm enough. Maybe get some corn by June this year. :)
Hell, if this keeps up the next thing I plant might a coconut palm. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on March 19, 2012, 09:00:25 PM
Hell, if this keeps up the next thing I plant might a coconut palm. :cool:
Heck, once Global Warming kicks in big, you may be able to do just that! Or your kids or grand kids. ;)
29 degrees C. this summer is gonna suck.
More snow this morning, close to 2 inches on the car.
The cheerleader and charity carwashes are starting up. Time for some jailbait in bikinis. yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
It's been June-like weather for 2 weeks. :yuk: This summer is going to be hell if I don't get out of here. Chances are I'll end up someplace even worse though.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2012, 03:35:28 PM
The cheerleader and charity carwashes are starting up. Time for some jailbait in bikinis. yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
I know. Can't wait for those middle school fundraisers.
OH SHIT DID I JUST TYPE TH
Quote from: Maximus on March 22, 2012, 03:42:58 PM
It's been June-like weather for 2 weeks. :yuk: This summer is going to be hell if I don't get out of here. Chances are I'll end up someplace even worse though.
The South. Its a wet heat.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 22, 2012, 03:44:39 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2012, 03:35:28 PM
The cheerleader and charity carwashes are starting up. Time for some jailbait in bikinis. yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
I know. Can't wait for those middle school fundraisers.
OH SHIT DID I JUST TYPE TH
:lol:
I already got called on screwing up on the Santorum daughter's age. I might as well go full pervert.
Supposed to cool down a bit here tomorrow, and after a couple days of rain we should have some ideal weather: dry & a high in the low 70s.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2012, 03:45:04 PM
The South. Its a wet heat.
Chances are slim it will be the South, but it could be DC or California :(
Cali would be nice. DC will be like living in Karl Malden's armpit in the summer.
17f and still feet of snow on the ground.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2012, 03:49:30 PM
DC will be like living in Karl Malden's armpit in the summer.
No shit. DC-Mobtown summers are simply painful. There's a reason why my browser history shows real estate searches in Vermont From July-September.
It's snowing today. :cool:
Shame it won't last long though. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 22, 2012, 03:44:39 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2012, 03:35:28 PM
The cheerleader and charity carwashes are starting up. Time for some jailbait in bikinis. yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
I know. Can't wait for those middle school fundraisers.
OH SHIT DID I JUST TYPE TH
:lol:
Quote from: Barrister on March 22, 2012, 03:56:45 PM
It's snowing today. :cool:
Shame it won't last long though. :(
T-shirt weather again here at 50.5 degrees North.
Quote from: mongers on March 22, 2012, 06:04:40 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 22, 2012, 03:56:45 PM
It's snowing today. :cool:
Shame it won't last long though. :(
T-shirt weather again here at 50.5 degrees North.
Fucking southerners. <_<
Yeah, we get the exact same reaction from our fellow countrymen; I can go about 16km south and that's it for that compass point in my country :bowler:
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2012, 03:49:30 PM
Cali would be nice. DC will be like living in Karl Malden's armpit in the summer.
"California" can mean a whole shitload of different things, climate-wise. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on March 22, 2012, 06:34:02 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2012, 03:49:30 PM
Cali would be nice. DC will be like living in Karl Malden's armpit in the summer.
"California" can mean a whole shitload of different things, climate-wise. :hmm:
I think the good parts would be pleasant. The desert bits, not so much.
lol its a dry heat
Quote from: Caliga on March 22, 2012, 06:34:02 PM
"California" can mean a whole shitload of different things, climate-wise. :hmm:
Bay area.
I haven't been there and I'm sure it could be worse, but still too hot and sunny in the summer for me.
I'll take the dry over the Florida 'wet balls' heat.
Fo' sho'. I lived in Phoenix and have family in St Louis, so have spent many summers there. I will take 115 with no humidity in Phoenix over 90 and 90% humidity in St Louis every time.
Sweating in the shower sucks.
Quote from: Maximus on March 22, 2012, 06:40:25 PM
Bay area.
I haven't been there and I'm sure it could be worse, but still too hot and sunny in the summer for me.
Ok, well if you think San Francisco is too hot in the summer you need to avoid the entire US from Texas east to Florida at all costs, with the possible exception of New England. :bowler:
I put lawn fertilizer down last week, about a month earlier than I usually would. I have wildflowers coming up, other flowers. Trees budding. I can probably start my veggie garden a month early! It's madness I tell ya!!!
Snow in Edmonton today, which would be entirely normal except for the fact that it has hardly snowed at all this year.
Well into the 70s in southern England today; had a minor mechanic issue so had to walk 4 or 5 miles home through the forest and what with the heat, the stronger sunlight and I kid you not a buzzard* circling me it would almost be a scene out of a disaster (british) movie. :bowler:
*Whatever a british buzzard is called in your country, but for us quite a big bird and a nice looking soaring flight.
Nice and blustery, brisk and cool today; if the trees and flowers weren't blooming from early onset spring, one would think it was late October.
Quote from: mongers on March 26, 2012, 12:52:32 PM
*Whatever a british buzzard is called in your country, but for us quite a big bird and a nice looking sawing flight.
Do you mean something like this?
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F9%2F96%2FAmericanBlackVultureFlock.jpg&hash=2de456a2567d7006a351c22e3f99f38504b5120a)
We have them all over the place here. They're big fans of roadkill.
I think he means a hawk.
Quote from: mongers on March 26, 2012, 12:52:32 PM
Well into the 70s in southern England today; had a minor mechanic issue so had to walk 4 or 5 miles home through the forest and what with the heat, the stronger sunlight and I kid you not a buzzard* circling me it would almost be a scene out of a disaster (british) movie. :bowler:
*Whatever a british buzzard is called in your country, but for us quite a big bird and a nice looking sawing flight.
Lol. I laughed at the buzzard part! :D
Good thing you didn't stop, or lie down to take a nap. :ph34r:
I don't recall ever seeing a buzzard. I think eastern Massachusetts is too "up scale" for them or something. :bowler:
Quote from: KRonn on March 26, 2012, 07:09:47 PM
I don't recall ever seeing a buzzard. I think eastern Massachusetts is too "up scale" for them or something. :bowler:
The handsome creature I posted is a black vulture, and no, they don't live that far north... apparently (just checked this) the furthest north they live is south Jersey.
It looks like turkey vultures do go as far north as New England in the summer, but I don't recall ever seeing one when we lived up there.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2012, 07:06:52 PM
I think he means a hawk.
No this is what we call a buzzard:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/buzzard/index.aspx
It's a fine looking bird of prey, quite large for our small island were all the large animals were killed off long ago.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.charliesbirdblog.com%2F%7Echarlie%2Fbuzzardoctober%2Fbuzzard06.jpg&hash=c3390e05ccdad40fa0fc56222f44c794ef3b94f2)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.birdforum.net%2Fopus%2Fimages%2F2%2F2d%2FCommon_Buzzard.jpg&hash=151a1d7cf1edc870b0ed9a903246bc809b9fd38d)
Quote from: KRonn on March 26, 2012, 07:08:08 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 26, 2012, 12:52:32 PM
Well into the 70s in southern England today; had a minor mechanic issue so had to walk 4 or 5 miles home through the forest and what with the heat, the stronger sunlight and I kid you not a buzzard* circling me it would almost be a scene out of a disaster (british) movie. :bowler:
*Whatever a british buzzard is called in your country, but for us quite a big bird and a nice looking sawing flight.
Lol. I laughed at the buzzard part! :D
Good thing you didn't stop, or lie down to take a nap. :ph34r:
Yeah, it's weird must be the first time I've seen one in that bit of forest for 3-4 years; there used to be a old buzzard that sometimes flew down and swooped in front of my as I rode through the forest, sometimes as close as 20-30 feet. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on March 26, 2012, 08:05:31 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2012, 07:06:52 PM
I think he means a hawk.
No this is what we call a buzzard:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/buzzard/index.aspx
Yeah, that's a hawk. Very similar to our red-tailed hawk in shape, size and coloration:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F9%2F9b%2FRed-tailed_Hawk_Buteo_jamaicensis_Full_Body_1880px.jpg%2F220px-Red-tailed_Hawk_Buteo_jamaicensis_Full_Body_1880px.jpg&hash=17e9b4359a131d0cd7cede247958f605cb746a01)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk
Quote from: mongers on March 26, 2012, 08:05:31 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2012, 07:06:52 PM
I think he means a hawk.
No this is what we call a buzzard:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/buzzard/index.aspx
Yeah, that's a hawk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buteo
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2012, 08:54:52 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 26, 2012, 08:05:31 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2012, 07:06:52 PM
I think he means a hawk.
No this is what we call a buzzard:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/buzzard/index.aspx
Yeah, that's a hawk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buteo
In one sense that's exactly what they weren't, as originally hawk described a bird used for falconry, whereas buzzards are useless for that and so a different thing, an inferior bird, well at least as far as the uses humans can put them to.
In another sense, they are both squids. More realistically, it's a hawk.
I do see hawks around here. When I worked in Boston, there were pigeons in the hospital parking garage. I used to see falcons, or maybe they were hawks, roaming around, hunting, in the garage.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2012, 09:15:45 PM
In another sense, they are both squids. More realistically, it's a hawk.
I was mealy pointing out the origin of the names, for more on the North American confusion with the naming of these birds of prey, see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzard)
Actually it's a European confusion. Anyway, I was already aware of the confusion between the British and American terms. That's why I said "I think he means a hawk". Despite my primitive bronze age beliefs, I do know a little about zoology.
I think that is a hawk, Mongers.
Doesn't that bird look more like a hawk though?
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2012, 10:46:51 PM
Actually it's a European confusion. Anyway, I was already aware of the confusion between the British and American terms. That's why I said "I think he means a hawk". Despite my primitive bronze age beliefs, I do know a little about zoology.
Yeah Raz, but with all due respect I actually get out and see these things, you're sitting about inside trying to apply a category to sometime and trying to win an argue about it on the internet.
Menwhile next time I see one, I'll think oh look a buzzard, because like the vast majority of Brits, that's what there called them.
Raz, might I make a suggestion, you get out more and spend less of the spring and summer days on the interweb ? :cool:
Dude, I see hawks all the time. They live around my house. I also see Turkey vultures which we call Buzzards. I don't even have leave my house to see them. A few weeks ago I saw a large white owl in neighborhood. Every time it came close to my house crows or blue jays would drive it off (I have several bird feeders out so a lot of seed eating birds are around my house. They don't like Owls in the area since they eat smaller birds).
It is fucking cold out today. Wind chill has it in the 30s. And what wind. Bucket trucks all over the place, fixing shit from the last two days.
It's 69 here.
Quote from: PDH on March 27, 2012, 08:41:28 AM
I think that is a hawk, Mongers.
Yes, but do you know its air speed?
Judging from that photo, it is not moving.
That is a good answer. I thought you were going to come back with laden or unladen but this is good enough.
:rolleyes: It's not a fucking swallow.
Quote from: PDH on March 27, 2012, 04:24:02 PM
:rolleyes: It's not a fucking swallow.
Is it not a fucking European swallow or African swallow?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 27, 2012, 10:43:26 AM
It is fucking cold out today. Wind chill has it in the 30s. And what wind. Bucket trucks all over the place, fixing shit from the last two days.
We had freezing temps over night. Just when many of the folwers and trees in my yard are starting to come to life because of the warm weather. So far they seem to have survived. But we're having cooler weather for the next week, though not supposed to be much in the way of freezing temps.
Quote from: Josephus on March 27, 2012, 05:34:53 PM
Quote from: PDH on March 27, 2012, 04:24:02 PM
:rolleyes: It's not a fucking swallow.
Is it not a fucking European swallow or African swallow?
He didn't ask about it's sexual preferences. :rolleyes:
It's been well over 70 for most of the day, silly weather for March in England.
We haven't had significant rain for weeks, I think it's safe to say we are suffering a drought.
You guys need to switch over to MSNBC, CNN or something, and catch all the footage from the tornadoes in the DFW area today. Fucking 18 wheelers flying through the sky. Awesome, scary footage.
Edmonton is getting 15-20 cm of snow today. Annoying.
Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2012, 09:51:42 AM
Edmonton is getting 15-20 cm of snow today. Annoying.
From everyone in Toronto: :nelson:
;)
Quote from: Malthus on April 05, 2012, 10:27:18 AM
Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2012, 09:51:42 AM
Edmonton is getting 15-20 cm of snow today. Annoying.
From everyone in Toronto: :nelson:
;)
At least we don't have to put up with wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Maple Leafs.
Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2012, 10:28:56 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 05, 2012, 10:27:18 AM
Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2012, 09:51:42 AM
Edmonton is getting 15-20 cm of snow today. Annoying.
From everyone in Toronto: :nelson:
;)
At least we don't have to put up with wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Maple Leafs.
The Maple Leafs have sucked for my entire lifetime. Amount of wailing and gnashing on that acount = none. :D
On a humerous note, I was reading a kids book by an American set in Canada ("Flat Stanley's Canadian Adventure" or something like that). The point of the book series is to teach little yanks about other countries by setting adventures in 'em - but they were, shall we say, somewhat less than accurate. Among the many hilarious howlers:
- the kids travel
by dogsled fron Nunavat to Calgary;
- a person they meet
from Quebec claims that their favorite hockey team is the
Leafs. :lol:
it's getting colder here, malthus, so if it snows i blame you lol
Quote from: Malthus on April 05, 2012, 10:39:59 AM
Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2012, 10:28:56 AM
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Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2012, 09:51:42 AM
Edmonton is getting 15-20 cm of snow today. Annoying.
From everyone in Toronto: :nelson:
;)
At least we don't have to put up with wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Maple Leafs.
The Maple Leafs have sucked for my entire lifetime. Amount of wailing and gnashing on that acount = none. :D
On a humerous note, I was reading a kids book by an American set in Canada ("Flat Stanley's Canadian Adventure" or something like that). The point of the book series is to teach little yanks about other countries by setting adventures in 'em - but they were, shall we say, somewhat less than accurate. Among the many hilarious howlers:
- the kids travel by dogsled fron Nunavat to Calgary;
- a person they meet from Quebec claims that their favorite hockey team is the Leafs. :lol:
:lol:
Twenty years from now, a whole bunch of American tourists are going to get their asses beat in Montreal.
Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2012, 10:58:00 AM
:lol:
Twenty years from now, a whole bunch of American tourists are going to get their asses beat in Montreal.
And that's after their unhappy search for the Calgary dogsled terminal. ;)
Quote from: Malthus on April 05, 2012, 11:15:02 AM
Quote from: Neil on April 05, 2012, 10:58:00 AM
:lol:
Twenty years from now, a whole bunch of American tourists are going to get their asses beat in Montreal.
And that's after their unhappy search for the Calgary dogsled terminal. ;)
Years ago I worked a summer job as a customs inspector at the Vancouver airport. Often American tourists would come off the plane with winter clothing expecting the conditions to be winter like. My favourite question was someone asking whether it would be possible to make a day trip to Toronto - by car.
It's fucking snowing. I can't remember the last time it snowed in April. 9 days till my vacation. 9 fucking days.
Strange weather. Amazing warm and sunny march, then a week or so of freezing weather and snow up North. Now it's settled to normal April weather of alternating sun and bluster.
Shotty weather in Vienna. Had 20 degrees on Wedesday, now we're back to under 10 and rainy. Snow above 800 meters. Weather will get better again . . . aftr the Easter weekend. <_<
I saw on the map this AM it's freezing in the Ohio valley. In fact, I think the first "z" in "Freezing" was directly over Ed's house. I LOL'd.
:lol:
It'll warm up into the sixties.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 07, 2012, 06:27:56 AM
I saw on the map this AM it's freezing in the Ohio valley. In fact, I think the first "z" in "Freezing" was directly over Ed's house. I LOL'd.
We got a little frost, yeah. :wacko:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 07, 2012, 06:27:56 AM
I saw on the map this AM it's freezing in the Ohio valley. In fact, I think the first "z" in "Freezing" was directly over Ed's house. I LOL'd.
:huh:
Where was the second one?
It's cool and rainy today. Much better. I was not happy with 89 degrees in April and March.
Quote from: sbr on April 07, 2012, 12:23:22 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 07, 2012, 06:27:56 AM
I saw on the map this AM it's freezing in the Ohio valley. In fact, I think the first "z" in "Freezing" was directly over Ed's house. I LOL'd.
:huh:
Where was the second one?
Fuck you. My editor sleeps in on Saturday mornings. :P
It was fun. It was warm when I left work on Thursday, and snowing when I woke up on Friday. :P
Warmest March on record for the US.
Warmest first three months of the year on record for the US.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:18:55 AM
Warmest March on record for the US.
Warmest first three months of the year on record for the US.
:cool:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 09, 2012, 07:23:01 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:18:55 AM
Warmest March on record for the US.
Warmest first three months of the year on record for the US.
:cool:
Fuck you. Earth hater.
It's gonna be a bad summer on the High Plains - no real moisture now for a month and a half, this is supposed to be the wet season. CNN will soon have lots of images of Colorado homes in the mountains going up in smoke.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:18:55 AM
Warmest March on record for the US.
Warmest first three months of the year on record for the US.
Interesting, when do you think the penny will drop with some more of your countrymen ?
Quote from: mongers on April 09, 2012, 07:42:36 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:18:55 AM
Warmest March on record for the US.
Warmest first three months of the year on record for the US.
Interesting, when do you think the penny will drop with some more of your countrymen ?
When everything around them starts dying.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:52:04 AM
Quote from: mongers on April 09, 2012, 07:42:36 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:18:55 AM
Warmest March on record for the US.
Warmest first three months of the year on record for the US.
Interesting, when do you think the penny will drop with some more of your countrymen ?
When everything around them starts dying.
Be more realistic. People are going to start caring when it is barely possible (/impossible) to go skiing year after year.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:52:04 AM
Quote from: mongers on April 09, 2012, 07:42:36 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:18:55 AM
Warmest March on record for the US.
Warmest first three months of the year on record for the US.
Interesting, when do you think the penny will drop with some more of your countrymen ?
When everything around them starts dying.
Yep, I think you're right, and the same can also be said about most of my fellow countrymen; people aren't so different the world over, well probably most of it.
Quote from: mongers on April 09, 2012, 08:21:24 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:52:04 AM
Quote from: mongers on April 09, 2012, 07:42:36 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:18:55 AM
Warmest March on record for the US.
Warmest first three months of the year on record for the US.
Interesting, when do you think the penny will drop with some more of your countrymen ?
When everything around them starts dying.
Yep, I think you're right, and the same can also be said about most of my fellow countrymen; people aren't so different the world over, well probably most of it.
They'll figure it all out. When it's too late.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:38:58 AM
Fuck you. Earth hater.
All those Mercator maps from geography class assure me that the majority of land on the planet is frozen wasteland. :P
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 09:19:15 AM
Quote from: mongers on April 09, 2012, 08:21:24 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:52:04 AM
Quote from: mongers on April 09, 2012, 07:42:36 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:18:55 AM
Warmest March on record for the US.
Warmest first three months of the year on record for the US.
Interesting, when do you think the penny will drop with some more of your countrymen ?
When everything around them starts dying.
Yep, I think you're right, and the same can also be said about most of my fellow countrymen; people aren't so different the world over, well probably most of it.
They'll figure it all out. When it's too late.
I intend to be dead by then.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 09, 2012, 10:15:37 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 07:38:58 AM
Fuck you. Earth hater.
All those Mercator maps from geography class assure me that the majority of land on the planet is frozen wasteland. :P
Shit, the US Census tells you that.
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 10:22:01 AM
I intend to be dead by then.
Be proactive then, and make it sooner than later.
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 07:59:44 AM
Be more realistic. People are going to start caring when it is barely possible (/impossible) to go skiing year after year.
I can break your knees every December. Will that make you care?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 10:31:03 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 10:22:01 AM
I intend to be dead by then.
Be proactive then, and make it sooner than later.
I don't see how that would help.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 09, 2012, 10:31:42 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 07:59:44 AM
Be more realistic. People are going to start caring when it is barely possible (/impossible) to go skiing year after year.
I can break your knees every December. Will that make you care?
Why would that make me care any more or less about global warming?
Besides, I wasn't talking about myself. I don't like to ski and prefer a desert climate.
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 10:53:22 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 10:31:03 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 10:22:01 AM
I intend to be dead by then.
Be proactive then, and make it sooner than later.
I don't see how that would help.
You'll reduce your carbon footprint. Act Locally, and all that.
Presumably because it would make it difficult for you to ski, thereby making you care. I don't know, you were the one who connected caring with skiing .
Quote from: Razgovory on April 09, 2012, 11:00:54 AM
Presumably because it would make it difficult for you to ski, thereby making you care. I don't know, you were the one who connected caring with skiing .
I was trying to think of something that might actually bother people and inability to ski came to mind.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 11:00:20 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 10:53:22 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 10:31:03 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 10:22:01 AM
I intend to be dead by then.
Be proactive then, and make it sooner than later.
I don't see how that would help.
You'll reduce your carbon footprint. Act Locally, and all that.
A drop in the ocean?
Besides, I recycle and I take public transport. That's gotta have me doing better than most of America.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 11:00:20 AM
You'll reduce your carbon footprint. Act Locally, and all that.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6416683/Pet-dogs-as-bad-for-planet-as-driving-4x4s-book-claims.html
QuoteIt claims that the carbon footprint left by domesticated animals is out of proportion to the size of their paws.
A medium-sized dog has the same impact as a Toyota Land Cruiser driven 6,000 miles a year, while a cat is equivalent to a Volkswagen Golf.
Quote from: Syt on April 09, 2012, 11:11:38 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 11:00:20 AM
You'll reduce your carbon footprint. Act Locally, and all that.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6416683/Pet-dogs-as-bad-for-planet-as-driving-4x4s-book-claims.html
QuoteIt claims that the carbon footprint left by domesticated animals is out of proportion to the size of their paws.
A medium-sized dog has the same impact as a Toyota Land Cruiser driven 6,000 miles a year, while a cat is equivalent to a Volkswagen Golf.
Which is why I have a cat, and garbon needs to stop shitting in the neighbor's yard.
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 11:06:48 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 09, 2012, 11:00:54 AM
Presumably because it would make it difficult for you to ski, thereby making you care. I don't know, you were the one who connected caring with skiing .
I was trying to think of something that might actually bother people and inability to ski came to mind.
Well, okay. I can still break your legs.
You have like 6 cats, don't you? :P stop hurting mother nature!
Quote from: HVC on April 09, 2012, 11:18:38 AM
You have like 6 cats, don't you? :P stop hurting mother nature!
I have one. I don't know how many Raz has.
1? You're breaking my crazy cat man perception of you.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 11:16:43 AM
Which is why I have a cat, and garbon needs to stop shitting in the neighbor's yard.
It is your buddy in crime, mongers, who has a habit of doing that. ;)
Quote from: HVC on April 09, 2012, 11:18:38 AM
You have like 6 cats, don't you? :P stop hurting mother nature!
I have three. They are all shrimpy. Together they would make up one an half normal cats. Hell one doesn't have working tail and another has only three functional legs.
Quote from: HVC on April 09, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
1? You're breaking my crazy cat man perception of you.
I had two, but Princess Sneakers Kosar Unitas of Monaco had to be put down at age 18 in 2009. Keep up with threads, man.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 11:35:35 AM
Quote from: HVC on April 09, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
1? You're breaking my crazy cat man perception of you.
I had two, but Princess Sneakers Kosar Unitas of Monaco had to be put down at age 18 in 2009. Keep up with threads, man.
Great, now i feel like an asshole.
Well, at least i don't go around inadvertently calling black members of languish the n word :P
Quote from: HVC on April 09, 2012, 12:36:13 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 09, 2012, 11:35:35 AM
Quote from: HVC on April 09, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
1? You're breaking my crazy cat man perception of you.
I had two, but Princess Sneakers Kosar Unitas of Monaco had to be put down at age 18 in 2009. Keep up with threads, man.
Great, now i feel like an asshole.
Don't sweat it, we don't all pay attention to everything here;
Hell, most of these monkeys are convinced I have a half dozen Asian prostitutes chained in my S/M basement, when I've been in the same same 3rd floor condo for the last 15 years.
QuoteWell, at least i don't go around inadvertently calling black members of languish the n word :P
Bah, I call white members that, too. So it proves I'm not racist.
Black members?
Garbon counts as more than one?
Quote from: katmai on April 09, 2012, 12:44:21 PM
Black members?
Garbon counts as more than one?
Apparently FunkMonk came out of the closet.
And I think Peter Wiggin has copped to being mostly eggplant.
Funk is a mex-I-flip-I-can.
And I'll believe teach is when I see a pic.
Quote from: katmai on April 09, 2012, 12:51:49 PM
Funk is a mex-I-flip-I-can.
And I'll believe teach is when I see a pic.
I thought that was Alci.
You thought what was Alci?
Quote from: katmai on April 09, 2012, 12:44:21 PM
Black members?
Garbon counts as more than one?
I'm Indian!
Quote from: garbon on April 09, 2012, 01:09:41 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 09, 2012, 12:44:21 PM
Black members?
Garbon counts as more than one?
I'm Indian!
Voting repulican and now skiiing. Soon you'll take up water sports : You're trying, but in the end you can't hide who you are :D
I have no idea what alci's heritage is. But to my knowledge Funk is only flip on board.
Quote from: katmai on April 09, 2012, 12:51:49 PM
And I'll believe teach is when I see a pic.
You mean eating fried okra's not enough proof for you? :(
Fried okra in The south doesn't mean a lot, no.
Proof that Caliga's no Southerner. :yes:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 09, 2012, 10:25:09 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 09, 2012, 12:51:49 PM
And I'll believe teach is when I see a pic.
You mean eating fried okra's not enough proof for you? :(
I eat it, doesn't mean I'm black.
Quote from: HVC on April 09, 2012, 01:11:23 PM
now skiiing. Soon you'll take up water sports : You're trying, but in the end you can't hide who you are :D
Well yes, I am gay. :hmm:
Quote from: garbon on April 10, 2012, 07:33:22 AM
Quote from: HVC on April 09, 2012, 01:11:23 PM
now skiiing. Soon you'll take up water sports : You're trying, but in the end you can't hide who you are :D
Well yes, I am gay. :hmm:
The other side. The darker side... as in skin tone, not evil :D
Why do you think garbon wants to drown? :huh:
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Quote from: garbon on April 10, 2012, 07:33:22 AM
Quote from: HVC on April 09, 2012, 01:11:23 PM
now skiiing. Soon you'll take up water sports : You're trying, but in the end you can't hide who you are :D
Well yes, I am gay. :hmm:
The other side. The darker side... as in skin tone, not evil :D
I want to snort cocaine while getting a golden shower from a black dude? :unsure:
I believe that is the official secret fantasy of the Republican party, yes.
Tornadoes in the forecast. If I die, tell Jake it's his fault.
When I woke up today and looked out the window it was winter wonderland. Still snowing heavily. How many times much global warming be proved wrong before the envirofags let it go?
Quote from: Razgovory on April 14, 2012, 01:57:07 AM
Tornadoes in the forecast. If I die, tell Jake it's his fault.
I took a look at the forecast. HOLY FUCKBALLS.
Very large storm band about to hit. I'm guessing it'll be here in an hour. It's over California (Mo), right now. Been a lot of flooding in the area in the last few days. Fields are full of stagnant water we'll be having mosquitoes pretty soon.
Cool, stiff Northerly making it somewhat less than spring-like despite temperatures being in the low to mid 50s. But still nice enough that I popped out to visit the town of my birth. :)
If I look up the weather on google, it says we may hit the low-90s tomorrow! :o
lulz
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Yesterday it was 83 degrees, today it was 45 degrees.
My rugby knee was barking like a motherfucker.
I bet those fuckers just put their snowblowers away too.
It's starting to get hot here. My delicate California skin was nourished in hazy skies and a ocean breeze; I'm not made to withstand these temperatures. :(
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 22, 2012, 09:49:30 PM
I bet those fuckers just put their snowblowers away too.
All winterized and shit. You just don't flush that shit out in the morning.
It was: mildly chilly in Orlando today. Heard something about snow in the northeast and laughed. :)
While I was on my way back from Florida there was a massive hailstorm here. It came through around 8 pm and when we got home at 5:30 AM there were still some hailstones laying about, some of which were golfball-sized. :huh:
Roof looks ok but the storm must have come in sideways against the north side of the house, since all my screen windows on that side got their asses kicked and will need to be replaced (giant holes in all of them). Also, my newly-planted trees got seriously damaged. :( The magnolia lost some branches and nearly all of its leaves were seriously damaged. Not sure if it'll survive.
Been rainy and stormy here for a while. Yesterday a tent fell over in St. Louis and killed someone and injured 100 people. Or maybe that was two days ago.
After all the warm weather we've been having, it got pretty cool around here (eastern Massachusetts) the last few nights. Near freezing or below. I have some stuff planted in my garden, cool weather stuff like lettuce, which should be ok I hope.
Sunny and high 50's all this week.
It's been nice and cool the last several days since the Nor'easter, with lows in the 40s at night, but it's supposed to hit the 80s again come Wednesday. Stupid warm weather.
You guys would NOT have liked Florida this past week. :)
Quote from: Caliga on April 29, 2012, 09:55:07 PM
You guys would NOT have liked Florida this past week. :)
I'm pretty sure i wouldn't like Florida ANY week.
Florida makes my balls sweat. :yuk:
I despise Florida. I've been there twice. Didn't care for it either time.
Florida :wub:
Florida is a big humid pile of bullshit.
It has rained continuously across the UK for two weeks now, pretty much from the day the Government announced we're in drought and introduced a hosepipe ban. I've just returned to work after a week-long break which included a couple of days by the sea where gale-force winds and torrential downpours nearly threw me in the briny. I get back at work and guess what? The sun's out and we're basking in proper spring temperatures :glare:
Yesterday: hottest April day in recorded history for Vienna: 30°C.
I couldn't sleep last night. It stormed all night.
Lovely day for getting out and about, thank god for the rain, now the meadows, forests and fields look like they should be, green, even some of the little forest fords have been up over that last few days.
In the 60s and the sun is feeling nicely strong, t-shirt weather, just about.
The swallows have returned to the meadows hereabouts over the last couple of days.
Salisbury cathedral was looking magnificent, all clean, scaffolding down, ready for the Queens visit tomorrow.
England is as it should be, a green and pleasant land; saving the politicians etc. :bowler:
I bought two more bird feeders and new bird seed to keep the cat occupied in the mornings and shit on the Dazzling Urbanites' deck downstairs. ALWAYS HOLD THE HIGH GROUND
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 30, 2012, 03:41:21 PM
I bought two more bird feeders and new bird seed to keep the cat occupied in the mornings and shit on the Dazzling Urbanites' deck downstairs. ALWAYS HOLD THE HIGH GROUND
My kid's favorite thing to do these days is fill up the feeders with birdseed. We also have one of those squirrel feeders out there but I haven't put corn on it in ages. Due to its shape, Tommy keeps calling it "the bird chair" :lolL
I think I'm going to sleep under a workbench. HOLY CRAP.
Quote from: katmai on April 29, 2012, 09:56:25 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 29, 2012, 09:55:07 PM
You guys would NOT have liked Florida this past week. :)
I'm pretty sure i wouldn't like Florida ANY week.
:grr:
Quote from: Razgovory on April 29, 2012, 10:01:00 PM
I despise Florida. I've been there twice. Didn't care for it either time.
:grr: x 3
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 30, 2012, 03:41:21 PM
I bought two more bird feeders and new bird seed to keep the cat occupied in the mornings and shit on the Dazzling Urbanites' deck downstairs. ALWAYS HOLD THE HIGH GROUND
I need to get something back out. Listening to my cats chirp at the birds through the window is both cute and entertaining. :wub:
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 08:56:24 PM
I think I'm going to sleep under a workbench. HOLY CRAP.
Guess that storm that hit here is on it's way to you.
Quote from: Syt on April 30, 2012, 10:03:25 AM
Yesterday: hottest April day in recorded history for Vienna: 30°C.
:yes:
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on May 01, 2012, 11:08:13 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 29, 2012, 09:58:55 PM
Florida makes my balls sweat. :yuk:
:grr: x 2
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I'd feel the same about Florida were it not for Miami Beach.
I hope to go there in November. :cool:
Occasional light drizzle in southern England today, most of the trees are now leafing; everything is getting nicely greener.
Also saw a new born New Forest foal, first of the year. :)
Unseasonably cold here for the last few days. Which really sucks for my oldest son who is away on a kayaking trip off Vancouver Island.
Coldest summer in over 10 years so far, and when we finally get a good day it turns into a thunderstorm. Of course.
Quote from: Liep on June 18, 2012, 08:37:39 AM
Coldest summer in over 10 years so far, and when we finally get a good day it turns into a thunderstorm. Of course.
Heh, exact same weather we've been having, down to thunderstorms last night.
It has been gorgeous for the last 6 weeks, mostly in the high 60s-mid 70s, nice breezes...we've actually had a real Spring for a change. Nice and cool, a bit rainy. I've been loving it.
But man, it's gonna drop the hammer on us Wednesday, calling for a high of 99 with a heat index well over 100. Holy inner city shootings and elderly respiratory failure, Batman.
Heh, we've had temps in the 90s since like early March. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on June 18, 2012, 06:42:09 PM
Heh, we've had temps in the 90s since like early March. :cool:
I think I shall hate the East. :(
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 18, 2012, 07:02:14 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 18, 2012, 06:42:09 PM
Heh, we've had temps in the 90s since like early March. :cool:
I think I shall hate the East. :(
It is a wet heat. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 18, 2012, 07:13:11 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 18, 2012, 07:02:14 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 18, 2012, 06:42:09 PM
Heh, we've had temps in the 90s since like early March. :cool:
I think I shall hate the East. :(
It is a wet heat. :)
That's only good if with a woman.
I think of it as more of a red heat. COCAINUM.
Quote from: Caliga on June 18, 2012, 09:11:14 PM
I think of it as more of a red heat. COCAINUM.
Last time I watched that, I noticed how much of the emotion in Ahnuld's russian was neutered in the subtitles. :(
Fuck, it's gonna be hot as nigger balls the next three days. I wanna move to Vermont. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 18, 2012, 08:42:35 AM
It has been gorgeous for the last 6 weeks, mostly in the high 60s-mid 70s, nice breezes...we've actually had a real Spring for a change. Nice and cool, a bit rainy. I've been loving it.
But man, it's gonna drop the hammer on us Wednesday, calling for a high of 99 with a heat index well over 100. Holy inner city shootings and elderly respiratory failure, Batman.
It was 65ish here. Rain, sun, rain, sun. The way I like it.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 19, 2012, 06:09:37 AM
Fuck, it's gonna be hot as nigger balls the next three days. I wanna move to Vermont. :(
I hope you like snow on Labor Day. :)
Quote from: Caliga on June 19, 2012, 06:40:50 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 19, 2012, 06:09:37 AM
Fuck, it's gonna be hot as nigger balls the next three days. I wanna move to Vermont. :(
I hope you like snow on Labor Day. :)
I do. I bloody hate anything over 78 degrees. Makes me a real right bitch.
Even when the day gets to 90 degrees (shocking!) the night temps in Laramie always cool down into the 50s in summer. Being so high up there is nothing to keep the heat in.
Fuck you global warming. Too hot to sleep with AC, but the buzzing is waking me up :(
We had summer yesterday and up to 23 degrees (72-ish). Back to continual rain for at least another month.
Quote from: Brazen on June 21, 2012, 03:34:29 AM
We had summer yesterday and up to 23 degrees (72-ish). Back to continual rain for at least another month.
I don't recall ever seeing it this green at this time of year. :cool:
Yes, a fair bit of rain today, but given it'll dry within a day, given enough sunshine. :bowler:
It hit 100 on the dot at BWI today. Now that is some bullshit right there.
In the mid 90s F (35 C) and humid here in Massachusetts. Loving it though, looking forward to some hot weather, especially for my rather large veggie garden. I'm fine sleeping though. I cool down the bedroom with the A/C, turn it off before I go to bed, and the overhead fan keeps things cool enough for me overnight. Been this hot for two days but supposed to cool off during the day tomorrow, Friday.
So gorgeous last night and today, cool and breezy in the upper 60s, low 70s.
But that heatwave sitting on top of the Midwest is on its way: forecasts for 96 and 98 on Thursday and Friday, respectively. Ed and Cal, looks like the Ohio Valley basin is going to be a skillet tomorrow.
Looks like pool time at my sister's. Might as well work on my tan in peace and quiet while the nieces are at camp all week.
Oh yeah, I'm preparing. 97 Thursday? FUCK THAT SHIT. KIDS YOU STAY INSIDE. I'LL DRUG YOU IF I HAVE TO.
So I spent last week waking up at night because I was hot...this morning I woke up because I was freezing! :angry:
I feel a cold coming on. :(
Weather.com forecast for the next 5 days in my zip code, highs:
98, 103, 105, 103, 98. FML.
Quote from: ulmont on June 27, 2012, 08:44:53 PM
Weather.com forecast for the next 5 days in my zip code, highs:
98, 103, 105, 103, 98. FML.
For mine, weather forecast for the next ten days: 93, 97, 96, 98, 95, 94, 92, 91, 87. No rain.
:lol:
Tomorrow Showers
High62°
Friday AM Showers
High67°
Saturday Partly Cloudy
High64°
Sunday Showers
High61°
Dick.
My parents have been up in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick all week, freezing their asses off in the low 60s in the rain. They've only seen the sun once, I think.
Man, must be nice.
I've been waking up around 5am (since it's been bright out for 3 fucking hours already!) and taking dog for nice quiet early morning walk and last few mornings wearing a sweatshirt as lows have been upper 40's/lower 50's
I think we're in a pretty bad drought here. I've had to water my trees pretty much every night for the past three weeks.
I wish I was in France. :(
60's &70's. FUCK
But surrounded by French people :x
I really need to live elsewhere. Someplace that doesn't see 80 degrees. Ever.
We're scheduled to get 37/38°C (100°F) in the city over the weekend. :bleeding:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2012, 09:09:44 PM
I really need to live elsewhere. Someplace that doesn't see 80 degrees. Ever.
Venus.
The Dazzling Urbanites must be out.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 28, 2012, 08:53:28 AM
The Dazzling Urbanites must be out.
The heat brings out the moon crickets. Chirp, chirp, yo.
I was amused by the Dayton city official telling people(i.e. the Blacks) to stay out of the fountains downtown.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2012, 09:09:44 PM
I really need to live elsewhere. Someplace that doesn't see 80 degrees. Ever.
Blighty ? :unsure:
On the plus side you'd score no end of action with you whole, gritty ex-cop/bail bondman conflicting with your sensitive tormented writer vibe.
On the negative, you'd have to put up with whingeing Brits. :P
In other news, temperatures rocket to the high 70s here and Englanders wilt. :bowler:
Quote from: Caliga on June 27, 2012, 09:01:40 PM
I think we're in a pretty bad drought here. I've had to water my trees pretty much every night for the past three weeks.
Same here. It's also hot. Been around 100 degrees this week.
Glad to be fleeing the city this weekend. Don't need mid-90 temps, thank you very much.
Quote from: garbon on June 28, 2012, 01:16:02 PM
Glad to be fleeing the city this weekend. Don't need mid-90 temps, thank you very much.
Where ya going? Up north? Longeyeland?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 28, 2012, 01:17:28 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 28, 2012, 01:16:02 PM
Glad to be fleeing the city this weekend. Don't need mid-90 temps, thank you very much.
Where ya going? Up north? Longeyeland?
Yep celebrating my mother's b-day early. Going to the Cape. Still saying 80s but nicer than 90s :D
Apparently approaching 100 here downtown, but I ran out to get a sandwich just now & it didn't quite feel that bad. I'm guessing the humidity hasn't quite hit yet, but it will be here with a vengeance after the rain tomorrow.
Tomorrow & Saturday will be high 80s with insane amount of Humidity :bleeding:
Quote from: garbon on June 28, 2012, 01:18:43 PM
Going to the Cape. Still saying 80s but nicer than 90s :D
No shit. Mid-90s surrounded by glass and concrete = 100+.
Sweltering 52 here :p
Quote from: katmai on June 28, 2012, 01:28:01 PM
Sweltering 52 here :p
Asshole. :P
I had to chase the cat down this morning, as he decided he really didn't want to be put inside the garage and recreated the Great Escape.
Fucking furry asshole.
If it was overcast and rainy, I wouldn't like it either. A clear fall 52F? I'd love it.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 28, 2012, 01:57:14 PM
If it was overcast and rainy, I wouldn't like it either. A clear fall 52F? I'd love it.
No. :x
I guess we won't be taking long walks in October then. :(
Quote from: garbon on June 28, 2012, 01:55:39 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 28, 2012, 01:31:19 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 28, 2012, 01:28:01 PM
Sweltering 52 here :p
Asshole. :P
That's fairly cold. I wouldn't don't like 52 degree weather.
Well gonna be in mid 60's for high.
P.S. How did you ever live in San Francisco? :P
Quote from: katmai on June 28, 2012, 01:59:29 PM
Well gonna be in mid 60's for high.
P.S. How did you ever live in San Francisco? :P
It wasn't 50 most of the year. :contract:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2012, 08:57:36 PM
My parents have been up in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick all week, freezing their asses off in the low 60s in the rain. They've only seen the sun once, I think.
Do these Canadian people even have cellular telephony technology up there? I haven't been able to reach my parents in days, and I only get the occasional SMS text from my Dad, like "Is this working?" And then "Hello? Do this work?" again, when he apparently doesn't get my response. What the hell, I thought Canada was part of Western Civilization. :huh:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 28, 2012, 02:56:30 PM
Do these Canadian people even have cellular telephony technology up there? I haven't been able to reach my parents in days, and I only get the occasional SMS text from my Dad, like "Is this working?" And then "Hello? Do this work?" again, when he apparently doesn't get my response. What the hell, I thought Canada was part of Western Civilization. :huh:
The Maritimes are Canada's Appalachia.
I do remember bad cell service in Nova Scotia though that was a long time ago.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 28, 2012, 02:56:30 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2012, 08:57:36 PM
My parents have been up in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick all week, freezing their asses off in the low 60s in the rain. They've only seen the sun once, I think.
Do these Canadian people even have cellular telephony technology up there? I haven't been able to reach my parents in days, and I only get the occasional SMS text from my Dad, like "Is this working?" And then "Hello? Do this work?" again, when he apparently doesn't get my response. What the hell, I thought Canada was part of Western Civilization. :huh:
My parents are up on Manitoulin Island at my uncle's place. They're pretty much incommunicado the whole time they're there. Cell coverage is pretty shitty.
104 F in the parking lot leaving work today. It was kind of breezy so I didn't really mind it. :)
Also, I had the foresight to leave my sunroof cracked open all day and I can roll my windows down with my car's keyless entry fob, so I didn't boil to death getting into the car either. :cool:
It got up to 90 here again (gasp), but then the clouds came in and it dropped to 78. Tonight should be a balmy 50.
It was hotter than fuckballs in the City of Granite today. Unfuckingbelievable temps in MS.
Oh, and Hattiesburg hosted a concert by the Flaming Lips, with Jackson Browne opening, and I had to miss it for a wiretap suppression hearing 200 miles away.
It got to a sweltering 72 in Monterey here today. I imagine when I got to Maryland, I will wilt and die.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 28, 2012, 10:46:19 PM
It got to a sweltering 72 in Monterey here today. I imagine when I got to Maryland, I will wilt and die.
You survived San Antonio, didn't ya?
Quote from: katmai on June 28, 2012, 11:12:51 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 28, 2012, 10:46:19 PM
It got to a sweltering 72 in Monterey here today. I imagine when I got to Maryland, I will wilt and die.
You survived San Antonio, didn't ya?
Barely, and with a natural acclimation period (got to Texas in January).
Quote from: derspiess on June 28, 2012, 03:44:28 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 28, 2012, 02:56:30 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2012, 08:57:36 PM
My parents have been up in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick all week, freezing their asses off in the low 60s in the rain. They've only seen the sun once, I think.
Do these Canadian people even have cellular telephony technology up there? I haven't been able to reach my parents in days, and I only get the occasional SMS text from my Dad, like "Is this working?" And then "Hello? Do this work?" again, when he apparently doesn't get my response. What the hell, I thought Canada was part of Western Civilization. :huh:
My parents are up on Manitoulin Island at my uncle's place. They're pretty much incommunicado the whole time they're there. Cell coverage is pretty shitty.
Again - try living in Yukon. You learn to realize the limits of cell phone coverage very rapidly.
I survived the 103 degree temps. Now its supposed to be 98 and much more humid today. My hair today:
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It's supposed to hit 98 today; with my bro-in-law at work, and my sister and the nieces at summer camp all day, I've got their pool to myself. Hells yeah.
I'm worried about Seedy:
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I don't mind a bit of heat, but when it's so hot you need to put shoes on to get the mail, that's too much.
Nice day today. 92-93ish, nice little breeze. Might even be some rain later this afternoon/evening. :)
Weather forecast says we may crack the heat record for a June day tomorrow. Had 35°C/95°F today, might get 38°C/100°F tomorrow. :bleeding:
It's confirmed April-June 2012 has been the wettest 2nd quarter since records began back in 1910.
So I'm probably correct in saying it's the greenest I've ever seen the countryside at this time of year, which was my gut instinct, but I though wrong and it was just a case of wishful thinking, especially as this period last year was so very dry. :bowler:
more storms coming this way. For two weeks in a row, I probably won't be able to work outside. Oh well. I guess I'll sleep.
Looks like The Wrath of God is laying waste to Ohio.
With the weather this hot and dry, I feel like I'm back in Arizona or New Mexico.... and with the humidity so low it's really not that bad after sundown... just got back from watering the apple, peach, and magnolia trees.
Also, thanks to the extreme dryness I no longer need to wonder where exactly my septic field is. :)
Jesus H. Christ it's going to get to 105 tomorrow. Today was only 103.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 29, 2012, 04:59:23 PM
Looks like The Wrath of God is laying waste to Ohio.
Yeah, we just got walloped by a series of storm fronts. It's some bad shit out there tonight.
Went from 98 in the city to 71 on the cape. ^_^
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 29, 2012, 04:59:23 PM
Looks like The Wrath of God is laying waste to Ohio.
Klaus Kinski is one dangerous motherfucker. Especially now that he's dead.
Quote from: Syt on June 29, 2012, 02:18:09 PM
Weather forecast says we may crack the heat record for a June day tomorrow. Had 35°C/95°F today, might get 38°C/100°F tomorrow. :bleeding:
. . . and it's expected to last all week. :bleeding: :bleeding: :bleeding:
Quote from: Caliga on June 29, 2012, 08:39:43 PM
......
Also, thanks to the extreme dryness I no longer need to wonder where exactly my septic field is. :)
I hope that's not a euphemism. :unsure:
Quote from: Syt on June 30, 2012, 04:12:42 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 29, 2012, 02:18:09 PM
Weather forecast says we may crack the heat record for a June day tomorrow. Had 35°C/95°F today, might get 38°C/100°F tomorrow. :bleeding:
. . . and it's expected to last all week. :bleeding: :bleeding: :bleeding:
Suddenly I'm happy with the 15-20 and mild showers we're getting.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 29, 2012, 04:59:23 PM
Looks like The Wrath of God is laying waste to Ohio.
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Ed anger after the storm passage
Date Last Refreshed: 06/30/2012 11:26 AM
Total Customers Restored Since Storm Began: 110,603
Total Customers Out: 421,627
BGE got its ass kicked, but PepCo down in DC lost over 50% of service.
You'd think the apocalypse has happened is some parts of Ohio. There are packs of white trash wandering around my old hometown.
I felt unsafe driving through there.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 30, 2012, 02:14:31 PM
You'd think the apocalypse has happened is some parts of Ohio. There are packs of white trash wandering around my old hometown.
I felt unsafe driving through there.
And the weather probably didn't improve things.
Wierd, we had no rain at all here. :hmm:
I just got back in from weed wacking my garden. The heat didn't bother me that much, and it was nice since all the other cowards are hiding inside, there were no joggers running by to stimulate my dog into barking... so he just watched me quietly. :cool:
The Guard has reportedly been called out. HEIL KASICH!
The Emperor protects.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 30, 2012, 05:08:45 PM
The Guard has reportedly been called out. HEIL KASICH!
Round 2 is on its way, buddy. Radar shows a line forming from Peoria IL to Indianapolis. Batten down the hatches.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 30, 2012, 06:15:34 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 30, 2012, 05:08:45 PM
The Guard has reportedly been called out. HEIL KASICH!
Round 2 is on its way, buddy. Radar shows a line forming from Peoria IL to Indianapolis. Batten down the hatches.
Looks at map...
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We could use some rain. The ground is parched. 100+ temperatures. I have to help my idiot brother move his shit. Bleh.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 30, 2012, 06:26:18 PM
We could use some rain. The ground is parched. 100+ temperatures. I have to help my idiot brother move his shit. Bleh.
Dang, continental weather is a bitch. :(
Over 100 here in Vegas...so I am getting heat preview. :P
"But it's a dry heat...."
Balmy 67! Not a cloud in the sky.
Quote from: mongers on June 30, 2012, 06:29:34 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 30, 2012, 06:26:18 PM
We could use some rain. The ground is parched. 100+ temperatures. I have to help my idiot brother move his shit. Bleh.
Dang, continental weather is a bitch. :(
You are telling me. Usually its extremely humid here. So humid that you would become wet going outside even if you weren't sweating. Hasn't been the case lately. Year's been strange. Very mild winter. Almost no snow. This is Arkansas weather.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 30, 2012, 07:48:29 PM
Quote from: mongers on June 30, 2012, 06:29:34 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 30, 2012, 06:26:18 PM
We could use some rain. The ground is parched. 100+ temperatures. I have to help my idiot brother move his shit. Bleh.
Dang, continental weather is a bitch. :(
You are telling me. Usually its extremely humid here. So humid that you would become wet going outside even if you weren't sweating. Hasn't been the case lately. Year's been strange. Very mild winter. Almost no snow. This is Arkansas weather.
Yep, strange here, but in different ways; very dry winter on top of very dry previous year, then wettest 2nd quarter since records began.
What next ? :hmm:
I just heard from one of my cousins there has been a forest fire up in Mark Twain state park. That's really weird. We don't normally get those. I'm unnerved by changes in Climate. Hans telling me this isn't happening isn't really reassuring.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 30, 2012, 06:59:31 PM
Over 100 here in Vegas...so I am getting heat preview. :P
"But it's a dry heat...."
It was over 100 here in NC the past 2 days, and will be again tomorrow. Then we get a bit of a break--the highs Monday and Tuesday will be in the upper 90's.
Today was another nice day. Low 90s, breezy, some showers (that I didn't see but everything was wet when I came home from lunch + a drive). Tomorrow (today, I guess, given the time), it's only supposed to be in the mid 80s with thunderstorms all over the place.
State of emergency declared in MD. VA, DC and MD storm damage from Friday's front is greater than Hurricane Irene's. Still have over 312K without power, some people are going to wait until late in the week.
And at least the utilities had a ramp up for that; this is a holiday weekend--quite a few bucket truck boys are on vacation. Waiting for out-of-state crews to arrive.
On the ironical side, if I were still employed, I'd probably just be getting home from Emergency Ops duty.
We just got hit again. If it holds up, it's heading for W. Virginia and the coast.
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FULL POWER! DAMN YOU!
I'm beginning to think Ed's seen Wrath of Khan a couple hundred times too many. :P
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 01, 2012, 05:59:35 PM
I'm beginning to think Ed's seen Wrath of Khan a couple hundred times too many. :P
It is one of the few films that offer a multitude of life-appropriate metaphors.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 01, 2012, 05:59:35 PM
I'm beginning to think Ed's seen Wrath of Khan a couple hundred times too many. :P
Unpossible!
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Ricardo Montalban did other things. He had an island, and Rich Corinthian leather.
I see my shtick through.
Thunderstorm just rolled through with some BADASS lightning... lit the whole sky up purple with shitloads of cloud-cloud bolts. We also got some very much-needed rain out of it. I guess I'll stop singing No Rain incessantly now.
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The scariest thing is Cal has that costume and it isn't for his wife.
Reports are the Clark county of the guardian fame got hit hard with this last one.
No khan pic. I'm on the ipud.
Quote from: katmai on July 01, 2012, 08:54:47 PM
The scariest thing is Cal has that costume and it isn't for his wife.
Ever scarier is the matching dildo.
Great. I didn't need that image.
When that storm rolled in I started signing Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden in my head for some reason. Try that Ed, it might help.
Nope. Bee dildos.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 01, 2012, 09:08:14 PM
Nope. Bee dildos.
Don't look at me, i didn't take it there, that was all Seedy.
Next time I take the womenfolk to the Hustler store, I'm looking for bee dildos.
Vienna was Europe's hottest city yesterday.
Can one buy bee dildos in Vienna?
Probably.
I imagine Bees would have a use for them. Most Bees are female.
Fuck. Bee Dildos popped back into my head.
Languish: The gift that keeps on giving. Like Herpes.
Quote from: Caliga on July 01, 2012, 09:07:18 PM
When that storm rolled in I started signing Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden in my head for some reason. Try that Ed, it might help.
That's pretty good. I don't know how to sign at all.
:lol:
So much smoke here from the fires it is like being at a restaurant back in the 1970s: "I have eggs, bacon, and a microlight filter, please."
Quote from: derspiess on July 02, 2012, 11:53:09 AM
That's pretty good. I don't know how to sign at all.
:cool:
The heat is fucking up the crops. MAH GRAPES.
I felt like I took a shower after walking around downtown Chicago for like half an hour yesterday around dinnertime.
On the plus side, lots of hot chicks out wearing practically nothing. :bowler:
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 03, 2012, 06:27:59 AM
The heat is fucking up the crops. MAH GRAPES.
So this year's batch of Chateaux du Childbride will be for shit, huh.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 03, 2012, 08:22:25 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 03, 2012, 06:27:59 AM
The heat is fucking up the crops. MAH GRAPES.
So this year's batch of Chateaux du Childbride will be for shit, huh.
I'll have to see in September. Or earlier as the heat makes them ripen faster.
Looks like I'll be looking into what FEMA and the state of Ohio is offering. I still think I'll get the Chateaux du Childbride out though. But in the finest traditions of aid programs, I'm grabbing what I can that isn't nailed down.
In other fun news, it looks like the Illinois and Ohio corn crops and the Indiana wheat crop are in serious danger of being fucked. Enjoy the higher prices.
It's offically wet in central Southern England.
Mongers lives in South Central?
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Holy Crap. CBS just ran a story on the Mooncrickets in Chicago, the heat and the effects on the violence there.
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Breaking News: Reports of a fiery yellow disc seen flying in the skies over southern England; government appeals for people to remain calm and ignore it, say it's very unlikely to be seen again in the short term. :bowler:
Bank thermostat read "118" today :lol: Maybe a little off. It was over 100 though. It's still over 100. It's 104 and it's almost six in the evening.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 05, 2012, 05:51:54 PM
Bank thermostat read "118" today :lol: Maybe a little off. It was over 100 though. It's still over 100. It's 104 and it's almost six in the evening.
Dang that's hot, and being so ongoing must be bad.
iirc I've only once seen 100f in the UK and that was on the hottest ever day in the uk and probably then the local temperature wasn't actually over 100, just near to it.
I heard on the news that St. Louis has 10 days of 100+ weather consecutively. I suspect Jefferson City is has also had this problem.
Going to be hot in New England this weekend, and has been this week so far. Today wasn't too bad, in the 80s and wasn't too bad for humidity. My garden loves it, so bring on the heat! :)
59 and raining here.
Heat is supposed to break Sunday. High 80's.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 05, 2012, 06:58:53 PM
Heat is supposed to break Sunday. High 80's.
You know it's bad when you look at the highs for the next week, and can't wait for the one with 90 to show the fuck up. Goddamn, it's fucking hot.
Rain rolled through here (with lightning to fire up the tinder dry trees), and now the temp is 59 and drizzly. Good thing too, the smoke from the fire 30 miles away was worse than as a kid sitting next to my great uncle smoking one of his cigars...in his Buick, in summer, with the windows rolled up.
Quote from: PDH on July 05, 2012, 10:13:42 PM
Rain rolled through here (with lightning to fire up the tinder dry trees), and now the temp is 59 and drizzly.
That is good.
The National Weather Service is calling for Friday to be sunny, with a high near 102 and north winds around 5 miles per hour or less.
A heat advisory is in effect from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, with heat index values expected to be around 105. An excessive heat watch will be in effect Saturday afternoon and evening.
Fucking fuck already.
And I've got to get out in this shit today.
BGE says 30,000 peeps are still without power, now practically a week.
Was watching the news, some grocery stores had to dump all their frozen and refrigerated goods.
Old people dropping like flies left and right around here.
QuoteFour heat-related deaths were reported to state health officials on Independence Day, three of them in Baltimore, bringing the death toll from the recent stretch of heat and storms to 11.
Two men over age 65 and one man between the ages of 45 and 65 died in the city, according to a daily report on heat deaths released Thursday. A Montgomery County man over age 65 also died.
The heat-related deaths come during nine straight days of 90- to 100-degree high temperatures, and as Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. workers seek to reconnect power to about 40,000 customers who are still without electricity, six days after a powerful storm struck the state June 29.
No further information on the deaths was available.
Dangerous heat remains in the forecast through the weekend, along with chances for storms — both of which could complicate power restoration efforts. Heat index values reached 110 degrees in some areas Thursday, with highs of 99 degrees at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and 103 degrees downtown at the Maryland Science Center.
Behind-the-scenes details on BGE's efforts could become available by the end of the month, according to the state's top energy regulator. The Public Service Commission requires utilities to file storm reports within three weeks of all outages being restored, Chairman Douglas Nazarian said Thursday.
"We are not satisfied ... until everyone is back on," Nazarian said at a news conference at the commission's downtown headquarters. "At this point, our sole focus is on ensuring the power gets restored, not in grading or evaluating anybody's performance."
Residents still without power expressed concern not just for themselves, but for the elderly and other groups. One nursing home in Montgomery County remained on a backup power generator Thursday, according to Maryland Emergency Management Agency spokesman Edward Hopkins. That was down from 33 nursing homes without utility-supplied power three days earlier, according to health officials.
Senior citizens were among the fatalities reported earlier this week. Two Baltimore men, ages 82 and 65, died Sunday, Baltimore Health Department spokesman Brian Schleter said. An elderly Wicomico County man and an adult Montgomery County man also died in the week that ended Sunday, according to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Falling trees killed two other people and a man died in the Chesapeake Bay when a small boat capsized during the storms.
Jim Cusick said he fears for his next-door neighbor, a 92-year-old widow, as he has watched BGE trucks pass through the Westview Park area of Catonsville without any sign of work being done. Nearby, a large tree limb remained resting on power lines Thursday afternoon.
"There's two trucks on the street today, so I'm hopeful," Cusick said. "Hope springs eternal."
In its report to the PSC, BGE officials will be required to include details on the speed with which they have tackled such downed trees and wires. It is a routine requirement after major storms knocking out power to at least 100,000 utility customers.
About 675,000 BGE customers lost power in the storm, and 1.1 million utility customers across the state lost power.
Given the impact of the storm, greater than that of Hurricane Irene last year, Nazarian said the commission is prepared to scrutinize every aspect of utilities' preparations and response. But commissioners aren't yet making any judgments, despite hearing complaints from hundreds of Marylanders, he said.
BGE officials have said they expect power restoration efforts to last into the weekend, which would set the deadline for filing a storm report with the PSC by the end of the month.
Once utilities' storm reports are filed to the PSC, commissioners will review them to ensure no regulations or laws were violated. That review includes exploring whether utilities and their power systems were reasonably and sufficiently prepared, and whether they thoroughly and expediently responded to outages. Fines or other penalties could follow if necessary, Nazarian said.
Fines have been using sparingly in recent years, Nazarian said, but a prominent recent example came in December when the commission charged Washington-area utility Pepco $1 million for failure to properly maintain the electricity grid. The poor maintenance led to prolonged and frequent power outages, most notably in Montgomery County in 2010, and Pepco exacerbated the problem with poor communication, the commission found.
The heat has challenged restoration efforts, causing about 10,000 new outages since Wednesday, BGE spokesman Robert Gould said. Despite the high temperatures, the utility doesn't expect to activate its Peak Rewards program, which cycles customers' air-conditioning on hot days that stress the power grid.
BGE officials plan to do all they can to find successes and lessons to apply to future storms, Gould said.
"We were a full participant in the review of Hurricane Irene," he said. "We would expect to do nothing less in this, and we are always open to a process that is only going to help improve our processes going forward."
Some, including state Sen. James C. Rosapepe of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties, have called for the PSC to explore putting power lines underground, and Nazarian said he was open to looking at the idea. But he also cited a 2003 state report that found that burying all power lines would cost each utility customer in the state $340 to $415 per year, and it would take 15 to 20 years to complete.
"It's a very expensive proposition," Nazarian said. "It's not going to be a short-term solution to any of this, even if it turns out to be the best solution."
Nazarian also expressed some concern that part of the problem could be coming not from the utilities but from global climate change's apparent contribution to an increase in severe weather.
"Mother Nature is obviously angry," Nazarian said, noting blizzards, severe thunderstorms and a hurricane all striking the state in the past two years. "As a human being and a citizen, I find it hard to believe that increased pollution over a long period of time isn't going to have some impact on our climate and our environment. I'm not a climate-change scientist, and I'm not a scientist at all, but I think there is a pretty clear scientific consensus that global warming is happening."
A break in the heat is forecast for Monday, with high temperatures expected to dip into the 80s for at least a couple of days. In the meantime, cooling centers are scheduled to remain open through Sunday in Baltimore.
Mid to high thirties (95-100F) here for the weekend. Supposedly it's going to cool off next week.
One cheap supermarket near my subway station has no airconditioning. Their chochalate bars have transformed into squishy bags of goo. I hope they dump them when the heatwave is over. :lol:
New York is predicted for 98. I was looking at all the beaches around here and they are all not looking like they'll be great either. :angry:
Welcome to Waterworld World. (formerly trading as UK plc) :bowler:
The earth is officially slowly falling into the sun. I blame Hans
If this heat means no more cold winters, then keep it coming Jeebus or Gaia whoever controls this shit. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on July 06, 2012, 07:03:09 PM
If this heat means no more cold winters, then keep it coming Jeebus or Gaia whoever controls this shit. :cool:
:bash: :bash:
I'd take -30 for 3 months straight if it meant it never got above 20.
I am assuming you mean Celsius. :hmm:
You can take the boy out of Canada, can't take Canada out of the boy.
We're not in the middle ages.
Quote from: Maximus on July 06, 2012, 07:28:37 PM
We're not in the middle ages.
In America we speak American, son. Fahrenheit or GTFO.
I do my bit to try to keep my country in the first world.
Quote from: Maximus on July 06, 2012, 07:41:42 PM
I do my bit to try to keep my country in the first world.
Is that why you left it? :P
I'm still here.
Quote from: Maximus on July 06, 2012, 07:10:01 PM
I'd take -30 for 3 months straight if it meant it never got above 20.
You should live were I do:
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Av.high °C 8.1 8.3 10.6 13.0 16.6 19.3 22.0 21.8 18.8 15.0 11.2 9.0 14.5
(58.1)
Av.low °C 1.3 1.1 2.4 3.4 6.7 9.5 11.6 11.3 9.2 6.6 3.3 2.2 5.7
Christ another hot day. 106 here. This is one of the worst Summers I've seen. On the plus side, I don't have to mow the grass. It's all dead.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 06, 2012, 08:52:42 PM
Christ another hot day. 106 here. This is one of the worst Summers I've seen. On the plus side, I don't have to mow the grass. It's all dead.
That's 4-5 degrees hotter than the hottest ever day in the whole of the United Kingdom. :bowler:
Weather yesterday evening: searing hot sunshine, pouring rain, some hail, thunder, lightning. AT THE SAME TIME.
Quote from: mongers on July 06, 2012, 08:56:50 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 06, 2012, 08:52:42 PM
Christ another hot day. 106 here. This is one of the worst Summers I've seen. On the plus side, I don't have to mow the grass. It's all dead.
That's 4-5 degrees hotter than the hottest ever day in the whole of the United Kingdom. :bowler:
It'll be even higher tomorrow. Heat is suppose to break Sunday though. Mid 90's. Not good but a little better. It doesn't normally get this hot here. At least not for long periods of time (or this early in the summer). This may be the worst year I've ever seen. At least I'm not one of those poor bastards in the East who still has his power out.
Read in the paper today that this was the 13th consequetive day that St. Louis had had daytime highs over 100. It's been a hot couple of weeks here in NC, but it's not been that bad!
20K still without power, 8 days later.
For you Euros that never get a chance to see some of the fucked up weather events native to North America, here's a pic of the business end of the derecho that hit June 29.
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The storm was what meteorologists call a derecho. Deriving its name from the Spanish term for "straight ahead," derecho storms generally blow in one direction. They do not swirl like tornadoes, but they can cause tornado-style damage. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the wind gusts in the June 29 derecho rivaled those of an EF-1 tornado.
Derechos have occurred before, and were actually given their name in the late nineteenth century. They occur most often in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of the United States, between May and July. To qualify as a derecho, a storm must cause damage over 240 miles (400 kilometers) and pack wind gusts of at least 58 miles (93 kilometers) per hour. The June 29 derecho damage extended over a much greater length, and the storm brought wind gusts of more than 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour. The June 29 storm did not just qualify as a derecho. It was, according to the Capital Weather Gang, "one of the most destructive complexes of thunderstorms in memory."
Here's NASA's footage of the storm's path from their GOES-13 satellite, along with some other nifty ass stuff. Damn, shoulda been a meteorologist, shit is fascinating.
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/derecho.html
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 07, 2012, 05:36:02 AM
20K still without power, 8 days later.
For you Euros that never get a chance to see some of the fucked up weather events native to North America, here's a pic of the business end of the derecho that hit June 29.
......
The storm was what meteorologists call a derecho. Deriving its name from the Spanish term for "straight ahead," derecho storms generally blow in one direction. They do not swirl like tornadoes, but they can cause tornado-style damage. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the wind gusts in the June 29 derecho rivaled those of an EF-1 tornado.
Derechos have occurred before, and were actually given their name in the late nineteenth century. They occur most often in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of the United States, between May and July. To qualify as a derecho, a storm must cause damage over 240 miles (400 kilometers) and pack wind gusts of at least 58 miles (93 kilometers) per hour. The June 29 derecho damage extended over a much greater length, and the storm brought wind gusts of more than 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour. The June 29 storm did not just qualify as a derecho. It was, according to the Capital Weather Gang, "one of the most destructive complexes of thunderstorms in memory."
Here's NASA's footage of the storm's path from their GOES-13 satellite, along with some other nifty ass stuff. Damn, shoulda been a meteorologist, shit is fascinating.
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/derecho.html
It's like something out of a film.
edit:
oh that's where you guys get your imagery from.
For what it's worth the only time I've ever seen a storm approaching that, was when I liked in Wales and a really strange storm front was seen approaching from out to see, so get what us Britishers did... lots of all types sent out onto the promenade to see it come in onto the town. :huh:
We really do love weather. :cool:
Hooray! The heat broke! We a little rain. Strangely it came from the due east. That's pretty unusual, but whatever.
Supposed to cool off tomorrow here (New England, near Boston). It was in the 80sF here today but very humid.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 07, 2012, 05:36:02 AM
20K still without power, 8 days later.
For you Euros that never get a chance to see some of the fucked up weather events native to North America, here's a pic of the business end of the derecho that hit June 29.
The storm was what meteorologists call a derecho. Deriving its name from the Spanish term for "straight ahead," derecho storms generally blow in one direction. They do not swirl like tornadoes, but they can cause tornado-style damage. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the wind gusts in the June 29 derecho rivaled those of an EF-1 tornado.
Derechos have occurred before, and were actually given their name in the late nineteenth century. They occur most often in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of the United States, between May and July. To qualify as a derecho, a storm must cause damage over 240 miles (400 kilometers) and pack wind gusts of at least 58 miles (93 kilometers) per hour. The June 29 derecho damage extended over a much greater length, and the storm brought wind gusts of more than 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour. The June 29 storm did not just qualify as a derecho. It was, according to the Capital Weather Gang, "one of the most destructive complexes of thunderstorms in memory."
Here's NASA's footage of the storm's path from their GOES-13 satellite, along with some other nifty ass stuff. Damn, shoulda been a meteorologist, shit is fascinating.
That's really some crazy weather you all had there.
Quote from: KRonn on July 07, 2012, 07:02:32 PM
Supposed to cool off tomorrow here (New England, near Boston). It was in the 80sF here today but very humid.
Hehe, at this point 80s would feel cold to me. It's currently 92F (at 9:36 PM) and today's high was 105F (actual temp, not heat index). :showoff:
Quote from: Caliga on July 07, 2012, 08:37:39 PM
Quote from: KRonn on July 07, 2012, 07:02:32 PM
Supposed to cool off tomorrow here (New England, near Boston). It was in the 80sF here today but very humid.
Hehe, at this point 80s would feel cold to me. It's currently 92F (at 9:36 PM) and today's high was 105F (actual temp, not heat index). :showoff:
We had some clouds and a brief bit of rain, so it was a bit less hot. Feels cooler outside now but it's still humid and warm.
It's fucking 10:20pm, and it's still 89 out, with a heat index of 96. Fuck.
Low 80s later in the week. Yahoo.
:zipped:
I feel like I'm in Palm Springs. I spent the whole day hiding indoors only to appear at night. :D
garbon is a bloodsucker!
Quote from: katmai on July 07, 2012, 09:27:57 PM
garbon is a bloodsucker!
Wrong bodily fluid? :unsure:
I so wasn't going there.
Quote from: katmai on July 07, 2012, 09:20:32 PM
:zipped:
That's goddamned right. Not a fucking word.
High's in 60's every day this week Seedy, s'all i'm saying.
Quote from: garbon on July 07, 2012, 09:22:52 PM
I feel like I'm in Palm Springs. I spent the whole day hiding indoors only to appear at night. :D
Lean and hungry type? :)
Quote from: katmai on July 07, 2012, 09:39:01 PM
High's in 60's every day this week Seedy, s'all i'm saying.
Temperatures outside my 'office' window, sensor in the sun, but guess what we've only had two days this week with any real sunshine. <_<
91.04
60.98
68.54
71.06
80.96
71.42
59.36
We have actually had a cooler than norm summer :D
Quote from: mongers on July 07, 2012, 09:48:33 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 07, 2012, 09:39:01 PM
High's in 60's every day this week Seedy, s'all i'm saying.
Temperatures outside my 'office' window, sensor in the sun, but guess what we've only had two days this week with any real sunshine. <_<
91.04
60.98
68.54
71.06
80.96
71.42
59.36
Were those taken at the same time of day?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 07, 2012, 09:35:12 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 07, 2012, 09:20:32 PM
:zipped:
That's goddamned right. Not a fucking word.
Just remember he also gets 10 to -30 for six months straight. :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 07, 2012, 10:18:27 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 07, 2012, 09:35:12 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 07, 2012, 09:20:32 PM
:zipped:
That's goddamned right. Not a fucking word.
Just remember he also gets 10 to -30 for six months straight. :P
25 to -20 thank you very much for five months :P
Would also be nice if nighttime temperatures would drop under 21 (70 for you yanks) degrees for a change.
Quote from: garbon on July 07, 2012, 09:37:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 07, 2012, 09:30:04 PM
I so wasn't going there.
Shame.
Btw Kat, I didn't do anything similar but I did have a European chat my ear off all night about temperatures in Celsius. :x
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QuoteA baby girl died and a toddler was in critical condition Saturday after they were left in separate vehicles in the Indianapolis area on a day in which the temperature hit 104 degrees, a record for the date.
Greenfield Police Chief John Jester said a 3-month-old girl was found in a car at 3:35 p.m., the Indianpolis Star reported. The girl was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Jester said the baby's father, Joshua Stryzanski, 18, was being held at the Hancock County jail on a charge of neglect of a dependent resulting in death, the Star reported.
Greenfield is a city of about 20,000 east of Indianapolis.
In the other incident, at about 3 p.m. police broke a window in a Ford Explorer to free a 16-month-old girl in the city of Fishers, northeast of Indianapolis, the Star reported. The child suffered a seizure before being taken to an Indianapolis hospital, a Fishers police spokesman told the Star.
Storms, sweltering heat move east
The temperature inside the SUV after the window was broken was 124 degrees, the Star reported, citing unnamed officials.
Fishers police said the child's mother, Meg Trueblood, 30, of Fishers, was charged preliminarily with felony neglect of a child, the Star reported.
The National Weather Service said the temperature in Indianapolis hit 104 degrees, breaking the record for July 7 of 101, set in 1936. The all-time high for the city is 106, set on July 14, 1936.
In the heat wave gripping the United States this week, at least 61 heat-related deaths have been reported, according to an NBC News count. That number does not include the baby's death.[/img]
QuoteStryzanski
Hoosier Polack.
Quote from: mongers on July 06, 2012, 08:10:12 PM
Quote from: Maximus on July 06, 2012, 07:10:01 PM
I'd take -30 for 3 months straight if it meant it never got above 20.
You should live were I do:
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Av.high °C 8.1 8.3 10.6 13.0 16.6 19.3 22.0 21.8 18.8 15.0 11.2 9.0 14.5
(58.1)
Av.low °C 1.3 1.1 2.4 3.4 6.7 9.5 11.6 11.3 9.2 6.6 3.3 2.2 5.7
I agree. :)
Not cold enough in the winter. Unless it freezes for a good amount of time, you get unpleasant animals and undesirable people.
We just had to pick the hottest weekend of the summer to build a giant kids play structure in the back yard...<_<
I mowed the lawn last Friday, very hot and humid. I was feeling ok, took a break or two. While I was mowing my brother stopped by on his motorcycle, sweating badly from just being in the sun while riding. Probably too hot for riding, the wind like a blast of warm air anyway.
Quote from: Barrister on July 08, 2012, 06:21:22 PM
We just had to pick the hottest weekend of the summer to build a giant kids play structure in the back yard...<_<
Didn't you consider just having normal sized kids ? :unsure:
Still roughly 10k without power, and the storm front that came through last night didn't help, knocked several hundred more off the grid.
Mercifully, it's actually going to be under 90 today, and tonight in the upper 60s, so I can finally give the AC a much needed rest.
Beautiful weather here today, warm though, not hot and humid. In the 80s, probably in the 60s or lower tonight.
Yeah, it's actually reasonable out tonight.
I drove through about 8 thunderstorms between Texas and Georgia.
Humidity. :bleeding:
Just got an email form my wine consigliere. Grape Harvest will be in late August, if not mid August. Chateau de Childbride will be off this year.
It has actually stopped raining in central Southern England. :gasp:
There is nowhere to hide today, folks.
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My God!
QuoteThere is nowhere to hide today, folks.
OH YES THERE IS.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 06:35:16 AM
QuoteThere is nowhere to hide today, folks.
OH YES THERE IS.
I hope you choke on your double brie burger.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 06:43:46 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 06:35:16 AM
QuoteThere is nowhere to hide today, folks.
OH YES THERE IS.
I hope you choke on your double brie burger.
Quote
Caen, France Weather
67°F
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 67°F
Updated: Jul 17, 2012, 1:25pm Local Time
From
W
13mph
WIND
75%
HUMIDITY
59°
DEW POINT Humidity becomes more noticeable as the dew point rises above 60°F. Readings above 75°F can feel stifling.
8.0 mi
Visibility
30.36 in
Pressure
4 - Moderate
UV Index
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 06:47:04 AM
Caen, France Weather
Be sure to say hi to Monty for me. I'm sure he's still waiting.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 05:23:01 AM
There is nowhere to hide today, folks.
You mean besides buildings with AC. Or cars with AC. Not a good day for a jog perhaps.
This from the Met Office is interesting explaining our shit summer:
http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/the-uks-wet-summer-the-jet-stream-and-climate-change/
It also mentions the US heatwave briefly:
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The US heat wave is also beneath a northward meander and a ridge of high pressure.
It's a wonderful, wonderful summer here.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 05:23:01 AM
There is nowhere to hide today, folks.
.....
Yesterday I watched a report about cattle ranchers in the mid-West, mountain states and it's really quite heartbreaking what this drought is doing to their farms and cattle. When they go under for climate and financial reasons there not much hope of them coming back or someone replacing them.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 06:47:04 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 06:43:46 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 06:35:16 AM
QuoteThere is nowhere to hide today, folks.
OH YES THERE IS.
I hope you choke on your double brie burger.
Quote
Caen, France Weather
67°F
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 67°F
Updated: Jul 17, 2012, 1:25pm Local Time
From
W
13mph
WIND
75%
HUMIDITY
59°
DEW POINT Humidity becomes more noticeable as the dew point rises above 60°F. Readings above 75°F can feel stifling.
8.0 mi
Visibility
30.36 in
Pressure
4 - Moderate
UV Index
If you're just looking for ways to beat the summer heat surely there are other, closer places to go.
Yukon for one. I'm sure I could help line you up with a nice cabin by, say, Kusawa Lake for pretty cheap. :)
Quote from: mongers on July 17, 2012, 09:53:37 AM
Yesterday I watched a report about cattle ranchers in the mid-West, mountain states and it's really quite heartbreaking what this drought is doing to their farms and cattle. When they go under for climate and financial reasons there not much hope of them coming back or someone replacing them.
Why is that? Global demand for meat is growing by leaps and bounds.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 06:47:04 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 06:43:46 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 06:35:16 AM
QuoteThere is nowhere to hide today, folks.
OH YES THERE IS.
I hope you choke on your double brie burger.
Quote
Caen, France Weather
67°F
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 67°F
Updated: Jul 17, 2012, 1:25pm Local Time
From
W
13mph
WIND
75%
HUMIDITY
59°
DEW POINT Humidity becomes more noticeable as the dew point rises above 60°F. Readings above 75°F can feel stifling.
8.0 mi
Visibility
30.36 in
Pressure
4 - Moderate
UV Index
It's really embarrassing how quickly he's betrayed his manifest destiny continental climate and gone native so as to embrace the NW Europe maritime weather. :hmm:
Though Ed there is a sting in the tail, coastal Northern France seems to have much more violent storms that rip through the region as compared to similar weather fronts over here, just the other side of the channel. :bowler:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 17, 2012, 09:59:54 AM
Quote from: mongers on July 17, 2012, 09:53:37 AM
Yesterday I watched a report about cattle ranchers in the mid-West, mountain states and it's really quite heartbreaking what this drought is doing to their farms and cattle. When they go under for climate and financial reasons there not much hope of them coming back or someone replacing them.
Why is that? Global demand for meat is growing by leaps and bounds.
I'm not sure you can write off 3,000 dead head of cattle. Don't think there's livestock insurance, gotta look into that.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 10:18:27 AM
I'm not sure you can write off 3,000 dead head of cattle. Don't think there's livestock insurance, gotta look into that.
"When they go under for climate and financial reasons there not much hope of them coming back
or someone replacing them. "
I'd bet there's livestock insurance. You can insure anything.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 17, 2012, 10:21:01 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 10:18:27 AM
I'm not sure you can write off 3,000 dead head of cattle. Don't think there's livestock insurance, gotta look into that.
"When they go under for climate and financial reasons there not much hope of them coming back or someone replacing them. "
I'd bet there's livestock insurance. You can insure anything.
If you can, it doesn't necessarily mean the fees are affordable.
And who's going to say,ok look rancher X's business failed because of dough/ fire devastated / reduced water supply, I think I see an opportunity to start a ranch there.
I think the person would weight for the short/medium term weather problem to dissipate and the range to recover a bit before starting a new livestock business.
And a ranch or farm isn't a entity on its own, to some extent it needs a viable set of other agricultural businesses in the area for it to succeed.
Quote from: Barrister on July 17, 2012, 09:58:07 AM
If you're just looking for ways to beat the summer heat surely there are other, closer places to go.
Yukon for one. I'm sure I could help line you up with a nice cabin by, say, Kusawa Lake for pretty cheap. :)
Here you go - your own log cabin, on your own fucking 42 acre island, 3 miles from Dawson City. And all probably cheaper than the POS farmhouses you're looking at in Normandy.
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11402495&PidKey=1774493821
I think I'm in love. :wub:
Quote from: mongers on July 17, 2012, 12:07:10 PM
And who's going to say,ok look rancher X's business failed because of dough/ fire devastated / reduced water supply, I think I see an opportunity to start a ranch there.
No, they'd say, ok look the price of beef has gone up x%, I think I see an opportunity to go into the cattle business.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 17, 2012, 10:21:01 AM
I'd bet there's livestock insurance. You can insure anything.
Probably. Hell, in Maryland law the charging language used for defining "unauthorized use" of a vehicle (read: not stolen, but not approved by owner) actually included livestock.
I think most propective ranchers would not look at the weather and think to themselves this is bound to last for the medium term at least. They'll probably think we had an unusually hot summer.
Might see more purchases of misting equipment and heat-resistant breeds though.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 17, 2012, 12:37:20 PM
Might see more purchases of misting equipment and heat-resistant breeds though.
If I were interested in ramping up a livestock living, bison would be it. Hardier than cattle, and bison beef is a premium meat.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 01:00:06 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 17, 2012, 12:37:20 PM
Might see more purchases of misting equipment and heat-resistant breeds though.
If I were interested in ramping up a livestock living, bison would be it. Hardier than cattle, and bison beef is a premium meat.
Some of my wife's family is into bison ranching. Trouble is it takes a lot longer to get to market and the premium isn't really worthwhile.
But we really do need to get a chest freezer so we can go in on a 1/4 buffalo from one of her uncles. :mmm:
It's a premium meat that no one eats except school kids forced to by Ted Turner's bribing of the USDA.
Everybody says Bison is wonderful. I just can't pull the trigger on it. It isn't a bean burrito w/o onions. :)
Well, one of the benefits of bison is that they are such a hardy beast, they don't require the sheltering that your average moo cow requires. They can withstand temperatures of -40F, and don't require as much water as cattle.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 17, 2012, 01:02:02 PM
It's a premium meat that no one eats except school kids forced to by Ted Turner's bribing of the USDA.
I eat bison all the time. Hell I had bison burgers for supper last night. :alberta:
I do miss the Yukon supermarket I used to go to that had bison right there. Now I get it at a farmer's market, and it's very expensive.
Quote from: Barrister on July 17, 2012, 01:14:11 PM
I eat bison all the time. Hell I had bison burgers for supper last night. :alberta:
Yeah, it's the only red meat I ever eat anymore. Lean as hell. Expensive as hell.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 01:03:54 PM
Everybody says Bison is wonderful. I just can't pull the trigger on it. It isn't a bean burrito w/o onions. :)
Best steak I've ever had outside of Argentina was a buffalo steak I ate in Jackson Hole, WY. Had it medium-rare and paired it with a nice Cabernet. But I was also fitshaced at the time, so my memory is a slight bit foggy.
Just wish it was as cheap here as it is out west.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 01:16:38 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 17, 2012, 01:14:11 PM
I eat bison all the time. Hell I had bison burgers for supper last night. :alberta:
Yeah, it's the only red meat I ever eat anymore. Lean as hell. Expensive as hell.
America's original red meat.
Quote from: derspiess on July 17, 2012, 01:35:45 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 01:03:54 PM
Everybody says Bison is wonderful. I just can't pull the trigger on it. It isn't a bean burrito w/o onions. :)
Best steak I've ever had outside of Argentina was a buffalo steak I ate in Jackson Hole, WY. Had it medium-rare and paired it with a nice Cabernet. But I was also fitshaced at the time, so my memory is a slight bit foggy.
Just wish it was as cheap here as it is out west.
Not actually a fan of bison as a steak. It's so lean it seems rather dry. It needs some moisture (a sauce, perhaps). I used to get a wonderful bison steak with blueberry sauce up in a restaurant in Whitehorse.
Quote from: Barrister on July 17, 2012, 01:14:11 PM
I eat bison all the time. Hell I had bison burgers for supper last night. :alberta:
You and not many other people. 80% of the US consumption goes to school lunches.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 05:23:01 AM
There is nowhere to hide today, folks.
:whistle:
QuoteSunrise
04:57
Sunset
23:12
Feels Like
62°F
Humidity
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Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 17, 2012, 03:51:25 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 17, 2012, 01:14:11 PM
I eat bison all the time. Hell I had bison burgers for supper last night. :alberta:
You and not many other people. 80% of the US consumption goes to school lunches.
It is popular up here, just got to get away from all your cows in Hicksville, Iowa.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 01:08:35 PM
Well, one of the benefits of bison is that they are such a hardy beast, they don't require the sheltering that your average moo cow requires. They can withstand temperatures of -40F, and don't require as much water as cattle.
They're also a bloody pain in the ass to handle. They require much more expensive fencing, ordinary barbed wire does nothing. They can outrun most horses and are as likely to charge as to flee. I've helped out on a couple roundups and we used pickups to herd them. Even then one cow decided to go over a pickup and smashed the hell out of it. Fortunately she didn't break a leg, but if they get too worked up there's a good chance of heart failure.
Quote from: katmai on July 17, 2012, 05:04:31 PM
It is popular up here, just got to get away from all your cows in Hicksville, Iowa.
Yeah, clearly nearby bison ranges is one of the signs of high civilization.
Quote from: Maximus on July 17, 2012, 06:13:09 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 01:08:35 PM
Well, one of the benefits of bison is that they are such a hardy beast, they don't require the sheltering that your average moo cow requires. They can withstand temperatures of -40F, and don't require as much water as cattle.
They're also a bloody pain in the ass to handle. They require much more expensive fencing, ordinary barbed wire does nothing. They can outrun most horses and are as likely to charge as to flee. I've helped out on a couple roundups and we used pickups to herd them. Even then one cow decided to go over a pickup and smashed the hell out of it. Fortunately she didn't break a leg, but if they get too worked up there's a good chance of heart failure.
You know, when I was writing earlier I thought, "Gee, I bet they're motherfuckers to go get and bring back if you have need to do it", but then I thought, naaaaah. :lol:
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2012, 01:03:54 PM
Everybody says Bison is wonderful. I just can't pull the trigger on it. It isn't a bean burrito w/o onions. :)
It's not that great. So little fat, so little flavour. I'd take beef every time. I'd say it's more of a novelty than a premium meat.
For burgers, it still grills better than turkey.
Katmai says shelf don't know what he's talking about, so much so that Katmai is now referring to himself in the third person!
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2012, 08:31:37 PM
For burgers, it still grills better than turkey.
Agreed. Turkey's a horrible, horrible meat. Endure it once a year and move on.
Same problem though. No fat.
I wouldn't use turkey on a burger, but for things like tacos and spaghetti it's perfectly acceptable as a beef substitute.
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 17, 2012, 08:36:15 PM
Agreed. Turkey's a horrible, horrible meat. Endure it once a year and move on.
Same problem though. No fat.
I'll use turkey instead of beef only in casseroles, things like that. It's a a healthy alternative, but my god, you just can't use ground turkey for anything on its own.
Nasty ass thunderstorms. Shutting down. See ya on the flip side.
We had bad thunderstorms late yesterday and today was beautiful weather. In the low 80s F, about 27C, low humidity, real nice. Supposed to be like this a few days I think.
They've been promising big storms for several days now but have failed to deliver,
Saw in the news that we need about a foot of rain to get back to average levels.
Hit 78 here today :P
Quote from: katmai on July 20, 2012, 03:33:36 AM
Hit 78 here today :P
Weather.com has a high of 70 here today. :blink:
66 or so right now. :)
It's a nice breezy 78 in my bedroom. :D
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 20, 2012, 07:59:00 AM
66 or so right now. :)
74f Out, 71f In at 5pm BST over on this side of the channel.
Though it has been over 80 this afternoon. :gasp:
It's nice weather here, almost cool now in the evening. :)
Yup, got all the windows open, nice cool rainy breeze, should only hit the 70s tomorrow.
59 right now. :showoff:
Fuck! Air conditioner is out.
It got to ~85 here yesterday and predicted for today. The frogs are acting like the sun landed in their laps. :lol:
I expected piles of dead old people.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 25, 2012, 07:22:36 PM
It got to ~85 here yesterday and predicted for today. The frogs are acting like the sun landed in their laps. :lol:
I expected piles of dead old people.
Well it's similarly sunny and hot over here; when I set out this evening it was still 83 at 7pm. <_<
Gorgeous, non-humid day in the Baltimore-DC metroplex today.
The Sun Strikes Back tomorrow though.
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 25, 2012, 10:13:18 PM
Gorgeous, non-humid day in the Baltimore-DC metroplex today.
The Sun Strikes Back tomorrow though.
Yup. 99 forecast for the next two days. Yahoo.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 25, 2012, 10:52:39 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 25, 2012, 10:13:18 PM
Gorgeous, non-humid day in the Baltimore-DC metroplex today.
The Sun Strikes Back tomorrow though.
Yup. 99 forecast for the next two days. Yahoo.
68, 70, 68 highs for next three days. :P
Quote from: katmai on July 25, 2012, 11:09:26 PM
68, 70, 68 highs for next three days. :P
I hope the Japs bomb the fuck out of you.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 25, 2012, 11:10:02 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 25, 2012, 11:09:26 PM
68, 70, 68 highs for next three days. :P
I hope the Japs bomb the fuck out of you.
I'm just saying come visit Alaska in the summer yo.
So I heard another Derecho went through Ohio and the Mid-Atlantic.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 27, 2012, 07:43:12 AM
So I heard another Derecho went through Ohio and the Mid-Atlantic.
Wednesday was the bad day, but not as bad as that derecho; Chicago airports were closed in the morning due to thunderstorms promptly at 8:00am, and the line went southwest through Ohio and below DC and nailed Richmond in the evening. Had a few storms last night.
Always nice to wake up with all the windows fogged with condensation on the outside. Humidity must have been 100% this morning.
Why do all these more obscure weather terms have Spanish names?
The heavy storms and possible tornadoes were supposed to hit late yesterday and overnight where I am. But we just got some rain, and not all that heavy either. Could have used more rain, though not the nasty weather stuff.
Supposed to be the hottest day of the year here. They say it might hit ... 100!!
Quote from: sbr on August 04, 2012, 11:48:42 AM
Supposed to be the hottest day of the year here. They say it might hit ... 100!!
You bastard!
Fortunately we are only having temps in the high 90's this week. After week and week of mid 100's. This is the worst summer I remember, and last summer wasn't exactly good either. Yard looks like a desert. All the grass is dead. There are cracks in the ground a foot deep. There was some thunder last night, but I don't know if it rained. If it did, it wasn't much. A few weeks ago I heard we had a deficit of over a foot of rain this summer. Every county in the state is federal disaster area in regards to crops. You can walk half-way across the Missouri river without getting your feet wet, it's that low. This is bad shit. There's been grass and brush fires which I don't recall ever happening in the area. Guy's barn went up in flame cause he some old gas cans in there. Burned up all his fields and hay bails.
It's kinda humid too, around 40%. :yucky:
It's been raining a lot here, yet that map somebody posted shows us in a drought. :hmm:
Quote from: sbr on August 04, 2012, 01:34:36 PM
It's kinda humid too, around 40%. :yucky:
Shit, the other day it was 90 degrees with 80% humidity. It was like a bad Vietnam war movie.
Too hot. I blame hans.
Hot and humid the last couple of days here in eastern Massachusetts. But much of last week was cooler, with some heavy rain showers coming through at times.
INCOMING!
Sweet Jesus, that was a wild thunderstorm.
We hit 100 but the humidity dropped to under 15%. I stayed inside in the ac all day until now, out to get teriyaki for dinner. High 80s now, its nice.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 04, 2012, 09:22:37 PM
Sweet Jesus, that was a wild thunderstorm.
Must be the front we caught Thursday night. Sounded like the opening of Operation Uranus.
This humidity shit is for other continents, man.
According to the NOAA, this is the warmest year in the U.S. since they've started keeping records in 1895, on average +4.5F over average Jan-Jun.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/updraft/archive/2012/07/noaa_2012_hottest_year_on_reco.shtml
Also on their webpage:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120119_global_stats.html
QuoteAccording to NOAA scientists, 2011 was a record-breaking year for climate extremes, as much of the United States faced historic levels of heat, precipitation, flooding and severe weather, while La Niña events at both ends of the year impacted weather patterns at home and around the world
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110112_globalstats.html
QuoteAccording to NOAA scientists, 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, beginning in 1880. This was the 34th consecutive year with global temperatures above the 20th century average. For the contiguous United States alone, the 2010 average annual temperature was above normal, resulting in the 23rd warmest year on record.
Hot and humid here today again. Yesterday and today I did most of my outside and garden work very early in the morning, and for the rest of the day mostly stayed indoors or ran errands like food shopping and such. Going to cool down a bit, less humidity, this week. But the humid weather is nothing that we don't usually have off and on during the summer.
Today: 71F
Tomorrow: 78F
Actually had the a/c off and the windows open.
It was almost a little chilly up in Chicago today when I went out for lunch. Had a kickass sammich - serrano ham and manchego cheese on a brezel with sweet Bavarian mustard :mmm:
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 10, 2012, 08:46:38 PM
Today: 71F
Tomorrow: 78F
Actually had the a/c off and the windows open.
Today was nice here as well. About damn time we get some decent weather.
Gonna be toasty today, like it was yesterday. Looking like 102-104 for the high, but no sudden huge thunderstorms like yesterday to cool things off in the late afternoon. The aquifer is below 640' now, so that's not good.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on August 11, 2012, 03:09:45 AM
Gonna be toasty today, like it was yesterday. Looking like 102-104 for the high, but no sudden huge thunderstorms like yesterday to cool things off in the late afternoon. The aquifer is below 640' now, so that's not good.
Good grief, it's like the opening paragraph from a disaster movie.
Incidentally, we've had an exceptionally dry last 2-3 years, saving this spring, but I still recon I could sink a borehole in the garden and come up with water within about 3-4 feet. :bowler:
Somewhere in the garden is a covered old well, which I've yet to find; but in extremist I would douse. :D
You British complain about your weather. Here in the middle of the country, 80% humidity and 90 degree temperatures are fairly common.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 11, 2012, 04:34:03 PM
You British complain about your weather. Here in the middle of the country, 80% humidity and 90 degree temperatures are fairly common.
Actually nowadays we don't seem to do much of that, which is worrying.
Did you notice how for most of the Olympics it's been pretty much idea for the events, not too hot nor too cold, not much rain, some clouding to take the string out of the sunshine; it's like a different country, time was we had a national event and you could guarantee rain and squally South-westerlies. :bowler:
Well, maybe you guys will come out of this global warming thing okay. I genuinely worry about Missouri. The last two years have been strangely warm and dry. This year has devastated the corn crop. A lot of farmers are going to have a total loss. I'm wondering if the the future there will have to be major irrigation networks set up.
The air conditioning is really expensive (you can't live here without air conditioning). Electric bill was over 500 bucks last month.
You keeping the A/C at 50 or somefink? 500 smackers? Wow.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 11, 2012, 05:24:55 PM
You keeping the A/C at 50 or somefink? 500 smackers? Wow.
You have a two weeks of 100 degree weather, it really adds up. It's fucking brutal out here. Now the AC is broke so the problem solved itself.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 11, 2012, 05:35:27 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 11, 2012, 05:24:55 PM
You keeping the A/C at 50 or somefink? 500 smackers? Wow.
You have a two weeks of 100 degree weather, it really adds up. It's fucking brutal out here. Now the AC is broke so the problem solved itself.
Still seems like you got buttfucked by your power company.
Maybe he lives in a barn.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 11, 2012, 05:47:52 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 11, 2012, 05:35:27 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 11, 2012, 05:24:55 PM
You keeping the A/C at 50 or somefink? 500 smackers? Wow.
You have a two weeks of 100 degree weather, it really adds up. It's fucking brutal out here. Now the AC is broke so the problem solved itself.
Still seems like you got buttfucked by your power company.
Ameren ue is a harsh mistress. She also destroys state parks and once ran over my dog. True story.
Though another problem is this is a fairly large house and it's a split level, so air doesn't circulate well.
We don't do that A/C stuff here.
Sweet!
QuoteEl Nino likelihood rising, signaling chance for snowy winter
The likelihood of El Nino is increasing, with onset of the climate phenomenon known for snowy winters in these parts expected by fall.
There is "increased confidence" in a weak to moderate El Nino, according to the Climate Prediction Center. Forecasters included the information in an update to the hurricane season outlook issued last week, saying it could impact those storms by late in the season.
They expect onset of El Nino by the end of September, though there could be a weeks-long delay in its effects reaching the Atlantic. But it could strengthen in time for winter.
I want no storms of more than 6 inches of the white stuff.
That sounded dirtier than I planned.
Snow sucks. I want it to be 75 year round damnit.
Possible El Nino, and if so likely more snow. Well, as much as it is a hassle, we had so little rain/snow last winter in New England that it brought water levels down and caused more bugs and mosquitos to breed. But I was planting my corn and some other veggies in April, a month early, it was so warm!
I bought a Jeep, and I didn't buy it drive around in 2" of total accumulation, dammit.
I want to force Dazzling Urbanites walking in the street straight into snowbanks.
Heh, I have AWD, a Ford Escape. I've had some sort of AWD or 4WD with almost every vehicle I've owned with just a few exceptions. Used to do a lot of off roading, hunting and driving on dirt trails, or getting around in the snow. I don't do most of that other stuff now, but just getting around in the snow helps.
Weather has been really nice for the last few days. It's mid 70's right now. Had a big storm a few days back and brought in cool air.
Quote from: KRonn on August 13, 2012, 09:15:35 PM
Heh, I have AWD, a Ford Escape. I've had some sort of AWD or 4WD with almost every vehicle I've owned with just a few exceptions. Used to do a lot of off roading, hunting and driving on dirt trails, or getting around in the snow. I don't do most of that other stuff now, but just getting around in the snow helps.
I feel sad driving my nice 4x4 pickup on the nicely paved streets of Edmonton, instead of the crappy unpaved "highways" of the Yukon I bought it for. :(
Cold front that came in on Friday has kept things chilled; last night it dropped to 62 degrees. Popped all the windows open, feels great.
When it's get this cool, cat gets the goofies. Been racing around the condo all morning, going nowhere in particular.
Yay, another week of mid-30s in the city.
This is one of the rare moments I wouldn't mind being in the shitty weather of Holstein again.
EDIT: Though in an ironic twist, it's as hot up there at the moment. BUT NOT THE WHOLE COMING WEEK
85f out, 77f in at the moment, 5pm, so it's been a fairly hot day for Southern England.
Possibly the hotest day of the year so far.
38° today in Paris max and 35° in Frankfurt. As per the rule, always a couple degrees more.
And I thought that by having holidays after mid-August, I would escape the worst of the heat.
Quote from: Caliga on April 29, 2012, 07:32:00 PM
While I was on my way back from Florida there was a massive hailstorm here. It came through around 8 pm and when we got home at 5:30 AM there were still some hailstones laying about, some of which were golfball-sized. :huh:
Roof looks ok but the storm must have come in sideways against the north side of the house, since all my screen windows on that side got their asses kicked and will need to be replaced (giant holes in all of them). Also, my newly-planted trees got seriously damaged. :( The magnolia lost some branches and nearly all of its leaves were seriously damaged. Not sure if it'll survive.
So it turned out that my roof did get serious damage after all, and we had it replaced this week... totally paid for by my insurance. :cool: They also are replacing the blown out screens and fixing some of the siding that was damaged, which I didn't notice at the time I made the above post.
Yesterday I came home and caught the Mexicans climbing all over my roof drinking from the hose and running a microwave and a radio from my external outlets. Nobody said you could run up my water and electricity bills SLAVES. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on August 22, 2012, 07:01:16 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 29, 2012, 07:32:00 PM
While I was on my way back from Florida there was a massive hailstorm here. It came through around 8 pm and when we got home at 5:30 AM there were still some hailstones laying about, some of which were golfball-sized. :huh:
Roof looks ok but the storm must have come in sideways against the north side of the house, since all my screen windows on that side got their asses kicked and will need to be replaced (giant holes in all of them). Also, my newly-planted trees got seriously damaged. :( The magnolia lost some branches and nearly all of its leaves were seriously damaged. Not sure if it'll survive.
So it turned out that my roof did get serious damage after all, and we had it replaced this week... totally paid for by my insurance. :cool: They also are replacing the blown out screens and fixing some of the siding that was damaged, which I didn't notice at the time I made the above post.
Yesterday I came home and caught the Mexicans climbing all over my roof drinking from the hose and running a microwave and a radio from my external outlets. Nobody said you could run up my water and electricity bills SLAVES. :mad:
They are children, aren't they?
Quote from: Caliga on August 22, 2012, 07:01:16 AM
Yesterday I came home and caught the Mexicans climbing all over my roof drinking from the hose and running a microwave and a radio from my external outlets. Nobody said you could run up my water and electricity bills SLAVES. :mad:
I hope you told them that.
Yep. They smiled and nodded and said "No comprendes señor." :)
You know it's going to be a shitty day in your a/c-less apartment when the temperature at 8am is already 25°C/77°F. Forecast for today: 36°C/97°F. Whole week has been in the 30s/90s. One more day tomorrow, then the heat is supposed to break.
Though the forecast has already moved from low 20s/70s next week to high 20s/80s next week. :bleeding:
Coolin off, it seems like. Low-mid 90s during the day, then low 70s at night now. Early season football weather, bitches.
Goddamn it. Huge rainstorms come over the house last night. Didn't rain at all, but it get as humid as fuck.
CNN had a story about the poor bastards who are farming in the area. http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/24/us/drought-missouri-dairy-farmers/index.html?hpt=us_c2 I really feel sorry for them.
RAIN! We got some storms from Irene and since then we've had some other scattered storms. It's raining right now. Yard is greening up. In August it looked like a desert. I've mowed the yard only once this year. Looks like I'll get a chance to do so again. Too late to save crops, and we are probably still have rain deficit of like a foot, but at least we got something. I don't even like rain that well, but there is something wrong three months of bone dry weather.
Quote from: Razgovory on September 05, 2012, 08:23:30 AM
RAIN! We got some storms from Irene and since then we've had some other scattered storms. It's raining right now. Yard is greening up. In August it looked like a desert. I've mowed the yard only once this year. Looks like I'll get a chance to do so again. Too late to save crops, and we are probably still have rain deficit of like a foot, but at least we got something. I don't even like rain that well, but there is something wrong three months of bone dry weather.
Yeah, we had that for late winter/early spring and it felt very wrong.
Luckily we've since had the 2nd wettest late spring/summer since records began. :bowler:
Quote from: Razgovory on September 05, 2012, 08:23:30 AM
RAIN! We got some storms from Irene and since then we've had some other scattered storms.
The only thing we've gotten from Irene has been that god-awful bubble of fucking tropical humidity. I swear I'm looking for toucans and sandinistas and shit to pop up outside.
Christ, I can't wait for October.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 05, 2012, 12:03:33 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 05, 2012, 08:23:30 AM
RAIN! We got some storms from Irene and since then we've had some other scattered storms.
The only thing we've gotten from Irene has been that god-awful bubble of fucking tropical humidity. I swear I'm looking for toucans and sandinistas and shit to pop up outside.
Christ, I can't wait for October.
I took the afternoon off yesterday to buy a new lawnmower & cut my grass. The new mower is awesome-- barely requires any effort to push. But by the time I was done I wanted to fucking die. Forgot what 90 degree heat + 80% humidity was like.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 05, 2012, 12:03:33 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 05, 2012, 08:23:30 AM
RAIN! We got some storms from Irene and since then we've had some other scattered storms.
The only thing we've gotten from Irene has been that god-awful bubble of fucking tropical humidity. I swear I'm looking for toucans and sandinistas and shit to pop up outside.
Christ, I can't wait for October.
I think Raz means Isaac. And I'll take the the humidity over the scorching dry heat we had. At least now it's not sunny all the fucking time.
Quote from: Maximus on September 05, 2012, 12:44:38 PM
And I'll take the the humidity over the scorching dry heat we had. At least now it's not sunny all the fucking time.
I dunno, man...I've been in Phoenix in 100 weather, and while hot is hot, I'd still take 100 in Phoenix than 85 degrees and 85% humidity in Baltimore any day. At least in Phoenix, shade actually works.
This humidity shit better calm down soon. I'm wanting to go to football games and this shit ain't cool in a stadium.
High humidity and high temperatures are fairly normal here. Another reason not to go outside.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 05, 2012, 12:59:16 PM
Quote from: Maximus on September 05, 2012, 12:44:38 PM
And I'll take the the humidity over the scorching dry heat we had. At least now it's not sunny all the fucking time.
I dunno, man...I've been in Phoenix in 100 weather, and while hot is hot, I'd still take 100 in Phoenix than 85 degrees and 85% humidity in Baltimore any day. At least in Phoenix, shade actually works.
Agreed. I went from 105 on the rim of the Grand Canyon to mid-80s in the deep south inside two weeks. 105 dry heat wins hands down.
I walked outside from work today, and I could feel the humidity making the skin on my hands moist.
At least you can escape the sun....no shade from humidity.
Yeah it was quite pleasant doing a lot of exercise in the 75f heat this afternoon; despite the rain, we don't seem to do absolute humidity in the Blighty. :bowler:
What you pansies classify as Hurricanes we call a regular winter storm came through Anchorage last night. Knocked out power for great parts of town and quite a bit of tree clean up going on today.
67 degrees today? Do I dare to dream that Gaia's heat grip on my sweaty balls has eased?
TIME TO MAKE POTATO CANDY
Another early season high wind storm coming through sat night. Hoping don't lose power again.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 14, 2012, 06:50:05 PM
67 degrees today? Do I dare to dream that Gaia's heat grip on my sweaty balls has eased?
TIME TO MAKE POTATO CANDY
No kidding, it's gotten to the point in the mornings that I'm considering closing my windows at night; 58 degree lows at night make it fucking chilly at 6am. Thank Christ we're at that point.
:lol: lucky to hit 58 for high now. :cry:
Quote from: katmai on September 14, 2012, 07:19:48 PM
:lol: lucky to hit 58 for high now. :cry:
You're the one that missed Los Angeles by a couple thousand miles.
Nice, cool, rainy and breezy day today. T-storms and isolated tornado potential from Richmond to western Massachusetts.
I think I'll play some video games today.
My ankles were a bit chilly this morning, just 15C mid-afternoon. Time to dig out the socks and tights soon. It's the two weeks the office is a sensible temperature between the air con not working and them switching the heating on.
Forgot to say, it was a beautiful late afternoon down the beach/sea front a couple of says ago; sunshine and excellent visibility, not only
could one see The Needles really nicely, but the far south of the Isle of Wight was also visible, that's over 40km.
The fucking sirens went off.
We've had nice weather recently I've got to get around to mowing the yard though.
Hit below 50 degrees last night for the first time. Now that's what the fuck I'm talking about, kids. Fall has fell.
Nipples truly are nature's original thermometers.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 24, 2012, 08:10:33 AM
Hit below 50 degrees last night for the first time. Now that's what the fuck I'm talking about, kids. Fall has fell.
Indeed, the weather has transitioned from humid shit to being very pleasant.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 24, 2012, 08:20:30 AM
Nipples truly are nature's original thermometers.
Bollocks, bollocks I say are a far better indicator of outside temperatures. :cool:
How about skin in general, you preverts?
Snowing here in Anchorage.
Raining in western washington. Should stop next May.
I have it on good authority (Garbon) that it never stops.
Nice sunny autumn afternoon; popped down to the sea/beech, good visibility, could see all of the Isle of Wight across the water. :)
Blizzard tomorrow! I'm readying myself for Swedish and Norwegian newspapers making fun of how we panic over 8 cm of snow.
58F right now. Earlier this week (Monday and Tuesday) it was actually hot. :cool:
Quote from: katmai on October 13, 2012, 07:30:53 PM
Snowing here in Anchorage.
Did you skin tell you that?
Enjoy the Blizzard Midwestern folks.
:hmm:
No snow today! :yeah:
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 19, 2012, 08:34:03 AM
Enjoy the Blizzard Midwestern folks.
We won't get it. We'll get a light dusting of snow that lasts less than 24 hours, and then we'll have an ugly, brown, hideous Christmas while everyone cheers about how the snow "missed us". *sighs*
Fuck. Heavy snow here, 15 degree temps, and I am supposed to drive down to Denver to fly to Cathedral City tomorrow.
Quote from: PDH on December 19, 2012, 10:08:12 AM
Fuck. Heavy snow here, 15 degree temps, and I am supposed to drive down to Denver to fly to Cathedral City tomorrow.
Cathedral City? :o
Quote from: garbon on December 19, 2012, 10:09:25 AM
Quote from: PDH on December 19, 2012, 10:08:12 AM
Fuck. Heavy snow here, 15 degree temps, and I am supposed to drive down to Denver to fly to Cathedral City tomorrow.
Cathedral City? :o
Yep. Dad lives in a house there in a subdivision among other irascible old coots.
Quote from: garbon on December 19, 2012, 10:09:25 AM
Quote from: PDH on December 19, 2012, 10:08:12 AM
Fuck. Heavy snow here, 15 degree temps, and I am supposed to drive down to Denver to fly to Cathedral City tomorrow.
Cathedral City? :o
He's a big cheese:
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Quote from: PDH on December 19, 2012, 10:14:57 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 19, 2012, 10:09:25 AM
Quote from: PDH on December 19, 2012, 10:08:12 AM
Fuck. Heavy snow here, 15 degree temps, and I am supposed to drive down to Denver to fly to Cathedral City tomorrow.
Cathedral City? :o
Yep. Dad lives in a house there in a subdivision among other irascible old coots.
That's the part of the Desert, I used to go to as a kid for Christmas.
Quote from: Caliga on December 19, 2012, 09:36:30 AM
:hmm:
If you don't taunt Gaia, the Ohio Valley will be okay.
So STFU. I have seniority on you.
It was 80 yesterday and it will be below 30 tommorow. Today it is 70.
Texas winter is like a box of chocolates.
Quote from: Valmy on December 19, 2012, 12:04:46 PM
It was 80 yesterday and it will be below 30 tommorow. Today it is 70.
Texas winter is like a box of chocolates.
Ugh. I'd be sick all the time.
We've got a winter weather advisory for today and tomorrow. 6 inches of the white stuff and strong winds.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 19, 2012, 11:57:59 AM
Quote from: Caliga on December 19, 2012, 09:36:30 AM
:hmm:
If you don't taunt Gaia, the Ohio Valley will be okay.
So STFU. I have seniority on you.
Bring on the snow.
Ugh.
Still raining here. :bowler:
Goddamn it. :ultra:
Rain, thunderstorms, and fucking more rain tonight. Then, tomorrow night, "light snow showers with little to no accumulation". I hate this fucking place.
Quote from: merithyn on December 19, 2012, 01:39:57 PM
Goddamn it. :ultra:
Rain, thunderstorms, and fucking more rain tonight. Then, tomorrow night, "light snow showers with little to no accumulation". I hate this fucking place.
If you moved to Wales, that's precisely the weather you'd get trust me, when I moved there it rained during the day at some point for the first 78 days. :bowler:
Man what I wouldn't give. We have barely had any rain for months.
Quote from: mongers on December 19, 2012, 02:17:55 PM
Quote from: merithyn on December 19, 2012, 01:39:57 PM
Goddamn it. :ultra:
Rain, thunderstorms, and fucking more rain tonight. Then, tomorrow night, "light snow showers with little to no accumulation". I hate this fucking place.
If you moved to Wales, that's precisely the weather you'd get trust me, when I moved there it rained during the day at some point for the first 78 days. :bowler:
I don't mind rain, except when everyone else gets snow. :(
Quote from: Valmy on December 19, 2012, 02:20:33 PM
Man what I wouldn't give. We have barely had any rain for months.
Yeah, I'd rather have way too much, than not enough; This year in the river valley started off really badly, an exceptionally dry previous autumn and winter left the place looking very hung out come March, but the consistent rainfall since then, left it looking the most vibrant I've ever seen it during spring and summer.
I'm hoping this autumn and winters rains will set it up for a decent spring/summer next year and a good growing season.
Quote from: merithyn on December 19, 2012, 02:32:14 PM
I don't mind rain, except when everyone else gets snow. :(
They don't call it Snowdonia for nothing!
No shortage of the white stuff here. :(
Quote from: Barrister on December 19, 2012, 02:47:22 PM
No shortage of the white stuff here. :(
But enough about your cocaine prosecutions ... :P
So I got out of Dodge after work. Supposedly by midnight it is going to be -10f with 50 mph winds...the 6 inches of dry snow that fell will make seeing as bad a klansman with his hood on backwards.
Quote from: mongers on December 19, 2012, 02:17:55 PM
If you moved to Wales, that's precisely the weather you'd get trust me, when I moved there it rained during the day at some point for the first 78 days. :bowler:
I remember a character in a novel who got rained on everyday no matter where he went. Can't recall where. :hmm:
Quote from: PDH on December 19, 2012, 09:16:56 PM
So I got out of Dodge after work. Supposedly by midnight it is going to be -10f with 50 mph winds...the 6 inches of dry snow that fell will make seeing as bad a klansman with his hood on backwards.
I'm going to be in Rancho Mirage in the morning. Even the native NJers and NYers here at this research in SF are crying about the cold.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 19, 2012, 10:04:24 PM
Quote from: mongers on December 19, 2012, 02:17:55 PM
If you moved to Wales, that's precisely the weather you'd get trust me, when I moved there it rained during the day at some point for the first 78 days. :bowler:
I remember a character in a novel who got rained on everyday no matter where he went. Can't recall where. :hmm:
It was in one of the later Hitchhiker books, he was a truck driver and it happened because he was a rain god, but didn't know it. :bowler:
edit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_McKenna_(god) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_McKenna_(god))
Quote
Rob McKenna
Described by the scientific community in the novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish as a "Quasi Supernormal Incremental Precipitation Inducer," Rob McKenna is an ordinary lorry driver who can never get away from rain and he has a log-book showing that it has rained on him every day, anywhere that he has ever been, to prove it. Arthur suggests that he could show the diary to someone, which Rob does, making the media deem him a 'Rain God' (something which he actually is) for the clouds want "to be near him, to love him, to cherish him and to water him". This windfall gives him a lucrative career, taking money from resorts and similar places in exchange for not going there.
And he narrowly lost his bid to be elected Governor of Washington state. :(
:ultra:
Blizzard warnings less than 30 minutes north of us, but we're expected to get less than an inch. WTF??
I WANT A FUCKING WINTER!! :contract: :glare:
I'll ask my homeboy in our Chicago office if they're getting hammered up there.
Today it is snowing but strangely the temperature is above freezing.
Quote from: Caliga on December 20, 2012, 01:30:49 PM
I'll ask my homeboy in our Chicago office if they're getting hammered up there.
They are. :glare:
Quote from: merithyn on December 20, 2012, 01:24:54 PM
:ultra:
Blizzard warnings less than 30 minutes north of us, but we're expected to get less than an inch. WTF??
I WANT A FUCKING WINTER!! :contract: :glare:
Why would you want such a terrible thing?
Typical early British winter, mild but wet. :bowler:
Quote from: merithyn on December 20, 2012, 01:24:54 PM
:ultra:
Blizzard warnings less than 30 minutes north of us, but we're expected to get less than an inch. WTF??
I WANT A FUCKING WINTER!! :contract: :glare:
Mother Russia stole your winter.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/19/16022433-deep-freeze-across-russia-dips-to-50-below-at-least-45-die?lite
Feels like 80's winters here again. Mother nature boned me with no snow that decade meaning I had to go to school. What a bitch.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 20, 2012, 01:52:32 PM
Quote from: merithyn on December 20, 2012, 01:24:54 PM
:ultra:
Blizzard warnings less than 30 minutes north of us, but we're expected to get less than an inch. WTF??
I WANT A FUCKING WINTER!! :contract: :glare:
Mother Russia stole your winter.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/19/16022433-deep-freeze-across-russia-dips-to-50-below-at-least-45-die?lite
Feels like 80's winters here again. Mother nature boned me with no snow that decade meaning I had to go to school. What a bitch.
QuoteLast week, the cold in Siberia nearly killed two circus elephants after their trailer caught fire, the RIA news agency reported.
A handler quickly devised a plan, buying two cases of vodka from a nearby village and serving it to the elephants -- albeit diluted with warm water.
"After that they roared as if they were in the jungle. Apparently they were happy," the unnamed handler was quoted as saying.
Russians. :rolleyes:
DG is planning on going to the nearest zoo with a case of Vodka and a bag of frozen blueberries.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 20, 2012, 01:52:32 PM
Feels like 80's winters here again. Mother nature boned me with no snow that decade meaning I had to go to school. What a bitch.
No shit. Back when Jay Rockefeller was governor in WV we had what we called "Jay's Blizzard". We were supposedly going to get a buttload of snow so he pre-emptively cancelled school for the entire state & declared a state of emergency. We got not one single snowflake.
Was nice to get a free day off, but we all felt very gypped that we had no snow to play in & had to go to school the next day. We were already making plans for what to do on the 2nd & 3rd snow days, damnit.
Quote from: derspiess on December 20, 2012, 04:51:39 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 20, 2012, 01:52:32 PM
Feels like 80's winters here again. Mother nature boned me with no snow that decade meaning I had to go to school. What a bitch.
No shit. Back when Jay Rockefeller was governor in WV we had what we called "Jay's Blizzard". We were supposedly going to get a buttload of snow so he pre-emptively cancelled school for the entire state & declared a state of emergency. We got not one single snowflake.
Was nice to get a free day off, but we all felt very gypped that we had no snow to play in & had to go to school the next day. We were already making plans for what to do on the 2nd & 3rd snow days, damnit.
Panzies.
I'm sure I bored you with this anecdote before, but I'll do it again.
Yukon schools never close for snow. Ever. :cool:
Here in Alberta they might close bus routes, but I'm pretty sure they never close the schools either.
good for you.
That actually sucks.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 20, 2012, 01:32:25 PM
Today it is snowing but strangely the temperature is above freezing.
The relevant temperature is the one up in the clouds where the snow forms.
Quote from: Barrister on December 20, 2012, 04:59:12 PM
Yukon schools never close for snow. Ever. :cool:
Here in Alberta they might close bus routes, but I'm pretty sure they never close the schools either.
:yeahright:
Quote from: derspiess on December 20, 2012, 05:07:57 PM
That actually sucks.
Beeb is the sort that he'd tell the teacher she forgot to give a quiz that day. So no wonder he doesn't like snow days. He is a stiff.
10 day forecast- highs in the 60s, lows in the 50s :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on December 20, 2012, 01:30:49 PM
I'll ask my homeboy in our Chicago office if they're getting hammered up there.
For some reason we got on the topic of mother in laws... not the actual thing but instead the sandwich. A hot dog bun with a corn tamale inside topped with chili saice. Has anyone ever had one of these? Apparently when I'm in Chicago next I'm obligated to try one. Sounds delicious. :mmm:
Quote from: Caliga on December 20, 2012, 07:50:44 PM
For some reason we got on the topic of mother in laws... not the actual thing but instead the sandwich. A hot dog bun with a corn tamale inside topped with chili saice. Has anyone ever had one of these? Apparently when I'm in Chicago next I'm obligated to try one. Sounds delicious. :mmm:
Corn in a bun? Sounds awesome. As a variant you should try corn-battered bread.
Quote from: Barrister on December 20, 2012, 04:59:12 PM
Panzies.
I'm sure I bored you with this anecdote before, but I'll do it again.
Yukon schools never close for snow. Ever. :cool:
Here in Alberta they might close bus routes, but I'm pretty sure they never close the schools either.
Yea it still amuses me that they close stuff for snow.
Quote from: katmai on December 20, 2012, 05:13:55 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 20, 2012, 04:59:12 PM
Yukon schools never close for snow. Ever. :cool:
Here in Alberta they might close bus routes, but I'm pretty sure they never close the schools either.
:yeahright:
Yeah, I doubt there are schools in the Yukon as well.
Quote from: Barrister on December 20, 2012, 04:59:12 PM
Panzies.
I'm sure I bored you with this anecdote before, but I'll do it again.
Yukon schools never close for snow. Ever. :cool:
Here in Alberta they might close bus routes, but I'm pretty sure they never close the schools either.
Yeah. I remember at one point it was snowing heavily and it was -50 with the wind, and the buses weren't running. My mom drove me to school anyways. What a jerk. :glare:
I am glad the 2 inches of rain that came didn't come in snow form yesterday. 20 inches of that bullshit? Fuck that noize.
We got rain, then snow/sleet, then just freezing temps. So, we have crunchy, crunchy sidewalks and grass that kind of looks snowy but is really just a layer of ice.
But we got some snow!!! :w00t:
Still wet and unseasonably mild here, supposedly it's rained 17 hours today.
I guess if the SouWesterlies continue we'll have more rain over Xmas and the new years. :bowler:
The national broadcaster has a live feed following the "Christmas Blizzard '12".
Speaking of the blizzard that just moved through... Since when do we name blizzards? That just seems silly.
Quote from: Maximus on December 20, 2012, 09:41:33 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 20, 2012, 04:59:12 PM
Panzies.
I'm sure I bored you with this anecdote before, but I'll do it again.
Yukon schools never close for snow. Ever. :cool:
Here in Alberta they might close bus routes, but I'm pretty sure they never close the schools either.
Yea it still amuses me that they close stuff for snow.
Back when I was in elementary school and junior high, Fayette county schools never closed, even if none of the busses ran. The policy was that they would have classes for those students who could get to school otherwise. The problem was that probably 98% of the students in the county rode the bus to school, so in a typical class you'd have 0, 1, or 2 students out of 30 some show up, and obviously the teacher wasn't going to try to actually teach with that many students out. But since technically there hadn't been a school day missed, we didn't have to go extra days after the last regularly scheduled day of class to make up for snow days. But about the time I started high school, they started actually closing the schools on days when most of the busses couldn't run.
I can report:
Central Southern England is mild, wet and muddy. :bowler:
Apparently there's been a temperature record for Christmas Eve in Germany today: 20.7°C
Quote from: Syt on December 24, 2012, 05:04:43 PM
Apparently there's been a temperature record for Christmas Eve in Germany today: 20.7°C
:blink:
I had a touch of prickly heat the other day as it was so mild and humid, I couldn't sweat out the heat from the exercise I did.
We had snow. For the first time since I bought that fucker almost two years ago, I dropped that bitch in 4 Hi. Went off the road, and right back on it. Because I could.
Passing the occasional entry-level luxury RWD vehicle abandoned on the side of the road made me LOL. Suck it.
Yay. Winter Storm Watch. 4-6 inches with sleet tomorrow night. Fuck that shit.
Suppose to get 2-4". What is better than the 6-10" they were forecasting earlier.
What? We got snow while I am down in warm Virginia? :mad:
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 24, 2012, 09:44:04 PM
What? We got snow while I am down in warm Virginia? :mad:
Yeah, man...should've seen it, Dazzling Urbanites spinning out everywhere.
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 24, 2012, 09:44:04 PM
Virginia?
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6 to 10 inches expected now. I blame spicy and his pro snow bullshit.
Not blaming me? Wow, that's a first. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on December 25, 2012, 05:55:54 PM
Not blaming me? Wow, that's a first. :hmm:
Your Gaia taunting as been in decline for awhile.
On a related note, it was warm enough yesterday that I didn't need to wear a jacket when I went to the Christmas Eve party. :showoff:
It's cold today, though. :mad:
I got the cat in the garage. I thought the bastard was going to run, but he obeyed my VOICE OF COMMAND.
I got 6 inches.
TMI
Still mild and wet in Wessex, view from the front of the house, this evening :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67416236@N00/8308313429/in/photostream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67416236@N00/8308313429/in/photostream)
:mad:
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 25, 2012, 05:48:27 PM
6 to 10 inches expected now. I blame spicy and his pro snow bullshit.
:whistle:
Still no snow here. :mad:
Goddamn it, this is so totally unfair. :glare:
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 25, 2012, 05:48:27 PM
6 to 10 inches expected now. I blame spicy and his pro snow bullshit.
We got screwed. Was supposed to start snowing at midnight and they were calling for 1-3 inches or 4-6, depending on whose forecast you listened to. Well the temperature just hung around 35 and it rained all up until I had to get the kids to school. *Then* it decided to alternate between rain, snow and ice. Got worse on my way in to work. Just a dusting of snow on the grass, but we're getting slush on the roads, which should freeze up tonight.
So we got gypped. I was telling Tommy last night how awesome snow days are and he'll probably think I was lying now.
Quote from: merithyn on December 26, 2012, 10:23:10 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 25, 2012, 05:48:27 PM
6 to 10 inches expected now. I blame spicy and his pro snow bullshit.
:whistle:
Still no snow here. :mad:
Goddamn it, this is so totally unfair. :glare:
Nobody listens to women.
Quote from: derspiess on December 26, 2012, 10:24:19 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 25, 2012, 05:48:27 PM
6 to 10 inches expected now. I blame spicy and his pro snow bullshit.
We got screwed. Was supposed to start snowing at midnight and they were calling for 1-3 inches or 4-6, depending on whose forecast you listened to. Well the temperature just hung around 35 and it rained all up until I had to get the kids to school. *Then* it decided to alternate between rain, snow and ice. Got worse on my way in to work. Just a dusting of snow on the grass, but we're getting slush on the roads, which should freeze up tonight.
So we got gypped. I was telling Tommy last night how awesome snow days are and he'll probably think I was lying now.
Maybe next one will be one of those that smears Cincy and leaves the Dayton area alone. Deal?
I'm pretty sure my sister's family's flight to St. Louis is going to be fucked today.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 26, 2012, 10:45:12 AM
Maybe next one will be one of those that smears Cincy and leaves the Dayton area alone. Deal?
Sounds good to me. Sadly, it will never work that way. Dunno if it's because we're down on the river or you being 40 or so miles north of us, but you always get more than us.
Quote from: derspiess on December 26, 2012, 11:02:34 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 26, 2012, 10:45:12 AM
Maybe next one will be one of those that smears Cincy and leaves the Dayton area alone. Deal?
Sounds good to me. Sadly, it will never work that way. Dunno if it's because we're down on the river or you being 40 or so miles north of us, but you always get more than us.
Not always. There was one some years ago y'all got smeared and I ended up with about an inch of the white stuff.
Meanwhile the cat complained when I was getting the snowblower ready. He made a break for it when I opened the door, at least until he got a blast of the cold that is. Fucker went back in fast.
Stupid cat.
A stupid cat wouldn't have gone back in. Shows how much you know, Marlin Fucking Perkins.
You get bonus points for the Mutual of Omaha reference.
Still wet and mild here; I detect a pattern emerging. :hmm:
I'm waiting to see what this storm brings my area. South of Boston there's supposed to be mainly rain, maybe some slush, but not much snow. The heavy snows are supposed to hit further inland and north, but that could change I'm sure.
IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :showoff: :showoff: :showoff:
We got about an inch of snow that has now become slushy, rainy slop.
Quote from: mongers on September 05, 2012, 08:31:11 AM
Luckily we've since had the 2nd wettest late spring/summer since records began. :bowler:
We've now had a very wet winter, so apparently it's going to be one of the wettest years on record for much of the country. Including the South-West <_<
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 26, 2012, 10:49:24 AM
I'm pretty sure my sister's family's flight to St. Louis is going to be fucked today.
Why is your sister bringing her children to St. Louis? Can't the hoodlums of Baltimore murder them well enough?
If St Louis had the same kind of weather we did, your sister and fam should be fine. :glare: Some wind and a bit of snow, but nothing worth really noting.
*sighs*
I am getting my shit ROCKED down here by this snow.
Everyone was crashing on the freeway this morning..I was losing traction but kept control of my car.
After work, I couldn't back out for some reason. I'm not exactly sure what was causing it. I dug out the snow around my tires and my car still wouldn't move.
Eventually I got free but I'm not sure if it was a blockage behind the tires or ice under the tires that prevented me from backing out. It was annoying though. By the looks of outside, I'll be doing it again tomorrow. :showoff:
Quote from: merithyn on December 26, 2012, 11:33:56 PM
If St Louis had the same kind of weather we did, your sister and fam should be fine. :glare: Some wind and a bit of snow, but nothing worth really noting.
*sighs*
Why the hell do you want snow?
I can't speak for Meri, but Princesca's aunt is always bleating for SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! this time of year. The fact that she doesn't have to work (husband has a great job) and she makes her son do all of the shoveling probably has a lot to do with that.
If they could genetically engineer snow so it wouldn't turn into ice I would be all for it too.
We maybe got an inch, if that. But of course everyone likes to exaggerate and say we got two or three. Oh, well. It covered the grass (barely) and it looked nice on the trees.
We're supposed to get a dusting of snow Saturday morning. I give it til afternoon today that everyone in the office starts freaking out about that.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 27, 2012, 12:40:15 AM
Quote from: merithyn on December 26, 2012, 11:33:56 PM
If St Louis had the same kind of weather we did, your sister and fam should be fine. :glare: Some wind and a bit of snow, but nothing worth really noting.
*sighs*
Why the hell do you want snow?
Why the hell do you want sunshine?
That's such a stupid question. I want snow because I like snow. I like walking in it, driving in it, standing in it, playing in it, watching it come down, shoveling it. I. LIKE. SNOW.
I understand that not everyone does, but why does it follow that I should be apologetic because others don't care for something that I do?
:lol: Geez Meri, maybe a cup of coffee first.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 27, 2012, 11:01:15 AM
:lol: Geez Meri, maybe a cup of coffee first.
:mad:
Do you know how often I have to sit and listen to people bitch about the snow, and when I say, "Well, I like it," get lambasted for it? Well fuck you all. :glare:
Besides, I'm off the coffee again. Fucking ulcer. :(
Don't sweat Yi, Meri. He has to walk uphill both ways in Iowa during blizzard tornadoes. I wouldn't dig snow so much in Iowa, either.
Quote from: merithyn on December 27, 2012, 10:59:54 AM
That's such a stupid question. I want snow because I like snow. I like walking in it, driving in it, standing in it, playing in it, watching it come down, shoveling it. I. LIKE. SNOW.
Ditto :hug:
Quote from: merithyn on December 27, 2012, 10:59:54 AM
I want snow because I like snow. I like walking in it, driving in it, standing in it, playing in it, watching it come down, shoveling it. I. LIKE. SNOW.
:wacko:
I bet Katmai and Berkut just loooove snow as much as Meri does.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 27, 2012, 11:30:52 AM
I bet Katmai and Berkut just loooove snow as much as Meri does.
I'm used to there being snow, I like winter in general just fine. I'd probably miss snow if it wasn't here, but I can not say I love the stuff.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 27, 2012, 11:21:06 AM
Don't sweat Yi, Meri. He has to walk uphill both ways in Iowa during blizzard tornadoes. I wouldn't dig snow so much in Iowa, either.
But.... I'm from Iowa. :( I loved it then, too. :weep:
Quote from: Barrister on December 27, 2012, 11:38:18 AM
I'm used to there being snow, I like winter in general just fine. I'd probably miss snow if it wasn't here, but I can not say I love the stuff.
I think this is the problem. I miss it terribly. It's been a very long time since I've seen any kind of decent snow. Certainly nowhere near enough to get tired of it.
I'd like run you people over with my snowblower.
Still mild and damp/wet here, though we didn't have any rain during daylight today. :yeah:
But there was a thunderstorm at 6am. :hmm:
Dodged the snow where I am in Eastern Massachusetts. Further west and north got a lot of snow. Though we had very heavy rains all night and into late morning, and if that were snow instead I'd think we would have gotten up to a foot of snow or more. Very slight leakage in my basement, just one place has a small thin trickle of dampness going down the wall, in the same place that it usually happens in when it does occur, which isn't for most rain storms.
Quote from: KRonn on December 27, 2012, 01:51:44 PM
Dodged the snow where I am in Eastern Massachusetts. Further west and north got a lot of snow. Though we had very heavy rains all night and into late morning, and if that were snow instead I'd think we would have gotten up to a foot of snow or more. Very slight leakage in my basement, just one place has a small thin trickle of dampness going down the wall, in the same place that it usually happens in when it does occur, which isn't for most rain storms.
NOTE TO SELF: If move to Boston-area imminent, rent a place in the north and west.
Check!
NOTE TO SELF: Stay on opposite side of country from Meri.
Check!
We had some decent snowfall on Xmas eve and the day after Xmas, but were supposed to really get banged in the chops on Saturday.
Goddamn, the Jeep is fun to drive in the snow.
Quote from: merithyn on December 27, 2012, 02:10:27 PM
NOTE TO SELF: If move to Boston-area imminent, rent a place in the north and west.
Check!
Moving to Boston will be a good way to get you to hate snow. :)
Quote from: Caliga on December 27, 2012, 03:10:13 PM
Quote from: merithyn on December 27, 2012, 02:10:27 PM
NOTE TO SELF: If move to Boston-area imminent, rent a place in the north and west.
Check!
Moving to Boston will be a good way to get you to hate snow. :)
How so?
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 27, 2012, 12:13:47 PM
I'd like run you people over with my snowblower.
I have an 8 feet wind built snow tower between my door & the world, help!
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 27, 2012, 04:37:41 PM
I have an 8 feet wind built snow tower between my door & the world, help!
Union members. :rolleyes:
I am not part of any union.
Your English has really gotten a lot better Brown Wolf. :cheers:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 27, 2012, 11:21:06 AM
Don't sweat Yi, Meri. He has to walk uphill both ways in Iowa during blizzard tornadoes. I wouldn't dig snow so much in Iowa, either.
Walking up an Iowa Hill is not much of a hassle. It's pretty indistinguishable from walking down an Iowa hill.
Personally I've always had a dislike of having my car slide into other cars because of bad road conditions.
Drive better. :mellow:
Quote from: merithyn on December 27, 2012, 05:04:31 PM
Drive better. :mellow:
Having other people slide their cars into mine is hardly an improvement.
Quote from: Barrister on December 27, 2012, 11:38:18 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 27, 2012, 11:30:52 AM
I bet Katmai and Berkut just loooove snow as much as Meri does.
I'm used to there being snow, I like winter in general just fine. I'd probably miss snow if it wasn't here, but I can not say I love the stuff.
We're a little more pragmatic about snow. It's just a fact of life here for eight months of the year.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 27, 2012, 04:37:41 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 27, 2012, 12:13:47 PM
I'd like run you people over with my snowblower.
I have an 8 feet wind built snow tower between my door & the world, help!
In the end, I walked to my in-laws (a little over a mile away) and borrowed their snowblower.
Yay, 2-4 more inches on the way. Fuck. This. Shit.
I've gone full Ed. I bought a Snowblower, by phone!, from sears.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 28, 2012, 09:33:14 AM
Yay, 2-4 more inches on the way. Fuck. This. Shit.
I just looked at the current snow cover map on Weather.com. Conclusion: God loves Kentucky and hates Ohio.
QuoteForecasters are calling for a third wintry weather system to pass through Baltimore in less than a week to drop 1-2 inches across Baltimore and areas close to the water, with 2-4 inches further inland, according to the National Weather Service.
Wooties!
I just know we're going to have a cold spell/winter now, because I just had a no.4 haircut. <_<
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 28, 2012, 03:43:48 PM
I've gone full Ed. I bought a Snowblower, by phone!, from sears.
Good man.
Not a single fucking snowflake last night.
I'm so sick of this fucking town and global warming.
I woke up to substantial snow cover (like 1-2 inches, which is substantial for us). I think it's been over a year since we've had this.
Quote from: Caliga on December 29, 2012, 08:58:29 AM
I woke up to substantial snow cover (like 1-2 inches, which is substantial for us).
:rolleyes:
He is gonna get us blanketed with another blizzard. A big one,not this last pipsqueak one.
I need my voodoo woman named Alice to counteract Cal's weather taint.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 29, 2012, 08:28:59 AM
Not a single fucking snowflake last night.
I'm so sick of this fucking town and global warming.
It was just a little delayed....coming down now.
Yay!
Going out to drive over bus stops, BBL! TTFN! TTYL!
It's still rather watery, but mild here. :hmm:
Bah, it had already fizzled into rain, and is going away. :mad:
Stupid winter. :mad:
Quote from: Barrister on December 29, 2012, 11:22:45 AM
Quote from: Caliga on December 29, 2012, 08:58:29 AM
I woke up to substantial snow cover (like 1-2 inches, which is substantial for us).
:rolleyes:
"for us" :contract:
46 f here and snow is melting. :lol:
-22C/-8F :bleeding:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 02, 2013, 06:44:58 PM
-22C/-8F :bleeding:
Weird, I'm 13 degrees of latitude further North than you, but 34C warmer too. :hmm:
You're not right next to Siberia?
Mongers never watched the MASH episode when they was cut off in the middle of winter.
"Better leave the brass monkeys in tonight!"
We have your reservation, sir. A single bed for yourself and a cradle for your son.
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 03, 2013, 05:16:52 PM
You're not right next to Siberia?
No, but the North Atlantic Conveyor and our marvellous sou'westerlies. has a lot more to do with it :bowler:
Only -20C today, but with windchill it feels like -25C!
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 03, 2013, 07:48:26 PM
Only -20C today, but with windchill it feels like -25C!
+10C here at 2am and no wind at all. :P
2f in Laramie right now. It is ok though, the overnight low is only supposed to be 9f according to the Weather Channel.
We are in day 4 of heatwave as it is 36f here.
Quote from: mongers on January 03, 2013, 08:56:22 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 03, 2013, 07:48:26 PM
Only -20C today, but with windchill it feels like -25C!
+10C here at 2am and no wind at all. :P
-25C feels like -13F :bleeding:
And?
It's terrible!
Been rainy and cool the last two days. Nice and dreary, the way I imagine Seattle in my dreams.
Think I'll go to the movies. Still have to catch Django Unchained.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 16, 2013, 09:19:09 AM
Think I'll go to the movies. Still have to catch Django Unchained.
In the subway, I saw that Django Unchained just opened in Paris today.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 16, 2013, 09:19:09 AM
Been rainy and cool the last two days. Nice and dreary, the way I imagine Seattle in my dreams.
Think I'll go to the movies. Still have to catch Django Unchained.
When I went running on Sunday afternoon, while breathing in the air, it did feel very much like home. :)
My office-mate, also from Washington, independently brought up how home-like the weather has been recently as well.
We had a crazy chinook yesterday, petering out today. Strong west winds and +8 temperature.
Of course that's just enough for a lot of snow to melt, then refreeze as we return to normal winter temperatrues. <_<
My prediction, 2 inches of snow will bring much of the United Kingdom to a grinding halt on Friday. :bowler:
Quote from: Barrister on January 16, 2013, 05:12:56 PM
We had a crazy chinook yesterday, petering out today. Strong west winds and +8 temperature.
Of course that's just enough for a lot of snow to melt, then refreeze as we return to normal winter temperatrues. <_<
That was us this weekend, had kids ice skating on the streets.
Vienna had 20-40 cm (depending on district) of snow in the past 18 hours. It's beautiful! :wub:
My district got about 30 cm.
Quote from: Syt on January 17, 2013, 12:32:44 PM
Vienna had 20-40 cm (depending on district) of snow in the past 18 hours. It's beautiful! :wub:
My district got about 30 cm.
Lies! :angry:
Quote from: Syt on January 17, 2013, 12:32:44 PM
Vienna had 20-40 cm (depending on district) of snow in the past 18 hours. It's beautiful! :wub:
My district got about 30 cm.
:hug:
Can I come visit next winter from, say, Mid-November through Mid-March? Please? I'll cook. :)
QuoteThe National Weather Service on Thursday morning canceled a winter weather advisory for most of the Baltimore region, but said that light snow would still fall into the area through this evening.
Nary a roll of toilet paper, gallon of milk or loaf of bread is to be found in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
Snow in B,ham AL, its the end of the world.
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 17, 2013, 01:48:42 PM
Snow in B,ham AL, its the end of the world.
'Cause it finally snowed in hell? :unsure:
Temps back up into the 70s. :cool:
Quote from: merithyn on January 17, 2013, 12:55:50 PM
Can I come visit next winter from, say, Mid-November through Mid-March? Please? I'll cook. :)
We only get this amount of snow every couple years or so. In a week or two it'll probably all be gone again.
Quote from: Syt on January 17, 2013, 04:31:00 PM
Quote from: merithyn on January 17, 2013, 12:55:50 PM
Can I come visit next winter from, say, Mid-November through Mid-March? Please? I'll cook. :)
We only get this amount of snow every couple years or so. In a week or two it'll probably all be gone again.
:weep:
You should try moving in with Katmai.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 17, 2013, 05:25:41 PM
You should try moving in with Katmai.
Chicka chicka boom boom, will there be enough room?
Who, what, huh?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 17, 2013, 05:25:41 PM
You should try moving in with Katmai.
We'd kill each other in less than 24 hours. No amount of snow is worth mandatory life.
:mellow:
It's too fucking cold here. -5 to -10C for the next week. :cry:
Odd question but what is the point on weather of last night and day as high and lo if they aren't actually the highs and los? Weather currently says low of -2 and yet it is currently -3 and prediction has several hours of -4.
Quote from: garbon on January 18, 2013, 03:36:54 AM
Odd question but what is the point on weather of last night and day as high and lo if they aren't actually the highs and los? Weather currently says low of -2 and yet it is currently -3 and prediction has several hours of -4.
It's because of the metric system, you wouldn't understand. :P
Or it may be because of the Eurozone; so it is actually -10 in, say Bavaria, but you have to pretend that it is a low of -2 as it is actually 15 in Athens :hmm:
Quote from: Maladict on January 18, 2013, 05:08:37 AM
Quote from: garbon on January 18, 2013, 03:36:54 AM
Odd question but what is the point on weather of last night and day as high and lo if they aren't actually the highs and los? Weather currently says low of -2 and yet it is currently -3 and prediction has several hours of -4.
It's because of the metric system, you wouldn't understand. :P
In the metric system you say something is a low even when it isn't? ;)
Very light snow flurries in Paris now. Glad to have spent morning inside the Louvre. :D
Snowing enough to settle in central London and apparently quite deep out where I live. Cue an hour of "Yay snow!" followed by hours of "fucking snow stopping me getting home on a Friday evening!"
Meanwhile on the other side of the planet, good news if you're a tea drinker, your kettle won't have to work so hard as the temperature is nearly have way to boiling point, Sydney's new record is 114F. :outback:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21072347 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21072347)
Quote from: Brazen on January 18, 2013, 09:56:18 AM
Snowing enough to settle in central London and apparently quite deep out where I live. Cue an hour of "Yay snow!" followed by hours of "fucking snow stopping me getting home on a Friday evening!"
It has started to stick here. Going out tonight will be interesting as my boots love to slip. Damn you, Kenneth Cole!
Quote from: mongers on January 18, 2013, 10:23:46 AM
Meanwhile on the other side of the planet, good news if you're a tea drinker, your kettle won't have to work so hard as the temperature is nearly have way to boiling point, Sydney's new record is 114F. :outback:
I like that you use Fahrenheit. Good man. :cool:
Elsewhere, concerns over disruption to food supplies forces Scotland to tap into its strategic reserves:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21079285 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21079285)
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Few more years, Ed will be able to get the boys to do that for him instead.
Are the Klan's finances so bad, they're having to do a scouts 'bob'a'job' week ?
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2013, 11:27:15 AM
Are the Klan's finances so bad, they're having to do a scouts 'bob'a'job' week ?
:huh:
Audi drivers the new 'BMW drivers' ?
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http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-01-17/britain-snow/ (http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-01-17/britain-snow/)
Quote
It was taken on the M4 between junctions 28 and 29 just before midday today.
Stephen Sorby took this photograph when he was travelling from London to Wales with his friend. He said he couldn't believe what he had seen:
"We are outraged with what we saw, we couldn't believe anyone would drive like that. So careless to risk the lives of others." Mr Sorby estimates that the car was travelling around 60mph to 70mph.
The view from every window is obscured by snow, a very dangerous way to drive Credit: @Jonny_Ellis
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LOL, looks like photos from the beltway.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 20, 2013, 01:21:43 PM
LOL, looks like photos from the beltway.
The World's the same all over, united by it's arseholes.
:huh: wtf, it takes like a minute or two tops to clear snow from your windows. :lol:
Quote from: Caliga on January 22, 2013, 07:52:35 AM
:huh: wtf, it takes like a minute or two tops to clear snow from your windows. :lol:
That doesn't mean anything to somebody late for work.
Man, it's cold as balls out this morning. Flannel bedsheets: DEPLOYED
Walked 15 minutes to the bus terminal, and I think I have frostbite on my thighs. Dress pants do not equate to good cold-weather gear. It was -20F/-30-ishC with windchill at the time. I need snow pants, but there's still no snow. :mad:
Lots of snow, -20c with snow this morning.
Quote from: merithyn on January 22, 2013, 09:09:20 AM
Walked 15 minutes to the bus terminal, and I think I have frostbite on my thighs. Dress pants do not equate to good cold-weather gear. It was -20F/-30-ishC with windchill at the time. I need snow pants, but there's still no snow. :mad:
Good grief, damn that's cold, I'd have thought at that temperature it's best to play safe and get some proper cold weather gear.
I think its called winter.
Of course, down here it was only 25F :), you yankees can keep your cold negative temps :P.
Highs in the 70s, been going out jogging in shorts. :showoff:
Quote from: mongers on January 22, 2013, 09:21:36 AM
Good grief, damn that's cold, I'd have thought at that temperature it's best to play safe and get some proper cold weather gear.
I have proper winter clothing. My coat doesn't go to my feet, however, and I'm not wearing longjohns to work. The slacks that I have on are perfect for when I'm in the office, but not so perfect for trotting around town looking for a bus in sub-zero weather.
Quote from: merithyn on January 22, 2013, 09:54:51 AM
Quote from: mongers on January 22, 2013, 09:21:36 AM
Good grief, damn that's cold, I'd have thought at that temperature it's best to play safe and get some proper cold weather gear.
I have proper winter clothing. My coat doesn't go to my feet, however, and I'm not wearing longjohns to work. The slacks that I have on are perfect for when I'm in the office, but not so perfect for trotting around town looking for a bus in sub-zero weather.
I don't know, I'd go for the longjohns over think nylon anyday, even on a women. :D
I wore jeans & longjohns to work today :cool: The jeans were over top of the longjohns, of course.
For once I was thoughtful enough to go out & get the car started so that it was nice & warm by the time the kids finished breakfast. The starter made some horrible complaining noise when I turned the key, though.
Considering the motor madness yesterday, I'm staying in.
Quote from: mongers on January 22, 2013, 09:57:57 AM
Quote from: merithyn on January 22, 2013, 09:54:51 AM
Quote from: mongers on January 22, 2013, 09:21:36 AM
Good grief, damn that's cold, I'd have thought at that temperature it's best to play safe and get some proper cold weather gear.
I have proper winter clothing. My coat doesn't go to my feet, however, and I'm not wearing longjohns to work. The slacks that I have on are perfect for when I'm in the office, but not so perfect for trotting around town looking for a bus in sub-zero weather.
I don't know, I'd go for the longjohns over think nylon anyday, even on a women. :D
I'd boil in my office if I wore those. I can't even wear woolen slacks without getting a heat rash.
The heat in office area was non-functional today. That was fun.
It is up to the 40s here. Last tuesday it was -30 in the morning...not a bad difference for a week.
Quote from: PDH on January 22, 2013, 05:12:36 PM
It is up to the 40s here. Last tuesday it was -30 in the morning...not a bad difference for a week.
It is hovering around 30 here, about best can ask for, hell of lot better than the -10 it was for most of Nov, and better than the 40's we had two weeks ago as everything melts and then when it inevitable drops below freezing the roads turn into ice rinks.
We have a 40% chance of snow today, with temps warming up to 32F/0C. I'll believe it when I see it. :glare:
Last night I accidentally set thermostat to 15c. No wonder if was cold when I woke up this morning. :blush:
Quote from: garbon on January 23, 2013, 09:36:15 AM
Last night I accidentally set thermostat to 15c. No wonder if was cold when I woke up this morning. :blush:
New York City or Europe thanks you for your energy efficiency.
I'd read out the temperature like a civilized person if I were at home. :angry:
Quote from: garbon on January 23, 2013, 09:46:14 AM
I'd read out the temperature like a civilized person if I were at home. :angry:
Or you would learn to handle both like a worldly person is keen to do. You an Indian Redneck now?
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 23, 2013, 09:49:24 AM
Quote from: garbon on January 23, 2013, 09:46:14 AM
I'd read out the temperature like a civilized person if I were at home. :angry:
Or you would learn to handle both like a worldly person is keen to do. You an Indian Redneck now?
As an American living in New York, I'm keen on making others bend to accommodate me. ;)
An Indian living in New York, such a bad combination.
ok
It was 10 F, -12C, this morning. It's warmed up to a balmy 15 F or so. Supposed to get snow Friday/Saturday, from the big storms moving across the Midwest.
It's 24F/-4C! :w00t:
We got no snow. :weep:
Man, I could really use that second digit of Farenheit right about now. :(
2C and the slow thaw enters it's third day. :bowler:
Meanwhile the media continue to hyperventilate, currently airing items about the winter of 63, where as there's no comparison 3-4 days of snow don't equate to a near winter long freeze.
Now Night Morning Afternoon Night
Temp: -9 °F -22 °F -15 °F 1 °F -4 °F
WFC : -29 -45 -38 -20 -26
Brr.
Got a nice, pretty, light dusting of snow last night.
I fully expect collision deductibles to be paid en masse on the beltway this AM.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 23, 2013, 02:58:05 PM
Now Night Morning Afternoon Night
Temp: -9 °F -22 °F -15 °F 1 °F -4 °F
WFC : -29 -45 -38 -20 -26
Brr.
If they send me up north next month like suggested...I may die. :weep:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 24, 2013, 07:27:22 AM
Got a nice, pretty, light dusting of snow last night.
I fully expect collision deductibles to be paid en masse on the beltway this AM.
We got half an inch on the evening commute. It was MOTOR MADNESS out there. Half a fucking inch.
Quote from: garbon on January 24, 2013, 07:39:51 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 23, 2013, 02:58:05 PM
Now Night Morning Afternoon Night
Temp: -9 °F -22 °F -15 °F 1 °F -4 °F
WFC : -29 -45 -38 -20 -26
Brr.
If they send me up north next month like suggested...I may die. :weep:
No worries, it won't be as cold next month. Unless you go to Sask or Manitoba.
Heh, last night in northern Ontario it was -50 C with windchill.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/frigid-temps-continue-to-grip-canada-1.1127415
Okay, now *that* is cold. :lol:
Yesterday on CNN they were talking about windchills of -68 in parts of New England.
Strangely nice weather. Mid 70's. Chance of tornadoes tomorrow. Missouri has really weird weather.
Quote from: Syt on January 17, 2013, 12:32:44 PM
Vienna had 20-40 cm (depending on district) of snow in the past 18 hours. It's beautiful! :wub:
My district got about 30 cm.
Rain the last two days and today it's sunny with 14°C. So the snow was gone after the last three days :lol:
65F/17C yesterday. 15F/-10C today.
No wonder I'm sick. :glare:
Yeah, I'm not surprised for me either.
Yeah, we've got real funky weather here; that warm front that spawn all that shitty weather in the Midwest is arriving.
All the rabbits at the shelter were going bonkers over the drop in the barometric pressure this morning. Throwing all their toys and litter boxes around in their cages. It was like a little bunny Attica. Wabbittica.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 30, 2013, 01:34:26 PM
Yeah, we've got real funky weather here; that warm front that spawn all that shitty weather in the Midwest is arriving.
All the rabbits at the shelter were going bonkers over the drop in the barometric pressure this morning. Throwing all their toys and litter boxes around in their cages. It was like a little bunny Attica. Wabbittica.
:lol:
It rained sideways this morning, the wind was crazy, some possible tornados in the area.
Yeah, Princesca's stupid fucking weather radio woke us up at 4 am this morning. :mad:
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 30, 2013, 02:01:15 PM
It rained sideways this morning, the wind was crazy, some possible tornados in the area.
We had the British version of that yesterday, light drizzle in strong winds, so the ground remains relatively dry and the rain travels horizontally across the country getting everyone wet, before heading out to sea. :bowler:
A couple of days ago it was 70 F. Today the fucking garage door was frozen shut. :mad:
Got some surprise snow. A school bus down the street looks like it got ass ended.
My car windows are frozen shut. A slight issue when I need to get a parking lot ticket.
Today: 11F/-12C
Tomorrow: 30F/-1C with snow
Sunday: 24F/-4C with snow
:)
Fuck it was cold this morning. 10 degrees. That's just not enough.
Two days ago it was -24c, with a "feels like -41" windchill.
Projected high for today is +4.
Too bad - I had wanted to go skating again this weekend. :(
Weather people are so full of shit. With this coming noreaster, looked up to see what might happen to new york. On detailed forecast for each day, New York is listed as getting at max an inch of slush accumulation. However, if I click on the winter storm advisory banner it tells me that New York City Metro could get between 4-10 inches. WTF? :huh:
Yeah, they are saying we'll get 6-30 inches. But its going to be the worst storm evar.
Maybe because it is around the anniversary of the blizzard of 78.
Meanwhile I was driving around with my sunroof open today. :cool:
And Cal's taint strikes. If the ohio valley gets another snow storm, I'm blaming you.
Well, no snow in our forecast till at least mid-February. :sleep:
You are on notice.
One more week till Cuba.
Not too bad out today about 7c, the 'rapidly' lengthening days, about 1m30s a day, are making life more agreeable at 50degrees north.
Are you guys ready for Whitemare 2013!!!!
I'm going to wear my snow boots to work. I'm supposed to see a play on broadway after work.
They said that conversion from wintry mix to pure snow happened 3 hours earlier than anticipated so they are thinking we might get more inches than predicted.
A friend of mine said last night that he's not worried as they always say 10 inches in Chelsea when you never get more than 5. My eyes about rolled outside my head.
Quote from: garbon on February 08, 2013, 07:59:10 AM
I'm going to wear my snow boots to work. I'm supposed to see a play on broadway after work.
Moon > snow.
Quote from: garbon on February 08, 2013, 03:12:15 PM
A friend of mine said last night that he's not worried as they always say 10 inches in Chelsea when you never get more than 5.
is that a dick joke? That's a dick joke, right?
Also, I've grown too old to love snow. Fucking snow.
Quote from: HVC on February 08, 2013, 03:52:00 PM
Also, I've grown too old to love snow. Fucking snow.
I was born too old to love snow.
So why do you live in New York? I mean, HVC doesn't have a choice, his whole country is frigid wasteland. :P
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 08, 2013, 04:29:38 PM
So why do you live in New York? I mean, HVC doesn't have a choice, his whole country is frigid wasteland. :P
Last February I had a picnic outside the Brooklyn Art Museum. :)
I love snow, up to a point. :D
Snow, when you have a 7 year old, is fun. Snowball fights, snow forts, skiing, sledding ...
Quote from: Malthus on February 08, 2013, 05:14:59 PM
I love snow, up to a point. :D
Snow, when you have a 7 year old, is fun. Snowball fights, snow forts, skiing, sledding ...
Even with a 2 year old. We have to convince him to put on his snowpants, but then he merrily loads up his toy dumptruck with snow, then dumps it out and starts all over...
So heard that Boston is really being dumped on. Something like 18 inches already. New York looks like there is snow but really no big deal. Even on non-salted/non-plowed places near me, saw maybe 2 inches. Hopefully stays that way!
We were totally fine here. I think Queens might have a few subway lines not running and some train service. Looks like yeah, Eastern LI and Boston got the brunt of it.
What a big storm. Boston got about 24 inches, and where I am outside got at least that, maybe more since I'm further from the ocean, less rain. I cleared out the driveway last night, at least a foot of snow, plus the big drifts at the end of the driveway caused by the snow plows on the street.
This morning it was just as bad. I had snowdrifts on one side of my driveway that were over three feet high. Took a lot of work to clear even with the snow blower. I had to knock down the drifts with a shovel and make a couple passes with the machine to clear it all. Plus a lot more work at the end of the driveway to clear out where it was snowed in by plow trucks.
This was a really big storm. Massachusetts Governor did it right and called for a ban on driving unless essential workers like hospital or other necessary workers. That really kept the streets clear for the plow trucks, and prevented stalled and stuck masses of cars on the roads. We learned from this kind of thing happening a few years ago, cars stuck and clogging the snowed in highways. So now the State officials will shut the roads down. Plus people learned that they don't want to be out there stuck in snowdrifts and such, taking hours to get anywhere.
No precip except for some rain yesterday, but man, did the wind kick the shit out of us last night and early this morning.
4C and light/slight drizzle. :bowler:
My home town got two feet!
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2013/02/town_by_town_snowfall_totals_released
QuoteMASSACHUSETTS
...BARNSTABLE COUNTY...
SOUTH SAGAMORE 11.0 609 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
EAST FALMOUTH 10.0 823 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
SOUTH YARMOUTH 8.0 622 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
CENTERVILLE 6.0 558 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...BRISTOL COUNTY...
NORTH EASTON 24.0 1044 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
NORTON 22.5 721 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
TAUNTON 21.0 700 AM 2/09 NWS OFFICE
REHOBOTH 18.2 1018 AM 2/09 NWS EMPLOYEE
SOMERSET 15.7 703 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
FAIRHAVEN 13.5 606 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
ACUSHNET 12.5 602 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...DUKES COUNTY...
WEST TISBURY 11.5 610 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...ESSEX COUNTY...
PEABODY 25.5 856 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
LYNN 23.0 1011 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
TOPSFIELD 20.0 745 AM 2/09 NONE
GLOUCESTER 19.5 835 AM 2/09 MEDIA
SALISBURY 19.0 706 AM 2/09 NONE
NEWBURYPORT 19.0 708 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
GREENFIELD 20.0 820 AM 2/09 MEDIA
WARWICK 16.6 731 AM 2/09 T F GREEN
EAST CHARLEMONT 15.5 730 AM 2/09 SPOTTER
HEATH 14.0 704 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
SHELBURNE 10.0 834 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...HAMPDEN COUNTY...
SOUTHWICK 28.3 910 AM 2/09 NONE
MONSON 24.0 653 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
WESTFIELD 23.0 750 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
CHESTER 22.0 752 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
WEST SPRINGFIELD 21.0 836 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
LUDLOW 20.5 1008 AM 2/09 NONE
SPRINGFIELD 18.5 630 AM 2/09 CO-OP
CHICOPEE 18.0 833 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...HAMPSHIRE COUNTY...
WESTHAMPTON 25.0 905 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
NORTHAMPTON 24.0 700 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
WALES 22.0 927 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
AMHERST 21.5 731 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
GRANBY 21.0 733 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
SOUTH HADLEY 20.0 644 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
BELCHERTOWN 18.5 625 AM 2/09 EMERGENCY MANAGER
AMHERST COLLEGE 17.8 630 AM 2/09 NONE
WORTHINGTON 16.0 829 AM 2/09 CO-OP OBSERVER
PLAINFIELD 15.9 644 AM 2/09 NONE
...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
FRAMINGHAM 30.5 910 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
SOMERVILLE 28.0 932 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
WILMINGTON 27.0 1043 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
BELMONT 27.0 727 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
LITTLETON 27.0 903 AM 2/09 NONE
HUDSON 26.0 936 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
TYNGSBORO 26.0 1032 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
SHERBORN 25.8 716 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
ACTON 25.4 855 AM 2/09 NONE
TOWNSEND 25.1 1016 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
WALTHAM 25.0 734 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
WAKEFIELD 24.8 915 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
MAYNARD 24.0 937 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
NATICK 24.0 1022 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
MEDFORD 24.0 812 AM 2/09 NONE
WESTFORD 24.0 725 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
NORTH WOBURN 24.0 815 AM 2/09 NONE
BEDFORD 22.6 1023 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
SHIRLEY 22.0 910 AM 2/09 NONE
STONEHAM 22.0 715 AM 2/09 SPOTTER
DRACUT 21.2 922 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
AYER 20.0 824 AM 2/09 NONE
LOWELL 20.0 1005 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
PEPPERELL 20.0 702 AM 2/09 NONE
GROTON 17.8 935 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
...NANTUCKET COUNTY...
NANTUCKET 3.0 822 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...NORFOLK COUNTY...
WEYMOUTH 26.0 911 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
WRENTHAM 26.0 702 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
RANDOLPH 24.4 947 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
BRAINTREE 24.1 951 AM 2/09 MEDIA
NORWOOD 24.0 745 AM 2/09 NWS EMPLOYEE
WELLESLEY 23.5 746 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
FOXBORO 23.0 900 AM 2/09 AMATEUR RADIO
WALPOLE 22.0 707 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
MILLIS 22.0 655 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
DEDHAM 22.0 1000 AM 2/09 NONE
HINGHAM 21.5 924 AM 2/09 NONE
FRANKLIN 20.9 704 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...PLYMOUTH COUNTY...
WEST BRIDGEWATER 22.0 631 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
HANOVER 19.0 658 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
MIDDLEBORO 15.0 838 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
PLYMOUTH 11.5 821 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
JAMAICA PLAIN 25.5 1004 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
CHELSEA 23.0 1015 AM 2/09 NONE
1 N EAST BOSTON 21.8 710 AM 2/09 LOGAN AIRPORT
WINTHROP 21.8 710 AM 2/09 NONE
...WORCESTER COUNTY...
SPENCER 31.0 1030 AM 2/09 NONE
NORTHBORO 29.5 1002 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
WORCESTER 28.0 747 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
MILFORD 28.0 843 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
SHREWSBURY 27.0 735 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
ATHOL 27.0 1023 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
STERLING 26.0 908 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
MILBURY 26.0 754 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
SOUTHBORO 25.5 646 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
OXFORD 25.2 623 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
CLINTON 25.0 811 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
DOUGLAS 25.0 826 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
GARDNER 24.0 758 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
TEMPLETON 22.0 750 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
BOYLSTON 21.8 1030 AM 2/09 NONE
LEOMINSTER 20.8 1039 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
GRAFTON 20.5 955 AM 2/09 NONE
NORTH GRAFTON 19.0 827 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
HARVARD 18.0 835 AM 2/09 NONE
ROYALSTON 15.0 818 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
NEW HAMPSHIRE
...CHESHIRE COUNTY...
EAST ALSTEAD 14.0 706 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
WALPOLE 9.5 839 AM 2/09 NONE
...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...
NEW BOSTON 30.4 959 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
GOFFSTOWN 28.0 802 AM 2/09 NONE
PELHAM 24.0 715 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
MILFORD 20.0 705 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
NORTH WEARE 19.5 1014 AM 2/09 NONE
PETERBOROUGH 19.0 758 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
BEDFORD 16.0 1000 AM 2/09 NONE
HUDSON 15.8 700 AM 2/09 CO-OP
RHODE ISLAND
...KENT COUNTY...
WEST WARWICK 21.5 921 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
WARWICK 20.0 948 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
2 NNW WARWICK 16.6 700 AM 2/09 TF GREEN AIRPORT
...PROVIDENCE COUNTY...
WEST GLOCESTER 27.6 1046 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
NORTH FOSTER 26.3 1023 AM 2/09 NWS COOP
BURRILLVILLE 25.0 808 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
WOONSOCKET 24.4 700 AM 2/09 MEDIA
CUMBERLAND 24.1 635 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
NORTH SCITUATE 24.0 1018 AM 2/09 LAW ENFORCEMENT
SMITHFIELD 24.0 714 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
LINCOLN 21.0 920 AM 2/09 NONE
PROVIDENCE/NORTH PRO 20.5 912 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
PROVIDENCE 19.5 818 AM 2/09 NONE
GLOCESTER 19.0 921 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
...WASHINGTON COUNTY...
CHARLESTOWN 19.0 654 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
CONNECTICUT
...HARTFORD COUNTY...
MANCHESTER 32.0 1030 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
WEATOGUE 31.0 1012 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
FARMINGTON 29.0 918 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
GRANBY 29.0 938 AM 2/09 NWS EMPLOYEE
BURLINGTON 27.5 902 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
HARTFORD 27.0 929 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
CANTON 26.0 956 AM 2/09 NONE
AVON 25.0 643 AM 2/09 NONE
NORTH GRANBY 25.0 610 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
BRISTOL 24.0 908 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
SIMSBURY 24.0 618 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
COLLINSVILLE 23.5 806 AM 2/09 NONE
WINDSOR 23.0 928 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
WINDSOR LOCKS 22.3 737 AM 2/09 BRADLEY AIRPORT
ASHFORD 22.0 931 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
EAST HARTFORD 20.0 621 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
ENFIELD 20.0 620 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
...TOLLAND COUNTY...
COVENTRY 30.5 851 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
TOLLAND 30.5 914 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
STAFFORDVILLE 27.2 829 AM 2/09 CO-OP OBSERVER
SOMERS 25.5 646 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
STAFFORD SPRINGS 24.5 808 AM 2/09 NONE
...WINDHAM COUNTY...
WOODSTOCK 26.0 1026 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
THOMPSON 25.5 1008 AM 2/09 NONE
HAMPTON 25.0 829 AM 2/09 COOP OBSERVER
ASHFORD 24.0 828 AM 2/09 GENERAL PUBLIC
EAST KILLINGLY 23.1 732 AM 2/09 NONE
DANIELSON 22.5 933 AM 2/09 HAM RADIO
POMFRET CENTER 18.0 656 AM 2/09 TRAINED SPOTTER
This is allegedly a regulation 10' hoop in the yard of Matthew Berry, fantasy sports expert for ESPN. Not sure where he lives.
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That's fucking awesome.
Just saw Lestor Holt say that parts of Hamden Conn. got 40 inches! :o
29 1/2 in Northboro? Thank God I've gotten out of that shithole. :bleeding:
Good. Now all the Patriotards can all think about losing the AFC Championship inside for a while.
Seems there are confirmed tornado touchdown in Hattiesburg MS, I hope no toasters are lost in the storms.
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 10, 2013, 07:30:01 PM
Seems there are confirmed tornado touchdown in Hattiesburg MS, I hope no toasters are lost in the storms.
I wouldn't worry. It showed up after posted office hours.
Quote from: Caliga on February 10, 2013, 07:32:21 AM
29 1/2 in Northboro? Thank God I've gotten out of that shithole. :bleeding:
Your reaction would have been most amusing.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 10, 2013, 07:32:52 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 10, 2013, 07:30:01 PM
Seems there are confirmed tornado touchdown in Hattiesburg MS, I hope no toasters are lost in the storms.
I wouldn't worry. It showed up after posted office hours.
True.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 10, 2013, 07:32:52 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 10, 2013, 07:30:01 PM
Seems there are confirmed tornado touchdown in Hattiesburg MS, I hope no toasters are lost in the storms.
I wouldn't worry. It showed up after posted office hours.
Smartass. We're fine, because we live in the white hood (third oldest part of town). Multiple gas leaks in town, USM shut down till further notice, massive damage at Hattiesburg High School (possibly achieving what white flight failed to accomplish). All animals accounted for.
:thumbsup:
Quote from: Scipio on February 10, 2013, 08:21:30 PMwe live in the white hood
Didn't figure you for a Klansman.
Big storm coming off the plains. Should hit here in about six hours. A few more to hit Meri and maybe a day till it hits Ed and Spiess.
Supposed to be in the 40's by the time it gets to me.
Here in eastern Mass the storm is supposed to hit late Saturday into Sunday. Forecasters are talking about some of it being rain but can't yet tell where the rain/snow line will be. I'm on the rain/snow line pretty much, based on what they're saying now. But too early to tell for certain.
Lots of snow and thunder and lightning. :(
Quote from: Razgovory on February 21, 2013, 11:31:46 AM
Lots of snow
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Quote from: HVC on February 08, 2013, 03:52:00 PM
Also, I've grown too old to love snow. Fucking snow.
I have a two-day threshold on snow-loving.
Quote from: Syt on February 11, 2013, 01:17:36 AM
Quote from: Scipio on February 10, 2013, 08:21:30 PMwe live in the white hood
Didn't figure you for a Klansman.
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Quote from: Razgovory on February 21, 2013, 11:31:46 AM
Lots of snow and thunder and lightning. :(
It's supposed to be snow here for the first couple of hours, then moving into sleet/snow for the next few hours. Tomorrow morning is going to be fun. So very glad that I take public transportation.
In the low 40s today due to brisk Easterly off The Continent, but as it's such a dry wind, I doubt we'll have any snow. :bowler:
Could go for some hot snow plow action right about now.
SONOFABOTCH, March snow storm coming.
Rain down here. :cool:
I need milk and bread. And to panic in Kroger's.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 04, 2013, 09:41:23 AM
I need milk and bread. And to panic in Kroger's.
Oh hell's yeah. I'm doing it all today, because tomorrow is going to be apeshit city.
The storm will be passing just north of us, as all of them have this winter :rolleyes:
It has technically snowed here on a lot of days, but accumulation has been ridiculously light each time.
Quote from: derspiess on March 04, 2013, 10:45:22 AM
The storm will be passing just north of us, as all of them have this winter :rolleyes:
It has technically snowed here on a lot of days, but accumulation has been ridiculously light each time.
The way the local yokel weather people were putting it, the mythical I-70 line will be the magic snow line. North of it, death and destruction. South of it, annoyance and slush.
They're forecasting 6"+ for us Tuesday night into Wednesday night. Two years without any accumulation. Wrangler Nation is Ready 5 on Catapult 2. I've waited two years for this, I'm not about to let Iceman and Slider suck up all the snow.
I'm sick of the white stuff this year. It has been like the drizzling shits.
I'm going to drive over black people buried at bus stops.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 04, 2013, 10:47:48 AM
Quote from: derspiess on March 04, 2013, 10:45:22 AM
The storm will be passing just north of us, as all of them have this winter :rolleyes:
It has technically snowed here on a lot of days, but accumulation has been ridiculously light each time.
The way the local yokel weather people were putting it, the mythical I-70 line will be the magic snow line. North of it, death and destruction. South of it, annoyance and slush.
Down here I'm sure we'll just get a lot of rain and a temperature stuck at 37 degrees, like we did a couple days last week. Woo-hoo.
This snow thing is looking to fuck up my next couple of weeks, work-wise. :mad:
Took a walk from work to Central Park at lunch. With the sun shining actually felt fairly nice. :cool:
Quote from: garbon on March 05, 2013, 04:11:42 PM
Took a walk from work to Central Park at lunch. With the sun shining actually felt fairly nice. :cool:
Same here, sunshine and temperature up 9-10C, it briefly nudged 60F !
Winds beginning to shift from continental Easterlies to warmer Sou-Westerlies, which naturally means rain for tomorrow. :bowler:
Had some snow overnight(only sticking to grass/cars), but so far mostly rain.
Still, it's a snow day for us...which feels...weird. I feel like I am AWOL. :D
I hope you snow fags are happy. Gaia blew 6 inches of cocaine on my driveway.
I hate you snofags.
Roads are still slushy, but it's accumulating on the grass. I'm about to go out into it now and do some 4X4ing, just because. See ya later! :)
Those poor dazzling urbanites. :(
They add traction in the treads.
It is all the grape soda in their blood.
Since my nephews are home from school, I might annoy them on Xbox live. I think they need an education on griefing.
:)
Pfft, it's just one big Slushee out there. Disappointing.
I'm really how annoyed how hyped every storm is now - for every state that it might hit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 06, 2013, 10:11:48 AM
Since my nephews are home from school, I might annoy them on Xbox live. I think they need an education on griefing.
:)
GTA 4 was a blast. Gunning them down as they respawned was a hoot. BEST SNOW DAY EVER.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 06, 2013, 01:13:46 PM
Pfft, it's just one big Slushee out there. Disappointing.
We got about an inch of snow. :mad:
I had trouble getting up the hill at the end of my driveway, but most of the snow has melted already. Gonna be in the 60s by the weekend. :showoff:
Forecast for today: 16°C and sunshine. :)
Forecast next week: -3°C and snowfall. :(
western Hungary today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGxumGBV83U&feature=player_embedded
More mid-march weather in your face:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHo6Y-iCcag&feature=player_embedded
It appears authorities just pretty much gave up on a lot of motorways (and who knows whats going on the lesser roads). There are sections where hundreds of cars have been stuck since the afternoon. On one of the motorways there was a huge accident involving like 40 cars.
All open-air happenings due to our national holiday tomorrow have been cancelled. Are the heavens with FIDESZ? :P
74 F here today. :cool:
Well, the NWS got our local forcast for today screwed up.
Projected high: 66
Projected low: 56
Current temp: 42
Sounds about par for the course.
Lots of snow is coming from tomorrow to Friday
They predict a good feet.
Fucking weather. We have had two Spring falstarts so far. They predict warm weather and then suddenly we get half a day of above freezing and moderately sunny weather, and then the forecasts get revised to more snow and rain and sleet and ice. <_<
This winter sucked ass. Like the two winters before it.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 18, 2013, 12:11:43 PM
This winter sucked ass. Like the two winters before it.
Well I'll agree this one sucks. I think it should have been warmer like last year's. :angry:
It's 31C / 88F in Salvador Brazil today. Forecast for Thursday (when I get there) is 31C / 88F. :cool:
We're supposed to get 5 to 10 inches of snow here in Massachusetts, the lesser amount in the eastern part of the state where I am. The storm last week dumped a couple feet of snow but it was mostly melted within a week due to warmer weather and rain storms.
I was just buying spring lawn fertilizer and checking out my garden last weekend too. But any snow will be gone fast this time of year.
50 degrees today, with a chance of snow tonight. And Saturday. And Monday.
I want to see more commuter panic.
Spring equinox, night is banished; more time to do stuff. :yeah:
In the high 50s and sunny here. :cool:
Heavily overcast, 3C temperature, stiff ENE wind, drizzle/raining haft the day; Central SouthernEngland has reached steady state/heat death of the universe, weather equilibrium. :bowler:
For instance, tomorrows weather forcast here:
Sunday
Morning
06:00 Grey Cloud 2°C (36°F) 13mph, NE
07:00 Grey Cloud 2°C (36°F) 13mph, ENE
08:00 Grey Cloud 2°C (36°F) 13mph, ENE
09:00 Grey Cloud 2°C (36°F) 13mph, ENE
10:00 Grey Cloud 2°C (36°F) 14mph, ENE
11:00 Grey Cloud 2°C (36°F) 14mph, ENE
Afternoon
12:00 Grey Cloud 3°C (37°F) 15mph, ENE
13:00 Grey Cloud 3°C (37°F) 15mph, ENE
14:00 Grey Cloud 3°C (37°F) 15mph, ENE
15:00 Grey Cloud 3°C (37°F) 15mph, ENE
16:00 Grey Cloud 2°C (36°F) 15mph, ENE
17:00 Grey Cloud 2°C (36°F) 15mph, ENE
Evening
18:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 14mph, ENE
19:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 14mph, ENE
20:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 14mph, ENE
21:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 14mph, ENE
22:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 13mph, ENE
23:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 14mph, ENE
Night Monday
00:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 13mph, ENE
01:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 13mph, ENE
02:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 13mph, ENE
03:00 Grey Cloud 1°C (34°F) 14mph, ENE
04:00 White Cloud 1°C (34°F) 14mph, ENE
05:00 White Cloud 0°C (32°F) 14mph, ENE
I guess there's a balrog about sometime between 3 and 4 am?
Quote from: Tonitrus on March 23, 2013, 03:43:47 PM
I guess there's a balrog about sometime between 3 and 4 am?
:D
Last year's marts had a mean temperature of 5.7 degrees, this one is -1.0 so far, which is the largest difference since records began in 1874.
They're projecting an unusually cold april and may too. :weep:
On a related note, fucking lawn boy quit. His 'back hurts' too much to mow my damn lawn this year. Guess he'll be a future disability leech I'll have to pay for. :rolleyes:
I'm thinking I'm going to have to break down and clean out enough space in my garage to buy a lawn tractor. Fucking lazy hicks. :mad:
Lawns suck. Get rid of it.
Quote from: Liep on March 27, 2013, 09:53:38 AM
Last year's marts had a mean temperature of 5.7 degrees, this one is -1.0 so far, which is the largest difference since records began in 1874.
They're projecting an unusually cold april and may too. :weep:
Yeah, I think that's going to be a given here as well, the difference in monthly average temperatures is likely to be more that 5.5C lower than last year.
Quote from: Caliga on March 27, 2013, 09:55:24 AM
On a related note, fucking lawn boy quit. His 'back hurts' too much to mow my damn lawn this year. Guess he'll be a future disability leech I'll have to pay for. :rolleyes:
I'm thinking I'm going to have to break down and clean out enough space in my garage to buy a lawn tractor. Fucking lazy hicks. :mad:
How big is your lawn ? You are going to need to shrink it down, let the forest take over it a little.
Property is about 3 acres, and I would guess 1 1/2 of that is lawn with the rest being house and woods/creek.... and I have gradually been adding trees, yep.
Quote from: Caliga on March 27, 2013, 03:49:24 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 27, 2013, 10:19:37 AM
Lawns suck. Get rid of it.
:hmm:
He's in Texas. Lawns do suck there, unless you drain all the aquifers to keep it watered.
Plants are good, turn co2 into oxygen.
Cal, I sometimes get annoyed at mowing my small lawn, never mind your micro-estate. I had a landscaper doing before it but started doing my own yard work last year. I'd rather do my own.
I bought a battery powered Black and Decker lawn mower, and I love it. No gas, oil, air/gas/oil filters. No smoke and hot exhaust stench on my clothes. A lot quieter. I was skeptical about battery powered but definitely didn't want to go gas mower. Also bought a leaf blower which also sucks up the leaves; that's very handy. Battery will have to be replaced after 5-7 years and is about a hundred bucks, so I figure the overall maintenance costs are about equal, maybe a bit cheaper for the battery powered.
The heady mid to upper 40s today. :gasp:
Quote from: KRonn on March 28, 2013, 07:44:46 AM
Cal, I sometimes get annoyed at mowing my small lawn, never mind your micro-estate. I had a landscaper doing before it but started doing my own yard work last year. I'd rather do my own.
I bought a battery powered Black and Decker lawn mower, and I love it. No gas, oil, air/gas/oil filters. No smoke and hot exhaust stench on my clothes. A lot quieter. I was skeptical about battery powered but definitely didn't want to go gas mower. Also bought a leaf blower which also sucks up the leaves; that's very handy. Battery will have to be replaced after 5-7 years and is about a hundred bucks, so I figure the overall maintenance costs are about equal, maybe a bit cheaper for the battery powered.
Trust me, I'd rather mow my own lawn. I mean, it's not that I love mowing lawns, but it'd be so much easier than dealing with yet another lazy yokel. What sucks is the last lawn boy actually did a really good job AND he lived right across the street, so I knew where to find him if we needed the lawn mowed.
Can't you get some of your HR stooges to do it?
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 28, 2013, 08:45:13 AM
Can't you get some of your HR stooges to do it?
HR and anything "practical", I don't thing those ever occur in the same sentence.
I enjoy mowing my own lawn. It gets me away from everybody and I can ride it naked down the street.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 28, 2013, 08:48:32 AM
I enjoy mowing my own lawn. It gets me away from everybody and I can ride it naked down the street.
Haven't you already made enough of a spectacle of yourself ?
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:P
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 28, 2013, 08:45:13 AM
Can't you get some of your HR stooges to do it?
I don't think I want hot, yet bitchy, women mowing my lawn. The first part seems like it'd make the spectacle awesome, but the second more than cancels out the first.
You have a point.
A good lawn boy is like a good scotch. Harder to find than one would believe.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 28, 2013, 10:41:51 AM
You have a point.
A good lawn boy is like a good scotch. Harder to find than one would believe.
My first lawn boy was great, actually. But now he's a Sheriff's Deputy. Deputy Enos, pretty much. :(
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 28, 2013, 10:41:51 AM
A good lawn boy is like a good scotch. Harder to find than one would believe.
[Grallon]Especially if you expect them to go down as smoothly [/Grallon] :P
It's almost like we are having a real storm here. Right now it kinda looks like a wall of water falling.
Actually just saw we're under a flash flood warning.
We've been threatened with rain for days - DAYS - and barely a sprinkle. :(
I'm trying to decide about going into the office as though it is easy to get in, I've no desire to be wet for 8 hours.
Well no longer sounds like a faucet outside so may try and head out once our flash flood warning is over. :)
It's supposed to be 80 here today. Earlier this week my building had the heat on. :hmm:
Yup, turned on the A/C last night. This is annoying. Doomidity has officially arrived.
Yesterday was a sweaty balls day.
It got up to 68 degrees here yesterday. Last night it was 50.
This is the time of year Laramie is great - no students, never hot, long days.
Supposed to snow fri night.
Quote from: katmai on May 16, 2013, 08:46:20 AM
Supposed to snow fri night.
FML
Quotefrom weather channel
Anchorage
Special Weather Statement in effect
EXTREMELY UNUSUAL LATE-SEASON SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT A VERY LATE-SEASON SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ALASKA ON FRIDAY. THE COLD AIR WILL INTERACT WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA CAUSING RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING FROM THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA TO ANCHORAGE AND THE MAT-SU. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS STORM
INCLUDING THE ARRIVAL TIME OF THE COLD AIR AND HOW INTENSE THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE. THE INTENSITY OF SNOWFALL WILL BE THE KEY TO WHETHER SNOW IS ABLE TO STICK TO THE GROUND AND ACCUMULATE. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IT IS TOO SOON TO FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
BUT WE CAN SAY THAT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF ANCHORAGE AND THE MAT-SU (INCLUDING THE ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE) HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW. GRASSY AREAS WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEE SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE
WITH PAVED SURFACES TAKING THE LONGEST TO COOL DOWN ENOUGH FOR SNOW TO STICK. THERE ARE ONLY TWO INSTANCES IN THE RECORD BOOKS WHERE MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED IN ANCHORAGE (AT THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION) DURING THE 2ND HALF OF MAY. THESE OCCURRED ON MAY 17 1989 AND MAY 22 1964. BOTH OF THESE STORMS DEPOSITED 0.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE UPCOMING STORM HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF PRODUCING THE LARGEST SNOWFALL IN THE 2ND HALF OF MAY SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1917. ADDITIONALLY
IF ANY MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AT ALL OCCURS THIS WEEKEND IT WOULD MAKE THE 2012-2013 SNOW SEASON THE LONGEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. THE SNOW SEASON IS DEFINED AS THE NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND LAST MEASURABLE SNOWFALLS OF THE SEASON. THE CURRENT RECORD IS HELD BY THE 1981-1982 SNOW SEASON WHERE 230 DAYS ELAPSED BETWEEN THE FIRST AND LAST SNOWFALL. AS MENTIONED EARLIER THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE DETAILS OF THE APPROACHING STORM. OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE LATE SEASON COLD AND SNOW BEFORE HEADING OUT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS UNUSUAL LATE SEASON EVENT.
I think spring/summer is finally here. :touchwood:
Nice to see the oaks leafing over the last week or so. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on May 16, 2013, 01:54:58 PM
I think spring/summer if finally here. :touchwood:
Nice to see the oaks leafing over the last week or so. :bowler:
Indeed, and for the first time all the imported cherry trees are blooming at the same time in Copenhagen. It lovely. :japan:
I hate you all.
Quote from: katmai on May 16, 2013, 08:27:36 PM
I hate you all.
It was nastily humid today...I envy your snow.
Air conditioner died today. Yay, me.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 08:36:18 AM
Yup, turned on the A/C last night. This is annoying. Doomidity has officially arrived.
Going without AC this summer. :bleeding:
It got up to 70 again here...scary hot.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2013, 09:26:36 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 08:36:18 AM
Yup, turned on the A/C last night. This is annoying. Doomidity has officially arrived.
Going without AC this summer. :bleeding:
Looks like it.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 09:37:22 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2013, 09:26:36 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 08:36:18 AM
Yup, turned on the A/C last night. This is annoying. Doomidity has officially arrived.
Going without AC this summer. :bleeding:
Looks like it.
:yeahright: Those things are like 300$. Sell a couple of unopened vintage boardgames.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 17, 2013, 07:33:12 AM
:yeahright: Those things are like 300$. Sell a couple of unopened vintage boardgames.
I have central air. And window air conditioning units are verboten by the condo association anyway, shitbird.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 17, 2013, 07:33:12 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 09:37:22 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2013, 09:26:36 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 08:36:18 AM
Yup, turned on the A/C last night. This is annoying. Doomidity has officially arrived.
Going without AC this summer. :bleeding:
Looks like it.
:yeahright: Those things are like 300$. Sell a couple of unopened vintage boardgames.
Apartment complex doesn't allow window units and I don't own any.
You both have no excuses.
http://www.zillow.com/berkley-mi/?utm_source=MLS.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=CityLinks
Berkley, Michigan? WTF?
Why not? Cheap!
Meanwhile - I drove home from the far northern cabin last weekend; on the highway south of North Bay, I ran into a snowstorm. :mad:
Still snow on the ground at the cabin? Or is it too forested for that?
We're supposed to have a thunderstorm here today.
In Portland, thunderstorms are slightly less rare than pink unicorn sightings.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 17, 2013, 11:04:17 AM
Still snow on the ground at the cabin? Or is it too forested for that?
There was some in ditches and the like - obviously last remnants.
The snow thatw as falling as I drove melted when it hit the ground, mostly.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 17, 2013, 10:43:33 AM
Why not? Cheap!
We can tell you're from a socialist country, where employment is guaranteed no matter where you go.
Quote from: Malthus on May 17, 2013, 10:49:39 AM
Meanwhile - I drove home from the far northern cabin last weekend; on the highway south of North Bay, I ran into a snowstorm. :mad:
I'm glad you've started to say 'cabin' instead of 'cottage' when referring to that place. 'Cabin' sounds like a place a manly, bearded lumberjack type hangs out at chopping wood and strangling bears with his bare hands. 'Cottage' sounds like a place Mart would retreat to to get in touch with his inner feelings or purge bad vibes or recharge with rainbows or something else gays and hippies would do in the wilderness.
Quote from: Caliga on May 17, 2013, 12:40:37 PM
Quote from: Malthus on May 17, 2013, 10:49:39 AM
Meanwhile - I drove home from the far northern cabin last weekend; on the highway south of North Bay, I ran into a snowstorm. :mad:
I'm glad you've started to say 'cabin' instead of 'cottage' when referring to that place. 'Cabin' sounds like a place a manly, bearded lumberjack type hangs out at chopping wood and strangling bears with his bare hands. 'Cottage' sounds like a place Mart would retreat to to get in touch with his inner feelings or purge bad vibes or recharge with rainbows or something else gays and hippies would do in the wilderness.
Or a public restroom hookup.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 12:32:42 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 17, 2013, 10:43:33 AM
Why not? Cheap!
We can tell you're from a socialist country, where employment is guaranteed no matter where you go.
Don't give me this BS line about employment. Where is your employment right now? With no AC! What good does it make living in the suburbs of Washington D.C.?
In Michigan, you would have AC, atleast.
Michigan magic air conditioning.
We don't need the opinion of the retired Hugh Hefner wannabe. Go back stomping on Raisins in Normandie.
Bob guccione, you mean.
Quote from: Caliga on May 17, 2013, 12:40:37 PM
Quote from: Malthus on May 17, 2013, 10:49:39 AM
Meanwhile - I drove home from the far northern cabin last weekend; on the highway south of North Bay, I ran into a snowstorm. :mad:
I'm glad you've started to say 'cabin' instead of 'cottage' when referring to that place. 'Cabin' sounds like a place a manly, bearded lumberjack type hangs out at chopping wood and strangling bears with his bare hands. 'Cottage' sounds like a place Mart would retreat to to get in touch with his inner feelings or purge bad vibes or recharge with rainbows or something else gays and hippies would do in the wilderness.
Funny part is that my grandfather - who actually *did* live in the wilderness for years on end, chopping wood (and for all I know strangling bears with his bare hands) - quite famously too, as his daughter grew up to be a famous writer and wrote about him in thin disguise - always said "cottage".
He was about as macho a dude as can be imagined, though he had a pretty biting sense of humour, so it would have tickled him pink ( ;) ) to hear that the word "cottage" suggests effeminacy, let alone a positively garbonesque anonymous hook-up.
However, I will henceforth use "cabin", lest the delicate sensibilities of our Sourthern friends be offended with the taint of homosexuality.
We always used cottage too for my grandparents place by a lake - the one with no running water, (initially) no flush toilets, no heat other than the wood-burning stove.
Quote from: Malthus on May 17, 2013, 01:22:51 PM
Funny part is that my grandfather - who actually *did* live in the wilderness for years on end, chopping wood (and for all I know strangling bears with his bare hands) - quite famously too, as his daughter grew up to be a famous writer and wrote about him in thin disguise - always said "cottage".
He was about as macho a dude as can be imagined, though he had a pretty biting sense of humour, so it would have tickled him pink ( ;) ) to hear that the word "cottage" suggests effeminacy, let alone a positively garbonesque anonymous hook-up.
However, I will henceforth use "cabin", lest the delicate sensibilities of our Sourthern friends be offended with the taint of homosexuality.
As a Canadian it's not possible that he could be macho so take your lies and shove them. :sleep:
Anyway, TYVM. :)
Dude. Canadians can be hardcore.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 17, 2013, 12:56:53 PM
Don't give me this BS line about employment. Where is your employment right now? With no AC! What good does it make living in the suburbs of Washington D.C.?
So is that how you do it in life? Just break down the teepee and follow the buffalo herd like the Sioux?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 17, 2013, 12:56:53 PM
Don't give me this BS line about employment. Where is your employment right now? With no AC! What good does it make living in the suburbs of Washington D.C.?
So is that how you do it in life? Just break down the teepee and follow the buffalo herd like the Sioux?
Adapt or die. :contract:
Well, you're Eskimo, so I guess it's almost the same thing, Nanook.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 17, 2013, 12:56:53 PM
Don't give me this BS line about employment. Where is your employment right now? With no AC! What good does it make living in the suburbs of Washington D.C.?
So is that how you do it in life? Just break down the teepee and follow the buffalo herd like the Sioux?
Pretty much, kemosabe.
Quote from: Caliga on May 17, 2013, 01:53:17 PM
Quote from: Malthus on May 17, 2013, 01:22:51 PM
Funny part is that my grandfather - who actually *did* live in the wilderness for years on end, chopping wood (and for all I know strangling bears with his bare hands) - quite famously too, as his daughter grew up to be a famous writer and wrote about him in thin disguise - always said "cottage".
He was about as macho a dude as can be imagined, though he had a pretty biting sense of humour, so it would have tickled him pink ( ;) ) to hear that the word "cottage" suggests effeminacy, let alone a positively garbonesque anonymous hook-up.
However, I will henceforth use "cabin", lest the delicate sensibilities of our Sourthern friends be offended with the taint of homosexuality.
As a Canadian it's not possible that he could be macho so take your lies and shove them. :sleep:
Anyway, TYVM. :)
:P
Seriously though, he's a pretty hardcore character - who lived a genuine "Horatio Alger" type rags to riches (sort of) live.
He was born into a family of dirt poor farmers in Nova Scotia, and conceived of a bizzare (for his time and place) ambition - to go to university. Worked his way through university during the Great Depression - by working as a lumberjack. Managed to put together the first Canadian forestry institute; set up, single-handedly, a string of forestry stations in what was then completely isolated wilderness, build with his own axe - one of which we still have and use as our cottage (sorry, "cabin" ;) ). It's still pretty remote, on a lake known as Lake Kippawa. He lived in those stations year-round for years, with his family - my dad grew up home-schooled in those places.
Later, he moved to the big city and became a full professor. Reason? The forest institute was becomming so big that he would be required to manage it full-time and he didn't wanna do that.
Quote from: Barrister on May 17, 2013, 02:19:44 PM
Pretty much, kemosabe.
I realize that things are a little different up there in that idyllic sylvan paradise where health care is as plenty as the finest meats and cheeses in all the land, but down here in Shareholderstan, it's sorta difficult to just up and leave without employment waiting for you on the other end. With the rare exception of actors in New York willing to suck cock to make ends meet, Predatory Capitalist America doesn't suffer those lost in the wilderness on their own accord.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 02:52:27 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 17, 2013, 02:19:44 PM
Pretty much, kemosabe.
I realize that things are a little different up there in that idyllic sylvan paradise where health care is as plenty as the finest meats and cheeses in all the land, but down here in Shareholderstan, it's sorta difficult to just up and leave without employment waiting for you on the other end. With the rare exception of actors in New York willing to suck cock to make ends meet, Predatory Capitalist America doesn't suffer those lost in the wilderness on their own accord.
I did just that - though it did drain out my savings. -_-
I also wouldn't recommend it.
Yep sitting there for a year getting rejection after rejection is much better alternative.
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:04:05 PM
Yep sitting there for a year getting rejection after rejection is much better alternative.
I'm getting rejections from all across the country; I certainly don't have to move anywhere in order to get them.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 03:05:55 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:04:05 PM
Yep sitting there for a year getting rejection after rejection is much better alternative.
I'm getting rejections from all across the country; I certainly don't have to move anywhere in order to get them.
Although part of that also is the reluctance of companies to pull on non-local candidates because of moving time / expectations of relocation. I remember that one time I got an interview simply because I happened to tell them I'd be on vacation in the city that week if they wanted to bring me in.
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:04:05 PM
Yep sitting there for a year getting rejection after rejection is much better alternative.
Moving isn't exactly a cheap decision. There are only so many times you can move while unemployed if you're not regularly a migrant worker.
Yes. Unless a candidate was an absolutely perfect fit AND I had nobody even close locally, I'd toss out of town resumes back when I was a recruiter. I think in total I got jobs for two relocators... that's it. One was coming up from Louisiana, and the other from Mississippi. Anyone coming from Yankeeland: FUCK OFF. :)
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2013, 03:07:58 PM
Although part of that also is the reluctance of companies to pull on non-local candidates because of moving time / expectations of relocation. I remember that one time I got an interview simply because I happened to tell them I'd be on vacation in the city that week if they wanted to bring me in.
Yeah, a certain state institution in Ohio actually told me that that Ohioan candidates would take precedence over out-of-staters; even though you'd eventually become an Ohioan. that's not a net reduction in the unemployment stats for their state.
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2013, 03:08:40 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:04:05 PM
Yep sitting there for a year getting rejection after rejection is much better alternative.
Moving isn't exactly a cheap decision. There are only so many times you can move while unemployed if you're not regularly a migrant worker.
You are gonna tell me about moving?!?
Fuggedaboutit!
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 03:05:55 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:04:05 PM
Yep sitting there for a year getting rejection after rejection is much better alternative.
I'm getting rejections from all across the country; I certainly don't have to move anywhere in order to get them.
My apologies then, in talks the impression was if not in Maryland/DC you hadn't been bothering.
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:13:40 PM
My apologies then, in talks the impression was if not in Maryland/DC you hadn't been bothering.
Oh hells no. Naturally, I've been avoiding anything Sherman may have burned, the Southwest and LA, but it's game on for gentler climes.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 03:16:59 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:13:40 PM
My apologies then, in talks the impression was if not in Maryland/DC you hadn't been bothering.
Oh hells no. Naturally, I've been avoiding anything Sherman may have burned, the Southwest and LA, but it's game on for gentler climes.
This is the weather WTF thread, not the I suck thread.
We have some storms coming thru, my fault. I washed the Scallywagon for the first time since Oct. <_<
All Languish threads are either:
1) stream of consciousness.
2) golden streams of urine.
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:12:51 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2013, 03:08:40 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:04:05 PM
Yep sitting there for a year getting rejection after rejection is much better alternative.
Moving isn't exactly a cheap decision. There are only so many times you can move while unemployed if you're not regularly a migrant worker.
You are gonna tell me about moving?!?
Fuggedaboutit!
Except that as far as I know you do the migrant worker thing - bit different when your life isn't setup that way. Well maybe I should say itinerant so as not to making it sound like you engage in fruit picking. -_-
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 03:26:33 PM
All Languish threads are either:
1) stream of consciousness.
2) golden streams of urine.
Golden streams of conscious urine.
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2013, 03:39:15 PM
Except that as far as I know you do the migrant worker thing - bit different when your life isn't setup that way. Well maybe I should say itinerant so as not to making it sound like you engage in fruit picking. -_-
He's "independent". Like the Paladin. Have Camera Will Travel
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2013, 03:40:06 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 03:26:33 PM
All Languish threads are either:
1) stream of consciousness.
2) golden streams of urine.
Golden streams of conscious urine.
:lol: So true.
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2013, 03:39:15 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:12:51 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2013, 03:08:40 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:04:05 PM
Yep sitting there for a year getting rejection after rejection is much better alternative.
Moving isn't exactly a cheap decision. There are only so many times you can move while unemployed if you're not regularly a migrant worker.
You are gonna tell me about moving?!?
Fuggedaboutit!
Well maybe I should say itinerant so as not to making it sound like you engage in fruit picking. -_-
Yes please as that was my father 60 years ago :P
And really I live choose to live in one area, it just the jobs that have me moving. Not so much different than many other professions.
75 here today. This heat wave had better end soon. It barely got down below 50 last night.
Quote from: PDH on May 17, 2013, 03:51:18 PM
75 here today. This heat wave had better end soon. It barely got down below 50 last night.
I hate you so much right now.
35 and raining atm.
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:50:16 PM
And really I live choose to live in one area, it just the jobs that have me moving. Not so much different than many other professions.
Disagree as while many jobs might send people on brief business trips, I don't think there are that many people who decamp to other locations for many weeks/months for work.
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:52:45 PM
Quote from: PDH on May 17, 2013, 03:51:18 PM
75 here today. This heat wave had better end soon. It barely got down below 50 last night.
I hate you so much right now.
35 and raining atm.
I hate you so much right now. 35 and raining would be lovely right now. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2013, 04:01:36 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 17, 2013, 03:52:45 PM
Quote from: PDH on May 17, 2013, 03:51:18 PM
75 here today. This heat wave had better end soon. It barely got down below 50 last night.
I hate you so much right now.
35 and raining atm.
I hate you so much right now. 35 and raining would be lovely right now. :(
:x
Decided to get rowdy and walk home. Cut over to the Highline which has certainly raised property values. New construction going up everywhere. Saw a lot of burnt white people.
Quote from: garbon on May 17, 2013, 05:49:23 PM
Decided to get rowdy and walk home. Cut over to the Highline which has certainly raised property values. New construction going up everywhere. Saw a lot of burnt white people.
Translation into Blightyese please. :bowler:
:huh:
Tell him what the Highline is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Line_(New_York_City)
Or a park on an old elevated rail line.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 17, 2013, 06:21:18 PM
Tell him what the Highline is.
I actually guessed that bit, we're going to have one in London. It was the rest of it I was unsure about.
:huh:
Walking home? Construction? Burnt white people?
Probably the burnt white people. Blighty doesn't get any sun.
From what I hear though British tourists travel to warm places and with those complexions...
Tomorrow's forecast:
87 and humid. Yay.
Tomorrow's forecast:
49 with a good chance of rain. The summer heatwave is over.
Should hit 80 tomorrow, with high 80s Tues and Wed, but it's supposed to break below averages for the remainder of the week.
Although 49 and rain sounds so much better.
Tornado watch. Looks like Yi is in shit as well.
They blew the siren, no action.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 20, 2013, 02:03:55 AM
They blew the siren, no action.
You know it's bad when the weather guy at the TV station in Wichita evacuates the studio live.
10 day forecast- highs in 60s and low 70s. Course it's at least 10 degrees warmer in the apartment, even with windows open. -_-
Barring some unexpected upturn, this will be the coldest spring on record. Pretty much the same thing all over Europe it seems.
Pretty pleased about choosing Scotland for my upcoming vacation. :bowler:
Moore, Oklahoma is apparently gone.
Or is it: No Moore?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 20, 2013, 04:58:46 PM
Moore, Oklahoma is apparently gone.
Or is it: No Moore?
Holy shit, that's some damage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22601891 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22601891)
Currently 'warm' here and equally so at night. :bowler:
It's been hot as balls the last two days, but the storms are a'comin'.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 22, 2013, 05:53:21 PM
It's been hot as balls the last two days, but the storms are a'comin'.
I've gone back to carrying my umbrella with me at all times.
Also bought a timer today for my a/c. :)
I'm narrowing down the estimates to replace my HVAC; in the meantime, I watch the cat laid out like a motherfucker. She's a Heat Mizer, but even she gets fed the fuck up with the Doomidity.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 22, 2013, 05:53:21 PM
It's been hot as balls the last two days, but the storms are a'comin'.
Gee, like I need a thermometer to tell the temperature--
QuoteSeven people were shot — at least one fatally — in Baltimore between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning, with the violence stretching from Brooklyn in the south to Gwynn Oak in the northwest and Darley Park in the east.
A man was also stabbed multiple times and robbed of cash, his shoes and his car on Tuesday night near Patterson Park, police said.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2013, 09:26:36 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 08:36:18 AM
Yup, turned on the A/C last night. This is annoying. Doomidity has officially arrived.
Going without AC this summer. :bleeding:
Out of four estimates, going with the lowest bidder. $4,650. Ouch.
Next Thursday and Friday look sucky. 90+ temps.
I'm getting annoyed. Where the fuck is summer? Or spring, for that matter.
Quote from: Iormlund on May 25, 2013, 09:59:51 AM
I'm getting annoyed. Where the fuck is summer? Or spring, for that matter.
Apparently Ohio.
I've got the new HVAC unit getting installed on Saturday. Not a moment too soon, either. Next few days are supposed to be absolute murder, Doomidity-style.
QuoteForecasts are mixed on whether some of those days will get out of the 80s, though all are calling for at least a few days in the 90s. The Weather Channel's outlook was the hottest, with highs forecast in the 90s for five straight days, reaching a peak of 95 degrees Thursday.
Should be fun stepping over the cat, passed out in a heat-induced coma. AWWW WHAT AN ADORABLE AREA RUG
This heat is wearing Gangsta Kitty the fuck out. She's dropping every few steps, trying to snag a breeze somewhere.
I'm surprised she's not out on the stoop in her housecoat.
80 here. And sun is up for almost 20 hours.
Weather.com predicted mad thunderstorms tonight. Almost cancelled drinks with my friend but said fuck it. Not a drop of rain. <_<
Oh and now they list 0% chance of rain. I kinda want to string them up like Italy did to those scientists over earthquakes.
Of course the sun is shining the day I'm leaving. Screw you, Russia!
too humid.
Experiencing all of this noise in the signal is getting tiresome; where on course for the coldest spring in 50 years, that 2 years after the hottest recorded spring. :hmm:
Lots of noise in the signal today, warm, humid, sunny, rainy. Looked good though.
Quote from: Iormlund on May 25, 2013, 09:59:51 AM
I'm getting annoyed. Where the fuck is summer? Or spring, for that matter.
It arrived today in England, pity we didn't have a spring before hand. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 29, 2013, 10:50:01 PM
This heat is wearing Gangsta Kitty the fuck out. She's dropping every few steps, trying to snag a breeze somewhere.
I'm surprised she's not out on the stoop in her housecoat.
The cat now has hair rollers in, and is drinking a haff 'n haff.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2013, 05:54:58 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 29, 2013, 10:50:01 PM
This heat is wearing Gangsta Kitty the fuck out. She's dropping every few steps, trying to snag a breeze somewhere.
I'm surprised she's not out on the stoop in her housecoat.
The cat now has hair rollers in, and is drinking a haff 'n haff.
Still no Aircon ? :unsure:
I'm building an ark.
Quote from: mongers on May 31, 2013, 05:58:15 PM
Still no Aircon ? :unsure:
Tomorrow, 8AM. Operation Righteous HVAC.
You guys gotta catch MSNBC or some news channel, check out the multiple vortex tornado, the eye alone is at least 1/4 mile wide, heading straight for southern Oklahoma City.
Jesus Christ, this is another potential city buster.
It's got 4 identified vortexes on the ground. It's so wide, it doesn't even look like a tornado, just a long weather bank.
Mustang, OK is gonna get fucked, Soviet style.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2013, 06:17:28 PM
It's got 4 identified vortexes on the ground. It's so wide, it doesn't even look like a tornado, just a long weather bank.
Mustang, OK is gonna get fucked, Soviet style.
Christ. :(
What's more...Moore, OK is in the tracking telemetry.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2013, 06:25:28 PM
What's more...Moore, OK is in the tracking telemetry.
Saw that. Guess they haven't had quite enough misery yet.
Man, this tornado is so wide, it doesn't even look like a tornado, or several tornadoes.
It looks like a wide wall of rain, and it doesn't even truly scary until you see the trees in the camera shot, bent at 90 angles toward the tornado.
The Civil Defense sirens are going off in Oklahoma City.
You have to think that these things can only get so big before they break, there's got to be some sort of terminal velocity involved. I don't recall my laws of physics too well, but I don't think we live in a universe with wind strength to the infinite power.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2013, 06:33:31 PM
You have to think that these things can only get so big before they break, there's got to be some sort of terminal velocity involved. I don't recall my laws of physics too well, but I don't think we live in a universe with wind strength to the infinite power.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure we'd have long since switched off oil in favor of windmills.
QuoteMale Bassett Hound lost in Moore
By OKC Lost Pets on May 30, 2013 in Bassett Hound, Lost Pets
Lost basset hound. His name is Hollywood. He is scared of storms. Lost between 12th and 27th off of Eastern. Moore, OK 405-759-7015
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QuoteOSU's Veterinary Hospital has received a lost Seal Point Siamese male (castrated) cat, with declawed front paws. He is young, overweight and in critical condition. He has suffered head trauma, possible pelvic fractures and has a large chest wound. OSU veterinarians are treating him in the hospital's ICU. There is no charge for the cat's veterinary care; we just want to reunite him with his owner before it's too late. If this is your cat, please call 405-744-7000 immediately.
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Watching the Oklahoma City metro traffic cameras is creepy as balls.
www.oktraffic.org
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2013, 06:12:29 PM
You guys gotta catch MSNBC or some news channel, check out the multiple vortex tornado, the eye alone is at least 1/4 mile wide, heading straight for southern Oklahoma City.
Good, fuckers stole my NBA team.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2013, 06:11:31 PM
Operation Righteous HVAC.
At the halfway mark, old air handler and coil system hauled out. 16 years wasn't bad for a contractor grade unit installed with cheap labor.
Quote from: katmai on May 31, 2013, 09:01:23 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2013, 06:12:29 PM
You guys gotta catch MSNBC or some news channel, check out the multiple vortex tornado, the eye alone is at least 1/4 mile wide, heading straight for southern Oklahoma City.
Good, fuckers stole my NBA team.
You weren't doing anything with it.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 01, 2013, 09:01:53 AM
Quote from: katmai on May 31, 2013, 09:01:23 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2013, 06:12:29 PM
You guys gotta catch MSNBC or some news channel, check out the multiple vortex tornado, the eye alone is at least 1/4 mile wide, heading straight for southern Oklahoma City.
Good, fuckers stole my NBA team.
You weren't doing anything with it.
Never forget. :mad:
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Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 01, 2013, 08:52:44 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 31, 2013, 06:11:31 PM
Operation Righteous HVAC.
At the halfway mark, old air handler and coil system hauled out. 16 years wasn't bad for a contractor grade unit installed with cheap labor.
Yep, that's not too bad.
Is the new unit pretty badass?
It's the same manufacturer as the previous one, a little larger coil unit for better air handling and efficiency and less power; there's really only one option for this kind of screwy condo architecture, and the technology hasn't changed much, except for Freon getting replaced in the industry with Puron, and some minor electrical differences.
The compressor unit that has to go through the wall outside was a major bitch for those guys. They're still working on it.
On the plus side, they just got my neighbor's business; his unit went tits up this week, just got a much better estimate.
I thought about doing something outside today...then I went outside.
Doomidity in full swing.
So instead, I went about cleaning out the attached storage area out back. Apparently it had become a home for cave crickets.
It is now in the process of becoming a cave cricket Sorbibor.
Well, I believe these guys are convinced they under-estimated the estimate.
But the temperature is dropping.
The chills are multiplying?
Are you losing control?
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 01, 2013, 03:10:13 PM
I thought about doing something outside today...then I went outside.
Doomidity in full swing.
So instead, I went about cleaning out the attached storage area out back. Apparently it had become a home for cave crickets.
It is now in the process of becoming a cave cricket Sorbibor.
I liquidated a yellow jacket nest yesterday. :)
Quote from: katmai on June 01, 2013, 03:29:48 PM
The chills are multiplying?
Are you losing control?
Yes, it is indeed electrifying.
And I'm the gay one? :huh:
Quote from: garbon on June 01, 2013, 04:38:56 PM
And I'm the gay one? :huh:
I believe the vote was a tie when that question was asked.
I forgot how completely erotic air conditioning is.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 01, 2013, 08:47:48 PM
I forgot how completely erotic air conditioning is.
???
/when I was at Long Beach today and it was 70, I felt infinitely better driving with my car windows down then when I had to close up and turn on the a/c back in New York.
Though I do remember strange men trying to tempt me to their apts saying that they had a/c and I was like who doesn't? :hmm:
Quote from: garbon on June 01, 2013, 04:38:56 PM
And I'm the gay one? :huh:
I dunno, did you like Grease?
Really, New York? Pouring rain on my way in, gorgeous sunny day at lunch time and then pouring on my way home.
I had to turn the heat on this morning. Redonkulous.
Pffft, 66 degrees this morning, all the windows open. My nipples are resplendent.
33 here this morning. That is some good sleeping with the window open, the cold air in the room, and no hint of the mosquito.
Tornado warnings in Edmonton! :o
I wish we had tornado warnings
Quote from: Maximus on June 12, 2013, 04:22:43 PM
I wish we had tornado warnings
:unsure:
I dunno - I could do without the pitch black clouds and driving rain going on right now.
Trying to decide if it is better to leave for home early, or wait it out...
Thunderstorms are awesome.
Plus it would probably cool us off.
Thunderstorms are the most awesome part of Midwestern weather.
Quote from: Maximus on June 12, 2013, 04:22:43 PM
I wish we had tornado warnings
Looks like you may get your wish.
Monster storm heading into Chicago but it looks like MeriMax will miss it to the north.
Boner and Teh Forehead could get hit.
This has probably been asked before, but is there a guide to your nicknames somewhere?
Quote from: Liep on June 12, 2013, 05:45:52 PM
This has probably been asked before, but is there a guide to your nicknames somewhere?
I think someone made one about a year ago.
Boner is Ed Anger. Teh Forehead, aka Speesh, aka derspeiss.
If Boner gets hit I'll be really impressed!*
* He is in Froggy land.
D'oh!
Bonjour!
Ed hops the pond often enough that nobody can keep up. Well, besides stalkers like Kat. :P
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 12, 2013, 07:20:50 PM
Ed hops the pond often enough that nobody can keep up. Well, besides stalkers like Kat. :P
I do not stalk, I survey as per my bosses orders over at the NS......nvm.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 12, 2013, 05:32:31 PM
Monster storm heading into Chicago but it looks like MeriMax will miss it to the north.
Boner and Teh Forehead could get hit.
Where do they live?
Quote from: Razgovory on June 12, 2013, 08:41:01 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 12, 2013, 05:32:31 PM
Monster storm heading into Chicago but it looks like MeriMax will miss it to the north.
Boner and Teh Forehead could get hit.
Where do they live?
who is they?
Quote from: Razgovory on June 12, 2013, 08:41:01 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 12, 2013, 05:32:31 PM
Monster storm heading into Chicago but it looks like MeriMax will miss it to the north.
Boner and Teh Forehead could get hit.
Where do they live?
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Yay, chance for a derecho development later today. Because last year's was so much fun.
We expect a heat index of 105, followed by severe storms this evening with 80 mph winds and hail. <_<
Good news everybody!
There was no tornado yesterday.
chance of thunderstorms again though later today.
We completely missed any kind of rain and none in the near forecast :(.
It did cool off a bit though and is overcast now :)
My dad says I have some minor roof damage. I have named him proconsul and he is going to have it fixed while I'm away.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 13, 2013, 09:37:26 AM
My dad says I have some minor roof damage. I have named him proconsul and he is going to have it fixed while I'm away.
I hope you get shelled during the pre-invasion naval bombardment.
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What a terrible shot of Bailey. :(
Quote from: Barrister on June 13, 2013, 09:27:56 AM
Good news everybody!
There was no tornado yesterday.
chance of thunderstorms again though later today.
Jesus, that sounds like some shit weather. You should get out of there and go camping.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 13, 2013, 09:43:49 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 13, 2013, 09:37:26 AM
My dad says I have some minor roof damage. I have named him proconsul and he is going to have it fixed while I'm away.
I hope you get shelled during the pre-invasion naval bombardment.
:lol:
PLUSKAT!
Quote from: Iormlund on May 25, 2013, 09:59:51 AM
I'm getting annoyed. Where the fuck is summer? Or spring, for that matter.
Well, summer is finally here. No spring this year it seems.
Quote from: Iormlund on June 13, 2013, 01:06:11 PM
Quote from: Iormlund on May 25, 2013, 09:59:51 AM
I'm getting annoyed. Where the fuck is summer? Or spring, for that matter.
Well, summer is finally here. No spring this year it seems.
Yeah, we had that arrangement here to, I'll miss Springs if they're not a certainty in future. :(
We're in a cold spell today. Back down to low 60s.
Dang. Was hoping to get a new roof out of this storm.
Quote from: derspiess on June 13, 2013, 02:20:25 PM
Dang. Was hoping to get a new roof out of this storm.
I got a new one a couple of years ago, hail damage. I do not want that again, and I don't have a garage either. <_<
We had a long winter, a medicore spring, and this week we finally seem to have cracked the 20°C barrier for good.
Next week: 35°C. :bleeding:
Quote from: Syt on June 15, 2013, 03:30:38 AM
We had a long winter, a medicore spring, and this week we finally seem to have cracked the 20°C barrier for good.
Next week: 35°C. :bleeding:
We are hitting low 30's!
In Celsius that is. :P
Quote from: katmai on June 15, 2013, 03:37:02 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 15, 2013, 03:30:38 AM
We had a long winter, a medicore spring, and this week we finally seem to have cracked the 20°C barrier for good.
Next week: 35°C. :bleeding:
We are hitting low 30's!
In Celsius that is. :P
Heh, your highs are higher than mine.
It's warmer in Alaska than here? That's not goddamn fair.
Last Tuesday it got up to 87f/30c here...that is way too fucking hot for June in Laramie.
Its been in the 80s or 90s here... :(
Utah sucks for weather. Its really really hot in the summer, theres about a month of spring/fall where its nice, then its ass cold in Winter.
Quote from: Jaron on June 15, 2013, 05:22:37 PM
Its been in the 80s or 90s here... :(
Utah sucks for weather. Its really really hot in the summer, theres about a month of spring/fall where its nice, then its ass cold in Winter.
wtf are you doing there again? I forget :hmm:
...and anyway, someone from Oxnard is probably going to hate the weather almost anywhere else in the US. :sleep:
Quote from: Caliga on June 16, 2013, 09:09:53 PM
...and anyway, someone from Oxnard California is probably going to hate the weather almost anywhere else in the US, as they should. :sleep:
Fixed. :P
Quote from: Caliga on June 16, 2013, 09:09:53 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 15, 2013, 05:22:37 PM
Its been in the 80s or 90s here... :(
Utah sucks for weather. Its really really hot in the summer, theres about a month of spring/fall where its nice, then its ass cold in Winter.
wtf are you doing there again? I forget :hmm:
...and anyway, someone from Oxnard is probably going to hate the weather almost anywhere else in the US. :sleep:
He didn't pay attention to the beeb's fable.
:hmm:
At 9 this morning they were predicting a day full of thunderstorms. By 1 o'clock they were saying not today but tomorrow. Now I just looked at the weather and it says Tuesday evening, maybe. WTF?
Quote from: Syt on June 15, 2013, 03:30:38 AM
We had a long winter, a medicore spring, and this week we finally seem to have cracked the 20°C barrier for good.
Next week: 35°C. :bleeding:
Time to visit Vienna? :D
The Ford of the Franks is going to be comparably hot as well, ditto for Lutetia.
High of 29/85 forecasted here. :(
Quote from: katmai on June 17, 2013, 06:07:56 AM
High of 29/85 forecasted here. :(
Costco is going to sell out those portable A/C units again.
I'm sure. 90's out in Palin country and almost 100 up in Talkeetna.
Quote from: katmai on June 17, 2013, 06:07:56 AM
High of 29/85 forecasted here. :(
23/73 here at the mo, just right for getting things done. :bowler:
So after nearly the coldest May on record, next Wednesday is expected to break the record for hottest day ever recorded. :huh:
Maladict, yeah April was one of coldest on record here, hell we had snow 4 weeks ago and now at 1am it is 72/22 here and i can't sleep.
We had 37° yesterday (and some place in broke another all time record for Austrian June temperatures with over 38°. Weekend: 28°. Monday: 18°, rain. WTF??
This is about the rainiest year I've had in Vienna in the last 8 years - we actually had the rainiest May on record.
At least we don't get crazy storms like Germany the last two or so days. Germany even had tornado warnings.
Quote from: Syt on June 21, 2013, 02:06:27 AM
At least we don't get crazy storms like Germany the last two or so days. Germany even had tornado warnings.
Yep, tornado warning in Hessen. Storm over Frankfurt.
Quote from: Syt on June 21, 2013, 02:06:27 AM
We had 37° yesterday
Anecdote - I met friends at the Prater amusement park yesterday after work to go to one of the restaurants there. On my way there I saw a guy from Balkans or Turkey or Syria or someplace like that - tank top, shorts, flip flops, cold drink in his hand. His wife was clad in black from head to toe, only eyes showing, carrying a backpack and a big as camera. He dropped her off in a lawn area for picnics etc. so he could go on the rides. She joined other similarly dressed women. It looked like a ninja gathering. Seeing fully veiled women is rather uncommon in Vienna, and more so a dozen at a time.
We've had a lot of rain here, so the last couple of days the sun is out, weather is warm, and I think lots of warm weather for the next week or so. About time, need the sun to grow my tomato plants! Potato plants have been loving the cooler weather though.
It'll be a 12° temperature drop tomorrow, with heavy rains. Tuesday has 30-40l/square meter in the forecast.
Quote from: Syt on June 23, 2013, 10:20:07 AM
It'll be a 12° temperature drop tomorrow, with heavy rains. Tuesday has 30-40l/square meter in the forecast.
So that's 30-40mm of rain ? :unsure:
Considering that a cubic meter would be 1,000 liters - yes.
Quote from: Syt on June 23, 2013, 11:24:13 AM
Considering that a cubic meter would be 1,000 liters - yes.
Yes, I knew that, it just seemed odd to describe it in terms of a volume to an area ( 3D /2D ) , when it could be reduced to a single, one dimensional value.
Quote from: mongers on June 23, 2013, 12:57:03 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 23, 2013, 11:24:13 AM
Considering that a cubic meter would be 1,000 liters - yes.
Yes, I knew that, it just seemed odd to describe it in terms of a volume to an area ( 3D /2D ) , when it could be reduced to a single, one dimensional value.
It's common here for liquid precipitation. For climate charts it's given in mm, but for heavy rains it's liters per sqm, poissibly because unlike snow, rain doesn't tend to stack well.
Quote from: Syt on June 23, 2013, 01:21:22 PM
It's common here for liquid precipitation. For climate charts it's given in mm, but for heavy rains it's liters per sqm, poissibly because unlike snow, rain doesn't tend to stack well.
Measuring volume doesn't get around the problem of stacking either. To calculate volume you need height first. Why not just give the height?
It's a zany system and I demand you cease forthwith.
I would like width as a measurement of rain.
Gonna hit 39C today. too hot.
Supposed to hit 90 today, and climb through the week. Welcome back, Doomidity.
Quote from: HVC on June 24, 2013, 06:18:26 AM
Gonna hit 39C today. too hot.
All weekend was too hot. :(
72F here in the late afternoon, just off to do some errands/shopping and coming back to some evening gardening; much better than yesterday.
I was out of town over the weekend. I'm surprised no one mentioned the flooding in Calgary. Downtown was submerged, the Saddledome was flooded up to row 10, lots of low-lying areas along the river were flooded.
I never would have thought of Calgary was being susceptible to flooding - it has such a dinky river running through it, and is so hilly. But I guess it can happen.
Not sure how they're going to manage the Stampede which starts in a week. The Stampede grounds were also under water, and they should be setting up by now...
Quote from: Barrister on June 24, 2013, 11:51:06 AM
I'm surprised no one mentioned the flooding in Calgary.
Kinda answered it yourself there.
Quote from: Barrister on June 24, 2013, 11:51:06 AM
I was out of town over the weekend. I'm surprised no one mentioned the flooding in Calgary. Downtown was submerged, the Saddledome was flooded up to row 10, lots of low-lying areas along the river were flooded.
I never would have thought of Calgary was being susceptible to flooding - it has such a dinky river running through it, and is so hilly. But I guess it can happen.
Not sure how they're going to manage the Stampede which starts in a week. The Stampede grounds were also under water, and they should be setting up by now...
Of course, people did post about the flooding so...
They just flipped the tornado siren.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 24, 2013, 02:38:53 PM
They just flipped the tornado siren.
Shouldn't you be running for some kind of protected place or are you already there - with internet access? :D
Quote from: Malthus on June 24, 2013, 09:44:30 AM
Quote from: HVC on June 24, 2013, 06:18:26 AM
Gonna hit 39C today. too hot.
All weekend was too hot. :(
i was up by Newmarket on Saturday, wasn't too bad. Luckily didn't rain up there. Yesterday I locked myself in to finish some school work so AC kept me happy. Today though it was oppressively humid.
Poor Tonitrus. Going to find his body this week; choked to death on a chunk of DOOMIDITY
QuoteTuesday's temperatures reached a record high for 2013 in Baltimore, and it could get hotter still with the heat index expected to near 100 degrees Wednesday and surpass it Thursday.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 25, 2013, 06:09:24 PM
Poor Tonitrus. Going to find his body this week; choked to death on a chunk of DOOMIDITY
QuoteTuesday's temperatures reached a record high for 2013 in Baltimore, and it could get hotter still with the heat index expected to near 100 degrees Wednesday and surpass it Thursday.
Man, that's bad. :(
It was pretty miserable today.
My 21 000 btu of ACs are running at full speed.
I'm thinking humidity may be getting a bad rap. Sure, it sucks being covered in sweat, but constant dehydration's no walk in the park either.
I wonder what 0% humidity would feel like, or if it's even possible for it to get that low. OTOH 100% humidity is basically fog, right? :hmm:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 26, 2013, 10:54:56 AM
I'm thinking humidity may be getting a bad rap. Sure, it sucks being covered in sweat, but constant dehydration's no walk in the park either.
I dunno; hot is hot, but I'd rather deal with Phoenix at 100 degrees and no humidity than Doomidity here at 85 degrees and 60% humidity.
At 7200 feet we don't get much humidity plus the air is thinner and it always holds less water. Every night in summer, even if it is 90 during the mid day it cools down into the 50s.
The price? You have to drink more fluids.
i don't think there are any recorded cases of fatally dry skin.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 26, 2013, 01:40:12 PM
i don't think there are any recorded cases of fatally dry skin.
It can hurt like a SOB when your hands and lips get all dry and cracked though.
Quote from: Barrister on June 26, 2013, 01:42:09 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 26, 2013, 01:40:12 PM
i don't think there are any recorded cases of fatally dry skin.
It can hurt like a SOB when your hands and lips get all dry and cracked though.
Fairly straight forward and simple measures can be used to avoid that problem. There is no way to avoid high humidity other than staying inside in an airconditioned room.
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 26, 2013, 01:55:08 PM
There is no way to avoid high humidity other than staying inside in an airconditioned room.
And what's wrong with doing that? :D
Another vote for high humidity is a bitch, if only because it interferes with the body's natural cooling mechanisms.
Quote from: Caliga on June 26, 2013, 11:26:52 AM
I wonder what 0% humidity would feel like, or if it's even possible for it to get that low. OTOH 100% humidity is basically fog, right? :hmm:
Antartica is the dryest of dry dry dry dry deserts. Just as in the hot ones, you have to hydrate constantly even if you don't sweat in that cold.
And in Kuwait, if the wind came from inland 125 was livable, when it came from the gulf, 125 made you want to hang yourself to escape it.
Talking about fog, humidity and such, when they talk about dew points, that is where I get confused. :wacko:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 26, 2013, 11:32:34 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 26, 2013, 10:54:56 AM
I'm thinking humidity may be getting a bad rap. Sure, it sucks being covered in sweat, but constant dehydration's no walk in the park either.
I dunno; hot is hot, but I'd rather deal with Phoenix at 100 degrees and no humidity than Doomidity here at 85 degrees and 60% humidity.
I regularly say about I can do Palm Springs at 110 much better than NYC in the 80s with 70% humidity.
Quote from: lustindarkness on June 26, 2013, 03:06:46 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 26, 2013, 11:26:52 AM
I wonder what 0% humidity would feel like, or if it's even possible for it to get that low. OTOH 100% humidity is basically fog, right? :hmm:
And in Kuwait, if the wind came from inland 125 was livable, when it came from the gulf, 125 made you want to hang yourself to escape it.
Ugh, I am not looking forward to that.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 26, 2013, 04:33:10 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on June 26, 2013, 03:06:46 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 26, 2013, 11:26:52 AM
I wonder what 0% humidity would feel like, or if it's even possible for it to get that low. OTOH 100% humidity is basically fog, right? :hmm:
And in Kuwait, if the wind came from inland 125 was livable, when it came from the gulf, 125 made you want to hang yourself to escape it.
Ugh, I am not looking forward to that.
Well, make sure the noose is high and long enough to snap your neck quickly, you don't want to kick and flail for an hour.
Well, I am Air Force...so it would just the suffering of moving between A/C-equipped buildings....
...which has been bad enough here of late (though our A/C was out on Monday, that sucked). :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 26, 2013, 04:49:45 PM
Well, I am Air Force...so it would just the suffering of moving between A/C-equipped buildings....
...which has been bad enough here of late (though our A/C was out on Monday, that sucked). :P
You printed out your emails and are hand delivering them due to the Internet being down.
June 26th. I got the heat on... Yesterday, I needed a/c in the office. Today, I had to crank up the heat... The weather is all fucked up.
Quote from: viper37 on June 26, 2013, 09:54:41 PM
June 26th. I got the heat on... Yesterday, I needed a/c in the office. Today, I had to crank up the heat... The weather is all fucked up.
80's here. Which would be fine....if the sun ever went fucking down!!
Quote from: katmai on June 26, 2013, 10:18:48 PM
Quote from: viper37 on June 26, 2013, 09:54:41 PM
June 26th. I got the heat on... Yesterday, I needed a/c in the office. Today, I had to crank up the heat... The weather is all fucked up.
80's here. Which would be fine....if the sun ever went fucking down!!
Mini-curtains for your eyelids ?
Okay, here's an awesome one:
It's 103 degrees, sunny and snowing. :lol:
There's some kind of air current just popping over the ridge to the West condensing just enough moisture out at high altitude to create flakes but not enough to make clouds. Then the elevation drops right down to my neighborhood. I thought it might be hail at first, but definitely flakes.
Dude, that's awesome! :lol:
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on June 28, 2013, 07:47:34 PM
Okay, here's an awesome one:
It's 103 degrees, sunny and snowing. :lol:
There's some kind of air current just popping over the ridge to the West condensing just enough moisture out at high altitude to create flakes but not enough to make clouds. Then the elevation drops right down to my neighborhood. I thought it might be hail at first, but definitely flakes.
That's cool as shit. Did you submit your report to the Vatican?
Weatherman: "Tomorrow and the next five days will be sunny and warm."
It was a beautiful forecast.
Unusual weather forecast for a British summer:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/weather/2638664/tomorrow (http://m.bbc.co.uk/weather/2638664/tomorrow)
Quote
Salisbury Sunday
06:00 Sunny 16°C (61°F) 4mph, NW
07:00 Sunny 17°C (63°F) 4mph, NNW
08:00 Sunny 19°C (66°F) 5mph, N
09:00 Sunny 21°C (70°F) 5mph, N
10:00 Sunny 23°C (73°F) 5mph, NNE
11:00 Sunny 25°C (77°F) 6mph, NE
12:00 Sunny 26°C (79°F) 7mph, NE
13:00 Sunny 27°C (81°F) 8mph, NE
14:00 Sunny 27°C (81°F) 8mph, NE
15:00 Sunny 28°C (82°F) 8mph, NE
16:00 Sunny 28°C (82°F) 8mph, NE
17:00 Sunny 28°C (82°F) 8mph, NE
18:00 Sunny 28°C (82°F) 8mph, ENE
19:00 Sunny 27°C (81°F) 8mph, ENE
20:00 Sunny 25°C (77°F) 7mph, E
21:00 Sunny 23°C (73°F) 6mph, SE
16 1/2 hours of sunshine. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on July 06, 2013, 06:46:00 PM
Unusual weather forecast for a British summer:
16 1/2 hours of sunshine. :hmm:
:console:
So Little.
Quote from: katmai on July 06, 2013, 06:49:55 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 06, 2013, 06:46:00 PM
Unusual weather forecast for a British summer:
16 1/2 hours of sunshine. :hmm:
:console:
So Little.
Chuck in the long dusk and dawns and honestly it's too much, currently I'm getting to sleep in time for light to fill the sky about 1 1/4 hours later. :hmm:
Welcome to my summers mongers. Sunset is after 11pm so still dusk till about 1am, and then starts brightening about 2:30am, with sunrise at 4am.
Quote from: katmai on July 06, 2013, 07:02:52 PM
Welcome to my summers mongers. Sunset is after 11pm so still dusk till about 1am, and then starts brightening about 2:30am, with sunrise at 4am.
Good job I can choose to sleep in almost any situation. :)
123mm of rain today in Toronto, and still raining, shattering previous records. Out where I am, 50km east, we barely felt a drop :D
so far.... :ph34r:
123mm?!?!?
I have no idea how much that is. USA! USA! :ccr
Quote from: Josephus on July 08, 2013, 09:41:08 PM
123mm of rain today in Toronto, and still raining, shattering previous records. Out where I am, 50km east, we barely felt a drop :D
so far.... :ph34r:
Out where I work there was a lot of noise, but little rain, and by the time I got home there was no rain here either, but somewhere in-between something must have happened because there were down traffic lights and a fucked up transit system.
Quote from: katmai on July 08, 2013, 09:54:30 PM
123mm?!?!?
I have no idea how much that is. USA! USA! :ccr
12.3 cm
:P
Quote from: katmai on July 08, 2013, 09:54:30 PM
123mm?!?!?
I have no idea how much that is. USA! USA! :ccr
It's roughly the bore of the main gun on the Jagdtiger.
More rain fell yesterday than any other day on record - more than during Hurricane Hazel in the 1950s. Flash flooding all over the city. The subways were totally fucked. Roads became rivers.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/toronto-battered-by-storm-flooding-thousands-stranded-1.1358719
More on the Toronto flood: Snakes on a Train! :lol:
Sounds like the commute from hell.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/07/09/snake-on-a-train-toronto-flood_n_3566900.html
Are you talking about the flooding on the commute or that snake? One little small snake hardly seems hellish. :P
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 01:32:32 PM
Are you talking about the flooding on the commute or that snake? One little small snake hardly seems hellish. :P
Note to Samuel L.Jackson:
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What about 'Small Wet Snakes On Damp Canadian Train' ?
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 01:32:32 PM
Are you talking about the flooding on the commute or that snake? One little small snake hardly seems hellish. :P
Being stuck on a train by a massive flood for many hours and having to be rescued by boat. The snake was comic relief. ;)
Quote from: Malthus on July 10, 2013, 01:42:07 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 01:32:32 PM
Are you talking about the flooding on the commute or that snake? One little small snake hardly seems hellish. :P
Being stuck on a train by a massive flood for many hours and having to be rescued by boat. The snake was comic relief. ;)
Ok. :D
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 01:50:42 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 10, 2013, 01:42:07 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 01:32:32 PM
Are you talking about the flooding on the commute or that snake? One little small snake hardly seems hellish. :P
Being stuck on a train by a massive flood for many hours and having to be rescued by boat. The snake was comic relief. ;)
Ok. :D
Fortunately, I never have to take the GO train. ;)
OTOH, I had to walk out of downtown in the rain, as the subways were flooded and of course cabs were not to be had. :(
And you didn't melt?! :o
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 02:11:55 PM
And you didn't melt?! :o
I was
inconvenienced. Someone must pay. :ph34r:
Quote from: Malthus on July 10, 2013, 02:28:09 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 10, 2013, 02:11:55 PM
And you didn't melt?! :o
I was inconvenienced. Someone must pay. :ph34r:
if the TTC paid for inconvenience they'd be bankrupt within the day.
Get ready to suck on some atmosphere, Tonitrus.
QuoteHighs are forecast between 97 degrees and 99 degrees Monday through Friday, with dew points staying consistently in the lower 70s contributing to dew points between 100 degrees and 110 degrees.
Sunny and 72 here, come north to ALASKA! :P
It's going to be even more miserable in NYC. garbon's gonna melt, nothing but a puddle of glitter.
109F in the sun this morning here.
79F inside. :hmm:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 15, 2013, 04:13:56 AM
Get ready to suck on some atmosphere, Tonitrus.
QuoteHighs are forecast between 97 degrees and 99 degrees Monday through Friday, with dew points staying consistently in the lower 70s contributing to dew points between 100 degrees and 110 degrees.
The A/C is out in our building too.
Received a postcard from my Pittsburgh sister who's currently visiting friends and my other sister in Florida. Seems like it's hot, humid and raining a lot.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 15, 2013, 04:19:23 AM
It's going to be even more miserable in NYC. garbon's gonna melt, nothing but a puddle of glitter.
With ac, I make it like winter. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on July 15, 2013, 05:36:52 AM
109F in the sun this morning here.
79F inside. :hmm:
Where is that where you are? I was thinking you were in England?
Going to be hot and humid all week in the North East here. Well, at least my veggie garden will love it. After the last two weeks of heat and rain everything already grew like crazy!
Quote from: garbon on July 15, 2013, 07:26:48 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 15, 2013, 04:19:23 AM
It's going to be even more miserable in NYC. garbon's gonna melt, nothing but a puddle of glitter.
With ac, I make it like winter. :cool:
ConEd is now warning about the grid being overloaded. We've currently about half the lights off in my office to reduce electricity usage.
It is very rainy today. I pity the people who have to be outside today. It was even worse on Saturday. I was watching the football players and laughing. First, because they sucked, but they also had that unhappy drenched cat look about them.
Quote from: Neil on July 15, 2013, 10:45:06 AM
It is very rainy today. I pity the people who have to be outside today. It was even worse on Saturday. I was watching the football players and laughing. First, because they sucked, but they also had that unhappy drenched cat look about them.
It is seriously coming down right now. Wow.
We are sharing the same superhot weather as garbon.
I sure hope our electrical grid is still not shakey after the pummeling it took last week, when it poured like a Biblical flood. :hmm:
Quote from: katmai on July 15, 2013, 04:17:52 AM
Sunny and 72 here, come north to ALASKA! :P
Doesn't pay enough.
Nice summer weather here, just as it should be. :)
I had to turn tha A/C on. 80F.
Back home? 94F with doomitity.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 15, 2013, 04:22:01 PM
I had to turn tha A/C on. 80F.
Back home? 94F with doomitity.
Doom titty?
Quote from: KRonn on July 15, 2013, 10:32:40 AM
Quote from: mongers on July 15, 2013, 05:36:52 AM
109F in the sun this morning here.
79F inside. :hmm:
Where is that where you are? I was thinking you were in England?
Going to be hot and humid all week in the North East here. Well, at least my veggie garden will love it. After the last two weeks of heat and rain everything already grew like crazy!
:cool:
Central Southern England nr The Channel and not far from Ed Anger's refuge!
Apparently much of England is warmer than large parts of Spain, Italy and the Med. <_<
too hot. Gonna hit like 43 tomorrow :(. That's 109 for you yanks.
Quote from: mongers on July 15, 2013, 05:42:07 PM
Quote from: KRonn on July 15, 2013, 10:32:40 AM
Quote from: mongers on July 15, 2013, 05:36:52 AM
109F in the sun this morning here.
79F inside. :hmm:
Where is that where you are? I was thinking you were in England?
Going to be hot and humid all week in the North East here. Well, at least my veggie garden will love it. After the last two weeks of heat and rain everything already grew like crazy!
:cool:
Central Southern England nr The Channel and not far from Ed Anger's refuge!
Apparently much of England is warmer than large parts of Spain, Italy and the Med. <_<
I asked because I was surprised and didn't think England's weather got that hot! That's like Arizona or Texas.
Quote from: HVC on July 16, 2013, 08:16:50 AM
too hot. Gonna hit like 43 tomorrow :(. That's 109 for you yanks.
Weather channel told me it would be 100 last night (saw the report at 4pm). Now they are reporting it didn't get above the low 90s.
It's a very hot week here in the North East, beginning on Sunday. Well into the 90sF, in the mid 30sC. Some heavy thunderstorms being predicted as we get later into the week.
Quote from: HVC on July 16, 2013, 08:16:50 AM
too hot. Gonna hit like 43 tomorrow :(. That's 109 for you yanks.
I feel your pain. Literally. :lol:
Quote from: garbon on July 16, 2013, 08:23:19 AM
Quote from: HVC on July 16, 2013, 08:16:50 AM
too hot. Gonna hit like 43 tomorrow :(. That's 109 for you yanks.
Weather channel told me it would be 100 last night (saw the report at 4pm). Now they are reporting it didn't get above the low 90s.
it's too fucking hot. I blame Hans.
Quote from: Malthus on July 16, 2013, 08:31:57 AM
Quote from: HVC on July 16, 2013, 08:16:50 AM
too hot. Gonna hit like 43 tomorrow :(. That's 109 for you yanks.
I feel your pain. Literally. :lol:
I feel bad for the guys out in the plant. I work for a book printer (yes, they still exist :P ). At least it's a dry heat as the paper stock absorbs all the humidity :lol:
It was 82 on my morning drive to work. That's never a good omen for the afternoon.
This is bullshit, man.
Quote from: HVC on July 16, 2013, 08:34:11 AM
Quote from: Malthus on July 16, 2013, 08:31:57 AM
Quote from: HVC on July 16, 2013, 08:16:50 AM
too hot. Gonna hit like 43 tomorrow :(. That's 109 for you yanks.
I feel your pain. Literally. :lol:
I feel bad for the guys out in the plant. I work for a book printer (yes, they still exist :P ). At least it's a dry heat as the paper stock absorbs all the humidity :lol:
Fortunately, I go from an air-conditioned house to an air-conditioned office by means of an air-conditioned subway. My total outside exposure is about five minutes, since I live a half-block from the station. :lol:
It's a delightful 13C this morning, with a projected high of 23c. :cool:
I hope you spontaneously combust.
Quote from: HVC on July 16, 2013, 09:11:56 AM
I hope you spontaneously combust.
With these delightfully mild temperatures that seems extremely unlikely. :cool:
Quote from: derspiess on July 16, 2013, 08:34:49 AM
It was 82 on my morning drive to work. That's never a good omen for the afternoon.
Yeah I have a 15 minute walk from my parking place to the office. I hate this time of year, sweating at 7:15 in the morning is just not natural.
Beautiful weather here in Lancashire for the past week or so, set to last another week at least. Sunny, but not getting above the mid-20s (mid-70s), usually with a breeze too :cool:
Today was better than yesterday. :)
New Orleans this weekend was hot and muggy. :sticky: It was worth the visit.
Air con's gone in the office again. Temp's off the chart, which only goes up to 32C/90F.
They had been predicting a dry summer this year and so far so good. Its been in the mid to low 20s most of the summer. It will be around 33 today but that is an outlier temp. It will go back to the pleasant mid 20s the rest of the week.
Forecast calls for 30+ degrees with no wind or rain for the next 10 days.
Kill me, please
Quote from: Maximus on July 16, 2013, 12:56:00 PM
Forecast calls for 30+ degrees with no wind or rain for the next 10 days.
Kill me, please
You did choose to live there :)
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 16, 2013, 11:05:48 AM
They had been predicting a dry summer this year and so far so good. Its been in the mid to low 20s most of the summer. It will be around 33 today but that is an outlier temp. It will go back to the pleasant mid 20s the rest of the week.
Yeah, it's been a good summer so far.
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 16, 2013, 02:48:32 PM
You did choose to live there :)
I have chosen to live elsewhere for some time now and this is my primary reason. That does not mean I live elsewhere. When you have a family the coefficient of static friction is considerable.
Ditch em, they are holding you back, you have your green card now!
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 16, 2013, 09:45:34 AM
Beautiful weather here in Lancashire for the past week or so, set to last another week at least. Sunny, but not getting above the mid-20s (mid-70s), usually with a breeze too :cool:
Yeah, the extra 5C or so down here, makes it just the wrong side of that.
Feels like 94, gonna go grill a steak now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6tKJvWWDP4
"I am not tropical, I am not a toucan"
Accuweather says it's only 89 outside, but I don't trust it. It was 85 when I rolled into work this morning.
Quote from: derspiess on July 17, 2013, 11:23:01 AM
Accuweather says it's only 89 outside, but I don't trust it. It was 85 when I rolled into work this morning.
Accuweather sucks, my SIII brought it, for example, accuweather has not updated since 09:22 and says 80 even after refreshing numerous times, weatherbug has the correct 90 feels like 95 as of right now at 15:07.
Environment Canada says it's a pleasant 22c / 74F right now in Edmonton. :cool:
Was only 101 today. No big.
Egads. I just saw the extended forecast for Normandy. Doomtitty is coming.
Supposed to hit 100 today.
At least I'm not down in the city with all that glass and concrete. That's like walking around with a tanning reflector around your neck.
Level 3 heatwave warnings in place in the south east of the UK. Temperatures have reached over 30 nearly every day for a week and don't dip far below 20 at night. It's giving me a constant bad hair day.
Still only temporary air con in the office, so I bought a desk fan that's currently aimed up one sleeve and out the other.
Filming a video interview shortly, the lights should be nice and cosy!
The heat index for the Boston area south is supposed to be 105. That's supposed to be temp plus humidity buy IMO it feels worse with the humidity.
Only supposed to be 93 here, though the heat index will put it well into the 100s.
Motherfucking 100 even today.
There are going to be some dead motherfuckers downtown tonight, man.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 19, 2013, 02:49:29 PM
Motherfucking 100 even today.
There are going to be some dead motherfuckers downtown tonight, man.
Sunny and 75 here.
It's supposedly 77 outside now after that thunderstorm rolled through. I'm not buying it.
Heat index of 41 right now
Brrr time to put some thermals on then!
Sorry, I should have specified "right now" is post-18th century
You are in America now, start speaking American or we will deport your ass back to where you came from, ya dig?
Nope, I am a citizen. It is my duty to help my country :).
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 18, 2013, 08:06:51 AM
Egads. I just saw the extended forecast for Normandy. Doomtitty is coming.
I think you're gettig what we've had for the last week or so, but with the added benefit on the warm air building over a continent, so thunderstorms FTW.
Quote from: mongers on July 19, 2013, 05:01:13 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 18, 2013, 08:06:51 AM
Egads. I just saw the extended forecast for Normandy. Doomtitty is coming.
I think you're gettig what we've had for the last week or so, but with the added benefit on the warm air building over a continent, so thunderstorms FTW.
I don't know if the frogs can handle it. They are already agitated over 75F temps.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 19, 2013, 05:38:24 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 19, 2013, 05:01:13 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 18, 2013, 08:06:51 AM
Egads. I just saw the extended forecast for Normandy. Doomtitty is coming.
I think you're gettig what we've had for the last week or so, but with the added benefit on the warm air building over a continent, so thunderstorms FTW.
I don't know if the frogs can handle it. They are already agitated over 75F temps.
:D
It's that at midnight here and that after a somewhat cooler day.
But what bothers me is the dryness, another week and fires will be all over the place. :mad:
We're having an unusual dry and warm july. I like it. :cool:
The wind's back! :w00t:
So today was bearable after a few agonisingly torrid days. I'm back to viewing the sun as a generally positive thing.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 16, 2013, 09:45:34 AM
Beautiful weather here in Lancashire for the past week or so, set to last another week at least. Sunny, but not getting above the mid-20s (mid-70s), usually with a breeze too :cool:
If I could find a place that was generally in the mid to high-20s most of the year I'd emigrate.
why is it so hot :(
Quote from: HVC on July 19, 2013, 06:53:41 PM
why is it so hot :(
Because you touch yourself at night and GOD IS PISSED.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 19, 2013, 06:54:40 PM
Quote from: HVC on July 19, 2013, 06:53:41 PM
why is it so hot :(
Because you touch yourself at night and GOD IS PISSED.
... well, sorry guys, it's gonna be really hot tomorrow.
Dammit.
High for Sunday: 105
That's just dangerous.
22 degrees at 11 pm. And no wind. :bleeding:
Quote from: Liep on July 20, 2013, 04:09:37 PM
22 degrees at 11 pm. And no wind. :bleeding:
21C here at 11pm, wind also gone; could be a hot humid night. :hmm:
21C? Screw you guys. Actually, today's not that bad, only 31C
Most of the house was woken by a delightful 5:30 am thunderstorm. <_<
Quote from: Barrister on July 22, 2013, 09:13:47 AM
Most of the house was woken by a delightful 5:30 am thunderstorm. <_<
Happens all the time here in the summer. :glare:
Rain. Thunder. Lightening. Rejoice!
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 22, 2013, 07:19:35 PM
Rain. Thunder. Lightening. Rejoice!
I'm still awaiting it here. :(
Quote from: mongers on July 22, 2013, 07:27:55 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 22, 2013, 07:19:35 PM
Rain. Thunder. Lightening. Rejoice!
I'm still awaiting it here. :(
Plenty of rain here, lots of thunder, lightning approximately 1 mile away at last count.
Guess my grass gets another few days to grow.
Still no rain here. <_<
It was hot and muggy yesterday. We got at least 3 inches of rain today, the sky was falling, lightning, flash flood warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings. So yeah, normal summer day.
WTF? It is now like mid 60s right now. We went from last week with it around 100 and now we've dropped to this? I'm so going to get sick. :(
Quote from: garbon on July 25, 2013, 08:32:02 AM
WTF? It is now like mid 60s right now. We went from last week with it around 100 and now we've dropped to this? I'm so going to get sick. :(
Sounds like you're coming down with a severe case of britishness. :bowler:
The storms have broken the heat :w00t:
Still pleasantly warm and sunny most days (around 25C) but not so muggy anymore and I can sleep :)
Quote from: mongers on July 25, 2013, 09:16:59 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 25, 2013, 08:32:02 AM
WTF? It is now like mid 60s right now. We went from last week with it around 100 and now we've dropped to this? I'm so going to get sick. :(
Sounds like you're coming down with a severe case of britishness. :bowler:
We now had a lovely day and tomorrow is supposed to be good enough for beach weather. :w00t:
Philly just had 8 inches of rain in one day! :o
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Heavy-Rain-Causes-Flooding-Road-Closures--217313101.html
Yesterday was lovely. 70F and it felt like early fall. No Doomtitty.
I sat in the park watching the MILF'S..
We're back into the 80s which is lovely. However, this morning is super moist as I think it is something like 80% humidity.
Yeah, that shit really ruins the chance to open the windows. Fucking sit there and watch the corners of paper curl up.
The 30 year old Austrian heat record has been broken, in Carinthia: 39.9°C. Vienna has 37.7°C at the moment. In general I prefer air temperature to be below body temperature.
Oh, and it's probably going to stay like that for the week. :bleeding:
I thought we had it bad with 30 degrees, but that's just awful. Plus they're promising 20-25 degrees next week and just one more night with +20.
Current forecast from Google:
Positively boiling!
You could say it's like an oven.
HA.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 03, 2013, 12:48:12 PM
You could say it's like an oven.
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:lol:
Your lame jokes are giving me gas.
Last night was the warmest ever recorded in Vienna: 25.5°C/77.9°F.
Quote from: Syt on August 04, 2013, 02:28:04 AM
Last night was the warmest ever recorded in Vienna: 25.5°C/77.9°F.
:huh:
That's like every summer night here. :)
Quote from: Caliga on August 04, 2013, 05:58:52 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 04, 2013, 02:28:04 AM
Last night was the warmest ever recorded in Vienna: 25.5°C/77.9°F.
:huh:
That's like every summer night here. :)
Yeah, but Vienna is on a latitude between Seattle and Vancouver whereas Kentucky is as far South as Portugal, Southern Italy or Greece.
Quote from: Caliga on August 04, 2013, 05:58:52 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 04, 2013, 02:28:04 AM
Last night was the warmest ever recorded in Vienna: 25.5°C/77.9°F.
:huh:
That's like every summer night here. :)
Oh I remember those summer nights in the 70's. box fan going in my room and window wide open. Hearing the call of the Ohio Redneck starting his car at 3 am.
The good news: we're getting thunderstorms. The bad news: it's gonna stay hot, only it's now also gonna be humid. Up to 40°C/104°F next week, though it seems the temp is going to drop to 20°C next weekend.
That is why I love living at 7200 feet. Every night it cools off into the 50s.
Is that the weather or your love life?
Oh, burn from the Amber Waves of Grain Guy.
Had some rain last night and the air today is absolutely wonderful compared to the previous month. It's COOLING!
:yay:
Current forecast:
Today 35°C
Tomorrow 39°C
Thursday 39/40°C
Friday 30°C
Weekend: 21°C
It has been mild here in ohio with tens running in the 70's. normally would would be in the 90's and pushing 100 every so often.
It's been reasonable here the last 3 days, upper 70s and low humidity, reasonable enough to keep all the windows open and blow the jobless stink out.
It's been beautiful weather here for the last week. Low 80sF (about 27C) and low humidity, early mornings almost feel like early Autumn.
Storm seems to by right on top of the building, dark and thunder like crazy, but just a sprinkle, I think the sky will fall any minute now.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 06, 2013, 06:51:21 AM
It's been reasonable here the last 3 days, upper 70s and low humidity, reasonable enough to keep all the windows open and blow the jobless stink out.
And I am wallowing down here in doomidity and swamp ass. :(
Many places in Austria broke heat records yesterday. Most of those records date back all the way to, oh, last week. New Austrian record is 40.2°C (or 104.36°F). Vienna's high was 39.5°C, like running a nice fever. It was windy, but it was like a hot blow dryer. Today's going to be 32°C, and after that we'll finally stay under 30°C. Will be nice after the last couple of weeks.
Also, last month was the sunniest, driest and second hottest (after 2006) July in Austria since records began in the 1850s. But breaking such records has become pretty standard by now.
Quote from: Syt on August 08, 2013, 11:23:37 PM
Also, last month was the sunniest, driest and second hottest (after 2006) July in Austria since records began in the 1850s. But breaking such records has become pretty standard by now.
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Its been changed to Climate Change, since global warming apparantly was on pause for a few years there. You need to update your memes. ;)
Goddammit, does that mean this one's out of date too? :(
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:lmfao:
Low 70s forecast for today, absolutely zero Doomidity. Feels like late September this morning.
Every window is open, blowing the stink out and allowing Gangsta to stalk the same goddamned morning dove she's been stalking for the last 2 years.
Don't worry, it is supposed to be 88 Saturday in the Miami Valley.
It was 43 degrees here this morning. I know it will warm up into the 70s later, but that was a bit chilly.
So our office building had an emergency water shutdown on Monday. I don't know all the details, but I gather there was a water main break, which led to sand coming into our water system.
This has caused a bunch of bathrooms and sinks to be shut down in my office building, up to today. Apparently this sand also majorly fouled our cooling system.
Why am I posting this in the Weather thread? Because today's projected high is 29C <_<
Hints yesterday that Autumn is thinking of putting in an appearance. :cool:
Yeah, it's been positively early-fall the last three days here. All my windows have been open 24/7. Unfortunately, so have the Watusi tribe's windows downstairs as well.
Whelp, after almost a week of leaving the windows open, looks like Doomidity is returning today. The AC appreciated the break, though.
Very pleasant days in the mid to low 20s. After so much time without rain its hard to believe this is Vancouver.
Smoke is everywhere. It's blocking out the sun. Like living in Mordor. :cthulu:
The weather here has been perfect. :)
Last two weeks of August into early September = best time to be in Ontario. :D
In fact, it's the only time the weather here is generally good. :(
Hm. According to the extended outlook, it won't be hitting 100 anymore this year. Alrighty then.
I never trust that bullshit. There's always one last oppressive 72-hour pop over the 95 degree mark in September that will invariably piss me off.
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Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 23, 2013, 11:03:26 AM
I never trust that bullshit. There's always one last oppressive 72-hour pop over the 95 degree mark in September that will invariably piss me off.
I remember the goddamned heat wave we had in early October on my nephew's first birthday (2007-ish). None of us could stand to be outside for more than 5 minutes.
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2013, 11:16:49 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 23, 2013, 11:03:26 AM
I never trust that bullshit. There's always one last oppressive 72-hour pop over the 95 degree mark in September that will invariably piss me off.
I remember the goddamned heat wave we had in early October on my nephew's first birthday (2007-ish). None of us could stand to be outside for more than 5 minutes.
Yeah, fucking October, too. When I bought this place in '97, I scheduled the move-in date for the 3d week of October, figured it'd be a nice temperate weekend. It was 90 degrees that day. That and hauling the 36" Toshiba tube TV up t3 flights of stairs almost killed my poor Dad.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 23, 2013, 11:03:26 AM
I never trust that bullshit. There's always one last oppressive 72-hour pop over the 95 degree mark in September that will invariably piss me off.
True. There will probably be one of those randomly super hot 109 type days in the middle of September.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2013, 11:07:33 AM
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Wow
I think I would literally die there.
There are active wildfires all over the place in California right now, so I presume from those.
Quote from: Caliga on August 23, 2013, 04:31:59 PM
There are active wildfires all over the place in California right now, so I presume from those.
That or the Jewish population in the southwest just tooka big hit :(.
Quote from: Caliga on August 23, 2013, 04:31:59 PM
There are active wildfires all over the place in California right now, so I presume from those.
Looks like your average Doomidity haze to me.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2013, 11:07:33 AM
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Looks like Beijing.
Quote from: Caliga on August 23, 2013, 04:31:59 PM
There are active wildfires all over the place in California right now, so I presume from those.
Yes this particular round of smoke is from a fire burning in the north rim of Yosemite. We've had smoke for most of the last two weeks as well from the American Fire, which seems to be burning forever. It wasn't nearly this bad until the Yosemite fire though.
The heat and humidity, it's back :(
Yep, Doomtitty returned to Ohio. :(
We has smoke like that in the Laramie Valley last year with the Colorado wildfires. One day this huge orange/brown cloud of smoke just blew in and it was hell for many days after that.
Yay, my Jeep curse can't last forever!
QuoteThe Farmers Almanac is calling for cold and snow to dominate the eastern two-thirds of the country this winter, ending what has been a stretch of relative snow drought.
In the mid-Atlantic, however, the forecast left it up in the air whether precipitation will fall largely in the form of rain or snow. The forecast says to expect "copious" amounts of either.
The biggest concern for snow in these parts lies in the first 10 days of February, the forecast suggests -- including the Feb. 2 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey's Meadowlands.
"But even if we are off by a day or two with the timing of copious wind, rain, and snow, we wish to stress that this particular part of the winter season will be particularly volatile and especially turbulent," the almanac adds as a caveat.
Baltimore has yet to see even average snowfall levels since the record-setting 77 inches that fell in winter 2009-2010. Last winter, 8 inches fell, four times as much as the 1.8 inches of the previous winter but well below the norm of about 18-20 inches.
Argh.
Eat me. Global warming's gotta kick in the snow sometime, dammit.
You know, it's not the heat that really bothers me. It's the back-and-forth between 100F/35C temps outside and the 65F/17C temps inside that kill me. My sinuses are a mess, and now I'm crabby. :mad:
Good, we need more snow this winter. The rivers needs replenishing.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 27, 2013, 06:18:54 AM
Yay, my Jeep curse can't last forever!
QuoteThe Farmers Almanac is calling for cold and snow to dominate the eastern two-thirds of the country this winter, ending what has been a stretch of relative snow drought.
In the mid-Atlantic, however, the forecast left it up in the air whether precipitation will fall largely in the form of rain or snow. The forecast says to expect "copious" amounts of either.
The biggest concern for snow in these parts lies in the first 10 days of February, the forecast suggests -- including the Feb. 2 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey's Meadowlands.
"But even if we are off by a day or two with the timing of copious wind, rain, and snow, we wish to stress that this particular part of the winter season will be particularly volatile and especially turbulent," the almanac adds as a caveat.
Baltimore has yet to see even average snowfall levels since the record-setting 77 inches that fell in winter 2009-2010. Last winter, 8 inches fell, four times as much as the 1.8 inches of the previous winter but well below the norm of about 18-20 inches.
:w00t: :yeah: :w00t: :yeah: :w00t:
:Canuck: :uffda:
I'm going to be sending nasty thoughts everybody's way when I have to push that damn snowblower around.
I better go give it a check today. :(
I was looking at the sears snowblowers.
They are cheaper this year than in 2012.
:ultra:
Arse end of summer here, in mid 80s and very sunny.
We had a low of 61 this morning, and expected high of only 88. And it is August, in B'ham AL?! Weird, but I'll take it, a lot better than the usual weeks of 3 digit temps.
So, the weather people can barely tell me the weather 3 days out, and they can say what to expect this winter?
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 07:35:33 AM
You know, it's not the heat that really bothers me. It's the back-and-forth between 100F/35C temps outside and the 65F/17C temps inside that kill me. My sinuses are a mess, and now I'm crabby. :mad:
Why make it so cold inside?
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 27, 2013, 10:44:13 AM
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 07:35:33 AM
You know, it's not the heat that really bothers me. It's the back-and-forth between 100F/35C temps outside and the 65F/17C temps inside that kill me. My sinuses are a mess, and now I'm crabby. :mad:
Why make it so cold inside?
Because the building manager at work chooses to? I certainly don't have a say in it. I don't even have air-conditioning at home.
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 10:47:26 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 27, 2013, 10:44:13 AM
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 07:35:33 AM
You know, it's not the heat that really bothers me. It's the back-and-forth between 100F/35C temps outside and the 65F/17C temps inside that kill me. My sinuses are a mess, and now I'm crabby. :mad:
Why make it so cold inside?
Because the building manager at work chooses to? I certainly don't have a say in it. I don't even have air-conditioning at home.
I didnt say why do "you" make it so cold.
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 27, 2013, 10:44:13 AM
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 07:35:33 AM
You know, it's not the heat that really bothers me. It's the back-and-forth between 100F/35C temps outside and the 65F/17C temps inside that kill me. My sinuses are a mess, and now I'm crabby. :mad:
Why make it so cold inside?
An excellent question. The logical thing to do would be to make it warmer inside in the summer when people are lightly dressed, and cooler in the winter. But that's not how most places are here. In the summer I get cold-like symptoms from the frigid dry air inside and in the winter I'm constantly sweating.
Many office buildings here only go a certain level below outside temperature in summer to make the temperature transitions easier (though there seems to be an upper limit of 26°C in our office, as seen during the 37°C and above days this summer).
Here it does not matter if summer or winter, it seems it is always either too warm for me, or freezing cold. If I feel comfy most everyone else is wearing sweaters. :)
And if people complain, we are screwed, because we will be cooked or freezed. :(
I know it is difficult to please 2000 people in a building, but sometimes it gets stupid.
Quote from: Syt on August 27, 2013, 11:29:56 AM
Many office buildings here only go a certain level below outside temperature in summer to make the temperature transitions easier (though there seems to be an upper limit of 26°C in our office, as seen during the 37°C and above days this summer).
I wish people were so reasonable here.
Quote from: Maximus on August 27, 2013, 11:23:59 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 27, 2013, 10:44:13 AM
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 07:35:33 AM
You know, it's not the heat that really bothers me. It's the back-and-forth between 100F/35C temps outside and the 65F/17C temps inside that kill me. My sinuses are a mess, and now I'm crabby. :mad:
Why make it so cold inside?
An excellent question. The logical thing to do would be to make it warmer inside in the summer when people are lightly dressed, and cooler in the winter. But that's not how most places are here. In the summer I get cold-like symptoms from the frigid dry air inside and in the winter I'm constantly sweating.
This I tend to agree with, makes more sense to me. In summer I'm often wearing a sweater in the office building, as it's usually too cold, sometimes very cold. Many people have sweaters or something similar on.
Severe heat warning for the entire state today, into tonight. Heat index is supposed to get to 105.
Feel for the poor schlubs I saw roofing.
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 10:47:26 AM
I don't even have air-conditioning at home.
WHAT IS THIS, THE DARK AGES?
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 27, 2013, 04:21:36 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 10:47:26 AM
I don't even have air-conditioning at home.
WHAT IS THIS, THE DARK AGES?
No, I have LIGHTS... just no A-C. :)
Ugh. How....70's of you.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 27, 2013, 08:09:53 PM
Ugh. How....70's of you.
I live in a 120 year old house. It's not like central air was common when it was built. :contract:
Christ, I'm lucky I have running water!
Does it at least have water closets?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 27, 2013, 09:07:47 PM
Does it at least have water closets?
Water closet. Singular. Just the one.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 27, 2013, 08:09:53 PM
Ugh. How....70's of you.
I remember visiting a couple aunts and an uncle in Florida in the 70s & early 80s. None of their houses had AC :huh:
Pfft, so what; we have Baltimore City public schools here without AC.
Pfft, nobody has A/C here in Wyoming. Oh wait, we don't need it.
A good heating system, THAT we need.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 27, 2013, 09:44:26 PM
Pfft, so what; we have Baltimore City public schools here without AC.
Heh. The kids have half-days all week this week because of the heat. No AC = Heat Days. :D
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 09:06:43 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 27, 2013, 08:09:53 PM
Ugh. How....70's of you.
I live in a 120 year old house. It's not like central air was common when it was built. :contract:
Christ, I'm lucky I have running water!
My apt was built in 1905 and I have an a/c unit.
I bet Meri has plastic on her furniture too.
Nope. My furniture is mostly wooden. :D
I have a black vinyl couch in my Angertorium. :)
Warm 80+ degree sunny days at the moment, but the days are really shortening now. :hug:
It's 10:30 at night, and still in the 80s. Goddamn it. :glare:
And we're choosing to go camping. :frusty:
Quote from: merithyn on August 27, 2013, 10:21:43 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 27, 2013, 09:44:26 PM
Pfft, so what; we have Baltimore City public schools here without AC.
Heh. The kids have half-days all week this week because of the heat. No AC = Heat Days. :D
Man, we just had to tough it out.
Quote from: merithyn on August 30, 2013, 10:21:22 PM
It's 10:30 at night, and still in the 80s. Goddamn it. :glare:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7VnHnX3LQ
It's pouring down and I'm sitting by the window enjoying the lovely smell and the cool wind. Welcome autumn! :hug:
Damn it's hotter than hell up here in Ft. Worth today. Over 100 here, with the heat index being 105-106, but only mid 90's back home. :yucky:
Autumn evenings now here. :bowler:
Holy shit. The wedding that I've dragged my ass up to North Texas to attend is outside.
:bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding:
It's 102 degrees right now, and will be holding steady through the time the wedding is supposed to start.
:bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding:
Forget a fucking jacket. I'm considering wearing shorts and flip flops as punishment for their stupidity. I need to go buy and wear a Corona t-shirt or something similar (plus my disgusting boonie hat) to really stand out in the photos.
I once went to a wedding in Western Pennsylvania in 105 heat and more humidity than the inside of fat man's asscrack. It was in a wooden church with no air and no real ventilation. Old people were falling like flies, the bride had an adorable sweat stain on her dress, and the groom looked like he had been fished out of a pond.
Fuck that shit.
Hey, attend a wedding in a old southern church with no a/c in summer.
N00bs.
Except you Peedy. You get a pass.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on September 01, 2013, 03:34:45 PM
Holy shit. The wedding that I've dragged my ass up to North Texas to attend is outside.
:bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding:
It's 102 degrees right now, and will be holding steady through the time the wedding is supposed to start.
:bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding::bleeding:
Forget a fucking jacket. I'm considering wearing shorts and flip flops as punishment for their stupidity. I need to go buy and wear a Corona t-shirt or something similar (plus my disgusting boonie hat) to really stand out in the photos.
Sounds like my brother's Brazillian beach wedding. Even holding it once the sun went own it still felt like a billion degrees with 100% humidity.
It feels like San Francisco today.
Autumn evening are definitely here, length of day diminish rapidly, I can see within the week having to start thinking about sweaters/warmer wear, whilst out and about.
Its been a muggy 95 or 96 in Gulfport MS. <_<
+20 degrees in september? <_<
Here is hoping these next couple days are Doomidity's last jab before cruising into Fall.
I told you we'd be in for one more 90 degree anal fisting in September.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 09, 2013, 09:34:29 PM
I told you we'd be in for one more 90 degree anal fisting in September.
Show me on the doll where the Sun's rays touched you. :hmm:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 09, 2013, 09:34:29 PM
I told you we'd be in for one more 90 degree anal fisting in September.
Thank god it is nearly over and then we can get back to the 70s.
I melted today.
I saw Naomi Campbell today at a pop-up runway in Bryant Park. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the makeup wasn't sloughing off her face. Oh the fashion industry!
It's still hot out there, but we've had a nice mild summer. Only a few days over 100 this year.
Summer was not nice here. Not enough sun which limited my number of beach trips.
Goddamn, it was bad today. Really bad. Fucking swamp ass bad.
But look Tonitrus, relief is on the way.
QuoteA burst of heat and humidity prompted early school closings and electricity-saving measures across the region Wednesday, but a snap back to fall-like weather lies ahead Friday and through the weekend.
Temperatures surged to highs of 95 degrees at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and 98 degrees at the Maryland Science Center in the afternoon. High humidity made it feel as hot as 105 degrees downtown as high pressure over the eastern United States pumped warm, moist air up from the Gulf of Mexico.
Though the heat was unseasonable, as much as 15 degrees above normal, it was not a record. Sept. 11 is the latest date on record in Baltimore to hit 100 degrees, in 1983.
...
Highs in the lower 90s are expected Thursday, but cool, dry air coming down from Canada is forecast to arrive before daybreak Friday, bringing a chance of storms as it approaches Thursday afternoon.
The change in weather pattern will bring a nearly 50-degree swing in temperatures from Wednesday afternoon to Saturday morning. Highs Saturday could fail to break out of the 60s, with overnight lows in the 40s across much of the region.
Oh, hells yeah. With that kind of swing, there should be some nifty fucking thunderstorms en route. Possibly twister weather.
It has been in the 50s and rainy here all week. Fuck that shit, Wyoming will only have a few more chances for warm weather before winter - this is like being in Seattle.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 11, 2013, 09:42:12 PM
Goddamn, it was bad today. Really bad. Fucking swamp ass bad.
But look Tonitrus, relief is on the way.
QuoteA burst of heat and humidity prompted early school closings and electricity-saving measures across the region Wednesday, but a snap back to fall-like weather lies ahead Friday and through the weekend.
Temperatures surged to highs of 95 degrees at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and 98 degrees at the Maryland Science Center in the afternoon. High humidity made it feel as hot as 105 degrees downtown as high pressure over the eastern United States pumped warm, moist air up from the Gulf of Mexico.
Though the heat was unseasonable, as much as 15 degrees above normal, it was not a record. Sept. 11 is the latest date on record in Baltimore to hit 100 degrees, in 1983.
...
Highs in the lower 90s are expected Thursday, but cool, dry air coming down from Canada is forecast to arrive before daybreak Friday, bringing a chance of storms as it approaches Thursday afternoon.
The change in weather pattern will bring a nearly 50-degree swing in temperatures from Wednesday afternoon to Saturday morning. Highs Saturday could fail to break out of the 60s, with overnight lows in the 40s across much of the region.
Oh, hells yeah. With that kind of swing, there should be some nifty fucking thunderstorms en route. Possibly twister weather.
I'm doomed to get sick. I never handle rapid temperature shifts well and this year has been all about them. :(
Quote from: garbon on September 11, 2013, 09:48:35 PM
I'm doomed to get sick. I never handle rapid temperature shifts well and this year has been all about them. :(
:D You sound like my grandmother, but there's something to be said about that. I always seem to get a head cold with such radical temperature swings too.
And Christ knows my knee is going to be going off like NORAD's early warning system when the pressure drops that fucking fast on Friday.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 11, 2013, 09:51:23 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 11, 2013, 09:48:35 PM
I'm doomed to get sick. I never handle rapid temperature shifts well and this year has been all about them. :(
:D You sound like my grandmother, but there's something to be said about that.
Most sickly period in my life was when I lived in SF and commuted to San Mateo. Body did not like my using defrost when leaving my apt only to need a/c when reaching the peninsula.
Quote from: mongers on September 06, 2013, 03:38:37 PM
Autumn evening are definitely here, length of day diminish rapidly, I can see within the week having to start thinking about sweaters/warmer wear, whilst out and about.
I'm ridiculously jealous.
The kids haven't had a full day of school yet this year because of the heat and humidity. I guess that's the benefit of going to the only unair-conditioned school in the district.
Quote from: merithyn on September 11, 2013, 10:09:06 PM
Quote from: mongers on September 06, 2013, 03:38:37 PM
Autumn evening are definitely here, length of day diminish rapidly, I can see within the week having to start thinking about sweaters/warmer wear, whilst out and about.
I'm ridiculously jealous.
The kids haven't had a full day of school yet this year because of the heat and humidity. I guess that's the benefit of going to the only unair-conditioned school in the district.
Oh I mean as I posted earlier in this thread, we'd dipped heavily into fall and were in that zone until about yesterday when temps started amping up for this mini-heat wave.
Yeah, not us. :(
Quote from: merithyn on September 11, 2013, 10:09:06 PM
Quote from: mongers on September 06, 2013, 03:38:37 PM
Autumn evening are definitely here, length of day diminish rapidly, I can see within the week having to start thinking about sweaters/warmer wear, whilst out and about.
I'm ridiculously jealous.
The kids haven't had a full day of school yet this year because of the heat and humidity. I guess that's the benefit of going to the only unair-conditioned school in the district.
:console:
Actually wore a hat when I went out on Sunday.
On my way home today, got throughout wet in a proper rainy Autumn early evening, still pleasant and not unconformable cycling in 60 degree temperatures.
Down, down, down goes the pressure, and up, up, up goes the pain in my head. :pinch:
At least it will be cooler.
It's gonna be below 70 tomorrow. :)
So I got home then decided to run out for a few hours. Worst decision. Massive flood like rain appeared out of nowhere. I like that weather channel had earlier said there was a 40% chance of rain.
42 degrees this morning. THE HEAT CAME ON. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 14, 2013, 07:55:53 AM
42 degrees this morning. THE HEAT CAME ON. :)
Colder than Anchorage!
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 14, 2013, 07:55:53 AM
42 degrees this morning. THE HEAT CAME ON. :)
It hit about 49 last night. Slept with the windows open, with my Ravens blankie and the cat snuggled betwixt mah balls. And it was glorious.
In the mid-60s here, slightly windy and somewhat cloudy; after another cuppa I'm off out to get a little muddy. :bowler:
Cat has the goofies. She gets that way when it's cool.
Lucky that window screen is in and we're on the 3rd floor, or that UPS driver would get: Fucked. Up.
I slept with the windows open, under a wool blanket, snuggled tightly against Max.
:wub:
Tonight is the Full Harvest Moon.
Ugh, last night was the first time that I didn't have a single fan on. Woke up feeling like I was in an ice box.
Every time I rolled over last night, my ears popped as they drained. My sinuses are a mess, and I have this dry, hackey cough.
Fall in Illinois is officially here.
Sexy.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 18, 2013, 09:30:27 AM
Sexy.
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/2867994880/hED9347C6/)
I have one too. Though I love how DayQuil masks my symptoms and lets me get on with my day.
I wish you could buy DayQuil here, it sounds like a wonderful drug.
Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 10:24:38 AM
I have one too. Though I love how DayQuil masks my symptoms and lets me get on with my day.
Ugh. That stuff upsets my stomach and dries me out something horrible. I'd rather suffer through the symptoms.
Quote from: Liep on September 18, 2013, 10:33:44 AM
I wish you could buy DayQuil here, it sounds like a wonderful drug.
Yeah, I mean it doesn't really do much but mask symptoms - but it does that so well that I love it. :)
I miss the old contact C. Now that stuff worked. Damn Meth labs :mad:
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 11:22:47 AM
I miss the old contact C. Now that stuff worked. Damn Meth labs :mad:
Actually I blame the government. From the study I remember reviewing (and posting here once), there wasn't any evidence that stricter access was actually doing much of anything to curb meth.
Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 12:07:11 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 11:22:47 AM
I miss the old contact C. Now that stuff worked. Damn Meth labs :mad:
Actually I blame the government. From the study I remember reviewing (and posting here once), there wasn't any evidence that stricter access was actually doing much of anything to curb meth.
Then give me back my Contact C :mad:
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 12:08:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 12:07:11 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 11:22:47 AM
I miss the old contact C. Now that stuff worked. Damn Meth labs :mad:
Actually I blame the government. From the study I remember reviewing (and posting here once), there wasn't any evidence that stricter access was actually doing much of anything to curb meth.
Then give me back my Contact C :mad:
Contac C. :contract:
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 12:08:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 12:07:11 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 11:22:47 AM
I miss the old contact C. Now that stuff worked. Damn Meth labs :mad:
Actually I blame the government. From the study I remember reviewing (and posting here once), there wasn't any evidence that stricter access was actually doing much of anything to curb meth.
Then give me back my Contact C :mad:
I know, that's why I am angry at them. Prohibitions that don't do anything but harm people who were using such medications appropriately. :angry:
Quote from: Barrister on September 18, 2013, 12:10:32 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 12:08:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 12:07:11 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 11:22:47 AM
I miss the old contact C. Now that stuff worked. Damn Meth labs :mad:
Actually I blame the government. From the study I remember reviewing (and posting here once), there wasn't any evidence that stricter access was actually doing much of anything to curb meth.
Then give me back my Contact C :mad:
Contac C. :contract:
If it was back on the market I could spell better too
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 12:38:27 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 18, 2013, 12:10:32 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 12:08:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 12:07:11 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 18, 2013, 11:22:47 AM
I miss the old contact C. Now that stuff worked. Damn Meth labs :mad:
Actually I blame the government. From the study I remember reviewing (and posting here once), there wasn't any evidence that stricter access was actually doing much of anything to curb meth.
Then give me back my Contact C :mad:
Contac C. :contract:
If it was back on the market I could spell better too
Verily, it was a wonder drug indeed.
Quote from: merithyn on September 18, 2013, 10:41:31 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 10:24:38 AM
I have one too. Though I love how DayQuil masks my symptoms and lets me get on with my day.
Ugh. That stuff upsets my stomach and dries me out something horrible. I'd rather suffer through the symptoms.
:yes:
Wise words, sometimes it's just better to 'man-up' (actually woman-up is more appropriate) and deal with the symptoms rather than trying to medicate the feelings away.
At least that's my 'reasoning' as regards back pain.
The leaves are starting to change color here. That means cold weather is coming. KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on September 18, 2013, 08:04:31 PM
The leaves are starting to change color here. That means cold weather is coming. KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN :mad:
I've been told, it was such a good year/summer for the trees that they have a lot of excess sugar, so when the leaves fall it's predicted to be a noticeably more colourful autumn. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on September 18, 2013, 06:13:11 PM
Quote from: merithyn on September 18, 2013, 10:41:31 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 10:24:38 AM
I have one too. Though I love how DayQuil masks my symptoms and lets me get on with my day.
Ugh. That stuff upsets my stomach and dries me out something horrible. I'd rather suffer through the symptoms.
:yes:
Wise words, sometimes it's just better to 'man-up' (actually woman-up is more appropriate) and deal with the symptoms rather than trying to medicate the feelings away.
At least that's my 'reasoning' as regards back pain.
Why?
I went to the Hamptons for the first time today. Despite crazy rain in the middle of LI, it was a nice sunny, 75 at the beach. :cool:
Quote from: garbon on September 20, 2013, 11:26:30 PM
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Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 10:24:38 AM
I have one too. Though I love how DayQuil masks my symptoms and lets me get on with my day.
Ugh. That stuff upsets my stomach and dries me out something horrible. I'd rather suffer through the symptoms.
:yes:
Wise words, sometimes it's just better to 'man-up' (actually woman-up is more appropriate) and deal with the symptoms rather than trying to medicate the feelings away.
At least that's my 'reasoning' as regards back pain.
Why?
What you quoted, is the answer to your question; really it's not difficult.
Very mild in South England today, mid-60s at 1.30 am. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on September 21, 2013, 06:14:59 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 20, 2013, 11:26:30 PM
Quote from: mongers on September 18, 2013, 06:13:11 PM
Quote from: merithyn on September 18, 2013, 10:41:31 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 10:24:38 AM
I have one too. Though I love how DayQuil masks my symptoms and lets me get on with my day.
Ugh. That stuff upsets my stomach and dries me out something horrible. I'd rather suffer through the symptoms.
:yes:
Wise words, sometimes it's just better to 'man-up' (actually woman-up is more appropriate) and deal with the symptoms rather than trying to medicate the feelings away.
At least that's my 'reasoning' as regards back pain.
Why?
What you quoted, is the answer to your question; really it's not difficult.
That doesn't make any sense. There's nothing manly about suffering unnecessarily. Besides, Meri's post was about the cure being worse than the disease.
Heat on again this mornin' :)
Yeah, little chilly this morning, but I had some painting done yesterday so all the windows have been wide open. Can't stand the smell of paint.
We could get first snowfall tonight/early Monday.
Won't stick around but still the chance of first measurable snow. Ugh
Quote from: katmai on September 22, 2013, 07:40:44 AM
We could get first snowfall tonight/early Monday.
:lmfao:
Seedy's just itchin for a chance to blast some Dazzling Urbanite in the snow with his jeep.
I need bigger tires, so once they're stuck in the treads they stay there.
First snow of the season today. Didn't stick, and back up to 42 here...but an ominous sign following a month of very heavy rains (for this area).
Quote from: PDH on September 27, 2013, 05:10:49 PM
First snow of the season today. Didn't stick, and back up to 42 here...but an ominous sign following a month of very heavy rains (for this area).
:(
Still a bit over the seasonal average, though the nights are closing in fast, seem to be losing an extra 2-3 minutes of light each evening. :(
Hotter than fuck today. 77 degrees my ass.
Quote from: garbon on September 20, 2013, 11:26:30 PM
Why?
Because a head cold doesn't bother me nearly as much as an upset stomach or severely dried out mucus membranes.
:w00t:
PleasecometoIllinois! PleasecometoIllinois! PleasecometoIllinois!
QuoteSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Strong storms are moving into the Midwest, dumping heavy snow in South Dakota, spawning a tornado in Nebraska and threatening dangerous thunderstorms from Oklahoma to Wisconsin.
A foot of snow had fallen by Friday morning in western South Dakota's Black Hills thanks to a storm slowly moving in from Colorado and Wyoming.
National Weather Service meteorologist John Chamberlain says the fall storm is one of the most intense to hit the area in a long time.
No travel is being advised along some western South Dakota roads, and some schools canceled classes. As much as 30 inches of snow could fall in the area.
Large hail and powerful winds were forecast to hit northwest Oklahoma later Friday, while storms were forecast from there into Wisconsin into Saturday.
Six inches of heavy wet snow here. This fucking sucks.
Quote from: PDH on October 04, 2013, 09:00:39 AM
Six inches of heavy wet snow here. This fucking sucks.
I wish it had come here instead, simply because I know it's gotta' be pretty dangerous there right now. :(
Well, and because I want it, too. :sleep:
Only supposed to get 4-8 more inches by mid afternoon.
Yay.
Quote from: PDH on October 04, 2013, 09:03:16 AM
Only supposed to get 4-8 more inches by mid afternoon.
Yay.
:o
MAX!! :contract:
Still very mild here for an English Autumn day, about 70f this afternoon. :cool:
Quote from: PDH on October 04, 2013, 09:00:39 AM
Six inches of heavy wet snow here. This fucking sucks.
Oh, man. :( :(it's supposed to be 85 here today. :mad:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 04, 2013, 09:36:30 AM
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Six inches of heavy wet snow here. This fucking sucks.
Oh, man. :( :( it's supposed to be 85 here today. :mad:
Same here. :glare:
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:54:50 AM
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Quote from: PDH on October 04, 2013, 09:00:39 AM
Six inches of heavy wet snow here. This fucking sucks.
Oh, man. :( :( it's supposed to be 85 here today. :mad:
Same here. :glare:
And here. We may get rain tomorrow for that tropical storm/hurricane.
I had to scrape my truck's windows this morning. :(
It was 15 c at 6 am today.
That's a little hot.
Quote from: Barrister on October 04, 2013, 10:17:12 AM
I had to scrape my truck's windows this morning. :(
:bleeding:
One thing I bet you don't have to scrape off your windows ever is bugs, though. :x
Perfect Vancouver weather for this time of year. Snow is starting to fall on the local mountains and temperatures in the city are still relatively mild. Hoping for a good ski season this year.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 04, 2013, 01:32:32 PM
Perfect Vancouver weather for this time of year. Snow is starting to fall on the local mountains and temperatures in the city are still relatively mild. Hoping for a good ski season this year.
:cool:
If that was one of my requirements, I'd probably need to visit central europe or maybe even another continent.
edit:I wonder if our unusually mild weather will persist if I keep buying cheap icecream ?
Quote from: Caliga on October 04, 2013, 01:04:56 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 04, 2013, 10:17:12 AM
I had to scrape my truck's windows this morning. :(
:bleeding:
One thing I bet you don't have to scrape off your windows ever is bugs, though. :x
Sure you do. After a nice drive in the country you can have a hell of a time scraping off all the bugs.
:huh: So is there anything nice about living up there then? :hmm:
Yea, it's not so goddamn hot
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 04:33:10 PM
Yea, it's not so goddamn hot
:yes:
Summers are awesome.
And even on the few summer days that are hot, it cools down nicely at night
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 04:35:36 PM
And even on the few summer days that are hot, it cools down nicely at night
Don't you get the same effect in low earth orbit ?
Quote from: mongers on October 04, 2013, 04:40:58 PM
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 04:35:36 PM
And even on the few summer days that are hot, it cools down nicely at night
Don't you get the same effect in low earth orbit ?
Not here, we don't. :mad:
Quote from: mongers on October 04, 2013, 04:40:58 PM
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 04:35:36 PM
And even on the few summer days that are hot, it cools down nicely at night
Don't you get the same effect in low earth orbit ?
:lol:
Quote from: Barrister on October 04, 2013, 04:34:00 PM
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 04:33:10 PM
Yea, it's not so goddamn hot
:yes:
Summers are awesome.
Much better to have Spring and Fall be the best time of year, you get twice as many good days and the bad days won't kill you.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 04, 2013, 05:53:13 PM
the bad days won't kill you.
:huh: many people die of heat-related illnesses.
But I was obviously not talking about comfort, not deaths.
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 06:01:58 PM
:huh: many people die of heat-related illnesses.
But I was obviously not talking about comfort, not deaths.
I was talking about comfort too. Much easier to put up with 3 months of winter than 9.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 04, 2013, 06:10:31 PM
I was talking about comfort too. Much easier to put up with 3 months of winter than 9.
Sure, but that's just as true about summer. At least the kind of summer you get down here.
*up there ;)
And I don't think it's the same. I generally only feel like July and August are too hot. September's cool in the morning, warm in the afternoon, just about perfect in the late evening. January is too cold all day. Sure, in a hypothetical place(in the northern hemisphere ) where January is the best month of the year, the summer will be too long. But that's winter, not spring and fall.
Nice, big fucking monster cold front coming in today. Lots of rain and wind as the temperature drops. Most of Maryland under Tornado Watch today. :yeah:
All it has done the last three days is rain. And now, it is gray, gloomy and in the 50's.
I wore a fleece jacket to work today. :)
I stayed inside and made the woman take the kids to school. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 07, 2013, 08:44:59 AM
All it has done the last three days is rain. And now, it is gray, gloomy and in the 50's.
Sunny morning, now mild and 70f at 4pm, unusual for Blighty. :bowler:
It's very hot.
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 06:01:58 PM
:huh: many people die of heat-related illnesses.
It helps decrease the surplus population. :bowler:
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 06:15:03 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 04, 2013, 06:10:31 PM
I was talking about comfort too. Much easier to put up with 3 months of winter than 9.
Sure, but that's just as true about summer. At least the kind of summer you get down here.
Moderate temperatures the whole year are ideal. Some people here complain that Vancouver doesnt get the change of seasons like other places. But I will take moderate temperatures over changes in season any day.
Temp is dropping, raining hard off and on. Great start for deer season on the 12th. :)
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 07, 2013, 12:57:36 PM
Moderate temperatures the whole year are ideal. Some people here complain that Vancouver doesnt get the change of seasons like other places. But I will take moderate temperatures over changes in season any day.
This is my biggest area of concern for moving to the Upper Northwest region.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 07, 2013, 12:57:36 PM
Moderate temperatures the whole year are ideal. Some people here complain that Vancouver doesnt get the change of seasons like other places. But I will take moderate temperatures over changes in season any day.
Totally agree. My reservations about Vancouver have nothing to do with the weather.
*sigh*
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 07, 2013, 12:57:36 PM
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 06:15:03 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 04, 2013, 06:10:31 PM
I was talking about comfort too. Much easier to put up with 3 months of winter than 9.
Sure, but that's just as true about summer. At least the kind of summer you get down here.
Moderate temperatures the whole year are ideal. Some people here complain that Vancouver doesnt get the change of seasons like other places. But I will take moderate temperatures over changes in season any day.
That's the main selling point for southern California ;)
It's a lovely October :)
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 07, 2013, 02:42:22 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 07, 2013, 12:57:36 PM
Quote from: Maximus on October 04, 2013, 06:15:03 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 04, 2013, 06:10:31 PM
I was talking about comfort too. Much easier to put up with 3 months of winter than 9.
Sure, but that's just as true about summer. At least the kind of summer you get down here.
Moderate temperatures the whole year are ideal. Some people here complain that Vancouver doesnt get the change of seasons like other places. But I will take moderate temperatures over changes in season any day.
That's the main selling point for southern California ;)
:hug:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 07, 2013, 02:42:22 PM
That's the main selling point for southern California ;)
I suppose it depends where you are. I spent a couple weeks on the coast last summer and I really disliked to cold fog that rolled in on daily basis. And while it wouldnt really count as southern California, SF was so cold I had to buy a jacket.
The main problem with California is you have to travel long distances to get to decent ski hills. Here I have moderate weather and I am 20 minutes away from a lift.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 08, 2013, 11:10:14 AM
And while it wouldnt really count as southern California, SF was so cold I had to buy a jacket.
I think you just mean isn't at all Southern California.
Quote from: garbon on October 08, 2013, 11:14:17 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 08, 2013, 11:10:14 AM
And while it wouldnt really count as southern California, SF was so cold I had to buy a jacket.
I think you just mean isn't at all Southern California.
The reason I put it that way is SF was just a more extreme version of the cold fog we encountered in the Southern coastal areas.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 08, 2013, 11:10:14 AM
The main problem with California is you have to travel long distances to get to decent ski hills. Here I have moderate weather and I am 20 minutes away from a lift.
I sincerely doubt that's the main problem with California.
Quote from: Maximus on October 08, 2013, 11:26:23 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 08, 2013, 11:10:14 AM
The main problem with California is you have to travel long distances to get to decent ski hills. Here I have moderate weather and I am 20 minutes away from a lift.
I sincerely doubt that's the main problem with California.
Yes, given where you choose to live I understand that would not be important to you.
The main problem with California is the crowding.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 08, 2013, 11:27:19 AM
Quote from: Maximus on October 08, 2013, 11:26:23 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 08, 2013, 11:10:14 AM
The main problem with California is you have to travel long distances to get to decent ski hills. Here I have moderate weather and I am 20 minutes away from a lift.
I sincerely doubt that's the main problem with California.
Yes, given where you choose to live I understand that would not be important to you.
He "chooses" to live in Seattle. He's just "stuck" in Illinois. :P
Why Brits talk about the weather. All. The. Time. Despite barely having any worth talking about:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24305230 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24305230)
Quote from: Brazen on October 09, 2013, 08:41:36 AM
Why Brits talk about the weather. All. The. Time. Despite barely having any worth talking about:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24305230 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24305230)
But... it
might be worth talking about... in a few minutes or so. ;)
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 09, 2013, 12:04:38 AM
The main problem with California is the crowding.
If one doesnt care about proximity to ski hills my vote would be air pollution. I understand it has improved a lot but I have to say it was hard for me in the LA area.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 09, 2013, 11:22:16 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 09, 2013, 12:04:38 AM
The main problem with California is the crowding.
If one doesnt care about proximity to ski hills my vote would be air pollution. I understand it has improved a lot but I have to say it was hard for me in the LA area.
Obviously this is just one moment in time but according to this, LA is doing pretty good. Not so good is the central valley and then large swathes of Arizona.
Northerly winds have brought an autumnal feel to the countryside today. :)
Winter has arrived in Western Austria. Trains are partially shut down in Tyrol due to heavy snowfall. 22000 households are without power.
Quote from: Syt on October 11, 2013, 05:21:52 AM
Winter has arrived in Western Austria. Trains are partially shut down in Tyrol due to heavy snowfall. 22000 households are without power.
Pics???
:wub:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 09, 2013, 12:04:38 AM
The main problem with California is the crowding.
That's why I like where Mom lives, Big Sur. It has quite nice weather and very few people (aside from the idiots on Highway 1 who insist on driving 10mph).
Still, I can't afford to ever live there, so that's that.
Quote from: PDH on October 11, 2013, 09:30:53 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 09, 2013, 12:04:38 AM
The main problem with California is the crowding.
That's why I like where Mom lives, Big Sur. It has quite nice weather and very few people (aside from the idiots on Highway 1 who insist on driving 10mph).
Still, I can't afford to ever live there, so that's that.
Yeah, California is a big state, so there are a lot of places with low population density...though clearly not as low as the Wyoming. :D
We're still getting glorious 15 degree days with lots of sun. I'm loving this october.
Quote from: merithyn on October 11, 2013, 09:13:38 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 11, 2013, 05:21:52 AM
Winter has arrived in Western Austria. Trains are partially shut down in Tyrol due to heavy snowfall. 22000 households are without power.
Pics???
:wub:
http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/oesterreich/1463477/Schnechaos_Frueher-Wintereinbruch-ueberrascht-Tirol?_vl_backlink=/home/panorama/oesterreich/1463445/index.do&direct=1463445&index=1
Quote from: Syt on October 11, 2013, 09:50:28 AM
http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/oesterreich/1463477/Schnechaos_Frueher-Wintereinbruch-ueberrascht-Tirol?_vl_backlink=/home/panorama/oesterreich/1463445/index.do&direct=1463445&index=1
Oooo, that's that heavy, wet stuff. Some very unhappy trees under that.
Quote from: PDH on October 11, 2013, 09:30:53 AM
That's why I like where Mom lives, Big Sur. It has quite nice weather and very few people (aside from the idiots on Highway 1 who insist on driving 10mph).
We drove through Big Sur. I was looking forward to seeing it. But when we drove through I thought all the tourists on that road would drive me crazy if I lived there. We didnt stop.
Fuckers are talking snow next week. :(
I stopped believing. :glare:
Quote from: merithyn on October 16, 2013, 07:56:29 PM
I stopped believing. :glare:
You didn't get it any way you want it? :(
It has snowed here 4 times already. Supposed to snow again tomorrow night. While there is none on the ground, the mountains are white capped. We need more global warming and more torrential rains in Boulder.
Quote from: PDH on October 16, 2013, 08:21:18 PM
We need more global warming and more torrential rains in Boulder.
Or you could just come down from the mountain.
Quote from: PDH on October 16, 2013, 08:21:18 PM
It has snowed here 4 times already. Supposed to snow again tomorrow night. While there is none on the ground, the mountains are white capped. We need more global warming and more torrential rains in Boulder.
It was neat flying over southern Utah and Colorado last weekend and seeing whitecapped mountains in the middle of what looked like burning hot desert. :)
Mid-October in Blighty, in the low 70s this afternoon. :hmm:
Beautiful weather this weak. Sunny and mid teens.
Weather's turned. Started to look for a winter coat :(
I set Laramie, Wyoming in my iHipster's Weather app, just to see how Peedy's doing. Right now, he's doing about 39 degrees.
It is only supposed to be around freezing tonight, so not that bad. Tomorrow maybe into the 50s. This is like summer.
We hit 32F last night! :w00t: (That's zero for our Canadian, etc. freinds. :) )
Chance of snow showers Thursday. Fuck this shit.
Time to move to Florida.
Florida... :yuk: :yucky: :glare:
Normandy?
Come to Denmark, it's actually sunny today!
Also quite pleasant blue skies in London. I think it's the mid-50s to low-60s (:nerd:) here.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 22, 2013, 09:12:44 AM
Chance of snow showers Thursday. Fuck this shit.
Had to scrape ice off the car this morning.
Are you in Cincy this morning? :huh:
Rainy,windy, morning.
Clearing in to sunshine, pleasantly warm afternoon.
Strengthening winds, clouds,thunder and lightning, some rain, early evening.
Heavy thundery shows and strong winds, predicted for late evening/overnight.
And so end a typical days worth of weather in Blighty. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on October 22, 2013, 01:31:02 PM
Rainy,windy, morning.
Clearing in to sunshine, pleasantly warm afternoon.
Strengthening winds, clouds,thunder and lightning, some rain, early evening.
Heavy thundery shows and strong winds, predicted for late evening/overnight.
And so end a typical days worth of weather in Blighty. :bowler:
Someone once told me "England has some of the best weather in the world - too bad you tend to experience it all on the same day". ;)
Quote from: Malthus on October 22, 2013, 02:37:39 PM
Quote from: mongers on October 22, 2013, 01:31:02 PM
Rainy,windy, morning.
Clearing in to sunshine, pleasantly warm afternoon.
Strengthening winds, clouds,thunder and lightning, some rain, early evening.
Heavy thundery shows and strong winds, predicted for late evening/overnight.
And so end a typical days worth of weather in Blighty. :bowler:
Someone once told me "England has some of the best weather in the world - too bad you tend to experience it all on the same day". ;)
:D
Weekends, especially in Spring and Autumn are often amusing, trying to choose the best couple of hours each day to get stuff done. :)
Mind you, nobody who lives in Toronto has any right to comment on anyone elses' weather. :lol:
Bought 3 bags of salt today. Also bought a replacement shovel, as one had a cracked handle.
Cracked handle will be sawed off, sanded down and be added to my collection of wooden head knockers.
Quote from: Malthus on October 22, 2013, 03:42:14 PM
Mind you, nobody who lives in Toronto has any right to comment on anyone elses' weather. :lol:
It's like those weird stats that London gets more sun than Sydney and less rain than Rome - both true. But we get them spread generally at random throughout the year, while they concentrate them into distinct seasons :lol:
:nelson: Snowing in Dayton right now!
Good thing I'm not in Dayton then.
KHAAAAAN. :(
We're scheduled to have over 20°C this coming weekend. We had 22°C on Monday. Today is a beautiful golden autumn day with just a bit of fog and colorful trees outside. :)
Quote from: Caliga on October 23, 2013, 05:30:28 AM
:nelson: Snowing in Dayton right now!
:grr:
I have a feeling that this winter is going to be horribly, horribly dull. :(
First snow here was in September, five total snowfalls with accumulations on the ground so far, though all have melted - the mountains are snow-capped though. Already in the past 3 months we have had 2x the normal amount of moisture.
I think it is gonna be a bad winter.
IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, it's not going to stick, but still. It's SNOWING in Illinois before St Crispins' Day! I think this is going to be a GREAT winter!
:w00t: :yeah: :wub:
Quote from: merithyn on October 24, 2013, 10:40:31 AM
IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, it's not going to stick, but still. It's SNOWING in Illinois before St Crispins' Day! I think this is going to be a GREAT winter!
:w00t: :yeah: :wub:
ugh.
More sunny skies. J's rowing season continues to be extended as we have extended beautiful fall weather. Temperature inversions have created a lot of fog but temperatures in the high teens and low 20s on the mountains.
Only problem - no early ski season this year. :(
It was snowing earlier this afternoon here. SON OF A
It's sunny and +13c in central Alberta. :cool:
OK here, cloudy but relatively mild for time of year.
Big-ass storm suppose to hit Southern England on Monday, we're doomed I say, Doomed. :bowler:
But looks like it'll barrel up the seven estuary and only clip the north of our 'region'.
Quote from: Caliga on October 24, 2013, 02:54:27 PM
It was snowing earlier this afternoon here. SON OF A
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
It didn't stick. :blurgh:
Quote from: Barrister on October 24, 2013, 03:01:12 PM
It's sunny and +13c in central Alberta. :cool:
You, having better weather than us? That shit ain't right, son.
Quote from: Caliga on October 24, 2013, 06:53:50 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 24, 2013, 03:01:12 PM
It's sunny and +13c in central Alberta. :cool:
You, having better weather than us? That shit ain't right, son.
Clearly not. He said it was sunny.
Megastorm! :ph34r:
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 27, 2013, 07:59:48 AM
Megastorm! :ph34r:
"It's the end of the world as we know it."
There's a group of 'preppers' on another forum I frequent, there getting their knickers in a twist about it, quoting all the wacky alternative media forcasters, it's almost like they're willing it to be a bad one.
There's snow on the ground this morning. :mellow: #itsthattimeofyear
Quote from: Barrister on October 27, 2013, 09:11:39 AM
There's snow on the ground this morning. :mellow: #itsthattimeofyear
Still have about one more week forecasted before we get any here.
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 27, 2013, 07:59:48 AM
Megastorm! :ph34r:
We're getting it tomorrow. Storm warnings have been issued. :ph34r:
In the Northeast we're having cool nights but daytime temps are pretty nice, getting into the 60s many days. I did get gas and started my snow blower though, had to make sure it was working ok after sitting all spring and summer. I empty the gas out after each winter. Machine started right up. It's at least 35 years old now, got it used about 1982.
22°C in Vienna today. :unsure:
Quote from: KRonn on October 28, 2013, 09:40:47 AM
In the Northeast we're having cool nights but daytime temps are pretty nice, getting into the 60s many days. I did get gas and started my snow blower though, had to make sure it was working ok after sitting all spring and summer. I empty the gas out after each winter. Machine started right up. It's at least 35 years old now, got it used about 1982.
That reminds me, I gotta do that to. Mines only got 1 winter tho, better work.
The roof blew off a train station up north, and several trees have fallen on the tracks. All trains suspended thus far, maybe I should call ask if they really need me to meet in. I don't think it's wise to brave the weather right now.
The tabloids are drowning in red and yellow BREAKING NEWS headlines.
Quote from: Liep on October 28, 2013, 11:13:07 AM
The roof blew off a train station up north, and several trees have fallen on the tracks. All trains suspended thus far, maybe I should call ask if they really need me to meet in. I don't think it's wise to brave the weather right now.
:yes:
You seem more exposed up there, than we were.
It's raining cats and dogs.
Not really. :(
Trains have been cancelled for 8 hours now. A proper storm.
Biking home through a dark, desolate and battered Copenhagen was fun. Some twat across my street had left his window open, luckily no one was beneath it when it was torn off.
Quote from: mongers on October 28, 2013, 02:09:47 PM
Quote from: Liep on October 28, 2013, 11:13:07 AM
The roof blew off a train station up north, and several trees have fallen on the tracks. All trains suspended thus far, maybe I should call ask if they really need me to meet in. I don't think it's wise to brave the weather right now.
:yes:
You seem more exposed up there, than we were.
The winds got a lot stronger before they hit Denmark too.
The old homelands report the usual: toppled trees, some minor power outages, damaged roofs and windows, rail connections cancelled because of trees on wires/tracks, ferry services cancelled, some major bridges closed. Two people died in Schleswig-Holstein - one crushed by a tree, another by a tumbling wall. And a guy got blown off a roof in my former hometown.
One of my apple trees blew over in the wind and rain storm we had last night. :(
Fortunately I have the day off, so I just got done re-staking it, adding another stake, trimming back the crown (since I was gonna do that this winter anyway) to reduce its weight and increase air flow, and mounding it up more with fresh topsoil.
It's annoying that this damn apple tree won't stay firmly rooted, though. It's 3 years old and almost 10 feet tall now. I planted a magnolia at the same time that's solidly rooted, and I planted a peach less than a month ago that had no problem whatsoever in last night's storm.
Doesn't this belong in your Farmer Cal thread?
Quote from: Caliga on November 01, 2013, 09:32:25 AM
One of my apple trees blew over in the wind and rain storm we had last night. :(
Fortunately I have the day off, so I just got done re-staking it, adding another stake, trimming back the crown (since I was gonna do that this winter anyway) to reduce its weight and increase air flow, and mounding it up more with fresh topsoil.
It's annoying that this damn apple tree won't stay firmly rooted, though. It's 3 years old and almost 10 feet tall now. I planted a magnolia at the same time that's solidly rooted, and I planted a peach less than a month ago that had no problem whatsoever in last night's storm.
Huh. You mock me for losing power for 2 hours. KARMA BITCH.
Quote from: PDH on November 01, 2013, 09:34:11 AM
Doesn't this belong in your Farmer Cal thread?
It seemed to be more about weather than my farming prowess. :hmm:
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 01, 2013, 09:37:46 AM
Huh. You mock me for losing power for 2 hours. KARMA BITCH.
Touche. :blush:
last night we had rain and some wind, but not bad, I did not even lose any Halloween decorations. The HD channels did flicker/freeze a couple of times while I watched The Lost Boys. :)
Real nice today.
Quote from: Caliga on November 01, 2013, 09:45:48 AM
It seemed to be more about weather than my farming prowess. :hmm:
Fruit tree woes = Farmer Cal
Quote from: PDH on November 01, 2013, 10:19:17 AM
Quote from: Caliga on November 01, 2013, 09:45:48 AM
It seemed to be more about weather than my farming prowess. :hmm:
Fruit tree woes = Farmer Cal
MAH FRUIT TREE
Well, someone had to say it
Our sunny weather is about to come to an end. Storm clouds are incoming.
Yuk. Winter weather advisory. I blame Meri.
Yeah we had out first snow of fall this weekend, almost matched the record for latest snowfall (this thur the 14th would have tied it)
We are expecting one whole inch. The local news is spazzing out however. IS THERE ENOUGH SALT?
There's snow on the ground out there. This is ridiculously early for us for first snowfall. KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
Snow flurries are abound. Boy, glad I'm not employed so I don't have to drive in this stuff.
Quote from: Caliga on November 12, 2013, 05:56:20 AM
There's snow on the ground out there. This is ridiculously early for us for first snowfall. KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
I'd laugh, but that means 40 degrees around here. /shiver
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 11, 2013, 08:55:40 PM
Yuk. Winter weather advisory. I blame Meri.
:)
We got an inch last night. I danced in the snow.
Nicely mild in Southern England for the time of year, around 60f and similar at night. :bowler:
Snow flakes, ugh. I asked my mother if she missed this - she said no, snow sucks.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 12, 2013, 07:47:41 AM
Snow flurries are abound. Boy, glad I'm not employed so I don't have to drive in this stuff.
Nothing done here...just noticeably chilier.
We have a freeze warning for tonight and tomorrow night, low tonight may go down to 26-27.
Local news has begun a WEATHER PANIC for the storms about to hit Indiana and Ohio. OMG THE BENGALS GAME
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 17, 2013, 09:52:29 AM
Local news has begun a WEATHER PANIC for the storms about to hit Indiana and Ohio. OMG THE BENGALS GAME
Me = SCAIRT :ph34r:
I have my potted meat ready in the basement.
MAH PROCESSED FOODS
Tornado warning here, the thunder is just a constant rolling roar, never heard anything like it.
Quote from: Maximus on November 17, 2013, 01:33:53 PM
Tornado warning here, the thunder is just a constant rolling roar, never heard anything like it.
Good luck to you, Meri and family.
Quote from: merithyn on November 12, 2013, 08:20:19 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 11, 2013, 08:55:40 PM
Yuk. Winter weather advisory. I blame Meri.
:)
We got an inch last night. I danced in the snow.
We're at -10C, and must have had at least 6" of snow (judging by the height of snow on my barbecue).
It'd be nice if everyone weren't sick with the flu. <_<
Once again it split and went around on both sides of us.
Quote from: Maximus on November 17, 2013, 02:10:58 PM
Once again it split and went around on both sides of us.
Why OH WHY do people insist on living in the middle of the United States where tornadoes occur? :sleep:
They're avoiding the hurricanes.
Quote from: Caliga on November 17, 2013, 04:55:42 PM
Why OH WHY do people insist on living in the middle of the United States where tornadoes occur? :sleep:
Because tornadoes occur there, duh. Except not here :(
:hmm:
MAH SHED
RAISE THE SHIELDS
Quote from: Caliga on November 17, 2013, 04:55:42 PM
Quote from: Maximus on November 17, 2013, 02:10:58 PM
Once again it split and went around on both sides of us.
Why OH WHY do people insist on living in the middle of the United States where tornadoes occur? :sleep:
Yeah they should live on large islands close to continental landmasses, but whose climate is moderated by prevailing ocean weather systems.
edit:Oh and aren't subject to earthquakes or tsunamis.
So it's turned into a major tornado outbreak. Mobile homes are scattered all over the tri-state area. :sleep:
Quote from: mongers on November 17, 2013, 06:05:38 PM
Yeah they should live on large islands close to continental landmasses, but whose climate is moderated by prevailing ocean weather systems.
edit:
Oh and aren't subject to earthquakes or tsunamis.
Switzerland is ok too. :)
Seems like the line weakened hitting the border.
Turned on the AC today.
INTO THE BASEMENT. TORNADO WARNING.
Sirens going off.
Looks like I'm going to have to fetch my father and mother in laws in Hoosierland.
Lots of high winds but not a whole lot else. Starting to cool down, and my headache is fading.
Nice dump of snow on the local mountains last night. Whistler is open two weeks early. Promises to be a good ski season. Perfect for our Aussie friends who will be arriving in a few weeks for a ski vacation.
Below 0 here, not looking forward to 5 days of work out in such temps.
Cooling off a bit here in the North East. I got the rest of my lawn raked and that may be the last time, as almost all leaves are now down from my trees and my next door neighbors. But I have a couple neighbors behind me who still have leaves on trees but with fences between us those trees won't likely drop too many onto my lawn. This weekend I'll clean leaves out of the gutters and be mostly done with leave cleanup for the season. I may mow the back lawn which has some taller grass and that will take up many remaining leaves.
Cal, Spcy....BRACE FOR IMPACT
I'm driving up to Massachusetts tomorrow as it looks like there will be hell to pay on Wednesday. Though it is also see be near or at the 60s. :hmm:
It is rainy and hovering just above 0 C this week. Bleh. Too cold for Texans.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2013, 03:38:16 PM
Cal, Spcy....BRACE FOR IMPACT
If it's as bad as some of the worst predictions I should be able to get away with working from home tomorrow. :showoff:
Quote from: Valmy on November 25, 2013, 03:40:54 PM
It is rainy and hovering just above 0 C this week. Bleh. Too cold for Texans.
:blink:
How do you manage that, you're way further south than us, were around 6-9C at the moment.
Large continental mass to the north with nothing to keep that cold air sweeping south when it feels like it.
Bro, the Great Plains turn into a giant Arctic air wind tunnel in the winter. There's nothing between that wind tunnel and Valmy.
Quote from: Caliga on November 25, 2013, 03:48:07 PM
Bro, the Great Plains turn into a giant Arctic air wind tunnel in the winter. There's nothing between that wind tunnel and Valmy.
It makes this time of year weird. We can be rolling along with beautiful days and then it drops down below freezing for a few days...then back to normal. Your body never adjusts so the cold snaps are just brutal. The 2011 one was terrible but I am ready this time with a big winter coat and gloves and all that.
Yeah, same deal here. We also get weather moving in from the south, which is Gulf of Mexico air that is warm and wet (the stuff coming off the plains is cold and typically drier).
I should go to the store, just to watch the panic buying.
MAH MILK AND BREADS
Hell, people panic buy here and we get shitty winter weather all the time - sometimes even in Summer.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2013, 04:13:58 PM
I should go to the store, just to watch the panic buying.
MAH MILK AND BREADS
Just back. PEOPLE ARE FUCKING NUTS.
How do the nuts feel about that?
Salted.
It's going to be a bad night to be a stray animal tonight. :(
From clear skies and -5 to +10 and light drizzle overnight. Wonderful.
It's cold as ass balls here.
House sitting for my sister, gotta keep the fireplace going. One fireplace in this McMansion. Can't use the wood stove at the other chimney, oh no, I have to be winter caretaker at the fucking Overlook Hotel.
Gotta spritz the hermit crab cage, make sure they don't dry out. Hopefully I can keep the one goldfish, Chips, alive. Luckily his partner, Fish, already died last week, so it didn't happen on my watch.
She lock you out of the thermostat or what?
Something's buggy with the furnace, they were too busy going to Puerto Rico to figure it out.
Christ.
WE'LL DEAL WITH IT WHEN WE GET BACK ADIOS
At least I've got two dogs and a cat I can bundle up with, like Katmai does with his sled team.
Katmai is a tauntaun. Slice his belly open and a family of 8 can sleep comfortably.
:cue Family Guy scene:
Meh, probably breathes that way all the time.
What really pisses me off is I brought over my PS3, can't figure out how to hook it up to my brother-in-law's fucking bridge of the Enterprise entertainment center. LULZ THIS IS WHY U NEED CCNA CERTS
HDMI to TV, plug to wall outlet?
Nope, no hdmi, it's an old Pioneer., circa 2003 Tried composites through the VCR, but no dice on that either. Very annoying.
Less like the Enterprise, more like K-19, I suppose.
LOL, that sucks. Stay warm(ish),
At least DirecTV has a freebie weekend on all premium channels, or I'd be bored out of my mind.
Can't even jerk off, all my porn is at home, and that would be weird as shit anyway. Talk about inconsiderate.
There are little holes on the tv that the cords can 'plug' into.
Not on a 10 year old wall mounted Elite, where the cabling is snaked behind the mount. It's a rather silly install, flush into the wall.
I appreciate everybody's condescension though. :hug:
The weather is barreling down on me...by Tuesday it is supposed to be snowing. Wednesday high of 0...Thursday high of -1 (yes, that is in F for all of you yuros).
These are the times that try men's souls
Quote from: PDH on December 01, 2013, 05:13:19 PM
The weather is barreling down on me...by Tuesday it is supposed to be snowing. Wednesday high of 0...Thursday high of -1 (yes, that is in F for all of you yuros).
These are the times that try men's souls
-4 now after down to -15 last night, so suck it up Nancy.
Temperatures are supposed to hit lows of -8C here this week. Its been a few years since we have had it that cold. I predict a total shutdown as people shelter from the cold and 1/2 centimeter of snow.
We had a high of 10C here today, which is around 50F, I think. Positively tropical, yet you wouldn't believe how many of my colleagues are complaining about the cold! Chances of a white Christmas statistically low. Good.
Aren't you getting that storm on thursday too? It's all they can talk about here.
Quote from: Liep on December 02, 2013, 05:15:19 PM
Aren't you getting that storm on thursday too? It's all they can talk about here.
"A little rain in the afternoon". Not this far south!
Quote from: Liep on December 02, 2013, 05:15:19 PM
Aren't you getting that storm on thursday too? It's all they can talk about here.
I've not heard about a storm. We're getting an arctic blast by the weekend that might take us below zero, but that's it.
So far, a nicely mild winter :)
Maybe its coming down from Norway, usually we're pretty sheltered by their mountains though. The tabloids are breaking the radar pictures out already.
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Quote from: Liep on December 04, 2013, 05:13:15 AM
Maybe its coming down from Norway, usually we're pretty sheltered by their mountains though. The tabloids are breaking the radar pictures out already.
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:(
It's passing through Scotland on route, maybe it's strengthening over the North Sea.
Or perhaps its because several hundred need to die up there before it gets reported in England, but if it snows in London we get "MILLIONS FORCED TO TRUDGE TO WORK THROUGH TWO INCHES! OF SLUSH."
Woke up to -5 here today (that's about -20c or so), still snowing (about 6 inches so far).
Gonna be a cold rest of the week.
Had a look at the forecast for the old country. It seems they expect three storm tides in a row for the North Sea coast, plus a heavy storm lasting at least 24 hours, bringing 30cm of snow in Schleswig-Holstein and temperatures of -10C.
Yeah, instead we get +5C and slush. Unfair. :mad:
Quote from: PDH on December 04, 2013, 08:10:09 AM
Woke up to -5 here today (that's about -20c or so), still snowing (about 6 inches so far).
Gonna be a cold rest of the week.
-5C is reaching my limit for cold. -5F would be a good reason to move.
It's supposed to hit 60 here on Friday, right before the ass drops out of it Sunday.
:mad:
ICE STORM INBOUND. Set the compound on red alert.
It hit 73 today, I just turned on the AC <_<.
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 04, 2013, 10:25:40 PM
It hit 73 today, I just turned on the AC <_<.
I've got the window open and a couple fans on, it's still fairly warm.
The upcoming storm in North Germany was the top story on the Austrian morning news show on the radio today. Closing comment from one of the workers up north: "Meh, we'll survive. We're North Germans, we're used to it."
A colleague from Hamburg is here in the office today, so I asked him how it's going up there. "The inner city and harbor area will be flooded. Nothing major. We're used to it."
:lol:
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"Hurricane has been announced. Or as we say up north, 'a little bit of wind.'"
They're pre-emptively stopping the trains.
Wooo! Stormday! :yeah:
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 04, 2013, 12:46:39 PM
Quote from: PDH on December 04, 2013, 08:10:09 AM
Woke up to -5 here today (that's about -20c or so), still snowing (about 6 inches so far).
Gonna be a cold rest of the week.
-5C is reaching my limit for cold. -5F would be a good reason to move.
Well, this morning it is -22f here. That is only -30c. I like how they catch up at -40 and have a party there to sing "Your car won't start! Your car won't start!"
Today is a day to wear many layers.
PDH's place is colder than Canada. Impressive.
I do live a mile and a half up. When the polar express rolls through and the skies clear up there is a wonderful scene as clouds of exhaust fill the morning air and the people all walk about like the little brother in A Christmas Story.
And there was I thinking this morning's low of -1.7C, lowest this winter, was a little chilly. :bowler:
Right now: Fog/Mist 69°F
Showers Likely High: 77 °F
Crisis averted. Sun is coming up and it is up to -18f/-27c. Soon it will be up to the single digits below zero.
Quote from: Liep on December 05, 2013, 06:29:55 AM
They're pre-emptively stopping the trains.
Wooo! Stormday! :yeah:
Not a stormday, but shift changed to being on call at home. I guess any day you're getting paid for watching Boardwalk Empire at home is a good day.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 04, 2013, 09:15:00 PM
ICE STORM INBOUND. Set the compound on red alert.
We're supposed to get ice plus 3-6" of snow. I may just go ahead & take the day off tomorrow. Thankfully I don't need to run out & buy milk and bread, and can thus avoid fighting with the retards at Kroger who think they'll be stuck at home for weeks.
The Copenhagen town square christmas tree tipped over in the storm. :(
Warmed up into the high 20's f, which means freezing rain the last 24 hours <_<
It never got above -7 today. First time in a few years it has been in the negatives all day. Usually, a clear night in December-February means below zero, but a sunny day means the temp climbs. Today, not so much.
I blame Canada.
Yesterday it was 30C/85F tonight, tonight we plunge down below C/32F with sleet. Ah winter in Texas.
Quote from: PDH on December 05, 2013, 06:34:54 PM
I blame Canada.
You should. This shit is all their fault.
Still some nasty winds today and flooding in most of the northern part of Sjælland, but that's the rich part and our government do care about white upper-middle class people.
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The schools called off, so the twins are gonna get their first taste of a snow day. :)
Sadly for me, I have to clear off the driveway.
Forced labor by the devilspawn?
Quote from: katmai on December 06, 2013, 07:26:50 AM
Forced labor by the devilspawn?
The snowblower will do the work. I'll let them throw salt behind me.
I wake up today and the temperature is -30C/-22F, with the windchill "feels like" at -42C/-44F. :alberta:
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 06, 2013, 07:32:45 AM
Quote from: katmai on December 06, 2013, 07:26:50 AM
Forced labor by the devilspawn?
The snowblower will do the work. I'll let them throw salt behind me.
Awww, little snow angels, spreading salt after daddy, like so many petals behind a wedding train trestle.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 06, 2013, 07:21:11 AM
The schools called off, so the twins are gonna get their first taste of a snow day. :)
Sadly for me, I have to clear off the driveway.
Only rain for us so far, goddamnit. Oh, my car was encased in ice but the roads were only wet. Still supposed to get 3-6" of snow later, but will be shitty timing as always. I decided to come into work-- didn't want to look like a pussy staying home when the roads were just wet.
Check out this piece on The Weather Channel--
World's Scariest Airports (http://www.weather.com/article/scariest-airport-runways-20130516)
Fucking Gibraltar has a goddamned traffic intersection in the middle of the runway :lol:
With the light of day, the snow ended up pooping out. The pretreatment of salt kep my driveway wet and the snow was disappointing.
Thanks weather channel for the overhype
Hey all you midwest guys who just got the storm we had a few days ago---we're getting another right now and this one has way more snow than the last one. Good luck when it gets to you. :P
Snow is coming down pretty good here now.
Holy shit, the roads turned into an ice rink. There are accidents everywhere.
We are supposed to get back up above 0 by Wednesday. If I stop posting before then you will know I didnt make it.
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 09, 2013, 02:25:16 PM
We are supposed to get back up above 0 by Wednesday. If I stop posting before then you will know I didnt make it.
When do you turn in your passport?
Oh snap, look the fuck out. I hope to Christ we have enough bread, eggs, milk and toile OH FUCK
QuoteA second burst of snow in three days is forecast Tuesday, potentially lengthening the weekend for schoolchildren one more day and clouding the morning commute.
Several inches of snow, with smaller chances of half a foot or slightly more, are forecast over a few hours starting after daybreak.
Forecasters and transportation officials cautioned that snow could accumulate at rates of an inch or two per hour, faster than snowplows can keep up with, in the midst of rush hour. If that is the case, officials urged drivers to delay travel or risk getting stuck.
"We really need people to have realistic expectations if the snow is falling anywhere close to the rate it fell [Sunday]," said State Highway Administration spokesman David Buck, explaining that it can take an hour for plow drivers to double back on their routes.
State highway officials were preparing to deploy about 1,900 workers and 1,700 vehicles to handle the snow, about the same number it used to handle Sunday's snows. While the highway administration received a lot of complaints about snowy roads Sunday, Buck urged people to be patient, as it takes crews four to six hours to clear roads after several inches of snowfall. The intensity of the snowfall Sunday, similar to what is expected Tuesday, makes that more difficult.
"It just takes a little time when it's snowing that hard," Buck said.
Tuesday's snow could be Baltimore's heaviest snowfall since Jan. 26, 2011, when 7.6 inches of snow was measured at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The airport received less than an inch of snow Sunday, but other areas reported significantly more accumulation.
The cleanup from Sunday's snow and an overnight coating of ice in areas around Baltimore stretching into Monday morning prompted Baltimore City and Baltimore, Carroll, Howard and Harford counties to close schools. Harford County Public Schools announced a two-hour delay for Tuesday, but no other decisions had been made as of Monday evening.
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore closed Monday and decided to close Tuesday, "erring on the side of caution," spokeswoman Jane Ballentine said in an email.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. restored power to more than 22,000 customers Sunday and Monday, and it warned of more outages possible Tuesday.
Unlike Sunday's snow, which came from a massive storm that dumped ice and snow across the country, Tuesday's precipitation was expected to materialize as the result of a low-pressure system in the upper atmosphere and a burst of energy from speedy jet-stream winds over the region, said Amy Bettwy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Baltimore/Washington forecast office in Sterling, Va.
"This one's just going to produce a narrow band of heavy snow from probably the central Appalachians up through southern New England," said Brian Edwards, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.com.
Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore, who is known for showing up at the scenes of the nation's most extreme weather, said via Twitter that he planned to visit Baltimore in the morning to report on the snow.
Significant snowfall has been relatively rare in the Baltimore area since a record-setting 77 inches fell in winter 2009-2010. Only twice since then has snowfall surpassed 3 inches in any month — the January 2011 snowfall, another rush-hour storm remembered for stranding thousands of drivers during the evening commute, and a 3.2-inch storm last March 25.
Sunday's storm did nothing to end that streak because only 0.7 inches were measured at BWI, the point of record for Baltimore, even though 3 inches fell just a few miles on the other side of Interstate 95 in Columbia. Snowfall totals reached as much as 8 to 9 inches in northern Carroll, Baltimore and Harford counties.
The storm did bring snowfall across a wide swath of the country. Two-thirds of the surface of the continental United States was covered by snow as of Monday, the largest area since at least 2003, the most recent year for which data was available, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Arctic air was widespread, stretching from coast to coast. The temperature in Jordan, Mont., fell to 42 degrees below zero Saturday, the lowest U.S. temperature recorded during the storm.
The consequences of icy precipitation remained apparent across much of the country Monday, in some cases days after the storm passed.
More than 50 cars and trucks were caught in a series of chain-reaction crashes on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon. One man was killed when he left his vehicle after the crashes, officials said.
More than 1,600 flights were canceled nationwide Monday, according to tracking website Flightaware.com, with "excessive delays" reported at Boston's Logan International, Chicago's O'Hare International, and Philadelphia International, among others.
At BWI, 19 outbound flights and six arriving flights were canceled Monday, according to FlightAware. Sixty flights to and from the airport were canceled Sunday.
About 650 travelers remained stranded overnight in the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport overnight Sunday, officials said. That was an improvement from the more than 2,000 people who were forced to sleep on cots and chairs Saturday night and 4,000 people stranded in the airport on Friday night.
Any snow that falls Tuesday in Baltimore is likely to remain on the ground at least through the week. Frigid weather is forecast beyond the storm, possibly remaining below freezing from Tuesday night until Friday afternoon. Lows are forecast in the teens Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with highs in the mid-20s Wednesday and around freezing Thursday.
The pattern could change later this month, however. AccuWeather.com is forecasting higher-than-average temperatures in late December into early January, Edwards said.
I'm already sick of this shit.
Had a bit of fog and frost on the ground this morning, but we've barely hit below freezing this month, and that's only at night. Official odds of white Christmas in London 6/1.
Generally a mild winter so far :)
Feds are shut down due to snow (snow day, wooooo!).
Though thinking back to Alaska, this wouldn't be closing shit. :)
Yea, the concept of a "snow day" still makes me laugh.
I'm enjoying mine. Whee, he said.
Today was the first day in a week I didn't wake up to below zero temperatures. The worst we had it was -28 last week.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 10, 2013, 03:18:14 AM
Oh snap, look the fuck out. I hope to Christ we have enough bread, eggs, milk and toile OH FUCK
I don't totally get why the winter storm food staples are what they are. Is everybody planning on making French toast for two weeks?
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 10, 2013, 08:46:43 AM
Feds are shut down due to snow (snow day, wooooo!).
Though thinking back to Alaska, this wouldn't be closing shit. :)
heh we are in for third day of freezing rain since last thur which has shut down bunch of stuff(schools, gov buildings closing early)
Looking at the weather right now, the snow has pretty much stopped, and the roads just look pretty wet.
I imagine that tomorrow, when the expected hard freeze sets in, everything will be open again but road conditions will be far worse.
The National Weather Service called it: no snow for Christmas this year. :(
Quote from: Liep on December 10, 2013, 08:06:23 PM
The National Weather Service called it: no snow for Christmas this year. :(
Several days ago, NYC wasn't getting any snow today. Then Monday morning they said less than an inch. Last night they said 1-3 inches. It snowed off and on today but large, wet flakes. Nothing ever stuck.
It is starting to warm up. I have survived the bitter cold (-6C :D) of the Winter of 13.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 10, 2013, 11:57:24 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 10, 2013, 03:18:14 AM
Oh snap, look the fuck out. I hope to Christ we have enough bread, eggs, milk and toile OH FUCK
I don't totally get why the winter storm food staples are what they are. Is everybody planning on making French toast for two weeks?
I went out last Friday after the pre-storm rush to pick up some beer and some stuff for the wife to bake for a party the next day. Apparently there was a run on flour. All of the white all-purpose flour was gone except for the super-premium overpriced stuff.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 10, 2013, 03:21:16 AM
I'm already sick of this shit.
:nelson:
Tommy & I had a blast sledding/tubing in my yard Saturday. And Sunday evening. And yesterday.
Quote from: derspiess on December 11, 2013, 12:50:20 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 10, 2013, 11:57:24 AM
I don't totally get why the winter storm food staples are what they are. Is everybody planning on making French toast for two weeks?
I went out last Friday after the pre-storm rush to pick up some beer and some stuff for the wife to bake for a party the next day. Apparently there was a run on flour. All of the white all-purpose flour was gone except for the super-premium overpriced stuff.
Too funny; like somehow we're going to suddenly go all Little House on the Prairie for 48 hours, baking bread and churning our own butter and whatnot.
Quote from: derspiess on December 11, 2013, 12:51:46 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 10, 2013, 03:21:16 AM
I'm already sick of this shit.
:nelson:
Tommy & I had a blast sledding/tubing in my yard Saturday. And Sunday evening. And yesterday.
5 kids vs me with a cold and the cough from hell means I get the shit pounded out me in a snowball ambush.
Plus I miss Drut hiding in the snow running ambush drills on the kids. :(
We've had thick fog all day that only finally lifted when it got dark (to be replaced by frost, presumably). It shut down all the airports in the south-east.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2013, 12:57:51 PM
Plus I miss Drut hiding in the snow running ambush drills on the kids. :(
Did something happen to Drut?
Quote from: Barrister on December 11, 2013, 01:21:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2013, 12:57:51 PM
Plus I miss Drut hiding in the snow running ambush drills on the kids. :(
Did something happen to Drut?
Drut's 10-7, no phone, man.
Quote from: Barrister on December 11, 2013, 01:21:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2013, 12:57:51 PM
Plus I miss Drut hiding in the snow running ambush drills on the kids. :(
Did something happen to Drut?
He was buried with full honors.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2013, 12:55:14 PM
Too funny; like somehow we're going to suddenly go all Little House on the Prairie for 48 hours, baking bread and churning our own butter and whatnot.
I'm going to try to keep track of that the next few snow panics-- I'm seriously baffled by it.
You could get your choice of whatever specialized flour you wanted-- whole wheat, bread flour, etc. Standard all-purpose flour was cleaned out. In fact, I think I got one of the last two or three packs of the overpriced stuff.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2013, 01:23:48 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 11, 2013, 01:21:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2013, 12:57:51 PM
Plus I miss Drut hiding in the snow running ambush drills on the kids. :(
Did something happen to Drut?
He was buried with full honors.
:hug:
You may have seen me go all emo in the Dog thread, so I know what it's like.
I had to go pick up Roscoe's ashes on Monday. He's sitting on a bookshelf at the moment until we figure out where to scatter his remains.
Quote from: Maximus on December 10, 2013, 10:49:45 AM
Yea, the concept of a "snow day" still makes me laugh.
Me too, with schadenfreude.
The University of Wyoming doesn't do "snow days" at all. When it was -25 and snowing in the morning it was a "bundle-up day" and classes went on as usual.
Quote from: Barrister on December 11, 2013, 01:34:20 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2013, 01:23:48 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 11, 2013, 01:21:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2013, 12:57:51 PM
Plus I miss Drut hiding in the snow running ambush drills on the kids. :(
Did something happen to Drut?
He was buried with full honors.
:hug:
You may have seen me go all emo in the Dog thread, so I know what it's like.
I had to go pick up Roscoe's ashes on Monday. He's sitting on a bookshelf at the moment until we figure out where to scatter his remains.
:(
Bury them under or close to a new sapling or around an existing tree known to you ?
That way he'll symbolically* aid the growth of a living thing, that you can see mature over the years?
* not exactly sure how much remaining minerals and ash benefit plant life.
3-6 inches predicted. WTF.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 13, 2013, 12:15:47 PM
3-6 inches predicted. WTF.
Yeah telling us 6-10 here :(
Going down to -6 tonight. :uffda:
Quote from: garbon on December 10, 2013, 08:11:23 PM
Quote from: Liep on December 10, 2013, 08:06:23 PM
The National Weather Service called it: no snow for Christmas this year. :(
Several days ago, NYC wasn't getting any snow today. Then Monday morning they said less than an inch. Last night they said 1-3 inches. It snowed off and on today but large, wet flakes. Nothing ever stuck.
Hmm, now supposedly 3-5 inches tomorrow.
Meanwhile, in Cairo, Egypt....first snow in 100 years.
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Some models have Jack Frost dumping 19-20 inches of snow on us this coming weekend. :yeah:
Quote from: merithyn on December 16, 2013, 05:35:38 PM
Some models have Jack Frost dumping 19-20 inches of snow on us this coming weekend. :yeah:
Lucky. It's looking here like we'll have rain & up to 55-degree weather :(
We did get what I believe is our 4th snow this morning. Just a dusting, but usually we're lucky to get a few flurries before Christmas.
Currently supposed to be 73 in Palm Springs on Christmas Day! :w00t:
Quote from: derspiess on December 16, 2013, 05:41:27 PM
Quote from: merithyn on December 16, 2013, 05:35:38 PM
Some models have Jack Frost dumping 19-20 inches of snow on us this coming weekend. :yeah:
Lucky. It's looking here like we'll have rain & up to 55-degree weather :(
We did get what I believe is our 4th snow this morning. Just a dusting, but usually we're lucky to get a few flurries before Christmas.
Several other models show the temp being too warm for snow, which means rain, instead. I prefer the snow models. :D
Stupidly warm and wet here - 12 C (53F).
We're supposed to get some flash snow tonight, but they're calling for highs to hit 60 on Friday. With all this snow on the ground, can't wait to see the rush hour fog that morning. People. Will. Die.
it is 1 right now, don't ask me what that is in infernal euro temps. But it is fecking cold.
-17
Quote from: Brazen on December 16, 2013, 06:13:22 PM
Stupidly warm and wet here - 12 C (53F).
Yeah, we're having a very mild and grey winter here, too. Lots of fog and around the 10 C mark.
Figure there's about a half inch of solid ice on my car in my driveway right now. Very short window tomorrow evening for cleaning it up and hoping the doors will open before really cold weather sets in.
I need an ark. 3 inches of rain and counting.
Not sure how much rain we've had but we had a massive windstorm last night and lost power for around 3 hours. :mad:
We got about half a foot last night. Might be fishing butts out of the butt can.
Severe weather warning for wind and rain for the UK for today and tomorrow. The train line I use on my commute is making pre-emptive cancellations rather than waiting and seeing. Needless to say I'm knocking off early (last day in the office today, working from home tomorrow) to avoid the transport chaos.
"Britain gripped by weather a bit rubbish in midwinter shocker".
Yeah, heavy winds, +8C and rain. Lovely Christmas.
And they've started doing the pre-emptive cancellations here as well, a lot of money to be saved in not driving into trees.
Bah...projected window to clean up ice didn't materialize. Temp remained below zero all day. Long range forecast shows 0C on Saturday. Might be able to get in my car then. :(
I got whalloped by the ice storm. No power for more than 24 hours (it just came back). The end of my street is blocked off by fallen trees.
Is the stroller OK?
Here's some awesome ice storm pics.
It's pretty bad.
http://storify.com/anthonywx/10-amazing-photos-of-the-ontario-ice-storm
A strange mix of unearthly beauty and destruction.
:hmm: Are ice storms unusual in Toronto?
Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2013, 02:06:21 PM
:hmm: Are ice storms unusual in Toronto?
Pretty unusual. Can't remember a really bad one hitting Toronto. The great ice storm of '98 missed Toronto.
More pics.
http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/12/photos_of_the_2013_toronto_ice_storm/
I'm surprised there have been no deaths reported. Trees are down everywhere, all over the city, crushing cars and in some places houses.
We had an ice storm like that in 2010 or so. I had no power for like three days. Some parts of rural Kentucky had no power for weeks. :blush:
CNN said 250K without power in Toronto area.
It's 1 degree here.
For you Centigade users that's like -500.
Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2013, 02:13:49 PM
We had an ice storm like that in 2010 or so. I had no power for like three days. Some parts of rural Kentucky had no power for weeks. :blush:
Hell, parts of the Dayton area was the same. Stupid DP&L.
Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2013, 02:13:49 PM
We had an ice storm like that in 2010 or so. I had no power for like three days. Some parts of rural Kentucky had no power for weeks. :blush:
Rural Kentucky should have power. :mad:
STORM!
I live in the roof of a tower. Normally this is charming and quaint. Tonight it's terrifying.
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 23, 2013, 08:00:50 PM
STORM!
I live in the roof of a tower. Normally this is charming and quaint. Tonight it's terrifying.
Please. You live in an adulterine castle from the Anarchy. I think your tower has seen worse storms.
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 23, 2013, 08:00:50 PM
I live in the roof of a tower.
Did you try to overthrow your father? :unsure:
It's sunny here for the first time since I got back to Detroit. :) Unfortunately it's also 14 degrees Fahrenheit. :(
3F here, and windy. :)
And snow tomorrow!! :w00t:
Nice little dusting of snow this morning. Might not have a White Christmas, per se, but there was at least a White Christmas Eve morning!
Finally get to turn the AC off.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 24, 2013, 10:54:57 AM
Finally get to turn the AC off.
Yeah, I saw it was only 63 back home *shiver*.
Quote from: Savonarola on December 24, 2013, 12:20:57 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 24, 2013, 10:54:57 AM
Finally get to turn the AC off.
Yeah, I saw it was only 63 back home *shiver*.
We're making my mother fly up from Florida on Thursday. She's leaving 65-70F weather to come up to 15-20F weather. She's not overly pleased. :D
Quote from: merithyn on December 24, 2013, 12:24:42 PM
We're making my mother fly up from Florida on Thursday. She's leaving 65-70F weather to come up to 15-20F weather. She's not overly pleased. :D
For me the real shock when coming back from Florida is how dark it is in Detroit this time of year. The days are noticeably shorter and a sunny day like today is extremely rare; for the most part everyone drives with their lights on in the middle of the day.
Detroit is about the same latitude as Rome. The cloudier parts of Northern Europe must really be awful this time of year.
Or really awesome.
Quote from: The Brain on December 23, 2013, 07:59:08 PM
Rural Kentucky should have power. :mad:
I agree. That coal ain't gonna mine itself. :mad:
Kind of cool to watch the frost steam off the cars as the sun hits them.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 27, 2013, 09:50:05 AM
Kind of cool to watch the frost steam off the cars as the sun hits them.
Yeah, I guess, if you're baked.
Even if not!
You're telling me those NFL Film clips with the steam coming off the bald lineman's head are not cool?
Enjoy your upcoming 12+ inches of snow New England. You fucks deserve it. BAHSTAN STRONG.
Can Boston have my 12 inches?
-4C and freezing rain on the drive in. Yay. <_<
I'm suppose to see my doctor today, though I don't know if I will. There was a little sprinkling of snow last night and everything is closed.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 02, 2014, 10:06:08 AM
Enjoy your upcoming 12+ inches of snow New England. You fucks deserve it. BAHSTAN STRONG.
:weep: It's supposed to be -17 degrees F tomorrow.
Driving around Toronto the other day, it is amazing and horrible the amount of beating the trees took from the ice storm. Piles of fallen branches and trees are everywhere. Saw a couple of crushed cars under trees, still not cleaned up.
Quebec broke all sort of coldnest record today.
Under -25 for everyone got to -42 in Val-d'Or.
The predicted 2-4 inches around here....I think we'll beat that easily.
Probable snow day tomorrow!
Big storm here in the North East, southwest of Boston. It's been snowing all day, was let out of work at 1pm. Snowing all night into tomorrow and I will work from home tomorrow for a while. Should get over a foot of snow and likely more 30cm or more. Temps are going to drop to under 10F (12c) and lower.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 02, 2014, 09:17:09 PM
Quebec broke all sort of coldnest record today.
Under -25 for everyone got to -42 in Val-d'Or.
I saw this posted on Facebook.
http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/right-now-its-as-cold-in-canada-as-where-our-rover-is-on-mars/282775/
This weather blows. We need to build a 100,000 foot high wall all along our northern border. Get to work, Obama :)
btw they are predicting a low of -2 F on Monday here. That happens like once a decade at most. THANKS CANADA
It's fucking cold out
So cold even the Catholic school girls waiting for the bus are wearing leggings beneath their kilts
Still about 11C/52F here but stormy. Lots of severe flood warnings around the south-west and Wales, and tidal surges all round the coast, but just a bit wet and windy here in civilisation.
20 with a windchill of 9. Possible snow on Sunday night and I think by Monday morning they expect it to be 11 with negative windchills. In Bhm AL?
Damn Canadians <_<
Man, my co-workers are pretty weak. Most people who come into the office are based in the city, yet there are only 3-4 of us in the office today.
This is getting absurd. First the ice storm, now this. Got woken up by a loud bang outside, wondering WTF?
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hearing-loud-bangs-in-southern-ontario-it-was-likely-an-ice-quake-1.1616236
Ice quakes? Never heard of 'em before.
It is so cold here, the ground is exploding?! That shit is not right.
Rough!
Quote from: Malthus on January 03, 2014, 10:16:11 AM
This is getting absurd. First the ice storm, now this. Got woken up by a loud bang outside, wondering WTF?
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hearing-loud-bangs-in-southern-ontario-it-was-likely-an-ice-quake-1.1616236
Ice quakes? Never heard of 'em before.
It is so cold here, the ground is exploding?! That shit is not right.
That is crazy.
In my new town, I walk to work. This is sort of great, but you really feel the temperature a lot more than when you are just hopping from house to car to office/court/store to car to house. :blush: And I didn't even have one of those remote car starters that are so popular up here, where you can turn the car on from inside your house and let it idle for 15 minutes before you get in it.
So I bought a balaclava helmet in anticipation of this frigid, double-digits-below morning. It was pretty funny seeing a Hollywood bank robber in my reflection, but nobody gave me a second glance.
Only problem is that it didn't fit quite right, since my "jewfro" is riding too high at the moment; the mouth opening kept sliding up over my nose and the eye openings kept closing up. I need a haircut.
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 03, 2014, 10:23:26 AM
Quote from: Malthus on January 03, 2014, 10:16:11 AM
This is getting absurd. First the ice storm, now this. Got woken up by a loud bang outside, wondering WTF?
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hearing-loud-bangs-in-southern-ontario-it-was-likely-an-ice-quake-1.1616236
Ice quakes? Never heard of 'em before.
It is so cold here, the ground is exploding?! That shit is not right.
That is crazy.
The weather in Toronto this past year must be a Biblical judgment on the city for electing Rob Ford. :hmm:
First a flood, then an ice storm, and now ... ice quakes?
Soon the Wampa will show up.
Quote from: Caliga on January 03, 2014, 10:47:26 AM
Soon the Wampa will show up.
You talking about Rob Ford again? :hmm:
4-8 inches inbound on Sunday.
This winter...it annoys me.
I'm flying up to Chicago on Monday night. Last I checked the high in Chicago on Tuesday was supposed to be -15F. :mad:
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on January 03, 2014, 10:26:07 AM
Only problem is that it didn't fit quite right, since my "jewfro" is riding too high at the moment; the mouth opening kept sliding up over my nose and the eye openings kept closing up. I need a haircut.
I double dog dare you to cut the top off your balaclava and let your jewfro jut out like Beaker from The Muppet Show.
Life threatening cold is forecast for Iowa through Tuesday. The NE part of the state could see a windchill of -60; my part could get -20.
It's actually rather warm out right now.... too warm. :shifty:
Put on the Yaktrax(tm) to schlepp to the gas station for smokes.
They worked like a charm on the snow and ice but it felt a little treacherous on bare pavement.
It's really fucking cold out there.
Looks like the Wolfsschanze will miss most of the snow. Tomorrow and Tuesday will be hell though. Like Yi, Yaktrax will be deployed.
How do you feel on bare pavement?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 05, 2014, 04:48:41 PM
How do you feel on bare pavement?
Uncomfortable. Almost slipped in my garage once while wearing them.
Good. I felt kind of dorky searching out the icy spots. :D
Not too bad here. Maybe -3f with 25 mph winds. Maybe next time Laramie can see -30f again.
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"She's comin' on boys, and she's comin' on strong..."
Quote from: Brazen on January 03, 2014, 07:46:30 AM
Still about 11C/52F here but stormy. Lots of severe flood warnings around the south-west and Wales, and tidal surges all round the coast, but just a bit wet and windy here in civilisation.
Yeah it's ridiculous. Every other day I comment that everything seems okay again before getting a call from my mum in Dorset about the latest storm hitting the South-West :mellow:
14C and the sun is out, who needs a coat in January?
I woke up wide awake this morning at 5:40. I wasn't sure why but have only come to realize that it was because while most of the country is freezing, it is in the 50s here today. Building's heat is still up though like it is a cold day. :(
Cold.
It's 80 degrees and sunny here. My wife is having survivor guilt about not being in Detroit to experience the foot of snow and sub-zero temperatures.
Only a few sunspots.
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Right.
Time to start planning my annual Cuba get away
How much does your Cuba jaunt set you back Jo Jo?
My pipes are frozen. :mad:
Ooops
Friday we got about a foot of snow, very cold that day and Saturday, below zero F at times. Today it was about 50F and raining so most of the snow melted. Going to get very cold tomorrow as the cold wave crossing the country hits us. It may be colder than it was last week but probably not by too much.
This is a lousy week to not have a functioning furnace.
Quote from: Razgovory on January 06, 2014, 09:20:15 PM
This is a lousy week to not have a functioning furnace.
My furnace gave out in April last year. I was lucky that the weather was starting to warm up. I could still use the furnace but kept it off when I wasn't home. Didn't want to run it for too long because some insulation had broken off the side wall so it might generate too much heat through the furnace parts and cause problems. It had last about twenty years or so.
Good luck getting yours replaced or fixed, hopefully soon.
Haha, this morning Princesca let the dog out and within like a minute he was body slamming the back door desperately trying to get back inside. :lol:
How cold is it there this morning?
I know my dog doesn't stay outside more than 5-10min if below 0
-3 right now.
8° in Bhm AL? something wrong with this picture.
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 07, 2014, 07:43:49 AM
8° in Bhm AL? something wrong with this picture.
Balmy 28 here. :P
I saw earlier today that it was actually warmer at the North Pole than it was in Duluth. :bleeding:
23 here now, before the sun comes up. Supposed to climb into the upper 30s today.
Are you people's pipes bursting?
This cold is unacceptable. :(
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/06/toronto-weather-environment-canada-issues-flash-freeze-warning-city-under-extreme-cold-weather-alert/
Wind chill near -40? Damn.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 07, 2014, 08:56:26 AM
Are you people's pipes bursting?
My pipes are still frozen, so I dunno yet. This happened to me once before, like 6 or 7 years ago, and the pipes didn't burst.
Good luck cal.
The last couple of days have been unfortunate here, weather-wise.
First, a snowfall. Then, a thaw overnight, that turned it all into slush. Then, a plunge in temp down to the -20-range, that froze it hard as iron.
I spend a morning chipping my car out of a solid block of ice yesterday. Walking anywhere outdoors has become a hazard, because it is nearly impossible to chip the ice off walks and sidewalks (I managed by putting lots of de-icer on, then breaking it up with a hoe).
Welcome to my winters Mal :P
Quote from: Caliga on January 07, 2014, 09:44:06 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 07, 2014, 08:56:26 AM
Are you people's pipes bursting?
My pipes are still frozen, so I dunno yet. This happened to me once before, like 6 or 7 years ago, and the pipes didn't burst.
No water must sucks.
Apparently Minnesota has been colder than the surface of Mars over the last few days:
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-01-07/minnesota-colder-than-mars/ (http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-01-07/minnesota-colder-than-mars/)
Still a ridiculously snug 11C (52F) in London, but SO much rain. I honestly felt like someone was slinging buckets of water over me as I walked to work today. Absolutely soaked to the skin.
The twins have had the last couple of days off due to the cold and shitty roads. Kids have it easy these days. I remember walking to the bus stop in -20 temps when I was a Freshman.
Weather is cold here today, the cold wave that crossed the country hit here. But it was below zero last week during the big snowstorm and part of the weekend so it doesn't seem so bad today, but it isn't as cold as it is/was in the Midwest. Very windy though and that adds to the wind chill.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 07, 2014, 10:51:00 AM
No water must sucks.
Actually I still have water in my guest bathroom, which is underground (my house is a walkout ranch) at the level that the pipes come in to the house. I also have hot water everywhere since the hot water heater is downstairs too in the laundry room, so it's getting water and then heating its pipes throughout the house. My cold lines leading to the upstairs are what's frozen. There is very little exposed piping in this house but I am almost positive they are routed through the ceiling of my attached garage, which is unheated--hence the problem.
Seems like a lot of places are closing because of cold. Not snow/ice, but cold. First time I can remember that happening.
CNN has been calling this weather "Nor'Easter 2014." It's not a Nor'Easter unless the weather front comes from the north east you nimrods. :frusty:
Closing for cold? Wimps. In Laramie they have the little kids go to school when it is -40.
Quote from: PDH on January 07, 2014, 12:29:15 PM
Closing for cold? Wimps. In Laramie they have the little kids go to school when it is -40.
Said it before, said it again - Yukon schools never close due to cold.
It's all about what you are used to.
I can see closing schools since being in such below zero temps can cause frostbite in five or ten minutes. Pretty chancy for kids who aren't used to such low temps. But I assume kids in the Yukon, and Alaska also, are accustomed to the cold and have the right clothes for it.
Quote from: KRonn on January 07, 2014, 01:25:57 PM
I can see closing schools since being in such below zero temps can cause frostbite in five or ten minutes. Pretty chancy for kids who aren't used to such low temps. But I assume kids in the Yukon, and Alaska also, are accustomed to the cold and have the right clothes for it.
[trolling aside]
Nah, it's a social service measure. They tell people "look, don't send your kids to school if you think it's too cold for them". But they want to make sure there is always a place for kids to go during the day as well.
Quote from: Caliga on January 07, 2014, 11:55:37 AM
Actually I still have water in my guest bathroom, which is underground (my house is a walkout ranch) at the level that the pipes come in to the house. I also have hot water everywhere since the hot water heater is downstairs too in the laundry room, so it's getting water and then heating its pipes throughout the house. My cold lines leading to the upstairs are what's frozen. There is very little exposed piping in this house but I am almost positive they are routed through the ceiling of my attached garage, which is unheated--hence the problem.
About an hour ago most of the ice gave way and I now have cold water upstairs everywhere except at the kitchen sink. As far as I can tell no pipes are leaking (yet), as when all the faucets are closed I don't hear any running water where the line from the main comes into the house.
Quote from: Barrister on January 07, 2014, 12:30:22 PM
Quote from: PDH on January 07, 2014, 12:29:15 PM
Closing for cold? Wimps. In Laramie they have the little kids go to school when it is -40.
Said it before, said it again - Yukon schools never close due to cold.
Can you even close igloos? :huh:
I'm officially over winter.
Scottsdale sounds more and more gooder.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2014, 08:47:33 PM
Scottsdale sounds more and more gooder.
I just got done yelling at my parents for buying a shore house in New Jersey instead of Boca Raton. :cool:
btw their pipes in Pennsylvania are frozen too.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2014, 08:47:33 PM
Scottsdale sounds more and more gooder.
Scottsdale smells like old people.
I'd fit in then.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2014, 08:47:33 PM
Scottsdale sounds more and more gooder.
What the hell? How could a person choose Arizona over Southern California?
Earthquakes
Scorpions :wub:
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2014, 10:28:34 PM
Earthquakes
That seems like a pretty silly reason. Most feel like a large semi driving by.
They're fun. :yes:
My reasons are my reasons. Not up for debate.
I.DONT.LIKE.EARTHQUAKES.
I was judging them, not debating them. ;)
Besides, I hate to see someone supporting Arizona which is rushing to catch up with Mississippi for worst state in the Union.
Governor Steven Seagal. :wub:
Quote from: garbon on January 07, 2014, 10:25:24 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2014, 08:47:33 PM
Scottsdale sounds more and more gooder.
What the hell? How could a person choose Arizona over Southern California?
Traffic and real estate prices.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 07, 2014, 11:13:20 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 07, 2014, 10:25:24 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2014, 08:47:33 PM
Scottsdale sounds more and more gooder.
What the hell? How could a person choose Arizona over Southern California?
Traffic and real estate prices.
The latter, sure thing. The former - you just gotta pick the right locations. Palm Springs area has virtually no traffic apart from Highway 111 in Palm Desert vicinity.
If you're living in the desert anyway, might as well be Arizona. :hmm:
Shows what you know. Also, Arizona has that horrid humid period in summer.
Quote from: garbon on January 07, 2014, 10:25:24 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2014, 08:47:33 PM
Scottsdale sounds more and more gooder.
What the hell? How could a person choose Arizona over Southern California?
People like garbon live there? An endless sea of pink hair.
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2014, 08:33:34 PM
I'm officially over winter.
Not having fun in Toronto weather? That's unpossible! :D
It's just cold. Relax, put a tuque on.
Quote from: garbon on January 07, 2014, 11:59:17 PM
Shows what you know. Also, Arizona has that horrid humid period in summer.
Uhhh, no they don't...
I thought Phoenix gets that Summer Monsoon with more humidity (60-70%) in July and August...
Southern Arizona does have a Monsoon season with a lot more rain (more being relative of course) but the humidity doesn't generally become any kind of problem, even in the monsoon season. It is still hot and dry, there are just more thunderstorms and rain than you would expect.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 07, 2014, 12:01:29 PM
Seems like a lot of places are closing because of cold. Not snow/ice, but cold. First time I can remember that happening.
CNN has been calling this weather "Nor'Easter 2014." It's not a Nor'Easter unless the weather front comes from the north east you nimrods. :frusty:
I've heard it a few times before. I'm guessing it's happening more often because businesses or schools don't want employees/kids getting stuck somewhere in transit & freezing to death. Bad press & whatnot.
We all stayed home Monday and I stayed by myself yesterday to work from home. I burned through like half my woodpile since the weekend. Also learned I need to replace some windows. Had cold air leaking in like crazy.
On the plus side, the kids had fun making nearly-instant slushies out of Sunny D, Coke, and root beer, and we did the boiling water into snow trick a few times.
Have you considered duct taping the windows? Works like a charm here.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 08, 2014, 11:21:20 AM
Have you considered duct taping the windows? Works like a charm here.
Gonna replace some of them this spring. In the meantime I'd be concerned that duct tape would leave residue or remove paint, plus look ugly while it's there.
I'm out of duct tape. :perv:
Yeah, my front door has blue painters tape all around it right now :lol: I need to get a new seal for it, and make sure the door/door frame is straight.
In other news, The Nest thermostats is still working fine.
Quote from: PDH on January 08, 2014, 10:44:44 AM
I thought Phoenix gets that Summer Monsoon with more humidity (60-70%) in July and August...
yeah when the zonies invade San Diego <_<
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2014, 08:33:34 PM
I'm officially over winter.
There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 08, 2014, 01:16:48 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2014, 08:33:34 PM
I'm officially over winter.
There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....
Victoria is a nice place, it's true.
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 08, 2014, 12:17:18 PM
Yeah, my front door has blue painters tape all around it right now :lol: I need to get a new seal for it, and make sure the door/door frame is straight.
In other news, The Nest thermostats is still working fine.
I'm tempted to get one of those thermal image things done that they keep pushing in those Angie's List emails. It's just that $100 seems like a lot to pay for a few pictures.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 08, 2014, 01:16:48 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2014, 08:33:34 PM
I'm officially over winter.
There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....
Yes, but committing suicide is a rather drastic response. ;)
Quote from: Malthus on January 08, 2014, 02:19:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 08, 2014, 01:16:48 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2014, 08:33:34 PM
I'm officially over winter.
There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....
Yes, but committing suicide is a rather drastic response. ;)
Agreed. Now that Pearson Airport is non operational it seems that it you only way out.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 08, 2014, 02:43:12 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 08, 2014, 02:19:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 08, 2014, 01:16:48 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2014, 08:33:34 PM
I'm officially over winter.
There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....
Yes, but committing suicide is a rather drastic response. ;)
Agreed. Now that Pearson Airport is non operational it seems that it you only way out.
:lol:
Too true.
Is Toronto still crippled by the weather? :huh:
Quote from: Caliga on January 08, 2014, 03:17:02 PM
Is Toronto still crippled by the weather? :huh:
What happened was this: a snowfall, a thaw that melted it into goo, and then a hard freeze - down to -25 C - that froze that goo hard as iron, all in a matter of a few hours.
Apparently, the airport equipment could not handle the icing up. Really, they should be better prepared, but even here this weather combo is pretty unusual.
Certainly the sidewalks were like skating rinks, as at -25 salt doesn't work very well, and few had sand. Trying to chip the ice away by hand = mostly hopeless.
This was on top of the big ice storm last month that really buggered things up, smashing trees all over and bringing down power lines all over the city.
Ouch.
Quote from: Malthus on January 08, 2014, 02:19:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 08, 2014, 01:16:48 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2014, 08:33:34 PM
I'm officially over winter.
There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....
Yes, but committing suicide is a rather drastic response. ;)
:D
CC, British Colombia a is nice (visited a long time ago) but I'm aiming for Australia. Then I can bitch about the heat :lol:
So any flooding Cal?
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2014, 09:40:22 PM
So any flooding Cal?
Nope. :cool: Everything thawed and no sign of any leakage. Cal = lucky.
Nice, yeah i think i'm running 50% success rate of no pipes bursting from frozen pipes (like 4 times in last 12 years i've been here :P )
Luckily the pipes in my place are buried coming in and well insulated inside - never had a problem even in -40 weather. Of course the water main out under the street 40 feet away has burst a couple of times in the last decade, but that is small potatoes compared to my stuff.
This old house has no foundation so pipes are in attic, on the plus side I won't ever not know if the pipes burst :lol:
Quote from: HVC on January 08, 2014, 05:50:39 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 08, 2014, 02:19:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 08, 2014, 01:16:48 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2014, 08:33:34 PM
I'm officially over winter.
There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....
Yes, but committing suicide is a rather drastic response. ;)
:D
CC, British Colombia a is nice (visited a long time ago) but I'm aiming for Australia. Then I can bitch about the heat :lol:
As much as I enjoyed my trip there, I wouldnt want to live there. Those folks are going to run out of water sooner than LA. And the extreme weather events are getting worse.
The top two inches of snow under the Polar Vortex are caused entirely by North Americans throwing cups of boiling water in the air.
he he
Eew, we're actually getting wintery weather next week.
We're having unseasonably warm, crazy even, weather. Right now (8 am) it's +8c, though that's decreasing to +4c later, together with high winds.
Anyways, apparently the high winds mean our LRT isn't working. WTF?
So I've been stuck on an overcrowded bus for the last half hour not going anywhere. This is terrible.
Quote from: Barrister on January 15, 2014, 10:10:08 AM
We're having unseasonably warm, crazy even, weather. Right now (8 am) it's +8c, though that's decreasing to +4c later, together with high winds.
Anyways, apparently the high winds mean our LRT isn't working. WTF?
So I've been stuck on an overcrowded bus for the last half hour not going anywhere. This is terrible.
Next time (https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flauratoyota.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2FTacoma.jpg&hash=d18dce304f3999b0d33eef4792c992f0ff225e38)
Consider using it.
That's even the same colour as my Tacoma. :(
I started taking the bus two weeks ago to save money. Serves me right.
One and a half hours into my commute I'm half way, but finally got onto a working train. :w00t:
Quote from: Barrister on January 15, 2014, 10:35:45 AM
That's even the same colour as my Tacoma. :(
I started taking the bus two weeks ago to save money. Serves me right.
One and a half hours into my commute I'm half way, but finally got onto a working train. :w00t:
Yes, I've seen it before.
:w00t:
Well that only took two hours to get to work. :w00t:
How third world.
High winds are serious business. :mad:
A burst water main made by 15 commute a 40 minute one. :angry:
I just went outside to cross the street.
To be fair it is really, really windy. Apparently blowing 60-70kph, gusts up over 100.
It's been warm here this week, into the 40s and near 50, and rained yesterday. Nice temps, almost like early Springtime. Supposed to get colder tomorrow though.
Quote from: Barrister on January 15, 2014, 01:03:42 PM
I just went outside to cross the street.
To be fair it is really, really windy. Apparently blowing 60-70kph, gusts up over 100.
Classic Chinook.
Still don't get why the trains wouldn't be running, unless the tracks were flooded. You guys had a lot of snow, right?
Quote from: Maximus on January 15, 2014, 02:14:05 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 15, 2014, 01:03:42 PM
I just went outside to cross the street.
To be fair it is really, really windy. Apparently blowing 60-70kph, gusts up over 100.
Classic Chinook.
Still don't get why the trains wouldn't be running, unless the tracks were flooded. You guys had a lot of snow, right?
Something about that the crossing arms were wobbling too much, coming close to power lines.
Fucking blizzard this morning that was not in the forecast at all.
http://youtu.be/8g6bUe5MDRo (http://youtu.be/8g6bUe5MDRo)
Heh it is supposed to 40 and rain today here, well after the high winds (55-65mph sustained, gusts to 95) blow through first.
Alberta Clipper coming through. 2-4 inches of snow and every fucking bit of my right leg is in agony.
THANKS NEIL.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 18, 2014, 07:34:34 PM
Alberta Clipper coming through. 2-4 inches of snow and every fucking bit of my right leg is in agony.
THANKS NEIL.
:mad:
Quote from: Barrister on January 18, 2014, 07:40:05 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 18, 2014, 07:34:34 PM
Alberta Clipper coming through. 2-4 inches of snow and every fucking bit of my right leg is in agony.
THANKS NEIL.
:mad:
You have fallen hard on the Ed Anger list of lists.
We've been having 85+ degree days for the past week here in LA, and despite it being the wet season it hasn't rained in more than a month. Looks like we won't get to flush our toilets this summer.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 18, 2014, 07:42:29 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 18, 2014, 07:40:05 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 18, 2014, 07:34:34 PM
Alberta Clipper coming through. 2-4 inches of snow and every fucking bit of my right leg is in agony.
THANKS NEIL.
:mad:
You have fallen hard on the Ed Anger list of lists.
:(
I envy you your weather. We have had a couple days of above freezing temps that are making our roads a slushy disaster zone.
Quote from: Barrister on January 18, 2014, 07:57:04 PM
:(
I envy you your weather. We have had a couple days of above freezing temps that are making our roads a slushy disaster zone.
Same thing here, staying above freezing forecasted for most of this week, making it slushy and icy out.
Shitty here. 40 during the day and because it is clear it is about 15 at night - melt, ice, melt, ice, melt, ice.
Shit. :(
http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=829b4a3489423253&hl=en&gl=CA&source=web
Here we go again ...
Nice so far. The storms have stopped. It's been really sunny the last few days, but there's some night cloud to keep things mild.
I've a few Spanish friends who were here for the snow last January-March and are now fascinated by British weather :lol:
I have seen frost on the car only once so far this "winter", no ground frosts yet, lots of rain of course. My coat is 17 years old and will probably see me out, it gets used about 6 times a year.
And another 2-4 inches inbound. I'm sick of this shit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 20, 2014, 04:32:56 PM
And another 2-4 inches inbound. I'm sick of this shit.
Same. I'm sick today, but even if I wasn't I would have not been able to get in due to the heavy snow out there this morning. :mad:
MORE GLOBAL WARMING PLZ
Calling for 6" to 12" of snow today, the day I have two job interviews, one of which is all the way down in DC. Even God wants me to stay unemployed.
Gonna be real windy here today, but that is all the junk food I ate this weekend.
Going to get a heavy snowstorm, up to a foot of snow today and into tomorrow. I'll be using my 40+ year old snow blower. It's like a family heirloom but after the season I'm pretty sure I'll buy a new one to replace it, as it's finally showing its age.
Quote from: Caliga on January 21, 2014, 08:46:32 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 20, 2014, 04:32:56 PM
And another 2-4 inches inbound. I'm sick of this shit.
Same. I'm sick today, but even if I wasn't I would have not been able to get in due to the heavy snow out there this morning. :mad:
MORE GLOBAL WARMING PLZ
It's like the 70's again. Snow after snow after snow. IT WAS FUN WHEN I WAS 7, BUT NOT NOW.
2-3 inches of snow supposed to be here tomorrow night. The last 6 months we have had twice as much moisture per month as normal - I assume Wyoming is stealing all of California's water.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 21, 2014, 08:51:01 AM
Calling for 6" to 12" of snow today, the day I have two job interviews, one of which is all the way down in DC. Even God wants me to stay unemployed.
Good luck bro :hug:
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 21, 2014, 09:30:53 AM
It's like the 70's again. Snow after snow after snow. IT WAS FUN WHEN I WAS 7, BUT NOT NOW.
Back then wasn't everyone all "LOL here comes a: new ice age!" :)
Quote from: Caliga on January 21, 2014, 09:37:15 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 21, 2014, 09:30:53 AM
It's like the 70's again. Snow after snow after snow. IT WAS FUN WHEN I WAS 7, BUT NOT NOW.
Back then wasn't everyone all "LOL here comes a: new ice age!" :)
Yeah. :lol:
Quote from: Caliga on January 21, 2014, 08:46:32 AM
MORE GLOBAL WARMING PLZ
No ty. I like having the temperature occasionally drop below 60.
Quote from: Caliga on January 21, 2014, 09:36:33 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 21, 2014, 08:51:01 AM
Calling for 6" to 12" of snow today, the day I have two job interviews, one of which is all the way down in DC. Even God wants me to stay unemployed.
Good luck bro :hug:
CANCELLED LOLZ SUCKA
Time to run to the supermarket to get EGGS AND BREAD. MAH BABIES NEED EGGS AND BREAD.
Ugh, I just looked outside. It is that fine snow bullshit and the wind has picked up.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 21, 2014, 10:24:45 AM
Time to run to the supermarket to get EGGS AND BREAD. MAH BABIES NEED EGGS AND BREAD.
I guess when the weather gets bad, people have a compulsion to make French toast. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on January 21, 2014, 08:46:32 AM
I would have not been able to get in due to the heavy snow out there this morning. :mad:
:rolleyes:
The roads weren't plowed, and still aren't.
I lost a snowball fight. I was outnumbered 5 to 1.
A black kitty from the neighborhood watched while I was outflanked repeatedly and driven into the garage.
Things must be terrible in the north; they're actually showing the weather on The Weather Channel. :(
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 21, 2014, 03:47:05 PM
A black kitty from the neighborhood watched while I was outflanked repeatedly and driven into the garage.
I hope you put out some food for the aforementioned black kitty.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 21, 2014, 04:02:56 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 21, 2014, 03:47:05 PM
A black kitty from the neighborhood watched while I was outflanked repeatedly and driven into the garage.
I hope you put out some food for the aforementioned black kitty.
behavior like that "kitty's" does not get rewarded.
Raciss.
I shoveled my driveway earlier, which is the second time I've had to do it this year. I didn't have to do it at all last year, nor the year before IIRC. Fuck you, Canada :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on January 21, 2014, 12:59:07 PM
The roads weren't plowed, and still aren't.
What did you have, a whole inch?
about six.
Stop being a Snow Nazi Max.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 21, 2014, 04:02:56 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 21, 2014, 03:47:05 PM
A black kitty from the neighborhood watched while I was outflanked repeatedly and driven into the garage.
I hope you put out some food for the aforementioned black kitty.
He knocks on the door to the sun room and the twins spoil him rotten.
Also, another storm inbound for the weekend. I laid in 200 pounds of salt in the fall and I've used almost 3/4ths.
2-4 inches is heavy snow? :lmfao:
Quote from: katmai on January 21, 2014, 08:10:14 PM
2-4 inches is heavy snow? :lmfao:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Fd682e3220cfb023dcaec766997042815%2Ftumblr_mlb5xtbSv41ql5yr7o1_500.gif&hash=834df21e22c15baa52d43834511cbdd7f3e2a8b9)
Quote from: Caliga on January 21, 2014, 05:31:39 PM
about six.
In your giant driveway? How long did that take you?
10C/50F and sunny today :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on January 21, 2014, 10:51:07 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 21, 2014, 10:24:45 AM
Time to run to the supermarket to get EGGS AND BREAD. MAH BABIES NEED EGGS AND BREAD.
I guess when the weather gets bad, people have a compulsion to make French toast. :hmm:
Then don't forget the syrup. :mmm:
The UES put de Blasio on blast for neglecting them on snow cleanup...in favor of Brooklyn. Apparently he first said that wasn't true but now has made statements that he could have done better. :hmm:
Commies suck at snow removal
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 22, 2014, 08:30:03 AM
In your giant driveway? How long did that take you?
Like an hour and a half. :Embarrass:
Quote from: Brazen on January 22, 2014, 09:04:02 AM
10C/50F and sunny today :cool:
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:lol:
:thumbsup:
Shoveled your driveway? How plebian.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 22, 2014, 08:31:42 PM
Shoveled your driveway? How plebian.
Dude, I refuse to get a snow blower. Most years I wouldn't need to use it once.
Helots. :rolleyes:
And I just checked, up to 3 more inches tonight. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Well, we shouldn't have too many bugs this summer :)
Quote from: derspiess on January 24, 2014, 10:23:30 AM
Well, we shouldn't have too many bugs this summer :)
If we live to see it, that is, what with this negative degrees shit going on for weeks at a time... :thumbsdown:
Pipes froze again. This time it's the hot water (last time it was the cold water). I finally threw in the towel and got the ladder and went up into my attic (I've never been up there before. :blush: ) So it turns out I have exposed, un-insulated pipes running along the floor of the attic and mainly just loose insulation up there. The pipes are PVC, which is good, I think, as opposed to copper.
Also, I do have a trickle of "hot" (it's actually frigid right now) water out of some of my upstairs hot faucets, so I guess that's a good thing. :hmm:
Anyway, I think we should start dropping nuclear bombs on the North Pole or something. Maybe if we destroy it we can destroy the cold. :)
Time to buy insulation for your pipes.
or alternatively totally change the air flow of your house to heat your attic.
I'd go with pipes insulation.
Quote from: Caliga on January 24, 2014, 11:02:40 AM
Pipes froze again. This time it's the hot water (last time it was the cold water). I finally threw in the towel and got the ladder and went up into my attic (I've never been up there before. :blush: ) So it turns out I have exposed, un-insulated pipes running along the floor of the attic and mainly just loose insulation up there. The pipes are PVC, which is good, I think, as opposed to copper.
Also, I do have a trickle of "hot" (it's actually frigid right now) water out of some of my upstairs hot faucets, so I guess that's a good thing. :hmm:
WTF?! There could have been bodies up there! Or treasure! Or a scared girl hiding from the nazi!
Quote from: Caliga on January 22, 2014, 08:06:09 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 22, 2014, 08:30:03 AM
In your giant driveway? How long did that take you?
Like an hour and a half. :Embarrass:
That's not too bad. Takes me 2h to clean around my house with snow blower when we get 5+inches.
I envy you guys your weather - we have a return to above-freezing temperatures this weekend.
It just aint natural I tells ya - not in Edmonton in January. *shakes fist*
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 24, 2014, 11:04:52 AM
Time to buy insulation for your pipes.
or alternatively totally change the air flow of your house to heat your attic.
I'd go with pipes insulation.
Yeah. The problem is my ladder isn't quite high enough for me to safely get completely into the attic. So I'm probably going to make a run to Home Depot to get a taller ladder and pipe insulation.
Quote from: derspiess on January 24, 2014, 10:23:30 AM
Well, we shouldn't have too many bugs this summer :)
I actually saw an article someplace that the severe cold might cause a massive die-off of the emerald ash borer. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on January 24, 2014, 11:15:23 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 24, 2014, 11:04:52 AM
Time to buy insulation for your pipes.
or alternatively totally change the air flow of your house to heat your attic.
I'd go with pipes insulation.
Yeah. The problem is my ladder isn't quite high enough for me to safely get completely into the attic. So I'm probably going to make a run to Home Depot to get a taller ladder and pipe insulation.
No indoor access? Never seen that around here.
No, it's indoor, but it's just a hatch in the ceiling of my master walk-in closet.
Just put a chair on top of the ladder.
Quote from: Maximus on January 24, 2014, 11:52:04 AM
Just put a chair on top of the ladder.
That's not very safe, the ladder goes on the chair.
Quote from: Caliga on January 24, 2014, 11:46:34 AM
No, it's indoor, but it's just a hatch in the ceiling of my master walk-in closet.
Ah. So really small ladder.
I was confuse by your use of ladder. To me a ladder is only this :
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-WI5OfF3WY6Q%2FUNQqOx0qIKI%2FAAAAAAAAAAM%2Fx_a7TVsEz34%2Fs1600%2Fladder.jpeg&hash=6d8b4973b07048944ade20d51b0372e2aa13982e)
This is a Stepladder/scaffolding
(https://www.rona.ca/images/8708005_L.jpg)
Yeah, I was talking about the latter ladder. :sleep:
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And another snow storm is coming this weekend. MY BONES ACHE.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 24, 2014, 11:58:45 AM
I was confuse by your use of ladder. To me a ladder is only this :
:secret: A step ladder is a ladder.
Pipes just unfroze. No signs of any leakage yet.
Good luck Cal.
Anchorage hit 48 for high yesterday. No chance of frozen pipes in that.
Quote from: Barrister on January 24, 2014, 11:15:04 AM
I envy you guys your weather - we have a return to above-freezing temperatures this weekend.
It just aint natural I tells ya - not in Edmonton in January. *shakes fist*
How long have you been in Alberta? It's quite natural.
Quote from: katmai on January 24, 2014, 02:18:31 PM
Anchorage hit 48 for high yesterday.
That shit ain't right.
Blizzard warning for tomorrow! Finally we poor European will get some snow as well.
Sunny and 52 right now. :cool:
19 degrees here. Warmest it's been in 4 days. I've been filling the bird feeders on a daily basis.
Some snow shit over the weekend, but we missed the worst of it. The temperatures however... :bleeding:
I swear, a simple 12-15 minute walk to work really feels like you're running the gauntlet when it's -3F with gusty winds. :homestar: :weep: Got my longjohns and ski mask at the ready.
It was finally below freezing. I went to the outdoor rink to go for a quick skate.
They were flooding the rink, however, and told me the rink was closed. It had been too warm, and the concrete was showing at the edges.
Stupid warm January weather. <_<
Less than 5 cm and the web news reads: "Winter Chaos!".
Quote from: Liep on January 27, 2014, 10:06:41 AM
Less than 5 cm and the web news reads: "Winter Chaos!".
And here we thought you was Scandinavians. :glare:
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on January 27, 2014, 11:38:08 AM
Quote from: Liep on January 27, 2014, 10:06:41 AM
Less than 5 cm and the web news reads: "Winter Chaos!".
And here we thought you was Scandinavians. :glare:
They're essentially Germans without clout.
79 degrees and partly cloudy here. The brutal Florida winter seems to have ended after an interminable week-and-a-half.
Man, the ass dropped out of it today; it was 40 degrees this morning, by 3pm it was 15. I think I felt one of my nuts roll down my pants leg.
Cal is gonna have to choke the bitch who made him come to Chicago this week.
We are supposed to get 1-2 inches of snow today. Half my group decided to stay home. :rolleyes:
-10 this morning. Cold and clear. Of course school is in, people work (despite a few inches of snow the day before), and everything functions. I do feel for the Bangladeshi students at the university in this weather, though.
Lol I just got an email that our Atlanta office is closing for the day due to the potential 1 to 2 inches of snow.
edit: Just got a phone call from my boss in Alabama, who sounded rather distressed. "Ah'm fixin' to leave the office-- y'all okay up there??"
Quote from: derspiess on January 28, 2014, 12:49:50 PM
Lol I just got an email that our Atlanta office is closing for the day due to the potential 1 to 2 inches of snow.
Laugh at us if you want, however, a couple of years ago we had a similar snow and the roads turned to ice for several days. Atlanta had no equipment to deal with it, so the city shut down. There are youtube videos of people ice skating down the main roads.
That said, I'm not leaving and am putting pictures of chickens in offices.
The sun has only shone for 17 hours total in this January. :(
My WV buddy's kids have gone to school for like 3 or 4 days since Christmas break. Between the snow, cold temps and water contamination they've had one kick-ass month.
Of course, they'll have to make a lot of that up in June...
Total madness here. We've gotten an inch or two of snow. After lunch someone tried to go home, spent 2 hours going a mile or two, and then turned around to return to the office. 4 hours round trip.
My brother tried to go home but the traffic was so bad he checked into a hotel for the night.
I'm hanging at the office . Hopefully snowmeggedon will be over by the time I leave.
Quote from: alfred russel on January 28, 2014, 05:06:50 PM
Total madness here. We've gotten an inch or two of snow. After lunch someone tried to go home, spent 2 hours going a mile or two, and then turned around to return to the office. 4 hours round trip.
My brother tried to go home but the traffic was so bad he checked into a hotel for the night.
I'm hanging at the office . Hopefully snowmeggedon will be over by the time I leave.
:nelson:
I'm hearing tales of Atlanta kids spending the night at their school. My boss in Bama walked 4 miles in the snow to get to his wife's place of work and they're going to spend the night there. Traffic is piled up & people are just leaving their cars and walking home or wherever. Uh, wow.
Roll tide.
Quote from: Barrister on January 28, 2014, 05:14:49 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on January 28, 2014, 05:06:50 PM
Total madness here. We've gotten an inch or two of snow. After lunch someone tried to go home, spent 2 hours going a mile or two, and then turned around to return to the office. 4 hours round trip.
My brother tried to go home but the traffic was so bad he checked into a hotel for the night.
I'm hanging at the office . Hopefully snowmeggedon will be over by the time I leave.
:nelson:
^2
A part of me thinks this is absolutely hilarious.
A part of me thinks it is hilarious that Gary Bettman put an NHL team here.
A part of me is dreading the drive home. I also am low on gas, so I might not make it, which would make me one of the idiots I normally laugh at.
Quote from: alfred russel on January 28, 2014, 05:23:50 PM
A part of me thinks this is absolutely hilarious.
A part of me thinks it is hilarious that Gary Bettman put an NHL team here.
A part of me is dreading the drive home. I also am low on gas, so I might not make it, which would make me one of the idiots I normally laugh at.
Sorry, it's just the inner Canadian can't wrap my head around that kind of panic over :o Two inches of snow! :o
But since it obvioujsly is... keep safe. Maybe follow your brother's lead and check into a hotel.
I used to live up north, so I'm with you.
All the hotels seem to be booked up. There are people planning on spending the night in the office.
There is a train stop about half a mile from the office, and it has a stop 2-3 miles from where I live. If the traffic doesn't clear up, that is how I will get home.
My commute took me almost 7 hours, that is because I pulled or pushed over 2 dozen vehicles up the frozen hills, and rescued my nephew from school. Crazy stuff. Too many accidents and cars in ditches to count. One hill had three jack knifed 18 wheelers. On call with my towns PD in case they need transportation.
Sorry to tell you'all, but Alabama is closed. :nelson:
Goodness gracious, what a mess.
And to all the Hamilcar-style chucklers, it's pretty obvious that the level of disruption snowfall causes is inversely proportional to the amount of resources/experience/planning regarding snow removal. Atlanta and Alabama (and DC and Texas) don't have very large amounts of that, for a variety of reasons. Hence, chaos -- for structural reasons, not because the people are just dumbasses (though I guess they may be independently).
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on January 28, 2014, 10:06:54 PM
Goodness gracious, what a mess.
And to all the Hamilcar-style chucklers, it's pretty obvious that the level of disruption snowfall causes is inversely proportional to the amount of resources/experience/planning regarding snow removal. Atlanta and Alabama (and DC and Texas) don't have very large amounts of that, for a variety of reasons. Hence, chaos -- for structural reasons, not because the people are just dumbasses (though I guess they may be independently).
Canadian smug cannot be reasoned with.
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 28, 2014, 10:00:31 PM
My commute took me almost 7 hours, that is because I pulled or pushed over 2 dozen vehicles up the frozen hills, and rescued my nephew from school. Crazy stuff. Too many accidents and cars in ditches to count. One hill had three jack knifed 18 wheelers. On call with my towns PD in case they need transportation.
Sorry to tell you'all, but Alabama is closed. :nelson:
You are a good man lusti. :thumbsup:
Southerners are stoopid!
Quote from: alfred russel on January 28, 2014, 10:13:22 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 28, 2014, 10:00:31 PM
My commute took me almost 7 hours, that is because I pulled or pushed over 2 dozen vehicles up the frozen hills, and rescued my nephew from school. Crazy stuff. Too many accidents and cars in ditches to count. One hill had three jack knifed 18 wheelers. On call with my towns PD in case they need transportation.
Sorry to tell you'all, but Alabama is closed. :nelson:
You are a good man lusti. :thumbsup:
Well, I could not just drive past and not help. There are thousands stranded tonight, if I could help at least a few get home to their families. I feel guilty to be home in my warm bed and people still out there.
Besides, some were blocking the expressway and in my way. :P
By waiting until 1130 to leave the office, I managed to get home in just under an hour and a half (it is normally a half hour drive).
The main roads are sheer madness. I saw them, and they are completely gridlocked. As in it might have taken 5-6 hours to get home. A lot of the backroads are blocked (I ignored a blocked notice, not because I'm a rebel, but because I'd rather get stuck than be driving home until 4 in the morning).
I may be stuck in my condo tomorrow. There is a hill to get out, and the mailman got stuck here because he couldn't get over it.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on January 28, 2014, 10:06:54 PM
And to all the Hamilcar-style chucklers, it's pretty obvious that the level of disruption snowfall causes is inversely proportional to the amount of resources/experience/planning regarding snow removal. Atlanta and Alabama (and DC and Texas) don't have very large amounts of that, for a variety of reasons. Hence, chaos -- for structural reasons, not because the people are just dumbasses (though I guess they may be independently).
Oh yeah. I grew up in the far north of Scotland and I don't remember ever getting a snow day, despite blizzards and drifts. As soon as it was snowy the ploughs and the gritters were out all night.
I got told to work from home for a week in London because of snow. As you say they just weren't ready for it because they don't normally have to be.
Some local schools are closed again today due to the cold. They burned through their snow days already, so anything they miss now will be made up in June. My kids' school is a private school and also does day care so it practically never closes.
Festung Spiess fared much better during this recent cold snap than the first one. Still had a little air leaking in, but the indoor temp kept a pretty steady 69F. No frozen pipes this time, either.
Made it back in to downtown to pick some people up, there are still so many stranded. Situation still FUBAR. Driving interstate against normal traffic is fun. Pushing pickup trucks up hills no so much.
Taking a picture of a stranded Jeep on the side of the road made it all worth it. :nelson:
This is the summary of the Atlanta chaos, from a resident without an axe to grind:
Quote
HERE'S HOW HOTHLANTA HAPPENED (AGAIN)
By Spencer Hall @edsbs on Jan 29 2014, 10:24a 617
This is how two and a half inches of snow paralyzed Atlanta, roughly speaking.
1. This is a poorly run city that barely sees snow. The last time ATL was hit with a winter storm, there were four--FOUR--salt trucks at the ready. Two of them ran into each other on the way out of the lot, and reduced the road-clearing capacity of the city by fifty percent. This city, administratively speaking, does not do anything well. There are a lot of reasons for this, but ineptitude as a general rule leads to massive ineptitude in specific areas of anti-expertise. Atlanta's bad at a lot of things it has to do every day, so the things it has to do rarely are really, really badly done--particularly when it involves something the city experiences every three or four years
2. This is a sprawling metro area encompassing eight thousand square miles with at least three major interstates (depending how you count them and their subdivisions) and one huge ring road in 285. It's hilly as hell, and on top of those major arteries features a commuter population that takes at least another four or five roads you'd consider highways anywhere else. It works at a snail's pace on a good day. Throw any kind of inclement weather into the equation, and the heart-shaped organ of Atlanta becomes one big traffic cardiac event.
3. So before anything even happened yesterday, you had a complex and tangled transit system spanning no fewer than six major agencies and government entities that would implode with the slightest hiccup in the transit equilibrium.
Then someone coated the roads in ice just in time for rush hour.
4. And then something happened, and nothing happened in response. No one freaked out when winter storm advisories were announced. No cancellations were made, and the city and GDOT had nothing ready, and no capacity to catch up once they were behind. The city and state play a game of chicken with winter weather. The usual tactic is to call everything off, cancel everything early, and risk ridicule for the sake of not having people trapped on the roads for ten hours. This is usually done with the luxury of a night to prepare.
5. This storm not only hit farther north than projected, but also hit in the middle of the day--the exact time when the rush hour cannon is loaded with the full brunt of Atlanta's commuting class. The city and state failed, but so did everyone else. Employers, famously flocking to Georgia because we don't have much of a government to interfere with things, did not fill the void by responsibly suggesting people telecommute. Schools said nothing, and had to shelter children overnight while cafeteria workers stayed to make food for the kids. People slept in CVS and Publix last night. The best man at my wedding slept in a hotel conference room. He is only seven miles from home, and still is as of this morning, because no one did a single smart thing.
6. So if you're glorying in this, and using this disaster of civic ineptitude to gird your own puny loins this morning, great. I encourage this, because I want you to be the worst possible person. Everyone's got a goal, and you're headed down that path whether I want you to or not. You survived that brutal Northern winter all by yourself, writing a check and living in a less deplorably managed city. You did it, you Meteorological Ayn Rands of the world. Be sure to tell the people sleeping in freezing cars on the interstate about it this morning. I think that's what this is for. This is definitely what this moment is for. Your shitbag horizon is calling: go grab it with both hands, and don't bother wearing gloves.
7. If you want to know what happened, it's that a sprawling mess of a city with zero preparation or capacity to handle a logistical challenge got hit right where it could afford it least: straight in the heart of the city, i.e. the ability to drive from one point to another in an automobile. You have solutions. We have an Atlanta. You should know that the two rarely meet.
8. TL; DR: everyone failed except the lunchladies, teachers, postal workers, and the firemen down the block I heard going back and forth all night without sleep. Oh, and the bartenders. The number of bartenders working last night was nothing short of heroic.
A few comments:
on #6: To be honest, I'm glorying in this a bit. It is kind of fun. It is good to break up the monotony of the day by day routine every now and then.
on #8: I think a mailman got stuck in my condo complex last night, so at least one mailman failed. But I talked to some firemen this morning who apparently were going without sleep after a brutal night and a day that so far hasn't let up. Those guys have been busting their asses.
Sounds like I picked a good year to move to Florida.
The weather prick on TV is hinting at big storm middle of next week. I need to refill MAH SALTS and gas for the snowblower.
Totally fucking sick of this shit.
Made it back home, productive day.
Despite the cold, bars here in downtown Chicago are still packed... or maybe because of it? :hmm: I know I've had too much to drink the last three nights. :blush:
I lied, I'm back out on the road picking some people up.
QuoteThe city and state failed, but so did everyone else. Employers, famously flocking to Georgia because we don't have much of a government to interfere with things, did not fill the void by responsibly suggesting people telecommute.
:lol:
An inch of snow last night. Winter storm warning for another 5-10 heading our way. Laramie refuses to shut down as we have several times more road clearing ability than Atlanta does.
Still wet. Still mild. It might be due to the same conditions that are affecting North America, apparently.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25962332 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25962332)
At home, roads a lot better, I don't expect having to rescue anyone else, so I can play on the ps3 all day.
Last night I drove up a "closed" hill, there was about 10-15 cars huddled together on one side/ditch, like they were embracing each other, or warming up like penguins. It was so sweet.
East Tyrol and Carinthia have had 5 feet of snow in the last two or three days, and there'll be another 3 feet for them. Many roads are closed, rail traffic is severely affected, and they're at the highest avalanche threat level.
The mountains to the west of Laramie are at 123% of snowfall moisture, Wyoming is successfully stealing all of California's water in 2013-2014.
Quote from: PDH on February 01, 2014, 11:13:03 PM
The mountains to the west of Laramie are at 123% of snowfall moisture, Wyoming is successfully stealing all of California's water in 2013-2014.
Just so you are prepared for the mass exodus headed your way.
I know from Garbon that they will head through and out of Wyoming along the interstate at about 90 mph.
Quote from: katmai on February 01, 2014, 11:13:45 PM
Quote from: PDH on February 01, 2014, 11:13:03 PM
The mountains to the west of Laramie are at 123% of snowfall moisture, Wyoming is successfully stealing all of California's water in 2013-2014.
Just so you are prepared for the mass exodus headed your way.
They are more likely to head to the Seattle paradise...except they're low on rainfall/snowpack as well.
Quote from: PDH on February 01, 2014, 11:15:21 PM
I know from Garbon that they will head through and out of Wyoming along the interstate at about 90 mph.
:angry:
What a lovely time for me to choose to drive back from MA...
I spent a part of Sunday chipping ice off of my pathway and drive. I also did the neighbour's, as I quite like her, she is elderly, and she's been ill with cancer.
This winter has been the worst for heavy ice build up that I can remember.
Quote from: katmai on February 01, 2014, 11:13:45 PM
Quote from: PDH on February 01, 2014, 11:13:03 PM
The mountains to the west of Laramie are at 123% of snowfall moisture, Wyoming is successfully stealing all of California's water in 2013-2014.
Just so you are prepared for the mass exodus headed your way.
Many Californians would die of thirst before moving into flyover country.
Ugh. Winter Storm Warning. 6-10 inches expected. Blah.
We've gotten so much snow this year that even Meri has stopped spazzing.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 03, 2014, 09:58:47 PM
We've gotten so much snow this year that even Meri has stopped spazzing.
What little we have gotten melted today. :weep:
Roads were actually pretty go tonight. :)
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 03, 2014, 09:58:47 PM
We've gotten so much snow this year that even Meri has stopped spazzing.
We get another 5-7" tomorrow!! :w00t:
And since I'm home sick, I even get to enjoy it instead of having to deal with the idiots on the road. :)
So with our impending snow/ice storm, my office shut down at 3:00-ish. I was the first one out the door so I could hit Fifty West Brewing for their pre-Cincy Beer Week event beat the traffic and get home to log in & continue working.
Not a drop of any precipitation yet. But they shut down my kids' kindergarten/preschool for tomorrow regardless :mellow:
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2014, 05:37:51 PM
So with our impending snow/ice storm, my office shut down at 3:00-ish. I was the first one out the door so I could hit Fifty West Brewing for their pre-Cincy Beer Week event beat the traffic and get home to log in & continue working.
Not a drop of any precipitation yet. But they shut down my kids' kindergarten/preschool for tomorrow regardless :mellow:
I was watching channel 12 and in between watching Erica Collura's ass, it looks like you people are gonna get ice up the anus.
Erica. :wub:
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2014, 05:37:51 PM
So with our impending snow/ice storm, my office shut down at 3:00-ish. I was the first one out the door so I could hit Fifty West Brewing for their pre-Cincy Beer Week event beat the traffic and get home to log in & continue working.
Not a drop of any precipitation yet. But they shut down my kids' kindergarten/preschool for tomorrow regardless :mellow:
It started snowing here at about 4:30 and it's since switched to rain.
You could at least share pics el jefe <_<
Quote from: katmai on February 04, 2014, 05:53:55 PM
You could at least share pics el jefe <_<
I'm not in a sharing mood with Languish right now.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2014, 05:50:09 PM
I was watching channel 12 and in between watching Erica Collura's ass, it looks like you people are gonna get ice up the anus.
Erica. :wub:
She is a cutie pie.
I'd love to get some ice up her anus. Bet it'd make her squirm, all squirmy-like. Yeah. Anus ice. DUDE WE SHOULD NAME THE BAND THAT
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2014, 05:56:20 PM
I'm not in a sharing mood with Languish right now.
The 1% never shares. That the economic modelling for our society.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2014, 05:50:09 PM
I was watching channel 12 and in between watching Erica Collura's ass, it looks like you people are gonna get ice up the anus.
Erica. :wub:
Bring it. I gotz plenty of food, beer, dry firewood and the generator is ready to go.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 04, 2014, 05:56:48 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2014, 05:50:09 PM
I was watching channel 12 and in between watching Erica Collura's ass, it looks like you people are gonna get ice up the anus.
Erica. :wub:
She is a cutie pie.
I'd love to get some ice up her anus. Bet it'd make her squirm, all squirmy-like. Yeah. Anus ice. DUDE WE SHOULD NAME THE BAND THAT
http://youtu.be/2ZYBR3uPigM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2014, 06:03:11 PM
http://youtu.be/2ZYBR3uPigM
I have to be in the right mood for interracial porn.
:lol:
Looks like the roads are a sheet of ice right now.
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And it's starting here. Yay! Kids out of school for 2 days at least. :(
Yeah, calling for snow with substantial ice in time for the morning. I could really use a snow day tomorrow.
STORM! Also, Prince is here.
I ventured out yesterday because I realized I was out of energy drinks & I just wasn't in a coffee drinking mood. Had fun chipping the ice off my car and watching Tommy slide around on the 3 inches of solid ice in the front yard. When we got back we got the tube and sleds out and I did a test run of the back yard sledding trail. Holy shit was that fast and dangerous. I had to close the backyard slope but allowed Tommy to slide around in the front. On the tube we was like a pinball, bouncing off our house, then off the neighbor's house, then ours again.
Roads were surprisingly still not clear this morning. Was somehow more difficult to get out of the driveway today than it was yesterday.
But with all the ice, we were lucky-- no power loss.
We got about ten inches, just under a foot of snow. Heavy stuff though, tough to shovel and the snowblower struggled at times, had to go slow. Other parts of Mass, western/northern, got more snow.
Now apparently the much bigger storm that was supposed to hit Sunday-Monday is going to miss southern New England, going further north and maybe weakening.
Quote from: derspiess on February 06, 2014, 10:27:33 AM
Roads were surprisingly still not clear this morning. Was somehow more difficult to get out of the driveway today than it was yesterday.
Yeah, I couldn't get out. Got stuck on the hill and after about 10 minutes was able to get my car back onto the driveway and into the garage. Working from home today.
Still storms:
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Quote from: Caliga on February 06, 2014, 11:39:20 AM
Yeah, I couldn't get out. Got stuck on the hill and after about 10 minutes was able to get my car back onto the driveway and into the garage. Working from home today.
I'd have worked from home were it not for cabin fever.
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 06, 2014, 11:56:04 AM
Still storms:
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Wow, where is that from?
Porthleven in Cornwall.
Quote from: derspiess on February 06, 2014, 11:58:41 AM
I'd have worked from home were it not for cabin fever.
Well, I literally had no choice, as I have tons of crap to do/meetings today and cannot get my car up the hill... I would have preferred not to for sure.
I am now hoarding what is left of MAH SALTS in an attempt to get thru winter. I have closed the gates to my neighbors and if they continue to ask for MAH SALTS, I will open fire on them with my MAH AK.
MAH EMERGENCY SUPPLIES are holding out.
Dear Journal,
As we approach another nightfall without power, I am considering putting my Mother out of her misery; while she seems alert and healthy, I cannot take any chances with her suffering during this ordeal.
I pray the pillow to suffocate her works quickly, and brings her peace.
My parents live near the Piddle River in Dorset, which has now burst its banks. My dad is loving jokes like 'there's piddle everywhere' :lol:
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 06, 2014, 12:05:06 PM
Porthleven in Cornwall.
My colleague's from Cornwall, she says crazy shit's going on there. Like there's this bar, The Watering Hole, sitting on a nice and easy slop towards the beach?
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cornwall-beaches.co.uk%2Fphotos%2Fdata%2Fmedia%2F6%2Fwatering_hole.jpg&hash=7dd78d00c023dd88d4c245642ce04e0d9a4ada64)
Not any more:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1507103_782043598479068_889478008_n.jpg)
This reminds me of the 1287 storm.
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 06, 2014, 11:56:04 AM
Still storms:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.guim.co.uk%2Fsys-images%2FGuardian%2FPix%2Fpictures%2F2014%2F2%2F6%2F1391698312817%2F81cc5055-3edf-4596-b6b7-1149d346d786-460x276.jpeg&hash=f9cb3c8860f94869d627712114547dd4dd42e900)
That's an awesome shot.
Yeah, the South West have taken a battering from the storms. Much of Somerset has under water since the start of the year.
Here's footage of waves coming over Chesil Beach:
http://youtu.be/84EQtsgA0_8
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 06, 2014, 01:45:24 PM
Dear Journal,
As we approach another nightfall without power, I am considering putting my Mother out of her misery; while she seems alert and healthy, I cannot take any chances with her suffering during this ordeal.
I pray the pillow to suffocate her works quickly, and brings her peace.
:unsure:
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Snowmegeddon 2014 has hit the Portland area today.
I left work early, at noon, to try and beat the idiots home. My normally 45 minute drive took almost 3 hours. There were multiple times on the drive I passed an accumulation of snow that was at least 1/2" deep.
Dear Journal,
Just as I was about to end my Mother's misery over yet another evening without Wheel of Fortune--what with it being Sandals Resorts Romance Week and all--the camp erupted in light. We have juice.
And now, we return to our various media devices, and attempt to ignore each other as much as humanly possible.
Praise the Lord and pass the voltage.
37 hours without power is bullshit. Fuck this 19th century Klondike frontier Jack London nonsense.
Try going 72+. Or the poor saps who went 2 weeks when Ike's remnant shitstains went through and DP&L got caught with its britches down.
I survived Hurricane Isabel and 5 days without power; but at least my condo is on city water and it's a gas unit, so I still had hot water. But man, no electricity out here in Appalachia sucks ass.
At least it's winter, and all the refrigerator and freezer shit could go out in the garage.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 06, 2014, 08:17:35 PM
and DP&L got caught with its britches down.
Reliability standards are a bitch when the fines finally get handed down after all the politicians bitch, but as BG&E's public relations guy once said with a sigh of resignation in his voice after Irene, "In all fairness, it
was a hurricane, you know."
I still shake my old man fist at DP&L.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 06, 2014, 08:10:33 PM
37 hours without power is bullshit. Fuck this 19th century Klondike frontier Jack London nonsense.
Jack London and the Klondike. :wub:
I'd almost wish for 37 hours without power here. It'd be glorious, but then we'd freeze to death, because you need power in -20C weather.
Quote from: Barrister on February 06, 2014, 11:31:15 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 06, 2014, 08:10:33 PM
37 hours without power is bullshit. Fuck this 19th century Klondike frontier Jack London nonsense.
Jack London and the Klondike. :wub:
I'd almost wish for 37 hours without power here. It'd be glorious, but then we'd freeze to death, because you need power in -20C weather.
No trees around?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 06, 2014, 11:36:39 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 06, 2014, 11:31:15 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 06, 2014, 08:10:33 PM
37 hours without power is bullshit. Fuck this 19th century Klondike frontier Jack London nonsense.
Jack London and the Klondike. :wub:
I'd almost wish for 37 hours without power here. It'd be glorious, but then we'd freeze to death, because you need power in -20C weather.
No trees around?
Nothing to burn said trees in.
I have a gas fireplace, but it requires power to ignite it.
Rage?
Quote from: Syt on February 06, 2014, 03:13:40 PM
My colleague's from Cornwall, she says crazy shit's going on there. Like there's this bar, The Watering Hole, sitting on a nice and easy slop towards the beach?
Yeah, Cornwall's cut off. The main roads are flooded. And this happened to the mainline train route:
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Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 06, 2014, 08:10:33 PM
37 hours without power is bullshit. Fuck this 19th century Klondike frontier Jack London nonsense.
Usually we do ok with power outages where I am. My town has its own electrical facilty, and if power goes down the maintenance crews usually have things back up pretty fast, especially since only dealing with one town. Unlike the large statewide or regional power companies which may have power outages on a large scale and it can take days to get things fixed. These companines all have agreements with other states but storms that hit multiple states tax those maint resources. My town is one of the towns that supplied its own power before Massachusetts changed the laws in the early 20th century, probably at the behest of the big power companies who wanted all the business. There are some other towns with their own power company and here it seems to be a good advantage to have. We also have town cable TV which I use.
Never had to suffer a lost power outages of over 52hours.
In the same event my mom was out of power for 3 weeks.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 06, 2014, 08:10:33 PM
37 hours without power is bullshit. Fuck this 19th century Klondike frontier Jack London nonsense.
If only that was something we'd left in the 19th century.
I grew up on the frontier, and I don't recall ever being without power for more than a couple hours.
This site has pics of various places in Somerset that have been flooded.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/27-staggering-new-pictures-of-the-somerset-levels-floods
:blush:
I looked through those thinking 'oooh that's a nice house' (except for the new build, the new build was awful) :bleeding:
Big front coming in from the south, the kind that always wallops us: 4 to 6+ inches forecast for Wednesday evening after 7pm, followed by an additional 4 to 6+ inches Thursday during the day.
Oh, hells yeah. Shut down this fucking state.
Lulz.
QuoteWinter Storm Warning in effect from 8 pm Wednesday to 8 pm EST Thursday.
The National Weather Service in Baltimore Md/washington has issued a Winter Storm Warning for snow, which is in effect from 8 pm Wednesday to 8 pm EST Thursday. The Winter Storm Watch is no longer in effect.
Precipitation type: Heavy snow.
Accumulations: 6 to 10 inches, with up to 12 inches at elevations above 800 feet.
Timing: snow will overspread the area from the south between 8 pm and 10 pm Wednesday evening. Snow will be heavy at times Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Snow is expected to taper off late Thursday afternoon.
Our long term forecast finally looks non-hellish for the first time since December. Supposed to be in the 60s by the end of next week, which is where we'd be by now most years.
AR will have a messy icy day today in ATL. We are just getting rain right now, possible snow this afternoon.
Weather dude on CNN predicted a catastrophic ice storm for Georgia and the Carolinas. Said folks would be without power forever.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 12, 2014, 08:56:28 AM
Weather dude on CNN predicted a catastrophic ice storm for Georgia and the Carolinas. Said folks would be without power forever.
Over 50K out of power in Georgia so far, and the freezing rain is just going to keep coming all day. Looks like there's about an inch of ice outside my house.
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 12, 2014, 08:25:15 AM
AR will have a messy icy day today in ATL. We are just getting rain right now, possible snow this afternoon.
Our office shut down, so I am staying home. If I lose power it is going to suck. I won't be able to
watch TV and surf the internet work from home.
Lusti, are you getting snow? For us the problem isn't so much snow but just the ice.
Rain and above freezing for now. ulmont is the other GA/ATL area poster? I could not remember who else is in the area.
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 12, 2014, 09:42:39 AM
Rain and above freezing for now. ulmont is the other GA/ATL area poster? I could not remember who else is in the area.
Also Habbaku I think.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 12, 2014, 08:56:28 AM
Weather dude on CNN predicted a catastrophic ice storm for Georgia and the Carolinas. Said folks would be without power forever.
End of Days is nearing.... :ph34r:
My wife is stranded in London :mad:
The trains on the west coast line have been cancelled. Crewe station has had part of its roof blown off and is partially ablaze :huh:
:(
Is the wind still really bad? I saw there were 100 mph gusts in some parts of the North-West :huh:
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 12, 2014, 02:01:33 PM
:(
Is the wind still really bad? I saw there were 100 mph gusts in some parts of the North-West :huh:
It is pretty bad where I am but we are in a sheltered spot...........must be terrible on the coast and the fells.
Should be all over in a few hours it seems, unlike the slow drowning of parts of the South :(
All of our satellite offices in North and South Carolina are closed. :sleep:
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on February 12, 2014, 02:15:57 PM
It is pretty bad where I am but we are in a sheltered spot...........must be terrible on the coast and the fells.
Should be all over in a few hours it seems, unlike the slow drowning of parts of the South :(
Two football games have been cancelled up there now - the Everton one because of flying roof tiles :blink:
And National Rail have grim tweets like this:
QuoteNo trains can run to / from Selby because of poor weather. No alternative transport is available
Apparently Crewe is partially reopened though.
Edit: Also I love that the Dorset Echo have had this image of the face wave as the main photo on their website for about 2 weeks now :lol:
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Edit: Hurricane force winds :blink:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/12/uk-storms-hurricaine-force-winds-floods-crisis
:rolleyes: n00bs
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/02/12/at-least-7-hospitalized-in-ga-sledding-crashes/
It's got to be more than 12 inches of accumulation out there. Looks like the flakes are getting heavier, so maybe it's warming up.
We probably got about 10" here...but it's already warm enough that it's starting to melt (water dripping down from the roof snow).
It's supposed to be above freezing today. Yay. Half the roads are still ice covered death rinks.
It should continue to warm up well into the 50s by late next week. I'm going to sort of miss the solid frozen glacier covering the front yard. Kids really like sliding around on it.
Meanwhile Canada & Alaska have no snow.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 13, 2014, 10:20:39 AM
Meanwhile Canada & Alaska have no snow.
Speak for yourself.
I was amazed to see that parts of Alabama, Georgia and N. Carolina got nearly a foot of snow! Now there's something you don't see everyday... :hmm:
We got a couple of inches of wet snow. I had work late at 11 am, no problems coming in.
Some areas of the northeast corner of the state in the foothills got almost a foot I understand. We'll get the accumulated totals in the next few days.
Went out and did the whole shovel and snowblower thing with Dad.
We utilize a buddy system with heavy snowfalls like this: the one that isn't the first to have the coronary and make permanent snow angels face-down goes and gets Mom.
Well, you are posting so I guess there was no coronary induced snow angles, that is good.
Got a little thunder/hail storm falling on the 10 inches of wet, heavy snow.
The forecast for Monday calls for "ice pellets". First time I've seen that.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 13, 2014, 10:20:39 AM
Meanwhile Canada & Alaska have no snow.
Snowing here and about 6f/whatever c you weridos go by.
Quote from: katmai on February 13, 2014, 06:19:31 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 13, 2014, 10:20:39 AM
Meanwhile Canada & Alaska have no snow.
Snowing here and about 6f/whatever c you weridos go by.
I spoke too fast, 15cm overnight from the Storm that hit the US earlier this week.
This is insane, we get snow from a south to north moving storm.
Quote from: Maximus on February 13, 2014, 04:29:19 PM
The forecast for Monday calls for "ice pellets". First time I've seen that.
Those are from very cold rabbits. It's true.
We just got another 4-6 inches this morning, on top of maybe an inch or two yesterday.
I would guess there's going to be some serious flooding when all this shit melts.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 14, 2014, 11:38:10 AM
We just got another 4-6 inches this morning, on top of maybe an inch or two yesterday.
I would guess there's going to be some serious flooding when all this shit melts.
We're getting your snow from yesterday today. Hopefully, we'll get the 4"-6" too, but I doubt it.
Though, admittedly, the flooding thing is really a worry around here. It's swampy at the best of times. I'm fairly certain that our basement - and everyone else's in the neighborhood - is going to be a paddle-pool by the time April or May hits. That's going to suck....
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 14, 2014, 11:38:10 AM
We just got another 4-6 inches this morning, on top of maybe an inch or two yesterday.
I would guess there's going to be some serious flooding when all this shit melts.
We're getting your weather a week later, except it does go straight to serious flooding. It's all your fault... :P
The weather is finally as it should be. Mild here in the City. Lots of snow falling on the local mountains. The nice thing is that the last three storms have all passed through during night and the days have been sunny. Great for skiiing. If I could ski this year I woudnt be sitting around my office posting this. :P
Another storm hitting. It sounds worse than the last couple.
My Mum sent a text saying there's been a powercut where they are so they're sat surrounded by tea lights. Luckily they're quite far away from the river (Piddle) and not near any trees.
Another six inches or so today. :mellow:
I rained in Laramie today...in February...in Wyoming...
Quote from: PDH on February 15, 2014, 05:31:22 PM
I rained in Laramie today...in February...in Wyoming...
*reigned
What's hurricane-force wind? 60mph? I think it's approaching that right now. The house is making lots of strange noises. The cat is a bit jumpy.
74
We're getting a windy North Easter tonight, which may leave up to a foot of snow in my area. I'm thinking it'll be less seeing what's out there after about four hours of snow but it could add up to a lot more as it's supposed to snow until around dawn.
It's snowing here again. :mellow:
I am supremely sick of this shit.
It's just snow, it will melt & be replace with insane amount of humidity.
You can go fuck yourself.
We're getting totally bombed right now. I could see a foot pretty easily.
When I got up this morning the current weather condition was:
THUNDERSTORM SNOW ICE PELLETS FREEZING FOG
No locusts?
No ice mullets in Iowa, just more snow.
Now it's: ICE PELLETS MIST
Have you stepped outside? IT'S ICE PELLETS AND MIST!
:D
One side of the house is covered in a fine glaze of ice.
Great.
What a bunch of fucking babies.
Quote from: katmai on February 17, 2014, 05:01:13 PM
What a bunch of fucking babies.
Mah weather arthritis is acting up. Come closer so I can smack you with mah cane.
Quote from: katmai on February 17, 2014, 05:01:13 PM
What a bunch of fucking babies.
You tell 'em Kat.
It's +3C in Edmonton. :)
Bunch? Boner was the only one whining. :glare:
I was whining? Go eat a shit.
I'd be whining, but it's been in the 60s here.
I'm not bitching about the cold at all, because I'm saving all my bitching for when it gets to 78 degrees. Fucking DOOMIDITY.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 17, 2014, 05:08:52 PM
Bunch? Boner was the only one whining. :glare:
sorry a broad brush was used.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2014, 05:34:00 PM
I'm not bitching about the cold at all, because I'm saving all my bitching for when it gets to 78 degrees. Fucking DOOMIDITY.
hence why moved back here. Just winter to moan about.
More heavy snow fall on the local mountains. Still no snow in the City. Probably shouldnt have bothered with winter tires this year.
I just ate four ibuprofen for the arthritis, you dicks.
Little darling, I see the ice is slowly melting. :)
I shouldn't have told you to eat a shit. I blame atmospherics and Obama.
THANKS OBAMA.
:hug:
(But it was probably the unions.)
GODDAMN UAW.
It's almost 70 here right now, but there are still some piles of snow left on the ground. :wacko:
We expecting storms tonight, wind/thunderstorms.
Someone told me we're going to get hit again later today. :wacko:
Spring is in the air! :w00t: :yeah:
It has been snowing here for the last few days. Typical of the last number of years, the ski season has shifted so that there is very little snow in the traditional ski season and now that it is coming to an end the mountains are getting their biggest snow falls. The problem is spring is just around the corner so the window for good skiing has been significantly reduced. I can't help but think that climate change will drive out a lot of operators and we will be back to the good old days of simply hiking up to ski down.
Sweet Jesus, another storm.
Fuck this shit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 28, 2014, 05:53:10 PM
Sweet Jesus, another storm.
Fuck this shit.
If you really hate it that much, why are you sticking around Dayton? Can't you easily go to one of your other strongholds?
Quote from: Caliga on February 28, 2014, 07:43:51 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 28, 2014, 05:53:10 PM
Sweet Jesus, another storm.
Fuck this shit.
If you really hate it that much, why are you sticking around Dayton? Can't you easily go to one of your other strongholds?
I've told you people why I stick around. I'm not repeating myself.
Big fucking storm coming.
QuoteThe National Weather Service is forecasting 8-10 inches of snow on top of a layer of ice across Central Maryland by Monday night, with sleet and freezing rain expected Sunday night, turning to heavy snow into Monday.
"Confidence has increased that this will be an event that will have significant impact," said Carl Barnes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sterling, Va.
Thanks, Carl.
QuoteA winter storm watch was in effect for all of central, western and southern Maryland and the upper Eastern Shore from late Sunday night through Monday evening. Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories meanwhile stretched from Montana through the Heartland and Midwest and to the mid-Atlantic.
Weather service forecasters expect a glaze of ice up to 0.05 inches thick before the snow, with about an 80 percent chance of 4 or more inches of snow, and a nearly 60 percent chance of 8 inches or more. Those chances were raised from predictions made earlier Saturday, as forecasting models suggest the air in place over the region will be colder than previously expected.
Nice. A soft, powdery outside, with a crunchy, icy center.
A nougat of suck.
Going to interfere with my bar trivia night. :mad:
Holy shit below freezing in Texas in March? There is freaking ice on my car. I am sure this sort of thing happened back in the 80s when I was a kid but man is it ever bizarre.
Not a single flake has fallen, and everything from schools to the Federal government are closed for tomorrow.
Yay! Snow day!
17 degrees and sun. It's actually quite nice out :w00t:
this winter is never going to end. ever.
Quote from: HVC on March 06, 2014, 08:18:47 AM
this winter is never going to end. ever.
Yeah, I'm kind of resigned to just living in eternal snow and ice at this point. Even for New England, this is a bit much. 5 degrees F right now, negative temperatures last night. :bleeding: But you still hear the birds out and chirping; I guess they miscalculated too. :(
Boo fucking hoo you two.
Quote from: HVC on March 06, 2014, 08:18:47 AM
this winter is never going to end. ever.
Toronto = Fimbulwinter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimbulwinter
It has warmed up enough here that your compressed ski season has come to and end earlier than I thought it would
Quote from: katmai on March 06, 2014, 09:57:42 AM
Boo fucking hoo you two.
No shit. Especially when summer sucks like sweaty asscrackery.
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 06, 2014, 05:58:01 PM
It has warmed up enough here that your compressed ski season has come to and end earlier than I thought it would
Yeah, we are seeing crocuses and other early spring flowers in my neighbourhood. I think I see the tips of my hyacinths beginning to peer out as well.
Wonderful weather :w00t: :wub:
Warm here today, upper 40s at least, felt like an early Spring day. But still my yard is fully covered in snow, a few inches or more. Going to cool down, maybe a big snowstorm mid week, but I'm sure it's too early to be sure.
Second day in a row of warm weather, 30s and 40s. All the snow is melted except for the big drifts piled up by the snow plows.
Mid 60s here today. :cool:
18.5° today in Copenhagen. SPRING! :cool:
I hear New England is going to get one more ass blast from Father Winter on Thursday. Suck it, Boston.
<_<
We're also going to plunge below freezing. Tomorrow though - 58. :wacko:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 10, 2014, 07:49:15 PM
I hear New England is going to get one more ass blast from Father Winter on Thursday. Suck it, Boston.
A foot of snow. :weep: :weep:
Spring has definitely sprung here. The flowers are starting to bloom in our yard, neighbours are out doing gardening and soon the basketball hoop will be returned to its rightful place on the side of the road.
Onto the 4th straight day of +5-10C temperatures, if not higher. Melt is on, rapidly. There's still time for one more cold snap, but spring is deffinitely on the way.
With this warm a winter, I expect no summer and a spring filled with hail and snow.
Yesterday, 73.
Right now, 40 and snowing. :wacko:
We're getting "Fire Weather" in this part of Florida; which is a combination of high winds and what the National Weather Service describes as "Critically low humidity." Only in Florida could low humidity be a natural disaster.
Quote from: Savonarola on March 13, 2014, 01:08:32 PM
We're getting "Fire Weather" in this part of Florida; which is a combination of high winds and what the National Weather Service describes as "Critically low humidity." Only in Florida could low humidity be a natural disaster.
:lol:
Winter Storm Warning in effect for Sunday night into Monday; 5 inches possible.
One more snow day for the season! :yeah:
14 inches of snow in 12 hours last night. And my part of town got lucky. The hillside had 24 inches.
Quote from: katmai on March 15, 2014, 08:54:18 PM
14 inches of snow in 12 hours last night. And my part of town got lucky. The hillside had 24 inches.
Remind us why you choose to live there again? :huh:
Already have 12 hours of daylight, will end up with 19+ by Summer Solstice.
Plethora of options for hiking, camping (calm down Garbo), rafting, skiing, snowboarding.
Have house and cabin at my disposal
Oh and make a decent amount every year at State Fair
and Alaska is still loved by reality tv.
You should have tried to get a job on one of those shows about buying real estate in Hawaii. (https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsmileys.emoticonsonly.com%2Femoticons%2Fh%2Fhawaiian-3509.gif&hash=d90acd813b85635cab7711a697c1c703daf01f48)
More negative (F) temperatures this week. :weep:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 15, 2014, 09:00:37 PM
Quote from: katmai on March 15, 2014, 08:54:18 PM
14 inches of snow in 12 hours last night. And my part of town got lucky. The hillside had 24 inches.
Remind us why you choose to live there again? :huh:
The pussy.
2nd day of working all day on a ship in rain, sleet and snow. Virginia in March.
Quote from: Liep on March 10, 2014, 09:49:20 AM
18.5° today in Copenhagen. SPRING! :cool:
The cherry trees are blossoming!
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:lol:
What was expected to be a "light mix" earlier today never stopped and has turned into 4-6" here. Goddamn.
It's supposed to be 67 here tomorrow.
No shit, they're calling for 60 here, with high winds. But it's Winter Weather Advisory tonight. :lol:
Snowing pretty hard right now.
We're supposed to have warmer weather for the rest of the week here, after two days of heavy rain. Looking forward to the better weather. I planted a couple of Spring crops, peas and beets, and while they thrive in cooler weather it's best if the ground isn't wet all the time so the seeds don't rot. Hoping to get an early crop of those around the end of June or even earlier. [smile] First time trying planting those and so early so this will be something new.
Fine drizzle, on and off all day. :bowler:
I fear there will be no more snow. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 05, 2014, 10:31:44 AM
I fear there will be no more snow. :(
Is that from a reliable informer?
Happy days are back! High 60s in the city today and Monday - 70s tomorrow. :w00t:
I'd forgotten what my street looks like in the morning. Though there will be hordes milling around this afternoon, very few souls about even at 10am. Still too early for brunch. :D
First tornado warning of the year!
Rather nice, stable and sunny weather in Blighty at the moment. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on April 13, 2014, 06:41:23 PM
Rather nice, stable and sunny weather in Blighty at the moment. :bowler:
It's wonderful :wub:
Was quite a gorgeous day today, almost 80 degrees. Calling for 48 on Wednesday. :D
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 13, 2014, 06:52:14 PM
Was quite a gorgeous day today, almost 80 degrees. Calling for 48 on Wednesday. :D
Yeah I can't wait for the plunge downwards. <_<
It's snowing. :mellow:
It snowed off and on all day yesterday, today I woke up to 4f temps. Ahh, the High Plains in Spring!
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 14, 2014, 10:52:21 AM
It's snowing. :mellow:
:lol: We're supposed to get that tomorrow.
I just turned on my box fan. Very humid today. :yuk:
Quote from: PDH on April 14, 2014, 10:55:44 AM
It snowed off and on all day yesterday, today I woke up to 4f temps. Ahh, the High Plains in Spring!
Yesterday I broke out the hammock and had a nice afternoon nap in my backyard.
Quote from: derspiess on April 14, 2014, 10:56:33 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 14, 2014, 10:52:21 AM
It's snowing. :mellow:
:lol: We're supposed to get that tomorrow.
Yup, same.... and it was 80 here yesterday. :mad:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 14, 2014, 06:52:10 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 14, 2014, 10:56:33 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 14, 2014, 10:52:21 AM
It's snowing. :mellow:
:lol: We're supposed to get that tomorrow.
Awesome. :yeah:
24 C on Sunday, minus 2 and snow on Tuesday. Screw you nature, you uncaring bitch
Oh nice, we get two days where it doesn't go into the 80s.
Snowstorm out right now. :huh: :mad:
Didn't have to work today. Can stay home. Thank God for Passover.
I was at a Whole Foods on Sunday and saw 'Passover Brownies' for sale. wtf? :hmm:
This little one day cold snap is fucking with us fruit growers. :mad:
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 15, 2014, 12:55:25 PM
This little one day cold snap is fucking with us fruit growers. :mad:
:yes: :mad:
MAH RAZBERRIES.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 15, 2014, 12:55:25 PM
This little one day cold snap is fucking with us fruit growers. :mad:
Fruit of your loins doesn't count, Captain Welfare.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 15, 2014, 03:50:31 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 15, 2014, 12:55:25 PM
This little one day cold snap is fucking with us fruit growers. :mad:
Fruit of your loins doesn't count, Captain Welfare.
Let me know when your bedtime is later than 11pm.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 15, 2014, 05:45:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 15, 2014, 03:50:31 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 15, 2014, 12:55:25 PM
This little one day cold snap is fucking with us fruit growers. :mad:
Fruit of your loins doesn't count, Captain Welfare.
Let me know when your bedtime is later than 11pm.
I has an iPad. All stealthy-like under the covers.
I'M TELLING!
I used to read my mother's cosmos under the covers with a flashlight. :Embarrass:
Quote from: garbon on April 15, 2014, 06:33:31 PM
I used to read my mother's cosmos under the covers with a flashlight. :Embarrass:
So did I.
Probably for different reasons, though.
Quote from: garbon on April 15, 2014, 06:33:31 PM
I used to read my mother's cosmos under the covers with a flashlight. :Embarrass:
I used to read them on the bog, though for similar reasons to Money's no doubt.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 15, 2014, 06:49:26 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 15, 2014, 06:33:31 PM
I used to read my mother's cosmos under the covers with a flashlight. :Embarrass:
So did I.
Probably for different reasons, though.
I think maybe different parts for same purpose. Dug me the sex letters.
The power was out here, and it's snowing.
We were getting some flurries a while ago. I was hoping for a snow day tomorrow, but I fear it won't come.
It went from 62 degrees at 7am to 34 degrees at 7pm. It was pretty serious-looking twister weather when the temperature dropped about 25 degrees in 30 minutes.
I bet the bunnies at the shelter went ape-shit.
I miss my shelter. :(
Rained all day, 5pm suddenly it's sunny; must go out, even if it's only for 15 minutes.
5-7 inches of snow forecast here for tonight through tomorrow evening.
The joys of living at 7200 feet.
I got a little sweaty today. The big yellow thing in the sky made my shorts all moist.
Bond, Gold Bond.
Quote from: PDH on April 26, 2014, 05:38:50 PM
5-7 inches of snow forecast here for tonight through tomorrow evening.
The joys of living at 7200 feet.
I thought you were supposed to have gotten over that stuff by now ? :(
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 26, 2014, 05:40:56 PM
I got a little sweaty today. The big yellow thing in the sky made my shorts all moist.
I had crab cakes at a restaurant overlooking the Ohio on their outside terrace. My face and arms are sunburned now, but hey, it means summer is here. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on April 27, 2014, 05:12:05 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 26, 2014, 05:40:56 PM
I got a little sweaty today. The big yellow thing in the sky made my shorts all moist.
I had crab cakes at a restaurant overlooking the Ohio on their outside terrace. My face and arms are sunburned now, but hey, it means summer is here. :cool:
So the more you ingested a crustacean, the more lobster like you got on the outside. :P
Quote from: Caliga on April 27, 2014, 05:12:05 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 26, 2014, 05:40:56 PM
I got a little sweaty today. The big yellow thing in the sky made my shorts all moist.
I had crab cakes at a restaurant overlooking the Ohio on their outside terrace. My face and arms are sunburned now, but hey, it means summer is here. :cool:
I was working on the lawn. And inspecting the walls.
Quote from: mongers on April 27, 2014, 06:53:18 AM
So the more you ingested a crustacean, the more lobster like you got on the outside. :P
Lobster. :yuk:
Tastes like nothing. When people say "I love lobster", what they really mean is "I love butter". :)
In other news, I was looking at weather maps and there is still snow on the ground in Duluth. :bleeding: I would kill myself if I lived there. :)
Well, it's true that lobster doesn't compare to the rich and complex flavors of, say, tilapia.
Quote from: Caliga on April 27, 2014, 10:50:03 AM
In other news, I was looking at weather maps and there is still snow on the ground in Duluth. :bleeding: I would kill myself if I lived there. :)
Wouldn't it be easier to move? :P
I want my snow back. :mad:
Quote from: Tonitrus on April 27, 2014, 12:34:50 PM
Wouldn't it be easier to move? :P
Not if you keep falling in a foot of snow with every step.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 27, 2014, 01:06:34 PM
I want my snow back. :mad:
if it snows again I'm personally blaming you.
Feels like we're getting hit by a hurricane right now.
Quote from: Caliga on April 27, 2014, 10:49:13 AM
Quote from: mongers on April 27, 2014, 06:53:18 AM
So the more you ingested a crustacean, the more lobster like you got on the outside. :P
Lobster. :yuk:
Tastes like nothing. When people say "I love lobster", what they really mean is "I love butter". :)
Watching people eat at Red Lobster disgusts me. Might as well drag a drum of butter to the table.
And a big thank you to autocorrect for capitalizing Red Lobster. Yum brands suck up. :glare:
Don't bitch about Red Lobster. I saw you order a 2nd round of biscuits and get the wife to put them in her purse.
I only steal Bob Evans biscuits.
I also don't eat shellfish. Watching people pound on dead crab will mallets makes me ill.
Rather a lot of rain at the moment; I've been on the roof this weekend to sort out one leak. <_<
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 27, 2014, 08:00:58 PM
I also don't eat shellfish. Watching people pound on dead crab will mallets makes me ill.
You don't need a mallet to open a can of Spam.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 27, 2014, 08:00:58 PM
I also don't eat shellfish. Watching people pound on dead crab will mallets makes me ill.
Never could get those bastards open. Improved a bit with the dead ones though, they don't fight back so much.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 27, 2014, 08:11:57 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 27, 2014, 08:00:58 PM
I also don't eat shellfish. Watching people pound on dead crab will mallets makes me ill.
You don't need a mallet to open a can of Spam.
:huh:
it sounded funnier in my head. :sleep:
The South is getting twistered. Arkansas hit yesterday, Mississippi and Alabama today.
We had a warning here but no action that I'm aware of.
Yeah, looking bad. Many a trailer in danger tonight.
I heard a tornado was touching down in Pearl, MS earlier. I believe that's right by Scip. Hope he's ok.
Quote from: Caliga on April 28, 2014, 06:59:44 PM
I heard a tornado was touching down in Pearl, MS earlier. I believe that's right by Scip. Hope he's ok.
I'm sure he's fine. The tornado arrived after posted office hours.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 28, 2014, 07:23:36 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 28, 2014, 06:59:44 PM
I heard a tornado was touching down in Pearl, MS earlier. I believe that's right by Scip. Hope he's ok.
I'm sure he's fine. The tornado arrived after posted office hours.
Pearl's a solid 85 minutes to the north, in a dry county.
Never will I ever die in a dry county.
Whoops. :blush:
Just got a call that the ancestral homelands in Harlan county took some wind damage.
MAH LANDS.
I only lost sleep. All is good. Hoping tonight does not get too ugly.
Man, it's going to be warm tomorrow. Reckon I'll be putting the air conditioner back in.
The whole day it kept switching between raining and snowing, raining and snowing...
Gotta love an Alberta spring. :)
Sunny and warm(70s) with a strong sea breeze here. un- :bowler:
Spring weather here is slow to take hold so we're having a mix of cool/raw and warmer weather, probaby not yet typical May temps. But my garden is coming along ok, the cool weather crops - peas, beets and potatoes. Later this month I'll plant squash and corn and various types of beans.
Apparently the warmest temps will occur in NYC today between 4 and 6. :hmm:
90 F here today. :cool:
90 is never a lovely temperature.
Especially in Yucktucky.
Quote from: Caliga on May 05, 2014, 05:37:59 PM
90 F here today. :cool:
If you are at the beach that is a nice temperature.
Quote from: Caliga on May 05, 2014, 05:37:59 PM
90 F here today. :cool:
Yeah we have our cool days to.
Quote from: Maximus on May 06, 2014, 04:42:29 PM
Disagree
Nah, that's quite nice for the beach, assuming you go into the water from time to time. Mid to high 80s is fine as well. Anything below that just doesn't feel right.
Turned on the A/C for the first time this year. Bleh.
Yep. Too hot
Nice mild sou'westerlies at the moment. :bowler:
May 10. 3:58 PM. It's snowing right now. :lol:
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 10, 2014, 06:03:24 PM
May 10. 3:58 PM. It's snowing right now. :lol:
:( It was 85 degrees today. I miss my winter.
I can offer you a ride to katmai's in a couple months. :P
We keep getting tornadoes. :rolleyes: True story, I ran a tornado off once, scared it away. It wasn't so tough. In fact there's film of me screaming and chasing it off with a rake. I think it went and kill 3 people after that.
Yesterday was graduation, today I woke up to 6 inches of snow and all the roads closed. All of the families are now stranded here in Laramie.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 10, 2014, 11:09:36 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 10, 2014, 06:03:24 PM
May 10. 3:58 PM. It's snowing right now. :lol:
:( It was 85 degrees today. I miss my winter.
Don't you guys get Spring and Fall anymore ?
Yes.
Quote from: PDH on May 11, 2014, 08:00:00 AM
Yesterday was graduation, today I woke up to 6 inches of snow and all the roads closed. All of the families are now stranded here in Laramie.
College grads might as well get used to that.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 11, 2014, 09:47:37 AM
Quote from: PDH on May 11, 2014, 08:00:00 AM
Yesterday was graduation, today I woke up to 6 inches of snow and all the roads closed. All of the families are now stranded here in Laramie.
College grads might as well get used to that.
It's a metaphor for their career prospects, isn't it?
Quote from: mongers on May 11, 2014, 09:48:54 AM
It's a metaphor for their career prospects, isn't it?
Yeah, but I don't see why they don't stay in school. There's nothing out here.
In the Occident a yes response to a negative question generally means the fact is true. E.g. Boner's yes means we do in fact get summer and fall.
In the Orient you agree with the speaker, not the fact, so yes would mean we do not get summer and fall.
I don't need an interpreter.
Been raining most of today. Meh.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 11, 2014, 02:38:03 PM
I don't need an interpreter.
Seems Mongers does though.
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Sunshine-Apocalypse in Blighty, the local forecast for Sunday is for 15 hours 40 minutes of Sunshine!!! :bowler:
Lovely weather today. Supposed to be beach weather tomorrow! :w00t:
Horrible hot weather forecasted all week :(
It sure was hot today, the plan was to fish, but we ended swimming in the lake.
Lovely English early summer's today here. :bowler:
It's nice and warm, and you almost can't hear the metro building site from our roof terrace. But the school next door is quite loud, how does teachers survive in all that noise and shouting?
Warm and muggy at 7 am in May. :yuk:
Mild, largely overcast, occasional hints of drizzle, yes folks it's a tradition English late spring day. :bowler:
It was cloudy and rainy during my entire vacation this weekend. I thought this must be what England would be like if it was about 20F hotter.
Quote from: Valmy on May 27, 2014, 04:59:56 PM
It was cloudy and rainy during my entire vacation this weekend. I thought this must be what England would be like if it was about 20F hotter.
Rainy is too definitive a state to be truly English, also needs more, finer gradations of state.
It was ok, a cooler day than recent, but still firmly in the mid-60s and likely to go no lower than 55F overnight.
Are you saying it was in the mid-80s during you're 'depressing' weekend?
It was not depressing at all I had a marvelous time. Just because it reminded me of 80F England :bowler: does not mean it was depressing.
And it never actually rained full bore until we got home. It was sorta drizzled and looked gray.
Quote from: Valmy on May 27, 2014, 05:05:49 PM
It was not depressing at all I had a marvelous time. Just because it reminded me of 80F England :bowler: does not mean it was depressing.
And it never actually rained full bore until we got home. It was sorta drizzled and looked gray.
Sorry, I was just assuming Americans expect 'decent' weather on vacation.
Quote from: mongers on May 27, 2014, 05:07:52 PM
Sorry, I was just assuming Americans expect 'decent' weather on vacation.
For Texas this time of year that is decent weather. What you dread is lugging your kids around in brutal humid heat. THE YELLOW FACE BURNS US PRECIOUS!
Quote from: Valmy on May 27, 2014, 05:10:22 PM
Quote from: mongers on May 27, 2014, 05:07:52 PM
Sorry, I was just assuming Americans expect 'decent' weather on vacation.
For Texas this time of year that is decent weather. What you dread is lugging your kids around in brutal humid heat. THE YELLOW FACE BURNS US PRECIOUS!
Yeah, I can see that would be hell on a couple of levels.
Incidentally I live in the sunnies region of England, it just hasn't been so this year.
Doh! Tornado warning that includes the little town right down the road from me (Helotes, TX). Nice knowing you guys.
E: Oh sweet, the warning text my work sent out got weirdly cut off in the middle of a sentence. Maybe a tornado mowed the place down and I have a few days off?
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on May 27, 2014, 06:27:04 PM
Doh! Tornado warning that includes the little town right down the road from me (Helotes, TX). Nice knowing you guys.
E: Oh sweet, the warning text my work sent out got weirdly cut off in the middle of a sentence. Maybe a tornado mowed the place down and I have a few days off?
Did you survive? :unsure:
I'm in Berlin and it's been raining all day. Museums and beer day!
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on May 27, 2014, 06:27:04 PM
Doh! Tornado warning that includes the little town right down the road from me (Helotes, TX). Nice knowing you guys.
E: Oh sweet, the warning text my work sent out got weirdly cut off in the middle of a sentence. Maybe a tornado mowed the place down and I have a few days off?
Was there: a culling of Helotes?
E: Ok if that town actually gets flattened I am a monster.
Not bad last couple of days, warm and sunny.
I'm attempting to avoid the mid-day sun, but Ive a lot to do in the garden this weekend; mad-dogs and :bowler:
I sprayed two gallons of Roundup this morning in a bona fide weedocaust. :)
I melted.
I increase my carbon footprint by running my a/c.
Quote from: Caliga on June 07, 2014, 08:45:21 PM
I sprayed two gallons of Roundup this morning in a bona fide weedocaust. :)
America the brave; Cal pays tribute to all those who took part in Operation Agent Orange. :P
Very British weather at the minute. I managed to get sunburned and drenched yesterday :bleeding:
Today's been wonderful though.
We had 32°C in the city today. My apartment stayed at a pleasant 25°C.
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 08, 2014, 12:25:07 PM
Very British weather at the minute. I managed to get sunburned and drenched yesterday :bleeding:
Today's been wonderful though.
I don't understand how your people came to rule a worldwide empire in the days before sunscreen.
What's even more baffling is that Empire was built by the Scots :blink:
Quote from: alfred russel on June 08, 2014, 12:27:56 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 08, 2014, 12:25:07 PM
Very British weather at the minute. I managed to get sunburned and drenched yesterday :bleeding:
Today's been wonderful though.
I don't understand how your people came to rule a worldwide empire in the days before sunscreen.
We never washed, hence a natural sunscreen. :bowler:
It's not the heat that I object to, but the humidity.
Good God let it rain :bleeding:
Humidity is always problem.
It's the reason why that in the world of Ice & Snow, where it snows in the middle of April, I've started to use my AC in the middle of May.
Warming up here in Southern England; once I got inland today and away from the sea breezer, it was in the low 80s, though not humid. :cool:
The inside of my house is finally starting to warm up. Before it would be warm or even hot outside, and I'd be outside and feeling the heat, but after going inside after a while I'd have to put on a sweatshirt to warm up!
Lovely here at the beach. Perhaps a bit chilly in house but that's why I need this work day to go faster so I can chill outside.
It won't stop raining long enough to let me drive around with the roof off. :mad: I prefer drought conditions.
Quote from: mongers on May 28, 2014, 08:50:45 AM
Did you survive? :unsure:
Quote from: ValmyWas there: a culling of Helotes?
E: Ok if that town actually gets flattened I am a monster.
:lol: Oh right. Like 15 minutes after I posted that, the warning went away, it stopped even sprinkling, and it was pretty much a perfect day outside. The tornadoes and hail and shit happened south of me/Helotes.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 09, 2014, 01:39:44 PM
Humidity is always problem.
It's the reason why that in the world of Ice & Snow, where it snows in the middle of April, I've started to use my AC in the middle of May.
Humidity is the Devil :angry:
85F should be perfectly bearable, but with humidity it can be flipping nasty. Like it is here right now.
It's cold as fuck here.
Quote from: The Brain on June 21, 2014, 04:36:33 AM
It's cold as fuck here.
Rather hot here in central southern England today. :bowler:
Had our first rain in 22 days. un- :bowler:
First named tropical storm of the season, Arthur:
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It formed about 80 miles off of Vero Beach so we got some heavy but brief rain from this. We might get some more storms today, but that's about it. Does anyone on the forum live in the cone?
I'm so fucking sick of this bullshit 93-feels-like-99 mid-Atlantic summers that last until October.
Peedy, hook up the spare room. Fuck, I'll settle for the sofa.
Make it happen! Make it happen!
I want to move to Sept-Ile for the same reasons.
As horrible as the past few days have been, that front that moved in last night is going to grace us with a high of just 85 today, and highs of *76* for both tomorrow and Friday.
Camping out tomorrow night at the brewery (second annual brewery campout) & might need to bring a sweatshirt. Gearing up to be the nicest 4th of July evah.
It's forecast to get up to 35C (95F) by the end of the month, which is hellish for a country that doesn't believe in domestic air conditioning. Must get some pet mesh for the windows so I can open the damn things more than a crack.
Quote from: Brazen on July 02, 2014, 09:31:43 AM
It's forecast to get up to 35C (95F) by the end of the month, which is hellish for a country that doesn't believe in domestic air conditioning. Must get some pet mesh for the windows so I can open the damn things more than a crack.
:huh: You have no mesh? What about insects?
Also you can buy a domestic air conditioning unit.
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 02, 2014, 11:36:59 AM
Quote from: Brazen on July 02, 2014, 09:31:43 AM
It's forecast to get up to 35C (95F) by the end of the month, which is hellish for a country that doesn't believe in domestic air conditioning. Must get some pet mesh for the windows so I can open the damn things more than a crack.
:huh: You have no mesh? What about insects?
Also you can buy a domestic air conditioning unit.
Generally not an issue here.
Aircon not the done thing. :bowler:
Also probably often against tenancy/leasehold ownership limitations.
28C yesterday. Nice and hot. It was lovely by the ocean.
Did some saint chase the gnats and mosquitos out of England? :unsure:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 02, 2014, 01:21:50 PM
Did some saint chase the gnats and mosquitos out of England? :unsure:
I don't know, what are the problems associated with insects ?
Quote from: mongers on July 02, 2014, 01:15:04 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 02, 2014, 11:36:59 AM
Quote from: Brazen on July 02, 2014, 09:31:43 AM
It's forecast to get up to 35C (95F) by the end of the month, which is hellish for a country that doesn't believe in domestic air conditioning. Must get some pet mesh for the windows so I can open the damn things more than a crack.
:huh: You have no mesh? What about insects?
Also you can buy a domestic air conditioning unit.
Generally not an issue here.
Aircon not the done thing. :bowler:
Also probably often against tenancy/leasehold ownership limitations.
You have limitations on putting a 12cm tube out of your window?
Ugh that was rough that summer in Chicago where I had no a/c. I recall my building also didn't allow it. :(
"Make hay whilst the sun lasts" :bowler:
Which is precisely what the farmers are doing in the fields around the house; though I think the owner of the meadow out front has left it a little late as we've rain arriving here late tomorrow.
Been dodging rain shows all afternoon whilst out; managed to get within 2-3 miles of home before the heavens opened.
When thoroughly wet, I stopped to partially shelter under some low trees on the side of the road, it really tipped down.
Then I looked across the narrow road and there was a nice rainbow, but it wasn't in the sky, but actually in the road, a little taller than me and ending 10ft on the other side of the road.
That is a lot of rain, but the internet will only be impressed with triple-all-the-way-across-rainbows.
Quote from: Liep on July 06, 2014, 05:25:52 PM
That is a lot of rain, but the internet will only be impressed with triple-all-the-way-across-rainbows.
Yeah, we nowadays sometimes get these semi-monsoon like bursts of rain. :un- :bowler:
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 02, 2014, 08:43:19 AM
Make it happen! Make it happen!
I want to move to Sept-Ile for the same reasons.
Summer in Quebec lasts until October? :huh:
By summer do you mean temperatures above freezing?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 06, 2014, 05:32:10 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 02, 2014, 08:43:19 AM
Make it happen! Make it happen!
I want to move to Sept-Ile for the same reasons.
Summer in Quebec lasts until October? :huh:
By summer do you mean temperatures above freezing?
Mister Georgia, we have crazy humidity too.
Today was hot.
:punk:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/07/10/poor-mans-polar-vortex-to-make-shocking-summer-return-in-eastern-u-s-next-week/
Highs in the 70s for Cincy for a good part of next week.
Heh, it was only in the 70s here this past weekend and I told someone "You know, if it was wintertime it'd be below zero." :cool:
Temperatures from the high 20s to low 30s for the next couple of weeks.
Apparently it was a "tropical night" yesterday, something meteorologists call it when the temperature never drops below 20 degrees over 24 hours. It sure as shit was hard to sleep last night so I believe them.
How is weather.com going to tell me that their is 0% chance of rain in my zipcode while it is raining? :huh:
Quote from: garbon on July 13, 2014, 09:35:51 AM
How is weather.com going to tell me that their is 0% chance of rain in my zipcode while it is raining? :huh:
Look up, is there a 3 wide cloud hovering above you ? :unsure:
There's been some crazy thunder here all day, which is pretty rare. Only a few drops of rain though.
Uncomfortably muggy. We need a storm.
Oh God the mugginess :weep:
Apparently it'll build to over 30 degrees and humid before we get a storm (at the weekend <_<) :bleeding:
We are storming. Still muggy. :(
The high was like 70 here today. :)
Man it is cold in Kentucky.
Quote from: Valmy on July 15, 2014, 06:58:19 PM
Man it is cold in Kentucky.
Yeah, it's a polar vortex in fact. Now if we could only get those in summer instead of winter, that would be great.
I enjoyed the cool today. Instead of the usual July ball sweats.
Yesterday, I was supposed to be off work, but had to go in for about 3 hours for a meeting. Left the house at about 1 PM, and it was 97 with mostly clear skies. Three hours later, when I left work, a cold front had moved through and it was very overcast and the temperature had dropped to 77.
Quote from: dps on July 16, 2014, 05:56:03 PM
Yesterday, I was supposed to be off work, but had to go in for about 3 hours for a meeting. Left the house at about 1 PM, and it was 97 with mostly clear skies. Three hours later, when I left work, a cold front had moved through and it was very overcast and the temperature had dropped to 77.
So progress. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on July 16, 2014, 05:57:09 PM
Quote from: dps on July 16, 2014, 05:56:03 PM
Yesterday, I was supposed to be off work, but had to go in for about 3 hours for a meeting. Left the house at about 1 PM, and it was 97 with mostly clear skies. Three hours later, when I left work, a cold front had moved through and it was very overcast and the temperature had dropped to 77.
So progress. :bowler:
??
Florida has been hit with an odd weather pattern, with heavier than normal winds coming off of the Atlantic ocean. The result has been a series of long heavy storms, rather than the brief hard ones we usually get. I got stuck in the monsoon yesterday coming back from lunch; even with an golf umbrella, in the brief time it took me to get from the parking lot to the office my pants, shoes and socks got soaked.
It looks like you could plant rice in my neighbors lawn. Once the rain stops the humidity immediately shoots up above 90%. Even by Florida standards this has been a wet, sticky July.
Quote from: dps on July 16, 2014, 11:53:46 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 16, 2014, 05:57:09 PM
Quote from: dps on July 16, 2014, 05:56:03 PM
Yesterday, I was supposed to be off work, but had to go in for about 3 hours for a meeting. Left the house at about 1 PM, and it was 97 with mostly clear skies. Three hours later, when I left work, a cold front had moved through and it was very overcast and the temperature had dropped to 77.
So progress. :bowler:
??
77 > 97 :sleep:
Quite hot and humid for Southern England, 75F at near midnight.
The front that's just come in is threatening to rain, but failing, could do with a good thunderstorm to clear the air.
Wow, that was some thunderstorm that just passed by 2-3 mile distant; I've seen many hundreds of lightning strikes over the last hour, most un- :bowler:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28361254 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28361254)
Lightning struck more than 3,000 times in two hours in the UK, as a heatwave warning remains in place for parts of the country.
Storms hit southern England overnight, and BBC Weather said the rain would move north across the UK during Friday.
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The Polar Vortex is leaving us :(
That was the best July weather ever.
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 18, 2014, 08:47:29 AM
The Polar Vortex is leaving us :(
That was the best July weather ever.
Same here, but we have a couple more days of highs in the 70s. Then it creeps back into the 80s on Sunday and a high of 90 Tuesday. I'll enjoy the next few days while they last.
Heatwave continues. If this is a sign of how future summers will be I'll have to go American and invest in an A/C.
Quote from: Liep on July 25, 2014, 05:51:10 AM
Heatwave continues. If this is a sign of how future summers will be I'll have to go American and invest in an A/C.
Same here, too hot.
Looks like the local weather station recorded the country's highest temperature yesterday, a rather unpleasant 32c <_<
Quote from: Liep on July 25, 2014, 05:51:10 AM
Heatwave continues. If this is a sign of how future summers will be I'll have to go American and invest in an A/C.
Guess le Comte de Buffon was wrong about Denmark, the country without sun so that blacks could turn back into whites if moved back there (without miscegenation). Given time of course. How many generations?
Massively muggy and hot here. Uncomfortably so. I can't even sleep.
I'm thinking of buying a ceiling fan. Though I suspect that may be an overreaction to a particularly hot fortnight <_< :mellow:
The biggest downside of my new apartment in the summer is that I can't get a draft going.
On the plus side, when it's 32° outside, I will have 28° inside.
On the minus side, this temperature persists through the night. It's currently 22° outside, and still 26° inside, even though I've had windows and the door to the hallway for an hour now.
30° at 1pm, and we're getting thunderstorms already. If they're anything like in the last weeks, they won't cool of anything and just make things moist and steamy (and not in a sexy way).
Quote from: Syt on July 27, 2014, 06:24:23 AM
30° at 1pm, and we're getting thunderstorms already. If they're anything like in the last weeks, they won't cool of anything and just make things moist and steamy (and not in a sexy way).
:(
Finally today we're getting some cooler weather off the North-West Atlantic/Irish sea; temperatures down form 30+ to mid-20s, now I can breath.
I feel like I should sit in white linen clothes, sipping tea, and reading a novel about the futility of life set in some early 20th century monsoon plagued colony while Enrico Caruso blares from the gramophone.
Quote from: Syt on July 27, 2014, 06:48:24 AM
I feel like I should sit in white linen clothes, sipping tea, and reading a novel about the futility of life set in some early 20th century monsoon plagued colony while Enrico Caruso blares from the gramophone.
Thats conjours up the deleted* scene from 'Apocalypse Now' where they come across the long forgotten isolated French colonials.
* I think it was in the much longer Redux cut.
Yeah, it's part of Redux. I don't think I have an opium pipe, though. :unsure:
It's so hot my heather honey has the viscosity of acacia honey. :weep:
We'll have under 30° the next few days. :yeah:
But over 90% humidity. :bleeding:
Sweet Jesus there's a cricket in my room.
I've never even seen a cricket before :blink: :ph34r:
Kill it. Noisy assholes of the bug kingdom.
There's Houston-style violent rain plus marble sized hail pummeling the back of my house. :(
I haven't finished some of the waterproofing work I was doing in the crawlspace yet.
It's official, I'm calling it:
Autumn has arrived
Sadly, no.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 15, 2014, 05:23:41 PM
Sadly, no.
We're having temperatures a good 5-6C less than the expected August ones.
Doomtitty is to return Wendsday. :(
Quote from: mongers on August 15, 2014, 05:17:59 PM
It's official, I'm calling it:
Autumn has arrived
Agreed :weep:
Now it better fuck the fuck off for another six weeks <_<
No chance of rain indicated while it is pouring...
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 15, 2014, 06:31:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 15, 2014, 05:17:59 PM
It's official, I'm calling it:
Autumn has arrived
Agreed :weep:
Now it better fuck the fuck off for another six weeks <_<
Wait, there was a summer? English summer perhaps with showers and sun in the same day.
Up on the Cape for a long weekend (though working too). Getting my last little rays of summer in at the beach. :cool:
The US seems to have settled into a strange temperature pattern this year:
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/09/its-a-historic-year-for-american-temperature-extremes/379507/
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Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on September 05, 2014, 03:15:10 PM
The US seems to have settled into a strange temperature pattern this year:
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/09/its-a-historic-year-for-american-temperature-extremes/379507/
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Indeed. Air temperature usually doesn't conform to state lines.
This past week was, without a doubt, the hottest week of the summer here. What a bunch of bullshit. At least the rains here might have ended it all.
I certainly don't miss it.
In fact, I think I reacclimated here almost instantly. 60's feel hot. :P
You know what you can do with that reacclimation. <_<
My parents were not impressed with Seattle.
Mom: "Why would you want to live here? It's so dreary."
Dad: "Meh, looks like a city."
Smoke is nuts. We had to sleep in the guest room last night because it wasn't getting in there as much as the bedroom.
You can't see the city under there.
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Quote from: Tonitrus on September 07, 2014, 12:04:37 AM
I certainly don't miss it.
In fact, I think I reacclimated here almost instantly. 60's feel hot. :P
Maybe you're part yeti.
Very warm here for mid-September, left in the late afternoon today and it was 79F.
Also driest September so far since 1960. :hmm:
Tremendous thunderstorm out my way this morning. I opened the curtains to see whether the street was flooding only to have my retinas seared and eardrums burst by a very close blot of lightning. Didn't clear the air, though, it's still very humid.
Off to Scotland next week, that'll be refreshingly cold and wet :lol:
Quote from: Brazen on September 19, 2014, 05:36:07 AM
Tremendous thunderstorm out my way this morning. I opened the curtains to see whether the street was flooding only to have my retinas seared and eardrums burst by a very close blot of lightning. Didn't clear the air, though, it's still very humid.
Ouch. :(
Quote from: Brazen on September 19, 2014, 05:36:07 AM
Tremendous thunderstorm out my way this morning. I opened the curtains to see whether the street was flooding only to have my retinas seared and eardrums burst by a very close blot of lightning. Didn't clear the air, though, it's still very humid.
Off to Scotland next week, that'll be refreshingly cold and wet :lol:
Last night I was coming home, high up on the edge of the Forest and I could see this system coming in from the West Country, lots lightning going on in the clouds; very nice nightscape. :bowler:
Has been in the low 80s today, England, late September. un- :bowler: :hmm: :cool:
Quote from: mongers on August 15, 2014, 05:17:59 PM
It's official, I'm calling it:
Autumn has arrived
:P
So uncomfortably humid :weep:
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 28, 2014, 04:52:24 PM
So uncomfortably humid :weep:
Too mild a track to make it onto 'The Wall'.
Quote from: mongers on September 28, 2014, 08:00:30 AM
Has been in the low 80s today, England, late September. un- :bowler: :hmm: :cool:
I was reading Byron's "Beppo" today, and it made me think of this thread:
I like the taxes, when they're not too many;
I like a seacoal fire, when not too dear;
I like a beef-steak, too, as well as any;
Have no objection to a pot of beer;
I like the weather,—when it is not rainy,
That is, I like two months of every year. :bowler:
Quote from: Savonarola on September 28, 2014, 09:07:07 PM
:D
But it's somewhat out of date, the climate here has changed and the day to day weather sometimes has a different texture.
In another decade or two I'm expecting to see a local farmer have a go at growing sunflowers.
Maize is already a feature of the bottom end of this valley, which is a bit odd for England or at least in the density of fields it's being planted.
Might have our first snow this weekend. :w00t:
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 05, 2014, 03:22:06 PM
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on September 05, 2014, 03:15:10 PM
The US seems to have settled into a strange temperature pattern this year:
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/09/its-a-historic-year-for-american-temperature-extremes/379507/ (http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/09/its-a-historic-year-for-american-temperature-extremes/379507/)
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Indeed. Air temperature usually doesn't conform to state lines.
We keep that light blue shit out Missouri.
Ughh, October starts dark, humid, cloudy, and a little rainy. And unseasonably warm.
I'm not a fan.
Quote from: Liep on October 01, 2014, 02:49:29 AM
Ughh, October starts dark, humid, cloudy, and a little rainy. And unseasonably warm.
I'm not a fan.
Just kicked in here at the weekend, temperatures down to normal, which don't actually bother me, though we're getting a fair bit of rain.
Is this how a typical Canadian weather forecast goes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=erN6mNw1iB4
Very mild for the time of year here, temperatures in the high 60s today and only when down to 60f overnight. un- :bowler:
Eastern Quebec is getting between 30 to 50 cm of snow tonight.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 01, 2014, 07:44:33 PM
Eastern Quebec is getting between 30 to 50 cm of snow tonight.
Yesterday saw the hottest ever October 31st in several places across England, touching 23-24C in places, certainly over 70f here. :cool:
Today saw a return to more autumnal temperatures, but still above average and t-shirt and jeans weather. :bowler:
I froze my nuts off today
It's a chilly day for Florida; it's supposed to get down to 48 F / 9 C tonight. :o
It was a blustery day too; there were palm fronds all over on the roadways. It's as close as we get to leaves coming down.
Yes indeed. I am not a happy camper right now. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on November 01, 2014, 09:56:42 PM
Yes indeed. I am not a happy camper right now. :mad:
58F here at 3am. :)
It's warmer right now in Louisville than it was yesterday in Orlando. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on November 02, 2014, 02:22:59 PM
It's warmer right now in Louisville than it was yesterday in Orlando. :mad:
Home vs where you are on holiday?
Correct.
Very rainy autumn day here, to be expected in England this time of year.
House lights on at 5pm (GMT). <_<
This morning I awoke to 7f (about -14c) with snow and hopefully a lot of wind later.
Winter has arrived in beautiful Laramie.
Snow on the ground here in IC this morning.
Supposed to be in the mid 60's before the POLAR VORTEX OF DOOM arrives tomorrow.
18°C today, 6 degree drop expected for tomorrow.
Quote from: PDH on November 11, 2014, 08:46:03 AM
This morning I awoke to 7f (about -14c) with snow and hopefully a lot of wind later.
Winter has arrived in beautiful Laramie.
I can confirm that there was wind later.
Got thoroughly soaked twice this afternoon in two different counties; England is nearly underwater. :bowler:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 11, 2014, 09:09:52 AM
Snow on the ground here in IC this morning.
That shit ain't right.
Quote from: Caliga on November 11, 2014, 08:54:12 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 11, 2014, 09:09:52 AM
Snow on the ground here in IC this morning.
That shit ain't right.
Snow in Iowa? Happens every year doesn't it?
-4f/-20c here at 8pm.
This qualifies as a bit cool tonight.
We still don't really have the customary layers of white all over up here yet.
Nippy today. Feels like 20.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 11, 2014, 09:23:54 PM
Snow in Iowa? Happens every year doesn't it?
It's the snow that's not right, not Iowa. Iowa is all right as far as I know. They eat loose meat sandwiches there so they can't be all that bad.
Really fucking cold today. You kids further east better brace yourselves.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 13, 2014, 06:04:41 PM
Really fucking cold today. You kids further east better brace yourselves.
You might get to use it all up. They still aren't predicting us to dip below 32.
Tonight Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 24. North wind 5 to 10 mph. <----- Birmingham AL
Quote from: lustindarkness on November 13, 2014, 06:27:54 PM
Tonight Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 24. North wind 5 to 10 mph. <----- Birmingham AL
:hmm:
Mild, damp and windy here, but still 56F at midnight GMT.
Quote from: mongers on November 13, 2014, 06:38:15 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on November 13, 2014, 06:27:54 PM
Tonight Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 24. North wind 5 to 10 mph. <----- Birmingham AL
:hmm:
Mild, damp and windy here, but still 56F at midnight GMT.
Yi's weather control powers are not that strong to make it over there.
I save my A game for the money league.
It stayed below zero (f) for two days here. Weds and Thurs it was -20f when I woke up. That is cold.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 13, 2014, 06:04:41 PM
Really fucking cold today. You kids further east better brace yourselves.
:yeah: Bring it, baby.
Snowing right now, but not sticking. Not yet. Not. Yet. :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:
0630 25° feels like 18°, took trash out without a hat on my bald head, it was The Cold.
Winter Storm coming. 3-5 inches expected. Yay.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 16, 2014, 07:46:15 PM
Winter Storm coming. 3-5 inches expected. Yay.
That means it will be barely 2 inches. But people will still freak the hell out, and forget how to drive in it. Oh, and I'm sure the bread aisle at Kroger is empty now.
Quote from: derspiess on November 16, 2014, 07:53:21 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 16, 2014, 07:46:15 PM
Winter Storm coming. 3-5 inches expected. Yay.
That means it will be barely 2 inches. But people will still freak the hell out, and forget how to drive in it. Oh, and I'm sure the bread aisle at Kroger is empty now.
I went to the store not knowing there was a weather warning out. The fuckers were hilarious.
I eventually drove out of the way to an IGA to get MAH PEACHES. I was promised a cobbler and dammit I'm getting one.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 16, 2014, 07:56:51 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 16, 2014, 07:53:21 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 16, 2014, 07:46:15 PM
Winter Storm coming. 3-5 inches expected. Yay.
That means it will be barely 2 inches. But people will still freak the hell out, and forget how to drive in it. Oh, and I'm sure the bread aisle at Kroger is empty now.
I went to the store not knowing there was a weather warning out. The fuckers were hilarious.
I eventually drove out of the way to an IGA to get MAH PEACHES. I was promised a cobbler and dammit I'm getting one.
This is code for some sexual favours isn't it, of the type some of us here aren't getting. <_<
That is later tonight.
While I was grilling the steaks it was raining cats and dogs, could barely get the grill to temp with all that cold rain washing over it. :mad:
Now it will get fucking cold the next few days. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 16, 2014, 08:15:25 PM
That is later tonight.
:cool:
Here a predicted consistent 94-96% humidity for the next few days, strangle I've not felt uncomfortable*. :hmm:
edit:Oh, that'll be the on and off, drizzle, light rain, fog and mist. :bowler:
edit:*And the 9C temperatures.
Quote from: lustindarkness on November 16, 2014, 09:01:25 PM
While I was grilling the steaks it was raining cats and dogs, could barely get the grill to temp with all that cold rain washing over it. :mad:
Now it will get fucking cold the next few days. :)
Mad dogs and Englishmen? :P
Snowing like a mofo here. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on November 17, 2014, 07:24:47 AM
Snowing like a mofo here. :mad:
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Mild and wet, which is the default setting for British weather.
Blerg. 5 inches. School out. Kids rampaging.
Supposed to drop to the 20s tonight, nice and biting. Thanks, Ed.
Beautiful winter weather today. Sunny, high of -4c. :cool:
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 17, 2014, 09:55:59 AM
Blerg. 5 inches. School out. Kids rampaging.
My day was manageable. Wife was determined to get to work close to her normal time so I told her to go ahead and take Lola to pre-school (which never ever closes unless there's a foot of snow).
Tommy's elementary school had a 2 hour delay and then decided to close at the last minute, so I worked from home. I was actually able to get some work done and he behaved himself, though he got a little bored at times. With both kids home I wouldn't have gotten anything done.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 17, 2014, 09:55:59 AM
Blerg. 5 inches. School out. Kids rampaging.
That's what she said.
They were saying earlier that there could get up to 90 inches of snow in Buffalo area and that some places already had 60 inches. I can't even imagine / initially assumed it must be a typo!
No snow and in 30's here.
Quote from: katmai on November 19, 2014, 01:42:49 AM
No snow and in 30's here.
One thing I like about this time of year...when out running errands/shopping, one doesn't have to worry about making sure the grocery trip (which includes the refridgeratables) is last. :P
Got some freezing rain last night. :weep:
The one thing I absolutely detest about winter is freezing rain.
QuoteAfter temperatures spike well into the 60s, if not near 70 on Monday along the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast I-95 corridor, a significant cold front sweeps through on Tuesday. This front sets the stage for a possible coastal storm on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, which could bring substantial rain and/or snow.
Wednesday's possible storm – which has a chance to develop into a legitimate Nor'easter – would form along the cold front stalled off the Southeast coast. The exact track of the storm will determine whether its effects are significant or not.
We should stress uncertainty in the forecast is high, and forecast confidence is low.
Current model simulations suggest 3 possible scenarios:
1) The storm is more out to sea, with just a glancing blow for the East Coast Wednesday (Canadian model, GFS parallel model, and GFS ensemble mean) – Low impact
2) The storm moves up the coast just offshore, with snow for coastal areas and sharp cutoff to precipitation farther inland (GFS operational model, European ensemble mean) – Moderate impact
3) The storm hugs the coast, with heavy coastal rain and strong winds, and heavy inland snow (European operational model) – High impact
Scenarios 2 and, especially, 3 would pose major headaches for travelers on the busiest travel day of the year from Florida to New England. It is too soon to say which of these three scenarios is most likely.
Wes Junker, Capital Weather Gang's winter weather expert, weighs in for some specifics with respect to Washington, D.C.'s forecast:
The models are converging towards a solution offering a developing storm along the North Carolina coast on Wednesday.
Today's GFS model has shifted west with its low position joining recent runs of the operational European model in spreading precipitation across the area Wednesday. About half the European model's larger group of simulations also were predicting precipitation sometime on Wednesday or Wednesday night. Some indicate that there could be accumulating snow for Washington, D.C.'s western suburbs.
If the storm track is perfect and precipitation heavy enough, even the immediate D.C. area could get accumulating snow.
Surface temperatures on both the European and GFS are marginal for snow as they keep the temperatures above freezing during the bulk of the precipitation. It's too early to make any real call about the storm as the surface temperature forecasts this far in advance of a storm are tricky.
If you are going to be traveling Wednesday pay close attention to the forecasts over the next couple of days.
The storm should be a fast mover, quickly exiting the Mid-Atlantic Wednesday night, and New England by early Thanksgiving day.
You may see forecasts and maps for snow amounts flying around the internet, but it is way too early to speculate about specifics given the uncertainty in the storm track.
A second, much weaker, disturbance could swing through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thanksgiving itself with scattered snow showers and/or flurries.
QuoteA second, much weaker, disturbance could swing through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thanksgiving itself with scattered snow showers and/or flurries.
Was this line cut in the movie?
We now have properly late Autumn weather, showers with temperatures like the 45F I set out in this afternoon.
What a weird week. It was basically 70 today but now I have to worry if it'll be snowy to drive up to Mass on Wednesday night.
With all the warm and cold fronts coming through, I'm feeling it in every joint.
MAH ARTHRITIS
My sister is now trying to give me a rash of shit because I've suggested that I'm leaning towards not driving up tonight given that it is supposed to be a mix of snow/rain all night. I wanted to say "Well learn how to drive, get a car and take yourself up there, if it is so vital you get up there tonight."
Meh, it started with rain and turned to heart attack snow, and now it's back to slush.
I declared a Snow Day, however, and therefore I am not doing shit doing less shit than usual.
I've now officially ruined Thanksgiving because I've decided that we aren't driving till it is light again....nevermind the fact that I'll be getting up at 5:30 to make that happen. :D
Quote from: garbon on November 26, 2014, 05:40:07 PM
I've now officially ruined Thanksgiving because I've decided that we aren't driving till it is light again....nevermind the fact that I'll be getting up at 5:30 to make that happen. :D
But sunrise isn't til 7?
Yeah but we want to leave at 7, not wake up then. :P
Quote from: garbon on November 26, 2014, 12:52:33 PM
My sister is now trying to give me a rash of shit because I've suggested that I'm leaning towards not driving up tonight given that it is supposed to be a mix of snow/rain all night. I wanted to say "Well learn how to drive, get a car and take yourself up there, if it is so vital you get up there tonight."
How old is your sister? I presume fairly close to your age so therefore an adult... and she doesn't know how to drive???
We're finally getting our snow up here. At least it is easing in nice and slow instead of doing a mega-dump.
Quote from: Caliga on November 26, 2014, 09:31:50 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 26, 2014, 12:52:33 PM
My sister is now trying to give me a rash of shit because I've suggested that I'm leaning towards not driving up tonight given that it is supposed to be a mix of snow/rain all night. I wanted to say "Well learn how to drive, get a car and take yourself up there, if it is so vital you get up there tonight."
How old is your sister? I presume fairly close to your age so therefore an adult... and she doesn't know how to drive???
She did rather poorly when in driving school and then just sort of gave up. Since then she has only lived in places where she could get around easily via public transport.
Sounds like me when I lived in Boston proper and had a license but no car. I hated it. I felt like I wasn't really free because there were places I wanted to go and things I wanted to see, but had no way of getting to them unless there was public transit option.
Some areas of Austria have been hit by ice storms.
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It's getting as low as 3C/38F overnight. Had to break out the winter coat. My old leather gloves were so knackered I had to put them on and use Nikwax like hand-cream.
Quote from: Brazen on December 03, 2014, 07:24:20 AM
It's getting as low as 3C/38F overnight. Had to break out the winter coat.
Wussy.
Yesterday afternoon/evening was this year's first 'hat, gloves and coat' day; it's offical Winter is here. :bowler:
What's an ice storm? :blink:
Quote from: Brazen on December 03, 2014, 07:24:20 AM
It's getting as low as 3C/38F overnight. Had to break out the winter coat. My old leather gloves were so knackered I had to put them on and use Nikwax like hand-cream.
Pfft. It gets down to -7C/19F here overnight, and November/December is usually much warmer than January/February here. Still, had to take out my winter hat:
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Quote from: Sheilbh on December 03, 2014, 10:07:26 AM
What's an ice storm? :blink:
It's when whether conditions conspire to coat everything with a thick layer of ice - very destructive, as ice is heavy, so the accumulation brings power lines, trees, etc. crashing down. And of course makes travel pretty difficult.
We had a famous one in Toronto last year - with very destructive results.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/22/toronto-ice-storm-2013-photos-from-the-gtas-winter-nightmare/
Wierdly pretty though.
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 03, 2014, 10:07:26 AM
What's an ice storm? :blink:
An absolutely beautiful nightmare.
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I'd rather deal with 1' of snow than 1" of ice.
Quote from: Martinus on December 03, 2014, 10:19:34 AM
Quote from: Brazen on December 03, 2014, 07:24:20 AM
It's getting as low as 3C/38F overnight. Had to break out the winter coat. My old leather gloves were so knackered I had to put them on and use Nikwax like hand-cream.
Pfft. It gets down to -7C/19F here overnight, and November/December is usually much warmer than January/February here. Still, had to take out my winter hat:
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They don't have those in my size, so I had to go with an extra insulated wool beanie. :mad:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 03, 2014, 10:22:05 AM
I'd rather deal with 1' of snow than 1" of ice.
Absolutely - or even more. 1' of snow is easy to remove. Not so 1" of ice.
Quote from: Malthus on December 03, 2014, 10:20:03 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 03, 2014, 10:07:26 AM
What's an ice storm? :blink:
It's when whether conditions conspire to coat everything with a thick layer of ice - very destructive, as ice is heavy, so the accumulation brings power lines, trees, etc. crashing down. And of course makes travel pretty difficult.
We had a famous one in Toronto last year - with very destructive results.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/22/toronto-ice-storm-2013-photos-from-the-gtas-winter-nightmare/
Wierdly pretty though.
Ya, that storm was a bitch. horrible timing too.
I still remember the Quebec one from like 97 because we went on a field trip there the next year and you could still see broken tree limbs.
If some of the global warming studies are to be believed, ice storms like that may become a frequent occurance in Britain/Europe once the Atlantic conveyer cools down due to too much melted ice being released into the ocean.
Quote from: Malthus on December 03, 2014, 10:24:40 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 03, 2014, 10:22:05 AM
I'd rather deal with 1' of snow than 1" of ice.
Absolutely - or even more. 1' of snow is easy to remove. Not so 1" of ice.
Just need to chip at it a little...
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That car has a boner
I wonder how much the popular depiction of ghosts was due to people seeing ice formations like those.
If Casper was the Friendly Ghost, where did they bury Casper the Friendly Dead Kid?
Another fucking Nor'easter. At least it'll be too warm for snow. <_<
Looks like Bay Area is being pounded by rain - causing a lot of SF to be without power. :(
Oh and I was wrong, New York got snow yesterday - though thankfully it didn't stick and streets were warm enough for it to keep the melted snow from becoming ice. :)
We're getting a crazy heatwave of +4 to +6 every day. This is day three. It's just not right so close to Christmas.
We're getting some heavy snow flurries now in eastern Massachusetts. I don't expect it to amount to much or even to stick to the ground where I am but it's gotten pretty heavy over the last hour so not sure now what it'll do.
10 degrees and rain on Christmas Eve, now it's -2 and snowing. Wooo!
-10. Too bloody cold.
just before midnight on Christmas and frigging 38f/3c, which is about 10-15 degrees warmer than norm, talking about freezing rain over weekend. :bleeding:
5C - cold, cloudy and damp = :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on December 26, 2014, 08:53:49 AM
5C - cold, cloudy and damp = :bowler:
So in other words, just like every other day of the year for you. :)
Quote from: Caliga on December 26, 2014, 09:03:48 AM
Quote from: mongers on December 26, 2014, 08:53:49 AM
5C - cold, cloudy and damp = :bowler:
So in other words, just like every other day of the year for you. :)
Pretty much. :D
Though the 5C is a bit rum.
Annoyingly wet today. Christmas itself was lovely though :)
-25f/-32c this morning. Good thing there was a nice breeze to make the windchill -50f.
Now it is up to -9f/-22c which is good enough for winter activities.
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 26, 2014, 01:31:34 PM
Annoyingly wet today. Christmas itself was lovely though :)
Really, I thought you were only about 30 miles from me and here it's been a fine day.
Quote from: PDH on December 31, 2014, 01:32:24 PM
-25f/-32c this morning. Good thing there was a nice breeze to make the windchill -50f.
Now it is up to -9f/-22c which is good enough for winter activities.
I think it touched above 40 here in katmai-land.
Yep 42 and raining here at moment.
Quote from: katmai on December 31, 2014, 07:48:12 PM
Yep 42 and raining here at moment.
In Fairbanks for work where currently -19f/-28c Brrrr
One day Fairbanks residents will pretend their city was named for Douglas Fairbanks, as befits the Hollywood of the North.
QuoteWonkblog
Washington Post
The American love of lawsuits is forcing cities to ban sledding, ruin winter
Cities, evidently, must have a sledding policy, which never occurred to me until I read this curious Associated Press story about the trend of sledding injuries, sledding lawsuits, and subsequent municipal sledding bans:
No one tracks how many cities have banned or limited sledding, but the list grows every year. One of the latest is in Dubuque, Iowa, where the City Council is moving ahead with a plan to ban sledding in all but two of its 50 parks....
In meetings leading up to the ban, Dubuque council members lamented the move but said it was the only responsible choice given liability concerns and demands from the city's insurance carrier. They pointed to judgments in sledding lawsuits in the past decade, such as a $2 million judgment against Omaha, Nebraska, after a 5-year-old girl was paralyzed when she hit a tree and a $2.75 million payment when a man in Sioux City, Iowa, slid into a sign and injured his spinal cord.
The AP cites bans or restrictions in communities in Iowa, New Jersey, Nebraska and Indiana, as well as one town in Illinois that went so far in 2013 as to remove a 20-foot junk mound where families had taken to having fun. Omaha tried a test ban, only to conclude that people would ignore it anyway. It's understandable that cities here fear lawsuits but unfortunate that they have to. The injuries mentioned above are terrible and sad, but they're also incredibly rare (the Omaha suit largely turned on a dispute over how much blame to apportion in the accident, between the city and the parents.)
How pervasive is the actual problem? Research says that about 20,000 people 19 or younger are treated for sledding-related injuries in emergency rooms each year (boys more than girls, 10-to-14-year-olds more than other ages). Only about 4 percent of those cases require hospitalization. No data, though, on how many of them involve litigious people who want to spoil sledding for the rest of us.
:bleeding:
We didn't get many sledding winters when I was a kid, but our favorite hill was in a small forest (we pretended we were riding speeder bikes on Endor :blush: ), and the end was the curve in a path around a frozen pond, with the goal to make it onto the pond with as big a jump as possible.
This is why white people can't have nice things. :(
America fuck no!
-29f/-33c today
Take that PDH!
Quote from: katmai on January 05, 2015, 02:51:18 PM
-29f/-33c today
Take that PDH!
It was 35 here today!
Now it is mud everywhere...
A snow panic is underway in Ohio. Stores are empty of milk and bread.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 05, 2015, 06:44:08 PM
A snow panic is underway in Ohio. Stores are empty of milk and bread.
:nelson: No snow forecast for here. Of course, I have to be in Chicago most of the rest of this week. YAY, I love below zero temperatures! :mad:
It's fucking cold.
Temps in the teens here in Mass this morning/overnight, or around -10 Celsius. Going to be even colder, around zero degrees F later in the week but a bit "warmer" during the day.
Edit: I was out at lunchtime and it was still in the upper teens. So not even a warmup into the mid 20s today. Some snow flurries.
SNOW DAY!!!
I love snow days. That way, I don't have to feel guilty about being unemployed for the day, and just take the off from my full-time gig of anxiety and penniless despair. And take the Jeep out to an empty field for a bit.
GAAAAAAAAAAAH! Fucking Chicago! :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on January 07, 2015, 09:11:11 AM
GAAAAAAAAAAAH! Fucking Chicago! :mad:
A bit nippy for you?
Quote from: Malthus on January 07, 2015, 01:53:23 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 05, 2015, 10:03:11 PM
It's fucking cold.
How about today? :P
It's a
mild, cloudy, slightly damp, somewhat windy* 10C here. :bowler:
* Actually this holds for the next 3-5 months, just regard this as the standing weather forecast for here and just randomly rearrange the order of these four characteristics. :)
Quote from: mongers on January 07, 2015, 01:56:43 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 07, 2015, 01:53:23 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 05, 2015, 10:03:11 PM
It's fucking cold.
How about today? :P
It's a mild, cloudy, slightly damp, somewhat windy* 10C here. :bowler:
* Actually this holds for the next 3-5 months, just regard this as the standing weather forecast for here and just randomly rearrange the order of these four characteristics. :)
:moon: :cry: :mad:
What you are missing (but HVC and I are enjoying)
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?on61
QuoteWarnings
8:15 AM EST Wednesday 07 January 2015
Extreme Cold Warning in effect for:
•City of Toronto
A period of very cold wind chills is expected.
A cold front passed through Southern Ontario early this morning. Very cold temperatures in the wake of this front, combined with strong northerly winds, will result in wind chill values near or below minus 30 today and into this evening.
A mere 40 degrees Celcius difference ...
Today it's warmed up to a "balmy" 25 F ( about -4 C). Windy too which adds to the cold.
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2015, 02:17:20 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 07, 2015, 01:53:23 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 05, 2015, 10:03:11 PM
It's fucking cold.
How about today? :P
:cry: those tears are froze
:lol:
I thought my nose was going to freeze, crack, and fall off on the way to work.
Quote from: Malthus on January 07, 2015, 02:22:49 PM
I thought my nose was going to freeze, crack, and fall off on the way to work.
That shit's invigorating. There's nothing quite like feeling the mucus in your nose actually begin to crystallize to know you're alive. :lol: Watching your contacts beginning to spiderweb, that's a different story.
You Canadian assholes should keep all that cold air up north, its supposed to be 11 tonight, in Bham AL? Really? 11?
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 07, 2015, 04:23:21 PM
You Canadian assholes should keep all that cold air up north, its supposed to be 11 tonight, in Bham AL? Really? 11?
:huh:
Its not cold here. :P
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 07, 2015, 04:23:21 PM
You Canadian assholes should keep all that cold air up north, its supposed to be 11 tonight, in Bham AL? Really? 11?
Well screw you for stealing our winter. :angry:
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2015, 10:59:02 AM
Quote from: Caliga on January 07, 2015, 09:11:11 AM
GAAAAAAAAAAAH! Fucking Chicago! :mad:
A bit nippy for you?
I was afraid my ears were frostbitten this morning after a mere four block walk.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 07, 2015, 04:28:02 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 07, 2015, 04:23:21 PM
You Canadian assholes should keep all that cold air up north, its supposed to be 11 tonight, in Bham AL? Really? 11?
:huh:
Its not cold here. :P
Quote from: Liep on January 07, 2015, 04:28:09 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 07, 2015, 04:23:21 PM
You Canadian assholes should keep all that cold air up north, its supposed to be 11 tonight, in Bham AL? Really? 11?
Well screw you for stealing our winter. :angry:
:moon:
Careful Lusti, you might get frostbite.
You know, frostbite on the butt cheeks would suck, really bad.
:D
Supposed to get down to -5F here but at almost midnight it's still hanging around 4F. Pity, I was hoping to do the boiling water to snow trick for the kids again. And of course my Facebook feed is blowing up with people posting the wind chill readings from their phones' weather apps. Yeah. It's winter-- and it gets cold. Get over it.
For me, cold weather is just an excuse to build a nice warm fire in the fireplace. I might sleep on the couch just so I can keep the fire going throughout the night :comfy:
You can always tell how cold it is by where the cat sleeps.
Mild: Foot of the bed, to the left and where's the goddamned king we used to sleep on, I can't stretch the fuck out anymore.
Chilly: Left side of my torso, but not too close because I need my space, just keep my back warm, thanks.
Cold: Between my legs, and I'll thank you not to move or get up to piss.
Fucking Cold: Spends 3 minutes attempting to corkscrew herself into my armpit as deeply as possible.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 08, 2015, 12:06:42 AM
You can always tell how cold it is by where the cat sleeps.
When it got REALLY cold in Laramie, Aphrodite would go subterranean and reason that "the covers are good enough for him, they are good enough for me" routine.
My cat would just lie on top of the covers between my legs even though somehow I never consciously slept with my legs all spread out (must have been some kind of kitty mind control) or she just got under the covers right next to me with her head on the pillow just like a person.
Then my wife entered the scene and the cat was lucky if she let her sleep near my feet :(
Quote from: Malthus on January 07, 2015, 02:22:49 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 07, 2015, 02:17:20 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 07, 2015, 01:53:23 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 05, 2015, 10:03:11 PM
It's fucking cold.
How about today? :P
:cry: those tears are froze
:lol:
I thought my nose was going to freeze, crack, and fall off on the way to work.
:cry:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 08, 2015, 12:06:42 AM
You can always tell how cold it is by where the cat sleeps.
Mild: Foot of the bed, to the left and where's the goddamned king we used to sleep on, I can't stretch the fuck out anymore.
Chilly: Left side of my torso, but not too close because I need my space, just keep my back warm, thanks.
Cold: Between my legs, and I'll thank you not to move or get up to piss.
Fucking Cold: Spends 3 minutes attempting to corkscrew herself into my armpit as deeply as possible.
:wub:
We getting a DOUBLE STORM on Friday and Saturday, they named it Dagmar and it's going to be an absolute nuisance.
Still ridiculously mild but a bit wet. 9C now, will be 14C (57F) tomorrow.
Taffy feels the cold with his thyroid problem, so sitting on my lap isn't enough - he also wants to bury his head between my legs, and he's started to get under the bed covers with me on chilly nights. Not sure whether that's :wub: or :perv:
Don't tell Harley, but he's my favourite.
Quote from: Brazen on January 08, 2015, 09:11:46 AM
Still ridiculously mild but a bit wet. 9C now, will be 14C (57F) tomorrow.
Taffy feels the cold with his thyroid problem, so sitting on my lap isn't enough - he also wants to bury his head between my legs, and he's started to get under the bed covers with me on chilly nights. Not sure whether that's :wub: or :perv:
Don't tell Harley, but he's my favourite.
The Welsh know a thing or two about a welcome in the valleys. :P
It dipped to 10, so I broke out the 7 layer jacket this morning, and I prewarmed the truck, I normaly don't have to. I had to turn off the heater on the way to work but my legs were still a bit cold (only wearing jeans). Schools opening 2 hours late, so traffic was light, and I even slept an extra 15 minutes.
Otto, our old doggy sleeps under the covers with us.
7? How does that work? Outer, filling, inner. Then what?
I was issued the older version of this one it seems: http://www.beyondclothing.com/s7-highloft-jacket.html
The tag says "cold weather layering system, L7 JKT", when issued the paperwork called it 7 layer jacket. It feels cold to the touch, but after a few minutes of putting it on, it warms up awesome. I have worn this with the goretex parka on top in blizzard conditions and it works great. I will be going back to Antarctica soon and it is the one thing I will make sure I don't forget.
Today is the coldest day so far, this morning was zero or below where I am and not expected to get much warmer. With the wind it's well below zero F. Zero F is -18 C. Many schools closed, in Boston and many other towns. Not sure if that's really necessary; it just gets cold here in New England.
Quote from: Liep on January 08, 2015, 09:10:46 AM
We getting a DOUBLE STORM on Friday and Saturday, they named it Dagmar and it's going to be an absolute nuisance.
Well it's here, and it came out of nowhere. 5 minutes ago it was mild, sunny and calm. Now it's dark, grey, hailing and windy as hell.
We're getting some strong winds from the storm, up to 100 kph. We're also supposed to have 15°C tomorrow due to it. :huh:
Quote from: Syt on January 09, 2015, 07:10:11 AM
We're getting some strong winds from the storm, up to 100 kph. We're also supposed to have 15°C tomorrow due to it. :huh:
We've had that, been more than 15C today, still about 14C, though the winds seemed to have gone through the Channel or through the north of England and Scotland.
The wind is pretty loud around our office now (on 17th floor). Highly unusual. The Danube also looks very rough, probably more so than I've seen from this vantage point.
Still 105 minutes before going home.
It's snowing cats and dogs.
Not really.
The second part of the DOUBLE STORM is upon us, and 'Egon' is relentlessly washing vacation houses out into the sea and closing bridges left and right.
Here's hoping they cancel the trains so I can watch NFL.
2014 hottest year on record.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/16/2014-hottest-year-on-record-scientists-noaa-nasa
In your freezing face middle America!
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Nice. It's cold here so we can declare global warming INVALID. :yeah:
Surprisingly it's damp and cloudy here. :bowler:
We have had a snowless winter so far. Hopefully this trend continues. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on January 19, 2015, 07:39:29 AM
We have had a snowless winter so far. Hopefully this trend continues. :cool:
Another snowless winter here. Havent had a good snow fall in years (more than 6 at least) and the local mountains are really suffering again this year.
We have snow. It all melted over Xmas but now it's all back.
Quote from: Caliga on January 19, 2015, 07:39:29 AM
We have had a snowless winter so far. Hopefully this trend continues. :cool:
So much for that. :mad:
I am not looking forward to this additional snow storm. :grr:
Most of the snow from yesterday has already melted. :showoff:
Well that melted in New York but now we are going to get slammed by a bigger storm. I heard one prediction for Boston area of up to 30 inches!
Thank God I left. :bleeding:
Oh wait. They are now saying the 30 inches could be here...:(
edit: though it looks like as per usual, each weather outlet says something different. :D
So how's the NYC Blizzapalooza 2015 coming along? Even here the media is going crazy over it.
To be honest, I only know what the news says. -_- I haven't been outside since 1:30 and it is too dark to see anything out the window. I see the news says that Central Park has already got 4 inches / the city effectively has a curfew in effect starting at 11.
So once again the National Weather Service has the populace wondering what exactly they get paid for. :hmm:
Some years back the weather service completely missed a huge storm and was wildly criticised, now they warn for everything with most turning out to just be a bit of wind.
I'm looking at nasty sideways blowing snow, must be drifts of at probably three feet. Funny though due to the blowing snow my car has almost no snow on it. Expecting it to snow all day and into tonight, not sure when it's ending. I may go out soon and do some cleanup since this is going to keep snowing for a long time. The snow at the end of the driveway pushed up by the plows clearing the street must be four feet high.
New York city didn't get the brunt of the storm; that's happening here in New England, especially eastern NE. I'm southwest of Boston which is part of the prime snowfall area. I get to try out my new snow blower for the first time today.
Work office building is closed today, working from home. I did a bunch of stuff this morning and probably won't log back in except to check if any problems.
It was a nice spring like day yesterday. After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 12:23:13 PM
It was a nice spring like day yesterday. After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon.
Ack. Spring in Vancouver looks pretty chilly!
Bah, we were only going to get a glancing blow at most, and even that didn't happen.
I wish I were on Nantucket right now. Riding out this blizzard in the middle of the ocean with nothing more than some blankets, candles and a fifth of Yukon Jack has got to be a blast. VISIBILITY: DRUNK AND SUICIDAL
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 12:26:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 12:23:13 PM
It was a nice spring like day yesterday. After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon.
Ack. Spring in Vancouver looks pretty chilly!
You are looking at today's temperature. I would guess it is about 9 C right now. Yesterday we got up to 14 C. That is a very nice spring time temp, especially for January ;)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 27, 2015, 12:29:27 PM
Bah, we were only going to get a glancing blow at most, and even that didn't happen.
I wish I were on Nantucket right now. Riding out this blizzard in the middle of the ocean with nothing more than some blankets, candles and a fifth of Yukon Jack has got to be a blast. VISIBILITY: DRUNK AND SUICIDAL
Yep, you're missing out on some amazing storm scenery! Nantucket is being clobbered, hurricane force winds, storm tides, along with the snow. Though not likely near as much snow as just a few miles inland is getting.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 12:32:19 PM
You are looking at today's temperature. I would guess it is about 9 C right now. Yesterday we got up to 14 C. That is a very nice spring time temp, especially for January ;)
It's 14 C right now. Brrrrrrrrr.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 12:32:19 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 12:26:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 12:23:13 PM
It was a nice spring like day yesterday. After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon.
Ack. Spring in Vancouver looks pretty chilly!
You are looking at today's temperature. I would guess it is about 9 C right now. Yesterday we got up to 14 C. That is a very nice spring time temp, especially for January ;)
I was looking at the predictions for the week. I wouldn't consider 14C to be warm weather in Spring. :P
Quote from: KRonn on January 27, 2015, 12:47:21 PM
Yep, you're missing out on some amazing storm scenery! Nantucket is being clobbered, hurricane force winds, storm tides, along with the snow.
No kidding I'm missing out; power's out and there's no webcams operating on the island at the moment.
QuoteNantucket could be in for a lengthy power outage today after a substation froze over and killed power across the island amid a powerful storm that has dumped more than two feet of snow on parts of eastern Massachusetts.
Virtually all of National Grid's 12,800 customers on Nantucket – including the island's hospital and storm shelters – are now without power, utility officials said today.
Utility workers are trying to start back-up generation sources to get electricity to the hospital and other key facilities on the island.
But Marcy Reed, president of National Grid in Massachusetts, couldn't give a timeline on when power to the hospital and shelters will be restored. She also warned that it will likely "take a long time" before power in general is restored on Nantucket.
"It will be lengthy," she said of the outages, without giving specific time estimates.
Nantucket appears to be among the hardest hit communities in Massachusetts, in terms of power outages, as the current blizzard continues to pound the area and drop record amounts of snow on communities.
As of about 9:50 a.m., National Grid and NStar, the state's two largest electric utilities, reported that a total of 30,638 customers were without power in the region. That number has been steadily creeping up since early this morning, but it's still small compared to the two utilities' combined customer base of 2.4 million customers.
"Our system has held up," said Reed during a conference call with members of the media this morning.
NStar is reporting that the South Shore and Cape communities are suffering the most within its coverage area. About 2,300 customers in Provincetown have lost power, while 2,065 customers have lost electricity in Wareham.
On Nantucket, ocean "salt sprays" iced over key equipment at a substation near the island's harbor, Reed said.
National Grid must first de-ice the substation, but even then it has to wait until all lines on the island are inspected and verified that they're OK for use, before power is switched back on, Reed said. "If we energize it [with line and circuit problems], we could have a hazardous situation," she said.
The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth could be offline for days after a storm-related outage shut down two of the major lines carrying electricity from the generating facility.
Officials said the problem is similar to one that hit during a 2013 blizzard, and poses no safety threat. The lines failed about 4 a.m., at a time when Pilgrim's output had already been reduced to 20 percent because of storm-related conditions on the electrical grid.
"All safety systems worked as designed and plant conditions are currently stable," said plant spokeswoman Lauren Burm. "There's no threat to the safety of plant workers or the public."
She said it could be days before Pilgrim resumes normal operations, but that the plant would be able to stay offline for much longer than that without safety concerns.
Lacey Girard, a spokeswoman for ISO New England, which manages the region's power grid, said the overall power supply is functioning normally. "Load is running under forecast today, most likely because many business and schools across New England are closed, which reduces demand on the system," she said.
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 12:53:31 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 12:32:19 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 12:26:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 12:23:13 PM
It was a nice spring like day yesterday. After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon.
Ack. Spring in Vancouver looks pretty chilly!
You are looking at today's temperature. I would guess it is about 9 C right now. Yesterday we got up to 14 C. That is a very nice spring time temp, especially for January ;)
I was looking at the predictions for the week. I wouldn't consider 14C to be warm weather in Spring. :P
:huh:
I didn't say it was warm weather in spring. I said it was nice spring weather. At the risk of being insulting, if you hadn't noticed, it is not yet Spring.
If I was living where you are I suppose I would want to lash out at anyone not also suffering.
When I think about "nice spring weather" I think about it being warm. Clearly your mileage varies. ;)
Nice early spring-like* weather here last couple of days.
* is that specific enough?
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 01:41:00 PM
When I think about "nice spring weather" I think about it being warm. Clearly your mileage varies. ;)
For sure. Here nice spring days mean it isn't winter weather anymore and, in any place other than Languish, that context would not be lost in a post being made in January. ;)
I just finished clearing my driveway with my new snow blower, first time using it, and it was tough work with so much snow. Glad to have the new, more powerful machine. We got at least two feet of snow, as all the news reports of surrounding areas are in the 24 to over 30 inch range. When I first went out the snow was up over my knees in the drifts outside my door; I had to use the shovel to help clear a path to the shed where my snow blower is.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 04:01:10 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 01:41:00 PM
When I think about "nice spring weather" I think about it being warm. Clearly your mileage varies. ;)
For sure. Here nice spring days mean it isn't winter weather anymore and, in any place other than Languish, that context would not be lost in a post being made in January. ;)
I think that in a good many places, people would lament 14C as cold weather. ;)
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 04:17:56 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 04:01:10 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 01:41:00 PM
When I think about "nice spring weather" I think about it being warm. Clearly your mileage varies. ;)
For sure. Here nice spring days mean it isn't winter weather anymore and, in any place other than Languish, that context would not be lost in a post being made in January. ;)
I think that in a good many places, people would lament 14C as cold weather. ;)
In the middle of winter? Too bad you don't currently live in one of those places :P
Quote from: KRonn on January 27, 2015, 04:11:46 PM
I just finished clearing my driveway with my new snow blower, first time using it, and it was tough work with so much snow. Glad to have the new, more powerful machine. We got at least two feet of snow, as all the news reports of surrounding areas are in the 24 to over 30 inch range. When I first went out the snow was up over my knees in the drifts outside my door; I had to use the shovel to help clear a path to the shed where my snow blower is.
According to Garbo you should be thankful you don't live somewhere cold like Vancouver.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 04:21:47 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 04:17:56 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 04:01:10 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 01:41:00 PM
When I think about "nice spring weather" I think about it being warm. Clearly your mileage varies. ;)
For sure. Here nice spring days mean it isn't winter weather anymore and, in any place other than Languish, that context would not be lost in a post being made in January. ;)
I think that in a good many places, people would lament 14C as cold weather. ;)
In the middle of winter? Too bad you don't currently live in one of those places :P
Oh yes definitely on both counts. Of course, I was largely talking about spring weather which it was spring-like weather that I think we were discussing.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 04:22:47 PM
Quote from: KRonn on January 27, 2015, 04:11:46 PM
I just finished clearing my driveway with my new snow blower, first time using it, and it was tough work with so much snow. Glad to have the new, more powerful machine. We got at least two feet of snow, as all the news reports of surrounding areas are in the 24 to over 30 inch range. When I first went out the snow was up over my knees in the drifts outside my door; I had to use the shovel to help clear a path to the shed where my snow blower is.
According to Garbo you should be thankful you don't live somewhere cold like Vancouver.
:huh:
His weather would just be much colder. Sure would it likely be nicer in Mass if it was 50 degree temps? Sure. Doesn't really make that sound like great spring like weather though. :hmm:
Garbo, I think what you are trying to say is that there are parts of the world that neither experience Winter or Spring weather. I am talking about Spring weather that we are experiencing in Winter. It is as much a comment about climate change as anything but that gets lost in your silly "I know a place warmer than where you live" antics.
Weird since you were doing the antics of boasting about your how great your weather was.
Quote from: garbon on January 27, 2015, 04:37:59 PM
Weird since you were doing the antics of boasting about your how great your weather was.
Compared to places that actually have a season called Winter. Yes. But again, context is lost with you.
No, your boasting about Vancouver is never lost on me. :D
edit: I'm going to let the bit slide with that "places that experience winter" as that would lead us into discussing how different places experience winter differently.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 27, 2015, 04:22:47 PM
Quote from: KRonn on January 27, 2015, 04:11:46 PM
I just finished clearing my driveway with my new snow blower, first time using it, and it was tough work with so much snow. Glad to have the new, more powerful machine. We got at least two feet of snow, as all the news reports of surrounding areas are in the 24 to over 30 inch range. When I first went out the snow was up over my knees in the drifts outside my door; I had to use the shovel to help clear a path to the shed where my snow blower is.
According to Garbo you should be thankful you don't live somewhere cold like Vancouver.
My brother and his wife have been spending winters in Florida for the last few years. They love it, and always call to ask about the weather, especially when we get snow or very cold temps. They don't miss the cold but like to know what's going on in back here.
I'm giving thought to making a snowbird run next January.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 27, 2015, 08:31:00 PM
I'm giving thought to making a snowbird run next January.
Scottsdale has sounded good these last couple of winters.
Temps were below zero,-5F (-20C) at one point registered on my car's temp gauge. It's been very cold here this week.
Quote from: KRonn on January 29, 2015, 11:31:25 AM
Temps were below zero,-5F (-20C) at one point registered on my car's temp gauge. It's been very cold here this week.
Heh, today's +2C still felt bitterly cold here. :blush:
Quote from: KRonn on January 29, 2015, 11:31:25 AM
Temps were below zero,-5F (-20C) at one point registered on my car's temp gauge. It's been very cold here this week.
Got up to 54 here today. :cool:
6-12 inches inbound Sunday. Bleh.
More snow due tomorrow or Saturday, then more projected on Monday. Those are not big storms though, just a few inches I think, and that'll be on top of the over two feet we have now.
Snow flurries have started. <_<
What's your flursona?
You should write for clickhole. :)
Quote from: garbon on January 29, 2015, 09:38:43 PM
Snow flurries have started. <_<
We're getting snow flurries here but it's not supposed to amount to much. It's in the thirties, above freezing, so I assume it'll turn to rain at some point. We are supposed to get a larger snow storm Monday.
I'm taking comfort in the fact that London is supposed to be nailed right now. :D
time to stock up on milk and bread.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 30, 2015, 03:49:34 PM
time to stock up on milk and bread.
We were supposed to get that shit but now I'm hearing it'll all be rain for us, and snow to the north... so :nelson:
Quote from: Caliga on January 30, 2015, 07:42:05 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 30, 2015, 03:49:34 PM
time to stock up on milk and bread.
We were supposed to get that shit but now I'm hearing it'll all be rain for us, and snow to the north... so :nelson:
You'll get yours carpetbagger.
It isn't even that cold out but it still felt like death. :(
We got a lock of fucking snow last night. Maybe two feet. You boys further east better brace.
The rain/snow line moved north. Yay!
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 01, 2015, 06:05:08 PM
We got a lock of fucking snow last night. Maybe two feet. You boys further east better brace.
We're supposed to get about a foot of snow starting overnight and into tomorrow.
Fuck you snow
We got 2 cm last night! :w00t:
Here it was the coldest night of the winter so far, -3.8C. :bowler:
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 01, 2015, 06:27:56 PM
The rain/snow line moved north. Yay!
We got nothing. I was mocking the boys up in Chicago this morning.
Snow day here in eastern Mass, and working from home. It's been snowing hard for a while and the stuff is really building up now.
I remember about a decade ago or so when we used to get snow.
After our freezing rain, really starting to come down again - though it is just super light powder so don't think should amount to much.
OMG we had all of 1.5 inches of snow overnight, which lingered into today. :)
Quote from: mongers on February 03, 2015, 02:52:26 PM
OMG we had all of 1.5 inches of snow overnight, which lingered into today. :)
We got at least a foot of snow yesterday and it looked like more as it was nearly as tall as my snow blower scoop of twenty inches. That's on top of the two to three feet that towns in the area got last week. So for me this new stuff makes it at least three feet and looks like more, or over a meter of snow.
Quote from: KRonn on February 03, 2015, 02:58:53 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 03, 2015, 02:52:26 PM
OMG we had all of 1.5 inches of snow overnight, which lingered into today. :)
We got at least a foot of snow yesterday and it looked like more as it was nearly as tall as my snow blower scoop of twenty inches. That's on top of the two to three feet that towns in the area got last week. So for me this new stuff makes it at least three feet and looks like more, or over a meter of snow.
That's proper snow. :cool:
If that happens in this country its only ever in some bit of Highland Scotland or on the Pennines between Lancashire and Yorkshire, which is then reported by the media as if it were snow apocalypse with literally 'dozens' of motorists were trapped in their cars for several hours!
You'd think by the way people are hunkering up against the northerly winds and wearing giant puffer coats that this was the Arctic, no folks it's central Southern England, it's been between 3-6C today and the winds only a 20 mph northerly, your face or extremities will not freeze off.
Over all a general English fail, man-up a 'verb' not likely to ever be used again in Southern England. <_<
Quote from: mongers on February 06, 2015, 06:08:22 PM
You'd think by the way people are hunkering up against the northerly winds and wearing giant puffer coats that this was the Arctic, no folks it's central Southern England, it's been between 3-6C today and the winds only a 20 mph northerly, your face or extremities will not freeze off.
Over all a general English fail, man-up a 'verb' not likely to ever be used again in Southern England. <_<
I guess it really does depend on what you are used to - right now, Torontonians would be walking around in shorts if it was suddenly 6 C. :lol:
Quote from: Malthus on February 06, 2015, 06:10:58 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 06, 2015, 06:08:22 PM
You'd think by the way people are hunkering up against the northerly winds and wearing giant puffer coats that this was the Arctic, no folks it's central Southern England, it's been between 3-6C today and the winds only a 20 mph northerly, your face or extremities will not freeze off.
Over all a general English fail, man-up a 'verb' not likely to ever be used again in Southern England. <_<
I guess it really does depend on what you are used to - right now, Torontonians would be walking around in shorts if it was suddenly 6 C. :lol:
I was actually out without a coat and hat cleaning some of the windows in the afternoon sunshine., though when I went around the north side of the house to do those and empty and clean the floor mops/buckets, it was a wee bit cold in the direct wind. :bowler:
No one gives a fuck about a 40 degree day.
Quote from: mongers on February 06, 2015, 06:08:22 PM
You'd think by the way people are hunkering up against the northerly winds and wearing giant puffer coats that this was the Arctic,
Nah, that scene happens everywhere with a winter season.
Sunny and high of 58 today. :cool:
Partly sunny and a balmy 4 degrees today, starting to get a bit windy though.
Still 2-3 months of winter left. :(
Quote from: Liep on February 07, 2015, 09:13:42 AM
Partly sunny and a balmy 4 degrees today, starting to get a bit windy though.
Still 2-3 months of winter left. :(
No wonder some of your ancestors left Denmark for the balmy climes of Yorkshire. :P
Quote from: mongers on February 07, 2015, 09:16:04 AM
Quote from: Liep on February 07, 2015, 09:13:42 AM
Partly sunny and a balmy 4 degrees today, starting to get a bit windy though.
Still 2-3 months of winter left. :(
No wonder some of your ancestors left Denmark for the balmy climes of Yorkshire. :P
5C and drizzle seems very good when you've got 2C and drizzle. :P
Quote from: Liep on February 07, 2015, 09:18:38 AM
Quote from: mongers on February 07, 2015, 09:16:04 AM
Quote from: Liep on February 07, 2015, 09:13:42 AM
Partly sunny and a balmy 4 degrees today, starting to get a bit windy though.
Still 2-3 months of winter left. :(
No wonder some of your ancestors left Denmark for the balmy climes of Yorkshire. :P
5C and drizzle seems very good when you've got 2C and drizzle. :P
:D
So cold I'm on the edge of a breakdown :weep:
Snow flurries today, probably will get an inch or two, nothing much. It begins to intensify tomorrow through Monday and maybe Tuesday, each day bringing more snow up to a foot total over three or so days.
The Meteorological Institute of Denmark said that the rest of the winter will be mild and we'll get a warm and dry spring.
:w00t: :yeah: :w00t:
Now if only they could be trusted. :( :mad:
Quote from: Liep on February 11, 2015, 09:02:37 AM
The Meteorological Institute of Denmark said that the rest of the winter will be mild and we'll get a warm and dry spring.
:w00t: :yeah: :w00t:
Now if only they could be trusted. :( :mad:
Hopefully the same for here, was a heady 8.8C earlier, good cycling weather too. :)
Holy crap has it been warm these last couple days. Is winter over already or is this the winter fake out Texas weather sometimes pulls?
Quote from: Valmy on February 11, 2015, 10:39:23 AM
Holy crap has it been warm these last couple days. Is winter over already or is this the winter fake out Texas weather sometimes pulls?
:mad:
Quote from: Valmy on February 11, 2015, 10:39:23 AM
Holy crap has it been warm these last couple days. Is winter over already or is this the winter fake out Texas weather sometimes pulls?
Yeah, it warmed up here, nearly into the mid 20s F. ;)
I borrowed my neighbor's snow rake. I wanted to clear some snow off my roof mainly because of the ice dams in the gutters, to try and minimize the snow melt. The actual snow depth on the roof wasn't a problem. What a tough job that was, with the twenty foot long rake over head, working it with my arms. All the while wading through snow in my yard as high as my waist, but usually it was hard packed under so I only sank to my knees or thighs. What a workout that was though! My clothes were drenched with sweat like I'd run a few miles.
Quote from: KRonn on February 11, 2015, 02:51:01 PM
I borrowed my neighbor's snow rake. I wanted to clear some snow off my roof mainly because of the ice dams in the gutters, to try and minimize the snow melt. The actual snow depth on the roof wasn't a problem. What a tough job that was, with the twenty foot long rake over head, working it with my arms. All the while wading through snow in my yard as high as my waist, but usually it was hard packed under so I only sank to my knees or thighs. What a workout that was though! My clothes were drenched with sweat like I'd run a few miles.
Good grief that sounds like something from a polar expedition.
Kronn, hang in there. :)
Meanwhile, in Kentucky, it was 55 and sunny when I got home last night and I did some light spring prep work with my trees without a jacket. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on February 11, 2015, 02:54:00 PM
Quote from: KRonn on February 11, 2015, 02:51:01 PM
I borrowed my neighbor's snow rake. I wanted to clear some snow off my roof mainly because of the ice dams in the gutters, to try and minimize the snow melt. The actual snow depth on the roof wasn't a problem. What a tough job that was, with the twenty foot long rake over head, working it with my arms. All the while wading through snow in my yard as high as my waist, but usually it was hard packed under so I only sank to my knees or thighs. What a workout that was though! My clothes were drenched with sweat like I'd run a few miles.
Good grief that sounds like something from a polar expedition.
Kronn, hang in there. :)
It was a bit hilarious wading through such deep snow, using a shovel for balance and pulling myself along, but I actually don't mind that much about the snow, not yet anyway, and we're due for another possibly large storm this weekend. The thing I worry about is the house gutters all iced up. I've never had problems before but it's rare that I've seen the gutters so iced up, which could lead to leaking into the house if the water seeps under the roof, or could damage the gutters. It is crazy though, scenes from the ice age with all these glaciers around.
Another big issue is that the roads are so narrow, residential and smaller roads especially. Can't see around corners due to the snow banks so have to edge out carefully. Pulling onto main roads and highways is tricky and dangerous. Highways are missing the breakdown lanes.
Quote from: Caliga on February 12, 2015, 07:42:51 AM
Meanwhile, in Kentucky, it was 55 and sunny when I got home last night and I did some light spring prep work with my trees without a jacket. :cool:
My punishment for this post was that when I went to leave for work I discovered it was suddenly cold and snowing. SORRY ALLFATHER :(
Quote from: Caliga on February 12, 2015, 09:54:12 AM
Quote from: Caliga on February 12, 2015, 07:42:51 AM
Meanwhile, in Kentucky, it was 55 and sunny when I got home last night and I did some light spring prep work with my trees without a jacket. :cool:
My punishment for this post was that when I went to leave for work I discovered it was suddenly cold and snowing. SORRY ALLFATHER :(
You should consider your folly on the tree of woe.
Quote from: Caliga on February 12, 2015, 09:54:12 AM
Quote from: Caliga on February 12, 2015, 07:42:51 AM
Meanwhile, in Kentucky, it was 55 and sunny when I got home last night and I did some light spring prep work with my trees without a jacket. :cool:
My punishment for this post was that when I went to leave for work I discovered it was suddenly cold and snowing. SORRY ALLFATHER :(
That's the problem with living in such a fickle southern climate. You should move back to here where it's more "interesting". ;)
Oh, it's pretty interesting here too. A few years ago, on January 31st, we had a day where it started off in the high 30s and just kept getting warmer and warmer. Meanwhile they issued a tornado warning and work sent me home. When I got home I went outside to look at the sky and happened to notice my outside thermometer read 90 F. :wacko:
Then the front came through, and there was a tornado swarm, the temperature plummeted, and it snowed overnight and dropped down into the teens. :bleeding:
Tornadoes scare me. I hope you never have to go through one of those.
Tornadoes are scary, we had a small one jump over us (valley between two small ridges) a few years ago, no fun.
Quote from: KRonn on February 12, 2015, 02:08:55 PM
Tornadoes scare me. I hope you never have to go through one of those.
I've seen one in person when I was in Texas. I've never seen one here, but there was a powerful one that hit southern Indiana on the day I was talking about earlier. A friend of mine's house came within about 50 yards of being hit. He filmed it and got on CNN with his footage. :cool:
It has been in the 50s (excepting a couple of days) here for the last two weeks. That is very un-Laramie weather. I expect winter to catch up soon and March and April will be horrible.
I like how on my facebook all my New York people are complaining about the weather (when I woke up this morning it was 63 in my apt :() and the all the California buds are posting tell them to come back out west. So clever.
Why did you turn off the heat?
Quote from: garbon on February 16, 2015, 08:53:20 AM
I like how on my facebook all my New York people are complaining about the weather (when I woke up this morning it was 63 in my apt :() and the all the California buds are posting tell them to come back out west. So clever.
Garbon fazed by the Garbon collective. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on February 16, 2015, 09:32:34 AM
Garbon fazed by the Garbon collective. :hmm:
You can't outcunt the OC.
Quote from: mongers on February 16, 2015, 09:32:34 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 16, 2015, 08:53:20 AM
I like how on my facebook all my New York people are complaining about the weather (when I woke up this morning it was 63 in my apt :() and the all the California buds are posting tell them to come back out west. So clever.
Garbon fazed by the Garbon collective. :hmm:
I was just noting how several different groups of people seemed to be having the exact same back and forth. -_-
Cameo?
The weather this weekend was the coldest I can remember - wind chill at -40 on Sunday. At that temp, C and F are the same. :lol:
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-extreme-cold-weather-warning-remains-in-effect-1.2237077
Quote from: Malthus on February 17, 2015, 09:00:21 AM
The weather this weekend was the coldest I can remember - wind chill at -40 on Sunday. At that temp, C and F are the same. :lol:
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-extreme-cold-weather-warning-remains-in-effect-1.2237077
Is it a dry freezing? But seriously I think I could adjust to the cold but dealing with the ice and snow sounds like a serious pain in the ass. I mean I have to deal with truly horrendous levels of heat and humidity but I don't have to shovel snow in it.
It got cold here again just like I predicted but it is still 70F warmer than it is in Toronto it seems.
Quote from: Malthus on February 17, 2015, 09:00:21 AM
The weather this weekend was the coldest I can remember - wind chill at -40 on Sunday. At that temp, C and F are the same. :lol:
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-extreme-cold-weather-warning-remains-in-effect-1.2237077
So you're 7 degrees further south than here, but on Sunday windchill made if feel a whole 90F colder than here. :pinch:
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 09:03:27 AM
Quote from: Malthus on February 17, 2015, 09:00:21 AM
The weather this weekend was the coldest I can remember - wind chill at -40 on Sunday. At that temp, C and F are the same. :lol:
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-extreme-cold-weather-warning-remains-in-effect-1.2237077
Is it a dry freezing? But seriously I think I could adjust to the cold but dealing with the ice and snow sounds like a serious pain in the ass. I mean I have to deal with truly horrendous levels of heat and humidity but I don't have to shovel snow in it.
It got cold here again just like I predicted but it is still 70F warmer than it is in Toronto it seems.
When it is that cold, it is just no fun going outside. I prefer lots of snow.
Ironically enough, we were travelling and doing outdoors stuff all weekend - we accepted an invite up to a friend's "cottage" (in reality, a luxury type chalet - it had an indoor pool). We expected to be skiing most of the time, but that didn't happen - we could go out for only around an hour before those few square inches left exposed to breathe through started to develop serious ice.
Travelling on the roads when it is that cold is wierd - snow sort of snakes along just above the ground across the road like frozen fog. It is eerie to see.
What is the normal temp? Does this sort of super-freezing thing happen very often?
Our newest long term forecast makes me want to cry. Tomorrow and Thursday, lows of ten below zero. Saturday into Sunday, 3-5 inches of snow and ice.
I really regret not talking to that recruiter who called me about a job in Scottsdale a few months ago. :weep:
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2015, 09:41:23 AM
Our newest long term forecast makes me want to cry. Tomorrow and Thursday, lows of ten below zero. Saturday into Sunday, 3-5 inches of snow and ice.
I really regret not talking to that recruiter who called me about a job in Scottsdale a few months ago. :weep:
Hey hey lets not go insane here. 110F in the shade is not all it is cracked up to be.
Seriously, I don't mind high temps until they hit about 100 F. I can learn to tolerate 110F, I think, and if not there's always air conditioning. :)
Quote from: Malthus on February 17, 2015, 09:00:21 AM
The weather this weekend was the coldest I can remember - wind chill at -40 on Sunday. At that temp, C and F are the same. :lol:
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-extreme-cold-weather-warning-remains-in-effect-1.2237077
there are floods at two seperate subway stations because of the cold
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2015, 09:50:44 AM
Seriously, I don't mind high temps until they hit about 100 F. I can learn to tolerate 110F, I think, and if not there's always air conditioning. :)
Well do you want months and months of 100F+ every year or do you want a few days of shit winter every once in a while?
One sense in which the desert beats the hell out of the rest of the South, however, is that at least it gets cold at night.
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 09:53:01 AM
Well do you want months and months of 100F+ every year or do you want a few days of shit winter every once in a while?
Months and months of 100F+, please.
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 09:21:55 AM
What is the normal temp? Does this sort of super-freezing thing happen very often?
It is quite rare. The average for mid-February range from a high of 0 C to a low of -6 C.
https://weatherspark.com/averages/28179/2/Toronto-Ontario-Canada
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 09:21:55 AM
What is the normal temp? Does this sort of super-freezing thing happen very often?
In Toronto? Not really, it's has weather like New York city.
In Montreal? Business as Usual.
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2015, 09:57:23 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 09:53:01 AM
Well do you want months and months of 100F+ every year or do you want a few days of shit winter every once in a while?
Months and months of 100F+, please.
Huh. If you are going to stay inside all the time relying on artificial temperature control why does it matter whether it is AC or the heater?
Quote from: Malthus on February 17, 2015, 09:58:09 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 09:21:55 AM
What is the normal temp? Does this sort of super-freezing thing happen very often?
It is quite rare. The average for mid-February range from a high of 0 C to a low of -6 C.
https://weatherspark.com/averages/28179/2/Toronto-Ontario-Canada
That's just a bad week in Texas. No biggie at all...I mean presuming no snow.
Because if it has to be one extreme or the other when I go outside, I much prefer the heat? I hate being cold.
I agree with Cal. Summers in Palm Springs were better than winters in Mass
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2015, 09:41:23 AM
I really regret not talking to that recruiter who called me about a job in Scottsdale a few months ago. :weep:
Call the cunt up.
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 10:07:45 AM
I agree with Cal. Summers in Palm Springs were better than winters in Mass
We are not comparing winters in Mass with Summers in Palm Springs. We are comparing a far wimpier winter in Kentucky with a desert craphole with little to redeem it.
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 09:53:01 AM
One sense in which the desert beats the hell out of the rest of the South, however, is that at least it gets cold at night.
Yeah, the only thing worse than 85 degrees and 85% humidity at 2 in the afternoon is when it's 2 in the morning.
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 10:10:43 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 10:07:45 AM
I agree with Cal. Summers in Palm Springs were better than winters in Mass
We are not comparing winters in Mass with Summers in Palm Springs. We are comparing a far wimpier winter in Kentucky with a desert craphole with little to redeem it.
Well does Kentucky have anything to redeem it? :hmm:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2015, 10:13:20 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 09:53:01 AM
One sense in which the desert beats the hell out of the rest of the South, however, is that at least it gets cold at night.
Yeah, the only thing worse than 85 degrees and 85% humidity at 2 in the afternoon is when it's 2 in the morning.
No shit. Hate getting to the office at 7:30 in the morning already covered in sweat. That sucks.
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 10:15:10 AM
Well does Kentucky have anything to redeem it? :hmm:
Um...er....well you got me there.
Cal seems to like it though. Maybe it has character.
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 10:15:20 AMNo shit. Hate getting to the office at 7:30 in the morning already covered in sweat. That sucks.
City living is the worse when it's like that, no breeze, no air moving. Shootings would go up, because the heat just pisses people off.
Working midnights at the hospital, I would take my lunch breaks in the morgue. Fuck, that felt good. 30 minutes of pure bliss in the middle of dead ass August.
Jesus. :lol:
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 10:16:25 AM
Um...er....well you got me there.
Cal seems to like it though. Maybe it has character.
We have bourbon, horses, a low cost of living, and low amounts of crowding.... and our winters are
usually mild. :rolleyes:
Kentucky: Wild, Wonderful, White
We got a lot of rain followed by freezing temps, so we had late openings today. I enjoyed the extra two hours of sleep. Gonna get colder tomorrow.
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2015, 10:25:50 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 10:16:25 AM
Um...er....well you got me there.
Cal seems to like it though. Maybe it has character.
We have bourbon, horses, a low cost of living, and low amounts of crowding.... and our winters are usually mild. :rolleyes:
Remember the winter of 2012? 50 fucking degrees almost all winter.
Youse likely had it better.
Yes. I believe that was the winter I had my boat out on the lake the day after Christmas. :cool:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2015, 10:13:20 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2015, 09:53:01 AM
One sense in which the desert beats the hell out of the rest of the South, however, is that at least it gets cold at night.
Yeah, the only thing worse than 85 degrees and 85% humidity at 2 in the afternoon is when it's 2 in the morning.
Oh man, ain't that the truth. It doesn't happen often here but when it does it's just nasty, and the daytime will only get worse.
Yeah, that was the one thing I liked about the climate up there... it always cooled off at night. When it gets up to 100 during the day down here, it only goes down to like 95 at night. Like I said I much prefer the heat to the cold, but I'm not going to lie and say I wouldn't prefer year-round temps in the 70s. :D
It's too bad So Cal is so expensive. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2015, 11:35:49 AM
It's too bad So Cal is so expensive. :hmm:
Well it is expensive for a reason.
Yes I know. :(
Honestly I could afford to live there, but it'd be a huge trade-down, house wise, and whole towns would probably be out of the question (Newport Beach, the Lagunas, etc.)
Eastern Southern California - aka the Desert/Inland Empire aren't really that expensive (apart from a few towns like Indian Wells). I know that for a long time Temecula was a super cheap area.
That said, yes if you want to be buy the coast prepare to pay an arm and a leg and then some.
My boss cannot sell his house in Laguna Niguel because he can't afford to take the price down without incurring a huge loss on the property... and nobody can afford to buy it.
Related anecdote: a friend of mine lives in Seattle and got offered a job in Lalaland. He flew down and looked around for a week and decided to turn it down because even though he would have been getting a massive pay increase, the company is based in Santa Monica and he couldn't afford any real estate anywhere near there, so would have had a monstrous daily commute to look forward to, and decided he just didn't want to deal with that.
So like I said the coast is where you run into price issues. :P
I know. It's a shame... I LOVE coastal OC, Santa Barbara, etc.
I wish my ancestors had been more adventurous and moved out there in the 1920s like one of my great-great uncles did... dude became a real estate developer in Calabasas and did quite well for himself.
Excellent choice. If more people were like your friend more company would move out of SoCal real estate hell.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 17, 2015, 11:48:55 AM
Excellent choice. If more people were like your friend more company would move out of SoCal real estate hell.
ummmm, but the ironic thing is that the dude lives in downtown Seattle now. So it's not like his cost of living wasn't already sky fucking high...
My grandparents used to live in Arroyo Grande outside San Luis Obispo, and my aunt and uncle live in Morro Bay now. They're in a shoebox of a house, but they'd never live anywhere else.
I'd give it all up to live in San Luis Obispo in a heartbeat, but there are absolutely no jobs at all out there.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2015, 11:52:17 AM
My grandparents used to live in Arroyo Grande outside San Luis Obispo, and my aunt and uncle live in Morro Bay now. They're in a shoebox of a house, but they'd never live anywhere else.
I'd give it all up to live in San Luis Obispo in a heartbeat, but there are absolutely no jobs at all out there.
That's the other problem... the job market sucks. My boss won't admit it, but I know he was trying to find another job before finally giving up and accepting a more or less forced transfer to Chicago. There are tons of companies in our market niche out there, but just like you said, none of them are hiring.
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 11:39:24 AM
Eastern Southern California - aka the Desert/Inland Empire aren't really that expensive (apart from a few towns like Indian Wells). I know that for a long time Temecula was a super cheap area.
Southeastern California might as well be Arizona.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 17, 2015, 12:12:08 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 11:39:24 AM
Eastern Southern California - aka the Desert/Inland Empire aren't really that expensive (apart from a few towns like Indian Wells). I know that for a long time Temecula was a super cheap area.
Southeastern California might as well be Arizona.
Completely disagree. For one, you don't have to put up with Arizonans and it isn't really that far of a drive to the coast if you want to do day trips. You might be forgetting about how large California is.
I thought we were talking about weather. San Diego's average high in July is 76. El Centro's average high is 107. Sure, it's a shorter drive than Mesa, but that's not much consolation.
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2015, 09:50:44 AM
Seriously, I don't mind high temps until they hit about 100 F. I can learn to tolerate 110F, I think, and if not there's always air conditioning. :)
From personal experience, 100F on the rim of the Grand Canyon felt far better than 85F and 90%+ humidity outside Vicksburg, Mississippi. Or Maryland, for that matter.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 17, 2015, 12:43:52 PM
I thought we were talking about weather. San Diego's average high in July is 76. El Centro's average high is 107. Sure, it's a shorter drive than Mesa, but that's not much consolation.
Cal said he didn't mind hot weather. Obviously less than ideal but that hardly makes it the same as living in Arizona. :x
Cal doesn't mind living among Republicans either.
But you'd be right at home in Arizona, g. What with being a gay black Republican and all.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 17, 2015, 01:01:41 PM
Cal doesn't mind living among Republicans either.
Then the Inland Empire is great. There are many there. :)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2015, 01:02:05 PM
But you'd be right at home in Arizona, g. What with being a gay black Republican and all.
Why would I want to live in a wannabe California? :huh:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 17, 2015, 01:01:41 PM
Cal doesn't mind living among Republicans either.
His wife finds their statist views distasteful though.
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 01:03:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2015, 01:02:05 PM
But you'd be right at home in Arizona, g. What with being a gay black Republican and all.
Why would I want to live in a wannabe California? :huh:
They're better than California. Looser gun laws. Less environmental regulation. Right up your gay black Republican alley.
I dunno, to me Arizona seems more like a hyped up little Texas than a wannabe California. :hmm:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2015, 01:05:42 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 01:03:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2015, 01:02:05 PM
But you'd be right at home in Arizona, g. What with being a gay black Republican and all.
Why would I want to live in a wannabe California? :huh:
They're better than California. Looser gun laws. Less environmental regulation. Right up your gay black Republican alley.
Oh are you pulling that stunt that you pull on Yi where you just make up shit about a person? :(
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 17, 2015, 01:06:21 PM
I dunno, to me Arizona seems more like a hyped up little Texas than a wannabe California. :hmm:
Maybe it is muscled up New Mexico? Utah with 30% fewer Mormons?
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 01:07:07 PM
Oh are you pulling that stunt that you pull on Yi where you just make up shit about a person? :(
No. :mellow: I never make shit up about Yi.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2015, 01:08:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 01:07:07 PM
Oh are you pulling that stunt that you pull on Yi where you just make up shit about a person? :(
No. :mellow: I never make shit up about Yi.
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Sorry garbo... you are who Money says you are, not who you actually are. That's how it works. :)
That'll be enough out of Human Resources today, thank you.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2015, 01:28:46 PM
That'll be enough out of Human Resources today, thank you.
:lol: Well done.
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 11:39:24 AM
Eastern Southern California - aka the Desert/Inland Empire aren't really that expensive (apart from a few towns like Indian Wells). I know that for a long time Temecula was a super cheap area.
That said, yes if you want to be buy the coast prepare to pay an arm and a leg and then some.
Yeah, Southern California away from the coast, inland, would seem to be cheap enough to live and still have the great climate. I need to visit there but I really doubt that I'll ever decide to move, but who knows when I retire what I may decide. I'd probably go somewhere south for better weather and a longer garden/growing season but I hate the humidity; it's bad enough here for me in the North East on humid days even though we don't get anything like in the South. But it's so nice when it's warm in summer and early autumn and then I really don't want to see the cooler weather come in. At that point I could live in that warm climate year round.
If you go far enough south in Florida, the humidity may bug you less. I didn't notice it all in Miami. I think as long as it doesn't get too hot, the humidity isn't unbearable, and since Miami is in a tropical climate it's less likely to see like 100F weather. In fact, I just checked and the record high temperature in Miami is exactly 100F, which was recorded in July of 1940.
Damn, some of you guys need to get off that continent and onto an island or two. :bowler:
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2015, 01:42:50 PM
If you go far enough south in Florida, the humidity may bug you less. I didn't notice it all in Miami. I think as long as it doesn't get too hot, the humidity isn't unbearable, and since Miami is in a tropical climate it's less likely to see like 100F weather. In fact, I just checked and the record high temperature in Miami is exactly 100F, which was recorded in July of 1940.
But it's 90 rather consistently.
Quote from: mongers on February 17, 2015, 01:47:38 PM
Damn, some of you guys need to get off that continent and onto an island or two. :bowler:
:yes:
Baffin Island. :wub:
Quote from: Barrister on February 17, 2015, 02:00:43 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 17, 2015, 01:47:38 PM
Damn, some of you guys need to get off that continent and onto an island or two. :bowler:
:yes:
Baffin Island. :wub:
Sure, if you're into southern islands.
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Quote from: Barrister on February 17, 2015, 02:00:43 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 17, 2015, 01:47:38 PM
Damn, some of you guys need to get off that continent and onto an island or two. :bowler:
:yes:
Baffin Island. :wub:
I sure as hell got a taste of that this weekend. :lol:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 17, 2015, 01:51:03 PM
But it's 90 rather consistently.
I'm ok with 90 personally. Not sure if KRonn is.
7 degrees. Goddamn. Looked outside, even the squirrels are like, "this is bullshit, fellas"
33F here. I knew winter would be back.
Another fucking blizzard. :ultra:
Out biking in the forest today, sunny and 5C. Amazing.
Quote from: Liep on February 18, 2015, 09:18:25 AM
Out biking in the forest today, sunny and 5C. Amazing.
:)
Yeah nice day, 11-12C at the moment.
Just going out myself, back in the dark.
Quote from: Caliga on February 18, 2015, 09:12:11 AM
Another fucking blizzard. :ultra:
Did you get a day off work?
Quote from: Caliga on February 18, 2015, 09:12:11 AM
Another fucking blizzard. :ultra:
You're getting another one today, on top of the one you had a couple days ago? If so, I could be getting a bit jealous! ;)
Hard Freeze Warning, Wind Advisory, Wind Chill Advisory, Fire Weather Watch, Hazardous Weather Outlook. What is this? Winter time?
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 18, 2015, 01:46:27 PM
Hard Freeze Warning, Wind Advisory, Wind Chill Advisory, Fire Weather Watch, Hazardous Weather Outlook. What is this? Winter time?
Et tu Alabama?
Another 2 inches dropped and it appears the road crews have just given up with the wind chills being rather harsh.
5 kids at home stuck inside? Pray for me. Because they are going to call school off tomorrow for the -25 wind chills and I may just snap.
Quote from: Valmy on February 18, 2015, 01:47:28 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 18, 2015, 01:46:27 PM
Hard Freeze Warning, Wind Advisory, Wind Chill Advisory, Fire Weather Watch, Hazardous Weather Outlook. What is this? Winter time?
Et tu Alabama?
I know right?
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2015, 01:47:43 PM
Another 2 inches dropped and it appears the road crews have just given up with the wind chills being rather harsh.
5 kids at home stuck inside? Pray for me. Because they are going to call school off tomorrow for the -25 wind chills and I may just snap.
It's sad that this was Ed's last post here. :(
Should we alert the authorities to the probability of a man's body entirely rapped in gaffer tape and showing signs of having been tortured with lego bricks, being dumped in a roadside trash can?
Really. Fucking. Cold.
I think the forecast is for -15 tonight.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 18, 2015, 05:29:35 PM
Really. Fucking. Cold.
I think the forecast is for -15 tonight.
Serves you right for doubting global warming.
Oh, wait. :hmm:
Quote from: Valmy on February 18, 2015, 01:51:38 PM
Bummer man. At least you get to skip your commute.
It works out better for the company in some respects... the time I would have spent commuting in and out, I was working instead.
Quote from: mongers on February 18, 2015, 05:04:13 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2015, 01:47:43 PM
Another 2 inches dropped and it appears the road crews have just given up with the wind chills being rather harsh.
5 kids at home stuck inside? Pray for me. Because they are going to call school off tomorrow for the -25 wind chills and I may just snap.
It's sad that this was Ed's last post here. :(
Should we alert the authorities to the probability of a man's body entirely rapped in gaffer tape and showing signs of having been tortured with lego bricks, being dumped in a roadside trash can?
I took a Nerf round from a sniper rifle to my ribs.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2015, 08:05:48 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 18, 2015, 05:04:13 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2015, 01:47:43 PM
Another 2 inches dropped and it appears the road crews have just given up with the wind chills being rather harsh.
5 kids at home stuck inside? Pray for me. Because they are going to call school off tomorrow for the -25 wind chills and I may just snap.
It's sad that this was Ed's last post here. :(
Should we alert the authorities to the probability of a man's body entirely rapped in gaffer tape and showing signs of having been tortured with lego bricks, being dumped in a roadside trash can?
I took a Nerf round from a sniper rifle to my ribs.
:D
Glad to hear you're still in the fight.
Arctic air is back - not as bad as the weekend, but bad.
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/alerts/high-alert/canada/ontario/toronto
QuoteExtreme Cold Warning Issued at 4:45 a.m. EST Thursday 19 February 2015
Summary
Bitterly cold arctic air has once again returned to Southern Ontario. Strong and gusty northwesterly winds will combine with the frigid temperatures to produce extremely cold wind chill values of minus 35 to minus 30 today through Friday morning.
:(
Quote from: Caliga on February 18, 2015, 06:11:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 18, 2015, 01:51:38 PM
Bummer man. At least you get to skip your commute.
It works out better for the company in some respects... the time I would have spent commuting in and out, I was working instead.
Shareholder value!
The house is on lockdown. I may be facing a prison riot.
Pray for me
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 19, 2015, 09:58:06 AM
The house is on lockdown. I may be facing a prison riot.
Pray for me
Today is what Netflix is for. Endless episodes of cartoons will keep the inmates in line.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 19, 2015, 09:58:06 AM
The house is on lockdown. I may be facing a prison riot.
Pray for me
:pope:
Today's high will be under freezing, last night was The Cold.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 19, 2015, 09:58:06 AM
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Pray for me
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Pipes are freezing at home now so I have to drain them before I leave for work. :mad:
I thought you lived in the desert.
Quote from: Liep on February 19, 2015, 11:25:39 AM
I thought you lived in the desert.
Who me? Hell no dude. The US South is the wettest part of the country. It's even wetter and more humid than most of the Pacific Northwest despite popular belief (Mobile, Alabama gets more rain annually than Seattle).
I drain my pipes every evening. Mornings if they're particularly backed up.
Quote from: Caliga on February 19, 2015, 11:29:41 AM
Quote from: Liep on February 19, 2015, 11:25:39 AM
I thought you lived in the desert.
Who me? Hell no dude. The US South is the wettest part of the country. It's even wetter and more humid than most of the Pacific Northwest despite popular belief (Mobile, Alabama gets more rain annually than Seattle).
I learned something today as well.
Those cotton fields need lots of water.
Quote from: Liep on February 19, 2015, 11:33:10 AM
Quote from: Caliga on February 19, 2015, 11:29:41 AM
Quote from: Liep on February 19, 2015, 11:25:39 AM
I thought you lived in the desert.
Who me? Hell no dude. The US South is the wettest part of the country. It's even wetter and more humid than most of the Pacific Northwest despite popular belief (Mobile, Alabama gets more rain annually than Seattle).
I learned something today as well.
While true, that fact is also a little misleading. The city of Seattle doesn't get much rain, but the local geographic extremes also play a part. The local mountain areas around Seattle blow the South away in rainfall averages.
Washington:
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/pcpn/wa.gif
Kentucky:
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/pcpn/ky.gif
Seattle also, almost certainly, has more gray/drizzly days, while the South gets the torrential downpours.
Kentucky does look greener than I thought it would judging by Google image search. I must've been thinking of one of the dozen other middle-ish states over there.
Quote from: Caliga on February 19, 2015, 11:23:39 AM
Pipes are freezing at home now so I have to drain them before I leave for work. :mad:
:lol: You need to isolate that shit.
My kid's 4-day weekend (they had the day off Monday for Presidents Day and I guess last Friday also for good measure) turned into a 7-day weekend. School for tomorrow may also be canceled due to the low temperature. This is my fourth day in a row working from home. It was pretty bearable until today, when the whole fan-damily is home.
It's supposed to hit +5c here today. :mad:
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 19, 2015, 12:03:02 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 19, 2015, 11:23:39 AM
Pipes are freezing at home now so I have to drain them before I leave for work. :mad:
:lol: You need to isolate that shit.
I know exactly what the problem is. The asshole who built my house put in hot/cold water lines to my kitchen sink that are not to code, in that they are uninsulated and in an uninsulated and unheated drop right along the outside wall of the house.
I could fix the problem, but Princesca wants to move soon anyway, so why bother? Let the new homeowner deal with it. :)
Quote from: Caliga on February 19, 2015, 12:56:09 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 19, 2015, 12:03:02 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 19, 2015, 11:23:39 AM
Pipes are freezing at home now so I have to drain them before I leave for work. :mad:
:lol: You need to isolate that shit.
I know exactly what the problem is. The asshole who built my house put in hot/cold water lines to my kitchen sink that are not to code, in that they are uninsulated and in an uninsulated and unheated drop right along the outside wall of the house.
I could fix the problem, but Princesca wants to move soon anyway, so why bother? Let the new homeowner deal with it. :)
But...your trees! Are you moving away or just upgrading the homestead?
She wants to move to Shelbyville since it's much closer to Wild Turkey (and about equidistant from my office). We're looking at building at this point. I shall have my own vagina wall!
No longer Really. Fucking. Cold. Just cold.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 19, 2015, 01:10:14 PM
No longer Really. Fucking. Cold. Just cold.
Tonight is going to be so damn cold here that our lowest ever temperature record is in jeopardy. :(
Then over the weekend it's supposed to warm up and rain the whole time.
We're getting very cold weather also and then rain/snow mix later in the weekend. That'll just be damn messy, rain on top of all the snow, with nowhere for the rain to go, as I think it's supposed to rain pretty heavy.
I'm in Mass now. These snow drifts are impressive!
Schools closed again. :glare:
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 20, 2015, 08:21:10 AM
Schools closed again. :glare:
I wish I could hide behind the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN LOLOL" excuse to get out of work like school administrators can. :)
Quote from: Caliga on February 20, 2015, 09:07:09 AM
I wish I could hide behind the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN LOLOL" excuse to get out of work like school administrators can. :)
Why wish for this when it is within your grasp? Have children and then you can be all 'sorry, kid's sick you know how it goes'.
But I thought you were a self-professed workaholic so are pathology unable to use handy excuses like this :(
Quote from: Valmy on February 20, 2015, 09:15:20 AM
But I thought you were a self-professed workaholic so are pathology unable to use handy excuses like this :(
:blush:
BUSTED
I bundled the kids up and had a brisk 20 minutes outside burn the energy off snowball fight. Black cat came out, conducted practice attack runs on various objects and then went back into the sun room with a look of distaste on its face.
The kids are quiet now.
Also, 3-5 inches forecast tomorrow. Sigh.
Teach them the character-building virtues of shoveling the driveway.
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 20, 2015, 10:41:23 AM
Teach them the character-building virtues of shoveling the driveway.
Daddy has a snowblower.
Quote from: garbon on February 19, 2015, 11:42:27 PM
I'm in Mass now. These snow drifts are impressive!
:yes:
Quote from: garbon on February 19, 2015, 11:42:27 PM
I'm in Mass now. These snow drifts are impressive!
:pope:
Snow flurries/sleet incoming! Our building closing now at 1100, I expect the whole city of Birmigham to shut down. LOL
Sleet is no joke. I'd much rather get buried in snow than get a pinch of sleet.
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 20, 2015, 11:33:06 AM
Snow flurries/sleet incoming! Our building closing now at 1100, I expect the whole city of Birmigham to shut down. LOL
In Alabama! That's going to cause a mess for you guys. You all should just move further south and get out of that stuff. ;)
He can move to Montgomery. :)
Quote from: Caliga on February 20, 2015, 01:41:53 PM
He can move to Montgomery. :)
Why would I want to live in a third world country? I could deal with Mobile, nice town, has character.
You can get a state job and consequently do nothing all day in Montgomery!
Cal, responded elsewhere.
Temperature is right on the boundary between needing an overcoat or not for my afternoon walk. Decisions decisions.
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 20, 2015, 03:29:30 PM
Temperature is right on the boundary between needing an overcoat or not for my afternoon walk. Decisions decisions.
If only one could fling cross-continental iceballs ... :P
Overheard on the way to work today: "why do I live in a place where the air outside hurts my face?"
I always wear an overcoat.
No overcoat, walk faster.
Quote from: Malthus on February 20, 2015, 03:33:53 PM
Overheard on the way to work today: "why do I live in a place where the air outside hurts my face?"
Good question.
Quote from: Malthus on February 20, 2015, 03:33:53 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 20, 2015, 03:29:30 PM
Temperature is right on the boundary between needing an overcoat or not for my afternoon walk. Decisions decisions.
If only one could fling cross-continental iceballs ... :P
Overheard on the way to work today: "why do I live in a place where the air outside hurts my face?"
It builds character.
3-5 inches? Nooooooooo.
5-8. Plus ice. So sick of this bullshit. MY LEGS HURT
Yes, over the past week every prediction they make gets worse and worse as the day gets closer. They might as well just go ahead and say "Next Thursday's low will be three hundred below zero with ninety feet of snow on top of ten feet of solid ice" now and get it over with.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 20, 2015, 08:46:10 PM
3-5 inches? Nooooooooo.
5-8. Plus ice. So sick of this bullshit. MY LEGS HURT
If you were going to get a villa in France, should have gone with French Polynesia and be enjoying the tropics.
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 20, 2015, 08:51:18 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 20, 2015, 08:46:10 PM
3-5 inches? Nooooooooo.
5-8. Plus ice. So sick of this bullshit. MY LEGS HURT
If you were going to get a villa in France, should have gone with French Polynesia and be enjoying the tropics.
I don't want to be sweaty.
:lol:
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Been coming down fast and light today, figure 4" by now and with shitty visibility, no sign of plows or salt trucks in sight. Naturally, the perfect time to take the Jeep out for some coffee.
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I don't understand. Surely it would have been easier to just go with it and lie down in the snow. :D
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 21, 2015, 01:52:33 PM
Been coming down fast and light today, figure 4" by now and with shitty visibility, no sign of plows or salt trucks in sight. Naturally, the perfect time to take the Jeep out for some coffee.
I am so glad I left Boston early today so that I didn't have to deal with too much snow on the route back. Roads were really shitty once I hit Manhattan.
Eeek, cold snap here this evening, nearly gone down to 1C. :(
Quote from: mongers on February 21, 2015, 06:08:19 PM
Eeek, cold snap here this evening, nearly gone down to 1C. :(
must be terrible for you <_<
Quote from: mongers on February 21, 2015, 06:08:19 PM
Eeek, cold snap here this evening, nearly gone down to 1C. :(
must be terrible for you :console:
I had a nap lying in my backyard hammock soaking up the sun yesterday afternoon. I plan on doing the same this afternoon. February has been the best month for snow on the local mountains in recent years (the 2010 Olympics were a notable exception). But this year the local mountains are now closed because of they have no snow. Climate change is pretty dramatic in these parts. But I can console myself with some backyard naps in the sun. I wonder what would how the world might have reacted differently to the issue of climate change if Vancouver had hosted the Olympics this year and all the outdoor events had to be cancelled.
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 22, 2015, 09:14:21 AM
I had a nap lying in my backyard hammock soaking up the sun yesterday afternoon. I plan on doing the same this afternoon. February has been the best month for snow on the local mountains in recent years (the 2010 Olympics were a notable exception). But this year the local mountains are now closed because of they have no snow. Climate change is pretty dramatic in these parts. But I can console myself with some backyard naps in the sun. I wonder what would how the world might have reacted differently to the issue of climate change if Vancouver had hosted the Olympics this year and all the outdoor events had to be cancelled.
Interesting, changing 'world' but it'll never be regarded as proof of anything.
Guess we'll just have to take the hammock swings with the roundabouts.
Giving how long global warming has been talked about, I don't see why that would raise even a few eyebrows.
On a different, though related note, I caught the local news while in Mass where various ski resorts were complaining that though they have an incredible amount of snow, people simply aren't showing up to ski.
Quote from: garbon on February 22, 2015, 09:25:01 AM
Giving how long global warming has been talked about, I don't see why that would raise even a few eyebrows.
On a different, though related note, I caught the local news while in Mass where various ski resorts were complaining that though they have an incredible amount of snow, people simply aren't showing up to ski.
Well up to a point it's all noise in the signal. On one level you can say, this and that indication from everyday life suggests to me that the local climate is changing.
But unless you've meticulously documented change and collected data for decade after decade in the same area, it's a hard case to make. If one can say, here's my evidence for the last 20-30 years at this location, then in retrospect you could claim with some authority that your local climate has noticeably changed.
But then that just takes you to the next step. 'Sure it is changing but weather patterns do naturally change and even if we think we had an impact what is there that we can realistically do to reverse the effects.'
And that's assuming that people believe the evidence you've presented. :D :(
Central Alabama is in full panic mode, the weather forecasts keep using the "S" word for tomorrow. LOL
Up North it's been a pretty good couple of days, good sunshine and despite the strong nor'westerlies it feels spring like, the plants and birds certainly seem to think so. :bowler:
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 24, 2015, 06:13:09 PM
Central Alabama is in full panic mode, the weather forecasts keep using the "S" word for tomorrow. LOL
"Sherman"? BURN BABY BURN
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I don't understand. Surely it would have been easier to just go with it and lie down in the snow. :D
I think he was just goofing. Maybe not the first slip, but all that flailing around later looked put-on to me.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 24, 2015, 07:18:18 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 24, 2015, 06:13:09 PM
Central Alabama is in full panic mode, the weather forecasts keep using the "S" word for tomorrow. LOL
"Sherman"? BURN BABY BURN
LOL, no, "Snow".
Dude, this is a family friendly forum! Ok, so it's not, but still, there's some words you just don't say. :o
It was -17 F (-27C) in my local area yesterday overnight and early morning. Frigid! Got a few inches of snow overnight, which I guess we needed as it hasn't snowed since Sunday....
Going to be cold all week but by the weekend it looks like a heat wave around 30s and freezing temps.
The local Jeep club "Snow Recovery and Help" thread is starting to turn into a "We may have to drive north and go wheeling in the snow" conversation LOL.
White stuff coming down right now. I think we have a winter storm warning in effect, so it could get nasty.
Forecast is for 6-8 inches.
SONOFABITCH
:nelson: :nelson: :nelson:
My legs hurt during every storm. :cry:
Spring. :weep:
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Had the first real spring day today. Took half a day off, walked the Imperial gardens and went to the museum. :cool:
5 degrees can feel quite pleasant after a month like this one.
Still, supposed to get down to 15 below tonight. :ph34r:
Quote from: Syt on February 27, 2015, 02:01:00 PM
Had the first real spring day today. Took half a day off, walked the Imperial gardens and went to the museum. :cool:
:cool:
You should also post this in the Spring 2015 thread, so as to annoy the Canadians and those Americans living in Mississippi.
Talking weather smack to Canadians is like bragging to dyslexics at how much better you are at spelling.
Quote from: Valmy on February 27, 2015, 03:57:04 PM
Talking weather smack to Canadians is like bragging to dyslexics at how much better you are at spelling.
:(
Does it help if I say were I was on Wednesday afternoon? :unsure:
A wet carpet from 1971?
That is some ugly ass sand, there.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 27, 2015, 04:17:15 PM
That is some ugly ass sand, there.
It's a high key photo, it's like the fucking dress. :mad:
In real life the sand is blue. :P
What's wrong with your shoelaces?
The dingy brown stuff under your feet looks like a flat spot in the Sahara, not the beach.
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Quote from: lustindarkness on February 27, 2015, 04:19:55 PM
What's wrong with your shoelaces?
Probably about 1,000 of off-road use, everything I use on my bike gets destroyed, the laces had started to disintegrate the day before, generally I carry a spare one, but took the wrong bag out with me that day
Th boots are pretty good really, largely waterproof with a nice steel shank and can last upto a year.
Well, it's official - February was the coldest month in Toronto
in recorded history.
http://www.thestar.com/news/starweather/2015/03/it-s-official-february-was-toronto-s-coldest-month-ever.html
Quote
February 2015: By the Numbers
Record-breaking average overall temperature: -12.6 C
Average daily high: -8.3 C
Average daily low: -16.9 C
Warmest point: -1.4 C (Feb. 4)
Coldest point: -25.5 C (Feb. 15)
Days in a row below freezing: 37 (as of March 1)
Add to that the wind chill, which on Feb. 15 was down to -40 ...
Up to 40 today, snow melting like crazy. Supposed to get up to 60 on Tuesday. :)
This had better be the last snow storm of the season. My morale is broken. I'm both pinned and suppressed.
Snowstorm tonight, 4 to 6 inches. Should stop by the morning commute time, but I just have a few miles commute. Another storm midweek, which may be rain and snow. Hoping these are the last of the snow, at least the storms that accumulate snow over a dusting. I think Boston will break the record of 106" in a season, and likely other areas of the state got more snow than that, maybe even where I am southwest of Boston.
SONOFABITCH AGAIN
Nice sunny days are forecast for the whole week. Chilly mornings in the single digits warming up to double digits each afternoon. Some nice afternoon walks along the sea wall are in my immediate future.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 02, 2015, 06:48:10 PM
SONOFABITCH AGAIN
They can't decide if it's going to snow or just rain down here on Wednesday night. I'll be in Chicago so I don't care too much, though I guess if it snows I'll have to clean my damn car off at the airport. :glare:
Quote from: mongers on March 02, 2015, 06:58:08 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 02, 2015, 06:48:10 PM
SONOFABITCH AGAIN
http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Oldfield/_/To+France (http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Oldfield/_/To+France) ?
Little hard to yank 5 kids out of school on short notice.
I think Mongers may be right about Spring finally being here, got the AC running full blast.
Low 70s today and tomorrow, freezing rain Wed night, Thu morning. <_<
It has been hovering around 0C for days now. It is going to crawl up to regular 16C or so today before crashing back below 0. Hopefully this will be the last freeze. Too cold around here for Texans.
I can not recall it ever being this cold this late before. Bizarre and it was not even that cold of a winter until now.
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 03, 2015, 10:27:16 AM
Low 70s today and tomorrow, freezing rain Wed night, Thu morning. <_<
Hey! Us to.
Rain and snow mix tonight and tomorrow, maybe into Thursday also. I think it'll be mostly rain as it's supposed to be in the 40s tomorrow, well above freezing. Between the luke warmish temps and rain I think we'll see a fair amount of snow melt. But with a couple more inches of snow we still may break the overall Boston record snowfall of 107+ inches.
Quote from: Valmy on March 03, 2015, 10:35:50 AM
It has been hovering around 0C for days now. It is going to crawl up to regular 16C or so today before crashing back below 0. Hopefully this will be the last freeze. Too cold around here for Texans.
I can not recall it ever being this cold this late before. Bizarre and it was not even that cold of a winter until now.
I want every one of you to do the following.
1. Go to a used car lot and buy the most gas guzzling car you can afford.
2. Do donuts in your work parking lot/driveway all day.
Together we can help increase global warming and end cold and snowy winters. :)
Didn't you see the 'Day After Tommorow?'
Global warming will actually cover North America in a several yard thick ice sheet. It is known.
Well it's not like we can magically take all of the pollution out of the air somehow, so my course of action is the only one that's actually doable. :(
Quote from: Valmy on March 03, 2015, 10:51:00 AM
Didn't you see the 'Day After Tommorow?'
Global warming will actually cover North America in a several yard thick ice sheet. It is known.
No, but I saw Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.),
Chairman of the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee, bring a snowball to the Senate floor last week to debunk "all this hysteria about global warming."
http://youtu.be/3E0a_60PMR8
After all: if there really is global warming, what's with all the snow?
The guy's from Oklahoma so of course he's correct. :)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 03, 2015, 11:01:27 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 03, 2015, 10:51:00 AM
Didn't you see the 'Day After Tommorow?'
Global warming will actually cover North America in a several yard thick ice sheet. It is known.
No, but I saw Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee, bring a snowball to the Senate floor last week to debunk "all this hysteria about global warming."
http://youtu.be/3E0a_60PMR8
After all: if there really is global warming, what's with all the snow?
It just shows it is all about branding in politics. The name is all that resonates, not the actual issues involved.
But yes you want to keep Okies out of anything that requires thought.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 03, 2015, 11:01:27 AM
After all: if there really is global warming, what's with all the snow?
No shit. KISS MY ASS AL GORE
Supposedly we're going to get 4-6 inches of snow tomorrow in my area, with as much as 10 inches in Northern Kentucky. My prediction: temps will be a little higher than predicted and we'll get a lot of rain.
SONOFABITCH MOTHERFUCKER CUNT
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 03, 2015, 06:08:13 PM
SONOFABITCH MOTHERFUCKER CUNT
Jesus Christ has anyone heard from Kronn in the last couple of days, or is he the first of the continental army to succumb? :(
7 to 10 inches forecast for tomorrow. :lol:
SHIT WONT END
Gulf stream is sure fucking you guys over this year.
Quote from: derspiess on March 03, 2015, 03:56:47 PM
My prediction: temps will be a little higher than predicted and we'll get a lot of rain.
The plunging temperatures tonight are an inconvenient truth.
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 03, 2015, 10:27:16 AM
Low 70s today and tomorrow, freezing rain Wed night, Thu morning. <_<
Expected high today? 73. Expected high tomorrow? 33 :lol:
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 04, 2015, 09:38:17 AM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 03, 2015, 10:27:16 AM
Low 70s today and tomorrow, freezing rain Wed night, Thu morning. <_<
Expected high today? 73. Expected high tomorrow? 33 :lol:
It is the same in Texas. Tomorrow should break the record low here.
We got about an inch or two of wet snow, mostly rain and warmer now so most of that will be gone off the streets today. Supposed to get more of the same through tomorrow. We're so close to breaking the snow record, just need two or three more inches of snow, so I just find myself wishing for a good storm to get that done, record broken. :cool:
So IN THEORY I should shortly be flying from Chicago to Louisville.
If I make it in, I am at this point doubtful I will be able to leave the airport. Apparently it's snowmageddon down there. National Guard on alert rescuing people.
I can't believe the weather is nicer in Chicago. World turned upside down.
We got 2 inches. I promptly called it a day today. Fuck that layer of ice underneath. FUCK IT
Stranded at the airport in Louisville... but I made it here at least.
Quote from: Caliga on March 05, 2015, 10:35:26 AM
So IN THEORY I should shortly be flying from Chicago to Louisville.
If I make it in, I am at this point doubtful I will be able to leave the airport. Apparently it's snowmageddon down there. National Guard on alert rescuing people.
I can't believe the weather is nicer in Chicago. World turned upside down.
You guys are getting hammered in parts of Kentucky! :o Here we only got some flurries and barely a dusting on the ground, roads are clear. I was expecting more, but maybe the rest of the storm is coming in later on. I've lost track. :hmm:
Some areas have more than two feet of snow. All kinds of all-time snowfall amount records have been shattered.
Kentucky got more than we did. And we got more than Ed did.
I've had it with this planet. We need to just explode all of our nuclear bombs at once and destroy it. :sleep:
Quote from: Caliga on March 05, 2015, 01:54:41 PM
I've had it with this planet. We need to just explode all of our nuclear bombs at once and destroy it. :sleep:
Or you could move to Europe. Just avoid those areas prone to flooding.
Quote from: Caliga on March 05, 2015, 01:38:51 PM
Some areas have more than two feet of snow. All kinds of all-time snowfall amount records have been shattered.
We call that a typical Sunday-Monday this year. :D We've had big storms on at least three weekends into Monday like that. Fun times! Though I did get to work from home for those.
Quote from: Liep on March 05, 2015, 01:56:33 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 05, 2015, 01:54:41 PM
I've had it with this planet. We need to just explode all of our nuclear bombs at once and destroy it. :sleep:
Or you could move to Europe. Just avoid those areas prone to flooding.
Is it ok if I move to like southern Italy or Spain? :)
I'd like to check back in with all you pussies when you're sweating your balls off and smelling like ass in August on the X consecutive day of the 100+ degree heatwave.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 05, 2015, 02:28:13 PM
I'd like to check back in with all you pussies when you're sweating your balls off and smelling like ass in August on the X consecutive day of the 100+ degree heatwave.
Then I'll be looking back at this winter's freezing temps and cooling, refreshing snowfall with much nostalgia.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 05, 2015, 02:28:13 PM
I'd like to check back in with all you pussies when you're sweating your balls off and smelling like ass in August on the X consecutive day of the 100+ degree heatwave.
You will never catch me bitching about that dude. Pinkie promise.
Very nice spring day here. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on March 05, 2015, 03:11:14 PM
Very nice spring day here. :bowler:
We had the warmest February in 60 years. The way March is going this could easily be the warmest ever.
Damn that was lucky:
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Skid off on Landing at La Guardia:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31754912 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31754912)
Quote
US snow: Plane skids off New York runway
A passenger airliner has skidded off the runway at LaGuardia airport in New York City, as a major winter storm bears down on a large part of the US.
Emergency officials helped 127 passengers and five crew off the plane just after 11:00 local time (16:00 GMT), but no one was seriously injured.
Snow and freezing rain has been falling from Texas to New England over the past several hours.
Warm front moving in. :punk:
LaGuardia :bleeding:
Well, I finally made it home. That was fun. NOT
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 05, 2015, 03:44:17 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 05, 2015, 03:11:14 PM
Very nice spring day here. :bowler:
We had the warmest February in 60 years. The way March is going this could easily be the warmest ever.
:cool:
So we got just enough snow for sledding. My nephew came over and I built a snow ramp for him & Tommy in the back yard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEOxhWW-Nk0
They were a little sore this morning.
And that should be that for cold weather.
Quote from: Valmy on March 06, 2015, 11:29:40 AM
And that should be that for cold weather.
Supposed to get much warmer temps here next week. [yeah] Doesn't appear to be any storms in the making anytime soon to hit us either. Now I want this snow to melt by May so I can plant my garden. I'm sure it will be mostly gone by the time I want to plant, and if it gets warm and the ground warms up I can plant my potato crop sometime in late April. My seed potatoes were ready for planting a month ago.
So after some detective work I think one of our freezes last month ruptured our sewer line. Oh, the joys of home ownership.
Yeah, that happens.
All the worrying we did about our indoor plumbing freezing-- never even occurred to me that the sewer line could freeze and rupture.
Ugh. Got a smell coming back from the toilet itself, or do you notice it out in the yard?
No smell at all in the house, thank God. The drain in the basement sometimes backs up a little if I'm doing a load of laundry or if someone takes a shower, but for some reason it doesn't smell too bad. Backyard is a different story. It's not strong, but if you're in the right spot something stinks.
Theoretically, it could be tree roots that caused the rupture, as there is a huge tree in that general area where the sewer line runs. But given that the problem started when we had our sub-zero temps, I have to think the freeze had something to do with it. I hope so, anyway. Insurance won't cover root damage.
Hell, if it started with the sub-zero temps, you could just have some ice blockage that's backing stuff up at the frost level; it could disappear come the spring thaw. Do you do a monthly treatment or anything?
I haven't done anything to it, ever. I suppose there still could be a chunk of ice in there. Roto-rooter should be able to figure it out tomorrow.
My parents do a treatment once a month for their septic; apparently it's supposed to help with break-up/break-down of material, prevents blockage, etc. You flush it and don't use the toilets for 5 hours or something. Maybe talk to the Roto-Rooter guy about options, he's the professional.
There was a kid who rode our bus in elementary school whose Dad was a Roto-Rooter guy, always had the van in the driveway. The other kids were merciless with that poor kid. Probably the most stable income of any family in school, though. :lol:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 12, 2015, 10:57:06 AM
My parents do a treatment once a month for their septic; apparently it's supposed to help with break-up/break-down of material, prevents blockage, etc. You flush it and don't use the toilets for 5 hours or something. Maybe talk to the Roto-Rooter guy about options, he's the professional.
Oh, we don't use a septic tank-- we're plugged into the city sewage system. We almost bought a house that had a septic tank, but that was one of the strikes against it because anything that requires diligent maintenance on our part is going to be an issue for us eventually.
QuoteThere was a kid who rode our bus in elementary school whose Dad was a Roto-Rooter guy, always had the van in the driveway. The other kids were merciless with that poor kid. Probably the most stable income of any family in school, though. :lol:
Not the most glamorous occupation, but plumbing sure does pay well.
Scorpion temps were better.
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SUB-ZERO NOW... PLAIN ZERO!
Bunch of damned nerds.
Boston officially broke the all time record snowfall with over 108 inches. Previous record of 107+ inches. We got a bit of snow late Sunday and overnight, mostly Boston and north into Maine, NH, Vermont, and it was enough. :yeah: Hey, we were so damn close so might as well break the record. Where I am we got barely a dusting of snow.
Quote from: KRonn on March 16, 2015, 07:57:01 AM
Boston officially broke the all time record snowfall with over 108 inches. Previous record of 107+ inches. We got a bit of snow late Sunday and overnight, mostly Boston and north into Maine, NH, Vermont, and it was enough. :yeah: Hey, we were so damn close so might as well break the record. Where I am we got barely a dusting of snow.
Well I guess congratulations are in order. :cheers:
Kronn, since shovelling all of it didn't kill you, have you considered building a workout programme to sell based on it, ready for next winter? :)
Hehe, I did get quite a workout at times even though I used my new snow blower for most of the clearing of driveway and the heaviest work. Other stuff still required shoveling to clear various areas, also removing snow from the roof with a snow roof rake while trudging through thigh deep snow gave me a helluva workout! I was wishing I was in better shape as I was drenched in sweat in frigid temps, though that's just a tough workout handling the 16 ft roof rake up over your head. I even lost weight for a time even though I'm not overweight.
This is why people in the south are so fat: no snow workouts.
Quote from: Valmy on March 16, 2015, 08:53:53 AM
This is why people in the south are so fat: no snow workouts.
:D
You're better off not dealing with huge snowfalls!
Quote from: Valmy on March 16, 2015, 08:53:53 AM
This is why people in the south are so fat: no snow workouts.
Don't forget about all of the
sugar water sweet tea, too.
Quote from: Valmy on March 16, 2015, 08:53:53 AM
This is why people in the south are so fat: no snow workouts.
There are no snow workouts, just snow heart attacks.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 16, 2015, 09:25:17 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 16, 2015, 08:53:53 AM
This is why people in the south are so fat: no snow workouts.
There are no snow workouts, just snow heart attacks.
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger?
Unless there is some kind of heart attack snow story I am not aware of, I think CdM is referencing the fact that every time it snows down here everybody freaks out and closes everything.
Quote from: Valmy on March 16, 2015, 08:53:53 AM
This is why people in the south are so fat: no snow workouts.
The couple of times I've had to shovel snow, it was Real hard work, but being a southerner the general lack of it is why I have to exercise. :bowler:
Quote from: Valmy on March 16, 2015, 09:29:08 AM
Unless there is some kind of heart attack snow story I am not aware of, I think CdM is referencing the fact that every time it snows down here everybody freaks out and closes everything.
Like Seedy I've read that heart attacks are very common while shoveling snow.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 16, 2015, 09:30:50 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 16, 2015, 09:29:08 AM
Unless there is some kind of heart attack snow story I am not aware of, I think CdM is referencing the fact that every time it snows down here everybody freaks out and closes everything.
Like Seedy I've read that heart attacks are very common while shoveling snow.
Ah ok. I am unfamiliar with snow shoveling issues :texas:
While I was out in California all of the snow here melted and now it's nice and warm. High today of 76. :cool:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 16, 2015, 09:30:50 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 16, 2015, 09:29:08 AM
Unless there is some kind of heart attack snow story I am not aware of, I think CdM is referencing the fact that every time it snows down here everybody freaks out and closes everything.
Like Seedy I've read that heart attacks are very common while shoveling snow.
Says something about Texas that the meme has reached over the Atlantic, but not down south to the blasted wastelands. :P
It says that it doesn't snow much or at all in Texas, I think.
Quote from: Caliga on March 16, 2015, 09:36:59 AM
It says that it doesn't snow much or at all in Texas, I think.
Hardly ever. It loves to sleet and cover shit in ice. I know all about ice scraping and falling on my ass and feeling my car slide along the road, not much about snow shoveling or having snowball fights.
Quote from: mongers on March 16, 2015, 09:35:47 AM
Says something about Texas that the meme has reached over the Atlantic, but not down south to the blasted wastelands. :P
I thought he was referencing a different meme.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 16, 2015, 09:30:50 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 16, 2015, 09:29:08 AM
Unless there is some kind of heart attack snow story I am not aware of, I think CdM is referencing the fact that every time it snows down here everybody freaks out and closes everything.
Like Seedy I've read that heart attacks are very common while shoveling snow.
Yeah, it's a worry with shoveling. Shoveling snow can be a heavy strain on your body, especially if older and not accustomed to the effort. News and doctors warn about it all the time.
Snow melt has been pretty dramatic and even though I still have a couple feet of snow cover on my lawn, the bigger snow piles have melted down a lot. Those snow piles have been a real hazard for driving as it was hard to see around or over them at intersections or when trying to enter a road and especially a main road or highway. The were too high to see over in so many places that at first it was damn dangerous to pull out onto roads in some places. The difference over the past week and a half has been huge. In the cities it's been worse, especially in Boston with the narrow roads and on street parking only in so many neighborhoods.
Wow, 9 feet of snow in a season is quite a bit.
And the bulk of 9 feet of snow came in a month and a half. Started last week of January and through most of February. It would have been more manageable if it had happened throughout much of the winter months. We had no snow on the ground until late January when the first big storm hit, and had only received maybe a few inches over all prior to that.
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 16, 2015, 01:58:45 PM
Wow, 9 feet of snow in a season is quite a bit.
A normal winter here, of course this year we are sitting at 20 something inches total lol
Quote from: katmai on March 16, 2015, 06:41:48 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 16, 2015, 01:58:45 PM
Wow, 9 feet of snow in a season is quite a bit.
A normal winter here, of course this year we are sitting at 20 something inches total lol
Kat, you guys were slacking off with winter this year! We should have had reverse snowfalls! :D
God's wrath has descended upon my province:
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everyone else has higher than normal temp, but it's freezing cold here. And I don't have anymore wood :( I guess my government will be very happy with me this year :(
Got some of the windows open today to air the house a bit.
It's been warm here, in the 40s and near 50 F yesterday. Going to turn a bit colder but still in the 30s (above freezing of 32F).
Snow melt has been dramatic. Hoping to see more and more so my garden area can clear up so the sun can start warming the ground. Then I can plant my crops by early May, or even April for some crops if it warms up enough. I have potatoes that are beyond ready to be planted so would like to get them in late April or early May, as they can handle some cool weather, but I'd want the ground to be warmed up enough.
Quote from: KRonn on March 17, 2015, 09:29:06 AM
It's been warm here, in the 40s and near 50 F yesterday. Going to turn a bit colder but still in the 30s (above freezing of 32F).
Snow melt has been dramatic. Hoping to see more and more so my garden area can clear up so the sun can start warming the ground. Then I can plant my crops by early May, or even April for some crops if it warms up enough. I have potatoes that are beyond ready to be planted so would like to get them in late April or early May, as they can handle some cool weather, but I'd want the ground to be warmed up enough.
snow storm here today :(
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As Mongers would say, Seattle gets a lot of drissle.
I see today that we are on the second day of high pollution warnings in London (reminds me of how we had smog days in Los Angeles). I like that the first listed cause is noted as those nasty polluters on the continent, before noting some contributory factors of local pollution and the Midlands. :D
Quote from: garbon on March 18, 2015, 09:02:39 AM
I see today that we are on the second day of high pollution warnings in London (reminds me of how we had smog days in Los Angeles). I like that the first listed cause is noted as those nasty polluters on the continent, before noting some contributory factors of local pollution and the Midlands. :D
I would assume that the prevailing wind currents would flow from UK to mainland Europe, west to east, so the pollution from the rest of Euro-land wouldn't be the primary cause?
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/boris-tells-londoners-to-spend-less-time-outdoors-to-improve-health-10113183.html
QuoteExperts said the toxic pollution spike was due to winds dying down and dirty air coming in from the Continent, combining with traffic fumes and other airborne contaminants.
So apparently lack of wind can be a problem? :D
I like that the Telegraph blamed the inability of Londoners to see the eclipse on French smog. :)
Quote from: garbon on March 20, 2015, 07:44:46 AM
I like that the Telegraph blamed the inability of Londoners to see the eclipse on French smog. :)
Smog in Channel, Eclipse cut off.
A little bit of snow tonight. I guess we need it, as it hasn't snowed since about last week. ;) But so far it's not even a dusting; might get to an inch or two so nothing to worry about.
Snow in Eastern Canada:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/snow-what-snow?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgu#.dh7z549pGB
Still no spring in sight. :cry:
It snowed about all day yesterday, but it didn't accumulate except for a slight dusting ins some grass areas. Mostly melted everywhere as it hit the ground, at least in my area. Snow melt continues at a rapid pace. I can see a lot of my lawn now, the ground is visible in a lot of places now as I drive around.
I didn't think the snow would melt so fast given how much it had piled up and how cold the temps were, but at this rate now it should be mostly gone in a couple of weeks. Huge snow piles and snow farms will take longer to melt down. Some ball fields and other areas used to dump the snow (snow farms) will take more time, and it'll be a while for kids to be able to use some of those fields.
Quote from: Liep on March 29, 2015, 06:24:18 AM
Still no spring in sight. :cry:
The mild South-westerlies have arrived here over the last couple of days, so temperatures hovering in the low 60s, bit damp and strongest winds, but everything is growing in the garden; can't wait for the trees to green over the next 3-6 weeks. :bowler:
British Summertime :w00t: :weep:
No, thank God. Just got caught in torrential rain.
Spring 2015: snow and nightly frost. :yeah:
It's fucking snowing right now. It was +15 Celsius a week ago. What the fuck?
Snowing again today. :mad:
My yard is almost completely clear of snow, including my garden! :yeah: I was fixing my garden fence and started a little cleanup, but won't be planting until late April or early May, depending when the weather warms up and warms the soil. Then I can plant some early stuff like Potatoes which can take a bit of frost. Torrential rain early Saturday morning while I was sleeping and that washed out a lot of snow, for sure.
Quote from: Malthus on April 05, 2015, 02:37:36 PM
Snowing again today. :mad:
I think I need to talk J out of attending university in Ontario.
More torrential downpours again today. Wheee.
Quote from: Caliga on April 07, 2015, 05:56:53 PM
More torrential downpours again today. Wheee.
My balls were moistened today.
Today's high temp will be 85 F. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2015, 11:16:16 AM
Today's high temp will be 85 F. :cool:
We have a warm spell here, er compared to February. It's in the 30s, just above freezing; some areas getting sleet or snow. Happy April showers! :huh:
Quote from: Caliga on April 07, 2015, 05:56:53 PM
More torrential downpours again today. Wheee.
Should dry up for Saturday and Sunday though :punk:
Good, because on Saturday I have to work (QE), but right after work I'm going to the biergarten. Sunday I'm going to a Jimmy Buffett tribute band concert in Lexington. :showoff:
:w00t:
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2015, 01:18:53 PM
Good, because on Saturday I have to work (QE), but right after work I'm going to the biergarten.
:cheers:
QuoteSunday I'm going to a Jimmy Buffett tribute band concert in Lexington. :showoff:
Parrotheads. Bleh.
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2015, 01:18:53 PM
Good, because on Saturday I have to work (QE), but right after work I'm going to the biergarten. Sunday I'm going to a Jimmy Buffett tribute band concert in Lexington. :showoff:
You mean in Margaritta-ville! :cool:
Quote from: derspiess on April 09, 2015, 01:26:24 PM
Parrotheads. Bleh.
Don't anger me. Chicks pull their tits out at these things, man.
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2015, 02:26:45 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 09, 2015, 01:26:24 PM
Parrotheads. Bleh.
Don't anger me. Chicks pull their tits out at these things, man.
Ugggh. How gruesome. :yuk:
Oh, you mean they pull off their
shirts.
;)
:lol:
Quote from: Sheilbh on April 09, 2015, 01:22:59 PM
:w00t:
If you find that exciting, I have tickets to see Jimmy Buffet himself in July. I'll be taking three days off for that one, one of which is a hangover recovery day.
More thunderstorms. Yay.
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2015, 01:18:53 PM
Good, because on Saturday I have to work (QE), but right after work I'm going to the biergarten. Sunday I'm going to a Jimmy Buffett tribute band concert in Lexington. :showoff:
Just got back. The band was really good... their singer sounds a lot like Jimmy and the two chick singers both had nice cans.
Also, I paid $28 for a burger and fries, some tropical drink for Princesca, and six Coronas for me which I thought was a pretty good deal.
That's a great deal.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 12, 2015, 07:53:54 PM
That's a great deal.
Yeah, I was shocked. This bar was about a mile from where we met up btw.
Oh, you did your binge drinking at a bar? I thought you paid that price at the venue. Not as impressed.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 12, 2015, 08:06:47 PM
Oh, you did your binge drinking at a bar? I thought you paid that price at the venue. Not as impressed.
It was a bar venue. :)
Call me a sceptic, but I really don't see how this March was much warmer than average, I'll concede that it's likely I've just grown old and thin skinned. April has been nice though.
Global warmth record for March 2015:
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Beautiful day here! Warm, in the 70s but feels even warmer. I actually dressed down a bit, and shorts would work well enough today. After the frigid temps we had all of February and early March this feels great. I feel like I was a bit shocked at the cold temps we had this winter, and I don't really mind cold temps.
Light snow this AM. :mad:
Quote from: Malthus on April 23, 2015, 08:48:19 AM
Light snow this AM. :mad:
it hailed yesterday. The apocalypse is upon us.
Quote from: HVC on April 23, 2015, 08:49:55 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 23, 2015, 08:48:19 AM
Light snow this AM. :mad:
it hailed yesterday. The apocalypse is upon us.
The Fimbulwinter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimbulwinter
Uh yeah. We're well past snow season, but the past few nights it's been chilly enough that I've had to turn the heat back on. Not acceptable. :mad:
Weather's been great here this week: about 15 degrees and lots of sun.
Quote from: Malthus on April 23, 2015, 08:48:19 AM
Light snow this AM. :mad:
God has decreed winter is not allowed to end while the Hockey playoffs are still going on.
Quote from: Liep on April 18, 2015, 05:38:29 AM
Call me a sceptic, but I really don't see how this March was much warmer than average, I'll concede that it's likely I've just grown old and thin skinned. April has been nice though.
Global warmth record for March 2015:
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The weather around here definitely felt much warmer than normal. Objective evidence of that is normally in March we are skiing on the local mountains. This year the local mountains had no snow on the ski runs. So at least in this area the chart is accurate.
I-80 is closed over the pass right now. It doesn't really look that bad though.
http://www.donner-lake.com/caltranstrafficcameras.asp
Still. Snow in May.
Twister touching down around OK City.
I'm blasting the A/C right now
Weather has been nice since last weekend, warm but not hot, great weather. Looks like we're finally into Spring and early Summer type weather. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 06, 2015, 06:38:42 PM
I'm blasting the A/C right now
I would be, but it's fucking freezing up. Time to call the HVAC guy.
Spent an hour in the basement. Implmented weather plan Anger-one.
9 dead so far from Houston flooding. Including a prom queen on the way home from the prom.
This is the driest May on record with a dry hot summer predicted. With no snow pack on the local mountains water restrictions will probably start earlier than usual this year.
It's been a very cold June so far, even Greenland has warmer weather than us right now. :weep:
Same here. We had 12 degrees Celsius and rain yesterday. Usually we get summer storms in June but it is closer to 30 Celsius.
It's been shit weather all June but supposedly July will start with a heat wave (Danish definition is 3 days with above 28C temperatures :P).
Summer is here, bitches. :yeah:
Wettest June on record here.
May 2015 was the wettest month in the history of Texas.
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I think June has been up there as well. The drought is almost gone except in just a few counties. Rejoice!
Quote from: Liep on June 30, 2015, 03:14:24 AM
It's been shit weather all June but supposedly July will start with a heat wave (Danish definition is 3 days with above 28C temperatures :P).
Summer is here, bitches. :yeah:
Yay, hurray for 40° in Paris (in the shade) tomorrow and Saturday probably. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Liep on June 30, 2015, 03:14:24 AM
It's been shit weather all June but supposedly July will start with a heat wave (Danish definition is 3 days with above 28C temperatures :P).
Summer is here, bitches. :yeah:
So far we've had a very temperate summer here in Massachusetts, warm days, not hot; very nice actually. It's early yet but I would have expected warmer/hotter weather a little more often. Only used the A/C twice and just briefly. Heat wave here is probably similar to Denmark which is about three days of hot and humid weather before things cool off.
We are setting records for hot dry weather. Its crazy around here. With all the dried out grass it looks and feels a lot like southern California atm. And with the tinder dry forests the Provincial government has already spent its budget allocated to fighting forest fires.
Awesome summer day in Stockholm today.
Forecast says high 90s and high humidity for the next seven days or so, with a chance of hitting 100 tomorrow.
Me at the moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pByV5AiPQ
Could be worse. The Jehova's Witnesses have their annual meeting at Happel Stadium today and tomorrow - though there's a roof over the stands it heats up real nice. Must be real fun in suit and tie. :D
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Though I have a feeling the baptisms will be super popular this year. :D
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Relevant news:
http://www.thelocal.at/20150717/vienna-works-to-fight-urban-heat-island-effect
QuoteVienna works to combat urban heat effect
Scientists in Vienna are working on a project to green the city in an effort to combat the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect - where urban air temperatures become higher than those of rural areas during the summer months as heat is absorbed by buildings and street surfaces.
As the mercury rises to close to 40C the urban centre can become unbearably sticky, and cause respiratory problems for vulnerable people. As climate change brings longer stretches of hotter weather to central Europe, experts are worried about the health of city dwellers who can't escape the urban heat island.
Vienna is one of the first European cities to set up an 'Urban Heat Islands Strategic Plan', which aims to reduce the effects of UHI and raise awareness about the importance of parks and green, shady spaces in the city.
Vienna's central districts are on average 4 or 5C hotter than the suburbs - and as much as 12C hotter than the countryside. Heat stored in buildings and roads and emitted by factories and cars - plus a lack of cooling vegetation means that the inner city barely cools down at night, leaving some residents unable to get a good night's sleep.
Between 1961 and 1990 Vienna had on average 9.6 hot days a year (30C or more) but from 2010 this figure has risen to an average of 15.2 days.
"Further efforts are needed to make sure we can effectively counter the negative climatic impact of urban heat sources," Karin Büchl-Krammerstätter, head of the MA 22 environment department told the ORF.
It all comes down to having more green spaces in the city - whether that is parks, allotments, trees or green roofs. New green spaces are already planned for the Hauptbahnhof, the Seestadt Aspern and Donaustadt (including fruit orchards in Seestadt and a cherry tree park in Donaustadt).
There are also plans to create more open water spaces and plant more trees to provide shade on the streets. City residents are being asked to help by greening their courtyards and rooftops. "Every single plant pot makes a difference and acts like a little air-conditioning unit," Büchl-Krammerstätter said.
Older people, as well as the chronically ill and people from socially disadvantaged groups are more affected by the heat. High temperatures also present a challenge for Austria's water suppliers as demand increases during the summer months.
6am, 25°C in the city, 28°C in the apartment.
Forecast for the week:
Sun 38°
Mon 31°
Tue 35°
Wed 38°
Thu 38°
Fri 34°
I should get a vacation home in Norway, Finland or Sweden. *checks job offers for Helsinki*
Shitty summer so far. July hasn't been much warmer. August better deliver.
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Syt
You could always go back to Holstein for a cooler and wetter summer. :P
I've looked at job offers in Scandiweenia, but they're all written in incomprehensible, barbaric tongues. :P
Sayeth the putative plattdeutscher. :P
Syt, do you need us to amazon you a AC Unit?
I'll be fine. Two or three weeks a year don't justify an AC. :P
Oh yes, they do, they do.
Would you go without heating for 3 weeks in the middle of winter?
A 1 room A/C is ~120$ here. It's not crazy money.
The portable ones start in the 200 EUR range for small rooms. Below that is only stuff where you fill a tank with cold water tank over which a fan blows. I can do that myself.
One for my apartment on Amazon starts at about 350 EUR, including the ugly window screen I would have to use for the hose (can't drill a hole through the wall or attach the outside bit of a split unit AC; building owner won't permit it).
No Hose.
You need this : http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/garrison-5000-btu-window-electric-air-conditioner-0435443p.html#.Va44_vlViko
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 21, 2015, 07:20:22 AM
No Hose.
You need this : http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/garrison-5000-btu-window-electric-air-conditioner-0435443p.html#.Va44_vlViko
Can't find one like those here. Besides, my windows are like this:
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Outer panes open outside, the inner ones inside.
Quote from: Liep on July 21, 2015, 02:47:55 AM
Shitty summer so far. July hasn't been much warmer. August better deliver.
I'd happily give you all 10 degrees from the air here.
Weather is hot and humid here since Sunday through today. Supposed to cool down a bit and dry out by tomorrow. So far a nice summer and not over hot as yet, but no one's complaining after the glaciers that hit us with nine feet of snow and uber frigid temps last winter.
Watering restrictions have been upgraded today. No watering of lawns, no washing of cars etc. We have had no significant rain since April and there was no snow pack on the local mountains this year.
It's been raining almost nonstop here. I believe it's rained at least a little bit every single day for the past three weeks. The Ohio has busted its banks in a few places.
Really shitty weather here. Perpetually around 30. Too hot to do anything. My heat enduced weight loss seems to be wearing off too
It was drier here earlier in the summer, drier than a normal spring, but we've been getting some rain at least one day a week for the last month and some heavy rains though a bit brief. So even the lawns are doing well enough but I think we need more rain, some good soaking day or two rain storms.
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 21, 2015, 10:36:01 AM
Watering restrictions have been upgraded today. No watering of lawns, no washing of cars etc. We have had no significant rain since April and there was no snow pack on the local mountains this year.
Yeah, looking at the weather back home, and having what seems like a mostly 90-ish degree July? Shit is unreal.
We will have a cold snap tomorrow it seems, high of only 92.
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 21, 2015, 10:36:01 AM
Watering restrictions have been upgraded today. No watering of lawns, no washing of cars etc. We have had no significant rain since April and there was no snow pack on the local mountains this year.
do you want some? I'm technically on vacation since Friday, it's been 5 days continuous raining so far, often with thunderstorm.
Quote from: viper37 on July 21, 2015, 11:24:36 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 21, 2015, 10:36:01 AM
Watering restrictions have been upgraded today. No watering of lawns, no washing of cars etc. We have had no significant rain since April and there was no snow pack on the local mountains this year.
do you want some? I'm technically on vacation since Friday, it's been 5 days continuous raining so far, often with thunderstorm.
This week is cooler than we have had in weeks. Temperatures have dropped to around 22-25 C with some clouds in the morning. No significant rain is forecast until sometime in the fall. Definitely a case of be careful what you wish for. Next time it rains heavily I will be smiling.
So last night in Vienna was the warmest ever recorded in Austria, bottoming out at 27°C in the city. My apartment has a balmy 29.5°C. It's cooling off today to 34°C daytime and 23°C nighttime, though, so all is well.
Quote from: Syt on July 23, 2015, 02:00:55 AM
So last night in Vienna was the warmest ever recorded in Austria, bottoming out at 27°C in the city. My apartment has a balmy 29.5°C. It's cooling off today to 34°C daytime and 23°C nighttime, though, so all is well.
:bleeding:
I'm loving the cold and bitter North right now.
Cooled off here in the North East the last couple of days. In the 70s and 80s and low humidity. Beautiful weather.
It rained a little this morning :cool:
Yeah, and it suddenly has gotten clear and dry here. It's like there's some rain toggle switch between East and West. :hmm:
First day (work day at least) where it has been truly rainy and gloomy all day. Given that it took almost 5 months for me to get that, not bad! :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on July 24, 2015, 09:12:39 AM
Yeah, and it suddenly has gotten clear and dry here. It's like there's some rain toggle switch between East and West. :hmm:
apparently, it is the warmest summer ever recorded, except for Quebec and part of the North-eastern USA.
According to the map Liep posted on the last page, it's about normal here. Which is of course unbearable anyway.
Today's the 10th day in a row where we'll have over 30°C (or 86°F).
Also: the last! :w00t:
At least for a few days.
Hallelujah! Today's the first day in a while that there's less than 25°C in my apartment.
Mein Führer ... I can breathe!
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It's a wonderful sign of the progress we've made that a German can feel comfortable making an ex-Nazi scientist now working for the US joke.
So areas of town were flooded to point of roads being closed off and about two blocks from where i live a apartment complex was evacuated as lower apartments were flooded. :blink:
Quote from: katmai on July 26, 2015, 09:28:11 AM
So areas of town were flooded to point of roads being closed off and about two blocks from where i live a apartment complex was evacuated as lower apartments were flooded. :blink:
:rolleyes: You know you can't step into a full bathtub.
I didn't!
Good thing i don't have one then i guess. :rolleyes:
Coldest summer so far in a long while. Tomorrow's forecast is rain, rain, rain and about 15 degrees. :weep:
After a couple of days of rain and temperatures in the low 20s we are going back to sun and temperatures around 30. Now that we have had a bit of rain things are starting to green up again so it doesn't look as much like the Golden State anymore.
Bugger me sideways and hit me with a spoon. We're scheduled for 33°C today, going up to a "preliminary high" of 38°C on Saturday.
At least you're not in southwest Iran dude. Some city there achieved a heat index of 165 F over the weekend. :wacko:
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Cal did you get any of that storm that ripped through here yesterday? It cleared out fairly quickly but I heard there were tornado sightings in Northern KY.
Quote from: derspiess on August 04, 2015, 10:25:31 AM
Cal did you get any of that storm that ripped through here yesterday? It cleared out fairly quickly but I heard there were tornado sightings in Northern KY.
In the morning you mean? :hmm: There were a lot of angry looking clouds and some gusts of wind but I don't even remember much rain.
We have been in a category 4 drought since mid July. In the last 85 days we have had 14 mm of rain and almost all of that came in a short period of time about a week ago. This is the lowest amount of precipitation since records have been kept in this area. The Premier and her climate advisory committee are warning that this weather pattern will likely become more the norm than the aberration.
:hmm: It's weird to think of Vancouver being a temperate desert. That would make the climate like what, southern Spain?
Quote from: Caliga on August 04, 2015, 10:26:24 AM
Quote from: derspiess on August 04, 2015, 10:25:31 AM
Cal did you get any of that storm that ripped through here yesterday? It cleared out fairly quickly but I heard there were tornado sightings in Northern KY.
In the morning you mean? :hmm: There were a lot of angry looking clouds and some gusts of wind but I don't even remember much rain.
Nah, this one came through around 6:00pm yesterday and lasted til about 7:30pm. Went through quickly but made its mark.
Quote from: Caliga on August 04, 2015, 10:54:20 AM
:hmm: It's weird to think of Vancouver being a temperate desert. That would make the climate like what, southern Spain?
I am not sure what a good comparator would be. We are moving from a temperate rain forest climate with significant snow packs in the winter into something warmer and drier. It will be interesting to see what the fall weather will be like. I sure hope it rains as it normally would during the late fall and winter. Even better if we can get more of a snow pack this year.
Warmest summer in quite some time and forecast is mild and sparse snowy winter again. (Last winter set record for lowest snowfall on record here)
Quote from: katmai on August 04, 2015, 01:17:42 PM
Warmest summer in quite some time and forecast is mild and sparse snowy winter again. (Last winter set record for lowest snowfall on record here)
WE got all your snow last year! :mad: Over nine feet of it, and in just over one month, and just began to fall in February! Plus frigid, frozen Alaska like temps. I don't mind the cold, and have good cold weather gear, but man, I was beginning to get a bit shocked and awed at how cold and snowy it was.
So far a dry summer, like last summer, though we got some heavy rain last night.
Quote from: katmai on August 04, 2015, 01:17:42 PM
Warmest summer in quite some time and forecast is mild and sparse snowy winter again. (Last winter set record for lowest snowfall on record here)
Any job offers in Anchorage? :)
Went cycling in Sweden today. Did 100km and set up my tent. Forgot the outer shell. No worries, it's a clear blue sky. Night. Thunder in the distant. Torrential downpour. Wet. Pack everything and ride through the night. Reached Helsingborg just in time to make the ferry that connects to the last train.
Fuck. Me.
And stay out!
I rode that ferry. :)
Quote from: Liep on August 04, 2015, 05:12:48 PM
Went cycling in Sweden today. Did 100km and set up my tent. Forgot the outer shell. No worries, it's a clear blue sky. Night. Thunder in the distant. Torrential downpour. Wet. Pack everything and ride through the night. Reached Helsingborg just in time to make the ferry that connects to the last train.
Fuck. Me.
A S(o)und trip, weren't it for the Brain's overreaction?
I think it's a record year for the most average summer ever in the UK. A few hot days, a few cooler days, a bit of rain. Meh.
We now have a severe heat warning up till Thursday minimum. We're looking at 36-38 degrees every day till then, minimum, possibly longer.-
The forecast.
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Quote from: Syt on August 09, 2015, 10:02:19 AM
The forecast.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykN6Cz05bLM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykN6Cz05bLM)
http://www.thelocal.at/20150812/hottest-summer-since-records-began
QuoteHottest summer since records began
This summer has been the hottest on record for Austria - not only have the heatwaves lasted longer than usual, but parts of the country have also had more days with temperatures of 35C and over than ever before.
By Friday, Vienna is forecast to have had more days with the mercury at 35C and over than in the whole of the last ten years, the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said.
The latest heatwave has left the capital sweltering after 13 days straight of so-called 'desert weather'. Previously the summer of 2013 was the hottest on record, but it only had five continuous days of sunshine and blazing heat.
Unsurprisingly, fans are now a much sought-after commodity with many shops having sold out and unable to restock their supplies, and few apartments and offices equipped with air conditioning. Some supermarkets are even running out of ice lollies.
The heat looks set to subside slightly on Saturday with thunderstorms forecast over the weekend and the thermometer dipping to around 32C.
Austria's other regions have also had the warmest July since records began.
The weather will remain very hot across Austria until the weekend, with highs between 30 and 38C. It will be hottest in the east of the country, with some rain showers and thunderstorms forecast for the west in the coming days. Next week should be more comfortable, with highs of around 28C.
A massive heat dome - which is more or less stationary over central and eastern Europe - is responsible for the current spell of scorching heat. Climate experts at ZAMG said that three factors have contributed to making this a record-breakingly hot summer. Firstly, because of global warming temperatures are significantly higher than they were in previous decades. Secondly, the subtropical high-pressure dome is further north than in previous years. And thirdly, the ground in southern and central Europe is very dry this year which means there is less of a cooling effect from evaporation.
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that due to climate change, not only is it likely that heat waves have increased across large parts of Europe, but in the future, it is very likely that heat waves will last longer and occur more often.
The summer has not been good for farmers, with enormous losses predicted due to crops being damaged by the extreme heat, lack of rain, and violent hailstorms in July. Kurt Weinberger, the head of the hail insurance group, said that losses totalling €100 million are predicted due to the drought and €30 million due to hail damage.
Shitty July, but globally the warmest to date. What's up Central Europe? Share some of that summer you pricks.
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Perhaps the Gulf Stream is being weakened and that's why your summers are cooling.
Having another couple days of 35°or more :rolleyes:
Big storm blew through yesterday knocking down lots of trees. Hundreds of thousands without power including the CC family. I am charging my cell in my car atm.
Quote from: Syt on August 30, 2015, 09:19:34 AM
Having another couple days of 35°or more :rolleyes:
I've flown south and am now experiencing your pain. Where's the fucking wind? Well, at least there's a fan in my room.
Any one got tips for Bucharest?
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 30, 2015, 10:31:27 AM
Big storm blew through yesterday knocking down lots of trees. Hundreds of thousands without power including the CC family. I am charging my cell in my car atm.
Sounds familiar. That happened her about five years ago after the remnants of a hurricane passed through.
I think I've gotten a tan while in Scotland. :o
Have you ever gotten a tan standing in the English rain?
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2015, 02:53:08 PM
I think I've gotten a tan while in Scotland. :o
An almost unique achievement, given typical Scottish weather. ;)
Quote from: Brazen on August 05, 2015, 08:01:55 AM
I think it's a record year for the most average summer ever in the UK. A few hot days, a few cooler days, a bit of rain. Meh.
It's also seemed pretty average here in New England, at least eastern Mass here. Summer has been nice, not a lot of hot/humid days as I haven't used the A/C all that much. This week is going to be hot/humid though, at least part of the week.
Two colleagues left the office within an hour after arriving, because due to the weather they had circulatory and respiratory problems. Temperature is mid-30s, and while we normally have a humidity of ca. 35%, it was up to 80% today.
Oh, the euros ball of light.
Quote from: Malthus on August 31, 2015, 08:50:42 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2015, 02:53:08 PM
I think I've gotten a tan while in Scotland. :o
An almost unique achievement, given typical Scottish weather. ;)
It was apparently atrocious in London this weekend so I can truly say that I partook of Scotland's sunnier climes. :D
From sun and 36 degrees in Bukarest to 14 degrees and thunder in Copenhagen. It's 9 am it's suppose to be brighter than this in September. :weep:
Quote from: Syt on August 31, 2015, 11:17:47 AM
Two colleagues left the office within an hour after arriving, because due to the weather they had circulatory and respiratory problems. Temperature is mid-30s, and while we normally have a humidity of ca. 35%, it was up to 80% today.
:bleeding: How could such weaklings have nearly conquered Europe just a few generations ago? :hmm:
One is Slovakian, the other is fancophile and married to an Italian. :P
Quote from: Syt on September 04, 2015, 07:50:46 AM
One is Slovakian, the other is fancophile and married to an Italian. :P
Thanks for clarifying. :D
My luck in the North continues. I'm sitting outside in Leeds and it is almost too sunny. :o
Quote from: garbon on September 19, 2015, 06:58:41 AM
My luck in the North continues. I'm sitting outside in Leeds and it is almost too sunny. :o
But better in Southern England, unbroken sunshine all late afternoon and evening, when I stepped out it was still about 70F. :cool:
Fuck yeah, highest ever pressure recorded for September, 1042hPa. It has been an exceptionally beautiful autumn week.
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We had snow September 29 so stfu you dirty Dane.
Quote from: katmai on October 01, 2015, 08:19:48 AM
We had snow September 29 so stfu you dirty Dane.
Those extra 5-6 degrees north of Copenhagen make all the difference don't they. :D
Meanwhile down at 51 degrees, it's been a balmy 70+ most days. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on October 01, 2015, 08:59:32 AM
Quote from: katmai on October 01, 2015, 08:19:48 AM
We had snow September 29 so stfu you dirty Dane.
Those extra 5-6 degrees north of Copenhagen make all the difference don't they. :D
Meanwhile down at 51 degrees, it's been a balmy 70+ most days. :cool:
Yes, unfortunately the gulf stream is dying due to melting ice from Greenland. What a shitty colony that has been, bad weather, no oil, not even goddamn iron extraction is feasible from that cold oversized rock. :P
Here in New England just waiting on a hurricane or more likely lots of rain and wind from a tropical storm which is much more likely this far north. Should hit around Virginia/Carolinas soon, hit up here early next week, maybe late weekend. It's still not clear on the direction hurricane Joaquin will take and could just brush the mid Atlantic coast.
Quote from: KRonn on October 01, 2015, 09:56:01 AM
Here in New England just waiting on a hurricane or more likely lots of rain and wind from a tropical storm which is much more likely this far north. Should hit around Virginia/Carolinas soon, hit up here early next week, maybe late weekend. It's still not clear on the direction hurricane Joaquin will take and could just brush the mid Atlantic coast.
My parents were droning on and on about this on the phone last night. I was like "uh-huh", "great", "uh-huh", "that's nice", "uh-huh".... :frusty:
Since that hurricane has my middle name, I have to hope for a strong destructive storm. Sorry for the people in the way of my weather wrath.
Quote from: Caliga on October 01, 2015, 10:05:15 AM
Quote from: KRonn on October 01, 2015, 09:56:01 AM
Here in New England just waiting on a hurricane or more likely lots of rain and wind from a tropical storm which is much more likely this far north. Should hit around Virginia/Carolinas soon, hit up here early next week, maybe late weekend. It's still not clear on the direction hurricane Joaquin will take and could just brush the mid Atlantic coast.
My parents were droning on and on about this on the phone last night. I was like "uh-huh", "great", "uh-huh", "that's nice", "uh-huh".... :frusty:
Do they live up here or in Mass? I don't worry too much about hurricanes as they're usually diminished to rain storms, sometimes heavy wind and rain, by the time they reach here.
They live in New Jersey. Their house is right on the water. :ph34r:
Quote from: Liep on October 01, 2015, 09:09:57 AM
Yes, unfortunately the gulf stream is dying due to melting ice from Greenland. What a shitty colony that has been, bad weather, no oil, not even goddamn iron extraction is feasible from that cold oversized rock. :P
There's gold mining though. :lol:
Quote from: Liep on October 01, 2015, 09:09:57 AM
Yes, unfortunately the gulf stream is dying due to melting ice from Greenland. What a shitty colony that has been, bad weather, no oil, not even goddamn iron extraction is feasible from that cold oversized rock. :P
You forgot skraelings. :(
Quote from: Caliga on October 01, 2015, 10:16:02 AM
They live in New Jersey. Their house is right on the water. :ph34r:
I can see why they're worried, especially after that double storm hit a couple of years ago with Sandy.
Forecast said no rain today and the sky reflected that this morning. Currently pouring rain and hail, with thunder and lightning in the background. <_<
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 08, 2015, 12:31:59 AM
Forecast said no rain today and the sky reflected that this morning. Currently pouring rain and hail, with thunder and lightning in the background. <_<
NK now has a Weather Control Device?
It is currently 15 in Berlin. I'm having a late lunch outside in a t-shirt. THANKS GLOBAL WARMING/OBAMA!
It's been the driest October in over 40 years here. Probably also the warmest. IT'S ALMOST WINTER, WEATHER, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.
Quote from: garbon on November 01, 2015, 08:42:12 AM
It is currently 15 in Berlin. I'm having a late lunch outside in a t-shirt. THANKS GLOBAL WARMING/OBAMA!
It's not Obama's fault that you are using Celsius.
Would I have had to flee the country?! :grr:
Weather forecast says we may hit 20°C on Sunday. IN FUCKING NOVEMBER. :wacko:
Quote from: Syt on November 04, 2015, 05:44:12 AM
Weather forecast says we may hit 20°C on Sunday. IN FUCKING NOVEMBER. :wacko:
Relax. Cold weather sucks. Enjoy the warmth while you still can.
Quote from: Caliga on November 04, 2015, 09:44:03 AM
Quote from: Syt on November 04, 2015, 05:44:12 AM
Weather forecast says we may hit 20°C on Sunday. IN FUCKING NOVEMBER. :wacko:
Relax. Cold weather sucks. Enjoy the warmth while you still can.
I had enough warmth this summer to last me some years. Fuck warmth. I'll move to Scandiweenia or Canuckistan.
The populated places of Canuckistan are NOT cold in summer.
It's been warm here in the northeast this week, and will stay that way all week, maybe into the weekend. It's like springtime. :)
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 04, 2015, 09:56:27 AM
The populated places of Canuckistan are NOT cold in summer.
Heh I was just thinking "boy will he be disappointed if he comes here". :D
That's right: Canada can have both kinds of terrible weather: too hot in summer, too cold in winter.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 04, 2015, 09:56:27 AM
The populated places of Canuckistan are NOT cold in summer.
He could move to the Yukon. It was usually a very nice 15-20C in the summer. :cool:
Tons of Germans there too.
Quote from: Barrister on November 04, 2015, 11:27:48 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 04, 2015, 09:56:27 AM
The populated places of Canuckistan are NOT cold in summer.
He could move to the Yukon. It was usually a very nice 15-20C in the summer. :cool:
Tons of Germans there too.
He said "populated". :P
BB found it a bit too crowded and warm IIRC.
There is snow falling out west (at higher elevations) while almost 80 in the far southeast.
Quote from: Valmy on November 04, 2015, 11:36:21 AM
BB found it a bit too crowded and warm IIRC.
If Iqaluit had a road and stable high speed internet I'd move in a flash. :)
Quote from: lustindarkness on November 04, 2015, 11:36:55 AM
There is snow falling out west (at higher elevations) while almost 80 in the far southeast.
Yeah, I got back from lunch a few minutes ago and it felt like it was close to 80. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on November 04, 2015, 08:22:03 AM
Quote from: Syt on November 04, 2015, 05:44:12 AM
Weather forecast says we may hit 20°C on Sunday. IN FUCKING NOVEMBER. :wacko:
Yeah our all-time November record temperature was just broken two days ago, temperatures still way over expected average.
St Martin's Summer, in advance. :)
Quote from: Caliga on November 04, 2015, 09:44:03 AM
Quote from: Syt on November 04, 2015, 05:44:12 AM
Weather forecast says we may hit 20°C on Sunday. IN FUCKING NOVEMBER. :wacko:
Relax. Cold weather sucks. Enjoy the warmth while you still can.
Warmth?
We're already aiming for single digits (Fahrenheit, of course) inside of a couple of weeks. :)
Quote from: Tonitrus on November 05, 2015, 12:14:00 AM
We're already aiming for single digits (Fahrenheit, of course) inside of a couple of weeks. :)
Balmy!
The local winter outlook this year? Mild and wet, as in no snow, lots of cold rain, sleet, ice storms. :( Thank you El Niño! :mad:
Quote from: lustindarkness on November 05, 2015, 09:56:38 AM
The local winter outlook this year? Mild and wet, as in no snow, lots of cold rain, sleet, ice storms. :( Thank you El Niño! :mad:
El Niño, silly child. Kids these days. <_<
It'll be 10 degrees Saturday and Sunday, but the night between them will be 15 degrees. Can't you do anything right, global warming?
Quote from: Liep on November 06, 2015, 07:45:07 AM
It'll be 10 degrees Saturday and Sunday, but the night between them will be 15 degrees. Can't you do anything right, global warming?
Scratch that, it's already 15 degrees and extremely humid. :yuk: Winter can't come soon enough, this is unbearable.
You Scandinavians are funny.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 07, 2015, 05:34:25 AM
You Scandinavians are funny.
There's nothing funny about 100% humidity, at least when it's cold you can comfortably turn on the heat and dry the air a bit inside.
But 15C *is* cold.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 07, 2015, 05:57:03 AM
But 15C *is* cold.
?
I don't even know how to respond to that.
My AC is set to about 24 or 25.
All I know is I have every window open and I'm still sweating. Something I shouldn't have to endure in November.
What is wrong with you? It is 17 out and I still have my heat on. I would not want it to be 17 or less indoors.
It's the humidity I think. It feels like a mediocre summer day, but more humid.
Quote from: garbon on November 07, 2015, 06:45:47 AM
What is wrong with you? It is 17 out and I still have my heat on. I would not want it to be 17 or less indoors.
WTF is wrong with you? 17C? Put on a sweater!
If I was outside, sure. I don't think I should have to be fully dressed when inside my home. :huh:
Weather was nice enough on Friday to get in 9 holes of golf. :)
Quote from: garbon on November 07, 2015, 06:45:47 AM
What is wrong with you? It is 17 out and I still have my heat on. I would not want it to be 17 or less indoors.
Something for you to consider if you're still in London come the summer:
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Another day of 20 degrees again tomorrow. In November. :bleeding:
Anyone got an office job for me in Finland or the Yukon?
Quote from: mongers on November 09, 2015, 02:12:55 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 07, 2015, 06:45:47 AM
What is wrong with you? It is 17 out and I still have my heat on. I would not want it to be 17 or less indoors.
Something for you to consider if you're still in London come the summer:
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I was in London in summer / that is one of the many reasons that I avoid the central line. :P
That said, does make me miss being a daily Jubilee traveler. :(
Quote from: Syt on November 09, 2015, 02:15:07 PM
Another day of 20 degrees again tomorrow. In November. :bleeding:
Anyone got an office job for me in Finland or the Yukon?
Yeah that doesn't make any sense to me...as in I don't see how that is at all something to complain about. Ugh, I have great weather where I don't need to pay up the butt for heating or a/c. Man!
Quote from: garbon on November 09, 2015, 02:18:58 PM
Quote from: Syt on November 09, 2015, 02:15:07 PM
Another day of 20 degrees again tomorrow. In November. :bleeding:
Anyone got an office job for me in Finland or the Yukon?
Yeah that doesn't make any sense to me...as in I don't see how that is at all something to complain about. Ugh, I have great weather where I don't need to pay up the butt for heating or a/c. Man!
It's the time of year when Glühwein and punch stands start to open. And it's not the same to drink hot alcoholic drinks when you're not feeling cold.
Quote from: Syt on November 09, 2015, 02:15:07 PM
Another day of 20 degrees again tomorrow. In November. :bleeding:
Anyone got an office job for me in Finland or the Yukon?
http://yuwin.ca/
http://employment.gov.yk.ca/
http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/job_search_results.do?pcd=YT&wid=pv&sort=D
That should get you started at least. :)
That graphic just reminds me I should have bought one of those London Underground t-shirts with the map. What a crappy tourists I am. :(
Quote from: garbon on November 09, 2015, 02:18:58 PM
Quote from: Syt on November 09, 2015, 02:15:07 PM
Another day of 20 degrees again tomorrow. In November. :bleeding:
Anyone got an office job for me in Finland or the Yukon?
Yeah that doesn't make any sense to me...as in I don't see how that is at all something to complain about. Ugh, I have great weather where I don't need to pay up the butt for heating or a/c. Man!
I know you haven't been in Europe for long, but complaining about the weather is an all year event over here. :P
50 degrees 50 minutes North, middle of November, 5am here and it's 58F outside, I have the window wide open and am sitting next to it; very unseasonal weather or just a different climate? :hmm:
8:20pm and -14c so go fuck yourself monger :P
Quote from: katmai on November 15, 2015, 12:20:23 AM
8:20pm and -14c so go fuck yourself monger :P
:D
I'm honoured.
Quote from: katmai on November 15, 2015, 12:20:23 AM
8:20pm and -14c so go fuck yourself monger :P
It feels like we had a transition week or two of 30-ish degrees fahrenheit and then went right to sub zero.
Quote from: katmai on November 15, 2015, 12:20:23 AM
8:20pm and -14c so go fuck yourself monger :P
Don't blame Mongers for your poor decisions. :sleep:
I already miss the first two weeks of November with its unseasonable warmth, they're now saying it'll snow this weekend.
Quote from: Liep on November 16, 2015, 07:03:24 AM
I already miss the first two weeks of November with its unseasonable warmth, they're now saying it'll snow this weekend.
:lol:
Quote from: Liep on November 16, 2015, 07:03:24 AM
I already miss the first two weeks of November with its unseasonable warmth, they're now saying it'll snow this weekend.
I saw similar weather reports today that we may see some snow this weekend, though that may be more up in northern New England, not sure.
Yeah, we're supposed to have a 10 degree drop from 15 to 5 this weekend.
Had our first hard freeze this past Saturday morning. I went to add some water to my hot tub only to discover the hose line was frozen. :blush: Fortunately the outside faucet didn't get damaged and I was able to thaw the hose out just by throwing it into the hot tub. :D
Had a thin film of frost on my windshield this morning. And I live half way up a ski mountain. Another bad snow year for the local mountains looks likely.
Hurricane force winds came through yesterday. Power is still out on the North Shore. The silver lining is when I left the house this morning it was pitch black and a perfectly clear sky - had a nice look at the stars I don't normally get to see because of the ambient light that normally floods the neighbourhood.
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 18, 2015, 08:23:28 AM
Hurricane force winds came through yesterday. Power is still out on the North Shore. The silver lining is when I left the house this morning it was pitch black and a perfectly clear sky - had a nice look at the stars I don't normally get to see because of the ambient light that normally floods the neighbourhood.
:cool:
I miss starry nights. :(
20°C in Vienna today, with stormy winds.
I think it might rain today.
Ugh. Winter mix expected Saturday. Fuck this shit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 18, 2015, 10:06:31 AM
Ugh. Winter mix expected Saturday. Fuck this shit.
You should buy a winter home in Costa Rica.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 18, 2015, 10:06:31 AM
Ugh. Winter mix expected Saturday. Fuck this shit.
*checks*
We're getting the same system but it'll be 52 degrees. So just rain. :nelson:
Quote from: Caliga on November 18, 2015, 08:17:18 PM
We're getting the same system but it'll be 52 degrees. So just rain. :nelson:
I don't know how you yankees tolerate such brutally frigid conditions.
:sleep:
On a vaguely related note I've had a long-running argument going with a co-worker about Texas chili. She insists beans are ok, I am disagreeing. Her family is from TX and she promised me the next time she was in Dallas, she'd order some at a restaurant and see.
Quote from: Caliga on November 19, 2015, 11:03:19 AM
:sleep:
On a vaguely related note I've had a long-running argument going with a co-worker about Texas chili. She insists beans are ok, I am disagreeing. Her family is from TX and she promised me the next time she was in Dallas, she'd order some at a restaurant and see.
Well that is just appalling. No wonder we kicked her out of Texas.
Beans are ok with me. :sleep:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 19, 2015, 01:24:26 PM
Beans are ok with me. :sleep:
Bringing your damn East Coast ways to Texas :weep:
We get *maybe* a half inch of snow overnight, and suddenly the roads grind to a halt. Even taking the bus / LRT I had an extra half hour added to my commute. <_<
Quote from: Barrister on November 19, 2015, 02:23:28 PM
We get *maybe* a half inch of snow overnight, and suddenly the roads grind to a halt. Even taking the bus / LRT I had an extra half hour added to my commute. <_<
Good thing you have a Toyota 4x4! :yeah:
Oh... :nelson:
Quote from: lustindarkness on November 19, 2015, 03:30:39 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 19, 2015, 02:23:28 PM
We get *maybe* a half inch of snow overnight, and suddenly the roads grind to a halt. Even taking the bus / LRT I had an extra half hour added to my commute. <_<
Good thing you have a Toyota 4x4! :yeah:
Oh... :nelson:
We still have the AWD RAV4. :blurgh:
But seriously - shit like this is why I take the LRT. So why was still late?
I like the Rav4.
Back on topic. We had such heavy fog this morning, I had to drive at 15 mph to drop off the crazy little girl at school. It was like The Mist.
Blizzard warning for this Saturday. Next Saturday is forecasted to be sunny and warm with +15C.
:schizo:
Of course, knowing Danish weather both days will be 5-7 degrees with mild drizzle.
Quote from: Liep on November 20, 2015, 09:07:02 AM
Of course, knowing Danish weather both days will be 5-7 degrees with mild drizzle.
:cool: :bowler:
There is a no snow in the forecast for the next 2 weeks.
White christmas is not looking good.
Quote from: Valmy on November 19, 2015, 12:21:17 PM
Well that is just appalling. No wonder we kicked her out of Texas.
She's never actually lived in Texas, her parents and extended family are just natives. So that's why I give her a little bit of leeway on this issue.
First big winter snow is supposed to roll in tonight. Forecast is for 6-12 inches.
Nothing yet though, and it was supposed to start 3-6 PM.
If it hasn't started by 8 I might venture out to the Regal Beagle, othewise bunker down.
Real light precip, in between rain and sleet. Worse than straight snow from a driving perspective. Bunker down it is.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 20, 2015, 07:30:44 PM
Real light precip, in between rain and sleet. Worse than straight snow from a driving perspective. Bunker down it is.
Yeah we are forecasted for 6-10 inches of snow inter mixing with freezing rain, so staying in and watching Jessica Jones on netflix.
Full blizzard mode. It's been snowing for 4 hours now and we got about 10cm on ground, most of the first snow just melted.
Quote from: Liep on November 21, 2015, 03:08:33 PM
Full blizzard mode. It's been snowing for 4 hours now and we got about 10cm on ground, most of the first snow just melted.
I just had a fun 10k bike ride home and it took about an hour longer than usual.
We got up to 40 cm in some places, traffic is fucked.
Quote from: Liep on November 21, 2015, 05:54:18 PM
Quote from: Liep on November 21, 2015, 03:08:33 PM
Full blizzard mode. It's been snowing for 4 hours now and we got about 10cm on ground, most of the first snow just melted.
I just had a fun 10k bike ride home and it took about an hour longer than usual.
Eeek, rather you than me, I think I'd have got off and pushed. :blush:
I do not like coming home to 15c/59f indoors. <_<
Quote from: garbon on November 23, 2015, 04:27:28 PM
I do not like coming home to 15c/59f indoors. <_<
Throw on a jumper and keep a stiff upper lip. :bowler:
I'm American. That is not what we do. :D
Quote from: garbon on November 23, 2015, 04:40:48 PM
I'm American. That is not what we do. :D
So, in American: throw on a sweater and stop whining. :P
Quote from: garbon on November 23, 2015, 04:27:28 PM
I do not like coming home to 15c/59f indoors. <_<
Where are you now, Scotland? :unsure:
Storm/hurricane incoming and they named it Gorm. :cool: It'll probably completely destroy the newly erected refugee tent camp though. :hmm:
The national meteorological institute tweeted this
Quote
December normal: 1.6C
December 2015: 7.9C
#BrunJul(BrownChristmas)
The saddest thing I read today.
I'm enjoying the 60 degree weather so far. The dense fog in the mornings? Not so much.
77 degrees F / 25 degrees C today here in the Sunshine State. Today I saw a guy hauling his fishing boat, he had a Christmas wreath attached to the front of his pickup truck. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Just got out of the hot tub. Didn't even need to wear a sweatshirt out there afterward. :cool:
Quote from: Savonarola on December 11, 2015, 12:57:08 PM
77 degrees F / 25 degrees C today here in the Sunshine State. Today I saw a guy hauling his fishing boat, he had a Christmas wreath attached to the front of his pickup truck. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Why did I parse this as the guy having run down a christmas spirited Floridian? :hmm:
A Balmy sunny 14C today.
Where's my snow?
Quote from: mongers on December 11, 2015, 01:17:04 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on December 11, 2015, 12:57:08 PM
77 degrees F / 25 degrees C today here in the Sunshine State. Today I saw a guy hauling his fishing boat, he had a Christmas wreath attached to the front of his pickup truck. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Why did I parse this as the guy having run down a christmas spirited Floridian? :hmm:
I can't explain everything. :(
;)
Supposed to get to almost 70. Gonna take the Challenger out and take advantage of the buck eighty gallon of gas prices.
I believr the high was 77 here today. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on December 13, 2015, 03:15:33 PM
I believr the high was 77 here today. :cool:
That's too hot for myself, I'm rather enjoying the mild mid-50s temperatures up here.
Clear sky tonight so getting a great view of the geminides shooting stars from the train.
Quote from: Liep on December 13, 2015, 05:15:58 PM
Clear sky tonight so getting a great view of the geminides shooting stars from the train.
:cool:
Cloudy as
Hell Normal here. :bowler:
In the goddamn 70s here today and humid. I didn't move here to get the same goddamn weather I'd get back in Texas in December.
It was super nice Saturday night though. :)
In the heavy winter rain shower we just had here, it nearly dropped below 10C, which would be the first time in 8 1/2 day, night or daytime temperature.
So warm out today I didn't even need a jacket.
Thank you El Nino :cool:
We finally got a good dump of snow on the local mountains. No snow in the city. So pretty much perfect winter weather now.
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 22, 2015, 01:01:24 PM
We finally got a good dump of snow on the local mountains. No snow in the city. So pretty much perfect winter weather now.
...if you hate Christmas.
Quote from: Barrister on December 22, 2015, 01:03:32 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 22, 2015, 01:01:24 PM
We finally got a good dump of snow on the local mountains. No snow in the city. So pretty much perfect winter weather now.
...if you hate Christmas.
Only people is frigid areas of the world tell themselves a white Christmas is a good thing.
QuoteChristmas Day - A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 76.
:glare:
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 22, 2015, 01:09:09 PM
QuoteChristmas Day - A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 76.
:glare:
Heard there's a possibility of tornadoes down there. :hmm:
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 22, 2015, 01:04:36 PM
Only people is frigid areas of the world tell themselves a white Christmas is a good thing.
And people from frigid areas who move to warmer areas but like an excuse to complain.
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 22, 2015, 01:09:09 PM
QuoteChristmas Day - A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 76.
:glare:
QuoteFri, 25 Dec Sunny. High minus 18.
Night Clear. Low minus 21.
:cool:
Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2015, 01:19:55 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 22, 2015, 01:09:09 PM
QuoteChristmas Day - A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 76.
:glare:
Heard there's a possibility of tornadoes down there. :hmm:
They are sending us home at noon today.
QuoteSevere thunderstorms, including a threat of tornadoes and damaging straight line winds, are possible across central Alabama this afternoon and tonight.
At 17C/62F the winter solstice was as warm as this year's summer solstice, which says as much about the British summer as it does this winter :D
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/winter-solstice-2015-as-warm-as-june-summer-solstice-met-office-uk-weather-a6782736.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/winter-solstice-2015-as-warm-as-june-summer-solstice-met-office-uk-weather-a6782736.html)
:D
We're under a tornado watch. :hmm:
Quote from: Maximus on December 23, 2015, 01:47:04 PM
We're under a tornado watch. :hmm:
Good luck, hope nothing like that hits.
78 and sunny. Nice day. Might be kinda rainy on Christmas though, so that sucks a little.
It's -11c with light snow today. :cool:
Some rain off and on, temps warm like Spring time through Christmas day. :)
In Palm Springs, dangling my legs in the pool. This is how to do Christmas. :cool:
Quote from: Brazen on December 23, 2015, 10:55:46 AM
At 17C/62F the winter solstice was as warm as this year's summer solstice, which says as much about the British summer as it does this winter :D
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/winter-solstice-2015-as-warm-as-june-summer-solstice-met-office-uk-weather-a6782736.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/winter-solstice-2015-as-warm-as-june-summer-solstice-met-office-uk-weather-a6782736.html)
:D
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2015, 03:06:30 PM
In Palm Springs, dangling my legs in the pool. This is how to do Christmas. :cool:
Sounds like hell.
Overheard some kind of weather warning on the TV, couldn't tell which type.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 23, 2015, 05:10:12 PM
Overheard some kind of weather warning on the TV, couldn't tell which type.
Um, you might want to look into that.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/iowa-city-ia/52240/weather-warnings-1517935/328802
Sounds like a tornado watch.
Quote from: Barrister on December 23, 2015, 05:14:26 PM
Um, you might want to look into that.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/iowa-city-ia/52240/weather-warnings-1517935/328802
Sounds like a tornado watch.
"Watch" is the weenie version. Anyway, we have sirens.
Quote from: Barrister on December 23, 2015, 04:49:39 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2015, 03:06:30 PM
In Palm Springs, dangling my legs in the pool. This is how to do Christmas. :cool:
Sounds like hell.
The pool is probably reasonably warm, nothing like dangling your legs in the lake when you go ice fishing.
Yeah pool is heated.
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2015, 03:06:30 PM
In Palm Springs, dangling my legs in the pool. This is how to do Christmas. :cool:
:cool: Jelly!
Though I'll probably jump into the hot tub later when the severe weather passes.
Only European capital with snow this Christmas is Reykjavik. :(
Is this common in that area? :unsure:
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Probably not that much, but all 3 cities shown in the blue region are at least 3000 feet up.
Quote from: Syt on December 27, 2015, 10:38:21 AM
Is this common in that area? :unsure:
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Most of the western area in the dark blue is a fairly substantial mountain range in central New Mexico, including some ski areas. Then the eastern part is high plains desert. Perhaps a bit unusual for that much in one go, but probably not unprecedented.
Dominating the news in the uk this xmas is that cumbria and Yorkshire have been flooded to hell. :(
We have snow!
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 27, 2015, 04:30:33 PM
We have snow!
We know. Informer was big in Sweden too. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Tyr on December 27, 2015, 01:40:59 PM
Dominating the news in the uk this xmas is that cumbria and Yorkshire have been flooded to hell. :(
Six are dead up in Pulaski county. :(
We should get our first snow in eastern Massachusetts tonight/tomorrow. Just some wet snow turning to rain and shouldn't accumulate to anything. Maybe north of Boston and into the northern New England states will see a small accumulation.
Much of nature seems to think Spring has arrived, bushes sprouting new growth, grass still growing well, some birds preparing to build new nests. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on December 28, 2015, 10:25:14 AM
Much of nature seems to think Spring has arrived, bushes sprouting new growth, grass still growing well, some birds preparing to build new nests. :hmm:
They claim here that we'll actually get frost in the daytime this coming week. It's like the days of yore.
CNN says 43 dead in US last week from weather.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 28, 2015, 12:50:51 PM
CNN says 43 dead in US last week from weather.
Global Warming!!!!! Climate Change!!!!
In other news, its raining cats and dogs again.
Same. It's like I moved to India and it's the monsoon. :rolleyes:
Then you better slick back your hair and start DANCING!
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 28, 2015, 04:40:44 PM
Then you better slick back your hair and start DANCING!
I have started using pomade at least. :cool:
Christ it's rainy. I've never seen it flood in winter here. Winter is typically when the river hits a low point and you can see sand bars appear in the middle of the channel.
Will the UK still exist after Frank is done with her?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/12/28/freak-storm-in-north-atlantic-may-push-temperatures-70-degrees-above-normal-at-north-pole/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_2_na
QuoteFreak storm in North Atlantic to lash UK, may push temperatures over 50 degrees above normal at North Pole
The vigorous low pressure system that helped spawn devastating tornadoes in the Dallas area on Saturday is forecast to explode into a monstrous storm over Iceland by Wednesday.
[Nature's startling contrast: Tornadoes torment Texas; Blizzard buries New Mexico]
Big Icelandic storms are common in winter, but this one may rank among the strongest and will draw northward an incredible surge of warmth pushing temperatures at the North Pole over 50 degrees above normal. This is mind-boggling.
And the storm will batter the United Kingdom, reeling from recent flooding, with another round of rain and wind.
Computer model simulations show the storm, sweeping across the north central Atlantic today, rapidly intensifying along a jet stream ripping above the ocean at 230 mph.
The storm's pressure is forecast by the GFS model to plummet more than 50 millibars in 24 hours between Monday night and Tuesday night, easily meeting the criteria of a 'bomb cyclone' (a drop in pressure of at least 24 mb in 24 hours),
By Wednesday morning, when the storm reaches Iceland and nears maximum strength, its minimum pressure is forecast to be near 923 mb, which would rank among the great storms of the North Atlantic. (Note: there is some uncertainty as to how much it will intensify. The European model only drops the minimum pressure to around 936 mb, which is strong but not that unusual). Winds of hurricane force are likely to span hundreds of miles in the North Atlantic.
Environmental blogger Robert Scribbler notes this storm will be linked within a "daisy chain" of two other powerful North Atlantic low pressure systems forming a "truly extreme storm system." He adds: "The Icelandic coast and near off-shore regions are expected to see heavy precipitation hurled over the island by 90 to 100 mile per hour or stronger winds raging out of 35-40 foot seas. Meanwhile, the UK will find itself in the grips of an extraordinarily strong southerly gale running over the backs of 30 foot swells."
The UK Met Office cautions "a swathe of gale and severe gale force winds" may blast parts of the west and northern UK while heavy rains, capable of flooding, drench western and northern Britain. Parts of England, Scotland and Wales are only now recovering from "very serious flooding" over the weekend.
Ahead of the storm, the surge of warm air making a beeline towards the North Pole is astonishing. In the animation below, watch the warm temperature departures from normal, portrayed by red shades, explode towards the Pole between Monday and Wednesday.
It's as if a bomb went off. And, in fact, it did. The exploding storm acts a remarkably efficient heat engine, drawing warm air from the tropics to the top of the Earth.
The GFS model projects the temperature at the North Pole to reach near freezing or 32 degrees early Wednesday. Consider the average winter temperature there is around 20 degrees below zero. If the temperature rises to freezing, it would signify a departure from normal of over 50 degrees.
Scribbler says such an anomaly "reeks of a human-forced warming of the Earth's climate", although some climate scientists aren't convinced global warming is meaningfully impacting these types of storms.
The abrupt warming at high latitudes triggered by this event is forecast to shift the Arctic Oscillation more towards a negative phase, which will favor colder air in the mid-latitudes of North America and Europe in early January.
Update at 10 p.m.: There is conflicting information about what the average temperature at the North Pole is at this time of year. An educational website run by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute indicates it is -40 degrees. However, meteorologist Ryan Maue indicates a re-analysis dataset suggests it is closer to -20 degrees (-29 Celsius). This story has been updated based on the assumption the average temperature is around -20 degrees, meaning the departure from average as a result of this storm would be over 50 degrees (as opposed to 70 degrees as stated when published initially).
We're 3mm from beating our record downfall of 905mm in a year. COME ON RAIN!
You Ohio valley boys best brace for some nippy weather.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 09, 2016, 08:04:08 PM
You Ohio valley boys best brace for some nippy weather.
Just got home from the German Club and it's pouring outside, but warm still.
Got freezing cold yesterday. I was in the hot tub for 30 minutes tops and when I went to shut it down the cover was frozen to the ground. :sleep:
Quote from: Caliga on January 11, 2016, 09:34:54 AM
Got freezing cold yesterday. I was in the hot tub for 30 minutes tops and when I went to shut it down the cover was frozen to the ground. :sleep:
That's awesome.
No, because now I have to worry about the water in the tub freezing up. <_<
Chances of that happening are low, and I reprogrammed it last night to run the circulation pump twice as long daily. I checked it this morning and it was holding at 99 F, but still I worry. :(
Quote from: Caliga on January 11, 2016, 09:56:36 AM
No, because now I have to worry about the water in the tub freezing up. <_<
Chances of that happening are low, and I reprogrammed it last night to run the circulation pump twice as long daily. I checked it this morning and it was holding at 99 F, but still I worry. :(
I remember those days. Granted it very rarely froze in Texas but back when I lived with my parents and they still had a pool we always had to make sure the water was constantly moving so they thing wouldn't freeze during the day or two it would be freezing.
The high today is only supposed to be 33. :mad:
About time winter got here.
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 11, 2016, 10:16:38 AM
About time winter got here.
and how. There's snow on the ground south to the Alabama state line. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on January 11, 2016, 10:07:19 AM
The high today is only supposed to be 33. :mad:
you are colder than us in anchorage :nelson:
Talk to the hand BITCH. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on January 11, 2016, 10:07:19 AM
The high today is only supposed to be 33. :mad:
That's a lot of heat you're pumping into that tub.
The weather in London remains reliably immune to the excesses of extreme weather, as befits the cradle of civilisation. The coldest predicted overnight low this month is a mere -2oC and the wintry weather consists of showers of rain and snow towards the end of this week.
Quote from: Caliga on January 11, 2016, 10:18:00 AM
Quote from: lustindarkness on January 11, 2016, 10:16:38 AM
About time winter got here.
and how. There's snow on the ground south to the Alabama state line. :mad:
We still havent had snow on the ground here.
Only in Blighty:
Quote
Rail operator Southeastern blames 'bright sunlight' for delays
12 January 2016
Rail passengers were told trains were delayed due to "strong sunlight"
Rail passengers were left angry after being told trains were delayed due to "strong sunlight".
Services were disrupted because of the angle of the sun in Lewisham, south-east London, train operator Southeastern said.
It apologised and tweeted: "We had severe congestion through Lewisham due to dispatching issues as a result of strong sunlight."
Passengers also took to Twitter - to share their disbelief at the excuse.
Paul Malyon described it as "the weakest excuse ever".
Rob List wrote: "I can't have heard properly because if I did, I believe my train's been delayed due to SUNLIGHT?!?"
Zuzanna Sojka tweeted: "Canon Street train delayed due to sunlight! @Se_Railway i admire your creativity!"
...
:bowler:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35293133 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35293133)
I remember something similar at home, it can be troublesome to observe signals in strong winter/spring sun.
Here in Bologna it's also sunny and a nice 13 degrees.
Ugh, going home tomorrow and forecast says it'll be minus 5 when I land as if I was flying to fucking Norway. :angry:
Getting cold here, we had some snow flurries and more rain/flurries coming in on Saturday. Still no major snow fall as yet. Getting a bit apprehensive now, as this is the same setup as last year's record snowfall. Last year it was also quiet, almost no snow through January, then the bottom dropped out, or I should say dropped on us, through the month of February and into early March with over nine feet of snow and constant super low temps, often well below zero, for that entire time. Getting oddly nostalgic now thinking about it... :unsure:
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I wonder if the great lakes are going to freeze at all this year.
Map sucks. No snow on the ground here anymore.
78 in Miami. Forgot what it is like to be this warm. :D
Quote from: garbon on January 16, 2016, 02:56:24 PM
78 in Miami. Forgot what it is like to be this warm. :D
It'll be minus 17 tonight. :weep:
The police is desperately trying to get people in from the iced lakes in Copenhagen. It's futile, it's been too many years since they were last frozen so no one can wait till it's safe.
Another double digit frost coming tonight. :(
Quote from: Liep on January 17, 2016, 07:45:34 AM
The police is desperately trying to get people in from the iced lakes in Copenhagen. It's futile, it's been too many years since they were last frozen so no one can wait till it's safe.
Another double digit frost coming tonight. :(
Sorry but we seem to suck out all of the heat from the water before it reaches you. :bowler:
Was under a tornado watch this morning in Florida. Thankfully storms cleared leaving a gorgeous day free of humidity.
:ultra:
Yeah, we got an inch of snow and a little more on the way, and they cancel school. Starting this year they're putting out phone, test message, and email blasts about school closures. Which is great and all but we got calls on our home phone, cell phones, plus texts and emails. And double the number at that because they first announced a two hour delay before they decided to cancel.
Friday looks pretty interesting, weather-wise. I was going to take the family skiing, but oddly enough the weather may prevent us from making the trip unless I can figure a way to sneak in before the heavy stuff hits.
Anyway, I'm working from home every day now so I'm not impacted by the weather. Tommy is very low maintenance so I can work a full day with minimal distraction while he's here. Thankfully Lola's pre-school is still open.
Got a fresh delivery of firewood yesterday. Bring it on, Old Man Winter.
Also this:
Way more than an inch here and it's still coming down. I would guess 4 at this point. More snow here than in Cincinnati just ain't right. I'm gonna need to choke a bitch. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on January 20, 2016, 09:27:41 AM
Way more than an inch here and it's still coming down. I would guess 4 at this point. More snow here than in Cincinnati just ain't right. I'm gonna need to choke a bitch. :mad:
If it's any consolation, you're also supposed to get more than us on Friday.
I don't care as I took Friday off. :cool:
We're supposed to have Snowpocalyse in DC starting Friday.
I am: Not prepared.
This looks real bad, hope the worst stays down in the mid-Atlantic like projected.
Click to look at some maps and explore numerous links.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/01/19/east_coast_blizzard_will_impact_washington_new_york_boston.html
QuoteThis "Blizzard for the Ages" Headed for the East Coast Is Very Much the Real Deal
By Eric Holthaus
This week's blizzard may rival some of the biggest East Coast winter storms in history.
Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
After a record-setting warm spell to start the winter, East Coasters could be forgiven if they started to worry that it was never going to snow again. Fear not, oh dendrite devotees, for Mother Nature has something special planned this weekend.
A few days ago, weather models began to hint at the potential of a major East Coast blizzard. As of early Tuesday morning, those models are way more insistent.
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Since early Saturday, nearly every single run of every major model has shown the potential for a foot or two of snowfall on a track to hit somewhere between Northern Virginia and Boston. What's amazing—perhaps even more so than the impressive potential snow totals—is that all the major weather models are already locked in so far in advance. Simply put: There's definitely a big storm coming, it's just the details that are still being worked out.
Predictably, meteorologist message boards have erupted in squeals of giddy joy, ogling the storm's potential. One leading meteorologist on Twitter has already dubbed the storm a "blockbuster blizzard for the ages." The person who literally wrote the textbook on major Northeast winter storms, Paul Kocin, wrote on Tuesday that this week's storm is "textbook." Another meteorologist called the storm's predicted evolution "perfection."
It's rare to see such a storm modeled at all, but the agreement so far in advance greatly boosts confidence that the storm will actually happen. While it's still uncertain which specific cities will get hit hardest, the bull's-eye seems to be on the mid-Atlantic. The National Weather Service office with responsibility for the Baltimore-Washington area has already begun to warn of a high impact snowstorm bearing "significant travel delays, closures, and threats to life and property." But the storm won't be a slouch in New York City or Boston—a foot or so of snow is likely in those cities, too.
The storm won't arrive until Friday, but the setup is already looking nearly ideal: A strong blocking high pressure center over Quebec will supply enough cold air to ensure that very little of the storm's moisture will fall as rain, and a powerful low pressure center will rapidly strengthen as the storm likely slows to a crawl off the New Jersey shore at peak strength. The result will almost certainly be heavy snow between Friday evening and Sunday morning for much of the East Coast, with an extended period of whiteout conditions and thundersnow on Saturday in the hardest hit areas. Hurricane force wind gusts will increase the potential for large and damaging storm surges along the beaches, combined with higher than normal high tides coming near the full moon.
The same atmospheric forces that have contributed to the exceptionally warm winter so far will help steer tremendous amounts of moisture toward the coast. Climate change and El Niño have pushed water temperatures in the Atlantic to near record highs right now, which could offer something similar to the boost a landfalling hurricane sometimes gets when traversing the Gulf Stream—a rapidly strengthening storm, though with snow instead of rain.
That means the most remarkable thing about this week's snowstorm is the sheer amount of water that will be available to be turned into snowflakes. The latest weather models show around three inches of liquid equivalent falling between Washington and Philadelphia from late Friday until early Sunday. An inch of liquid will usually make about 10 inches of snow, but ratios can go as high as 15 to 1 in storms with fluffier flakes and colder air. You do the math.
Washington Post Capital Weather Gang contributor Ian Livingston notes that there've been only three or four snowstorms since Washington-area weather records began in 1871 with as much liquid equivalent as is currently being forecast—opening up the possibility of a historic snowfall. For perspective, a 1922 snowstorm with 2.8 inches of water equivalent produced 28 inches of snow, the most in D.C. history for a single storm.
A closer look at historical analogues to this week's storm reveals a who's-who of recent mega-blizzards, including a January 1996 storm that ranks as one of the worst snowstorms in U.S. history, a 1983 blizzard during a strong El Niño that paralyzed the Washington area, and the "Snowmageddon" storm of February 2010.
In my winter weather preview back in October, I mentioned that strong El Niño winters like 2015–16 have a boom or bust history when it comes to major snowstorms in the East, depending on what's happening in the Atlantic Ocean. In a major pattern shift, the North Atlantic Oscillation has gone deeply negative in recent days, which favors the influx of cold air from the Arctic and sets the stage for a string of potential storms.
For those of you wishing this storm away, the forecast is a sharp contrast to the late-January blizzard of 2015 that famously spared New York City at the last minute. This week's storm will be a sprawling slow-mover, virtually guaranteeing heavy, multi-inch snowfall across a vast swath from Virginia to New England. So, my advice from October still stands: Buy a snowblower.
Eric Holthaus is a meteorologist who writes about weather and climate for Slate's Future Tense. Follow him on Twitter.
Yup that's the one
Quote from: derspiess on January 20, 2016, 09:12:50 AM
Yeah, we got an inch of snow and a little more on the way, and they cancel school.
A whole inch of snow!?!?! What a terrible catastrophe!
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2016, 01:28:18 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 20, 2016, 09:12:50 AM
Yeah, we got an inch of snow and a little more on the way, and they cancel school.
A whole inch of snow!?!?! What a terrible catastrophe!
I'd take that over mix of freezing rain and snow we are forecasted.
Quote from: katmai on January 20, 2016, 01:43:00 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2016, 01:28:18 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 20, 2016, 09:12:50 AM
Yeah, we got an inch of snow and a little more on the way, and they cancel school.
A whole inch of snow!?!?! What a terrible catastrophe!
I'd take that over mix of freezing rain and snow we are forecasted.
For sure.
Edmonton is forecated to receive 2.0cm of snow - just a shade under an inch. It's chalked up to be a regular winter day.
I know that even tiny amount of snow can screw up warm weather cities who are completely unprepared, but I would have thought Cincy is pretty used to snow.
The snow is not a problem. It is the ice. Hilarity ensues.
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2016, 01:46:54 PM
I know that even tiny amount of snow can screw up warm weather cities who are completely unprepared, but I would have thought Cincy is pretty used to snow.
Nope, remember that a) we don't get a whole lot down here, and b) we hate 'big government', so the end result is: every snow storn is a total shit show.
Quote from: Caliga on January 20, 2016, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2016, 01:46:54 PM
I know that even tiny amount of snow can screw up warm weather cities who are completely unprepared, but I would have thought Cincy is pretty used to snow.
Nope, remember that a) we don't get a whole lot down here, and b) we hate 'big government', so the end result is: every snow storn is a total shit show.
I read that Moscow has 15,500 snow ploughs.
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2016, 03:47:09 PM
I read that Moscow has 15,500 snow ploughs.
Not sure about the county I live in now, but the last county I lived in had two. :lol:
Quote from: Caliga on January 20, 2016, 04:04:44 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2016, 03:47:09 PM
I read that Moscow has 15,500 snow ploughs.
Not sure about the county I live in now, but the last county I lived in had two. :lol:
It's an interesting operation, they go around in large echelons, the collect snow it then scooped into trucks, driven away to sewage plants, mechanically broken up, mixed with the warm waste, which is then treated and discharged into the river. :cool:
I guess with that amount of snow you have to evolve systems that deal with it month in month out.
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2016, 04:28:05 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 20, 2016, 04:04:44 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2016, 03:47:09 PM
I read that Moscow has 15,500 snow ploughs.
Not sure about the county I live in now, but the last county I lived in had two. :lol:
It's an interesting operation, they go around in large echelons, the collect snow it then scooped into trucks, driven away to sewage plants, mechanically broken up, mixed with the warm waste, which is then treated and discharged into the river. :cool:
I guess with that amount of snow you have to evolve systems that deal with it month in month out.
Very elaborate systems. :contract:
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Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2016, 04:30:56 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2016, 04:28:05 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 20, 2016, 04:04:44 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2016, 03:47:09 PM
I read that Moscow has 15,500 snow ploughs.
Not sure about the county I live in now, but the last county I lived in had two. :lol:
It's an interesting operation, they go around in large echelons, the collect snow it then scooped into trucks, driven away to sewage plants, mechanically broken up, mixed with the warm waste, which is then treated and discharged into the river. :cool:
I guess with that amount of snow you have to evolve systems that deal with it month in month out.
Very elaborate systems. :contract:
......
Overly so?
Bureaucrats playing snow castles perhaps? :D
Sun! :yeah:
Feels like a couple weeks since I've seen the sun.
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2016, 04:40:47 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2016, 04:30:56 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2016, 04:28:05 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 20, 2016, 04:04:44 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 20, 2016, 03:47:09 PM
I read that Moscow has 15,500 snow ploughs.
Not sure about the county I live in now, but the last county I lived in had two. :lol:
It's an interesting operation, they go around in large echelons, the collect snow it then scooped into trucks, driven away to sewage plants, mechanically broken up, mixed with the warm waste, which is then treated and discharged into the river. :cool:
I guess with that amount of snow you have to evolve systems that deal with it month in month out.
Very elaborate systems. :contract:
......
Overly so?
Bureaucrats playing snow castles perhaps? :D
It was a joke. :frusty:
Our "elaborate system" is to pile it up in huge piles, then wait for it to melt in the summer. It's about as basic and low tech as you can get.
The last thing you could do with it though is dump it into the river. Mixed in with all the snow are tones of sand and gravel dumped on the streets to improve traction.
Actually, once the snow melts, they just scoop up the remaining gravel, sort it, and dump it on the streets next winter. :lol:
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2016, 01:28:18 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 20, 2016, 09:12:50 AM
Yeah, we got an inch of snow and a little more on the way, and they cancel school.
A whole inch of snow!?!?! What a terrible catastrophe!
No shit. Now when I did venture out to the gas station to pick up emergency supplies (was out of Monster FFS) the roads were pretty bad. But that was just because it was pretty cold and nobody had though to pre-treat the roads (note that they pre-treat them all the time when it ends up raining). The original two hour delay would have probably done the trick.
CNN said the models are predicting 32 inches for DC.
They called school off for an inch of snow. AN INCH.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 20, 2016, 07:26:29 PM
They called school off for an inch of snow. AN INCH.
They actually already cancelled school around here for tomorrow. The roads are totally clear. :wacko:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2016, 06:43:53 PM
CNN said the models are predicting 32 inches for DC.
Got only a half inch or so tonight and the roads looks like this:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
I left my car in the parking garage overnight rather than drive home in that mess. Fuck that shit.
None of the local governments pre-treated roads, so that plus retarded drivers = bumper cars.
Snow predictions for tomorrow are so dire they're talking about shutting Wild Turkey's production line down. OMG BUT WONT SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE DRUNKS :cry:
Much of Massachusetts and norther New England should dodge this storm, except southern eastern Mass south of Boston should get up to six inches. That includes where I am. So far that's the weather report and it could change but the forecasters do think it's more likely to be pushed south and east so we won't have the monster storm that the mid Atlantic states get.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2016, 06:43:53 PM
CNN said the models are predicting 32 inches for DC.
I like to make fun of Americans for not knowing how to deal with snow, but 32" is a fucking lot of snow that would choke any town into submission.
I remember hearing about the great blizzard of '86 in Winnipeg (I didn't live there at the time), and it shut down the city for a couple of days. Total snowfall - 35cm (about 14").
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/from-the-cbc-vault-winnipeg-s-blizzard-of-86-1.2827057
Quote from: Barrister on January 21, 2016, 02:32:40 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2016, 06:43:53 PM
CNN said the models are predicting 32 inches for DC.
I like to make fun of Americans for not knowing how to deal with snow, but 32" is a fucking lot of snow that would choke any town into submission.
I remember hearing about the great blizzard of '86 in Winnipeg (I didn't live there at the time), and it shut down the city for a couple of days. Total snowfall - 35cm (about 14").
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/from-the-cbc-vault-winnipeg-s-blizzard-of-86-1.2827057
I was here in Anchorage for St. Patrick's day 2002 storm which set record with 22" and that shut down city for two days.
Quote from: Barrister on January 21, 2016, 02:32:40 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2016, 06:43:53 PM
CNN said the models are predicting 32 inches for DC.
I like to make fun of Americans for not knowing how to deal with snow, but 32" is a fucking lot of snow that would choke any town into submission.
I remember hearing about the great blizzard of '86 in Winnipeg (I didn't live there at the time), and it shut down the city for a couple of days. Total snowfall - 35cm (about 14").
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/from-the-cbc-vault-winnipeg-s-blizzard-of-86-1.2827057
Hey, we got shit from other Canadians when 116 cm fell on Toronto over a couple of weeks in 1999, and Mayor Lastman called out the army. ;) That's around 45".
Even Alabama may get some traces of snow on Friday evening.
Quote from: Malthus on January 21, 2016, 02:55:20 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 21, 2016, 02:32:40 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2016, 06:43:53 PM
CNN said the models are predicting 32 inches for DC.
I like to make fun of Americans for not knowing how to deal with snow, but 32" is a fucking lot of snow that would choke any town into submission.
I remember hearing about the great blizzard of '86 in Winnipeg (I didn't live there at the time), and it shut down the city for a couple of days. Total snowfall - 35cm (about 14").
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/from-the-cbc-vault-winnipeg-s-blizzard-of-86-1.2827057
Hey, we got shit from other Canadians when 116 cm fell on Toronto over a couple of weeks in 1999, and Mayor Lastman called out the army. ;) That's around 45".
There's a lot of snow, then there's needing to call in the army to deal with a lot of snow. :P
Ugh, I think I'm sick. Going from 70 to 40 in one day was probably not a good idea. :(
While y'all get snow, I get to sweat whenever I step outside.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 21, 2016, 04:19:56 PM
While y'all get snow, I get to sweat whenever I step outside.
Welcome to Texas!
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No. Court order.
Snowing in Bham, I get to leave work at 2:30 :).
Three of my sailors flew early from Virginia and made it home this morning, but seven others are stuck there until at least Sunday :nelson:.
Make Winter Great Again won the WP's online poll for naming this blizzard but they named it Snowzilla anyway. :mad:
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 22, 2016, 03:04:19 PM
Make Winter Great Again won the WP's online poll for naming this blizzard but they named it Snowzilla anyway. :mad:
:lol:
That would've been a perfect name for a 2016 blizzard. :(
After our cold snap it's nice an mild here today 13C, overnight low of 6C. :cool:
Looks like the store shelves are emptying out over on the Wrong Coast.
So how did the Make Winter Great Again storm pan out? Or can't the affected Languishites answer because of power outages?
Projections for NYC have increased to 18-24 inches. It's coming down at 2 inches per hour there.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/winter-storm-live-updates-millions-brace-major-snowstorm-n500421
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I'm working the final calculations on how long this much snow would hide Mom's body.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 23, 2016, 09:11:06 AM
I'm working the final calculations on how long this much snow would hide Mom's body.
That's the spirit. :cheers:
No power outages, but I'm definitely not driving anytime soon.
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Mine's the black in in the middle in the background.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 23, 2016, 10:03:40 AM
No power outages, but I'm definitely not driving anytime soon.
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Mine's the black in in the middle in the background.
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It's just a little shovel work!
Quote from: Liep on January 23, 2016, 10:11:24 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 23, 2016, 10:03:40 AM
No power outages, but I'm definitely not driving anytime soon.
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Mine's the black in in the middle in the background.
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It's just a little shovel work!
You flew to America to help HMB dig his car outta the snow? :cool:
Thanks Liep!
I've got a whole case of beer for helping me out. :cheers:
Of course I meant coming over there and shovelling for you, not just fixing your [img] tags, but unfortunately all flights from Copenhagen to the east coast are cancelled. :(
This blizzard is fun :)
Roads are fine here. Left the house at 6:45 am and the only road that was a little iffy was my subdivision road.
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 23, 2016, 10:36:10 AM
This blizzard is fun :)
Until it isn't.
Have fun with that world-renowned Pepco reliability response time.
Glad I'm not them.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/01/22/blizzard_of_2016_live_blog_winter_snow_storm_updates.html
Quote11:20 a.m. ET: Just as I posted the update below, the National Weather Service in NYC greatly boosted their snow total forecast. A whopping 24-30 inches is now expected in Central Park, where the city's official snow records are kept. At the top end, that would mean this blizzard would become the single snowiest since those records began, in 1869.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 23, 2016, 09:11:06 AM
I'm working the final calculations on how long this much snow would hide Mom's body.
Not long as you guys are forecasted for Rain by like tuesday no?
Coming down hard in the big apple.
QuoteAt 1 p.m., there was 16.5 inches in Newark, N.J., 16.2 inches at LaGuardia Airport in Queens and 14.7 inches in Central Park. Meanwhile, after a midday lull, Washington, D.C.'s official total now stands at 14.9 inches, though nearly twice that has been measured in the surrounding suburbs.
Quote from: Caliga on January 23, 2016, 11:24:50 AM
Roads are fine here. Left the house at 6:45 am and the only road that was a little iffy was my subdivision road.
So you were one of the 85 million Americans 'affected' by this storm.
We just got some flurries here. Biggest problem has been idiots panic shopping and making it hard to find anything you want on the grocery shelves.
Of course, around here, 1 inch accumulation counts as a major snowfall.
Parking area hasn't been cleared, it's windy and still snowing. I shoveled a bit this afternoon - it was at ~17 inches, and it's more now. I'm not going anywhere, but fortunately I've got plenty of beer. :beer:
Quote from: Liep on January 23, 2016, 10:34:24 AM
Of course I meant coming over there and shovelling for you, not just fixing your [img] tags, but unfortunately all flights from Copenhagen to the east coast are cancelled. :(
You could probably come by ship and there will still be snow by the time you arrive. :lol:
Still hoping OPM doesn't screw us over again like they did on Friday.
Quote from: mongers on January 23, 2016, 03:25:34 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 23, 2016, 11:24:50 AM
Roads are fine here. Left the house at 6:45 am and the only road that was a little iffy was my subdivision road.
So you were one of the 85 million Americans 'affected' by this storm.
Yeah, I guess, but around here it wasn't as bad as they were predicting.
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 23, 2016, 05:34:10 PM
Still hoping OPM doesn't screw us over again like they did on Friday.
I imagine they will, unless they expect Feds to commute by ski.
Virginia is already telling people to stay off the roads today, tomorrow and Monday.
Just had a pretty substantial earthquake. Knocked the power out too.
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 24, 2016, 05:47:49 AM
Just had a pretty substantial earthquake. Knocked the power out too.
Power is on here, but yeah was 7.1 about 200 miles from Anchorage.
Quote from: katmai on January 24, 2016, 05:58:52 AM
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 24, 2016, 05:47:49 AM
Just had a pretty substantial earthquake. Knocked the power out too.
Power is on here, but yeah was 7.1 about 200 miles from Anchorage.
Based on the epicenter, and what we felt, Homer probably got knocked around real good.
Quote from: katmai on January 23, 2016, 02:12:46 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 23, 2016, 09:11:06 AM
I'm working the final calculations on how long this much snow would hide Mom's body.
Not long as you guys are forecasted for Rain by like tuesday no?
Shit.
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 23, 2016, 05:34:10 PM
Still hoping OPM doesn't screw us over again like they did on Friday.
How did they screw us over? Closed at noon, shit didnt even start falling until 3ish. Plenty of time to get the fuck out of Dodge.
And a good rule of thumb is the status of DC public transport; if the subway and trains aint running, neither is the government.
Quote from: katmai on January 24, 2016, 05:58:52 AM
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 24, 2016, 05:47:49 AM
Just had a pretty substantial earthquake. Knocked the power out too.
Power is on here, but yeah was 7.1 about 200 miles from Anchorage.
Ugh, almost worse than any real damage is the worried mom fallout. She called me within minutes of the quake (and she is in Seattle, and it was 3am there!)...and spent the next hour texting me links to facebook comments on people's quake reports. My power was out, could not watch TV/play computer games...I just wanted to sleep dammit!
Oh my mother freaked out for my sister but because it was so early instead texted me about it. :lol:
Heh. Biggest problem now is with all shaking seems to have opened crack as woke up to little mouse in house, traps set out and trying to figure out where it got in.
Quote from: garbon on January 24, 2016, 05:43:55 PM
Oh my mother freaked out for my sister but because it was so early instead texted me about it. :lol:
:D
Quote from: katmai on January 24, 2016, 05:44:12 PM
Heh. Biggest problem now is with all shaking seems to have opened crack as woke up to little mouse in house, traps set out and trying to figure out where it got in.
No offence, but man you live in a crazy part of the world. :P
Quote from: katmai on January 24, 2016, 05:44:12 PM
Heh. Biggest problem now is with all shaking seems to have opened crack as woke up to little mouse in house, traps set out and trying to figure out where it got in.
I was surprised...I looked all over my condo for cracks, but didn't find any.
If you want to be all CdM-like, I have a live-capture trap somewhere from when I had my mouse out in MD (he had come in from a pipe hole under the kitchen sink). :sleep:
I've also done the trick of balancing a cardboard plank off the kitchen counter over a wastebasket with success.
Peanut butter as bait works like a charm.
Fall of '14 had an incursion when replaced plumbing and was installing pipes for Washer & Dryer, all the traps had left over from that are old school snap their necks. Went to Home Depot as soon as realized there was one in house. Woke up to dog chasing it around kitchen.
The trap I have is one of these...worked damn well, I apparently had a small family, and it got all three (not at the same time of course) in pretty quick succession. :P
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All three were gently released into a nice, remote part of Fort Meade*. :sleep:
*Ironically, or not, that part of base was closest to the base veterinary clinic and firing range. :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 24, 2016, 06:09:23 PM
All three were gently released into a nice, remote part of Fort Meade*. :sleep:
*Ironically, or not, that part of base was closest to the base veterinary clinic and firing range. :P
Hey, that's on them. You did your part. Welfare to Work and shit.
I have some mouses too. I have no idea where they are coming in.
I have owls. So...no mouses. :P
Had snow on Saturday and below freezing last week, now we have rain and will have around 10°C this week, with a possible peak of 15 on Thursday. :wacko:
It's 13oC here. By the time Jonas hits the UK it will pick up tropical air and come in wet and warm. After it's hit the west of the country and shed the bulk of the rain and wind, by the time it gets the London the forecast is "Breezy with periods of rain". The Met Office has issued a tedious weather warning :P
School children in Hong Kong have been told not to go to school because of extremely low temperatures. It's +8C...
Did mono take a cold day too or is he braving those insane degrees?
Though, it's apparently snowing in Okinawa and that does indeed sound weird. :huh:
Quote from: Liep on January 25, 2016, 06:50:00 AM
School children in Hong Kong have been told not to go to school because of extremely low temperatures. It's +8C...
Did mono take a cold day too or is he braving those insane degrees?
It is the coldest period in HK in over 60 years. Originally, the expected temperature is 3C for today. We unexpectedly got some sunshine today.
Also, not sure if you are aware of this, but most schools in HK have no heating whatsoever. Students are also expected to sit all day. There is generally very little physical activity for young children.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 24, 2016, 09:12:23 PM
I have owls. So...no mouses. :P
Yes, we have lots of dogs, cats, coyotes, owls, hawks, and vultures, so no rodent problems. :)
Quote from: Caliga on January 25, 2016, 11:19:26 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 24, 2016, 09:12:23 PM
I have owls. So...no mouses. :P
Yes, we have lots of dogs, cats, coyotes, owls, hawks, and vultures, so no rodent problems. :)
Your house must be pretty busy. :D
Me, I have a cat.
Neighbors were not so lucky with the county plow this morning--
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Federal offices are closed tomorrow!
Metro is running all lines except Silver on a slightly slower schedule (so in other words, their normal schedule).
Doesn't really affect me, since I'm not a Fed and was planning on teleworking anyway. Not planning on braving the barely-paved neighborhood streets filled with soccer moms driving vans with bald tires.
That New York snow storm makes me want to play the first Max Payne again.
Snow melted here already and I'm back in my spring jacket. :cool:
Some pretty spectacular snow here right now...never seen snow flakes as big as the size of potato chips. :)
Snow is mostly melted here too, after the six inches we got last weekend. And the temps are for above freezing for daytime temps. Some rain today but I don't yet see any snow in the short range forecast.
Quote from: KRonn on January 29, 2016, 09:05:30 AM
Snow is mostly melted here too, after the six inches we got last weekend. And the temps are for above freezing for daytime temps. Some rain today but I don't yet see any snow in the short range forecast.
Hey, you're alive; the snow shovelling didn't kill you. :cheers:
Quote from: mongers on January 29, 2016, 09:10:29 AM
Quote from: KRonn on January 29, 2016, 09:05:30 AM
Snow is mostly melted here too, after the six inches we got last weekend. And the temps are for above freezing for daytime temps. Some rain today but I don't yet see any snow in the short range forecast.
Hey, you're alive; the snow shovelling didn't kill you. :cheers:
I got a brand new snow blower last year before the winter. It was a huge plus having it, a much larger and more powerful one as we went through a winter of record snowfall of over nine feet. That all came in about one month of February. (My old snow blower, which we bought used in the early 80s, finally had given out.)
Quote from: KRonn on January 29, 2016, 10:19:38 AM
Quote from: mongers on January 29, 2016, 09:10:29 AM
Quote from: KRonn on January 29, 2016, 09:05:30 AM
Snow is mostly melted here too, after the six inches we got last weekend. And the temps are for above freezing for daytime temps. Some rain today but I don't yet see any snow in the short range forecast.
Hey, you're alive; the snow shovelling didn't kill you. :cheers:
I got a brand new snow blower last year before the winter. It was a huge plus having it, a much larger and more powerful one as we went through a winter of record snowfall of over nine feet. That all came in about one month of February. (My old snow blower, which we bought used in the early 80s, finally had given out.)
Good to know, though sods law you'll probably not have another snowy winter for a couple of decades now. :D
Lol Mongers, I could wish that to be true! But it won't happen. As it is I'm a bit wary that we'll get slammed with snow in February, just like last year as both years were light on snow and cold temps through January. Then we got heavily clobbered in February last year.
Scipio should be enjoying a nice breezy afternoon right about now. I will get it a bit later this evening. Tornadoes better not cut my power and internet! :mad: New Black Ops 3 maps came out today. ;)
Wind was blowing so hard it knocked out power, not just in the block but the whole town AFAICT.
Temp up to 50. I think I may have survived another Iowa winter.
Very nice weather here, now springs arrived; though we could do with some serious rain. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on March 25, 2016, 06:44:39 PM
Very nice weather here, now springs arrived; though we could do with some serious rain. :bowler:
In the 50s F here (10 C) which seems nice today. A bit cool but nice. We lucked out and missed a big snowstorm last Sunday and Monday, only got a dusting. But predictions were for up to half a foot of snow or more, so many towns closed schools, including Boston.
Gave the lawn its first haircut today.
Quote from: Caliga on March 26, 2016, 05:28:27 PM
Gave the lawn its first haircut today.
I'm not close to giving the lawn its first mowing. Probably about mid April. Going to plant grass in a few bare spots, but I'll do more planting in late summer in areas where I have weeds, to try and crowd the weeds out beginning next spring. Most of the lawn is pretty weed free but I have spots in the back with the tough crab grass that's hard to kill, so the plan has been to crowd it out by planting grass each year. Weed killer doesn't really kill those kinds of weed grass, so this year I might try the stuff that kills everything but be very careful to get as little as possible on the good grass.
As soon as the dandelions pop up, it's time to start mowing. They showed up earlier this week. Yesterday pretty much the entire 'hood was out mowing.
It hit over 70 degrees here this week. In March.
So fucking sick of this fucking place. Fuck.
It's hot today. Had the AC on earlier, but it cooled down enough to open the windows.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 27, 2016, 10:56:39 AM
It hit over 70 degrees here this week. In March.
So fucking sick of this fucking place. Fuck.
Where the hell are you?
Baltimore, numbnuts. Why, where the fuck are you?
Now see, if you'd listened to people telling you to go to North Dakota, you could be enjoying highs in the 50s. :homestar:
Ah yes, North Dakota. Because Languish knows what it's talking about.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 27, 2016, 06:41:13 PM
Baltimore, numbnuts. Why, where the fuck are you?
I though thought you might have moved. I'm still in Missouri.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 27, 2016, 10:56:39 AM
It hit over 70 degrees here this week. In March.
So fucking sick of this fucking place. Fuck.
55 and sunny.
The weather dudes are calling for a possible 13 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow. Gotta love Spring.
Just got caught in a massive hailstorm :glare:
Almost time to start clearing the lawns of debris. In my case, half of a 50 foot tree.
Why the hell is it snowing?
Quote from: HVC on April 06, 2016, 09:10:04 AM
Why the hell is it snowing?
Again.
Spring is: disappointing.
Spring and winter are flipped. I blame Trudeau.
We got a couple of snow storms in as many days here in the North East. The storm on Monday gave us about four inches of snow over night. Fortunately though, by mid day Tuesday roads and driveways were clear, just snow on the grassy areas.
8-12 inches of wet snow overnight. 7220 altitude plus Gulf Moisture strikes again.
Going to be 70 and sunny. Fucking miserable.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 17, 2016, 11:07:14 AM
Going to be 70 and sunny. Fucking miserable.
27 and sunny here. Not sure what that is in Luddite but pretty sure it's worse than your 70.
Max is learning to talk smack. :smoke:
For someone with his education, there really is no excuse for not knowing how to convert between the temperature scales.
Just another pompous cunt overseas, that's all.
Perhaps CDM is made of butter, so he melts at room temperature. :hmm:
It's snowing here. What the actual fuck.
Below freezing overnight here, and commuters were scraping hard frost off their cars this morning. Got up during the night and couldn't go back to sleep because my feet were so damn cold.
Quote from: Zanza on April 26, 2016, 01:09:28 AM
It's snowing here. What the actual fuck.
Yeah, snowing in Western Poland as well today.
I was going to go there, in fact, for the long May weekend (this Saturday to Tuesday) but cancelled the plans as it is just so fucking cold. But was in Paris last week and the weather is peachy. I guess God hates CEE.
More snow. The river is running gangbusters. Just a few months ago they had built plywood sluices to control the pathetic trickle coming through town. Now it's a flood danger. I've never seen Nevada so green. Maybe I'll post pics of the hillsides.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 26, 2016, 04:26:23 AM
More snow. The river is running gangbusters. Just a few months ago they had built plywood sluices to control the pathetic trickle coming through town. Now it's a flood danger. I've never seen Nevada so green. Maybe I'll post pics of the hillsides.
Yeah, that would be nice.
Snowing. In central London. In nearly May.
So much for global warming.:P
Thunder and lightning too now. Un-bloody-believable.
Spring allergies are killing me, so in truth I don't give a fuck about your little euroweenie cold snap. :blurgh: I would burn every tree in the world with nuclear fire if I could right now, warm you all up real quick. :mad:
Cool and rainy in Massachusetts. Possible wet snow a bit further north, especially in northern New England. I don't think I'll see any of it southwest of Boston here.
Beautiful warm and sunny. Summer is coming early. Water restrictions will likely be put in place shortly. The temperate rain forest is likely to be more desert like again this year.
Quote from: Brazen on April 26, 2016, 06:11:18 AM
Snowing. In central London. In nearly May.
You'd think all the hot air generated there would melt it before landing.
It's hot as balls here today.
There, a nice douchebag cunt Max-proof weather update.
Glad to see snow came for another pitiful round.
Hail here. While I was about to emerge from the hairdresser.
Quote from: Brazen on April 29, 2016, 08:35:20 AM
Hail here. While I was about to emerge from the hairdresser.
We had hail, snow and rain punctuating otherwise sunny day. Though it would be nice if the sun actually worked and felt warm...
Been over 80 here for most of the day; too hot? :bowler:
We just had a week of rain, finally appears to have stopped Sunday afternoon. But I think more is on the way over the next week. I've planted some grass, did some over seeding, and got some potatoes planted this weekend, so the rain is fine with me. Also have had peas, broccoli and cauliflower planted for a couple of weeks, and those are just starting to come up. But not even half my garden is planted, but with a cool Spring I won't be getting everything planted for a couple of weeks yet.
Quote from: KRonn on May 08, 2016, 05:36:26 PM
We just had a week of rain, finally appears to have stopped Sunday afternoon. But I think more is on the way over the next week. I've planted some grass, did some over seeding, and got some potatoes planted this weekend, so the rain is fine with me. Also have had peas, broccoli and cauliflower planted for a couple of weeks, and those are just starting to come up. But not even half my garden is planted, but with a cool Spring I won't be getting everything planted for a couple of weeks yet.
:cool:
Good to hear, KRonn.
Over here it's been a fairly dry winter and spring, no longer cool, almost summer temperatures here, it's midnight now and still 68F. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on May 08, 2016, 05:52:19 PM
Quote from: KRonn on May 08, 2016, 05:36:26 PM
We just had a week of rain, finally appears to have stopped Sunday afternoon. But I think more is on the way over the next week. I've planted some grass, did some over seeding, and got some potatoes planted this weekend, so the rain is fine with me. Also have had peas, broccoli and cauliflower planted for a couple of weeks, and those are just starting to come up. But not even half my garden is planted, but with a cool Spring I won't be getting everything planted for a couple of weeks yet.
:cool:
Good to hear, KRonn.
Over here it's been a fairly dry winter and spring, no longer cool, almost summer temperatures here, it's midnight now and still 68F. :hmm:
Nice. You guys are getting nearly summer temps and we're still waiting for Spring to arrive. We did have a few days, off and on of warm weather, but mostly it's been a cool Spring so far as I said.
Current forecast - light showers.
Current weather - thunder, lightning and the heaviest hailstorm I can recall.
I want more rain. I'm planting grass, or over seeding, in some parts of my lawn and more rain would help so I don't have to water. But I'm doing small sections so I don't use that much water. Also have all my garden in now. I water that with a drip irrigation system and it's very efficient in not using too much water. :)
Quote from: KRonn on May 23, 2016, 01:19:11 PM
I want more rain. I'm planting grass, or over seeding, in some parts of my lawn and more rain would help so I don't have to water. But I'm doing small sections so I don't use that much water. Also have all my garden in now. I water that with a drip irrigation system and it's very efficient in not using too much water. :)
Yeah we need more rain here too, been a rather dry year so far. :bowler:
Since I've come home it's been like summer here. Actually, much better than summer, I can't remember another May like this. Is global warming finally coming here instead of just screwing with the 3rd world?
Rainiest May In France I can remember of. It has been raining all day in Paris.
Finally, a lovely, pleasantly warm afternoon. :bowler:
Weekend looking good, gotta get out and about.
It got up to 14 here today...
Quote from: garbon on June 03, 2016, 05:50:19 PM
It got up to 14 here today...
Still in Wales I see. :P
Actually while London went down the drain, I think Cardiff and Scotland had gorgeous weather this past week.
We're suffering from a warmthwave, similar to a heatwave but instead of having to reach 28C for three continuous days it only has to be 25C. Also, there's been almost no clouds in the past week, humidity has been about 60% and there's been a refreshing breeze.
Best start to the summer ever. :yeah:
Quote from: Liep on June 04, 2016, 04:05:55 AM
We're suffering from a warmthwave, similar to a heatwave but instead of having to reach 28C for three continuous days it only has to be 25C. Also, there's been almost no clouds in the past week, humidity has been about 60% and there's been a refreshing breeze.
Best start to the summer ever. :yeah:
[ :bowler: ]
So not ideal for cycling.
[ / :bowler: ]
Quote from: mongers on June 04, 2016, 05:28:16 AM
Quote from: Liep on June 04, 2016, 04:05:55 AM
We're suffering from a warmthwave, similar to a heatwave but instead of having to reach 28C for three continuous days it only has to be 25C. Also, there's been almost no clouds in the past week, humidity has been about 60% and there's been a refreshing breeze.
Best start to the summer ever. :yeah:
[ :bowler: ]
So not ideal for cycling.
[ / :bowler: ]
Even though we're up to 27C today it still felt pretty ideal for my bike ride just now along the sea. :yes:
Quote from: Liep on June 04, 2016, 06:38:47 AM
Quote from: mongers on June 04, 2016, 05:28:16 AM
Quote from: Liep on June 04, 2016, 04:05:55 AM
We're suffering from a warmthwave, similar to a heatwave but instead of having to reach 28C for three continuous days it only has to be 25C. Also, there's been almost no clouds in the past week, humidity has been about 60% and there's been a refreshing breeze.
Best start to the summer ever. :yeah:
[ :bowler: ]
So not ideal for cycling.
[ / :bowler: ]
Even though we're up to 27C today it still felt pretty ideal for my bike ride just now along the sea. :yes:
:cool:
Nice, I was considering the seaside today, but way too many people about, I think I'll go do some shopping, then do an evening ride.
Quote from: mongers on June 04, 2016, 06:46:57 AM
Quote from: Liep on June 04, 2016, 06:38:47 AM
Quote from: mongers on June 04, 2016, 05:28:16 AM
Quote from: Liep on June 04, 2016, 04:05:55 AM
We're suffering from a warmthwave, similar to a heatwave but instead of having to reach 28C for three continuous days it only has to be 25C. Also, there's been almost no clouds in the past week, humidity has been about 60% and there's been a refreshing breeze.
Best start to the summer ever. :yeah:
[ :bowler: ]
So not ideal for cycling.
[ / :bowler: ]
Even though we're up to 27C today it still felt pretty ideal for my bike ride just now along the sea. :yes:
:cool:
Nice, I was considering the seaside today, but way too many people about, I think I'll go do some shopping, then do an evening ride.
That's the beauty of Kalvebod Fælled, it's south of a nature reserve and only reachable by foot or bike. Nobody ever goes there even if it's just a short trip by bike along the channel so it's practically deserted even on an amazing Saturday like today.
It's raining again on a Sunday, July Sunday that is. :frusty:
Bloody English/Danish weather in France!
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 03, 2016, 07:18:51 AM
It's raining again on a Sunday, July Sunday that is. :frusty:
Bloody English/Danish weather in France!
Sunshine here. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2016, 07:20:10 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 03, 2016, 07:18:51 AM
It's raining again on a Sunday, July Sunday that is. :frusty:
Bloody English/Danish weather in France!
Sunshine here. :bowler:
So 12-15 C°? ;)
PS: smart phone says 15° C in Bournemouth with sparse showers :contract:
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 03, 2016, 07:27:18 AM
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2016, 07:20:10 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 03, 2016, 07:18:51 AM
It's raining again on a Sunday, July Sunday that is. :frusty:
Bloody English/Danish weather in France!
Sunshine here. :bowler:
So 12-15 C°? ;)
PS: smart phone says 15° C in Bournemouth with sparse showers :contract:
The BBC begs to differ:
:P
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2016, 07:20:10 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 03, 2016, 07:18:51 AM
It's raining again on a Sunday, July Sunday that is. :frusty:
Bloody English/Danish weather in France!
Sunshine here. :bowler:
Here too. :bowler:
Well, it stopped raining here anyways. :)
Heat warning in Toronto. Too hot :(
It was so humid here last night that when I got home all of the windows were totally fogged over. :bleeding:
I'm working some overnight shifts this week, and this morning when I went to lunch at 2 AM, it was 81F and yeah, really humid.
I don't think it craked 70 today. Overcast with a nice breeze.
Fuck you.
90 Freedoms, 58% humidity, I thought the breeze was enough to walk 9 holes of golf. Dead wrong. Shlepped back to the club house for cart and some barley pop after 4 holes.
It is hotter than shit. And the lawn needs cutting. Time to hire a Mexican.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 13, 2016, 08:02:07 AM
It is hotter than shit. And the lawn needs cutting. Time to hire a Mexican.
I mowed my lawn Monday night when it was almost 90 F out still.
Last night it was like 77. :mad:
Quote from: HVC on July 05, 2016, 01:01:38 PM
Heat warning in Toronto. Too hot :(
Now, it's even worse. :(
Quote from: Malthus on July 13, 2016, 09:24:59 AM
Quote from: HVC on July 05, 2016, 01:01:38 PM
Heat warning in Toronto. Too hot :(
Now, it's even worse. :(
Didn't anyone remind you guys you all live on a continent like, and all that shit that comes with it. :P
Quote from: mongers on July 13, 2016, 12:16:41 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 13, 2016, 09:24:59 AM
Quote from: HVC on July 05, 2016, 01:01:38 PM
Heat warning in Toronto. Too hot :(
Now, it's even worse. :(
Didn't anyone remind you guys you all live on a continent like, and all that shit that comes with it. :P
I hope you grow moss. :mad:
;)
But seriously - it is around 40 C with humidex. That's just too damn hot.
QuoteHot weather moved in Tuesday bringing maximum temperatures of 30 to 33 degrees and humidex values in the mid to high thirties, as well as lows this morning of 19 to 22 degrees. Today will again see maximum temperatures in the low thirties. However, humidity levels will increase bringing humidex values to near 40.
Do what Texans do: stay inside with the AC on.
It hasn't rained today, which I think is a first for this July. Also, it's almost 20 degrees so it kinda feels like summer is closing in.
Quote from: Malthus on July 13, 2016, 09:24:59 AM
Quote from: HVC on July 05, 2016, 01:01:38 PM
Heat warning in Toronto. Too hot :(
Now, it's even worse. :(
just went outside a few minutes ago. Opening the office doors was like opening a fucking oven. And the subway AC sucks, so the trip home will not be fun.
Quote from: HVC on July 13, 2016, 03:06:39 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 13, 2016, 09:24:59 AM
Quote from: HVC on July 05, 2016, 01:01:38 PM
Heat warning in Toronto. Too hot :(
Now, it's even worse. :(
just went outside a few minutes ago. Opening the office doors was like opening a fucking oven. And the subway AC sucks, so the trip home will not be fun.
I learned a valuable tip from the radio: on the bloor-danforth line, which has individual subway cars, always choose either the first or last car - when the AC in individual cars conks out, they always put the cars with working AC in those places.
Quote from: Malthus on July 13, 2016, 01:20:13 PM
I hope you grow moss. :mad:
;)
But seriously - it is around 40 C with humidex. That's just too damn hot.
QuoteHot weather moved in Tuesday bringing maximum temperatures of 30 to 33 degrees and humidex values in the mid to high thirties, as well as lows this morning of 19 to 22 degrees. Today will again see maximum temperatures in the low thirties. However, humidity levels will increase bringing humidex values to near 40.
Wow, the "Feels like" temperature here is only 38 degrees here, even with all the Florida humidity.
Quote from: Malthus on July 13, 2016, 03:15:13 PM
Quote from: HVC on July 13, 2016, 03:06:39 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 13, 2016, 09:24:59 AM
Quote from: HVC on July 05, 2016, 01:01:38 PM
Heat warning in Toronto. Too hot :(
Now, it's even worse. :(
just went outside a few minutes ago. Opening the office doors was like opening a fucking oven. And the subway AC sucks, so the trip home will not be fun.
I learned a valuable tip from the radio: on the bloor-danforth line, which has individual subway cars, always choose either the first or last car - when the AC in individual cars conks out, they always put the cars with working AC in those places.
i go where the conductor or spotter (what are they called?) is usually the working car. But no luck yesterday.
I still live in Florida. It's awful. Right now it's the crotch of satan. At night I look at the price of Puget Sound real estate.
Great.
Reading this thread, right now, we worse than the crotch of Satan. :lol:
... Infected crotch of Saran?
Florida makes my balls all sweaty.
Well I just got back from two hours walking around the neighborhood catching Pokemon with a five year old in 39 Commie degree heat. There was one other guy outside walking on the streets and he was also playing Pokemon GO. :lol:
Let me show you my Pokemans.
Quote from: Malthus on July 13, 2016, 03:50:59 PM
Great.
Reading this thread, right now, we worse than the crotch of Satan. :lol:
Heh, here on the rural coast it's still pleasant, with a constant breeze off the ocean. If Fromtia lives either in a city or inland (or, worst of all, an inland city like Orlando) it's probably pretty miserable right now; and it's only going to get worse.
Massive, near-apocalyptic thunderstorm here last night. Lost power for most of the night. Awoke and surveyed my demesne, and found I'd lost a big birch tree... it nearly flattened by AC outside unit when it came down. :ph34r:
Shit ton of branches down all over the property too. One other tree split but I think it belongs to the neighbor. Dude is like Flanders and does nonstop yard work, so if it's his it will be all cleaned up by the time I get home from work.
I also have two sets of lights in the master bath that aren't working. Oddly the third set of lights on the same switch does work. :hmm: Hopefully it's just a GFCI tripped someplace weird. There is a GFCI in that bathroom and I reset it, and no dice... it powers the sockets in there and they're working.
Quote from: Caliga on July 14, 2016, 09:25:07 AM
Massive, near-apocalyptic thunderstorm here last night. Lost power for most of the night. Awoke and surveyed my demesne, and found I'd lost a big birch tree... it nearly flattened by AC outside unit when it came down. :ph34r:
I just thought of a solution to the birch tree problem. I have a ZTR with a tow hitch. Tie a rope around the tree and then thru the tow hitch, and drag the trunk down the hill and throw it in the creek.
I am: genious. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on July 14, 2016, 02:58:21 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 14, 2016, 09:25:07 AM
Massive, near-apocalyptic thunderstorm here last night. Lost power for most of the night. Awoke and surveyed my demesne, and found I'd lost a big birch tree... it nearly flattened by AC outside unit when it came down. :ph34r:
I just thought of a solution to the birch tree problem. I have a ZTR with a tow hitch. Tie a rope around the tree and then thru the tow hitch, and drag the trunk down the hill and throw it in the creek.
I am: genious. :cool:
What could Possibly go wrong?
(drops gun barrel on foot) :P
MAH BRIGGS AND STRATTON
Very odd weather in Blighty at the moment, 79F in my little office, 76F outside at 1.30 am, with a strong, bone dry breeze blowing in from the continent. :hmm:
The Heat Dome of Doom has settled in. Saturday and Sunday forecast: 98F
Yay. :yuk:
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 19, 2016, 08:53:34 PM
The Heat Dome of Doom has settled in. Saturday and Sunday forecast: 98F
Yay. :yuk:
If I were to go on a shooting spree, it would be in the Pacific Northwest.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 19, 2016, 08:53:34 PM
The Heat Dome of Doom has settled in. Saturday and Sunday forecast: 98F
Yay. :yuk:
Damn. :(
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 19, 2016, 08:53:34 PM
The Heat Dome of Doom has settled in. Saturday and Sunday forecast: 98F
Yay. :yuk:
In Massachusetts and the rest of New England we're supposed to get a nasty heat wave from that same effect beginning Thursday/Friday through about Sunday. It was also very hot/humid here over the weekend and Monday but cooled off quite a bit yesterday and last night. It was actually pretty cool which was a surprise after all the heat. But it is summer so no surprise. Biggest issue is the lack of rain and much of the region is in some stage of drought.
It was horrible today. :yuk:
I had to be in Dayton and it was extra sucky. Fucking cities.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 19, 2016, 08:58:03 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 19, 2016, 08:53:34 PM
The Heat Dome of Doom has settled in. Saturday and Sunday forecast: 98F
Yay. :yuk:
If I were to go on a shooting spree, it would be in the Pacific Northwest.
3 straight day of sun and temperatures above 25C. Summer has arrived and forecasts says it'll stay at least another 2 days before we're back to 15-20C with a continual chance of rain. :yeah:
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 19, 2016, 08:53:34 PM
The Heat Dome of Doom has settled in. Saturday and Sunday forecast: 98F
Yay. :yuk:
It's only been 90 F (32 C) here for the past week. Come to Florida for the refreshing summer weather. :)
Been well over 100F here everyday. Joy! I am headed out to the mountains of West Virginia pretty soon. Hopefully it is cooler there.
Humidex expected to reach 45 C today. :(
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/heat-warning-in-effect-as-humidity-hits-toronto-with-summer-scorcher-this-weekend-1.3690580
That's 113 F for you US types.
Toronto is reaching Oklahoma or Texas panhandle levels of madness: brutally hot summers, brutally cold winters.
Quote from: Valmy on July 22, 2016, 08:59:35 AM
Toronto is reaching Oklahoma or Texas panhandle levels of madness: brutally hot summers, brutally cold winters.
On the bright side, every spring and fall, we get two weeks of perfect weather. :D
Gack.
This is "Punch a Stranger's Baby in the Face Just Because" hot.
"Too hot to fuck" hot.
"Why is My Belt Off Oh Wait I Forgot I Was Masturbating" hot.
Fun fact: my kids sports practices aren't being called off. It's like the Minnesota Vikings training camp out there.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 22, 2016, 09:50:58 AM
Fun fact: my kids sports practices aren't being called off. It's like the Minnesota Vikings training camp out there.
A water break? Water is for cowards. Water makes you weak. Water is for washing blood off that uniform and you don't get no blood on my uniform, boy you must be outside your mind! We are going to do up-downs, until Korey Stringer is no longer tired, and thirsty.
Quote from: Valmy on July 22, 2016, 09:55:11 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 22, 2016, 09:50:58 AM
Fun fact: my kids sports practices aren't being called off. It's like the Minnesota Vikings training camp out there.
A water break? Water is for cowards. Water makes you weak. Water is for washing blood off that uniform and you don't get no blood on my uniform, boy you must be outside your mind! We are going to do up-downs, until Korey Stringer is no longer tired, and thirsty.
Don't forget to lower you head when you tackle!
Already had a talk with a red face coach over that. The kids are 6 and 7, not Jack Tatum.
Today has gotten to a lovely 30C (86F) in Berlin. Perfect weather for relaxing in the park. :cool:
PACNORWEST FTW :blurgh:
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"That's anal sex with no lube hot."
Quote from: 11B4V on July 23, 2016, 12:50:28 AM
PACNORWEST FTW :blurgh:
Fuck off and die in a snowslide avalanche after eating your own feces for 7 weeks.
My glasses fog up when I go outside.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 23, 2016, 05:32:06 PM
My glasses fog up when I go outside.
That's just wrong.
Quote from: Liep on July 23, 2016, 05:50:40 PM
That's just wrong.
It's actually not that uncommon when you go from AC to hot and humid.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 23, 2016, 09:52:24 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on July 23, 2016, 12:50:28 AM
PACNORWEST FTW :blurgh:
Fuck off and die in a snowslide avalanche after eating your own feces for 7 weeks.
Sunny and 69 today, clouds with rain and 63 tomorrow :)
You too, Nanook.
Smart folks would be investing in Alaskan property as the lower 48 becomes a inhospitable wasteland. :P
Quote from: katmai on July 23, 2016, 10:43:32 PM
Smart folks would be investing in Alaskan property as the lower 48 becomes a inhospitable wasteland. :P
Flip that tundra!
For Seedy.
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It got a little warm here today. I didn't do shit. Peaked at 76.
Quote from: katmai on July 23, 2016, 10:43:32 PM
Smart folks would be investing in Alaskan property as the lower 48 becomes a inhospitable wasteland. :P
:yes:
Quote from: 11B4V on July 24, 2016, 08:02:30 PM
I didn't do shit.
And that's any different than when exactly, GS-Theft?
It hit 96 today. So I hid in my basement and fondled some wargames and threatened to punch the counters.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 24, 2016, 08:29:58 PM
and fondled some wargames and threatened to punch the counters.
Hey! Me too!
Still too fucking hot outside. I should have just left the trash cans near the shed. :yuk:
I'm so sick of the nonstop, violent thunderstorms. One woke me up at 3 am this morning.
Instead of trying to discriminate against gays, I wish the Kentucky state legislature would outlaw middle of the night thunderstorms. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on July 28, 2016, 08:53:58 AM
I'm so sick of the nonstop, violent thunderstorms. One woke me up at 3 am this morning.
Instead of trying to discriminate against gays, I wish the Kentucky state legislature would outlaw middle of the night thunderstorms. :mad:
They would probably argue that is what they're trying to do by discriminating against gays. Appease God! :P
Flooding in Maryland is really bad :(
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/01/maryland-floods-men-form-human-chain-to-save-woman-stuck-in-car
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 01, 2016, 12:30:29 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/01/maryland-floods-men-form-human-chain-to-save-woman-stuck-in-car
That goofy fucking broad actually got her pack of smokes and put them in her mouth before she got out of the car, just as the one guy gets swept away trying to save her. :lol:
If it were me, I would've promptly tried to hold the bitch's head underwater.
Finally, a high pressure front moved in and pushed off that ridiculous humidity. :yeah:
Quote from: 11B4V on July 23, 2016, 12:50:28 AM
PACNORWEST FTW :blurgh:
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Jesus. That does look to be the only inhabitable bit of that hellscape :console:
Air conditioning makes my homeland inhabitable :P
There is a reason we are all fat: we never go outside.
I just think of all those poor souls who lived/migrated/developed Texas and the South before the age of air conditioning. And that they usually wore more/heavier/crappier clothing.
Yeah...it's days like this those job interviews in Seattle make me sit in the dark, turning the light on and off and listening to Madame Butterfly.
Quote from: katmai on July 23, 2016, 10:43:32 PM
Smart folks would be investing in Alaskan property as the lower 48 becomes a inhospitable wasteland. :P
Yep, Vancouver is already well out of their reach
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 06, 2016, 09:18:02 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 23, 2016, 10:43:32 PM
Smart folks would be investing in Alaskan property as the lower 48 becomes a inhospitable wasteland. :P
Yep, Vancouver is already well out of their reach
Not out of mine, MY NEW NEIGHBOR BUDDY. :menace:
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 06, 2016, 09:22:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 06, 2016, 09:18:02 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 23, 2016, 10:43:32 PM
Smart folks would be investing in Alaskan property as the lower 48 becomes a inhospitable wasteland. :P
Yep, Vancouver is already well out of their reach
Not out of mine, MY NEW NEIGHBOR BUDDY. :menace:
So long as you promise to keep up with the yard work. The absentee family who bought the house next to me has let their yard go to shit.
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 07, 2016, 06:25:00 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 06, 2016, 09:22:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 06, 2016, 09:18:02 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 23, 2016, 10:43:32 PM
Smart folks would be investing in Alaskan property as the lower 48 becomes a inhospitable wasteland. :P
Yep, Vancouver is already well out of their reach
Not out of mine, MY NEW NEIGHBOR BUDDY. :menace:
So long as you promise to keep up with the yard work. The absentee family who bought the house next to me has let their yard go to shit.
No.
Summer has ended, we've been down to 13-15 C the last few days and today the fall storms are starting. It's too early. :(
Quote from: Liep on August 09, 2016, 02:08:20 AM
Summer has ended, we've been down to 13-15 C the last few days and today the fall storms are starting. It's too early. :(
:(
It's been beautiful over here the last few days. :bowler:
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 08, 2016, 07:11:26 PM
No.
Then you have two choices. Stay in Northern France or.. never mind you really only have one reasonable alternative.
it's too hot. 40 C right now with 62% humidity. was even higher during the day. I hate this country somethimes. too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter.
Quote from: HVC on August 12, 2016, 07:00:18 PM
it's too hot. 40 C right now with 62% humidity. was even higher during the day. I hate this country somethimes. too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter.
Mid-20Cs, light wind, not a cloud in the sky, a perfect summer's day in the England. :bowler:
Fuck everything, fuck everyone.
Fucking 88 here today. FUCKING hot :mad:.
3 inches of rain in half a day. Yay.
Heat wave over, absolutely balmy 72 today. Perfect golfing weather.
Summer beginning to change into Autumn here, though still nice jolly nice weather; high 70s, not humid, refreshing breezes. :bowler:
It was a glorious 79, breezy with partly cloudy skies. Perfect weather to drive the Challenger in. Pop in some Tool and cruise for jailbait.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 21, 2016, 08:29:16 PM
It was a glorious 79, breezy with partly cloudy skies. Perfect weather to drive the Challenger in. Pop in some Tool and cruise for jailbait.
:cool:
First nice day in a while here too. Had brunch at a place right on the Ohio, and then spent most of the rest of the day in the hot tub. :cool:
Texas is just getting pounded by endless rain. Day after day of gray skies and flash flooding is really ruining my summer mojo.
But granted better than day after day of 100F+ temperatures.
Quote from: Valmy on August 22, 2016, 08:22:53 AM
Texas is just getting pounded by endless rain. Day after day of gray skies and flash flooding is really ruining my summer mojo.
But granted better than day after day of 100F+ temperatures.
Have you guys considered moderation? :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on August 22, 2016, 08:27:02 AM
Have you guys considered moderation? :bowler:
Texas Summers don't do moderation.
Quote from: Valmy on August 22, 2016, 08:22:53 AM
Texas is just getting pounded by endless rain. Day after day of gray skies and flash flooding is really ruining my summer mojo.
But granted better than day after day of 100F+ temperatures.
The aquifers down there could probably still use a lot more.
Quote from: Tonitrus on August 22, 2016, 10:28:43 PM
The aquifers down there could probably still use a lot more.
The aquifers in the Austin area are all around their highest on record. The Rain Gods need to spread some love to other parts of the state for awhile.
Too hot :weep:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 23, 2016, 05:59:42 PM
Too hot :weep:
Really, I thought it was pretty nice in England today, you 'elsewhere'?
Quote from: mongers on August 23, 2016, 06:10:19 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 23, 2016, 05:59:42 PM
Too hot :weep:
Really, I thought it was pretty nice in England today, you 'elsewhere'?
London. Unpleasantly hot today very high twenties, low 30s. Sticky. Busy :x <_<
Monique Ming Laven says 77 and gorgeous in western Washington. Suck it bitches.
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Quote from: Sheilbh on August 23, 2016, 06:22:20 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 23, 2016, 06:10:19 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 23, 2016, 05:59:42 PM
Too hot :weep:
Really, I thought it was pretty nice in England today, you 'elsewhere'?
London. Unpleasantly hot today very high twenties, low 30s. Sticky. Busy :x <_<
Yeah the metropolis seems to add a good 3-4C to daytime temperatures and the nights are worse.
Here I had do a trip on the bike and though it was a sunny 4pm and 80-82F for the whole journey, because it wasn't too humid it wasn't that bad. :)
Today was perfectly fine.
Quote from: garbon on August 23, 2016, 06:27:07 PM
Today was perfectly fine.
Admittedly I am in new shoes that I think may not be pinching because they're too small and may actually just be too small. I think this is what it's like to have gout.
Tomorrow and Thursday are where it is supposed to he unpleasant. Thankfully I'm airlifting away to the cooler climes of Edinburgh on Thursday morning.
Quote from: 11B4V on August 23, 2016, 06:23:19 PM
Monique Ming Laven says 77 and gorgeous in western Washington. Suck it bitches.
Yes, let's suck it. Let's suck it, indeed.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 23, 2016, 05:59:42 PM
Too hot :weep:
:yes:
I'm fleeing this late summer comeback.
Apparently 2016 has been the 47th best summer since 1920 but only because of the above average temperature, in sunshine hours it comes in 62nd.
My tube station thinks we are descending into hell today. There was a table of plastic cups full of water for passengers. :hmm:
I've very worried today will lead to me encountering the most dreadful Tube occurrence - the shirtless man.
110F in the direct sunlight here at the moment. :cool:
Quote from: garbon on August 23, 2016, 06:30:05 PM
Tomorrow and Thursday are where it is supposed to he unpleasant. Thankfully I'm airlifting away to the cooler climes of Edinburgh on Thursday morning.
As I sit in my sweat lodge, tomorrow morning cannot come soon enough. -_-
Hot here today.
Windows open. Sheets off. Too hot to sleep :yucky:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 24, 2016, 06:23:41 PM
Windows open. Sheets off. Too hot to sleep :yucky:
Have you tried ctrl+alt+delete?
It is another day in paradise here. But there is going to be a change in the whether for the weekend :mad:
A balmy 14c/57f. :cool:
It has been pretty mild here. Around 20 degrees.
Quote from: Martinus on August 25, 2016, 06:18:16 AM
It has been pretty mild here. Around 20 degrees.
Careful.
The heat came back. 92 and muggy as hell.
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Get a fan then.
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Normally when it's hot out here, about 80-85, I just open the Windows, turn the ceiling fan on. About midnight it, cools way off to just get under all the blankets. I just leave all the fans on till I wake up about 0500. Shut them all off and turn the heater on for a bit.
I hope Mt St Helens cums on you, all squirting porn-like.
I engage the Freeze-O-Tron and set the thermostat to 70. :)
Football practice yesterday in all that heat & humidity was fun. The boys were dogging it during sprints early in practice. Guess what? That means MOAR RUNNING :menace:
Heat got to me today. Walked outside and immediately puked my guts out. Fun part was examining the puke for blood. I think I offended some people outside of Ollies Bargain Outlet.
Hawaii gonna be slammed by two hurricanes in succession
https://twitter.com/ericfisher/status/770424397903593472
We're actually getting some light rain here! I was wondering if it would ever rain again. ;) The state of Massachusetts is in a serious drought. Nothing like California though. For those of us on the big water system from Quabbin reservoir, the lake is in good shape. For towns with wells or their own small reservoirs they've had to put in restrictions, but that seems somewhat normal for at least some of those towns. Such as the town next to mine which has its own artesian wells, they seem to have water restrictions most summers.
Quote from: KRonn on September 01, 2016, 12:21:47 PM
We're actually getting some light rain here! I was wondering if it would ever rain again. ;) The state of Massachusetts is in a serious drought. Nothing like California though. For those of us on the big water system from Quabbin reservoir, the lake is in good shape. For towns with wells or their own small reservoirs they've had to put in restrictions, but that seems somewhat normal for at least some of those towns. Such as the town next to mine which has its own artesian wells, they seem to have water restrictions most summers.
I'd love to give you some of our rain, which has been ENDLESS this summer. :wacko:
Quote from: Caliga on September 01, 2016, 12:22:29 PM
Quote from: KRonn on September 01, 2016, 12:21:47 PM
We're actually getting some light rain here! I was wondering if it would ever rain again. ;) The state of Massachusetts is in a serious drought. Nothing like California though. For those of us on the big water system from Quabbin reservoir, the lake is in good shape. For towns with wells or their own small reservoirs they've had to put in restrictions, but that seems somewhat normal for at least some of those towns. Such as the town next to mine which has its own artesian wells, they seem to have water restrictions most summers.
I'd love to give you some of our rain, which has been ENDLESS this summer. :wacko:
Agreed on that.
Heh, during our glacial winter two seasons ago I wish we could have shipped some of our nine feet of snow to drought stricken California!
Hermine is gonna fuck New Jersey up
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-havent-seen-many-storms-like-hermine/
Autumn is now phasing in and out with the last few days of summer here.
Today was typically early Autumn, early cloud, some drizzle, mild South-westerlies, heavy rain, strong breeze and dry periods later in the evening. :bowler:
Soon, it will be cool enough I can comfortably wear my shoulder holster, to protect myself from white supremacists, separatists and sovereign citizens.
This weather is not helping my insomnia. I just want fall weather to arrive.
It's been the best week of summer so far this year with 20-25 degrees, sun and mild winds. Also forecasts say it'll continue for another week! :yeah:
Getting a warm up for a couple of days, hot and humid, but then more temperate over the weekend. Maybe this is nearly the last blast of summer heat for us. September is usually very nice weather, warm but not too hot, cool nights for sleeping.
Quote from: HVC on September 08, 2016, 12:16:11 AM
This weather is not helping my insomnia. I just want fall weather to arrive.
Hot enough for you? :D
Quote from: Liep on September 08, 2016, 08:11:33 AM
It's been the best week of summer so far this year with 20-25 degrees, sun and mild winds. Also forecasts say it'll continue for another week! :yeah:
Yeah similar here, I need to be making better use of it, instead of being stuck inside. <_<
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 03, 2016, 06:51:29 PM
Hermine is gonna fuck New Jersey up
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-havent-seen-many-storms-like-hermine/
Relax, it did nothing.
25C and a clear blue sky. I'm liking this September.
Quote from: Liep on September 13, 2016, 04:25:22 AM
25C and a clear blue sky. I'm liking this September.
Heading to 31-32 today with humidity. Glad to be at work in the air conditioning.
Just had a nice thunderstorm here. :wub:
Been between 25 and 28 degrees here in Zug. Which would be pleasant, except that I sit in a non-A/C office that gets direct sun from 9 am till 3 pm. :P
Quote from: Syt on September 13, 2016, 06:34:37 AM
Been between 25 and 28 degrees here in Zug. Which would be pleasant, except that I sit in a non-A/C office that gets direct sun from 9 am till 3 pm. :P
:(
another perfect day in paradise :)
So after the lunchtime thunderstorm, rather than clear the air, it heralded the arrival of very humid 85F air. :hmm:
Hottest September day in 69 years. :cool:
Quote from: Liep on September 14, 2016, 04:47:43 AM
Hottest September day in 69 years. :cool:
Yeah same here, yesterday hottest day of this year and hottest September since 1906. :hmm:
Normally I'd just post the image of the comic, but it's really long:
http://xkcd.com/1732/ (http://xkcd.com/1732/)
After a rather hot day we seemed to have had a thunderstorm stuck over the town for the last couple of hours.
Quote from: frunk on September 14, 2016, 07:17:18 AM
Normally I'd just post the image of the comic, but it's really long:
http://xkcd.com/1732/ (http://xkcd.com/1732/)
I was unaware the sabertooth lasted that long.
Quote from: frunk on September 14, 2016, 07:17:18 AM
Normally I'd just post the image of the comic, but it's really long:
http://xkcd.com/1732/ (http://xkcd.com/1732/)
Neat. Yes, there have been changes in the earth's temperature over the last
22,000 years; but it was done at her own speed. What we've set into motion and will be unable to turn back is far too much for the earth to handle.
It is unfortunate that, of all the eras of life on this planet, ours will be the one undone by its own hand. Perhaps the fossil and geologic record will offer a hint to the residents of the next age what not to do.
Warm day today, strong SE winds bringing warm continental air. :hmm:
Odd I thought the Brexit vote was all about getting rid of such European silliness.
The swallows hereabouts seem to have left for warmer roosts, so I guess Autumn is here. :bowler:
We're getting down to the 40s tonight.
Ding dong the summer's dead,
summertime, the summertime
ding dong the summertime is dead
#FuckShitOver70 #AhTheLayeredLook
Shhhh it might hear you.
Supposed to be only 63 tomorrow. Time to break out my old man blanket.
Some peoples' joints pop when a low pressure system is on its way. Ed loses complete skeletal functionality.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 27, 2016, 07:47:35 PM
Some peoples' joints pop when a low pressure system is on its way. Ed loses complete skeletal functionality.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.makeagif.com%2Fmedia%2F1-23-2014%2FiMfglo.gif&hash=5f858fd7067b2a20b00f4719a55be2608759c786)
Seriously, though; since your accident and your Steve Austin frame-up restoration of your leg, how does your leg do when it comes to bad weather?
How about you, Timmay?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 27, 2016, 07:59:29 PM
Seriously, though; since your accident and your Steve Austin frame-up restoration of your leg, how does your leg do when it comes to bad weather?
How about you, Timmay?
I feel cold fronts coming through. And snowstorms and cold are hell on me.
26 degrees today which is a bit much for late September. Apparently it's going under 20 over the weekend, but I have not written off the chance that I might wear shorts on my birthday.
September was warmer than August for only the 2nd time since 18-something. Shame on you, August.
Quote from: Liep on September 30, 2016, 04:06:13 AM
September was warmer than August for only the 2nd time since 18-something. Shame on you, August.
Could well have been the same here. :cool:
And so far October has been pretty nice.
September's nice weather was due to an Omega block.
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Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 27, 2016, 07:59:29 PM
Seriously, though; since your accident and your Steve Austin frame-up restoration of your leg, how does your leg do when it comes to bad weather?
How about you, Timmay?
I can usually smell it in the air. I don't feel it in the leg.
Hurricane Matthew is looking really bad.
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Pretty much sums up this week. So damn hot.
:lol:
Yeah, got up to 85 degrees here yesterday.
It's been low 80s here, which is probably 30 degrees warmer than we would normally expect. Thank goodness Global Warming isn't real otherwise it would be really hot.
*Looks outside*
Yup, still some traces of snow on the ground. It's mostly melted by now but it's barely been above freezing during the day so it's slow going. Probably be all gone just in time for another snow storm.
Our first snow has arrived here up in the Polar Bear playground. :)
Finally: low 60s today, supposed to be in the 40s tomorrow night. Windows: OPEN
38 tonight here. I hurt. :cry:
It was 80 here yesterday, only 73 or so today :(
Winter is here.
71 today in IC. Maxed out my hours around noon and got in 18. :cool:
Finally the British Autumn has arrived; 40-50s, cloudy, drizzle interspersed with rain, oh and the sun setting at 4.30pm. :cool: :bowler:
Last week was gloriously autumnal, then it hit 80. Fucking first week of November, and I had to turn on the AC. Fuck.
At least it fell back into the low 60's here in Ohio. The stinkbugs might finally be in retreat.
Fuck it, I'm going up to the Yukon and freeze my nuts off as a French fur trapper, as soon as I get my certification from the Society of French Fur Trapping Management, with its competencies-based advanced certification process.
It was 72 here today, too hot for November. Of course it was 48 last night so that is okay.
Quite cold in Brighton but at least the sun is out for now.
Quote from: garbon on November 05, 2016, 05:31:56 AM
Quite cold in Brighton but at least the sun is out for now.
Brighton rocks?
Quote from: mongers on November 05, 2016, 07:07:07 AM
Brighton rocks?
It's the English Riviera, isn't it? :)
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on November 05, 2016, 07:18:32 AM
Quote from: mongers on November 05, 2016, 07:07:07 AM
Brighton rocks?
It's the English Riviera, isn't it? :)
That's a moveable feast, heard places as far west as Torquay described so.
Quote from: mongers on November 05, 2016, 07:07:07 AM
Quote from: garbon on November 05, 2016, 05:31:56 AM
Quite cold in Brighton but at least the sun is out for now.
Brighton rocks?
The beach does have an awful lot of them
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on November 05, 2016, 07:52:18 AM
Quote from: mongers on November 05, 2016, 07:43:18 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on November 05, 2016, 07:18:32 AM
Quote from: mongers on November 05, 2016, 07:07:07 AM
Brighton rocks?
It's the English Riviera, isn't it? :)
That's a moveable feast, heard places as far west as Torquay described so.
Does it reach Bournemouth? :P
I think to all intent and purposes its an ironic term, though I think Bournemouth is one of top three sunniest places in the UK, not that that says a lot compared to the South of France. :(
Still pretty cold but unbelievably sunny. I might end up with an autumn tan!
It's been gorgeous, and the experts have said this weekending we're at peak leafpeeping, but the colors aren't as vibrant as they should be because it's been dry. Also, it could stand to be 10 degrees cooler.
Today might have been the first Autumn Texas style day this year. About 18C/64F or so. Nice rain.
Forecast looks like this will continue for the next week or so. I am pleased.
Definitely glove weather now I'm going out in consistently mid-low 40s temperatures. :bowler:
I covered my air conditioner and pulled the fuse today. :)
Quote from: mongers on November 07, 2016, 08:34:03 PM
Definitely glove weather now I'm going out in consistently mid-low 40s temperatures. :bowler:
Pouffe ;) I assume that's just when cycling, I know you're sturdier than that.
3C (37F) when I left this morning. Scarf's out but no hat, gloves or "big coat" yet.
I bet RH is still going out in shirt sleeves, like a proper northerner.
Quote from: Brazen on November 08, 2016, 11:48:20 AM
Quote from: mongers on November 07, 2016, 08:34:03 PM
Definitely glove weather now I'm going out in consistently mid-low 40s temperatures. :bowler:
Pouffe ;) I assume that's just when cycling, I know you're sturdier than that.
3C (37F) when I left this morning. Scarf's out but no hat, gloves or "big coat" yet.
I bet RH is still going out in shirt sleeves, like a proper northerner.
:D
Indeed, just when cycling.
Well yes, RH has everyone beat, saving Tyr and in his case it's genetic. :)
We've had to turn the heating on and start wearing pullovers.........the shame :(
The fingerless gloves are no longer enough and I've found my mittens. Winter has come.
Blizzard warning for tonight.
Articles about remembering to clear the walkway and driving safely are almost beating articles on the election in quantity. #makewintergreatagain
Mild again in England, 12-13C for the next few days. :bowler:
As one would expect, Hamburg is quite chilly at this time of year. Also quite misty/foggy. Makes London look currently balmy and sunny in comparison. :D
Hamburg :wub:
I'm not being a good tourist. I've not yet planned out what I'm going to do with my day tomorrow. Spent too much time worrying about client meeting which was very relaxed and chill. -_-
Quote from: garbon on November 25, 2016, 08:14:11 AM
I'm not being a good tourist. I've not yet planned out what I'm going to do with my day tomorrow. Spent too much time worrying about client meeting which was very relaxed and chill. -_-
Depends on what you want to do. If you want to hang out in the red light district, take a walk to Reeperbahn and adjoining alleys. Some nice bars there. At least there were 15 years ago. :blush: But I understand it's become a lot mofr family friendly.
Nearby, the Hamburger Dom (a fairground) is currently on, with rides and greasy food: http://www.hamburg.de/dom/2611800/aktuelles-hamburger-dom/
I can't think of a must see museum in Hamburg. :hmm:
If you're an early bird you can go to the 7am fish market: http://www.hamburg.de/fischmarkt/
A common recommendation is to take a boat tour of the harbor. It's not too expensive and it takes you through the more scenic aspects of the port. Try to catch a tour during low tide, because otherwise the boat might not be able to go through the narrow canals between the old brick store houses.
While in the harbor you can visit the world's largest model train diorama: http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/
Zanza probably has more up to date recommendations - it's been over 10 years since I've been there. There's probably a Christmas market.
Quote from: garbon on November 25, 2016, 08:07:59 AM
As one would expect, Hamburg is quite chilly at this time of year. Also quite misty/foggy. Makes London look currently balmy and sunny in comparison. :D
Wall to wall sunshine in England today, a somewhat unusual day. :bowler:
Quote from: Syt on November 25, 2016, 08:29:51 AM
Quote from: garbon on November 25, 2016, 08:14:11 AM
I'm not being a good tourist. I've not yet planned out what I'm going to do with my day tomorrow. Spent too much time worrying about client meeting which was very relaxed and chill. -_-
Depends on what you want to do. If you want to hang out in the red light district, take a walk to Reeperbahn and adjoining alleys. Some nice bars there. At least there were 15 years ago. :blush: But I understand it's become a lot mofr family friendly.
Nearby, the Hamburger Dom (a fairground) is currently on, with rides and greasy food: http://www.hamburg.de/dom/2611800/aktuelles-hamburger-dom/
I can't think of a must see museum in Hamburg. :hmm:
If you're an early bird you can go to the 7am fish market: http://www.hamburg.de/fischmarkt/
A common recommendation is to take a boat tour of the harbor. It's not too expensive and it takes you through the more scenic aspects of the port. Try to catch a tour during low tide, because otherwise the boat might not be able to go through the narrow canals between the old brick store houses.
While in the harbor you can visit the world's largest model train diorama: http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/
Zanza probably has more up to date recommendations - it's been over 10 years since I've been there. There's probably a Christmas market.
Hey, thanks for those items. My colleague is taking me for drinks on the Reeperbahn this evening. :cool:
I spent a bit of the afternoon shopping and picked up a hat and a pullover that I should have brought with me. At least now I'll be toasty instead of cold. :blush:
I want spring to return. :(
It's so bone-dry in parts of the upper South that wildfires are burning out of control now. Hundreds of 'em going in upstate Kentucky and Tennessee. Right now Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge up in the Smokies are in the process of burning down. :(
Quote from: Caliga on November 29, 2016, 10:01:19 AM
It's so bone-dry in parts of the upper South that wildfires are burning out of control now. Hundreds of 'em going in upstate Kentucky and Tennessee. Right now Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge up in the Smokies are in the process of burning down. :(
Damn. :(
We've been pretty dry over the last two or three years, this Autumn the usual warm, wet South-Westerlies have been a rarity, just a handful of days, so the meadows hereabouts don't look so healthy.
River is real low, so any rain is just local run-off and the levels drop back within a couple days, rather than stay up all Winter long.
It's been so low that recently a pair of swans decided to build a big nest on exposed gravel beds in the main channel, never seen that before. Currently I'd guess the flow rate is an eight to a tenth of what it should be, for this sort river to be healthy and functioning.
The creek behind my house was totally dry until yesterday, when we had torrential rains for much of the day. Didn't have time to check it this morning to see how it was doing. That creek is fed by a nearby spring so you know the situation has gotten bad when it dries up.
Quote from: Caliga on November 29, 2016, 10:27:11 AM
The creek behind my house was totally dry until yesterday, when we had torrential rains for much of the day. Didn't have time to check it this morning to see how it was doing. That creek is fed by a nearby spring so you know the situation has gotten bad when it dries up.
There's a lot of 'bournes' like that around these parts, though the actual river I live on drains much of central southern England's chalklands so should never run dry, but it's been quite a sorry state recently.
Raining here today and the next couple of days, some of it should be heavy rain. It's been abnormally dry here so rain is good!
First snowfall of the year just started.
Hitting a high of -1f/-18c here tomorrow after an abnormally warm winter so far.
Quote from: katmai on December 04, 2016, 04:52:26 AM
Hitting a high of -1f/-18c here tomorrow after an abnormally warm winter so far.
I know we only just recently got some decent snow (abnormal), but I didn't think the temps were all that unusual so far.
The mid 30's for most of Nov was about 8-10 degrees warmer than avg. not to mention our third year of low snowfall.
Quote from: katmai on December 04, 2016, 06:34:29 AM
The mid 30's for most of Nov was about 8-10 degrees warmer than avg. not to mention our third year of low snowfall.
It was the warmest November we have had
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 04, 2016, 11:45:50 AM
Quote from: katmai on December 04, 2016, 06:34:29 AM
The mid 30's for most of Nov was about 8-10 degrees warmer than avg. not to mention our third year of low snowfall.
It was the warmest November we have had
Don't worry, you'll be saying that next year. And probably the year after that.
Next Thursday they are talking snow. Yay.
I need to buy some salt.
Spent a couple of hours outside in the 2-4C temperatures, not a bad afternoon.
Next week we're getting some balmy 8-12C Southerlies. :wub:
Quote from: mongers on December 04, 2016, 12:19:46 PM
Spent a couple of hours outside in the 2-4C temperatures, not a bad afternoon.
Next week we're getting some balmy 8-12C Southerlies. :wub:
It's a bit cool here, about upper 40s F or about 8C. Not too bad - took a good long, brisk walk, then later working out with my bo staff (indoors else my neighbors would probably be startled.)
Retirement is good but I still often feel like I need to rush and get things done before going back to work. :huh: Guess it'll take time to get used to things, but it feels so good to not have to rush out the door to work. :)
Quote from: KRonn on December 04, 2016, 01:49:21 PM
Quote from: mongers on December 04, 2016, 12:19:46 PM
Spent a couple of hours outside in the 2-4C temperatures, not a bad afternoon.
Next week we're getting some balmy 8-12C Southerlies. :wub:
It's a bit cool here, about upper 40s F or about 8C. Not too bad - took a good long, brisk walk, then later working out with my bo staff (indoors else my neighbors would probably be startled.)
Retirement is good but I still often feel like I need to rush and get things done before going back to work. :huh: Guess it'll take time to get used to things, but it feels so good to not have to rush out the door to work. :)
:)
Yeah, nice feeling.
14 or so today. And windy. The black lady from Oklahoma ringing the Salvation Army bell is not loving life today.
It's been -20c or thereabouts all week. Brr.
Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2016, 03:08:16 PM
It's been -20c or thereabouts all week. Brr.
We're having a warm spell that has us up to 13/14. Woke up this morning and was too warm as I'd left heat on and it was 21 in my bedroom.
Happily come this weekend, I'll be off enjoying 18-20 outdoors. :cool:
Quote from: garbon on December 08, 2016, 03:10:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2016, 03:08:16 PM
It's been -20c or thereabouts all week. Brr.
We're having a warm spell that has us up to 13/14. Woke up this morning and was too warm as I'd left heat on and it was 21 in my bedroom.
Happily come this weekend, I'll be off enjoying 18-20 outdoors. :cool:
The UK finally has you using proper Celsius degrees. :hug:
Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2016, 03:14:23 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 08, 2016, 03:10:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2016, 03:08:16 PM
It's been -20c or thereabouts all week. Brr.
We're having a warm spell that has us up to 13/14. Woke up this morning and was too warm as I'd left heat on and it was 21 in my bedroom.
Happily come this weekend, I'll be off enjoying 18-20 outdoors. :cool:
The UK finally has you using proper Celsius degrees. :hug:
It is terrifying that I've started to think in Celsius without reference to Fahrenheit. My closest ever status to being bilingual. :weep:
Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2016, 03:14:23 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 08, 2016, 03:10:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2016, 03:08:16 PM
It's been -20c or thereabouts all week. Brr.
We're having a warm spell that has us up to 13/14. Woke up this morning and was too warm as I'd left heat on and it was 21 in my bedroom.
Happily come this weekend, I'll be off enjoying 18-20 outdoors. :cool:
The UK finally has you using proper Celsius degrees. :hug:
No, he's visiting Canada for the weekend. :P
Quote from: mongers on December 08, 2016, 03:22:40 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2016, 03:14:23 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 08, 2016, 03:10:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2016, 03:08:16 PM
It's been -20c or thereabouts all week. Brr.
We're having a warm spell that has us up to 13/14. Woke up this morning and was too warm as I'd left heat on and it was 21 in my bedroom.
Happily come this weekend, I'll be off enjoying 18-20 outdoors. :cool:
The UK finally has you using proper Celsius degrees. :hug:
No, he's visiting Canada for the weekend. :P
I think I can only handle Canada when it is a bit warmer. Like November is my cutoff as that's enough cold for me.
Getting down around 0C/32F for the first time this season tonight. It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.
Today was miserable. 25F, windy and snow flurries. Which blew right in my face. Yay.
That gets me so hard. I know it's coming. And so will I.
When I woke up today it was -17 in Laramie...
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
We're supposed to have 10C today which is rather unseasonably warm.
It's in the 30s or maybe hit 40F, 0-5C. It was supposed to be windy but early morning it wasn't yet windy so I finished raking the leaves in my yard, got the last of it done, before the wind kicked up. Had to wait for one neighbor's tree to finish dropping leaves else I would have been done a week or two ago.
Sitting outside in my shorts. I'm beginning to have thoughts echoing my one client who wondered why I left California.
Quote from: garbon on December 11, 2016, 01:03:57 PM
Sitting outside in my shorts. I'm beginning to have thoughts echoing my one client who wondered why I left California.
Because you're an adult with a career?
There are market research firms in California.
I understand there's a big alternative lifestyle community out there, too. Apparently minorities as well.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2016, 02:31:16 PM
I understand there's a big alternative lifestyle community out there, too. Apparently minorities as well.
It is a pretty good state.
Make Winter Great Again!
QuoteURGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
223 PM EST SUN DEC 11 2016
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM
EST MONDAY...
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MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST MONDAY.
* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS A
BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...THEN QUICKLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE-TENTH INCH.
* TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM
IN THE ADVISORY AREA...THEN CONTINUE AS FREEZING RAIN THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS DUE TO ICE.
* WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Looks like Funk is getting Monday off. :mad:
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 11, 2016, 04:43:43 PM
Looks like Funk is getting Monday off. :mad:
You know how it works; OPM doesn't know that until about 5:45 AM tomorrow morning.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2016, 04:48:20 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 11, 2016, 04:43:43 PM
Looks like Funk is getting Monday off. :mad:
You know how it works; OPM doesn't know that until about 5:45 AM tomorrow morning.
And if they shut down, but it ends up being nothing this time...when the next Snowmageddon comes: NO DELAYS.
I am in fucking agony. My knees, legs and ankles hurt.
FUCKING WINTER
It's pouring here. No snow though. :cool:
It's going to get below 50 here tonight.
And we are back to it being warm again. Ah well. Come on Great Plains we want another front!
It felt positively balmy today when I stepped out of my door at -14 (6f). :cool:
Then I went around the corner into the wind where it apparently feels like -24c (-11f).
Yay! 2 inches of snow tomorrow and sleet! HAY KIDS, DAY OFF.
I ain't getting out.
It only got up to 59 here today :(
Stickied the weather thread?
We have truly become a collection of nattering old people. :(
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2016, 09:16:55 PM
I am in fucking agony. My knees, legs and ankles hurt.
FUCKING WINTER
You should move to Texas.
Started off early with some decent-looking snow-- then turned to rain. Some winter storm this turned out to be :angry:
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 13, 2016, 12:48:35 AM
We have truly become a collection of nattering old people. :(
nattering nabobs of negativism? :hmm:
81 degrees F, sunny, sitting on the beach. :)
Going back to Michigan next week. :(
Unpinning the thread.
In the free marketplace of threads, threads will rise and sink based as all threads compete based on their merits.
Besides... global warming is not fact based, so the weather should remain uncontroversial for at least the next four years.
Quote from: Jacob on December 13, 2016, 01:35:13 PM
Unpinning the thread.
In the free marketplace of threads, threads will rise and sink based as all threads compete based on their merits.
Besides... global warming is not fact based, so the weather should remain uncontroversial for at least the next four years.
:cool:
This editorial decision has been welcomed by our sponsors; who they are, I have no idea.
Today, wet, mild but muddy everywhere, on the roads, outside the house, on shoes.
In the last week I've gone from wearing activity boots both outdoors and inside*, to donning wellingtons, plimsolls and slippers. :bowler:
* Different types and pairs.
0f (no idea what in Celsius you wankers) and ice fog for two days in row.
Quote from: Jacob on December 13, 2016, 01:35:13 PM
Unpinning the thread.
In the free marketplace of threads, threads will rise and sink based as all threads compete based on their merits.
Besides... global warming is not fact based, so the weather should remain uncontroversial for at least the next four years.
Lol, somebody's been reading up on pharmaceuticals
Quote from: katmai on December 13, 2016, 04:33:01 PM
0f (no idea what in Celsius you wankers) and ice fog for two days in row.
I tested it, it was faster to google "0f to c" and write out the result than to write "(no idea what in Celsius you wankers)".
Stop microagressing katmai's Mexican siesta culture.
Quote from: Liep on December 13, 2016, 06:23:47 PM
Quote from: katmai on December 13, 2016, 04:33:01 PM
0f (no idea what in Celsius you wankers) and ice fog for two days in row.
I tested it, it was faster to google "0f to c" and write out the result than to write "(no idea what in Celsius you wankers)".
I was on iphone in car in parking lot you danish boob.
Fuck Celsius.
Anyways, the 2 inches turned into 4 of the heavy wet snow. Of course, I get hit by a kajbillion snowballs. EVERYBODY IS GROUNDED.
Headlines in Denmark: (in order of font size) 15% chance of a white Christmas, Handball Euros, some politician who's made himself unpopular, political bickering about who's to blame for Aleppo, the tragedy in Aleppo.
WEATHER RULES SUPREME! :yeah:
Wind chill around 10 below.
Quote from: Liep on December 15, 2016, 05:06:40 AM
political bickering about who's to blame for Aleppo, the tragedy in Aleppo.
I don't get the hand wringing over Aleppo. This war has lasted over five years and something like a half million people have been killed. The only way to stop the killing is to engage in it ourselves in a big way and take responsibility for the outcome, something none of us have the will or desire to do.
Quote from: Valmy on December 15, 2016, 10:38:52 AM
Quote from: Liep on December 15, 2016, 05:06:40 AM
political bickering about who's to blame for Aleppo, the tragedy in Aleppo.
I don't get the hand wringing over Aleppo. This war has lasted over five years and something like a half million people have been killed. The only way to stop the killing is to engage in it ourselves in a big way and take responsibility for the outcome, something none of us have the will or desire to do.
That's some nasty weather you have there. ;)
Ooops I meant to delete that and then repost in the other thread when I realized this was the weather thread. I did the reposting thing but forgot the deleting thing :P
The weather does suck. It all depends on those stupid northern fronts coming down from the evil land of Manitoba. It warms up then gets cold then warms up again and then gets cold. Back and forth. Driving me nuts.
So here is the forecast for tomorrow:
High: 80F/27C
Low: 24F/-4C
Because it is December in Texas!
So how should I dress guys? :P
Quote from: Valmy on December 15, 2016, 04:31:38 PM
Ooops I meant to delete that and then repost in the other thread when I realized this was the weather thread. I did the reposting thing but forgot the deleting thing :P
The weather does suck. It all depends on those stupid northern fronts coming down from the evil land of Manitoba. It warms up then gets cold then warms up again and then gets cold. Back and forth. Driving me nuts.
Manitoba is a wonderful land of goodness and hockey. :mad:
Forecast for tonight is -31c/-24f. With windchill it'll feel like -40c/-40f.
Good night to stay in and cuddle under a blanket with Mrs B I think. :)
That magical temperature where Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same.
Quote from: Valmy on December 16, 2016, 10:53:26 AM
So here is the forecast for tomorrow:
High: 80F/27C
Low: 24F/-4C
Because it is December in Texas!
So how should I dress guys? :P
Like you're driving to the store for bottled water in Corpus Christi.
Cold here today, around 0F or -18C. Very windy yesterday and last night, but the wind has died down a little but very cold.
My first day in SD without any work to do. Torrential downpours. :)
Quote from: garbon on December 16, 2016, 02:53:56 PM
My first day in SD without any work to do. Torrential downpours. :)
For the first time in months I got caught in a rain shower yesterday, only one of the day too; guess it's been a rather dry autumn/winter so far. :bowler:
We're getting a mix of snow and rain this weekend, probably a few inches of snow where I am then it'll turn to rain. Sunday will be warm, in the 50sF, 10-13C. Then cool or cold again next week. So far this winter no significant snow storms. We've just had some bare coverings of snow that melted or was washed away by rain.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2016, 11:25:13 AM
Like you're driving to the store for bottled water in Corpus Christi.
Eh the weather is more consistent down by the coast.
Quote from: Valmy on December 16, 2016, 08:00:16 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2016, 11:25:13 AM
Like you're driving to the store for bottled water in Corpus Christi.
Eh the weather is more consistent down by the coast.
Shut up.
Yay. Freezing rain. Total mess out there right now.
Asian chicks and overweight black women, start your engines!
:yes:
My cop bros says every idiot is out on the road right now.
I believe I shall fire up the Jeep and slap on my dash cam, and see what's what out in the wilderness.
Seedy's Russian dash cam homage. :lol:
Overturned trailer full of live cows? An airliner sliding off the runway? Drunks and power lines? I should only be so lucky.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 17, 2016, 10:44:51 AM
Overturned trailer full of live cows? An airliner sliding off the runway? Drunks and power lines? I should only be so lucky.
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Quote from: garbon on December 16, 2016, 02:53:56 PM
My first day in SD without any work to do. Torrential downpours. :)
What are you doing in South Dakota? :)
/la croix
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/17/snow-baltimore-traffic-accident-virginia-ohio
QuoteGas tanker explosion in Baltimore kills two amid winter weather in eastern US
Got any footage, Seedy? :unsure:
I should be so lucky.
No, all I really got was a scared old person in Chrysler who needed to straddle both lanes.
Quote from: Syt on December 17, 2016, 12:42:29 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/17/snow-baltimore-traffic-accident-virginia-ohio
QuoteGas tanker explosion in Baltimore kills two amid winter weather in eastern US
Got any footage, Seedy? :unsure:
That strip of I-95 is one long bridge.
(https://hips.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/cz4rqkeuqaaewvp-1481986640.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=768:*)
That big white building in the background is the old Montgomery Ward distribution center; nothing but docks and even a rail line. My Dad remembers picking up a refrigerator there. :lol:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Ward_Warehouse_and_Retail_Store
You can see it in the background in old NFL Films footage of Johnny Unitas and Raymond Berry playing catch in Morrell Park. Sat empty for decades, and I always thought it would be a badass condo development.
It's supposed to warm up to +1 tomorrow. :mad:
Quote from: Barrister on December 17, 2016, 05:30:19 PM
It's supposed to warm up to +1 tomorrow. :mad:
yeah 33 here today and freezing rain to coat our 3 inches of snow.
We got about four inches of snow, first snowfall of the winter that I had to use the snow blower on. It was supposed to turn to rain earlier on but I don't think the rain got here as early as predicted, so we got the snow. Going to be warm tomorrow Sunday, in the 50sF, 10-13C, and some of this will melt but next week will be cold over all leading up to Christmas weekend.
Ahhh fuck it went from ~75 to "feels like 27" in like 3 hours. I need to move further south.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 18, 2016, 12:24:48 AM
Ahhh fuck it went from ~75 to "feels like 27" in like 3 hours. I need to move further south.
I know. Went from sweating to freezing my balls off.
And of course it happens the night we had put aside to go to the winter carnival. But then it seems like I am freezing there every year. Good times.
Quote from: katmai on December 17, 2016, 07:39:52 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 17, 2016, 05:30:19 PM
It's supposed to warm up to +1 tomorrow. :mad:
yeah 33 here today and freezing rain to coat our 3 inches of snow.
Good thing I am down in Seattle for the holidays. :P
The 2nd ice storm turned my driveway into a skating rink. After salting it, decided not to risk going out.
Good weather to stay in and play Master of Orion. :)
Quote from: Valmy on December 18, 2016, 01:09:14 AM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 18, 2016, 12:24:48 AM
Ahhh fuck it went from ~75 to "feels like 27" in like 3 hours. I need to move further south.
I know. Went from sweating to freezing my balls off.
And of course it happens the night we had put aside to go to the winter carnival. But then it seems like I am freezing there every year. Good times.
I don't mind the chance to put on long pants for a few days.
It was *gasp* 34 here this morning. I didn't move far enough away.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on December 18, 2016, 10:32:18 PM
I don't mind the chance to put on long pants for a few days.
How cold do you need it to be to wear long pants?
Under 60.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on December 19, 2016, 09:02:14 AM
Under 60.
Really? Some southerner you are. Still below 30 is a bit much yes? :P
But then I wear long pants basically every day. Because I work in an office.
More snow?
I was promised rain. Where's my rain?
Started the day out yesterday in Richmond. It was close to 60 when I left. When I got out to gas up in Beckley, WV I started swearing something FIERCE. :mad:
Hey look here is a picture of the Manitoban Cold Front that hammered Texas this weekend.
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/15493480_1219861084775323_3133796474317993851_o.jpg?oh=d45a1d5e10909fa8a96aa488ba4c47e1&oe=58DEC86A)
On the light end it is 75F/24C on the dark end it is 28F/-2C.
Needs more flags.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 19, 2016, 11:08:58 AM
Needs more flags.
VW Dealerships need to assure us Texans they are not Nazi agents.
Quote from: Jacob on December 19, 2016, 10:38:29 AM
More snow?
I was promised rain. Where's my rain?
All the rain is down here in the tropical paradise of Seattle. :P
It's supposed to hit +4 here today. :ultra:
I'm outside, getting my body temp reregulated, because of all the space heaters being used by women dressed in inappropriately light clothing think "it's too cold in here."
Quote from: Valmy on December 19, 2016, 11:07:30 AM
Hey look here is a picture of the Manitoban Cold Front that hammered Texas this weekend.
On the light end it is 75F/24C on the dark end it is 28F/-2C.
Weather Underground is saying some place out in West Texas called Denver City had a 36 degree temperature drop in 10 minutes with 46mph wind. Sounds fun.
Aleppo gets snow for Christmas but we don't? Not fair.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fichef.bbci.co.uk%2Fnews%2F624%2Fcpsprodpb%2F385A%2Fproduction%2F_93062441_0f5296a5-d956-4ed4-b692-0edf8962aecc.jpg&hash=0adddfa6f59f64133a573dc779514b0e24923553)
Pretty balmy today in Ioway. Feels like 35 freedoms or so.
The temperature in my basement (where my office is) got above 60F today :showoff:
Quote from: Liep on December 21, 2016, 04:01:10 PM
Aleppo gets snow for Christmas but we don't? Not fair.
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when it rains it pours... or in this case snows
65 and sunny here in Santa Cruz. The only white this Christmas will be the ash coming off the spliffs.
It may be sadly only 60 in the desert but this rental house oddly has pool heat cranked up to jacuzzi like temps. Christmas pool party tomorrow! :w00t:
It only got to 53 today. The palm trees are sad.
Quote from: PDH on December 24, 2016, 11:50:12 PM
It only got to 53 today. The palm trees are sad.
In the low 60s here in the original Hampshire. :bowler:
About 10 degrees here, almost feels like t-shirt weather.
Quote from: Liep on December 25, 2016, 11:34:57 AM
About 10 degrees here, almost feels like t-shirt weather.
Yeah, it's been nice cycling weather the last few days. :)
Got the AC and fans running. Christmas in Texas. :alberta:
Had some champagne ( yes Joan and Duc, ive heard that veuve clicquot qualifies as one) and a swim this morning. :cool:
Hurricane warning! Merry Christmas!
Christmas day was cool but not bad, in the 40sF, 4C and up. Today is the same - it feels kind of warm with the bright sunshine. Doesn't look like any big storms coming in the next week, maybe just smaller stuff.
Heard on NPR that the Dakotas either got a foot of snow or an inch ice.
I really hate ice.
I enjoyed the 65 degree weather today.
I wore shorts and a T shirt today. Crazy warm this weekend.
It's a clear blue sky for the first time in many weeks and it's still somehow snowing. :huh:
Quote from: Liep on January 02, 2017, 07:36:11 AM
It's a clear blue sky for the first time in many weeks and it's still somehow snowing. :huh:
:lol:
Don't you just love Denmark?
It's amazing how warm -12c can feel after several days of -20. It felt positively balmy waiting for the bus this morning. :cool:
Quote from: Barrister on January 04, 2017, 11:47:08 AM
It's amazing how warm -12c can feel after several days of -20. It felt positively balmy waiting for the bus this morning. :cool:
[Garbon]
Poors. :(
[/Garbon]
Quote from: mongers on January 04, 2017, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 04, 2017, 11:47:08 AM
It's amazing how warm -12c can feel after several days of -20. It felt positively balmy waiting for the bus this morning. :cool:
[Garbon]
Poors. :(
[/Garbon]
:yes:
If it isn't a bus in London, I'm unlikely to take it. Bus people...:x
Quote from: garbon on January 04, 2017, 01:13:19 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 04, 2017, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 04, 2017, 11:47:08 AM
It's amazing how warm -12c can feel after several days of -20. It felt positively balmy waiting for the bus this morning. :cool:
[Garbon]
Poors. :(
[/Garbon]
:yes:
If it isn't a bus in London, I'm unlikely to take it. Bus people...:x
When I realized that the cost of a transit pass was less than the tax I had to pay for my downtown parking spot, never mind everything I had to pay in gas and maintenance, I realized I could put up with "bus people". :)
Besides, most of my commute is by train, I just take a 10 minute bus ride to get to the train station.
Quote from: garbon on January 04, 2017, 01:13:19 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 04, 2017, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 04, 2017, 11:47:08 AM
It's amazing how warm -12c can feel after several days of -20. It felt positively balmy waiting for the bus this morning. :cool:
[Garbon]
Poors. :(
[/Garbon]
:yes:
If it isn't a bus in London, I'm unlikely to take it. Bus people...:x
Considering where Beebs lives, the bus people are other white commuters.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 04, 2017, 02:34:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 04, 2017, 01:13:19 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 04, 2017, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 04, 2017, 11:47:08 AM
It's amazing how warm -12c can feel after several days of -20. It felt positively balmy waiting for the bus this morning. :cool:
[Garbon]
Poors. :(
[/Garbon]
:yes:
If it isn't a bus in London, I'm unlikely to take it. Bus people...:x
Considering where Beebs lives, the bus people are other white commuters.
The annoying ones are the high school students. I frequently have to gesture to some kid to move his bag so I can sit down when the bus is very obviously full. Plus when I get off the bus at the LRT station, there is usually a crowd of high schoolers waiting and pushing to get on - sometimes pushing their way on when people are still trying to get out. I've firmly told a few of them to "wait for people to get off" several times. <_<
You've entered old man territory. Congrats!
Yeah it's hard to get off when pressed up against overeager teenagers.
I'm surprised Beeb's cow town has a train.
I do miss my train ride. Bit of a pain when it rained and broke down or ran late, but that ride home to be able to decompress was sooo worth it. Leaving a stressful job to deal with an even more stressful commute home totally sucks.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 04, 2017, 03:28:18 PM
I'm surprised Beeb's cow town has a train.
:mad:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_Light_Rail_Transit
It's one of the few things I really like about Edmonton. The LRT is great - the station is a short bus ride from my house, and downtown there's a tunnel that goes directly from the underground station right to my building.
1-4 inches expected tomorrow. Several grocery stores are on fire, after being looted of bread, milk and toilet paper.
Yeah, they're calling for "an inch or two" Thursday night into Friday morning. Which means it will wreak more havoc for drivers than an 8 inch snowfall. The first flakes of the season always wipe out the first flakes of the season.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 04, 2017, 10:23:18 PM
The first flakes of the season always wipe out the first flakes of the season.
It's too bad they've already bred by this point, otherwise it wouldn't keep happening.
Quote from: The Brain on January 04, 2017, 03:26:35 PM
Yeah it's hard to get off when pressed up against overeager teenagers.
I bet they're dirty, too.
Finally the mild Southerly/South-westerlies have arrived from the Atlantic. :relief:
Finally the vicious 20 below wind chills have moved on. <_<
Thursday it was -40 in Laramie.
I chuckled.
Quote from: PDH on January 07, 2017, 04:42:37 PM
Thursday it was -40 in Laramie.
I chuckled.
Nice move. :D
Lots of flooding. (http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2017/01/08/flood-update-avalanche-and-flood-warnings-effect/96313564/) There was a 200% snow pack this week and now it's raining. The Governor is doing interviews in downtown Reno under an umbrella. :P
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 07, 2017, 04:38:38 PM
Finally the vicious 20 below wind chills have moved on. <_<
Spoke too soon. <_<
Feels like winter. Finally.
All you 'Winter is fun!" faggots can go eat a dick.
Winter here is mid-50s and rain. The palm trees are sad when it is clear, it gets down to the 40s overnight then, but luckily it rises close to the mid 50s by lunch.
So this weekend it was down to 20F/-7C with a strong wind. By Wednesday it will be up to 80F/27C. Texas winter man. Keep your summer clothes available.
I will always remember that morning in the 90s where I came to drive to work on a warm morning in my shorts and T-Shirt but first had to scrap the ice off my car.
Yay! A thunderstorm is moving through. So, according to the shitshow that is my life now, it'll knock power out for a week.
It has rained about 6 inches here so far this month - about 18 inches in the coastal mountains. The Sierra have been pummeled - Snow, rain, blizzard in that order. Last night it snowed 48 inches outside of South Lake Tahoe. They are flooding the emergency areas north of Sacramento now, too much too soon for the resevoirs.
At least the snowpack is above normal for this time of year. I am in California now, I watch the water level.
Speaking of the Sierras, you know if they still have the signs up on the Interstate that says "Truckers, cool your jets!" :lol:
It's-24c tonight. Power just went off throughout our whole neighbourhood.
Will the power come back before our house becomes too cold to stay in? Check in tomorrow morning to find out!
Sounds like it's about time to gut the wife open and put the kid inside to stay warm until OH LIGHTS ARE BACK ON HI SWEETIE
It's 9pm, powers been out for 90 minutes.
Scratch that power just came on.
Quote from: Barrister on January 10, 2017, 10:15:05 PM
It's-24c tonight. Power just went off throughout our whole neighbourhood.
Will the power come back before our house becomes too cold to stay in? Check in tomorrow morning to find out!
why I'm glad have natural gas.
It is suppose to be really cold (-40 to 50's in interior, -10 to 20's here) across Alaska next week, so y'all have fun two weeks from
Now.
Quote from: katmai on January 10, 2017, 11:11:31 PM
why I'm glad have natural gas.
Amen to that. My condo has a weird natural gas system, but at least when I lose power, I have heat and hot water.
What kind of heating system do you have Beiber?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 10, 2017, 11:17:46 PM
What kind of heating system do you have Beiber?
Natural gas, but thermostat and forced air all run on electricity. I don't know how they'd work otherwise - sure maybe the furnace can turn on, but without the fans it would do nothing to heat the house.
It was a good reminder about the value of getting to bed early though. Since there was nothing really to do, I was in bed ready to go to sleep when I was typing that last message on my phone and the power came back on. I did get up and watch a bit of tv, but I was still in bed, light out at 10, and I feel pretty darn good this morning as a result. :)
Quote from: PDH on January 10, 2017, 09:59:13 PM
It has rained about 6 inches here so far this month - about 18 inches in the coastal mountains. The Sierra have been pummeled - Snow, rain, blizzard in that order. Last night it snowed 48 inches outside of South Lake Tahoe. They are flooding the emergency areas north of Sacramento now, too much too soon for the resevoirs.
At least the snowpack is above normal for this time of year. I am in California now, I watch the water level.
There's this road called Henness Pass that goes over the mountains. It's not actually a road anymore, but the old Wells Fargo stagecoach trail. This summer I drove the entire thing from Verdi to Camptonville over the mountains. Some of the trail is ok and used by loggers, but other parts are definitely not something you can take the family camry through. Anyway, with these storms recently I-80 has been closed. Apparently peoples' GPS devices are telling them to take Henness Pass as an alternate route and they are getting stuck up there. The authorities are tired of having to rescue people, sometimes by helicopter. :P Now all the local news stations are telling people not to try going that way.
Non-sticking snow in London right now. <_<
Happy to be heading West on Saturday. :)
This FedEx driver...
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article126093064.html
Was in Chicago for most of the week. It was above freezing and raining most of the time.
Got back to Louisville and it was just shy of 70F. :wacko:
Yeah it is now 60 degrees warmer here than it was this weekend.
Quote from: Valmy on January 12, 2017, 03:39:16 PM
Yeah it is now 60 degrees warmer here than it was this weekend.
It was weird walking a block in Chicago without a coat, in January, and not being cold.
It's supposed to go above freezing starting on the weekend. Hey I don't like this 20 below crap, but nobody wants melting snow either. :mad:
I was promised warmer weather and less wind in central best dakota. this has not been the case. :weep:
am considering moving to the west coast in 4-5 years, after 3-4 years of private practice
Quote from: LaCroix on January 12, 2017, 05:42:21 PM
I was promised warmer weather and less wind in central best dakota. this has not been the case. :weep:
am considering moving to the west coast in 4-5 years, after 3-4 years of private practice
My facebook feed is full of Manitobans moaning (justifiably!) about the brutal cold and snow they're getting - I don't imagine it's much better in ND. :console:
I don't know how much snow has fallen in manitoba, but the weather there seems much colder
Quote from: LaCroix on January 12, 2017, 05:42:21 PM
I was promised warmer weather and less wind in central best dakota. this has not been the case. :weep:
am considering moving to the west coast in 4-5 years, after 3-4 years of private practice
Remember to stay in the eastern bits of West Coast states. :secret:
Quote from: garbon on January 12, 2017, 06:18:11 PMRemember to stay in the eastern bits of West Coast states. :secret:
the eastern parts are the hellholes :lol:
I was thinking portland or seattle
Quote from: LaCroix on January 12, 2017, 06:19:27 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 12, 2017, 06:18:11 PMRemember to stay in the eastern bits of West Coast states. :secret:
the eastern parts are the hellholes :lol:
I was thinking portland or seattle
Really? I'd have no idea. ;)
Also, if you struggle with the 'liberal anti-Trump agenda' of Languish, not sure how you'd survive those two cities.
Quote from: garbon on January 12, 2017, 06:21:53 PMReally? I'd have no idea. ;)
Also, if you struggle with the 'liberal anti-Trump agenda' of Languish, not sure how you'd survive those two cities.
I'm a democrat. if I had to choose between conservative and liberal, I'd pick liberal.
only thing I can think of that would really annoy me is portland's anti-fluoride agenda. their weed laws make up for that
Quote from: LaCroix on January 12, 2017, 06:26:25 PM
if I had to choose between conservative and liberal, I'd pick liberal.
True, I see you manifesting that everyday.
January 12, and I have to turn on the AC because it hit over 70 (that's in Fahrenheit for that cocksucker asshole Max) today, and the thermostat is showing 76. At 10pm. Fuck I hate this fucking place.
An ice storm is expected Saturday. I'll exchange your warm for ice.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 12, 2017, 09:57:15 PM
An ice storm is expected Saturday. I'll exchange your warm for ice.
Oh, it's coming here Saturday. But that doesn't fucking help me get to sleep tonight.
MAH LEGS HURT
Quote from: garbon on January 12, 2017, 06:43:08 PMTrue, I see you manifesting that everyday.
I question things for a living
Much of the last month, Anchorage has been having near zero temps and lots of fog. With all of the hoar frost that creates...strikingly beautiful, but couldn't look more cold...with the severely dense fog only serving to augment both features. :)
It looks nice out my window. :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 12, 2017, 11:58:21 PM
Much of the last month, Anchorage has been having near zero temps and lots of fog. With all of the hoar frost that creates...strikingly beautiful, but couldn't look more cold...with the severely dense fog only serving to augment both features. :)
It looks nice out my window. :P
Nice description; you should take some photos and post them in Syt photo thread.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 12, 2017, 09:57:15 PM
An ice storm is expected Saturday. I'll exchange your warm for ice.
:nelson: Not here BITCHES.
Quote from: Caliga on January 13, 2017, 01:42:47 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 12, 2017, 09:57:15 PM
An ice storm is expected Saturday. I'll exchange your warm for ice.
:nelson: Not here BITCHES.
No problem. :)
You'll get a winter storm every so often that doesn't affect me. I love those.
DAYTON AREA: Zilch
KENTUCKY: blasted
So act smug. No biggie. :)
The ice storm fizzled out. :)
Now I'm stuck with milk and bread.
Winter? What's that?
Freezing rain Sunday night. :weeping:
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 14, 2017, 07:27:51 PM
The ice storm fizzled out. :)
Now I'm stuck with milk and bread.
no wonder constipated all the time
Quote from: katmai on January 14, 2017, 09:03:18 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 14, 2017, 07:27:51 PM
The ice storm fizzled out. :)
Now I'm stuck with milk and bread.
no wonder constipated all the time
Reading Languish causes that.
First time in many years I've seen an amber warning for massive snowfall. I'm sure it won't amount to much though, whenever the met service comes prepared the weather always disappoints.
We're going to set a record for total lack of snowfall this winter. We've had more days above 60 degrees this month (that's Fahrenheit for assfuck Euronigger cunt filth like Max) than we've had under 40 degrees. Everybody's loving it, but for February, that's disturbing.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 23, 2017, 06:44:42 AM
We're going to set a record for total lack of snowfall this winter. We've had more days above 60 degrees this month (that's Fahrenheit for assfuck Euronigger cunt filth like Max) than we've had under 40 degrees. Everybody's loving it, but for February, that's disturbing.
Goodbye climate, welcome to the world of only weather. :bowler:
supposed to hit 15C today. it's been a weird winter. been a few weird winters in the last couple of years.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5Vff5aXAAE05b7.jpg)
If I hear "atmospheric river" again today I am going to start drinking early.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 23, 2017, 06:44:42 AM
We're going to set a record for total lack of snowfall this winter. We've had more days above 60 degrees this month (that's Fahrenheit for assfuck Euronigger cunt filth like Max) than we've had under 40 degrees. Everybody's loving it, but for February, that's disturbing.
:hug: The inevitable fall caused by your inability to change is upon us; but don't worry, we'll rebuild in metric.
Yeah this winter has been terrible. Granted we have had really warm winters in the past (it was so hot in 1983 I remember it killed our Christmas Tree and turned it brown) but we have had several in a row now.
Quote from: Liep on February 23, 2017, 06:13:52 AM
First time in many years I've seen an amber warning for massive snowfall. I'm sure it won't amount to much though, whenever the met service comes prepared the weather always disappoints.
The 24 hours news channel has been reporting on this all day like armageddon was upon us. So far it's just sleet.
I've enjoyed the last two weeks of 60 degree weather. My old bones haven't hurt as much. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 23, 2017, 07:48:14 PM
I've enjoyed the last two weeks of 60 degree weather. My old bones haven't hurt as much. :)
If you stop hitting yourself with them, they won't hurt at all. :secret:
The pear trees here have started to bloom. :wacko:
This has been a non-winter winter so far. I feel like I live in north Florida. NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING.
looks like the saps in Filthydelphia might get up to 24 inches of the white stuff. I suggest a Sunday panic run for bread and milk.
The fruit trees are blooming here, and the leaves are starting to come out. This is truly a magical land.
It's 20 degrees here. Thank you very much.
MAH JOINTS
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 11, 2017, 09:35:43 PM
looks like the saps in Filthydelphia might get up to 24 inches of the white stuff. I suggest a Sunday panic run for bread and milk.
We're on it.
They are unsure of the amount Ohio is going to get, but I'm planning a day in the basement stripping off the shrink wrap of several wargames and fondling the counter sheets.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 11, 2017, 10:56:15 PM
They are unsure of the amount Ohio is going to get, but I'm planning a day in the basement stripping off the shrink wrap of several wargames and fondling the counter sheets.
Careful...there could be a high temptation to punch them.
Quote from: Tonitrus on March 11, 2017, 11:09:24 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 11, 2017, 10:56:15 PM
They are unsure of the amount Ohio is going to get, but I'm planning a day in the basement stripping off the shrink wrap of several wargames and fondling the counter sheets.
Careful...there could be a high temptation to punch them.
I have good self control. A Triumph of the Will.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 11, 2017, 10:37:41 PM
It's 20 degrees here. Thank you very much.
MAH JOINTS
It got to 33 here once in January. The low last night was 49 I think.
I fly back to Nome tomorrow where temps are gonna be single digit highs so :blurgh:
Quote from: katmai on March 11, 2017, 11:30:02 PM
I fly back to Nome tomorrow where temps are gonna be single digit highs so :blurgh:
The three Swedes were lucky indeed. They died before your time.
Got about six inches of white stuff last night.
It's Black Monday here. All the markets are seeing a run on commodities.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 13, 2017, 08:40:58 AM
It's Black Monday here. All the markets are seeing a run on commodities.
snowmageddon? Funny thing, is that a few years ago it would just be a normal march storm, but those have gotten rarer.
Who's got two thumbs and ain't going anywhere until Wednesday? This guy.
Only going to get 1-3 inches. Still going to spend tomorrow fondling games.
It was 84 and sunny here today. The coeds on campus were in short shorts and halter tops.
Quote from: PDH on March 13, 2017, 08:16:01 PM
It was 84 and sunny here today. The coeds on campus were in short shorts and halter tops.
Ass. You better be banging some of that young stuff.
He's not. Too much like work.
Naw the undergrads are too young. Still, Seedy, I think I found the place for you to come and teach English...
Blizzard watch is cancelled here in Boston. We're only gonna get about a foot tomorrow.
When I was in the Peace Corps, whenever it would snow, the power would go out for about a week and I'd freeze to death and also die of boredom. Here, my landlords (who live on the floor below me) turn the heat up to 11 and I need to open windows to stay cool. Life is wonderful. :)
Quote from: PDH on March 13, 2017, 10:45:17 PM
Naw the undergrads are too young. Still, Seedy, I think I found the place for you to come and teach English...
I wouldn't last two semesters.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 13, 2017, 11:36:23 PM
I wouldn't last two semesters.
But you would die happy...or married to a Beijing Queen.
Quote from: PDH on March 13, 2017, 11:41:44 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 13, 2017, 11:36:23 PM
I wouldn't last two semesters.
But you would die happy...or married to a Beijing Queen.
Or have an affair with her mother.
Or both.
At the same time.
Stupid federal government. You'd think draining the swamp would start with a snow day. :mad:
We barely got any snow. This winter sucked.
All that white, lost forever. Like America. :(
Quote from: PDH on March 13, 2017, 10:45:17 PM
Naw the undergrads are too young. Still, Seedy, I think I found the place for you to come and teach English...
Age is just a number. Bang those chicks Lucullus.
Had to mow the lawn today. :wacko:
Quote from: Caliga on March 23, 2017, 10:06:10 PM
Had to mow the lawn today. :wacko:
I wish!
Still 6 inches to 3 feet of snow on 90%+ of my yard.
It was so freaking hot yesterday I broke out the summer clothes for my kids. I better enjoy the wild flowers fast before they are gone.
Had some nasty weather come through. When they pushed out the tornado warning at work, I got nothing but busy signals when I said this federal facility is woefully short of bathtubs and blankets.
These people don't deserve me. :glare:
Been a rather warm and sunny start to Spring in Blighty; it was an effective 103F in the sun when I set out this morning. :hmm:
Not even Tax Day yet, and it's already 84 degrees (Fahrenheit for Fucktard Max) tomorrow.
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28C
MAH LEGS HURT.
More thunderstorms. :glare:
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2017, 08:29:47 PM
MAH LEGS HURT.
More thunderstorms. :glare:
Between you, Timmay and my mother, we could outfit an OTH early warning network. MAH DOPPLER
:lol:
Been in the low 70s here, sunny with a nice breeze. Good weather in paradise, hot enough that the co-eds wear skimpy outfits, cool enough that working does not require a basting spoon.
STOP RUBBING YOUR GOOD WEATHER IN OUR FACES
PDH is the forum Kenny Powers.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxAI8tYX.gif&hash=949f134e578eb31b4c63bfcda9c1a9cb9653103c)
What a dick.
...it rained here last week...
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/7b10c4a1877ea966f6350191af72714f/tumblr_mwmm5ey0ub1t0wzypo1_400.gif)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 10, 2017, 08:14:24 PM
Not even Tax Day yet, and it's already 84 degrees (Fahrenheit for Fucktard Max) tomorrow.
Going back there, or back to TX, are my mostly likely two options when I leave here next year. Not looking forward to either. :yucky:
It snowed here yesterday. :mellow:
First measurable rain here in 29 days, it has not been a typical English spring so far. :bowler:
I'm not sure when I last used my umbrella. :hmm:
Always strangely curious to turn on The Weather Channel and watch Hattiesburg getting assraped by severe weather.
Quote from: garbon on April 30, 2017, 11:59:07 AM
I'm not sure when I last used my umbrella. :hmm:
Say what? :bowler:
I know that is a term understood here. :P
edit: Apparently, I just missed the rain. I was in the pub and as I walked back home it wasn't raining though everything else was wet.
I thought proper Englishmen were equipped with an umbrella at all times.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on April 30, 2017, 10:52:31 PM
I thought proper Englishmen were equipped with an umbrella at all times.
They don't call them umbrellas. Not gay enough for them.
Bumbershoot? Bulgarian tickler?
I had completely forgotten that the weather could be this nice. Summer! :w00t:
Been like summer here since mid February or so.
It's time for the return of the HEAT DOME. 90's and muggy as hell this weekend.
Quote from: Caliga on May 19, 2017, 10:16:42 AM
Been like summer here since mid February or so.
Kentucky summers. :yawn:
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 08, 2017, 09:07:21 PM
It's time for the return of the HEAT DOME. 90's and muggy as hell this weekend.
I grow weary of this bullshit.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 08, 2017, 09:24:48 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 08, 2017, 09:07:21 PM
It's time for the return of the HEAT DOME. 90's and muggy as hell this weekend.
I grow weary of this bullshit.
The dazzling urbanites will be in full bloom.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 08, 2017, 09:31:57 PM
The dazzling urbanites will be in full bloom.
Who gives a shit, I have to deal with that sun leaning on me the whole ride home at the hottest part of the day.
Nice sunny day some clouds hanging around. Currently 49 deg
Too hot. It's not fun anymore.
Today was rough on me. Had to hit my inhaler several times and when I was out in the sun, I puked my guts out.
Yay.
I'm not allowed to talk about about the weather here.
Quote from: PDH on June 16, 2017, 09:31:51 PM
I'm not allowed to talk about about the weather here.
Seedy wants an update.
The fuck I do, there's the update.
May you burn with the heat of a thousand NORK fires.
Walked home from the Regal Beagle in a delightful summer shower.
Sorry Boner.
And I just missed the tropical deluge by 20 minutes. :yeah:
Melting. London is not equipped for any sort of heat - so when it hits 84, sadness sets in. Also, love that the pollen is currently very high. Been scarfing down pharmaceutical products. -_-
Quote from: garbon on June 17, 2017, 09:11:27 AM
Melting. London is not equipped for any sort of heat - so when it hits 84, sadness sets in. Also, love that the pollen is currently very high. Been scarfing down pharmaceutical products. -_-
Head out to the countryside it's just balmy here, better still the try the coast to avoid the pollen. :bowler:
A cold front is moving through and the temps tomorrow are expected to be 80 without the humidity. Thank god.
England is melting. :bowler:
Had an EF0 temporarily touchdown about 3 miles from where I was on the road yesterday.
In Fujita-Berkut Wind Scale terms, that's the equivalent of a single delayed response post. No biggie.
My mom seemed to think a tornado was forming over her house in Jersey yesterday and was sending me pics. Uh no mom, that's called a cumulonimbus cloud.
Quote from: mongers on June 20, 2017, 04:45:25 PM
England is melting. :bowler:
So you reached 30°C? More lobster-faced Brits?
Here it will reach 37°C so if you live in the last floor of a Haussmanian building, this means more than 40°C.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 21, 2017, 08:45:21 AM
Quote from: mongers on June 20, 2017, 04:45:25 PM
England is melting. :bowler:
So you reached 30°C? More lobster-faced Brits?
Here it will reach 37°C so if you live in the last floor of a Haussmanian building, this means more than 40°C.
Yep pretty much, it is The tradition. :D
This June is set to be the warmest since the famous summer of 76. :outback:
Whew, a little warm today. 72 degrees.
This weekend is supposed to be awesome. So I will drive my lawn mower down the street while high on Norco.
Quote from: 11B4V on June 21, 2017, 08:00:09 PM
Whew, a little warm today. 72 degrees.
:huh:
You're further south than me and you live on a continent. :hmm:
Easily in the 90s today, as it's been for the last five days. :(
Quote from: mongers on June 21, 2017, 08:13:24 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 21, 2017, 08:00:09 PM
Whew, a little warm today. 72 degrees.
:huh:
You're further south than me and you live on a continent. :hmm:
Easily in the 90s today, as it's been for the last five days. :(
Yeah but now it is cooling. Not even supposed to reach 80 today.
Quote from: garbon on June 22, 2017, 04:28:22 AM
Quote from: mongers on June 21, 2017, 08:13:24 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 21, 2017, 08:00:09 PM
Whew, a little warm today. 72 degrees.
:huh:
You're further south than me and you live on a continent. :hmm:
Easily in the 90s today, as it's been for the last five days. :(
Yeah but now it is cooling. Not even supposed to reach 80 today.
Well 80, but still pleasant as compared to the last 4-5 days.
The South Westerlies have returned :wub:
High of 58 and light rain.
It might reach into the mid-60s this weekend. :)
Quote from: mongers on June 21, 2017, 08:13:24 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 21, 2017, 08:00:09 PM
Whew, a little warm today. 72 degrees.
:huh:
You're further south than me and you live on a continent. :hmm:
Easily in the 90s today, as it's been for the last five days. :(
Probably due to gulf stream.
The heat was supposed to break next week after 30+ all last week. New forecast - Sunday will be the coldest day with 30°C (86F), with an expected high of 38°C next Wednesday (ca. 100F). :bleeding:
Vienna didn't seem to have much in the way of air-con, even though hot weather is rather common :hmm:
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on June 23, 2017, 12:22:42 PM
Vienna didn't seem to have much in the way of air-con, even though hot weather is rather common :hmm:
It's become much worse in the last 5 or so years. 2+ weeks of 30+ weather wasn't a thing when I first moved here. New apartments that are now under construction often come with an a/c option, but older buildings (like) mine lag behind. Anyways, I have a unit that will help with the worst. That said, it will only have limited effect, considering that once my 3-foot thick walls are heated up they conserve the heat rather well.
Quote from: Syt on June 23, 2017, 12:20:44 PM
The heat was supposed to break next week after 30+ all last week. New forecast - Sunday will be the coldest day with 30°C (86F), with an expected high of 38°C next Wednesday (ca. 100F). :bleeding:
I think I'm starting to appreciate the eternal 19-21 degrees of the Danish summer, even if we're getting a lot of rain atm.
Toronto weather is perfect. We get too hot AND too cold. :D Well, except for that week in spring, and another in fall, when the weather is just right.
(At least everywhere here has AC. You really could not survive comfortably without it!)
The weather here is ****REDACTED**** and it hasn't been ****REDACTED**** for a while. At night it has been ****FUCKING REDACTED**** with ****REDACTED**** mornings.
Quote from: Liep on June 23, 2017, 12:29:00 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 23, 2017, 12:20:44 PM
The heat was supposed to break next week after 30+ all last week. New forecast - Sunday will be the coldest day with 30°C (86F), with an expected high of 38°C next Wednesday (ca. 100F). :bleeding:
I think I'm starting to appreciate the eternal 19-21 degrees of the Danish summer, even if we're getting a lot of rain atm.
Hey, that's our rain, give it back. :mad:
Quote from: PDH on June 23, 2017, 01:26:49 PM
The weather here is ****REDACTED**** and it hasn't been ****REDACTED**** for a while. At night it has been ****FUCKING REDACTED**** with ****REDACTED**** mornings.
You're att a California university dammit...just give us the weather conditions in what outfits the coeds are wearing. :mad:
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 23, 2017, 01:32:20 PM
You're att a California university dammit...just give us the weather conditions in what outfits the coeds are wearing. :mad:
Summer break, the only coeds are the Asian girls in short shorts and halter tops...oh fuck, sorry Seedy.
Quote from: PDH on June 23, 2017, 01:36:38 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 23, 2017, 01:32:20 PM
You're att a California university dammit...just give us the weather conditions in what outfits the coeds are wearing. :mad:
Summer break, the only coeds are the Asian girls in short shorts and halter tops...oh fuck, sorry Seedy.
He's either had a heart attack or booked plane tickets.
I have an Asian intern here I can make uncomfortable, no need to go all the way out there to do it.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 23, 2017, 02:56:09 PM
I have an Asian intern here I can make uncomfortable, no need to go all the way out there to do it.
But Peedy's Asians are lonely since everyone gone. Given your history with house wives you know how to hit up the lonely angle :P
I'm sure the male Asian students are also still on campus.
Last month was the second hottest June in Austria since records began 250 years ago.
According to the meteorologists, temperatures are in general on average 2 degrees above pre-1990s levels.
Quote from: Syt on July 05, 2017, 02:03:27 AM
Last month was the second hottest June in Austria since records began 250 years ago.
According to the meteorologists, temperatures are in general on average 2 degrees above pre-1990s levels.
Coldest June in 5 years and 12th all time wettest. :(
So even if it's not really boding that well I'd still consider you lucky. :P
My crazy heat pump showed up.
I enjoy 20C nights.
Wished I had brought my gloves for the ride home last night. This summer is too cold. :(
Quote from: Liep on July 09, 2017, 05:35:22 AM
Wished I had brought my gloves for the ride home last night. This summer is too cold. :(
:cool:
I could do with some of that weather, my 9pm ride the other evening was at 80F+ . <_<
Quote from: Liep on July 09, 2017, 05:35:22 AM
Wished I had brought my gloves for the ride home last night. This summer is too cold. :(
Move to Spain.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on July 09, 2017, 04:00:20 PM
Quote from: Liep on July 09, 2017, 05:35:22 AM
Wished I had brought my gloves for the ride home last night. This summer is too cold. :(
Move to Spain.
I'd love to live in Spain. Larch, do you have a spare bedroom?
Quote from: PDH on June 23, 2017, 01:26:49 PM
The weather here is ****REDACTED**** and it hasn't been ****REDACTED**** for a while. At night it has been ****FUCKING REDACTED**** with ****REDACTED**** mornings.
Same here :thumbsup:
95 and muggy as hell. And up to 55000 without power from a nasty little bitch storm that went through yesterday.
Ugh.
Today was a big Energy Savings Day. Piss on them, that's just more kWh hours for me.
You could turn your lights out while enjoying the AC at 70.
Summer incoming! :w00t:
(https://i.sohn.dk/IMG_0724.jpg)
Quote from: Liep on July 15, 2017, 06:05:21 AM
Summer incoming! :w00t:
(https://i.sohn.dk/IMG_0724.jpg)
Better late than never. :P :bowler:
Heat Dome II: The Wrath of Gaia is upon us. And later in the week, Seedy is going to feel it. A sweaty, angry Seedy.
I was looking at the weather for both the B'more area and San Antonio (most likely places I will move next)...and I am wonder why I didn't try to stay here another four years. :(
(but then I go into work and get reminded that I need to GTFO)
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 18, 2017, 09:04:16 AM
Heat Dome II: The Wrath of Gaia is upon us. And later in the week, Seedy is going to feel it. A sweaty, angry Seedy.
Yeah, it's suppose to reach 23 degrees tomorrow. :osama:
Quote from: Liep on July 18, 2017, 02:09:52 PM
Yeah, it's suppose to reach 23 degrees tomorrow. :osama:
Lucky you, it reached 34 here.
"The western desert lives and breathes... at 45 degrees!"
Everybody just needs to STFU
Last night was hell night with the mugginess. 11pm and stil above 80? Fuck that shit.
Been real pleasant here.
Had a nice 3 hour thunderstorm here last night, the light show was dreamy, though less intense than it was just down on the coast. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on July 19, 2017, 07:09:31 PM
Had a nice 3 hour thunderstorm here last night, the light show was dreamy, though less intense than it was just down on the coast. :bowler:
We haven't had a thunderstorm in the 3 months since I moved to an apartment where I have a free view towards Storebælt. BRING IT ON, THOR!. :angry:
We're socked in with smoke from the BC fires. This time it's forest fires, not BC bud.
That's nothing new living at these latitudes, but it still gives everything an eerie, hellish appearance.
Quote from: Barrister on July 20, 2017, 12:50:40 PM
We're socked in with smoke from the BC fires. This time it's forest fires, not BC bud.
That's nothing new living at these latitudes, but it still gives everything an eerie, hellish appearance.
Take those spectacles off, that's just your conservative viewpoint colouring your view of the world.
A little warm today.
It's a scorchah.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 20, 2017, 06:38:15 PM
It's a scorchah.
Here Juli has been 3 degrees colder than average so far. Climate change is unfair. :(
Quote from: Liep on July 15, 2017, 06:05:21 AM
Summer incoming! :w00t:
(https://i.sohn.dk/IMG_0724.jpg)
Well... maybe not
(https://i.sohn.dk/IMG_0728.PNG)
So Denmark should not be my summer beach destination?
'Honey! I found a very affordable beach house on Bornholm Island!'
We're supposed to reach a balmy 66 tomorrow.
Quote from: garbon on July 21, 2017, 10:58:36 AM
We're supposed to reach a balmy 66 tomorrow.
Properly rainy day here, like an Autumn one. :cool:
<_<
I'm just trying to kill as many people as possible with my mind right now, but I think all I've managed to do is get a hernia and shit myself.
It's a projected high of 19c today. :(
Quote from: Liep on July 21, 2017, 07:04:21 AM
Well... maybe not
(https://i.sohn.dk/IMG_0728.PNG)
That looks perfect. If only Denmark didn't have so many Danes.
Glasses are steaming up when I step outside.
This has probably been posted before but still a fun map. USA and Canada on the same latitude as Europe.
(https://www.mapmania.org/static/map/original/the_united_states_and_canada_at_the_same_latitudes_as_europe_1820.jpg)
Libya seems about right.
I am glad to see you are enjoying the summer Eddie :P
We got a brutal monsoon rain storm right when I was about to take the boys swimming yesterday. After it was scorching all weekend that was particularly awesome timing.
Istanbul: The Detroit of Europe...only safer.
Quote from: Liep on July 24, 2017, 06:11:03 AM
This has probably been posted before but still a fun map. USA and Canada on the same latitude as Europe.
Reminds me of a conversation I had with a fellow in London. He heard I was from Canada and asked about what living in the far north was like. I pointed out that I lived in Toronto, which is in fact far to the south of London ... he was very surprised by this.
In Ontario, London is about at the same latitude as the far tip of Hudson's Bay - basically, uninhabitable wilderness.
Quote from: Malthus on July 24, 2017, 02:43:03 PM
Quote from: Liep on July 24, 2017, 06:11:03 AM
This has probably been posted before but still a fun map. USA and Canada on the same latitude as Europe.
Reminds me of a conversation I had with a fellow in London. He heard I was from Canada and asked about what living in the far north was like. I pointed out that I lived in Toronto, which is in fact far to the south of London ... he was very surprised by this.
In Ontario, London is about at the same latitude as the far tip of Hudson's Bay - basically, uninhabitable wilderness.
So London has much in common with the place. :bowler:
It's been so hot lately...blah :yucky:
Santa Cruz....still can't be spoken of.
This week will be all between 35 and 38°C from here till Sunday, if the forecast is right. :bleeding:
(https://media.giphy.com/media/iTwp6CRtPkMFy/giphy.gif)
34 today. I've been walking longer routes so long as I can walk in the shade the whole way. :blush:
Just checked - in June/July, Vienna had 26 days over 30°C.
Quote from: Syt on August 01, 2017, 09:42:49 AM
Just checked - in June/July, Vienna had 26 days over 30°C.
We've had the lowest numbers of days with above 25°C in Copenhagen in July in 30 something years: 0.
I should move to Scandiweenia.
Copenhagen does seem rather lovely when warm.
Survived our first tropical system of the season (Emily.) This one caught us by surprise, no one had predicted it. It was just a tropical depression ( :() by the time it got to our side of the state. Our May was so dry that we're still down about 3" of rain for the year. Our backyard still hasn't flooded yet; it almost always does after tropical systems (and drains out by the next day.)
Current conditions in Edmonton - +19c and light rain. I'm actually wearing a sweater. :thumbsup:
Could be doing that in London. Pass. I got a farmer's tan to work on.
Quote from: garbon on August 01, 2017, 12:09:46 PM
Could be doing that in London. Pass. I got a farmer's tan to work on.
But you're already rich in melanin. :huh:
And you don't think I can get darker?
Quote from: garbon on August 01, 2017, 12:25:37 PM
And you don't think I can get darker?
Yes? :unsure:
As a Ukrainian (which is a fairly southern country) I tan super easy. But yeah, I have to admit I thought that those of African heritage didn't tan.
They also put sunscreen on. :o
Quote from: Barrister on August 01, 2017, 01:48:48 PM
But yeah, I have to admit I thought that those of African heritage didn't tan.
:bleeding:
Quote from: Barrister on August 01, 2017, 12:13:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 01, 2017, 12:09:46 PM
Could be doing that in London. Pass. I got a farmer's tan to work on.
But you're already rich in melanin. :huh:
What kind of rich is this?
Quote from: The Brain on August 01, 2017, 03:39:37 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 01, 2017, 12:13:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 01, 2017, 12:09:46 PM
Could be doing that in London. Pass. I got a farmer's tan to work on.
But you're already rich in melanin. :huh:
What kind of rich is this?
Rich milk chocolate.
Record-breaking highs in Portland this week. Supposed to hit 109f by Thursday.
I'm amused at the fear and hysteria.
It's only hot for like three hours, tops, and the lack of humidity puts the "feels like" temp several degrees lower. I sat outside on the patio for lunch, and it was a lovely 85f (feels like 83f). While the high will be 100f today, the low is expected to be 65f. The "high" lasts about two hours starting at around 4pm. It'll drop down below 70 for most of the night.
Trying to explain that a "high" of 100f back home feels like 110f typically, and doesn't relent for a week or more (yes, even at night) is too confusing for the natives here. "But.. why do people live there??" Yes... exactly...
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 01, 2017, 03:17:08 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 01, 2017, 01:48:48 PM
But yeah, I have to admit I thought that those of African heritage didn't tan.
:bleeding:
Everyday is a learning experience.
Quote from: garbon on August 01, 2017, 10:32:55 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 01, 2017, 03:17:08 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 01, 2017, 01:48:48 PM
But yeah, I have to admit I thought that those of African heritage didn't tan.
:bleeding:
Everyday is a learning experience.
Black people can't get frostbite. They
hate the cold!
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 01, 2017, 10:46:29 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 01, 2017, 10:32:55 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 01, 2017, 03:17:08 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 01, 2017, 01:48:48 PM
But yeah, I have to admit I thought that those of African heritage didn't tan.
:bleeding:
Everyday is a learning experience.
Black people can't get frostbite. They hate the cold!
No, they're not good swimmers.
23 today - amazing.
Quote from: Barrister on August 01, 2017, 01:48:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 01, 2017, 12:25:37 PM
And you don't think I can get darker?
Yes? :unsure:
As a Ukrainian (which is a fairly southern country) I tan super easy. But yeah, I have to admit I thought that those of African heritage didn't tan.
You saw what I call my winter/English look. When I get summer sun, my skin gets a fair bit darker.
I also do, indeed, use sunblock. :blush:
His current abode is a mere 3 degrees North of Kiev. Southern country :rolleyes:
Summer watch 2017: not there yet, but better.
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Well that was a little intense this morning.
https://weather.com/news/news/san-antonio-texas-heavy-rainfall-flooding-leon-valley
Had to go to work a different way to avoid the low water crossings and not end up like the dude in the video.
I've enjoyed the 70 degree weather the last few days. :)
Er....might get a little rain this weekend:
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=ecmwf®ion=watl&pkg=z500_mslp&runtime=2017082112&fh=96&xpos=0&ypos=0
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Blergh. Some estimates are saying more than a foot of rain is possible here, with the Houston/Galveston area getting more like two feet in some places. Others are saying it might kind of bounce off of a high pressure system that's, like, over El Paso or wherever. No warnings in effect for Bexar county at the moment, but the next one over to the East has gotten a tropical storm warning or some such.
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Val might get some rain too.
Oh yeah I have been told to prepare for four straight days of rain.
Damn. Corpus Christi local news is reporting building collapses in Rockport. The hurricane seems to have slowed down a lot, pretty much just sitting there trashing Port A, Aransas Pass, Rockport, etc. They're telling people they need to boil water in Corpus now too.
E: Still category 4, apparently. lolz Weather Channel dudes having to hang on to hotel balcony railing. These guys are crazy.
Stormchaser dude in Rockport: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1zqJVRbdVkXJB Live off and on as cell signal permits.
Irritating accent, and he sounds like he's had a few hundred Red Bulls or something, but damn....shit is getting fucked up down there.
Learn to swim, Texas.
Needless to say this is the biggest storm to hit Goliad since José de Urrea in 1836.
I have many hours of coordinating repairs to the electrical grid ahead of me. Harvey is just lumbering along very very slowly destroying shit. Hundreds of thousands have lost power. Joy.
Chop don't want reliability standards, chop don't get reliability standards.
They mayor of Rockport apparently recommended that anybody who was planning on staying behind please write their SS # on their arm so their corpse could be more easily identified. I guess that is one way to motivate people to leave.
Membership number?
Don't forget the blood type.
Hopefully we get done rain and cool weather out of this.
2:20 and it's still 16 degrees, already heard a few complaints about the heat.
Quote from: Valmy on August 26, 2017, 12:04:00 PM
They mayor of Rockport apparently recommended that anybody who was planning on staying behind please write their SS # on their arm so their corpse could be more easily identified. I guess that is one way to motivate people to leave.
I think I'll stick with the mega snow storm.
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The lucky ones, I guess:
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"I swear, this river wasn't here yesterday!"
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Good thing he had an umbrella. Can you imagine having your head all ruined by rain?
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Insurance companies will take a hit. Multiple smaller disasters like that, may be the smaller ones won't make it, even with reinsurance.
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Well, I hope everyone is allright. 2 deads so far, hopefully everyone on the coast was evacuated and there won't be 1800 deads as with Katrina.
Everything is under control
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:(
That's just awful... :(
Apparently, they've been rescued now. Should never have happenned though.
People did not take the evacuation warning seriously enough. But we are getting people out of Houston pretty fast.
I am on duty now. We are doing a good job with the power situation under the circumstances but still over 300K outages left to tackle.
Yikes
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/flooded-houston-braces-more-rain-rescues-continue-n796476
QuoteForecasters warned that the flooding in Texas could be historic. More than 20 inches of rain had fallen on Houston in 24 hours as of Sunday evening, the National Weather Service said. Fifteen to 25 more inches of rain could fall on a swath of the upper Texas coast to Lafayette, Louisiana, by Friday
Yeah it is unprecedented. Right on top of our largest city.
So the President is going to be here on Tuesday. I wonder if he will not make this whole thing about him.
Quote from: Valmy on August 27, 2017, 09:41:11 PM
So the President is going to be here on Tuesday. I wonder if he will not make this whole thing about him.
Now that would be unprecedented.
He would be roasted if he didn't...so he might as well.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 27, 2017, 09:12:41 PM
Yikes
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/flooded-houston-braces-more-rain-rescues-continue-n796476
QuoteForecasters warned that the flooding in Texas could be historic. More than 20 inches of rain had fallen on Houston in 24 hours as of Sunday evening, the National Weather Service said. Fifteen to 25 more inches of rain could fall on a swath of the upper Texas coast to Lafayette, Louisiana, by Friday
On the good side, Valmy's house will now be beachfront property and will increase 5x in value.
Time to sell and move further back in the country, Valmy.
Quote from: Valmy on August 27, 2017, 09:41:11 PM
So the President is going to be here on Tuesday. I wonder if he will not make this whole thing about him.
You wan to place a bet? :P (I have your maple syrup in my freezer, btw :D )
Quote from: Tonitrus on August 27, 2017, 10:48:27 PM
He would be roasted if he didn't...so he might as well.
He'll attack the media, Obama and/or Hillary.
Quote from: viper37 on August 28, 2017, 12:01:44 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 27, 2017, 09:12:41 PM
Yikes
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/flooded-houston-braces-more-rain-rescues-continue-n796476
QuoteForecasters warned that the flooding in Texas could be historic. More than 20 inches of rain had fallen on Houston in 24 hours as of Sunday evening, the National Weather Service said. Fifteen to 25 more inches of rain could fall on a swath of the upper Texas coast to Lafayette, Louisiana, by Friday
On the good side, Valmy's house will now be beachfront property and will increase 5x in value.
Time to sell and move further back in the country, Valmy.
You know he's a couple hundred miles inland, right? Besides it hasn't rained all that much out here.
It has been raining a lot but not Houston a lot.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on August 28, 2017, 12:26:32 AM
You know he's a couple hundred miles inland, right?
I know, just making a joke about the water level on the coast.
Quote from: Valmy on August 27, 2017, 08:58:10 PM
People did not take the evacuation warning seriously enough. But we are getting people out of Houston pretty fast.
And how many people died in their cars the last time there was a hurricane evacuation?
QuoteI am on duty now. We are doing a good job with the power situation under the circumstances but still over 300K outages left to tackle.
I for one applaud ERCOT's ability to keep the juice on for people standing in water. The Texan heritage of execution by Old Sparky is preserved.
Seems to me hanging would be a more authentic Texan style execution.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on August 28, 2017, 11:37:36 AM
Seems to me hanging would be a more authentic Texan style execution.
Too much wind damage. No trees left.
Can't use the pickup to drag anybody, gotta wait for the water level to drop.
You hang out, not people.
Situation sounds dire :(
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/flooded-houston-braces-more-rain-rescues-continue-n796476
Quote...
The Army Corps of Engineers announced early Monday that it had begun releasing water from both major Houston-area dams — something that has never been done before. That decision came after levels in the Barker and Addicks reservoirs "increased dramatically," by more than 6 inches per hour. Earlier Sunday, officials had said they didn't plan to open the Barker dam until 11 a.m. Wednesday.
While opening the two reservoirs will increase water levels and enhance flooding for those along Houston's Buffalo Bayou watershed, it's a better alternative than allowing the water to spill over and around the reservoirs into additional neighborhoods, Mayor Sylvester Turner told reporters Monday.
He added that the water would continue to be released gradually through noon — the equivalent of 8,000 cubic feet per second — and that the Army Corps is monitoring in real time how much water levels are rising.
As much as 40 inches of rain had fallen on areas near Houston, the country's fourth-largest city, in 24 hours as of Sunday night, the NWS said. And 15 to 25 more inches of rain could fall on a swath of the upper Texas coast to Lafayette, Louisiana, by Friday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the wettest tropical storm in U.S. history, Hurricane Hiki, yielded more than 52 inches of rain on Hawaii in 1950.
Rivers, meanwhile, are expected to crest later this week, exacerbating the dire situation.
"Results could be devastating if any of these rains fall where catastrophic flooding has already occurred," the National Weather Service warned.
...
Quote
Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
QuoteAnd lo, the Lord did say unto them, "Do not pave everything in sight, lest the floods wash you away," yet the peoples resisted and blasphemed and refused to think upon basic urban planning, and were smote.
So lazy urban planning has contributed towards turning the 4th biggest US city into a giant paddling pool? <_<
Well, that's not good
https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/902199139173142528
QuoteLatest high-res NAM (12Z) model shows 12-20" for the Houston area, but 10-15" for New Orleans. That's really frightening w/ inop pump system
Before Harvey, city of New Orleans said a forecast of ~12" in 24hrs might require evacuating the city. That forecast is arguably here, now.
Quote from: mongers on August 28, 2017, 08:37:32 PM
So lazy urban planning has contributed towards turning the 4th biggest US city into a giant paddling pool? <_<
At least it's mostly above sea level, unlike New Orleans.
Quote from: mongers on August 28, 2017, 08:37:32 PM
So lazy urban planning has contributed towards turning the 4th biggest US city into a giant paddling pool? <_<
Why do you think that?
Refinery damaged by flooding
http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/28/news/companies/exxon-refinery-baytown-harvey-damage/index.html
Levees are going to start over flowing soon. They've continued to rise despite controlled releases.
http://www.khou.com/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-harvey/controlled-release-of-barker-addicks-reservoirs-to-impact-thousands/468348109
Addicks resivor is about to crest
https://mobile.twitter.com/BillKarins/status/902450000113930240
Quote from: mongers on August 28, 2017, 08:37:32 PM
So lazy urban planning has contributed towards turning the 4th biggest US city into a giant paddling pool? <_<
Houston famously doesn't do urban planning.
Addicks about to top out any minute
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It's at 108.05 feet so it's over spilling around the edge now.
https://www.harriscountyfws.org/GageDetail/Index/2110?R=1
It is going to make landfall again soon yes? We were expecting it to go right up East Texas but now it looks like it is headed further east in Caliga's direction.
Quote from: Valmy on August 29, 2017, 06:56:57 AM
Quote from: mongers on August 28, 2017, 08:37:32 PM
So lazy urban planning has contributed towards turning the 4th biggest US city into a giant paddling pool? <_<
Houston famously doesn't do urban planning.
Those reservoirs were built in the late 1940s to protect a population of 450K, and they haven't seen a major improvement until 2016 for a population of 2.3M.
Sounds lazy to me.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 29, 2017, 07:46:08 AM
It's at 108.05 feet so it's over spilling around the edge now.
https://www.harriscountyfws.org/GageDetail/Index/2110?R=1
That is a reservoir just west of Houston on I-10 in case anybody is wondering.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 29, 2017, 07:54:31 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 29, 2017, 06:56:57 AM
Quote from: mongers on August 28, 2017, 08:37:32 PM
So lazy urban planning has contributed towards turning the 4th biggest US city into a giant paddling pool? <_<
Houston famously doesn't do urban planning.
Those reservoirs were built in the late 1940s to protect a population of 450K, and they haven't seen a major improvement until 2016 for a population of 2.3M.
Sounds lazy to me.
Houston does not do zoning and just sort of let their city grow like a tumor. It is the libertarian city. Or at least that is the reputation I am not some expert on Houston.
Quote from: Valmy on August 29, 2017, 07:53:36 AM
It is going to make landfall again soon yes? We were expecting it to go right up East Texas but now it looks like it is headed further east in Caliga's direction.
Not that soon
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I left the control center at 7 AM yesterday and I slept a lot after that so I am a little out of the loop.
My buddy lives just northwest of Houston. When they moved there a few years ago they wisely bought a house in a planned community that was built on high ground. They are like an island at this point. Hopefully they have enough food. They definitely have enough beer, with what I sent him back with from the beach.
Quote from: derspiess on August 29, 2017, 08:11:23 AM
My buddy live just northwest of Houston. When they moved there a few years ago they wisely bought a house in a planned community that was built on high ground. They are like an island at this point. Hopefully they have enough food. They definitely have enough beer, with what I sent him back with from the beach.
Are they evacuating? The storm is not done with Houston yet.
Quote from: Valmy on August 29, 2017, 08:18:28 AM
Quote from: derspiess on August 29, 2017, 08:11:23 AM
My buddy live just northwest of Houston. When they moved there a few years ago they wisely bought a house in a planned community that was built on high ground. They are like an island at this point. Hopefully they have enough food. They definitely have enough beer, with what I sent him back with from the beach.
Are they evacuating? The storm is not done with Houston yet.
As of now, no.
Well I would encourage them to do so if they are able.
They say they're on some pretty high ground. I'll have to trust their judgment.
Quote from: derspiess on August 29, 2017, 08:28:03 AM
They say they're on some pretty high ground. I'll have to trust their judgment.
Well I hope they are ok. Insane week ahead for Houston.
I-10 west of Beaumont:
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https://twitter.com/cboehme69/status/902654114622033920
Holy Moly.
Damn. I hope that is near Galveston Bay and not over by Port Arthur.
Dude that posted the photo put up a map saying it's between some place called Cheek and Beaumont itself, so closer to Port Arthur than Galveston. GPS data from the phone could have been jacked up when the photo was taken though, obviously.
E: (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIb-Y6cVYAAniHE.jpg)
As a side note, the "Things to do in Cheek, TX" Facebook page is...well there's nothing to do except shop at Nina's. Just in case anyone was wondering. https://www.facebook.com/places/Things-to-do-in-Cheek-Texas/110356302315998/
Well damn. Port Arthur must be Atlantis by now if that is the case.
It's not as deep as it looks at first glance (thankfully), or at least I don't think so. Those waves on the left are probably breaking on a concrete highway median barrier thing, plus you can get an idea of the depth from how much of the sign is visible. A couple feet or so?
It's real bad either way.
E: Oh in other storm news, Osteen's dumb ass finally opened his stadium/megachurch/home of the Dream Shake to evacuees after some quality public shaming.
E2: Ah, okay. There's some video and more photos up on the Shag from the same place, just on the other side of where those waves are breaking:
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Vidya; https://www.facebook.com/mike.anderson.7921/videos/vb.1112438269/10210513707494924/?type=2&theater
That barrier is holding like a champ.
Crazy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/29/harvey-marks-the-most-extreme-rain-event-in-u-s-history/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.bc0806dfcb4a
QuoteNielsen-Gammon found Harvey's total rainfall concentrated over a 20,000-square-mile area represents nearly 19 times the daily discharge of the Mississippi River, by far the most of any tropical system ever recorded.
By the way, I've seen forecasts for another weather system to roll into Houston next week and dump another 10-20 inches of rain. Let's hope they're wrong, or Houston is fucked.
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:cry:
https://twitter.com/EricPattonPsi/status/902811326623383552
Quote911 in Port Arthur is no longer functional, you have to directly contact the coast guard. Reports the levee has failed.
https://twitter.com/JordanCordel/status/902789307995271168
QuotePort Arthur, TX is trending on twitter from ppl begging to be rescued from their homes. This is the saddest thing I've ever witnessed.
Disaster
https://twitter.com/Practicalintuit/status/902836124606803970 (https://twitter.com/Practicalintuit/status/902836124606803970)
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Forecast doesn't look good
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs®ion=us&pkg=mslp_pcpn_frzn&runtime=2017083006&fh=180&xpos=0&ypos=107&xpos=0&ypos=107
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Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 30, 2017, 06:28:55 AM
Forecast doesn't look good
You're right, we're looking at rain in Maryland for the holiday weekend. Dammit.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 30, 2017, 06:30:25 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 30, 2017, 06:28:55 AM
Forecast doesn't look good
You're right, we're looking at rain in Maryland for the holiday weekend. Dammit.
I meant the 10 plus inches for Houston on the 5-6th. Ass :lol:
Big yellow splotch headed straight for Spicy and Ed.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on August 30, 2017, 09:14:39 AM
Big yellow splotch headed straight for Spicy and Ed.
That's the Steelers road game.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 30, 2017, 12:33:06 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on August 30, 2017, 09:14:39 AM
Big yellow splotch headed straight for Spicy and Ed.
That's the Steelers road game.
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My buddy's family is staying put. Weather was decent yesterday and they had a huge neighborhood cookout. They still have electricity, water, and enough food staples.
Mumbai also heavily flooded
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/30/mumbai-paralysed-by-floods-as-india-and-region-hit-by-worst-monsoon-rains-in-years
Well that is a weird coincidence.
Wow, Mumbai is three times the population of Houston. Everything is not bigger in Texas.
Today's forecast has that rain system staying out over sea. Let's hope that holds up. :)
Quote from: Valmy on August 30, 2017, 06:16:45 PM
Well that is a weird coincidence.
Wow, Mumbai is three times the population of Houston. Everything is not bigger in Texas.
Yeah, saw a thing that said that the flooding in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh has about 1200 dead with 1,200,000+ homeless. Pretty crazy.
Texas is closer to home, though.
It is quite literally my home.
We will see ultimately if we are any better off when all is said and done.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 30, 2017, 06:22:49 PM
Today's forecast has that rain system staying out over sea. Let's hope that holds up. :)
I feel so cut off when I am not in the State Operations Center but from what I see it is still hammering poor Port Arthur.
The remnants of Harvey is supposed to arrive Friday and bring 3-4 inches of rain. Temps of 65. Too bad I'll be stuck inside with 5 howler monkeys.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 30, 2017, 07:16:52 PM
Too bad I'll be stuck inside with 5 howler monkeys.
It's like back-to-back viewings of
The Shining, and halfway through a third.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 30, 2017, 07:16:52 PM
The remnants of Harvey is supposed to arrive Friday and bring 3-4 inches of rain. Temps of 65. Too bad I'll be stuck inside with 5 howler monkeys.
It's here now. It's oddly cold for the first day of September. Pouring too. Stay off the roads, old people. :mad:
63 degrees. Thank Christ.
Completely missed us :(. We get a couple cool days at least.
Monster trucks come to the rescue in aftermath of Texas flooding. :cool:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/fleet-monster-trucks-conducts-rescues-flood-ravaged-texas/story?id=49550004
Well I am here on duty again. We will see what happens tonight. The feeling is much more upbeat than last week now that the storm has passed us and some of the responders who have been working constantly for over a week and being relieved. Lots of work left to do though.
Quote from: Valmy on August 30, 2017, 06:47:58 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 30, 2017, 06:22:49 PM
Today's forecast has that rain system staying out over sea. Let's hope that holds up. :)
I feel so cut off when I am not in the State Operations Center but from what I see it is still hammering poor Port Arthur.
If you are looking at the gif above, it's the same because I saved it. It won't update.
Take a look at this. Use the bar to the lower right of the map to go forward or back in time. Texas gets some light rain over time, but nothing too bad. New York gets a direct hit by Imra on the tenth though. Pressure indicates a hurricane on the border of cat 3/4.
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs®ion=us&pkg=mslp_pcpn_frzn&runtime=2017090118&fh=120&xpos=0&ypos=759
Yeah it looks like the storm is over. Now the aftermath begins.
It didn't even get into the 60's today. MAH JOINTS.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 01, 2017, 08:07:18 PM
It didn't even get into the 60’s today. MAH JOINTS.
Yeah we are getting back to our regular scorching heat as well.
Rescue operations still underway. Over 40 confirmed dead so far.
Now GFS has Irma making a direct hit on the Chesapeake as a category five. Pressure of 919mlb as it comes ashore.
At one point the pressure is an eye popping 878 as it moves over the gulf stream.
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 02, 2017, 05:42:16 PM
Now GFS has Irma making a direct hit on the Chesapeake as a category five. Pressure of 919mlb as it comes ashore.
At one point the pressure is an eye popping 878 as it moves over the gulf stream.
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/ana...rzn&runtime=2017090118&fh=120&xpos=0&ypos=759
:lol: Woo doggies
Opps posted a link to yesterday's model.
Updated the above post with the correct link.
GFS forecast keeps drifting south. Irma currently projected to hit the Carolinas with the fury of Hurricane Camille.
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/
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Really? I thought it was going to miss us.
Quote from: Valmy on September 03, 2017, 10:25:52 PM
Really? I thought it was going to miss us.
It's gone in the last 60 hours from hitting NYC as a Cat 3/4 to hitting the Chesapeake as a Cat 4/5 to hitting the Carolinas as the strongest storm to make landfall in the USA in 50 or even 80 years.
At least that's what it's been with this model. There is substansail disagreement due to it being an 8 day forecast. Could hit anywhere from Cuba to the Cape or head out to sea depending on the model.
Hurricane Center has it hammering the Bahamas in 5 days
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Oh, shit National Hurricane forecast just shifted south. This could hit Cuba and get into the gulf!
This morning we had some very warm and very humid air arrive here overnight, I wonder if this is fallout from the East coast hurricane Timmay was talking about?
This summer sucked concludes national meteorological institute. We got 40% of the average summer sunshine, 150% rain, colder daytime temperatures and more wind.
Quote from: Liep on September 04, 2017, 05:49:52 AM
This summer sucked concludes national meteorological institute. We got 40% of the average summer sunshine, 150% rain, colder daytime temperatures and more wind.
You took Our weather. :mad:
:P
Quote from: mongers on September 04, 2017, 05:52:23 AM
Quote from: Liep on September 04, 2017, 05:49:52 AM
This summer sucked concludes national meteorological institute. We got 40% of the average summer sunshine, 150% rain, colder daytime temperatures and more wind.
You took Our weather. :mad:
:P
We had this bloody Anglo-Danish weather in these parts too. :(
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on September 04, 2017, 06:31:02 AM
Quote from: mongers on September 04, 2017, 05:52:23 AM
Quote from: Liep on September 04, 2017, 05:49:52 AM
This summer sucked concludes national meteorological institute. We got 40% of the average summer sunshine, 150% rain, colder daytime temperatures and more wind.
You took Our weather. :mad:
:P
We had this bloody Anglo-Danish weather in these parts too. :(
Up until the last few days, we had a remarkable warm and sunny summer. :bowler:
GFS predicts direct hits on Cuba and Florida
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Eek, that should be Hurricane Fidel.
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 04, 2017, 10:55:24 AM
Eek, that should be Hurricane Fidel.
The fuck you gotta go there for? Why not Hurricane Standard Oil? Hurricane United Fruit?
Not everything is about teh gays.
Double doom on the way
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175 mph, 929 millibars
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Somebody should be getting their bug out bag together instead of posting weather maps.
#themoreyouknow
Are you saying Typhoon Jong-Un has been spotted? :ph34r:
Its so......huge.
The smog is back in Vancouver.
Quote from: Jacob on September 05, 2017, 10:14:27 AM
The smog is back in Vancouver.
Maybe it'll give all those neo-Nazis there something to choke on :P
Quote from: derspiess on September 05, 2017, 10:36:08 AM
Quote from: Jacob on September 05, 2017, 10:14:27 AM
The smog is back in Vancouver.
Maybe it'll give all those neo-Nazis there something to choke on :P
Same as the flooding in Houston I guess.
Okay, Charlie Hebdo :rolleyes:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 04, 2017, 06:54:28 PM
Double doom on the way
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Is it wrong that I hope we sell my mom's house before this sucker hits? :unsure:
I've never lived where it hurt to breath like this. Even on the coldest winter days, it didn't hurt like this does. I'm on my rescue inhaler every three hours like clockwork.
Stupid fucking kid and his stupid fucking fireworks...
IT'S RAINING ASH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!
Impressive even if it's going to be a destructive asshole.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DI-sGm-XoAAYJyT.jpg:large)
Quote from: derspiess on September 05, 2017, 12:38:23 PM
Okay, Charlie Hebdo :rolleyes:
Why are you shitting up the weather thread?
Quote from: Jacob on September 05, 2017, 01:29:36 PM
Quote from: derspiess on September 05, 2017, 12:38:23 PM
Okay, Charlie Hebdo :rolleyes:
Why are you shitting up the weather thread?
:lol:
This comment made me laugh harder than it should have. First, that we have a weather thread. Second, that it's possible to shit it up.
:lol:
Spicy has a special gift.
I am special. Mom always said so! ^_^
And all those participation trophies prove it!
185mph. 926mb
:wacko: :wacko: :wacko:(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhc.noaa.gov%2Fstorm_graphics%2FAT11%2Frefresh%2FAL112017_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind%2Bpng%2F205803_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png&hash=8e818e12ddf1a5ac65e6f04120a2a5b0f5e1a5b3)
And more maps instead of prep. You are gonna have a blast on the road south.
At least he'll have died doing what he loves.
Quote from: merithyn on September 05, 2017, 12:56:30 PM
I've never lived where it hurt to breath like this. Even on the coldest winter days, it didn't hurt like this does. I'm on my rescue inhaler every three hours like clockwork.
Stupid fucking kid and his stupid fucking fireworks...
IT'S RAINING ASH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!
Got ashfall up here as well.
Driving through Seattle yesterday was the first time I'd ever seen a red sun. I could look right into it without any issues (which I didn't do because I'm not an idiot).
What is this place, and why am I here??
Crazy radar returns
914mlb. Holding steady at 185 mph
https://twitter.com/TTrogdon/status/905205124699750401
GFS track now takes it just offshore of Florida and than hammers it right into Charleston.
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/
Warnings are out, they expect up to 30 mm in a 6 hour period. Maybe with thunders. No time to care about Barbuda.
An inch of rain isn't that dire.
Jose is about to be become a Hurricane too, late next week the eastern seabord might get hit.
Currently on course for a direct hit on Miami.
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I know Miami instituted some strong building codes after Andrew, but are they this strong?
https://twitter.com/Jonny_Hallam/status/905560117105614848
QuoteUnbelievable. #Irma has snapped all the cell towers on #Barbuda. That's reinforced steel
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJExAzEVoAARWsC.jpg)
Barbuda is literally rubble. 60% of the island is homeless
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/07/barbuda-literally-rubble-hurricane-irma-leaves-caribbean-island/
That Irma, what a douc(h)e.
QuoteAn island resident who identified himself as King Goldilocks, 60,
I'm so naming something that.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 06, 2017, 11:23:17 PM
I know Miami instituted some strong building codes after Andrew, but are they this strong?
https://twitter.com/Jonny_Hallam/status/905560117105614848
QuoteUnbelievable. #Irma has snapped all the cell towers on #Barbuda. That's reinforced steel
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJExAzEVoAARWsC.jpg)
Barbuda is literally rubble. 60% of the island is homeless
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/07/barbuda-literally-rubble-hurricane-irma-leaves-caribbean-island/
On a positive, with such a small population, just a few wealthy individuals pitching in can really make a significant difference for helping those people recover.
If we're going to get hurricane-trains like these, maybe we should dig up that old idea and try nuking one. :hmm:
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 07, 2017, 04:06:23 PM
If we're going to get hurricane-trains like these, maybe we should dig up that old idea and try nuking one. :hmm:
i'm not sure throwing radioactive material into some of the strongest winds the earth can produce is a sound idea :D
Poor people :(
:ph34r:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/hurricanes-weather-history-nuclear-weapons/
QuoteNuking Hurricanes: The Surprising History of a Really Bad Idea
When nature declares war, who says that humanity shouldn't fight back?
It's an appealing thought, especially when, during hurricane season, we're annually reminded of the immense destruction wrought by these storms.
And it's probably why, every year for the past six decades, government agencies have received missives from concerned citizens, urging preemptive attacks against hurricanes using nuclear weapons.
"Needless to say, this is not a good idea," says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in what is, arguably, one of the most succinct understatements on record.
Yet because the "nuke a hurricane" myth won't die, NOAA maintains a web page exclusively devoted to debunking this proposal. (Similarly, the U.S. Geological Survey has an online report debunking divining rods and water dowsing. It's not always easy being a government scientist.)
To be fair, though, there was a time when scientists and government agencies were themselves seriously considering the nuclear option. In a speech delivered at the National Press Club on October 11, 1961, Francis W. Riechelderfer, the head of the U.S. Weather Bureau, said he could "imagine the possibility someday of exploding a nuclear bomb on a hurricane far at sea." (Although, comfortingly, Riechelderfer added that the Weather Bureau would not begin acquiring its own nuclear arsenal "until we know what we're doing.")
The idea of nuking a storm was also on the minds of Texans that same year, after the state was struck by a Category 5 hurricane that caused more than two billion dollars in damage.
"Could Hurricane Carla have been broken up, or greatly modified, or its course turned back to sea, by nuclear bombs?," asked an editorial in the Longview Daily News. "The suggestion that man-made explosions may effect [sic] hurricanes cannot be dismissed with the same degree of certainty on the basis of energy comparisons as was possible with earlier atomic weapons."
In other words, America now had the hydrogen bomb, which was a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bombs that had been dropped on Japan. Couldn't this energy be unleashed as a hurricane killer?
Jack W. Reed, a meteorologist at Sandia Laboratory, thought so. In fact, he came up with the idea while studying the atmospheric effects produced by America's first detonation of a hydrogen bomb, which had lifted a massive column of air more than 20 miles into the sky.
Reed had the opportunity to present his research at various conferences, notably the 1959 symposium on the Plowshare Program—a government initiative to develop "peaceful" uses for nuclear weapons in science and industry. (Some of the most infamous Plowshare proposals included plans to use nukes to create an instant harbor on the coast of Alaska and to excavate a new Panama Canal.)
In his paper, Reed speculated that a submarine could travel underwater to penetrate the eye of a hurricane, where it would launch and detonate one or more nuclear missiles. The ensuing explosion would loft most of the relatively warm air in the hurricane's eye high above the storm into the stratosphere. The warm air would then be replaced by colder, denser air—reducing the wind speed and weakening the storm.
Reed calculated that a 20 megaton explosion could slow a storm with 100-knot peak winds to 50 knots.
But Reed didn't find any takers for his idea. The research would require setting off multiple nukes at several million dollars a pop. Government officials expressed concern that bombing hurricanes would conflict with U.S. efforts to end atmospheric nuclear tests.
And, there's also the slight problem that—in the words of Robert Nelson, a physicist who studies nuclear weapons—"It's just wacky."
For starters, as NOAA observes, there's the issue of radioactive fallout, which would "fairly quickly move with the trade winds to affect land areas and cause devastating environmental problems."
Also, it wouldn't work. The key obstacle is the amount of energy required. The heat release from a hurricane is equivalent to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes, NOAA calculates. In order to shrink a Category 5 hurricane into a Category 2 hurricane, you would have to add about a half ton of air for each square yard inside the eye, or a total of a bit more than half a billion (500,000,000) tons for an eye 25 miles in diameter. "It's difficult to envision a practical way of moving that much air around," NOAA says.
Today, international law prohibits us from even trying. The Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty, signed and ratified by the United States in 1990, limits the yield of weapons for non-military purposes to 150 kilotons—a formal acknowledgement that you can't fight Mother Nature, especially with nukes.
Damn you people, I was trying to lay bait for Timmah. :mad:
Yikes! This model predicts intensification in the Florida Straights
QuoteIrma is now coming within range of high-resolution regional models. This simulation stops Sat night, on South Florida's doorstep.
https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/905879295553409024
Limbaugh said the models were all BS
Quote from: PDH on September 07, 2017, 09:04:13 PM
Limbaugh said the models were all BS
He should know, he's on the radio.
Quote from: PDH on September 07, 2017, 09:04:13 PM
Limbaugh said the models were all BS
I'm not a fan of runway models either.
Quote from: PDH on September 07, 2017, 09:04:13 PM
Limbaugh said the models were all BS
Of course. Science is involved.
His house is right in the path along the coast. Wonder if he sticks or runs away from the hoax.
I can breath again. Winds have shifted toward the east, and the smoke has most dissipated from around here.
Still only 5% contained, and over 30,000 acres destroyed.
LINK (http://www.ktvz.com/news/three-homes-lost-to-33000-acre-columbia-gorge-fire/617602683)
QuotePORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Officials say another two homes were destroyed in the Columbia River Gorge wildfire, but the blaze barely grew overnight and firefighters established some containment lines.
Lt. Damon Simmons of the Oregon State Fire Marshal's office said Thursday the homes are in the same area where one previously burned. Simmons said he does not know if people lived in them.
The fire has scorched 52 square miles (33,000 acres) and is 5 percent contained. Evacuation levels remain unchanged.
Temperatures have cooled and Simmons says firefighters should make good progress if the weather cooperates.
Meanwhile, Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese says deputies arrested a 23-year-old man on charges of theft by deception and a parole violation. Reese says Cody Cunningham tried to obtain clothing from a firefighting crew. Reese says he does not know Cunningham's intentions, but "certainly they were not good."
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Take my breathe away.
60 goddamned magnificent degrees out. Right now.
Man, if it takes a few hurricanes to get this kind of weather, well...on behalf of a grateful nation and all that, Texas and Florida.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 08, 2017, 07:50:02 PM
60 goddamned magnificent degrees out. Right now.
Man, if it takes a few hurricanes to get this kind of weather, well...on behalf of a grateful nation and all that, Texas and Florida.
Supposed to stay in the 70's for the next week here. If we can skip the September mugginess, I'd be pleased.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 08, 2017, 07:50:02 PM
60 goddamned magnificent degrees out. Right now.
Man, if it takes a few hurricanes to get this kind of weather, well...on behalf of a grateful nation and all that, Texas and Florida.
We got the same, problem is it's both day and night and 15 degrees at night is too goddamn much
Quote from: Eddie Teach on September 07, 2017, 09:08:21 PM
Quote from: PDH on September 07, 2017, 09:04:13 PM
Limbaugh said the models were all BS
He should know, he's on the radio.
Whatever else you say about Rush, he is a world leading expert on BS.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 08, 2017, 07:50:02 PM
60 goddamned magnificent degrees out. Right now.
Man, if it takes a few hurricanes to get this kind of weather, well...on behalf of a grateful nation and all that, Texas and Florida.
60? ugh.
Irma's eye is grazing Cuba with winds of 160mph
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A colleague bought a house on one of those waterways in Cape Coral recently. I hope he got good insurance...
Quote from: Zanza on September 09, 2017, 05:01:50 AM
A colleague bought a house on one of those waterways in Cape Coral recently. I hope he got good insurance...
That is where I went to high school (well fort myers). Why the fuck would he buy a house there? It would be a blessing for him to have it destroyed by the hurricane.
I'm sure this isn't a metaphor for anything.
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Quote from: Liep on September 09, 2017, 12:44:54 PM
I'm sure this isn't a metaphor for anything.
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I hear golfing overtook fiddling some time ago.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 08, 2017, 10:45:09 PM
Irma's eye is grazing Cuba with winds of 160mph
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Kickass! The Hurricane will just stop about 50 miles from house!
Quote from: Razgovory on September 09, 2017, 04:21:40 PM
Kickass! The Hurricane Depression will just stop about 50 miles from house!
Corrected that for you, and hopefully this is what happens. :)
My brother and his wife just moved to St. Pete two months ago. :glare:
The sun is shining :O Something it hasn't done in weeks.
This weeks & the next will be the best 2 weeks weather wise of the entire summer. Too bad the sun's down by 7pm, already.
Maria's a category 5 with winds of 160 headed for a direct hit on Puerto Rico. :bleeding:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 18, 2017, 08:19:19 PM
Maria's a category 5 with winds of 160 headed for a direct hit on Puerto Rico. :bleeding:
Glad you're not there, do you still have extended family there?
We're getting rain from the outer edge of the tropical storm (former hurricane) that made its way offshore up here to the north east. Supposed to get rain through at least tomorrow and get more windy but not a bad storm. Even so, a day or two ago the local news showed boaters taking boats out of the water as the ocean was getting rough from the storm's approach.
KRONN!!!! :)
Maria's up to 175mph. Heading for a direct hit on Puerto Rico. There are thousands who still don't have power because of Irma's glancing blow. :(
Quote from: KRonn on September 19, 2017, 08:59:38 PM
We're getting rain from the outer edge of the tropical storm (former hurricane) that made its way offshore up here to the north east. Supposed to get rain through at least tomorrow and get more windy but not a bad storm. Even so, a day or two ago the local news showed boaters taking boats out of the water as the ocean was getting rough from the storm's approach.
We've gotten a little rain as a result of some of these storms, but one apparent effect is higher temperatures. Could get up to 90 this weekend :angry:
And welcome back :D
Wicked hot day. Y'all further east brace for impact.
RAIN! First real rain storm since I got here. I know I'll be sick of it soon enough, but for now... RAIN! :yeah:
We had our first bit of snow yesterday. :homestar:
Quote from: Barrister on September 20, 2017, 04:57:33 PM
We had our first bit of snow yesterday. :homestar:
29c here today
Weather is still REDACTED here.
Quote from: Zanza on September 09, 2017, 05:01:50 AM
A colleague bought a house on one of those waterways in Cape Coral recently. I hope he got good insurance...
Looks like the insurance industry expects a huge collapse in property values with attendant knock-ons to the economy unless action is taken: http://riskandinsurance.com/coastal-mortgage-value-collapse/
Some choice quotes from the article:
Quote"Insurance deals with extreme weather and billions of dollars of losses, but what we are talking about is uninsured loss of fair market value that is trillions of dollars in losses and I am not talking about in 2100, I'm talking about the next mortgage cycle," said Albert Slap, president of Coastal Risk Consulting, a Florida firm that provides lot by lot modeling of flood risk.
...
"Forty percent of Americans live on the coast, which means you have trillions of dollars at risk for climate change that hasn't been modeled for default increases," Slap said.
...
In November, Sean Becketti, the chief economist for the economic and housing research group at Freddie Mac, the federally backed housing lender, co-authored a paper that documented this very risk.
The paper referenced the fact that daily high-water levels in Miami are increasing at a rate of an inch per year, much faster than the rate of global sea-level rise. Other cities along the Eastern seaboard are experiencing a 10-fold increase in the frequency of flooding, according to Freddie Mac.
"A large share of homeowners' wealth is locked up in the equity in their homes," Becketti wrote.
"If those homes become uninsurable and unmarketable, the values of the homes will plummet, perhaps to zero."
... and this is not an environmental group, but a an insurance industry organization talking about these risks.
Power out across the whole island of Puerto Rico. 3.5 million without power. :(
Yeah this has been a brutal hurricane season. Last thing that poor island needs now.
Quote from: Barrister on September 20, 2017, 04:57:33 PM
We had our first bit of snow yesterday. :homestar:
Jesus H. Christ.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on September 20, 2017, 10:49:06 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 20, 2017, 04:57:33 PM
We had our first bit of snow yesterday. :homestar:
Jesus H. Christ.
It accumulated on my deck, but quickly melted that same day.
Frankly in this age of global warming it was almost welcomed. Traditionally you can get snow pretty much 11 months out of the year in Alberta (though it won't last in summer).
Lightning storm here right now but it's eerily quiet.
Quote from: derspiess on September 20, 2017, 08:03:45 AM
Quote from: KRonn on September 19, 2017, 08:59:38 PM
We're getting rain from the outer edge of the tropical storm (former hurricane) that made its way offshore up here to the north east. Supposed to get rain through at least tomorrow and get more windy but not a bad storm. Even so, a day or two ago the local news showed boaters taking boats out of the water as the ocean was getting rough from the storm's approach.
We've gotten a little rain as a result of some of these storms, but one apparent effect is higher temperatures. Could get up to 90 this weekend :angry:
And welcome back :D
It's gotten warmer here too, will get into the 80s late weekend and Monday. Looks like a good chance of more rain tonight and into tomorrow (Friday). Warmed up nicely as it was like Autumn a week or two ago. I was starting to break out the cold weather clothes! Too early for that stuff!
It's 90 here now. I expect much whining from the kids at football practice. But they need to practice in the heat if they're gonna get through their game in the same heat Saturday.
Wicked scocha. 94, humid, no breeze. Can't be fun to play ball today.
36 C. Too hot for September.
Quote from: HVC on September 24, 2017, 01:23:18 PM
36 C. Too hot for September.
You really get shitty seasons on both ends.
Yeah, southern Ontario doesn't have the mildest weather. I miss fall and spring.
Yup, gotta love watching everybody raking leaves in 90 degree weather.
Enjoy your two seasons from now on, earthlings.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 24, 2017, 01:43:58 PM
Yup, gotta love watching everybody raking leaves in 90 degree weather.
Enjoy your two seasons from now on, earthlings.
Everything really is becoming California! :w00t:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 24, 2017, 01:43:58 PM
Yup, gotta love watching everybody raking leaves in 90 degree weather.
Enjoy your two seasons from now on, earthlings.
I'm just going to run them over with the lawnmower. Once the heat breaks Thursday.
Heat wave this week. It'll get to mid to high 70's.
Mid 70s here today - brutal beginning to Fall.
We've gotten rain from both Maria and the last tropical system over the past two weeks (and the reservoirs and rivers are still high from Irma.) Finally we got sun today; but not before a water main burst. It didn't impact my house, but at work they have no water pressure. I worked from home today, no coffee + no bathroom = no thank you to the office.
Quote from: PDH on September 24, 2017, 09:03:15 PM
Mid 70s here today - brutal beginning to Fall.
It's been similar here in the north east, warm days with cool nights for a while now. Very nice easing into Autumn.
It was cooler and less humid this morning than it is now. :bleeding:
Damn, this is terrible
http://abcnews.go.com/US/thousands-flee-wildfires-ravage-california-23-killed/story?id=50383162
QuoteMassive wildfires sweeping through California have killed at least 23 people and damaged thousands of homes, businesses and other buildings, authorities said.
Firefighters were still battling 22 wildfires in multiple California counties Wednesday. Intensified by strong winds, the flames have charred about 170,000 acres of land, damaged or destroyed at least 3,500 structures and forced nearly 20,000 residents to evacuate, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The causes of the fires are unknown.
At least 8,000 firefighters and support personnel and 124 aircraft are battling the fires, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties in Northern California.
With firefighters stretched thin throughout the state, federal agencies as well as neighboring Nevada and nearby Washington state are assisting with resources. Authorities said 1,000 fire departments from San Diego to Oregon were assisting.
St. Joseph Health said 168 patients have been treated, many for burns and smoke inhalation, at three of its hospitals in Napa and Sonoma counties as of Monday night.
An additional 285 people were missing in Sonoma County as of Wednesday evening, according to the sheriff's office. There have been 600 total missing reports since the fires began, but 315 have those have been located safe.
Meanwhile, at least 7,000 people were without power Wednesday in Napa County alone.
With mandatory evacuation orders still in place, many residents in the affected areas have been warned not to return to their homes until further notice.
"Life is more important than property," Sonoma County Sheriff Robert Giordano said at a press conference Tuesday.
He said he thinks the wildfires will be "one of the worst natural disasters in California history."
Southern LNU Complex fires
The so-called Atlas, Nuns and Patrick fires are considered branches of one giant blaze in Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties — collectively known as the Southern LNU Complex — according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Mandatory evacuations and road closures were underway in Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties, the heart of California's wine country, as the flames threatened thousands of structures.
The Atlas fire has scorched 42,349 acres in Napa and Solano counties since the inferno began Sunday night, and just 3 percent of the blaze was contained Wednesday morning. The enormous fire has destroyed 125 structures.
The Nuns fire has charred 7,626 acres in Sonoma County since Sunday night, and it was just 1 percent contained Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, the Patrick fire has burned 9,523 acres in Napa County since Sunday night, and just 2 percent of it was contained Wednesday morning.
Central LNU Complex fires
The Tubbs and Pocket fires make up another enormous blaze, known as the the Central LNU Complex, in Napa and Sonoma counties, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. More than 16,000 structures are threatened.
The Tubbs fire has singed 28,000 acres in Napa County since Sunday night. The fire has destroyed 571 structures, and is just 10 percent contained, authorities said. Most of the deaths -- 13 total as of Wednesday night -- were due to the Tubbs fire.
Meanwhile, the Pocket fire has scorched 5,000 acres in Sonoma County since Monday morning and is 0 percent contained.
Mendocino Lake Complex fires
The Redwood/Potter fires and the Sulphur fire make up a giant blaze, known as the Mendocino Lake Complex, in Lake and Mendocino counties, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The Redwood/Potter fires have charred 29,500 acres in Mendocino County since Sunday night, and was just 5 percent contained Wednesday morning.
The Sulphur fire has burned 2,500 acres in Lake County since late Sunday night, and was 30 percent contained by Wednesday morning.
Wind Complex fires
The Cascade, La Porte, Lobo and McCourtney fires make up one huge blaze in Butte, Nevada and Yuba counties, collectively known as the Wind Complex, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The Cascade fire has scorched 12,349 acres in Yuba County since it began Sunday morning, and it was 20 percent contained Wednesday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
La Porte fire has charred 3,700 acres in Butte County since the blaze ignited early Monday morning, and it was 15 percent contained by Wednesday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The Lobo fire has burned 857 acres in Nevada County since early Monday morning and 30 percent was contained Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, the McCourtney fire has singed 76 acres in Nevada County since early Monday morning, and was 65 percent contained Wednesday morning.
Canyon 2 fire
The Canyon 2 fire has scorched 8,000 acres in Southern California's Orange County since the flames started Monday morning. It was 45 percent contained Wednesday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
At least 3,000 residents were evacuated in and around Anaheim as thousands of structures were threatened by the blaze.
Cherokee fire
The Cherokee fire has charred 7,500 acres in Butte County since Sunday night, and it was 40 percent contained Wednesday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Thirty-seven fire
The 37 fire has burned 1,650 acres in Sonoma County since it started Monday afternoon. It was 65 percent contained by Wednesday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
What's ahead for California
A cold front swept through much of California on Wednesday, bringing more gusty winds and lower humidity, according to ABC News meteorologists. The weather conditions have local authorities concerned about "aggressive" fire behavior.
The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings for Central and Northern California for Wednesday through Thursday. Fire weather watches were issued for Southern California for Thursday through Saturday.
As firefighters work to snuff the raging blazes, Sonoma County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Crum told ABC News the county has asked everyone to "help us out."
The wind's shifting gusts that helped the flames spread appeared to have subsided, he added.
"The night before this, we had 60 mph winds, which is the reason why you have such devastation here," Crum told ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos in an interview Tuesday on "Good Morning America."
Crum confirmed that the alert system put in place gave residents ample time to evacuate and likely prevented many deaths.
"We have a subscription service where we can alert our residents, and we did that right away, trying to notify everybody where the fire was, where it was going and how fast it was going, and I think it saved a lot of lives," he said.
The sheriff's sergeant conceded that it could take a long time for communities to bounce back.
"We have a lot of rebuilding here," Crum said.
Santa Rosa resident Jeff Okrepkie said he fled his home of five years knowing that it could very well be leveled when he returned.
"All that good stuff, I'm never going to see it again," he told ABC's San Francisco station KGO on Monday.
Okrepkie said he and his wife tried their best to gather their most precious documents, photos and mementos, but it was impossible to grab everything in time.
Mike Turpen, 38, said he was at a bar in the Glen Ellen area of Sonoma County when someone stormed in wearing a smoke mask and yelled, "Fire!" He said he drove through the flames in his pickup truck with hopes of saving his home.
Turpen said his yard was scorched and still flaming in some spots, but he managed to keep his home from burning down.
"It was like Armageddon was on," Turpen told KGO. "Every branch of every tree was on fire."
ABC News' Matt Foster, Max Golembo, Jenna Harrison, Marilyn Heck, M.L. Nestel, Rex Sakamoto and Ginger Zee contributed to this report.
On my flight we were told to ignore the burning smell which was just forest fires from Portugal been blown around as a result of the storm (the one currently causing havoc in Ireland).
It got cool today with frost warnings tonight and cooler temps tomorrow. But will get pretty warm by mid week and through most of next week. Be into the mid 70sF or mid 20sC.
Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2017, 11:31:51 AM
On my flight we were told to ignore the burning smell which was just forest fires from Portugal been blown around as a result of the storm (the one currently causing havoc in Ireland).
Where you go?
It was a balmy -18c/0f this morning.
BB's left testicle just frozen off and rolled down his pants pleats like a marble shooter.
So it is snowing in Austin tonight...that's weird.
SA too. Ugh.
E: It's actually snowing pretty good right now, as a matter of fact. Reminds me of last Xmas in Michigan. The yard is already white, truck is covered, etc. And hey, there go the sirens because people driving right now are freaking out and having accidents.
Quote from: Valmy on December 07, 2017, 07:12:46 PM
So it is snowing in Austin tonight...that's weird.
Snow blind in Texas?
❄
In other news, the power's out. <_<
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 07, 2017, 07:32:18 PM
SA too. Ugh.
E: It's actually snowing pretty good right now, as a matter of fact. Reminds me of last Xmas in Michigan. The yard is already white, truck is covered, etc. And hey, there go the sirens because people driving right now are freaking out and having accidents.
Hahaha holy crap, it's a Christmas miracle.
When was the last time it snowed like that in SA?
Kinda wishing I was back home so I could see people's faces.
We here in the Dayton area might get a whole 1.5 inches of snow Saturday.
Quote from: FunkMonk on December 07, 2017, 08:42:34 PM
Hahaha holy crap, it's a Christmas miracle.
When was the last time it snowed like that in SA?
Kinda wishing I was back home so I could see people's faces.
Hm. Well my wife doesn't remember it ever snowing like this while she's been here, so it's been more than a decade. There's probably an inch, inch and a half on my truck right now. If it starts sticking to the roads and shit instead of just lawns, cold cars, trees, etc, and keeps it up, probably the 80s. I think it was 86 or so when they got like a foot down here, so it'll have some catching up to do.
E: That was after Xmas though. I don't know if it's ever done this before Christmas while I've been alive.
Pretty amazing. I guess I'll be listening to family stories about the great snow fall of 2017 this Xmas :D
Quote from: FunkMonk on December 07, 2017, 10:19:40 PM
Pretty amazing. I guess I'll be listening to family stories about the great snow fall of 2017 this Xmas :D
My dad has already been sending me videos of it :D
Meanwhile it was 42 Fahrenheit (6 Celsius) in Edmonton today. :hmm:
The snowmen are smaller in Texas
(https://i.imgur.com/UPsj4MZ.jpg)
:)
It's cold but not Snow.
Ease off the brakes, dumbasses in the south.
Woot! It's a winter wonderland!
If only it were a Monday or so. I'm broke as balls, but I will always celebrate a snow day.
No snow here. though I think they got some in Raleigh and points west and north of the capital. It's gotten colder, though, but not below freezing yet--that's supposed to happen over the next few nights.
You fucking southerners are stealing all our cold. It's above freezing temperatures set for all week up in Edmonton. :mad: #Iwanttogoskatingatouroutdoorrink
We only kept it for a day or two.
Quote from: Valmy on December 08, 2017, 12:10:48 AM
The snowmen are smaller in Texas
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We got about 2" at our house. It was 65 again today like normal.
It was 72 here today, supposed to be 74 tomorrow. No rain in sight. Fuck you, climate change.
What is this shit? Snow that is sticking in London?
Quote from: garbon on December 10, 2017, 05:14:32 AM
What is this shit? Snow that is sticking in London?
:nelson:
Just lots of rain down here. :)
Had to get me before I escaped to the land of sun. :weep:
It is warmer here than in Portland, OR right now. :wacko:
Our snow is melting off...leaving work to go run...we have an old hanger on base with an indoor track...I felt like I could run outside in shorts/t-shirt (if it weren't for all of the ice not having melted off quite yet).
Quote from: Barrister on December 09, 2017, 11:29:06 PM
You fucking southerners are stealing all our cold. It's above freezing temperatures set for all week up in Edmonton. :mad: #Iwanttogoskatingatouroutdoorrink
Fuck. More hot. It's December in Edmonton - it should be cold right now. :mad:
We are at elevated fire risk!
More wintry mix!
Wheee! 1-2 more inches and blowing snow. Thanks Alberta clipper!
Tonight set to be the coldest Winter night here for 7 years; near freezing when I went for my early evening walk. :bowler:
Montreal's getting it's first storm of the season.
Commute was a bitch.
about two inches of snow, not bad for the first storm of the season.
Looks like another season of snow only falling on the local mountains here - but even that is melting pretty quickly.
And another clipper. It looks like we are going to get snow's equivalence of the drizzling shits. An inch here, an inch there.
Fuck it. I should move to Arizona.
Rain and 40's here. :nelson:
Quote from: katmai on December 12, 2017, 09:29:29 PM
Rain and 40's here. :nelson:
No one gives a fuck about a 40 degree day.
Looks to be another 10 degrees Christmas. I wonder if we'll ever get snow this season. :(
Currently on track for 23c for Christmas. :yeah:
Just weird here.
Longest night of the year tonight, 16 hours and 59 minutes. Summer is coming. :w00t:
Quote from: Liep on December 20, 2017, 05:28:46 AM
Longest night of the year tonight, 16 hours and 59 minutes. Summer is coming. :w00t:
Shall I go to Stonehenge tomorrow morning along with two dozen other regional nutters? :bowler: :P
Quote from: mongers on December 20, 2017, 08:10:08 AM
Quote from: Liep on December 20, 2017, 05:28:46 AM
Longest night of the year tonight, 16 hours and 59 minutes. Summer is coming. :w00t:
Shall I go to Stonehenge tomorrow morning along with two dozen other regional nutters? :bowler: :P
When I went, there was a big Druid parade happening. They got to go inside the fence!
They sort of danced around the stones. My favorite was one apparently dotty old lady wearing an authentically druidic gold lame dress. :D
I didn't point out that Stonehenge had nothing to do with Druids ...
Quote from: Malthus on December 20, 2017, 09:17:14 AM
Quote from: mongers on December 20, 2017, 08:10:08 AM
Quote from: Liep on December 20, 2017, 05:28:46 AM
Longest night of the year tonight, 16 hours and 59 minutes. Summer is coming. :w00t:
Shall I go to Stonehenge tomorrow morning along with two dozen other regional nutters? :bowler: :P
When I went, there was a big Druid parade happening. They got to go inside the fence!
They sort of danced around the stones. My favorite was one apparently dotty old lady wearing an authentically druidic gold lame dress. :D
I didn't point out that Stonehenge had nothing to do with Druids ...
:yes: :area52:
Quote from: Malthus on December 20, 2017, 09:17:14 AM
They sort of danced around the stones. My favorite was one apparently dotty old lady wearing an authentically druidic gold lame dress. :D
I didn't point out that Stonehenge had nothing to do with Druids ...
Were there dancing dwarves? :)
Quote from: Caliga on December 20, 2017, 10:31:48 AM
Quote from: Malthus on December 20, 2017, 09:17:14 AM
They sort of danced around the stones. My favorite was one apparently dotty old lady wearing an authentically druidic gold lame dress. :D
I didn't point out that Stonehenge had nothing to do with Druids ...
Were there dancing dwarves? :)
Now that would have been interesting. :D
Wtf it might snow again this weekend and on Xmas morning.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 20, 2017, 11:43:37 AM
Wtf it might snow again this weekend and on Xmas morning.
Yeah it is going to be crazy cold this Christmas.
Quote from: Valmy on December 20, 2017, 11:59:50 AM
Yeah it is going to be crazy cold this Christmas.
At least today and tomorrow are going to be nice.
Glad we had a white Christmas, but now I'm cold.
We barely had a white Christmas, but it was the first one the kids have experienced, so I'll take it. Got down to 5F this morning. I was doing a garage lager and had to bring it inside so it wouldn't freeze.
I froze my nuts off today.
Visiting my parents here (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42490329). City was mostly shut down for two days, but today things were open.
Nuts still frozen.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 28, 2017, 09:00:39 PM
Nuts still frozen.
Whatever you do, don't rest them on top a radiator to defrost. :(
Stick em in the microwave.
CB and I were back in Motown for Christmas. Every year we go to "Holiday Nights" at Greenfield Village (an outdoor museum of Americana built by Henry Ford.) This year it was 9° F/ -13° C :pinch:. We lasted about 90 minutes in that. Last year it was so warm that the ice skating rink didn't have ice; this year it was so cold that only a few hardy souls dared skates.
70° F/21° C and sunny here in Florida; hard life. Do you have any neighbors left Grey Fox? I think passed half of Quebec on I-95 coming down here.
Well, I'm sick of winter. 3.5 inches of snow and colder than a witches tit. Of course I had to clear the drive.
MUH ARTHRITIS
Fly to France and visit your estate at Mar-a-Dago or something.
Can't. kids in school.
Almost a proper English Winter here; cold snaps, SouthWesterlies bringing lots of rain, some gales and weather that changes every 12 hours. :bowler:
First one like this in five or six years.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 30, 2017, 08:33:35 PM
Can't. kids in school.
They'll be fine. Haven't you seen the Home Alone movies? There's like half a dozen of them or something.
They're forecasting -17, -35 wind chill tonight. Gonna stay home for the first time in forever.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 31, 2017, 04:20:40 PM
They're forecasting -17, -35 wind chill tonight. Gonna stay home for the first time in forever.
What a bunch of pussies.
Going to be icy tonight and tomorrow morning, so I'll probably stay home too. Uber/Lyft drivers can barely control their cars when it's dry, don't want to even think about how shitty they get when there's ice involved.
Quote from: katmai on December 31, 2017, 05:14:25 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 31, 2017, 04:20:40 PM
They're forecasting -17, -35 wind chill tonight. Gonna stay home for the first time in forever.
What a bunch of pussies.
I'm a bunch of pussies? Or the weather forecasters are pussies too?
As we are all Yi, then yes you are a bunch of pussies.
Guess that means a new bar trivia champ tonight. Heavy.
Does Yis bar accept answers in the form "that guy from _____"?
Quote from: Eddie Teach on December 31, 2017, 06:42:24 PM
Does Yis bar accept answers in the form "that guy from _____"?
More important do they recognize his use of nicknames.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 31, 2017, 05:20:09 PM
Going to be icy tonight and tomorrow morning, so I'll probably stay home too. Uber/Lyft drivers can barely control their cars when it's dry, don't want to even think about how shitty they get when there's ice involved.
Yeah I didn't stay home, and I'm paying for it now. :x I'm
way too old for that shit.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on January 01, 2018, 12:15:01 PM
Yeah I didn't stay home, and I'm paying for it now. :x I'm way too old for that shit.
You guys were colder overnight than us.
Quote from: katmai on January 01, 2018, 12:20:12 PM
You guys were colder overnight than us.
Really? That's crazy. I was up in New Braunfels too, so may have been even colder than Helotes.
It's finally warmed up above -20C for the first time in over a week. :cool:
It's been getting down into the upper 40s here at night. That's about 8-9 for you celsiods.
Quote from: PDH on January 01, 2018, 03:48:03 PM
It's been getting down into the upper 40s here at night. That's about 8-9 for you celsiods.
I hope your AC still works man.
Still miserable.
Sea of mud and water here, I have to either put on wellingtons or use wheels to go into town. <_<
It has been below freezing for a couple days now and will be for the next couple days. Too cold for Texans.
Quote from: Valmy on January 02, 2018, 09:47:55 AM
It has been below freezing for a couple days now and will be for the next couple days. Too cold for Texans.
That could be the title of a novella or an independently produced film.
Quote from: Barrister on January 01, 2018, 02:39:30 PM
It's finally warmed up above -20C for the first time in over a week. :cool:
I read they were moving the penguins in the Calgary zoo inside because of the cold.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/now-thats-cold-calgary-zoo-moves-penguins-inside-out-of-bitter-cold-record-lows-arctic-chill/92780/
Small wonder. Calgary is a lot further north than their natural habitat.
It's supposed to get below freezing tomorrow night; the first time that's happened since I moved here six years ago. Back in the old days they used to burn tires to save to orange crop when that happened; fortunately we have industrial heaters now (and they don't raise oranges as much this far north anymore.)
There was snow in Tallahassee and some of the panhandle; nothing that accumulated, just wet, heavy flakes in the air. So they cancelled school all the way down to Orlando. For two days.
gonna hit minus 30 tonight with wind-chill.. yay.
minus 22 F for my southern freinds
Quote from: HVC on January 04, 2018, 09:09:14 AM
gonna hit minus 30 tonight with wind-chill.. yay.
minus 22 F for my southern freinds
Cold enough for you? ;)
This fellow sufferer is cancelling his family cross-country ski plans for Saturday. :(
We got our first snow of the season overnight. :mad:
It was pretty much just a dusting, though... not enough to fuck up driving.
Quote from: Savonarola on January 04, 2018, 08:14:59 AM
There was snow in Tallahassee and some of the panhandle; nothing that accumulated, just wet, heavy flakes in the air. So they cancelled school all the way down to Orlando. For two days.
A friend of mine in Gainesville mentioned schools would be closed today because it had reached the DANGEROUSLY COLD temperature of 46 F. :lol:
Quote from: Savonarola on January 04, 2018, 08:14:59 AM
There was snow in Tallahassee and some of the panhandle; nothing that accumulated, just wet, heavy flakes in the air. So they cancelled school all the way down to Orlando. For two days.
The problem with the South is that it does not snow or ice consistently. It comes a few times a year and nobody has time to adjust their driving habits before it is gone for weeks or months (sometimes years). So it can get pretty brutal out there. I am fine with them being a bit overzealous closing things. Lives are saved, especially in the traffic choked cities like Austin. And it is not like it ever lasts longer than a day generally.
Granted that does sound a bit over the top. :P
Quote from: Caliga on January 04, 2018, 09:52:32 AM
Quote from: Savonarola on January 04, 2018, 08:14:59 AM
There was snow in Tallahassee and some of the panhandle; nothing that accumulated, just wet, heavy flakes in the air. So they cancelled school all the way down to Orlando. For two days.
A friend of mine in Gainesville mentioned schools would be closed today because it had reached the DANGEROUSLY COLD temperature of 46 F. :lol:
And you like to brag about how warm Kentucky is.
Quote from: Malthus on January 04, 2018, 09:45:57 AM
Quote from: HVC on January 04, 2018, 09:09:14 AM
gonna hit minus 30 tonight with wind-chill.. yay.
minus 22 F for my southern freinds
Cold enough for you? ;)
This fellow sufferer is cancelling his family cross-country ski plans for Saturday. :(
The fuck? Excellent opportunity to build character.
Quote from: Valmy on January 04, 2018, 09:56:01 AM
And you like to brag about how warm Kentucky is.
It's always been as compared to Boston, dude. Kentucky is nowhere near as warm as Florida or Texas.
Quote from: The Brain on January 04, 2018, 10:08:56 AM
Quote from: Malthus on January 04, 2018, 09:45:57 AM
Quote from: HVC on January 04, 2018, 09:09:14 AM
gonna hit minus 30 tonight with wind-chill.. yay.
minus 22 F for my southern freinds
Cold enough for you? ;)
This fellow sufferer is cancelling his family cross-country ski plans for Saturday. :(
The fuck? Excellent opportunity to build character.
Nothing builds character like frost bite :D
@Malthus, its supposed to warm next week. I'm actually surprised nothing has blown up in the city. usually when it gets this cold this fast we have water mains popping all over the city.
My son will be in TO over the next couple of days visiting friends before his classes start up next week.
Perfect timing :lol:
Did Seedy get his tongue off the metal fence post? :blink:
Nasty snow storm here in Massachusetts. Heavy wind, snow stopped but the winds are still high and that'll continue through tomorrow apparently. I just cleared a path to my car and to the street, plus cleared out the fire hydrant in front of my house. I'll get out the snow blower tomorrow and do the entire cleanup.
Quote from: KRonn on January 04, 2018, 08:23:36 PM
Nasty snow storm here in Massachusetts. Heavy wind, snow stopped but the winds are still high and that'll continue through tomorrow apparently. I just cleared a path to my car and to the street, plus cleared out the fire hydrant in front of my house. I'll get out the snow blower tomorrow and do the entire cleanup.
Damn Kronn, you're a hardy chap; the weather won't get you, but the clearing up might one day kill you. :P
Anyway happy new year from up North. :cheers:
Quote from: mongers on January 04, 2018, 10:10:54 PM
Quote from: KRonn on January 04, 2018, 08:23:36 PM
Nasty snow storm here in Massachusetts. Heavy wind, snow stopped but the winds are still high and that'll continue through tomorrow apparently. I just cleared a path to my car and to the street, plus cleared out the fire hydrant in front of my house. I'll get out the snow blower tomorrow and do the entire cleanup.
Damn Kronn, you're a hardy chap; the weather won't get you, but the clearing up might one day kill you. :P
Anyway happy new year from up North. :cheers:
Hehe, I was trying to be careful when just clearing a path to the street as the snow was so deep I was getting winded. Not being a young fella anymore I try to be careful with that stuff. :) But I didn't want to get out the snow blower yet to do the whole thing as it might snow more over night. Just a path in case of visitors and especially to clear the fire hydrant.
It's in the upper 20s F today, or -2 to -5 Celsius range, and it feels like a heat wave compared to the previous week or two. :)
Huh - they issued a snowfall warning for Edmonton. 10-20cm expected in the next 24 hours.
36 and the snow is melting. :yeah:
Temps are going to hit 40 and 50 F later this week, so much of this snow will melt. Plus a welcome relief to the deep freeze.
Quote from: KRonn on January 08, 2018, 07:57:21 PM
Temps are going to hit 40 and 50 F later this week, so much of this snow will melt. Plus a welcome relief to the deep freeze.
:cool:
We're stuck on about 3-5C with often night-time wet and windy fronts coming in off the Atlantic. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on January 08, 2018, 08:07:14 PM
Quote from: KRonn on January 08, 2018, 07:57:21 PM
Temps are going to hit 40 and 50 F later this week, so much of this snow will melt. Plus a welcome relief to the deep freeze.
:cool:
We're stuck on about 3-5C with often night-time wet and windy fronts coming in off the Atlantic. :bowler:
Beautiful :weep:
Although there's a certain charm over the frozen flooded fields atm.
3-6 years inches predicted with some saying 6-12. I'll be in my bunker Friday.
Extreme cold warning issued to Edmonton. Windchills will make the temperature like -40. :showoff:
Quote from: Barrister on January 10, 2018, 09:06:45 PM
Extreme cold warning issued to Edmonton. Windchills will make the temperature like -40. :showoff:
Does that make you feel tougher while sitting around in your heated office? :P
Quote from: Eddie Teach on January 10, 2018, 11:47:06 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 10, 2018, 09:06:45 PM
Extreme cold warning issued to Edmonton. Windchills will make the temperature like -40. :showoff:
Does that make you feel tougher while sitting around in your heated office? :P
Actually my office, with it's big glass windows, gets fucking cold in temperatures like this.
But not as cold as it feel standing for the bus in -40 windchill weather.
I break out the long underwear under my suit for these kind of temperatures - both for in my office and for the bus.
Very manly of you to wait for a bus in weather like that Beeb.
What do you use for footwear?
Loafers.
I mean the long underwear you can't see, but I can't get away with not wearing dress shoes for court.
Actually, I remember running a trial in Beaver Creek, Yukon (Canada's western-most community!). Trial was in the community hall in the middle of winter. Accused was some kind of "free man" anti-government type. "Court" was in the community hall/curling rink. So we had to set up the folding tables to get ready for court. It was incredibly cold outside. It was incredibly cold outside, and I remember a mess of moose blood in the snow outside the community hall from some previous event.
Anyways... it was half-way through the trial that I realized that I was still wearing my Sorel boots through the trial, instead of my dress shoes which I had brought. I apologized to the judge, who just laughed and said I could carry on.
It was -14C/6.8F this morning. :bleeding:
Man up the lot of you.
-17C/1.4F this morning. :bleeding:
Well, at least you're not surrounded by the People's Volunteer Army 9th Army.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 11, 2018, 05:33:15 PM
-17C/1.4F this morning. :bleeding:
So we might actually get a Winter Olympics where it's.. cold?
Quote from: Liep on January 11, 2018, 06:18:30 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 11, 2018, 05:33:15 PM
-17C/1.4F this morning. :bleeding:
So we might actually get a Winter Olympics where it's.. cold?
Dubai has an expensive standby bid, just in case it all kicks off in Korea these next few weeks.
Quote from: mongers on January 11, 2018, 06:23:03 PM
Quote from: Liep on January 11, 2018, 06:18:30 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 11, 2018, 05:33:15 PM
-17C/1.4F this morning. :bleeding:
So we might actually get a Winter Olympics where it's.. cold?
Dubai has an expensive standby bid, just in case it all kicks off in Korea these next few weeks.
While I get the nuclear winter joke, Dubai has no mountain. The FIS-Ski is why we have so much trouble finding Winter Olympic cities.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 11, 2018, 06:30:39 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 11, 2018, 06:23:03 PM
Quote from: Liep on January 11, 2018, 06:18:30 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 11, 2018, 05:33:15 PM
-17C/1.4F this morning. :bleeding:
So we might actually get a Winter Olympics where it's.. cold?
Dubai has an expensive standby bid, just in case it all kicks off in Korea these next few weeks.
While I get the nuclear winter joke, Dubai has no mountain. The FIS-Ski is why we have so much trouble finding Winter Olympic cities.
The IOC is why there's trouble finding Olympic cities, the snow, mountains and facilities are easy to find.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 11, 2018, 06:30:39 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 11, 2018, 06:23:03 PM
Quote from: Liep on January 11, 2018, 06:18:30 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 11, 2018, 05:33:15 PM
-17C/1.4F this morning. :bleeding:
So we might actually get a Winter Olympics where it's.. cold?
Dubai has an expensive standby bid, just in case it all kicks off in Korea these next few weeks.
While I get the nuclear winter joke, Dubai has no mountain. The FIS-Ski is why we have so much trouble finding Winter Olympic cities.
No, the 'joke' is Dubai* is totally unsuited to host a winter Olympics, so why wouldn't the IOC** award it to Dubai.
* too much money
** susceptible to bribery.
I'd say don't quit your day job, but not sure if you have one. :hmm:
Quote from: Liep on January 12, 2018, 04:41:41 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 11, 2018, 06:30:39 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 11, 2018, 06:23:03 PM
Quote from: Liep on January 11, 2018, 06:18:30 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 11, 2018, 05:33:15 PM
-17C/1.4F this morning. :bleeding:
So we might actually get a Winter Olympics where it's.. cold?
Dubai has an expensive standby bid, just in case it all kicks off in Korea these next few weeks.
While I get the nuclear winter joke, Dubai has no mountain. The FIS-Ski is why we have so much trouble finding Winter Olympic cities.
The IOC is why there's trouble finding Olympic cities, the snow, mountains and facilities are easy to find.
FIS moutain requirements are too hard. The IOC insisting that they are "close" is a problem too, you are right.
It was -28 this morning. It's supposed to hit +1 tomorrow. :hmm:
Quote from: Barrister on January 12, 2018, 11:20:21 AM
It was -28 this morning. It's supposed to hit +1 tomorrow. :hmm:
Do you guy's testicles migrate for winter? :D
Frozen rain and hail. had the whole weather spectrum this week
We had a little freezing rain yesterday. Schools were let out. The worst type of winter weather.
I was going to ask Beeb why he never snow birds, but then figured it was because of kids and school.
So I'm curious who exactly are the hordes driving down I95 to Florida. Empty nesters and retirees?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 12, 2018, 01:26:22 PM
We had a little freezing rain yesterday. Schools were let out. The worst type of winter weather.
I was going to ask Beeb why he never snow birds, but then figured it was because of kids and school.
So I'm curious who exactly are the hordes driving down I95 to Florida. Empty nesters and retirees?
Illegal migrant workers, fleeing the righteous fury of Trump's wroth?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 12, 2018, 01:26:22 PM
We had a little freezing rain yesterday. Schools were let out. The worst type of winter weather.
I was going to ask Beeb why he never snow birds, but then figured it was because of kids and school.
So I'm curious who exactly are the hordes driving down I95 to Florida. Empty nesters and retirees?
The ones who are driving? Definitely retirees. Working-age empty nesters fly down to Mexico or Cuba.
I don't mind the cold that much, but I wouldn't be opposed to a mid-winter break in the sun. But Yi nailed it - hard to do with the kids.
Quote from: mongers on January 12, 2018, 01:21:07 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 12, 2018, 11:20:21 AM
It was -28 this morning. It's supposed to hit +1 tomorrow. :hmm:
Do you guy's testicles migrate for winter? :D
Bah. You just have to dress appropriately for the weather and you're fine.
Quote from: mongers on January 12, 2018, 01:21:07 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 12, 2018, 11:20:21 AM
It was -28 this morning. It's supposed to hit +1 tomorrow. :hmm:
Do you guy's testicles migrate for winter? :D
Its is actually good for you :)
https://www.menshealth.com/guy-wisdom/cryogenic-chamber-affects-on-penis
We're citing men's health as a source now?
Ice storm on it's way down here now. No snow this time, but I got an extra day off tomorrow because of it. :)
Snow in Stockholm! :w00t:
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on January 15, 2018, 09:10:53 PM
Ice storm on it's way down here now. No snow this time, but I got an extra day off tomorrow because of it. :)
This was a pretty good one. My truck has like a quarter inch of ice covering it. Bunch of car accidents (180+!) this morning as the bridges were all frozen, so the city finally closed the highways in the area and all that. I'm kind of interested to see what's going to happen work-wise tomorrow, since it's not going to get above freezing until, like, noon-ish, and I can't get out to the research park without crossing several bridges.
It's going to be 19 tomorrow morning at 7, but hey 60s and 70s this weekend.
We're getting more snow late tonight and into tomorrow (Wednesday). Maybe a few inches where I am depending on the storm track and heavier snow inland and north in Massachusetts and upper New England. I don't work tomorrow so I can sit and watch the snow. I usually do my food shopping early on Wednesday mornings but I should be able to get that done, and if not no biggie.
Quote from: The Brain on January 16, 2018, 10:07:50 AM
Snow in Stockholm! :w00t:
Make sure to wear your stocking. :uffda:
Quote from: The Brain on January 16, 2018, 10:07:50 AM
Snow in Stockholm! :w00t:
I'm sure that isn't unusual. You Nordic types must have snow year round.... ;)
Quote from: KRonn on January 17, 2018, 09:01:50 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 16, 2018, 10:07:50 AM
Snow in Stockholm! :w00t:
I'm sure that isn't unusual. You Nordic types must have snow year round.... ;)
Hasn't snowed yet in Copenhagen. :weep:
Bit of a breeze today. From my office window alone I could see four trees come down, one on top of a car that was parked there just minutes before.
Quote from: Maladict on January 18, 2018, 09:56:36 AM
Bit of a breeze today. From my office window alone I could see four trees come down, one on top of a car that was parked there just minutes before.
Yeah that storm front blew through here around 3-4am, guess it intensified a bit over the southern North Sea.
It had woken me up early in the morning as it sounded like my windows were going to blow in. :(
New Danish all time high for January at 12.7 C today.
It's getting hot in here.
12.9! We're melting!
Quote from: Liep on January 24, 2018, 10:40:54 AM
12.9! We're melting!
Turns out it was a faulty thermometer so the old record of 12.4 still stands.
Now it's -2 and SNOWING! Yay! First time this winter, sadly it doesn't appear to be more than a sprinkling. :(
Quote from: Liep on February 03, 2018, 08:45:31 AM
Quote from: Liep on January 24, 2018, 10:40:54 AM
12.9! We're melting!
Turns out it was a faulty thermometer so the old record of 12.4 still stands.
Now it's -2 and SNOWING! Yay! First time this winter, sadly it doesn't appear to be more than a sprinkling. :(
Yeah set to be rather cold here for the next few days, pity as a lot of plants have been putting out new growth. :(
We have an extreme cold warning on tonight. With wind it's supposed to hit a "feels like" -40 overnight.
You know, I like winter. I like cold. I just want it to be not quite so cold so I can take my boys skating outdoors again. :(
We got about 8 inches so y'all downwind might want to buy your TP and milk now.
We may be headed for some snow about mid week here in the North East. So far the winter has been ok, just one big snow storm.
Well the fucking drought is back.
Yesterday evening and today morning had 5 to 10 cm snow so 750 km of traffic jams in the region, no busses after 20h. :lol: People having to spend the night in their cars outside fo Paris centre.
(Île-de-)France just cannot deal with snow.
Driving a scooter under snow. :lol:
Only -2 at most but that's enough, and enjoyable for those who like snow. Last time there was snow was in 2010, and it was mayhem, again.
Really? I mean I know the entire length of the Seine froze several times during the 19th century. Global warming has robbed Paris of its institutional memory :(
Getting 4 inches again today. Commute back will be a bitch.
Sybaritism has taken its toll too I believe. :P
I like snow and most metro and regional express (RER) lines work so it's not that bad. Just bad organisation. Drivers should have been told by the authorities to stay at home during a couple of days. But then, I remember the confusion in Frankfurt Airport in 2010, in a land allegedly used to cold and snow (plus three weeks of summer).
We got about an inch of snow then it rained for a while. Further north and inland Massachusetts got up to six inches. I pushed snow off my driveway and off my 85yo neighbor's driveway, mostly for a bit exercise since the rain would likely wash it off. Heh, my neighbor baked a banana bread for me even though I told her she didn't have to do anything. I and other neighbors often help her out and she returns the favor with tasty deserts. I still have some muffins in my freezer from the last time. She still does well for herself, she gets out all the time doing stuff, visiting relatives, church activities, etc. I hope I'm that healthy when I get to be that age.
I'd never turn down a banana bread. :D
Quote from: Eddie Teach on February 07, 2018, 10:54:27 PM
I'd never turn down a banana bread. :D
Hehe, agreed. It's one of my favorites!
We're getting 5-8 more inches.
We're supposed to get some light amounts of snow/rain about every other day over next week. So far no big storms but that could change as the storms get closer. Northern New England has been getting a good amount of snow for the ski slopes.
Just been out putting some washing on the line and I had this odd sensation, it was the warmth of the sun on me. :gasp:
Days to the Spring equinox - 37. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on February 11, 2018, 09:20:28 AM
Just been out putting some washing on the line and I had this odd sensation, it was the warmth of the sun on me. :gasp:
Days to the Spring equinox - 37. :cool:
You know, if Mongers casts a shadow that means six more weeks of winter.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on February 11, 2018, 09:28:54 AM
Quote from: mongers on February 11, 2018, 09:20:28 AM
Just been out putting some washing on the line and I had this odd sensation, it was the warmth of the sun on me. :gasp:
Days to the Spring equinox - 37. :cool:
You know, if Mongers casts a shadow that means six more weeks of winter.
<_<
Besides, Winter's done here; there I said it, jinx me all you want. :rolleyes:
Heh, mid February and I'm going to be ready for some heavy snow fall through end of the month. Feb is usually our snowiest month. May get some snow later this week, a bit early for forecasts to really be sure of what'll happen, but a couple of storms are coming across the country and will give us at least some snow/rain/sleet. Was warmish today, 40sF/7C - most of the ground is clear of any snow.
Quote from: Barrister on February 04, 2018, 12:57:39 AM
We have an extreme cold warning on tonight. With wind it's supposed to hit a "feels like" -40 overnight.
You know, I like winter. I like cold. I just want it to be not quite so cold so I can take my boys skating outdoors again. :(
"Feels like? Eh, back in nny day we had actual, no- shit -40 several days to several weeks each year and we liked it. (Because we got school off at -40)
It was -45 one day in January last year in Laramie. I wasn't there. I told people here about it. The tilted their heads like confused dogs. The end.
It's hot and humid here this morning. Hot and humid + winter = TORNADO FUN
Today was enjoyable. Mid 60's. Enjoyed driving around for a couple of hours.
We'll get buttfucked by a super cool March now.
Temps were up to 50F/10C today, warm but cloudy and occasional drizzle. Supposed to get cold and good chance of about six inches of snow over the next day/night. Just when it seemed we might get out of February without more snow.
Just got a couple more inches.
One thing you don't have to worry about in the Midwest is water shortages.
Spring has definitively arrived here. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on February 17, 2018, 06:39:07 PM
Spring has definitively arrived here. :bowler:
Only very briefly. I see temps are to decline throughout the week. Really we're just currently back at early Jan temps. :D
Forecast predicted about 6 inches of snow, but apparently the rain/snow line moved a bit and we only got a few inches of snow overnight Saturday. By mid morning Sunday with bright sunshine and temps above freezing the roads were clear of snow. This week it's supposed to get into to the 60'sF/15C. So hopefully temperate weather continues and we don't get a big hit of snow as the snow/cold season winds down.
Quote from: garbon on February 18, 2018, 10:38:35 AM
Quote from: mongers on February 17, 2018, 06:39:07 PM
Spring has definitively arrived here. :bowler:
Only very briefly. I see temps are to decline throughout the week. Really we're just currently back at early Jan temps. :D
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/19/sudden-stratospheric-warming-set-to-bring-lengthy-cold-snap-to-uk
QuoteBritain will be gripped by a potentially lengthy cold snap as sudden stratospheric warming looks poised to cause temperatures to tumble.
Forecasters have warned that the meteorological event has disturbed the jet stream – allowing chilly winds from eastern Europe to blast the UK – and could last well into March.
The Met Office spokesman Oli Claydon said the highs of 14C expected on Monday would be short-lived and that temperatures would "slowly ramp down through the week".
He said sudden stratospheric warming was caused by a huge rise in air temperature in an area about 18 miles (30km) above the north pole.
"There is a very big, very cold pool of air that circulates around the north pole – sudden stratospheric warming, as it says on the tin, is when the stratosphere suddenly warms," he said.
"Last week, we saw that take place – a sudden jump of around 50C – so that can disturb the way that cold pool of air moves around the north pole very high up.
"That can lead in around 70% of instances to it impacting the drivers that affect our weather in northern Europe as well. So what we are seeing in this case is it disturbing the jet stream and weakening the jet stream."
This, he said, would usher out the usual wet and windy conditions, and allow high pressure to "build and dominate" over northern Europe.
From the middle of the week Claydon said this shift would allow an easterly breeze to establish and bring cold air towards Britain, with it feeling close to freezing in some parts.
"As that high pressure builds an easterly flow will start to develop and we will start getting an easterly wind and cold air moving in from eastern Europe by the time we get to the weekend," he said.
Claydon added: "These colder conditions are expected to last into next week and could be fairly prolonged, and could still be with us into the beginning of March," he said.
What happened to Brexit means Brexit? :angry:
I guess that's why we will get high highs this week. Cold air is stuck in Europe.
Predicting 70's tomorrow. Time to get the Hellcat out.
Today was like Spring time weather! :)
Got nippy hear again. Wind howling through the trees.
Temps going from 70F/21C today to 30sF/0-2C tomorrow and a little snow/rain, expected to be just a coating to an inch. Today was great weather second day in a row, like Springtime.
And it is cold again. I have enjoyed this winter, it actually got cold and stayed that way for awhile. I mean cold by Texas standards I mean. Like about 40F/4.5C. It has been nice.
This winter really kicked my ass. Basically didn't leave the house from mid December to end of January.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/23/uk-faces-significant-snowfall-due-to-freezing-air-from-siberia
QuoteUK faces 'significant' snowfall due to freezing air from Siberia
Freezing air from Siberia is to envelop the UK next week in what could be the coldest end to the British winter for five years, bringing the risk of "significant" and "disruptive" snowfall.
The Arctic blast, which has been called "the beast from the east", will cause temperatures to plunge below zero from Sunday night, with some areas experiencing lows of -8C (17.6F), and snow forecast to fall in London and the east of England.
Due to an unusual kink in the jet stream, the freezing air will extend over the British Isles, northern Europe and western Siberia, with temperatures struggling to get above zero during the day in London, and lows of below -50C forecast in Russia.
Snowday for you tomorrow?
Been having a really fucking loud thunderstorm tonight.
Polar cold wave announced around, -5 to -10 at night, possibly -20 felt if windy in other parts of France.
No snow. :(
Stay warm you unprepared Euros.
The temperature out there is plummeting like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMmDsycHC0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMmDsycHC0)
No weather apocalypse / Siberian weather bomb here yet. :hmm:
Spent a couple of hours out in the bright sunshine and stiff breeze, stopped to chat with a few people, it was fine. :bowler:
Rainy and cool here, 38F/3C but fortunately too warm for snow in the last week of February.
Rome:
(https://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20180226&t=2&i=1235251859&w=780&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=2018-02-26T124012Z_29839_MRPRC19C40ABAE0_RTRMADP_0_ITALY-SNOW)
(https://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20180226&t=2&i=1235251862&w=780&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=2018-02-26T124012Z_29839_MRPRC19E0989F30_RTRMADP_0_ITALY-SNOW)
(https://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20180226&t=2&i=1235251853&w=780&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=2018-02-26T124012Z_29839_MRPRC16FCFA9100_RTRMADP_0_EUROPE-WEATHER-ITALY)
I like how everybody is wearing dark colors except that one person in green and pink in the third picture.
The second pic looks like some Medieval allegorical painting about the sack of Rome, but with way too much perspective.
Pretty balmy here today. Got my official beginning of spring haircut.
Cool here, but we're looking at some heavy storms later in the week as about three storm fronts converge somewhat.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 26, 2018, 07:16:23 PM
The second pic looks like some Medieval allegorical painting about the sack of Rome, but with way too much perspective.
Pretty balmy here today. Got my official beginning of spring haircut.
A
Renaissance allegorical painting about the sack of Rome, then. ;)
We have gotten a bit of snow here.
Lots of flooding here. River is up at its highest level since I've lived here, and if we get that storm we're expecting it could give 1997 a run for its money.
Quote from: derspiess on February 28, 2018, 10:01:26 AM
Lots of flooding here. River is up at its highest level since I've lived here, and if we get that storm we're expecting it could give 1997 a run for its money.
Bit of a contrast to here, we've had 4 or 5 very dry winters and consequently the river has been in poor condition, just this winter we've had a reasonable amount, but not enough for it to flood the meadows, but it is a least looking healthier.
20 cm of snow this morning in Bragança, though I don't think it will last for long with temperatures rising tomorrow.
(https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28378372_1144636898972342_7048880089685386925_n.jpg?oh=206d2ed6083b43d6e05772d58db0a24a&oe=5B0386F0)
(https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28576995_1862372010441643_6271109445602130172_n.jpg?oh=6553ae648e785fa58530d9cf084d10bd&oe=5B4C58A4)
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on February 28, 2018, 02:42:06 PM
20 cm of snow this morning in Bragança, though I don't think it will last for long with temperatures rising tomorrow.
(https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28378372_1144636898972342_7048880089685386925_n.jpg?oh=206d2ed6083b43d6e05772d58db0a24a&oe=5B0386F0)
(https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28576995_1862372010441643_6271109445602130172_n.jpg?oh=6553ae648e785fa58530d9cf084d10bd&oe=5B4C58A4)
Still nothing here.
Given you're 9 degrees further south, Spring must be right around the corner for you? :cool:
I expect a rainy and cool March before real Spring, with a freezing night still possible in April, as always.
Beautiful hometown you have there Duque.
For the first time in a while, I broke out my snow boots so as not to slip on the non-salted sidewalks. <_<
Quote from: Valmy on February 28, 2018, 04:30:08 PM
Beautiful hometown you have there Duque.
Yes everyone on Langish should visit him ...
.... on mass. :menace:
Duque, send the invites out, please. :D
On mass? :hmm:
Quote from: garbon on February 28, 2018, 04:42:52 PM
For the first time in a while, I broke out my snow boots so as not to slip on the non-salted pavements. <_<
FYP. :bowler:
Quote from: garbon on February 28, 2018, 04:47:54 PM
On mass? :hmm:
Well I could have used the 'French', but though D would appreciate the faux Britishism. :bowler:
Quote from: garbon on February 28, 2018, 04:47:54 PM
On mass? :hmm:
The Church holds them regularly and has a large capacity.
Quote from: mongers on February 28, 2018, 04:47:05 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 28, 2018, 04:30:08 PM
Beautiful hometown you have there Duque.
Yes everyone on Langish should visit him ...
.... on mass. :menace:
Duque, send the invites out, please. :D
Well, Bragança as a diocese has a cathedral, ugly though, so it's logistically possible. :P
Thanks Valmy, snow does wonders to cities, it's the second snow episode this winter, not exactly uncommon but it does not happen every year.
Had a surprising amount of snow by the time I was driving home from work. Well, still by English standards, but enough to require careful driving and avoiding of sudden breaking.
My enthusiasm to drive to work tomorrow, when all of this could be worse, is limited. Then again our area only got a yellow warning so I don't have justification not to do so :p
Quote from: Valmy on February 28, 2018, 04:30:08 PM
Beautiful hometown you have there Duque.
Agreed, very scenic looking with the castle and walls, with the hillsides in the background. :)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/01/uk-is-running-out-of-gas-national-grid-warns-freezing-weather
QuoteUK is running out of gas, National Grid warns
Perfect storm of freezing weather and supply problems prompts rare call for more fuel immediately
National Grid has issued a warning that the UK will not have enough gas to meet demand on Thursday, as temperatures plummeted and imports were hit by outages.
It is thought unlikely that the situation will affect supply to households, but if enough extra gas supplies by pipeline or ship are not forthcoming, it could affect industrial users.
Within-day wholesale gas prices soared 74% to 200p per therm after the formal deficit warning, which acts as a call to suppliers to bring forward more gas on Thursday. Prices have since fallen back to 170p.
National Grid's forecast for the day shows a shortfall across the day of 49.5m cubic metres below the country's projected need of 395.7mcm. National Grid's warning aims to fill that gap.
Widespread snow and temperatures of -7.8C due to the "Beast from the East" and Storm Emma have prompted consumers to fire up their heating. Public health authorities recommend an indoor temperature of 18C.
As a result gas demand is at a five-year high, according to market watchers Platts.
The situation has been compounded by several outages to supply, including problems with a pipeline to the Netherlands, reductions in gas flows from Norway and technical issues at facilities in the UK, including the North Morecambe Barrow terminal.
The jump in gas prices is much higher than the one in December after a major North Sea pipeline was closed for repairs.
The crunch is also the UK's first major energy security test since the country's biggest gas storage facility was closed by Centrica last year. The Rough site in the North Sea had accounted for 70% of the UK's gas storage.
Quote from: KRonn on February 28, 2018, 07:22:16 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 28, 2018, 04:30:08 PM
Beautiful hometown you have there Duque.
Agreed, very scenic looking with the castle and walls, with the hillsides in the background. :)
Thanks, credit goes to the photographer, definitively postcard material.
Back in Paris, last snow of the season, 2 cm and melting.
In the south of France, trouble once more, people stuck again in the Marseille-Montpellier-Toulouse motorway, with 5-10 cm at most.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on March 01, 2018, 06:56:05 AM
Quote from: KRonn on February 28, 2018, 07:22:16 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 28, 2018, 04:30:08 PM
Beautiful hometown you have there Duque.
Agreed, very scenic looking with the castle and walls, with the hillsides in the background. :)
Thanks, credit goes to the photographer, definitively postcard material.
Back in Paris, last snow of the season, 2 cm and melting.
In the south of France, trouble once more, people stuck again in the Marseille-Montpellier-Toulouse motorway, with 5-10 cm at most.
:cool:
Noon day high here of -2.6C and driving powdery snow, I suspect England has ground to a halt. :bowler:
Off out in the snow to do some necessary errands; shanks' pony.
Why'd you shank the pony?
Quote from: Eddie Teach on March 01, 2018, 09:43:31 AM
Why'd you shank the pony?
Variously, Shank's, Shanks Shanks's pony or nag.
Everything makes sense now.
Shank doesn't have a pony you see.
Wow, so much wind and heavy rain here!! Flooding in towns and cities along the Massachusetts coast, including large cities like Boston and Quincy. Roads flooded out by ocean water but also so much rain that inland has some nasty flooding too. I was out to pick up a trash barrel that was being blown around the yard. Then I checked around the yard and the high winds whistling through the trees were very scary, freaky sounding. I didn't want to be out there. In some areas we have near hurricane winds, especially for those on Cape Cod with wind gusts up to 80mph.
Weather is great here, sunny with a high of -14 degrees and no wind.
Quote from: Liep on March 02, 2018, 07:32:45 PM
Weather is great here, sunny with a high of -14 degrees and no wind.
:(
The Thaw begins here, + 6.6C at noon. :bowler:
Heavy rain stopped early morning but strong winds will continue for at least today, with higher tides along the coast. Going to get some mixed weather next week, rain, snow. So it'll be interesting. I guess so much for a mild entry into March. Trees in my yard made out ok, just the usual small branches down. Last night I heard what sounded like a wood chipper somewhere in the neighborhood. Maybe a tree or big branch came down. I'll find out next time out walking, but too cold and windy today to go out much.
Quote from: KRonn on March 03, 2018, 10:02:49 AM
Heavy rain stopped early morning but strong winds will continue for at least today, with higher tides along the coast. Going to get some mixed weather next week, rain, snow. So it'll be interesting. I guess so much for a mild entry into March. Trees in my yard made out ok, just the usual small branches down. Last night I heard what sounded like a wood chipper somewhere in the neighborhood. Maybe a tree or big branch came down. I'll find out next time out walking, but too cold and windy today to go out much.
Heah KRonn, you do what I do, have a regular perambulation around my local manor to check on things. :)
Quote from: mongers on March 03, 2018, 01:16:09 PM
Quote from: KRonn on March 03, 2018, 10:02:49 AM
Heavy rain stopped early morning but strong winds will continue for at least today, with higher tides along the coast. Going to get some mixed weather next week, rain, snow. So it'll be interesting. I guess so much for a mild entry into March. Trees in my yard made out ok, just the usual small branches down. Last night I heard what sounded like a wood chipper somewhere in the neighborhood. Maybe a tree or big branch came down. I'll find out next time out walking, but too cold and windy today to go out much.
Heah KRonn, you do what I do, have a regular perambulation around my local manor to check on things. :)
I was out talking to neighbors who were also doing clean-up, mainly picking up small branches and debris from the yard. Next street over they had some large branches down and using chain saws to cut up things. I took a ride through town to get coffee and didn't see any significant damage but lots of small branches down, things like that. I'm sure there were trees and large branches down that I didn't see.
Last wind storm I had a couple of large branches from my next door neighbor's tree come down in my side/back yard. She's 85 years old so I cut up the branches using a power saw where needed, and loppers on the smaller branches. (Loppers are a great invention! So handy.) My neighbor is such a nice person - she made me some pastries like she often does when I help her out even though I tell her not to. I and other neighbors often help her out but even at her age she gets out there and does a good bit of work. Her kids often come by to help her out too.
Quote from: KRonn on March 03, 2018, 04:07:53 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 03, 2018, 01:16:09 PM
Quote from: KRonn on March 03, 2018, 10:02:49 AM
Heavy rain stopped early morning but strong winds will continue for at least today, with higher tides along the coast. Going to get some mixed weather next week, rain, snow. So it'll be interesting. I guess so much for a mild entry into March. Trees in my yard made out ok, just the usual small branches down. Last night I heard what sounded like a wood chipper somewhere in the neighborhood. Maybe a tree or big branch came down. I'll find out next time out walking, but too cold and windy today to go out much.
Heah KRonn, you do what I do, have a regular perambulation around my local manor to check on things. :)
I was out talking to neighbors who were also doing clean-up, mainly picking up small branches and debris from the yard. Next street over they had some large branches down and using chain saws to cut up things. I took a ride through town to get coffee and didn't see any significant damage but lots of small branches down, things like that. I'm sure there were trees and large branches down that I didn't see.
Last wind storm I had a couple of large branches from my next door neighbor's tree come down in my side/back yard. She's 85 years old so I cut up the branches using a power saw where needed, and loppers on the smaller branches. (Loppers are a great invention! So handy.) My neighbor is such a nice person - she made me some pastries like she often does when I help her out even though I tell her not to. I and other neighbors often help her out but even at her age she gets out there and does a good bit of work. Her kids often come by to help her out too.
:cool:
Yes elderly neighbours are a concern, one of mine of that age, I caught her walking back from the shops in the bitter cold wind on Wednesday; she had no hat, no gloves and only a fleece. : blink:
At the time I was wearing two hats, two coat and two pairs of gloves.
Mongers, I don't think those items are designed to be stacked.
Now over 13C here at 2.20pm. :blink:
Quote from: mongers on March 04, 2018, 09:10:40 AM
Now over 13C here at 2.20pm. :blink:
-27 here. Gonna be a frosty walk this morning. :(
Quote from: Liep on March 04, 2018, 07:11:35 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 04, 2018, 09:10:40 AM
Now over 13C here at 2.20pm. :blink:
-27 here. Gonna be a frosty walk this morning. :(
W.T.F.
Stay safe. :hug:
Quote from: Liep on March 04, 2018, 07:11:35 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 04, 2018, 09:10:40 AM
Now over 13C here at 2.20pm. :blink:
-27 here. Gonna be a frosty walk this morning. :(
Did I see correctly on FB that you're in Siberia right now???
You did, why he picked this time of year though...
Quote from: katmai on March 05, 2018, 11:45:55 AM
You did, why he picked this time of year though...
Not as crowded off-peak.
We're under another winter storm watch for another Nor'Easter, though not supposed to be as severe as the one we had last Friday. It should hit Wednesday night through Thursday. So far forecasters can't be sure where it will hit as to where it snows and where it's rain, but I'm possibly near the rain/snow line.
This storm didn't have as heavy winds as the storm last week but still lots of trees down and power outages throughout New England. I haven't lost power. I received about six inches of wet snow, not too bad. Now looks like another storm Sunday-Monday.
Probably the biggest storm so far this winter is hitting us tonight and into tomorrow. Expecting up to 18 inches or more where I am and generally across all the southern New England region with the same totals. This is going to be interesting. The area has had many power outages and I'm not sure if all the outages from last Thursday's storm are repaired. Fortunately I haven't lost power but some of my relatives had outages for several days from one or both of the previous two storms. These have all hit in a three week period with the first storm being all heavy rain causing lots of flooding.
My uncle in WV was supposed to get 2 inches of snow last night but ended up with 16 :lol:
Quote from: derspiess on March 12, 2018, 05:28:15 PM
My uncle in WV was supposed to get 2 inches of snow last night but ended up with 16 :lol:
Ouch...that hurts. I guess even in Virginia and Kentucky they're getting snow. I saw the jet stream on a forecast and it went way down low along the east coast before looping up offshore. That's what's bringing cold weather from well up north to the east coast.
Quote from: KRonn on March 12, 2018, 01:06:23 PM
Probably the biggest storm so far this winter is hitting us tonight and into tomorrow. Expecting up to 18 inches or more where I am and generally across all the southern New England region with the same totals. This is going to be interesting. The area has had many power outages and I'm not sure if all the outages from last Thursday's storm are repaired. Fortunately I haven't lost power but some of my relatives had outages for several days from one or both of the previous two storms. These have all hit in a three week period with the first storm being all heavy rain causing lots of flooding.
Odd, given haven't you guys just moved to daylight saving / summer time? :D
Here we've still another 12 days before British summer time begins. :bowler:
Yep, just this past weekend we moved clocks ahead one hour for daylight savings time. (Foolish, outdated idea which I hope is ended soon.) I have over a foot of snow. I was out at mid-day to make a first pass with the snow blower. Will continue snowing into the evening. I'll probably go out after dinner time and finish cleaning up the most of it, but expect to get a couple more inches of snow overnight.
Well if Florida is any indication, we're just going to have the sun overhead at 1pm.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 05, 2018, 04:18:59 PM
Quote from: katmai on March 05, 2018, 11:45:55 AM
You did, why he picked this time of year though...
Not as crowded off-peak.
Actually there's quite a few tourists now. There's some kind of cross country competition and also last weekend there was a skating event on the lake. The weather is great, the mornings are cold but it's warm during the day as it's almost always sunny. Well, not as cold.
Besides I'm here to meet Russians and there's plenty of them.
Side note, I can't access languish when I'm not on VPN and it doesn't always work here. Is Russia blocked from languish?
I think so, so many many Russian bots.
Damn cold and windy around here so I haven't even been out walking. Wind was really heavy yesterday and just a bit lighter today. Temps in the 20sF overnight and low 30sF. I guess that's -5C to 2C.
And here comes the annual March snow, designed just to fuck with me.
We're getting the fourth Nor'Easter in four weeks. Looks like my area will get up to a foot or more of snow. Just got a foot and a half last week. Just in time for tomorrow, the first day of Spring!
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 19, 2018, 08:39:54 PM
And here comes the annual March snow, designed just to fuck with me.
Yep. Amtrak just forced me to abandon my bike trip to Yorktown and Jamestown tomorrow :(
Right after I finally convinced the rental guy this was something you should let a tourist do during a snow storm.
Quote from: Maladict on March 20, 2018, 08:31:53 PM
Yep. Amtrak just forced me to abandon my bike trip to Yorktown and Jamestown tomorrow :(
Right after I finally convinced the rental guy this was something you should let a tourist do during a snow storm.
How did Amtrak do that?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 20, 2018, 08:52:55 PM
Quote from: Maladict on March 20, 2018, 08:31:53 PM
Yep. Amtrak just forced me to abandon my bike trip to Yorktown and Jamestown tomorrow :(
Right after I finally convinced the rental guy this was something you should let a tourist do during a snow storm.
How did Amtrak do that?
Cancelled my evening train back to DC, the only alternative being the 9 am service.
Mal, to complete your American snowstorm experience, panic buy bead and milk.
If you are a bit snobby, add wine to the list.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 20, 2018, 09:22:46 PM
Mal, to complete your American snowstorm experience, panic buy bead and milk.
If you are a bit snobby, add wine to the list.
I did stock up on Cheez-its :cool:
Quote from: Maladict on March 20, 2018, 09:33:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 20, 2018, 09:22:46 PM
Mal, to complete your American snowstorm experience, panic buy bead and milk.
If you are a bit snobby, add wine to the list.
I did stock up on Cheez-its :cool:
Good man. :licklips:
nomnomnom
White cheddar?
Hehe, I said panic buy bead.
Oh the hilarity.
You never know when drunk girls are gonna flash you.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 20, 2018, 09:36:24 PM
Quote from: Maladict on March 20, 2018, 09:33:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 20, 2018, 09:22:46 PM
Mal, to complete your American snowstorm experience, panic buy bead and milk.
If you are a bit snobby, add wine to the list.
I did stock up on Cheez-its :cool:
Good man. :licklips:
The correct choice would be goldfish.
Sure, if he wants to choke to death on dryness.
:wacko:
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 20, 2018, 09:22:46 PM
Mal, to complete your American snowstorm experience, panic buy bead and milk.
Hehe, speaking of that. I did my food shopping today, about 7am, my usual shopping day/time. It was more crowded than usual which also happened the last time we had a storm coming mid week. Hmm, I didn't need milk and I baked bread Monday so didn't need that either. :D
We got a bunch of snow last night, so much that it snapped two huge branches off of one of my magnolias. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on March 21, 2018, 08:35:43 AM
We got a bunch of snow last night, so much that it snapped two huge branches off of one of my magnolias. :mad:
I DO DECLARE
This is bullshit. It's spring. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on March 21, 2018, 09:33:32 AM
This is bullshit. It's spring. :mad:
You live in a cold place :nelson:
Though it is unseasonably cold here as well :hmm:
Quote from: Valmy on March 21, 2018, 09:44:07 AM
Though it is unseasonably cold here as well :hmm:
Hope this lasts.
I was telling someone last week I usually expect one final blast of winter weather once we get into Spring :showoff:
Hope we get more snow.
My kids' school district was the only one in the area that didn't cancel school. They're (in)famous for their two hour delays. Which means I can get work done today.
Good to see overreacting to the weather happens elsewhere too.
But closing all of the museums...really?
Quote from: derspiess on March 21, 2018, 10:18:31 AM
I was telling someone last week I usually expect one final blast of winter weather once we get into Spring :showoff:
We always get one last march storm. that's when I know winter is over.
The big storm with a foot of snow failed to materialize. Mostly rain with a wet dusting of snow and roads mostly just wet. Good, hopefully we can now begin to slide into more Spring type weather.
Quote from: KRonn on March 22, 2018, 02:25:40 PM
The big storm with a foot of snow failed to materialize. Mostly rain with a wet dusting of snow and roads mostly just wet. Good, hopefully we can now begin to slide into more Spring type weather.
Not so fast, my friend :P
https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2018-03-21-snow-returns-midwest-watching-east-coast
Quote from: derspiess on March 22, 2018, 02:34:18 PM
Quote from: KRonn on March 22, 2018, 02:25:40 PM
The big storm with a foot of snow failed to materialize. Mostly rain with a wet dusting of snow and roads mostly just wet. Good, hopefully we can now begin to slide into more Spring type weather.
Not so fast, my friend :P
https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2018-03-21-snow-returns-midwest-watching-east-coast
Oh man! And I had just ventured out of my bunker!! Now I may have to scurry back in so soon!
And a winter storm warning for Saturday. Yay me.
Usually when you boys downstream are whining and bellyaching I've caught the same thing two days before, but this one seems to have skipped me.
MAH JOINTS HURTS
My shoulders and arms are all sore. But I split a bunch of firewood yesterday. Stacked and ready for the weekend. BRANG IT
My finger hurts from adjusting the thermostat. I NEED A DISBILITY CHECK.
Or as they call it in Kentucky, a 'crazy check'.
Got about a foot last night. :wacko:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 24, 2018, 02:32:06 PM
Got about a foot last night. :wacko:
Please, enough boasting about your extra-circular activities. :rolleyes:
Tornado today. And a shit load of Thunderstorms and hail. Spent about an hour in the basement.
Damage near Xenia. Somebody turned on the city's tornado magnet.
They are saying another "atmospheric river" event this Friday. That is not supposed to happen in April, but it just shows once more that Jerry Brown has screwed up the weather.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 03, 2018, 07:40:59 PM
Tornado today. And a shit load of Thunderstorms and hail. Spent about an hour in the basement.
Damage near Xenia. Somebody turned on the city's tornado magnet.
Wow, scary stuff! Glad you and family are ok.
Quote from: KRonn on April 04, 2018, 05:22:38 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 03, 2018, 07:40:59 PM
Tornado today. And a shit load of Thunderstorms and hail. Spent about an hour in the basement.
Damage near Xenia. Somebody turned on the city's tornado magnet.
Wow, scary stuff! Glad you and family are ok.
Thanks. On the storm scale it wasn't much. Now the Xenia 2000 tornado was a ripper. Since I was close by when it demolished a supermarket on the road over near Green Memorial Hospital. If was over a bit, it would have ripped up 2 nursing homes.
I'm getting pounded with snow in April. :mellow:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 08, 2018, 06:10:42 PM
I'm getting pounded with snow in April. :mellow:
We just had the first nice spring day. +15 and sun! :w00t:
We had a few really nice Spring time days of weather, averaging mid 50sF (12C). Going to be cooler tomorrow but next week the nicer temps continue. It's been nice to get out and enjoy the weather.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 08, 2018, 06:10:42 PM
I'm getting pounded with snow in April. :mellow:
Sunny and 50's here.
The weather has been super crappy here - an ice pellet storm with high winds mixed with rain and freezing rain, that has lasted three days. Power outages all over the place. The shittiest weather imaginable, pretty well. :(
Now all that slushy crap on the ground is going to melt, no doubt causing floods all over the place. And it is still raining.
Mrs. CC had the misfortune of having to connect on a flight through Toronto yesterday - a quick change of planes turned into a five hour delay.
Going fishing in the mountains of WV next weekend. Forecast keeps going back & forth between cold (snow and a low of 14F w/ wind chill) to pretty damned nice (high of 61F and mostly sunny). As long as it's not pouring rain the whole time I'll be happy.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 16, 2018, 09:44:01 AM
Mrs. CC had the misfortune of having to connect on a flight through Toronto yesterday - a quick change of planes turned into a five hour delay.
Most unfortunate - flying during an ice storm is a chancy proposition.
At least this one wasn't as bad as the one we had a couple of years ago, that destroyed something like a third of the tree canopy here. That one was brutal. Trees and electrical poles down all over the place.
This time, it mostly came down as pellets rather than freezing rain. Freezing rain does the really severe damage, sticks to everything and smashes stuff up with its weight.
Apparently, it is now unsafe to go outside downtown (where I am), because chunks of ice are falling from the buildings, crushing things below.
We just got this warning emailed to us.
QuoteWe are receiving some reports that there is ice falling from our building and others in the downtown core, resulting in damage to persons and property.
Please exercise caution if you are travelling outdoors. Please use the PATH system whenever possible.
Be Safe.
Well, damn.
Now ice is falling from the CN Tower, smashing into buildings below.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/04/16/cn-tower-closed-after-reports-of-chunks-of-ice-falling.html
Wow, I would have thought Toronto was winter proof by now. Some pretty freak weather. Be safe Malth :)
the parking lot at work this morning was a giant rink. now its a pond.
Did you bring your ice skates?
Quote from: HVC on April 16, 2018, 03:24:56 PM
the parking lot at work this morning was a giant rink. now its a pond.
Heh enjoying our wonderful spring weather, are we? :lol:
Yesterday, I had to chip my car out of a solid block of ice. It was like I was sculpting the damned thing.
it's oh so wonderful. I was expecting big march storm, but it didn't come... until april lol. My trip is underground so it wasn't too bad.
@Eddie. i'm a bad canadian, I can't skate. Can't do any winter sports actually haha
Quote from: HVC on April 16, 2018, 03:35:24 PM
it's oh so wonderful. I was expecting big march storm, but it didn't come... until april lol. My trip is underground so it wasn't too bad.
@Eddie. i'm a bad canadian, I can't skate. Can't do any winter sports actually haha
What? Even in Southern California, I picked up skating at the mall.
what can I say, I like traction.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 16, 2018, 02:14:02 PM
Wow, I would have thought Toronto was winter proof by now. Some pretty freak weather. Be safe Malth :)
My mom send me pictures of some guys playing hockey - skates and all - on the iced over road in front of her house in Ottawa.
Snow on the ground this morning.
At this rate, my temporary winter car port will be on my driveway for over 6 months if I don't take it down by May 4th.
It is sunny and 23c/73f in London today. Tomorrow up to 27c/80f!
(https://s7.postimg.cc/75c0zykgb/17_avril_2018.jpg)
What you are seeing there, on the left, fireplace. On the right, a small tree.
That's April 17th.
You can see my spring flowers right there, dead center. Well, you can't seem them, because there's 3 feet of snow above them, but they are there.
Quote from: garbon on April 18, 2018, 08:30:49 AM
It is sunny and 23c/73f in London today. Tomorrow up to 27c/80f!
:cool:
Yeah a pretty glorious day here too.
Cherry blossom out, hawthorns white with flower, first of the trees budding or greening with leaf.
Today was hotter than any day last year: 26 degrees, which also says something about the shitty summer we had.
Quote from: Liep on April 19, 2018, 06:32:25 PM
Today was hotter than any day last year: 26 degrees, which also says something about the shitty summer we had.
Hottest April day here in nearly 70 years! :gasp:
UK temperatures top 29C in hottest April day since 1949.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43823074 (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43823074)
Wow, cooler here than Blighty and Denmark. :cool:
So we're having the earliest in the year recorded warm wave (3 days above 25) in Denmark. This is a nice contrast to last year which had the worst summer ever with 0 days with temperatures above 25 in Copenhagen.
We had some strong thunderstorms come through here in Massachusetts. I was watching the New England News station and the weather forecaster was giving on going tornado warnings to specific areas and towns in Connecticut. Mostly warnings as radar showed signs of conditions. So I was keeping a watch on weather here as the storm moved east but I'm not aware of any tornado activity, but some heavy winds and damage in some areas.
Quote from: KRonn on May 16, 2018, 05:28:09 PM
We had some strong thunderstorms come through here in Massachusetts. I was watching the New England News station and the weather forecaster was giving on going tornado warnings to specific areas and towns in Connecticut. Mostly warnings as radar showed signs of conditions. So I was keeping a watch on weather here as the storm moved east but I'm not aware of any tornado activity, but some heavy winds and damage in some areas.
:(
Not hot enough here for summer thunderstorms yet.
We've been having somewhat odd weather here recently, day after day of warm, often very sunny days. :hmm: :bowler:
Holy shit it is hot this week.
We went back to fall this week but due to re-enter spring this weekend through next week.
Now it's back to Autumn here too, after the heat, thunderstorms and tornado warnings. But back into the 70s for most of next week. I did plant peas in my garden last week. They like the cooler weather but I fear that by the time they're grown it'll be July so they may not produce so well for long.
Been gorgeous 70s here - morning fogs and burning off before noon to be nice sunny afternoons. No wonder everyone and all Google/Apple employees want to live here...
May is still a scorcher and now there's a nature fire going on, the first in a long time. I love this weather. :cool:
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Quote from: Liep on May 25, 2018, 11:22:15 AM
May is still a scorcher and now there's a nature fire going on, the first in a long time. I love this weather. :cool:
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:cool:
Had some clouds over the last couple of days; sunny spells make a nice change from dawn to dusk strong sunshine. :bowler:
Nice weather here, very warm the last couple days especially with the past week being quite temperate. Going to cool down a bit the next couple of days, which will be good as it'll be easier for me to work in the garden as I finish planting this coming week.
Quote from: KRonn on May 26, 2018, 07:30:45 PM
Nice weather here, very warm the last couple days especially with the past week being quite temperate. Going to cool down a bit the next couple of days, which will be good as it'll be easier for me to work in the garden as I finish planting this coming week.
Pretty warm here too, 26-27C when I set out at 6pm this evening, night-time temperatures in the mid 60s. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on May 26, 2018, 08:07:49 PM
Quote from: KRonn on May 26, 2018, 07:30:45 PM
Nice weather here, very warm the last couple days especially with the past week being quite temperate. Going to cool down a bit the next couple of days, which will be good as it'll be easier for me to work in the garden as I finish planting this coming week.
Pretty warm here too, 26-27C when I set out at 6pm this evening, night-time temperatures in the mid 60s. :bowler:
Very nice, I love those temps. Not too hot, very comfortable. :)
Continental Europeans should invest in a/c and/or deodorant. :contract:
Having a drink indoors hiding out from the incipient thunderstorm.
The Texas heat is in midsummer form already. Blistering hot all day and you are going to sweat at 6 am kind of days. And next week it is going to be 106/41 during the afternoons. In Texas we often refer to the drought summer of 2011, the hottest in recorded history, which we only recovered from with that hurricane last year.
So, needless to say, I sure hope this is not a taste of things to come :ph34r:
Heh, after the last few days of heat, today feels like Autumn in Massachusetts. Tomorrow also will be cool. But temps are in the 50sF (13C) which really isn't that cool. Just feels so raw with cloudy skies and some off and on rain.
Wicked scocha today.
More records! :w00t:
This May will be the sunniest month ever in Denmark.
Quote from: Liep on May 29, 2018, 04:39:22 AM
More records! :w00t:
This May will be the sunniest month ever in Denmark.
16, maybe 17C?
:P
Quote from: mongers on May 29, 2018, 05:59:40 AM
Quote from: Liep on May 29, 2018, 04:39:22 AM
More records! :w00t:
This May will be the sunniest month ever in Denmark.
16, maybe 17C?
:P
Takes one Brit to know. :P
Quote from: mongers on May 29, 2018, 05:59:40 AM
Quote from: Liep on May 29, 2018, 04:39:22 AM
More records! :w00t:
This May will be the sunniest month ever in Denmark.
16, maybe 17C?
:P
27C! :O It surely must be the end times.
Quote from: Liep on May 29, 2018, 07:13:37 AM
Quote from: mongers on May 29, 2018, 05:59:40 AM
Quote from: Liep on May 29, 2018, 04:39:22 AM
More records! :w00t:
This May will be the sunniest month ever in Denmark.
16, maybe 17C?
:P
27C! :O It surely must be the end times.
:gasp:
Been pretty hot here this month, though today it's gloriously cloudy with drizzle; the correct order of things has been restored. :bowler:
Really pouring down in London right now. Been a bunch of thunder.
Quote from: garbon on May 29, 2018, 07:43:34 AM
Really pouring down in London right now. Been a bunch of thunder.
Beautiful isn't it. :bowler:
Quote from: Liep on May 29, 2018, 07:13:37 AM
Quote from: mongers on May 29, 2018, 05:59:40 AM
Quote from: Liep on May 29, 2018, 04:39:22 AM
More records! :w00t:
This May will be the sunniest month ever in Denmark.
16, maybe 17C?
:P
27C! :O It surely must be the end times.
That's enough to put the AC on.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on May 29, 2018, 12:11:01 PM
Quote from: Liep on May 29, 2018, 07:13:37 AM
Quote from: mongers on May 29, 2018, 05:59:40 AM
Quote from: Liep on May 29, 2018, 04:39:22 AM
More records! :w00t:
This May will be the sunniest month ever in Denmark.
16, maybe 17C?
:P
27C! :O It surely must be the end times.
That's enough to put the AC on.
I've never seen a home with an AC in Denmark.
It's never too late to start.
Beautiful weather here lately, continuing most or all week. Got all my garden planted, and it's a lot of work being that it's large for a backyard garden. :) I enjoy it though.
Quote from: KRonn on May 30, 2018, 07:48:08 PM
Beautiful weather here lately, continuing most or all week. Got all my garden planted, and it's a lot of work being that it's large for a backyard garden. :) I enjoy it though.
:cool:
Sounds good and you put me to shame, still got lots of things to do in the garden, the lovely evenings have just provided a good distraction.
Quote from: mongers on May 30, 2018, 08:04:37 PM
Quote from: KRonn on May 30, 2018, 07:48:08 PM
Beautiful weather here lately, continuing most or all week. Got all my garden planted, and it's a lot of work being that it's large for a backyard garden. :) I enjoy it though.
:cool:
Sounds good and you put me to shame, still got lots of things to do in the garden, the lovely evenings have just provided a good distraction.
I did a lot of work Monday, planted most of my beans, six rows plus a trellis for beans a trellis for peas. I had gone out just to do a little, to take my time, but I got a second wind and finished the majority of planting. Today I planted a few more beans around a trellis plus a few rows of winter squash. I have close to 300 bean seeds planted, and I hope that more than half or two thirds germinate. I'll plant more seeds where the first ones didn't take.
Quote from: KRonn on May 30, 2018, 07:48:08 PM
Beautiful weather here lately, continuing most or all week. Got all my garden planted, and it's a lot of work being that it's large for a backyard garden. :) I enjoy it though.
I was worried I put in my garden late. Glad that someone further south was later than I (even by just a couple of days).
Of course my garden is a 4'x8' garden box. :blush:
Quote from: Barrister on May 31, 2018, 12:09:56 AM
Quote from: KRonn on May 30, 2018, 07:48:08 PM
Beautiful weather here lately, continuing most or all week. Got all my garden planted, and it's a lot of work being that it's large for a backyard garden. :) I enjoy it though.
I was worried I put in my garden late. Glad that someone further south was later than I (even by just a couple of days).
Of course my garden is a 4'x8' garden box. :blush:
The weather here was cool off and on until a couple of weeks ago, so I started late. For beans I usually start mid to end of May, or until the ground warms up and weather has been warm for a bit. I planted peas in early May but should have gotten them going much earlier. They're cool weather crops and may not do well as the weather warms up. I may plant some more in late August into September for a Fall crop. My garden is 30' by 15'.
June 1st, official start of Summer in the UK. :bowler:
Quote from: KRonn on May 31, 2018, 09:33:16 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 31, 2018, 12:09:56 AM
Quote from: KRonn on May 30, 2018, 07:48:08 PM
Beautiful weather here lately, continuing most or all week. Got all my garden planted, and it's a lot of work being that it's large for a backyard garden. :) I enjoy it though.
I was worried I put in my garden late. Glad that someone further south was later than I (even by just a couple of days).
Of course my garden is a 4'x8' garden box. :blush:
The weather here was cool off and on until a couple of weeks ago, so I started late. For beans I usually start mid to end of May, or until the ground warms up and weather has been warm for a bit. I planted peas in early May but should have gotten them going much earlier. They're cool weather crops and may not do well as the weather warms up. I may plant some more in late August into September for a Fall crop. My garden is 30' by 15'.
My garden shrunk this year by about 2 feet went from a full 8x8 to 6x8 because I needed a way to access the center now that I have to fence the thing in to keep the squirrels my neighbors feeds out of it.
I'm thinking of building 2 new 4x8 boxes.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 01, 2018, 09:41:04 AM
My garden shrunk this year by about 2 feet went from a full 8x8 to 6x8 because I needed a way to access the center now that I have to fence the thing in to keep the squirrels my neighbors feeds out of it.
I'm thinking of building 2 new 4x8 boxes.
Squirrels are a total hassle, but I don't plant anything that squirrels go after. I used to love planting/growing corn, I'd have 80-100 plants. Corn is so good right out of the garden, I didn't even ruin it with butter or salt or anything, it was damn good as is. I got several years of good corn crops...until a woodchuck made an appearance but we got rid of him. Then squirrels found out about corn and were a constant problem, finally I gave up growing corn. :(
I have a four foot chicken wire fence that keeps out the rabbits I see roaming and feeding off of grass and such. So far no problems there.
Butter never ruins anything.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on June 01, 2018, 02:18:47 PM
Butter never ruins anything.
Hehe, I usually like butter on corn on the cobb but really, for me, when it comes right out of the garden it's so tasty/sweet as its just been picked literally minutes ago. The longer corn takes to get from field to table it loses some taste. The good thing about growing your own is that you have many varieties to choose from, many more than you find in the market. Same goes for most crops for a back yard garden, :)
So, anyway, I was driving home last Wednesday night from a cabin at Graves Mountain in central Virginia, on a road that travels the Rose River valley. Less than ten minutes after I passed the last bridge, a flash flood swept through, killing one woman and carrying another away (though she was later rescued).
http://www.starexponent.com/news/woman-swept-away-in-flash-flooding-near-graves-mountain-lodge/article_4ae3179c-b0f8-5873-859c-aee50b78c779.html (http://www.starexponent.com/news/woman-swept-away-in-flash-flooding-near-graves-mountain-lodge/article_4ae3179c-b0f8-5873-859c-aee50b78c779.html)
Too close for comfort!
Indeed! That was much too close Grumbler!
Weather here the last two days has been cool, a bit Autumn like.
Quote from: grumbler on June 02, 2018, 09:11:04 PM
So, anyway, I was driving home last Wednesday night from a cabin at Graves Mountain in central Virginia, on a road that travels the Rose River valley. Less than ten minutes after I passed the last bridge, a flash flood swept through, killing one woman and carrying another away (though she was later rescued).
http://www.starexponent.com/news/woman-swept-away-in-flash-flooding-near-graves-mountain-lodge/article_4ae3179c-b0f8-5873-859c-aee50b78c779.html (http://www.starexponent.com/news/woman-swept-away-in-flash-flooding-near-graves-mountain-lodge/article_4ae3179c-b0f8-5873-859c-aee50b78c779.html)
Too close for comfort!
Holy crap!
Quote from: KRonn on June 01, 2018, 02:02:34 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 01, 2018, 09:41:04 AM
My garden shrunk this year by about 2 feet went from a full 8x8 to 6x8 because I needed a way to access the center now that I have to fence the thing in to keep the squirrels my neighbors feeds out of it.
I'm thinking of building 2 new 4x8 boxes.
Squirrels are a total hassle, but I don't plant anything that squirrels go after. I used to love planting/growing corn, I'd have 80-100 plants. Corn is so good right out of the garden, I didn't even ruin it with butter or salt or anything, it was damn good as is. I got several years of good corn crops...until a woodchuck made an appearance but we got rid of him. Then squirrels found out about corn and were a constant problem, finally I gave up growing corn. :(
I have a four foot chicken wire fence that keeps out the rabbits I see roaming and feeding off of grass and such. So far no problems there.
I catch & relocate the squirrels. Since May 2017, I've relocated 34 squirrels.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 08, 2018, 11:22:33 AM
Quote from: KRonn on June 01, 2018, 02:02:34 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 01, 2018, 09:41:04 AM
My garden shrunk this year by about 2 feet went from a full 8x8 to 6x8 because I needed a way to access the center now that I have to fence the thing in to keep the squirrels my neighbors feeds out of it.
I'm thinking of building 2 new 4x8 boxes.
Squirrels are a total hassle, but I don't plant anything that squirrels go after. I used to love planting/growing corn, I'd have 80-100 plants. Corn is so good right out of the garden, I didn't even ruin it with butter or salt or anything, it was damn good as is. I got several years of good corn crops...until a woodchuck made an appearance but we got rid of him. Then squirrels found out about corn and were a constant problem, finally I gave up growing corn. :(
I have a four foot chicken wire fence that keeps out the rabbits I see roaming and feeding off of grass and such. So far no problems there.
I catch & relocate the squirrels. Since May 2017, I've relocated 34 squirrels.
Not a bad idea. Problem is that new ones filter into the area within a couple weeks, or sooner. I have at least four squirrels that roam through my yard, plus many others around the neighborhood.
We have entered the sweet spot here in Santa Cruz. Mornings are about 53 degrees, maybe with some fog or coastal clouds. It warms up to 74 and the sun is out in full by mid afternoon. This lasts every day until September.
Locals here still wear down coats in the mornings.
Quote from: KRonn on June 08, 2018, 08:18:10 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 08, 2018, 11:22:33 AM
Quote from: KRonn on June 01, 2018, 02:02:34 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 01, 2018, 09:41:04 AM
My garden shrunk this year by about 2 feet went from a full 8x8 to 6x8 because I needed a way to access the center now that I have to fence the thing in to keep the squirrels my neighbors feeds out of it.
I'm thinking of building 2 new 4x8 boxes.
Squirrels are a total hassle, but I don't plant anything that squirrels go after. I used to love planting/growing corn, I'd have 80-100 plants. Corn is so good right out of the garden, I didn't even ruin it with butter or salt or anything, it was damn good as is. I got several years of good corn crops...until a woodchuck made an appearance but we got rid of him. Then squirrels found out about corn and were a constant problem, finally I gave up growing corn. :(
I have a four foot chicken wire fence that keeps out the rabbits I see roaming and feeding off of grass and such. So far no problems there.
I catch & relocate the squirrels. Since May 2017, I've relocated 34 squirrels.
Not a bad idea. Problem is that new ones filter into the area within a couple weeks, or sooner. I have at least four squirrels that roam through my yard, plus many others around the neighborhood.
I'm thinking of introducing a Hawk.
I have our Yukon rescue dog who lives in the backyard. She does a fine job of keeping the squirrels away - even has a running tally of one squirrel, one ground squirrel, and one mouse she has caught.
Of course I have to put up some garden fencing to keep the dog out of the garden, but still a wise trade-off.
Quote from: Barrister on June 09, 2018, 11:57:53 PM
I have our Yukon rescue dog who lives in the backyard. She does a fine job of keeping the squirrels away - even has a running tally of one squirrel, one ground squirrel, and one mouse she has caught.
Of course I have to put up some garden fencing to keep the dog out of the garden, but still a wise trade-off.
Our dog keeps the squirrels away. One hilarious moment was when our dog caught one, then had no idea what to do - just stared at it for a few seconds and then let it go and started chasing it again.
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 11, 2018, 09:44:50 AM
Quote from: Barrister on June 09, 2018, 11:57:53 PM
I have our Yukon rescue dog who lives in the backyard. She does a fine job of keeping the squirrels away - even has a running tally of one squirrel, one ground squirrel, and one mouse she has caught.
Of course I have to put up some garden fencing to keep the dog out of the garden, but still a wise trade-off.
Our dog keeps the squirrels away. One hilarious moment was when our dog caught one, then had no idea what to do - just stared at it for a few seconds and then let it go and started chasing it again.
Dogs are so innocent.
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 11, 2018, 09:44:50 AM
Quote from: Barrister on June 09, 2018, 11:57:53 PM
I have our Yukon rescue dog who lives in the backyard. She does a fine job of keeping the squirrels away - even has a running tally of one squirrel, one ground squirrel, and one mouse she has caught.
Of course I have to put up some garden fencing to keep the dog out of the garden, but still a wise trade-off.
Our dog keeps the squirrels away. One hilarious moment was when our dog caught one, then had no idea what to do - just stared at it for a few seconds and then let it go and started chasing it again.
Not our dog - she killed them and then brought them up on the deck as a trophy. Then guess who gets to clean up the mess.
Yesterday, I watched a mouse running in a clockwise small circle for about 2 minutes exposed on my concrete patio. It was very weird, it wouldn't run away.
After showing it to my kids, I picked up & put it in one of my flower beds thinking it could find an escape route from there & left.
When I came back, an hour later, 2 blue jays were eating it.
Eh.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 11, 2018, 10:08:02 AM
Yesterday, I watched a mouse running in a clockwise small circle for about 2 minutes exposed on my concrete patio. It was very weird, it wouldn't run away.
After showing it to my kids, I picked up & put it in one of my flower beds thinking it could find an escape route from there & left.
When I came back, an hour later, 2 blue jays were eating it.
Eh.
Check for Black Death! ;)
But seriously ... it was clearly ill or poisoned.
Yep, that's a good plan for garden security from the varmint monsters. I've considered it but don't really like taking care of a pet.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 08, 2018, 08:52:09 PM
Quote from: KRonn on June 08, 2018, 08:18:10 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 08, 2018, 11:22:33 AM
Quote from: KRonn on June 01, 2018, 02:02:34 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 01, 2018, 09:41:04 AM
My garden shrunk this year by about 2 feet went from a full 8x8 to 6x8 because I needed a way to access the center now that I have to fence the thing in to keep the squirrels my neighbors feeds out of it.
I'm thinking of building 2 new 4x8 boxes.
Squirrels are a total hassle, but I don't plant anything that squirrels go after. I used to love planting/growing corn, I'd have 80-100 plants. Corn is so good right out of the garden, I didn't even ruin it with butter or salt or anything, it was damn good as is. I got several years of good corn crops...until a woodchuck made an appearance but we got rid of him. Then squirrels found out about corn and were a constant problem, finally I gave up growing corn. :(
I have a four foot chicken wire fence that keeps out the rabbits I see roaming and feeding off of grass and such. So far no problems there.
I catch & relocate the squirrels. Since May 2017, I've relocated 34 squirrels.
Not a bad idea. Problem is that new ones filter into the area within a couple weeks, or sooner. I have at least four squirrels that roam through my yard, plus many others around the neighborhood.
I'm thinking of introducing a Hawk.
Funny you say that. This weekend as I was going out the door and standing on the outside landing under a roof overhang above the door, a hawk and crow flew right over my head and going just a foot or so off the ground of the front lawn. Looked like the crow was chasing the hawk away. I've had a few bird kills by hawks around my bird feeders.
Weeks of blue sky and warm temperatures, especially in recent days with it hitting the 30s is getting a little wearing. :( :bowler:
This is not the England that I signed up for. :angry:
Quote from: garbon on July 01, 2018, 08:05:27 AM
This is not the England that I signed up for. :angry:
:D
Move to damp, green Wales?
Near to where I used to live, it's currently hitting 33C :(
Very hot and humid here for the last couple days and until about Thursday. Just have to deal with it for a few days until weather changes up a bit.
Quote from: KRonn on July 02, 2018, 09:36:02 AM
Very hot and humid here for the last couple days and until about Thursday. Just have to deal with it for a few days until weather changes up a bit.
Similarly hot here, well touching 90F, but without the humidity, actually really bone dry, so it's not so bad to go out in it, as long as one avoids too much direct sunlight.
why's it so hotttttt!
Quote from: HVC on July 02, 2018, 03:12:03 PM
why's it so hotttttt!
Heat warning issued for southern Ontario through Thursday. Humidex up to 43 C.
Ugh. I hate southern Ontario sometimes. To9 hot in the summer too cold in the winter. And we didn't even really have spring this year.
Quote from: HVC on July 03, 2018, 09:04:08 PM
Ugh. I hate southern Ontario sometimes. To9 hot in the summer too cold in the winter. And we didn't even really have spring this year.
And you elected Ford - gluttons for punishment you lot :P
I voted for kodos...I mean Wynne
And I have to go golfing tomorrow. Ugh. Stupid work stuff
Are you any good at golfing? That game strikes me as paying to be extremely frustrated.
But when you hit it just right, down the fairway or neatly sink a putt you feel like God must feel when he golfs.
omfg AC went out. I walk in after work and it's 87 degrees in the house (101 outside). Now it's 86 outside and 85 inside. I'm going outside.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trailoftears-remembrance.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F03%2Fman_sweating.jpg&hash=589858f866addc9546a54f6480c83d5197faf9fe)
E: I went and got another portable AC (so I have two now, bought the first one a couple years ago when this same thing happened) and they're cooling off the bedroom nicely, with only one downside: the new one is making the room smell noticeably farty. Sigh. I run the older one in there all the time, so it isn't that. At first I wanted to blame the cat that got accidentally stuck in there when we closed the door to let them run, but no cat turds to be found, so...
E2: But working together, they've got it down to 75 in there. Fart smell or not, I'll take that over 86 (it has gone up) inside any day.
Six dead in Montreal due to heat.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/emergency-heat-plan-1.4731808
May and June has been the best summer that I can remember, and so far July is amazing as well. 22-28 degree days and lots of sun with few days of hard wind.
On the other side the farmers are struggling with a country wide drought and the grass is no longer green. But I'll still take it.
SUN! In Denmark?! :w00t:
Quote from: Liep on July 04, 2018, 10:25:31 AM
May and June has been the best summer that I can remember, and so far July is amazing as well. 22-28 degree days and lots of sun with few days of hard wind.
On the other side the farmers are struggling with a country wide drought and the grass is no longer green. But I'll still take it.
SUN! In Denmark?! :w00t:
My grass is already dried out, usually does by July and into August as rain is much more scarce through summer here. But when rains come in September onwards then the lawn perks up nicely.
Watering my garden twice a day now as it's so hot some of my vegetable plants were wilting.
Do rain dances work?
Quote from: mongers on July 04, 2018, 06:14:43 PM
Do rain dances work?
Yes, yes they do. Why else would they be called a rain dance!
Quote from: KRonn on July 04, 2018, 07:36:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 04, 2018, 06:14:43 PM
Do rain dances work?
Yes, yes they do. Why else would they be called a rain dance!
Thanks, right I'm off out to do some magic. :-)
Don't forget to bring some good rain gear, just in case you spark a downpour.
Mongers couldn't make it rain if he had a thousand pound notes.
You need to have the right head gear, drums and proper dance sequence to make it rain. Pretty much guarantees to get rain within a week to fourteen days.
Quote from: KRonn on July 04, 2018, 08:49:07 PM
You need to have the right head gear, drums and proper dance sequence to make it rain. Pretty much guarantees to get rain within a week to fourteen days.
Really depends on how many people you can get to dance with you, and how much they perspire.
It is summer in Santa Cruz - that means 50s at night and maybe low 70s by late afternoon. I know I keep posting that, but it just keeps on happening.
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 04, 2018, 09:36:47 PM
Quote from: KRonn on July 04, 2018, 08:49:07 PM
You need to have the right head gear, drums and proper dance sequence to make it rain. Pretty much guarantees to get rain within a week to fourteen days.
Really depends on how many people you can get to dance with you, and how much they perspire.
:D
Quote from: Liep on July 04, 2018, 10:25:31 AMOn the other side the farmers are struggling with a country wide drought and the grass is no longer green.
From Reddit:
(https://i.redditmedia.com/14U-zRpWVm2unDBB1-mnjJRYsGNvJCN3_cTp4yoDgqI.jpg?w=432&s=a43fc504b8fccf6c83ab7146bb9db3a6)
Satellite imagery of Britain comparing May and July:
(https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/07/18/17/drought2-0.jpg?w600)
I'm off to Manchester this weekend where temps aren't supposed to be higher than 23c/73f while London will be getting again to 30c/86f. Friend from up North told me it is the first time she's heard someone happy for Manchester's weather. :D :blush:
Quote from: garbon on July 19, 2018, 11:00:47 AM
Satellite imagery of Britain comparing May and July:
(https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/07/18/17/drought2-0.jpg?w600)
I'm off to Manchester this weekend where temps aren't supposed to be higher than 23c/73f while London will be getting again to 30c/86f. Friend from up North told me it is the first time she's heard someone happy for Manchester's weather. :D :blush:
:D
Yeah, I've a free train ticket I could use to see my cousin and I'm seriously considering visiting her some weekend soon, she also lives in Manchester. :cool:
16c/61f and rainy as train pulled out of station in Crewe. I've never been this happy to need a jacket. :showoff: :blush:
The drought comes on apace.
Rainy week here. Rained Sunday and off and on rain much of the week. Humid tonight. This is the first time I've used my A/C in a while.
Horrible weather here - nights in upper 50s (about 14c), mornings foggy and about 63 (maybe 16-17c) with sun in the afternoons and temps of 75 (about 24c). The real hell of this is that this lasts, day after day, from mid June through September.
It is a hell on earth.
Quote from: PDH on July 24, 2018, 08:58:26 PM
Horrible weather here - nights in upper 50s (about 14c), mornings foggy and about 63 (maybe 16-17c) with sun in the afternoons and temps of 75 (about 24c). The real hell of this is that this lasts, day after day, from mid June through September.
It is a hell on earth.
There's little or no variation in the weather? Where are you at? I'm in the north east and we get a wide range of summer, some humd days and many temperate non-humid days. Biggest gripe is that summer is short. Seems our Spring times come later and our Autumns last longer with decent weather.
Santa Cruz, California. A very Mediterranean Climate mitigated by the cold Pacific Ocean and it's marine layer of fog.
2nd day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
I'll just post this now: 2nd day of thunderstorms here, I miss the sun.
Quote from: Liep on July 25, 2018, 04:30:15 AM
2nd day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
I'll just post this now: 2nd day of thunderstorms here, I miss the sun.
Day 45 (wild guess) of the relentless sun and dry conditions; #GreatBritishBakeOff. :bowler:
Coldest July month in 30 years in Portugal as in 20-30 C° instead of 30-40 C°. I can live with that. Less forest fires too.
http://theportugalnews.com/news/coldest-july-in-30-years/46313 (http://theportugalnews.com/news/coldest-july-in-30-years/46313)
QuoteColdest July in 30 years
Latest data released by the Portuguese Met Office has revealed that the month of July has been the coolest in 30 years.
Coldest July in 30 years
Figures for the first 18 days of the month, show that maximum temperatures dropped by 1.6 degrees Celsius when compared with existing averages.
Southern Portugal has also been considerably cooler, with three days out of the first 18 being four degrees lower than averages.
The extended forecasts for the remainder of July indicate that highs will remain below the average.
In the middle of a heat wave here too, and no precipitation - grasses are turning golden. Quite something for what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 25, 2018, 10:59:37 AM
In the middle of a heat wave here too, and no precipitation - grasses are turning golden. Quite something for what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest
Here almost every summer lawns turn brown due to lack of rain. Even the rain we've had off and on since Sunday hasn't yet made much difference as the grass is still mostly brown and dried out. The lawns will recover about September-October as we usually get more rain during that time and through Autumn. Early last Autumn after a good amount of rain my lawn became so green and full it surprised me, as it was quite a stark contrast to the dry, barren look previously during summer.
Quote from: KRonn on July 25, 2018, 12:42:57 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 25, 2018, 10:59:37 AM
In the middle of a heat wave here too, and no precipitation - grasses are turning golden. Quite something for what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest
Here almost every summer lawns turn brown due to lack of rain. Even the rain we've had off and on since Sunday hasn't yet made much difference as the grass is still mostly brown and dried out. The lawns will recover about September-October as we usually get more rain during that time and through Autumn. Early last Autumn after a good amount of rain my lawn became so green and full it surprised me, as it was quite a stark contrast to the dry, barren look previously during summer.
It is a recent phenomenon for us. It used to be that Vancouver was a very green city all year. But now we suffer summer droughts.
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 25, 2018, 12:48:12 PM
Quote from: KRonn on July 25, 2018, 12:42:57 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 25, 2018, 10:59:37 AM
In the middle of a heat wave here too, and no precipitation - grasses are turning golden. Quite something for what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest
Here almost every summer lawns turn brown due to lack of rain. Even the rain we've had off and on since Sunday hasn't yet made much difference as the grass is still mostly brown and dried out. The lawns will recover about September-October as we usually get more rain during that time and through Autumn. Early last Autumn after a good amount of rain my lawn became so green and full it surprised me, as it was quite a stark contrast to the dry, barren look previously during summer.
It is a recent phenomenon for us. It used to be that Vancouver was a very green city all year. But now we suffer summer droughts.
Interesting. We have plenty of water even with usually somewhat dry summers. A few years ago we had a drought for two or three years but the officials in charge of water supplies said that we'd need a very long, severe drought to have a big effect. I get water from the Quabbin reservoir but those towns with their own wells or artesian wells usually have water restrictions almost every year. The town next to me has its own wells, doesn't get water from the Quabbin, and they often have water restrictions.
The Quabbin was built in the early 1900s and displaced four towns to make it. It's been a very successful water source, along with other smaller attached reservoirs like the Wachusett and the whole water system that supports it all. The system was overhauled in the 1980s to keep up with demand and water standards. We have a Water Resources Authority that was created during the overhaul that oversees the system - the MWRA. They seem to be doing a good job.
https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/lost-towns-quabbin-reservoir/ (https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/lost-towns-quabbin-reservoir/)
London weather forecast has just edged up to 34c/93f for tomorrow. :bleeding:
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 25, 2018, 12:48:12 PM
Quote from: KRonn on July 25, 2018, 12:42:57 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 25, 2018, 10:59:37 AM
In the middle of a heat wave here too, and no precipitation - grasses are turning golden. Quite something for what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest
Here almost every summer lawns turn brown due to lack of rain. Even the rain we've had off and on since Sunday hasn't yet made much difference as the grass is still mostly brown and dried out. The lawns will recover about September-October as we usually get more rain during that time and through Autumn. Early last Autumn after a good amount of rain my lawn became so green and full it surprised me, as it was quite a stark contrast to the dry, barren look previously during summer.
It is a recent phenomenon for us. It used to be that Vancouver was a very green city all year. But now we suffer summer droughts.
For us it usually starts mid-June. We've gotten more rain than usual, so most people's lawns stayed nice & green until just recently.
Quote from: garbon on July 25, 2018, 01:48:32 PM
London weather forecast has just edged up to 34c/93f for tomorrow. :bleeding:
Remember the offical advice, if you start melting, try standing in an oven tray so the emergency services can collect the debris. :bowler:
Hot and muggy. :mad:
Yesterday was the warmest day here in 43 years and only the 5th ever recording of a temperature above 33 degrees. This summer continues to rock.
Apparently there was a heatwave in Britain in 1976. However, that was isolated compared to this year's heat:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DivFsVuWkAEiPkA.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DivFs3ZW0AAHAoY.jpg)
Man it must suck to have a heatwave in a summer in Saudi Arabia.
Or, worse, Iraq:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-rich-iraq-cant-keep-the-lights-on-1532174400
QuoteOil-Rich Iraq Can't Keep the Lights On
BAGHDAD—Temperatures across southern Iraq are so high in the summer months that birds drop dead from the sky due to heat exhaustion. And tap water runs piping hot.
So when Iraq's power supply faltered this month as a heat wave ramped up air-conditioning demand, it ignited an angry question: Why can't one of the world's top oil producers keep the power on?
Protests have rippled through Iraq's oil-rich south for over a week as demonstrators railed against the government's failure to provide basic services like electricity, health care and clean water. They have posed a serious enough risk that authorities have shut down the internet and sent in troops to quell the unrest.
Iraq's electricity sector is a microcosm of the ills plaguing the country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Some households receive no more than a few hours of state-provided power a day during peak demand. People who can afford it buy their own generators, or buy from neighborhood generators, when the power goes out.
Among other cities, protests flared again on Friday in the province of Basra, where most of Iraq's oil is produced.
"Basra is like a camel loaded with gold and fed thorns: it produces 90% of Iraq's wealth but does not get enough electricity," said Hamid Hafidh, a protest organizer in the province.
Iraq produces much of the natural gas, gas oil, heavy oil and crude that it burns to create electricity, but most of its oil production is sent abroad as exports, which accounts for the vast majority of its government revenue.
But even if Iraq were to divert some of its oil exports for domestic power generation, Iraq can't generate the electricity it needs.
Iraqi electricity demand has grown to 23,000 megawatts at peak summer demand, but the country can only produce 15,900 megawatts, according to Iraq's Ministry of Electricity. Demand will continue to grow by around 7% a year, analysts say.
On top of everything else, the nation still is picking up the pieces after the militant Islamic State destroyed a swath of Iraq's electrical and oil refining capacity. That degraded a national power system that was falling short before the group began its three-year occupation of the north in 2014. Islamic State inflicted $7 billion of damage on the country's power system, with eight out of 17 power plants in occupied areas completely destroyed, according to a World Bank assessment.
Iraq has initiated a slew of projects to increase generation capacity, including multibillion-dollar contracts signed with Siemens AG and General Electric Co. , but they have yet to be completed. Attempts to purchase more electricity from nearby nations have been stymied or inconclusive.
Iraq had been purchasing electricity from Iran for several years, but Iran cut the power citing unpaid debt and electricity shortages of its own. Ministry of Electricity spokesman Mosaab al-Modares said Iraq has the money to pay, but can no longer transfer the funds without violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.
The biggest problem, however, isn't electricity generation, but distribution. As much as 65% of the power supply is consumed by people who illegally tap into the grid or don't have electricity meters, according to the Ministry of Electricity. Fee collection is also weak. In 2015, its best year to date, the ministry said it collected just 12% of fees.
The government tried in 2015 to collect more fees and stop illegal power consumption, but a popular backlash stalled it. Among the biggest opponents, Mr. Modares said, were private power generator owners, who he says collectively make around $10 billion in annual profits from the government's failure to provide electricity.
"The situation is completely unsustainable," said Robert Tollast, an Iraq-focused political risk analyst.
Meanwhile, the lack of electricity continues fuel the cries of protesters complaining about corruption and bad governance.
"It makes no sense that with the huge rise in temperature there is no electricity and the water is so salty that we cannot wash in it because our skin will burn," said Hussam Hassan, a protester Basra.
Because generating electricity is not the best use for oil?
Though I hear they have great solar resources.
QuoteIraq had been purchasing electricity from Iran for several years, but Iran cut the power citing unpaid debt and electricity shortages of its own. Ministry of Electricity spokesman Mosaab al-Modares said Iraq has the money to pay, but can no longer transfer the funds without violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.
:frusty:
Of course how were they purchasing the electricity in the first place...
At any rate, if this is what regular summers are going to look like in the Middle East, it will not help with stability in the region.
Quote from: Syt on July 27, 2018, 10:09:15 AM
At any rate, if this is what regular summers are going to look like in the Middle East, it will not help with stability in the region.
Conflicts over water resources in the region have been predicted for a few decades now.
http://jcpa.org/article/a-commodity-in-scarcity-the-politics-of-water-in-the-middle-east/
Quote from: Liep on July 25, 2018, 04:30:15 AM
2nd day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
4th day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
Quote from: Liep on July 27, 2018, 11:50:47 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 25, 2018, 04:30:15 AM
2nd day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
4th day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
It just started here and temp is supposed to be down to 22 tomorrow. :cool:
Quote from: Syt on July 27, 2018, 12:35:49 AM
Apparently there was a heatwave in Britain in 1976. However, that was isolated compared to this year's heat:
Syt that's rather startling, though I'm not sure I should thank you for it. :depression sets in:
Quote from: garbon on July 27, 2018, 11:59:09 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 27, 2018, 11:50:47 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 25, 2018, 04:30:15 AM
2nd day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
4th day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
It just started here and temp is supposed to be down to 22 tomorrow. :cool:
We got a few drops of rain but the temperatures are still +30, forecasted for the next few days as well. :melting:
Quote from: Liep on July 29, 2018, 07:01:40 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 27, 2018, 11:59:09 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 27, 2018, 11:50:47 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 25, 2018, 04:30:15 AM
2nd day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
4th day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.
It just started here and temp is supposed to be down to 22 tomorrow. :cool:
We got a few drops of rain but the temperatures are still +30, forecasted for the next few days as well. :melting:
Today we may have had a total of 40-50mm of rain. :bowler:
In the previous 54 days before Friday most of places in Southern England had rainfall in the range of 0.4-1.8mm, and it's probable many places have no real rain at all for the last two months. :(
Is this for real:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjYH78kWsAADc3Y.jpg)
I feel its reality. It's 03:00 and still too fucking hot north of that..
But 39 in Germany is ridiculous
Looks legit. We'll have up to 33-36 in Vienna this week.
So is that some sort of unheard of temperature in central Europe?
Quote from: Razgovory on July 31, 2018, 04:09:26 AM
So is that some sort of unheard of temperature in central Europe?
Recall that European countries, particularly the bits above say Spain and Italy are largely places with no at home a/c.
Moreover, my building doesn't permit the installation of a proper A/C because of its protected status and the noise associated with it. Best I can do is a mobile one which is highly ineffective in terms of cooling and energy consumption. Besides, the real issue are the meter thick brick walls in my building which conduct and store heat quite well. When heat breaks, my apartment will cool off by 1° per day (unless we get a heavy rain).
Quote from: mongers on July 30, 2018, 07:11:32 PM
Is this for real:
Some days ago some German medium was joking about the coolest place in Europe being Portugal, literaly. :lol:
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QuoteSollten Sie am Freitag Abkühlung suchen: Portugal 💦
Syt's building needs heat pumps.
It's also hot in America but the only thing without A/C I go to is the inside of my car.
Parisians will be headed to Nice to cool off.
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 31, 2018, 07:53:21 AM
Syt's building needs heat pumps.
It's also hot in America but the only thing without A/C I go to is the inside of my car.
You don't have A/C in your car? I would consider that a health hazard.
This summer has been pretty bad even by our obscene standards. At least we have gotten some rain.
Quote from: Syt on July 31, 2018, 05:40:48 AM
Moreover, my building doesn't permit the installation of a proper A/C because of its protected status and the noise associated with it. Best I can do is a mobile one which is highly ineffective in terms of cooling and energy consumption. Besides, the real issue are the meter thick brick walls in my building which conduct and store heat quite well. When heat breaks, my apartment will cool off by 1° per day (unless we get a heavy rain).
I can't do real a/c either as I don't have windows that open in the right way to have an inserted unit (well I do in my bedroom but there are bars on those that would prevent installation of a unit).
Quote from: Valmy on July 31, 2018, 07:58:40 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 31, 2018, 07:53:21 AM
Syt's building needs heat pumps.
It's also hot in America but the only thing without A/C I go to is the inside of my car.
You don't have A/C in your car? I would consider that a health hazard.
This summer has been pretty bad even by our obscene standards. At least we have gotten some rain.
Sometimes, it is. It's a mistake I will not make again.
Quote from: garbon on July 31, 2018, 04:25:03 AM
Recall that European countries, particularly the bits above say Spain and Italy are largely places with no at home a/c.
Several stories about that lack of AC in the news right now because hardly any hotels in Copenhagen has AC not even the expensive ones so tourists are complaining, also the sick are complaining that no hospitals have it not even the newly build ones.
All the major papers are running stories about how to sleep in the heat. Summer is coming and we are unprepared.
I think we have reached that time of the year when I start thinking wistfully about October.
Quote from: Valmy on July 31, 2018, 03:16:29 PM
I think we have reached that time of the year when I start thinking wistfully about October.
Next week's forecast promises normal Danish summer with 15-23 degree weather, I think it'll be a nice change from the +30 extremes we're having now. Still not a lot of rain though.
10 pm and still 30° in the city.
Quote from: Valmy on July 31, 2018, 07:56:19 AM
Parisians will be headed to Nice to cool off.
They are already there, as always. Only tourists now in Paris. :lol:
Quote from: Liep on July 31, 2018, 03:12:26 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 31, 2018, 04:25:03 AM
Recall that European countries, particularly the bits above say Spain and Italy are largely places with no at home a/c.
Several stories about that lack of AC in the news right now because hardly any hotels in Copenhagen has AC not even the expensive ones so tourists are complaining, also the sick are complaining that no hospitals have it not even the newly build ones.
All the major papers are running stories about how to sleep in the heat. Summer is coming and we are unprepared.
:bowler:
You Danes should be considered honourary Brits.
I bet you're train tracks are too hot/expanding / point failing etc. :bowler:
Nasty hot and humid lately and will continue into next week. July was also warmer than normal. Rained today for a few hours though, and it feels cooler out there now. But I think it's still humid.
Pretty humid, but it feels kind of cool after Texas.
Temperatures in Vienna 8 am today.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dj0MYABWwAASsWv.jpg)
Quote from: Syt on August 05, 2018, 01:21:08 AM
Temperatures in Vienna 8 am today.
....
:(
Damn that's bad Syt.
At least here with the continual cloudless skies, it goes down to 15-20C overnight.
So I managed to get the ground floor of the house down to 20.5C this morning.
Inner City broke 30 degrees before 10 am. :D
Heat is scheduled to (maybe) break Friday but we may hit 38 on Thursday.
Quote from: mongers on August 05, 2018, 06:37:48 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 05, 2018, 01:21:08 AM
Temperatures in Vienna 8 am today.
....
:(
Damn that's bad Syt.
At least here with the continual cloudless skies, it goes down to 15-20C overnight.
So I managed to get the ground floor of the house down to 20.5C this morning.
How lucky, I haven't managed to get my apartment below 25C for a month . I never have to turn on the heat even in the coldest of winters, but now all that modern isolation is kicking my ass. :weep:
Quote from: Liep on August 05, 2018, 06:59:18 AM
......
How lucky, I haven't managed to get my apartment below 25C for a month . I never have to turn on the heat even in the coldest of winters, but now all that modern isolation is kicking my ass. :weep:
:(
Yeah, over insulted houses can be a bugger; I keep all the windows, doors closed during the day, and only opening them at 9-10pm, then leave several downstairs open till 7-8am to help vent some heat out of the open upstairs windows.
I have opened the loft at nights, to get more through-put, but the daytime heat build-up up there has become too fearsome.
Been trying to buy some permanent external window blinds for 2-3 east facing windows, but haven't found anything useful yet.
Midnight and it's absolutely windless, 22 degrees and 90% humidity. :bleeding:
Wednesday is suppose to set the all time heat record.
Quote from: Liep on August 06, 2018, 05:18:10 PM
Midnight and it's absolutely windless, 22 degrees and 90% humidity. :bleeding:
Wednesday is suppose to set the all time heat record.
:(
You might as well live in Texas.
Having a lot of wind is what we got, it's the only thing you can count on regarding Danish weather. And now we don't even have that, the sailing World Cup going on here right now is an embarrassment with slow slow boats. :(
Quote from: mongers on August 06, 2018, 05:48:35 PM
Quote from: Liep on August 06, 2018, 05:18:10 PM
Midnight and it's absolutely windless, 22 degrees and 90% humidity. :bleeding:
Wednesday is suppose to set the all time heat record.
:(
You might as well live in Texas.
22? Damn that would be nice. It is 30 right now and it is 10:30 PM.
Come on October.
It was 24 at midnight in London.
However, current forecast is that it will rain tonight and take this all away. Tomorrow with a high of 23 and Thursday down to 21!
A "cool" 22 in the inner city at night for a change. Sunday seems to be the last 30+ day for a bit. *fingers crossed*
Today Tuesday is the last day of heat in Paris. +37 then under 30 afterwards.
Quote from: garbon on August 07, 2018, 02:48:57 AM
It was 24 at midnight in London.
However, current forecast is that it will rain tonight and take this all away. Tomorrow with a high of 23 and Thursday down to 21!
:hug:
The upstairs house temp here overnight didn't drop below 23C, did think about sleeping in the garden. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on August 07, 2018, 07:35:29 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 07, 2018, 02:48:57 AM
It was 24 at midnight in London.
However, current forecast is that it will rain tonight and take this all away. Tomorrow with a high of 23 and Thursday down to 21!
:hug:
The upstairs house temp here overnight didn't drop below 23C, did think about sleeping in the garden. :hmm:
I'll be glad to stop sleeping in my living room. My bedroom has been on average about 28. :x
English Summer ^_^
Vienna equalizes its record for consecutive nights over 20°C in the inner city: 18.
Quote from: Syt on August 09, 2018, 03:32:16 PM
Vienna equalizes its record for consecutive nights over 20°C in the inner city: 18.
It's cooled here, see Garbon's post above, but good grief it's still bone dry here in central Southern England, we seem to be missing all of the rain showers happening or forecasted. <_<
Thunderstorm and lots of rain. Tomorrow should be cool and windy. :wub:
The sailing World Cup in Aarhus should get more interesting now
This morning it was 54 degrees (12c) and foggy. By lunch it was 75 (24c) and now at home at 17:20 it is a nice 70 (21c).
Now if I could just afford to live here.
Quote from: PDH on August 09, 2018, 07:21:52 PM
This morning it was 54 degrees (12c) and foggy. By lunch it was 75 (24c) and now at home at 17:20 it is a nice 70 (21c).
Now if I could just afford to live here.
Come on man, admit it, that's not real, you're just cutting and pasting the same text month in month out. <_<
It does get kinda boring...
Finally a rainy day, 2nd one in around three months.
Really enjoying the fresh damp Atlantic westerlies, smell the geosmin. :bowler:
Getting rain all day today and a bit more tomorrow. Temps are cooler at least, what a relief as we've had hot and humid for most days of the last two weeks.
Heavy smoke in Vancouver, and most of the southern part of the province as over 100 forest fires started over the weekend. Last year was by far the worst year for wild fires in the province and this one is already more intense than the 10 year average even though we had a wet spring. We are becoming more and more like California (with the exception of PDH's oasis) as our summers become more dry and hot.
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 13, 2018, 10:03:45 AM
We are becoming more and more like California (with the exception of PDH's oasis) as our summers become more dry and hot.
And SF ;)
Quote from: garbon on August 13, 2018, 10:06:17 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 13, 2018, 10:03:45 AM
We are becoming more and more like California (with the exception of PDH's oasis) as our summers become more dry and hot.
And SF ;)
True, the first time I was there in summer I had to buy some warmer clothes. :D
We had a day or two under 30 degrees last week. Since then we've been back over 30, with a forecast of 32-34 till end of next week. :bleeding:
This might be the largest amount of 30+ days in such a short period I've experienced in 13 years in Vienna.
Hey, I'll get to do some roasting with you! :D :(
Getting ready to embrace that 34c (93f) today. I will be checking out: museums. :D
edit: Actually, as the one sunny, non-wet day, I may have to brave the sun. :o
Rainiest summer in the 12 years we've lived in this house. Grass is greener than it's ever been in late August and I've only needed to water the lawn twice. Pain in the butt to keep up with the weeds in the flower beds & whatnot, but it's a fair trade-off :)
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 13, 2018, 10:03:45 AM
Heavy smoke in Vancouver, and most of the southern part of the province as over 100 forest fires started over the weekend. Last year was by far the worst year for wild fires in the province and this one is already more intense than the 10 year average even though we had a wet spring. We are becoming more and more like California (with the exception of PDH's oasis) as our summers become more dry and hot.
This fire season is now the second worst on record. Last year was the worst.
35 and very humid here in New York, luckily the MET is cool.
First tornado warning of the year. Kinda weird summer that way.
British news outlets are posting about the return of the heatwave this weekend. It is supposed to get as high as 75f. :mellow:
Quote from: garbon on August 29, 2018, 11:01:47 AM
British news outlets are posting about the return of the heatwave this weekend. It is supposed to get as high as 75f. :mellow:
You believe what the red tops shout? More evidence of your native drift. :P
I'll be nicely warm, but not the 35C the Express et al are headlining.
No, I think my statement was I didn't believe it. :P
Though did just see this:
QuoteUK weather forecast latest: Temperatures to soar to 25C as summer goes out with a sizzle
Soaring to 25! :o :o :o
:lmfao:
Quote from: garbon on August 31, 2018, 07:54:15 AM
No, I think my statement was I didn't believe it. :P
Daily Express caught out by it's own website formating:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlmK2ndX0AAK8pV.jpg)
Warmest English summer since records began 109 years ago. :bowler:
For the UK as a whole equal warmest summer with 1976, 2003, and 2006.
Is a pattern emerging?
And that on top of a very warm spring, including the record breaking May.
Well you Brits always complain about how cold and cloudy your country is. Now you can complain about the opposite.
Quote from: Valmy on September 03, 2018, 07:37:03 PM
Well you Brits always complain about how cold and cloudy your country is. Now you can complain about the opposite.
Because 'we' don't?
Quote from: mongers on September 03, 2018, 10:07:14 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 03, 2018, 07:37:03 PM
Well you Brits always complain about how cold and cloudy your country is. Now you can complain about the opposite.
Because 'we' don't?
Relax. I meant no disrespect. Just a playful joke based on national reputation.
I know you love the rain and all that personally.
England has a close to perfect climate :bowler:
Quote from: garbon on August 31, 2018, 07:54:58 AM
Though did just see this:
QuoteUK weather forecast latest: Temperatures to soar to 25C as summer goes out with a sizzle
Soaring to 25! :o :o :o
:lmfao:
Remember to drink plenty of water and stay in the shade when possible; its going to be tough but I'm confident you will make it through :P
Bit nice, you telling me that after the weekend of heat!
Quote from: mongers on September 03, 2018, 06:22:09 PM
And that on top of a very warm spring, including the record breaking May.
I first misread that as T(h)eresa May involved on breaking some kind of record.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on September 04, 2018, 11:57:39 AM
Quote from: mongers on September 03, 2018, 06:22:09 PM
And that on top of a very warm spring, including the record breaking May.
I first misread that as Theresa May involved on breaking some kind of record.
"May breaks record for hotness"?
:P
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 04, 2018, 12:08:23 PM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on September 04, 2018, 11:57:39 AM
Quote from: mongers on September 03, 2018, 06:22:09 PM
And that on top of a very warm spring, including the record breaking May.
I first misread that as T(h)eresa May involved on breaking some kind of record.
"May breaks record for hotness"?
:P
Wrong T(h)eresa? :hmm:
Boston is too hot. Yesterday was crazy and today was only mildly crazy, tomorrow will apparently top at 31 which is still too hot. On average the AC here isn't as good as in NY
Should have come to Santa Cruz...
People in Massachusetts like to pretend there is no need for a/c.
I imagine that is something they share with old England these days. :P
<_< :P
Quote from: garbon on September 05, 2018, 12:32:11 PM
<_< :P
Don't worry...in a couple weeks I get to suffer as well.
Oh you mean after the heat is gone? :D
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 05, 2018, 12:49:52 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 05, 2018, 12:32:11 PM
<_< :P
Don't worry...in a couple weeks I get to suffer as well.
The proper, English, thing to do is to live in a damp draughty old house with inadequate insulation and heating; that way you can suffer from the cold even though it rarely dips below freezing :cool:
Quote from: Liep on September 04, 2018, 09:50:44 PM
Boston is too hot. Yesterday was crazy and today was only mildly crazy, tomorrow will apparently top at 31 which is still too hot. On average the AC here isn't as good as in NY
We've had a very hot summer, more so than usual. Last summer was a bit opposite, or more like normal. Some of my neighbors have central a/c, many, such as myself, don't. I usually have an a/c in a couple of windows, bedroom and kitchen, and it's usually ok with overhead fans but this summer was a bit trying. I have several more a/c units but haven't used them in other rooms in years, and don't usually need to. When working outside I do like to have the a/c on in the kitchen so I can come in to cool down.
Quote from: garbon on September 05, 2018, 12:18:48 PM
People in Massachusetts like to pretend there is no need for a/c.
Heh, we needed it this summer for sure! Most businesses and stores are air conditioned, but many homes are not. I was surprised to see that my old grade school has no central a/c, just some a/c units were hanging in windows. But I don't remember as a kid being that affected by the heat. Seems that became more an issue as I got older. :hmm:
Quote from: KRonn on September 08, 2018, 07:23:57 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 05, 2018, 12:18:48 PM
People in Massachusetts like to pretend there is no need for a/c.
Heh, we needed it this summer for sure! Most businesses and stores are air conditioned, but many homes are not. I was surprised to see that my old grade school has no central a/c, just some a/c units were hanging in windows. But I don't remember as a kid being that affected by the heat. Seems that became more an issue as I got older. :hmm:
Kronn, welcome to the club.
:D
Also something for Garbon to wonder at:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmmESa7XoAA0CwI.jpg)
Quote from: mongers on September 09, 2018, 07:17:47 AM
Quote from: KRonn on September 08, 2018, 07:23:57 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 05, 2018, 12:18:48 PM
People in Massachusetts like to pretend there is no need for a/c.
Heh, we needed it this summer for sure! Most businesses and stores are air conditioned, but many homes are not. I was surprised to see that my old grade school has no central a/c, just some a/c units were hanging in windows. But I don't remember as a kid being that affected by the heat. Seems that became more an issue as I got older. :hmm:
Kronn, welcome to the club.
:D
Hehe, really! It's such a change as I remember enjoying being out in the sun playing sports, going to the beach, other stuff. Now I shudder at the thought of being out in hot/humid weather for too long, or even going to the beach and baking in the sun. :)
Looks like Hurricane Florence is going to hit the Carolinas.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 10, 2018, 01:52:20 AM
Looks like Hurricane Florence is going to hit the Carolinas.
Yeah, and likely remain strong or intensify. I saw on the news that some areas of those states are planning for a large movement of people away from the coast lines to the interior of the states.
Vienna sets a new record for summer days (temps over 25°C): 108 so far, with more to come (we're getting 29/30 degrees tomorrow and Thursday).
Quote from: Syt on September 11, 2018, 09:49:19 AM
Vienna sets a new record for summer days (temps over 25°C): 108 so far, with more to come (we're getting 29/30 degrees tomorrow and Thursday).
:bleeding:
Good grief.
28-29-30 ° around here today and tomorrow. I would have preferred it on a weekend but it will have to do.
It's supposed to snow tomorrow. :weep:
Quote from: Syt on September 11, 2018, 09:49:19 AM
Vienna sets a new record for summer days (temps over 25°C): 108 so far, with more to come (we're getting 29/30 degrees tomorrow and Thursday).
Wow, that sounds like the hot summer weather in the US south and southwest!
Yup, I expect I might be able to wear shorts on my birthday (8th October); happened once before. We drop to 23 over the weekend, but may hit 27/28 again Monday and Tuesday. That said, the nights stay fresh, under 20 degrees, now.
Quote from: KRonn on September 12, 2018, 08:12:30 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 11, 2018, 09:49:19 AM
Vienna sets a new record for summer days (temps over 25°C): 108 so far, with more to come (we're getting 29/30 degrees tomorrow and Thursday).
Wow, that sounds like the hot summer weather in the US south and southwest!
Nah, 25C is only 77F, you're lucky to get that at 6 in the morning in Texas.
It is snowing :weep: No real accumulations, but snow is in the air.
The storms in the gulf are making it rain continuously here in central Texas. I mean sure this might eventually mean the gulf communities get destroyed by a storm again but this is really screwing with the Little League baseball season :weep:
Quote from: Eddie Teach on September 13, 2018, 12:35:56 AM
Nah, 25C is only 77F, you're lucky to get that at 6 in the morning in Texas.
Because of the rain it is getting down to the low 20s sometimes and man does that feel cold these days :lol:
It feels like a sauna otherwise, with all the added humidity.
I got my first autumn cold. From 3pm to 11pm yesterday, I sneeze so much that it started to hurt. :(
Quote from: garbon on September 13, 2018, 09:18:19 AM
I got my first autumn cold. From 3pm to 11pm yesterday, I sneeze so much that it started to hurt. :(
I sympathize. I'm sick as a dog, got no sleep the other night because my body turned into a factory for making snot and viruses. :(
Quote from: Barrister on September 13, 2018, 12:45:59 AM
It is snowing :weep: No real accumulations, but snow is in the air.
In the morning there's about 1cm on the ground. :weep:
Quote from: Valmy on September 13, 2018, 09:16:52 AM
The storms in the gulf are making it rain continuously here in central Texas. I mean sure this might eventually mean the gulf communities get destroyed by a storm again but this is really screwing with the Little League baseball season :weep:
But great for the always-struggling Texas aquifers though, right? :P
Quote from: Valmy on September 13, 2018, 09:16:52 AM
The storms in the gulf are making it rain continuously here in central Texas. I mean sure this might eventually mean the gulf communities get destroyed by a storm again but this is really screwing with the Little League baseball season :weep:
Little league baseball???
Why aren't your kids in hockey evaluations like normal kids this time of year!
Probably because it is the time of year for basketball pre season camps.
@ Valmy, the world little league championships were just held - do American kids play year round? That would explain the extreme difference in skill levels with Canadian kids.
There are two seasons: the regular season in the Spring/Summer and Fall Ball in September/October which is normally a bit shorter.
I thought the summer was over but the night was unusual warm for September and today it's 25 degrees again.
Quote from: Liep on September 18, 2018, 04:29:38 AM
I thought the summer was over but the night was unusual warm for September and today it's 25 degrees again.
Same here the last two nights and days, warm, windy, but dry. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on September 18, 2018, 06:05:26 AM
Quote from: Liep on September 18, 2018, 04:29:38 AM
I thought the summer was over but the night was unusual warm for September and today it's 25 degrees again.
Same here the last two nights and days, warm, windy, but dry. :hmm:
Today was cool but last week we had a couple of hot days. Not very humid and I didn't need the A/C but it surprised a bit given how we've had cool and warm days mixed in. Usually September is pretty nice, warm but not overly hot or humid. Given the hot and humid summer we had, which is more than usual for us, I'm ready for cooler weather.
Quote from: KRonn on September 20, 2018, 07:20:15 PM
Quote from: mongers on September 18, 2018, 06:05:26 AM
Quote from: Liep on September 18, 2018, 04:29:38 AM
I thought the summer was over but the night was unusual warm for September and today it's 25 degrees again.
Same here the last two nights and days, warm, windy, but dry. :hmm:
Today was cool but last week we had a couple of hot days. Not very humid and I didn't need the A/C but it surprised a bit given how we've had cool and warm days mixed in. Usually September is pretty nice, warm but not overly hot or humid. Given the hot and humid summer we had, which is more than usual for us, I'm ready for cooler weather.
Started listening to ZZ Top's Rio Grande Mud album and the track 'Sure got cold after the rain fell' came on, very appropriate given the weather has broken this evening and wet and windy weather has returned to Blighty. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on September 20, 2018, 08:38:26 PM
Quote from: KRonn on September 20, 2018, 07:20:15 PM
Quote from: mongers on September 18, 2018, 06:05:26 AM
Quote from: Liep on September 18, 2018, 04:29:38 AM
I thought the summer was over but the night was unusual warm for September and today it's 25 degrees again.
Same here the last two nights and days, warm, windy, but dry. :hmm:
Today was cool but last week we had a couple of hot days. Not very humid and I didn't need the A/C but it surprised a bit given how we've had cool and warm days mixed in. Usually September is pretty nice, warm but not overly hot or humid. Given the hot and humid summer we had, which is more than usual for us, I'm ready for cooler weather.
Started listening to ZZ Top's Rio Grande Mud album and the track 'Sure got cold after the rain fell' came on, very appropriate given the weather has broken this evening and wet and windy weather has returned to Blighty. :bowler:
We got the remnants of hurricane Florence, which was mainly a heavy rain storm but nothing near what they got when it first made landfall in the Carolinas. We got about 4 inches of rain where they got over 30 inches in some places. That's close to a meter of rain and I think some areas got at least that much and more. Lots of flooded out towns and areas, some towns totally cutoff by floodwaters with military and other helos flying supplies in and taking people out. Millions of chickens and turkeys lost along with other livestock.
Well, it's time for Indian Summer.
The Equinox brings to this region of the Central Coast of California high temps (into the 90s/32c), clear mornings and nights. It is rather normal, and I hope this means a rather normal winter and rains...
A Tornado tore thru the National capital area last Friday. Force 3, highest ever recorded in Septembre for Quebec.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 25, 2018, 09:44:31 AM
A Tornado tore thru the National capital area last Friday. Force 3, highest ever recorded in Septembre for Quebec.
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Whoah, a tornado is so scary especially in a big city. I didn't think they happened very often, if at all, in Quebec similar to here in the northeast as we rarely get them. But nothing like the frequency or severity in the US South and Mid West.
We're having a beautiful Indian summer here. :bowler:
Daily Express must be kicking off about how we will all die of melanoma.
First cool non-rain day of the Fall. It is 18C right now. Woah. I love it.
18 C°? Enough for a picnic!
I know. We can all emerge from our air conditioned lairs for a bit.
Dang. It's 84 here.
18c is what it got up to here today.
Quote from: PDH on September 28, 2018, 05:09:44 PM
18c is what it got up to here today.
About the same here today, but without the beach babes and David Lee Roth doing a pastiche to camera.
Cool and rainy off and on this week. Will clear up for the weekend but more rain early next week.
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 13, 2018, 12:49:14 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 13, 2018, 09:16:52 AM
The storms in the gulf are making it rain continuously here in central Texas. I mean sure this might eventually mean the gulf communities get destroyed by a storm again but this is really screwing with the Little League baseball season :weep:
But great for the always-struggling Texas aquifers though, right? :P
I don't know man. Flooding is causing tons of damage every year now.
It is possible that now we have a rainy season in late summer/early fall to go along with hurricane season annually now, which would be a pretty huge change. Climate change at work.
Five straight days of rain in the forecast. Spect some rivers will run their banks.
So it was 7C all day yesterday and rainy and windy. This after I was sweating on Sunday working outside. Today it has warmed up all the way to 9C still with the rain and wind, feels like 6C.
Our normally scheduled fall is due to return by the weekend, but the constant and neverending rain is not going anywhere.
It is crazy how much rain is falling on Texas by the way. We are having major flooding once again. All this climate change will at least keep us nice and wet.
I have been thinking about how in eras past Texas was at the bottom of a shallow sea...
Unseasonably warm October in Vienna. Even if November and December were way below average 2018 is in the 4 hottest years in 250+ years.
Of the hottest 20 years since records began in the 1700s, 14 have been since 2000.
Quote from: Syt on October 16, 2018, 12:10:01 PM
Unseasonably warm October in Vienna. Even if November and December were way below average 2018 is in the 4 hottest years in 250+ years.
Of the hottest 20 years since records began in the 1700s, 14 have been since 2000.
You can feel it in the air, the climate Is changing?
Its like early summer in Vancouver - 19 today; 20 tomorrow - almost shorts weather.
At least you people get nice weather out of this climate change thing.
Quote from: Valmy on October 16, 2018, 09:16:18 PM
At least you people get nice weather out of this climate change thing.
For parts of the year, yes. But as a skier it is not so great. The ski season on the local mountains is significantly shortened. It was not so long ago that we anticipated the first snow falls on the local mountains about this time of year and in a good snow year some of the mountains would be opening in late October and most often November. Now it is a real challenge to have enough snow for the Christmas break. The other problem is the summers have become hot and dry. We can now go many weeks without precipitation (remember this is supposed to be a temperate rain-forest). As a result we now have water restrictions and we are experiencing longer and more intense forest fire seasons.
Ok that sounds a bit worse than our two straight years of fall flooding.
Very cool here, was near freezing temps over night. When I went out early this morning it felt a bit like winter. We had a quick change from warmish September temps to now much colder.
The hottest summer on record will have some after effects. Harvests are down 15% and additional irrigation is still required. Prices for Austrian crops will go up, including grain, which means there will be more expensive beer.
Quote from: Syt on October 19, 2018, 12:20:38 AM
The hottest summer on record will have some after effects. Harvests are down 15% and additional irrigation is still required. Prices for Austrian crops will go up, including grain, which means there will be more expensive beer.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/15/climate-change-to-cause-dramatic-beer-shortages-extreme-weather-price
Good news is you can move to Canada and switch to pot :D
Have been some nice sunsets on the last couple of evenings:
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Amazing colours
Red sky at night, sailor's delight!
Wonderful colours in those sunsets.
Quote from: Malthus on October 25, 2018, 09:41:37 AM
Red sky at night, sailor's delight!
Wonderful colours in those sunsets.
I always figured that was like a red light district joke :D
Pretty pictures though
Quote from: HVC on October 25, 2018, 10:27:54 AM
Quote from: Malthus on October 25, 2018, 09:41:37 AM
Red sky at night, sailor's delight!
Wonderful colours in those sunsets.
I always figured that was like a red light district joke :D
Pretty pictures though
What about red sky at morning, sailor take warning? :hmm:
...
Still works! :lol:
But seriously - those old weather sayings do, in fact, "work" (more or less). You can, to an extent, predict the weather if you are familiar with the locale from wind direction, clouds ("Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry"), etc.
Mackerel skies and mares' tails make tall ships carry low sails!
.......aaaarrr!
And so GMT begins. :bowler:
Not going to like sunset before 5pm and even earlier. <_<
Ah well, 154 days before BST returns.
We don't get standard time here for another two weeks - bike lights in the AM for me.
Quote from: PDH on October 27, 2018, 11:01:26 PM
We don't get standard time here for another two weeks - bike lights in the AM for me.
Google says you change next week (Nov 4).
It's goddamn snowing. The lovely fall we've had the last couple of weeks is over. :(
Finally get our year's worth of rain. Finally getting a chance to have lunch out of the office as I'll be drenched even if I hoof it back. :D :blush:
Quote from: Syt on October 27, 2018, 11:53:59 PM
Quote from: PDH on October 27, 2018, 11:01:26 PM
We don't get standard time here for another two weeks - bike lights in the AM for me.
Google says you change next week (Nov 4).
I tend to lose track of time in the dark.
Tonight we go under 0C/32F for the first time this fall. Too cold for Texans.
We've had a couple of freezes with a couple over the last week Going to rain tomorrow in eastern/southern New England but be in the 50sF. Some snow and sleet in western Massachusetts and northern New England states, not supposed to amount to much. It'll get colder mid week. We don't usually get snow in November in eastern Mass, that usually happens in December onward.
It has gotten down to about 47f (around 8c) at night here. For native Santa Cruz types that is the equivalent of below zero.
Quote from: Malthus on October 25, 2018, 09:41:37 AM
Red sky at night, sailor's delight!
Wonderful colours in those sunsets.
Beautiful pics indeed! Nice ones Mongers. :)
Red sky in morning, sailor take warning!
Quote from: Valmy on November 12, 2018, 07:16:03 PM
Tonight we go under 0C/32F for the first time this fall. Too cold for Texans.
Isn't it great though.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on November 13, 2018, 11:39:50 PM
Quote from: Valmy on November 12, 2018, 07:16:03 PM
Tonight we go under 0C/32F for the first time this fall. Too cold for Texans.
Isn't it great though.
Sure. It was nice to get out the ice scrapper and put it to work on my windshield. Poor thing just sits there neglected most of the year.
Wow, I didn't know that was a product that got marketed in Texas.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 15, 2018, 10:24:22 AM
Wow, I didn't know that was a product that got marketed in Texas.
Let's just say they are not big sellers until there is a freeze coming...then they are impossible to find :P
It's snowing here for the first time this season (though we got some freezing rain last night). This is VERY early for the first snowfall for us. We often don't get any snow till late December or even January.
My impression of Texas winter precip is that when it comes, it's usually sleet.
I think it's usually just rain here. It only gets down around zero a handful of times per year.
Holy shit, didn't realize it was this bad. :(
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/fires-in-california-camp-woolsey-paradise-wildfire-evacuations-death-toll-map-2018-11-15-latest/
QuoteAuthorities said late Thursday the death toll from the Camp Fire has risen to 63, bringing the statewide count to 66. In addition, more than 600 people have been reported missing, according to the Butte County sheriff's office.
Agreed Tim, huge damage. Whole town of Paradise destroyed in the northern Camp Fire. Lots of lives lost, waiting to see the final count as many are missing. Hopefully those missing are mostly people who fled the area and haven't yet checked in or been accounted for but are ok. In the Woolsey Fire it's close to LA and hit Malibu pretty hard. I didn't realize a fire was so close to that area.
We got our first snow of the season. Only about 3 inches where I am, and it turned to rain. So mostly a wet dusting. Western Mass and northern New England got more snow, as did NY, NJ and Connecticut. Some horrendous commutes in NY, NJ apparently.
Temps here have been above freezing so much of it is melting which is good because I still have leaves to clean up. Maybe more snow mid week.
I had to get out the ice scrapper for about the fourth or fifth time in the morning this season. I cannot remember ever using it so often before winter has even officially started. Lots of freezing nights in the past month. But we had early winter weather last year as well. I wonder if this is another effect of our late rainy season we seem to be having now :hmm:
We've had about two weeks of gloriously wet, somewhat mild weather here; the spring and Autumn rains we didn't get earlier in the year; more please. :bowler:
Just been a bit cold here, teens over night and 30sF (0-5C) during the day. Not too bad; it'll get a lot colder later in the season.
Quote from: KRonn on December 12, 2018, 07:38:38 AM
Just been a bit cold here, teens over night and 30sF (0-5C) during the day. Not too bad; it'll get a lot colder later in the season.
:(
Over here that weather would be portrayed by the newspapers as the end of civilization. :D
Quote from: mongers on December 12, 2018, 09:14:18 AM
Quote from: KRonn on December 12, 2018, 07:38:38 AM
Just been a bit cold here, teens over night and 30sF (0-5C) during the day. Not too bad; it'll get a lot colder later in the season.
:(
Over here that weather would be portrayed by the newspapers as the end of civilization. :D
Hehe! :D
Very mild winter here so far, just one night-time low below freezing, a few days ago; previous below zero was way back in early November. :bowler:
Snowing here! I love it!
Very cold here this weekend, in the 20s F (-6) daytime, colder at night, though no snow on the way.
Quote from: KRonn on January 12, 2019, 08:54:55 PM
Very cold here this weekend, in the 20s F (-6) daytime, colder at night, though no snow on the way.
Good grief.
KRonn, resist the temptation to shovel the stuff when it arrives. :D
First heavy snow of the season. Saw two cars in the ditch traveling down to my aunt's funeral.
The weather is constantly sunny at about 30 degrees Celsius here. Here being the Maledives.
We actually got some accumulating snow (for the first time this season) from the same storm Yi was talking about. Melted by the afternoon though. :cool:
Daises and dandelions have started growing in the grass over the last couple of days. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on January 12, 2019, 09:34:02 PM
Quote from: KRonn on January 12, 2019, 08:54:55 PM
Very cold here this weekend, in the 20s F (-6) daytime, colder at night, though no snow on the way.
Good grief.
KRonn, resist the temptation to shovel the stuff when it arrives. :D
Hehe, we did have a small snowstorm in November which gave us a couple inches and most of it washed away with rain and warmish temps.
However, I always keep in mind the 2014-2015 winter when we had little snow similar to this year, but got clobbered late January through early March with severe cold temsps and a record of over nice feet of snow! That was a helluva winter!
We have 5 to 8 inches. It's good sledding or snowball snow. :)
We got about four inches of snow overnight, but it's been raining since before dawn. So now it's a few inches of wet, heavy snow. Waiting a bit before going out to clear it, let the rain melt some away, but I'll use my snow blower to clear the end of the driveway. Last time we had a similar wet snow, in November, it was less than what we have now.I cleared it manually but it was tough going, and I worried that I'd hurt myself. Ah, to be young again when this was more like a work out and I didn't worry about heart attacks and whatever else. I still do ok but do realize that common sense dictates that I take it easier when I can. :)
Sheesh, this morning everything outside was frozen as temps were in the teens over night. Snow and then mostly sleet yesterday and into the evening froze up. My car was covered in ice, all doors frozen even after running the engine via remote start for at least fifteen minutes. Had to use a flame thrower just to get just one door open. ;)
Dammit, it was cold this AM.
With windchill, -34 C.
https://www.cp24.com/news/bitterly-cold-temperatures-continue-in-toronto-on-monday-1.4261802
Yeah, we had similar with wind chill, below zero. Also, temps have been in the single digits all day.
i'm cold and it took 1.5 hours to get to work today
It's pretty cold down here too. A few degrees below freezing and it won't get above freezing till tomorrow.
Quote from: Caliga on January 21, 2019, 03:40:01 PM
It's pretty cold down here too. A few degrees below freezing and it won't get above freezing till tomorrow.
like minus 26 C here (-14 F)
Mid 60s here, the locals are suffering. I saw a girl in a down coat and short shorts today - it is hard to be stylish and warm.
Quote from: HVC on January 21, 2019, 03:14:33 PM
i'm cold and it took 1.5 hours to get to work today
Wasn't the TTC a treat this morning? :lol:
Such a damn treat. And they stopped in tunnels so I couldn't use WiFi!
17F and windy. Good month not to have a dog to walk.
Quote from: HVC on January 21, 2019, 06:08:17 PM
Such a damn treat. And they stopped in tunnels so I couldn't use WiFi!
Still damned cold today. But not as killer.
First snow for us up here.
And will likely freeze up overnight for a pleasant morning commute. <_<
5 cm of snow today. Biggest nationwide traffic jam ever recorded. :lol:
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Quote from: Maladict on January 22, 2019, 04:23:17 PM
5 cm of snow today. Biggest nationwide traffic jam ever recorded. :lol:
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5 cm of snow blocking the whole country sounds awfully French. :P
Yesterday it was still cold but with my car in the sun it loosened up the ice enough for me to chip the worst of it off the roof and other areas. Didn't want that stuff coming loose and hitting cars behind me. Then it warmed up today, helped melt a lot of the ice. Going to get some heavy rain tomorrow.
Unusual for Florida in the winter, we had a full day of heavy showers; just in time for the Pro-Bowl (in Orlando this year). Fortunately nobody cares; the Weather Channel had to explain what the Pro-Bowl was before talking about the weather in Florida.
Snows starting. Should be about half a foot. Everyone was sent home early... well everyone except accounting lol
It's in the 50s here. :)
Supposed to get cold tonight though. Stop sending us your crappy weather, Canadians. :sleep:
Low of 3 tomorrow night and high of 7 Wednesday :lol:
Quote from: Caliga on January 28, 2019, 03:42:43 PM
It's in the 50s here. :)
Supposed to get cold tonight though. Stop sending us your crappy weather, Canadians. :sleep:
No. You keep not fixing global warming. We keep fucking up your weather.
It's so cold in Michigan that Amtrak has suspended project work, and instead has crews out making sure the switch machines don't freeze. Switch machines are these things:
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I was surprised by this; since they're massive, rugged and have no problem taking off your foot.
Do you breathe on them?
Forecast is for 40 this Saturday. Man that's going to feel awesome.
Quote from: Savonarola on January 29, 2019, 02:21:28 PM
It's so cold in Michigan that Amtrak has suspended project work, and instead has crews out making sure the switch machines don't freeze. Switch machines are these things:
I was surprised by this; since they're massive, rugged and have no problem taking off your foot.
Train question: why are "signal problems" so common on Toronto subways? Is there something inherently fragile about signaling technology? Or is ours just very old and decrepit?
Quote from: Malthus on January 29, 2019, 02:29:53 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on January 29, 2019, 02:21:28 PM
It's so cold in Michigan that Amtrak has suspended project work, and instead has crews out making sure the switch machines don't freeze. Switch machines are these things:
I was surprised by this; since they're massive, rugged and have no problem taking off your foot.
Train question: why are "signal problems" so common on Toronto subways? Is there something inherently fragile about signaling technology? Or is ours just very old and decrepit?
Old and decrepit; some of the Metrolinx signal equipment dates back to the Depression. Signal equipment is usually rugged; but it's not designed to last 80 years.
Quote from: Savonarola on January 29, 2019, 02:21:28 PM
It's so cold in Michigan that Amtrak has suspended project work, and instead has crews out making sure the switch machines don't freeze. Switch machines are these things:
I was surprised by this; since they're massive, rugged and have no problem taking off your foot.
Yet they stop working if a chunk of ice from the train falls between the rails. It's why we have brooms at every switch :P
That is nasty cold! In the winter of 2014-2015 we had a similar effect from the Polar Vortex dipping low into the North East. That was the winter we set snow fall records of over nine feet in Massachusetts. Also had vicious cold to below zero temps for about a month straight,from the latter part of January, all of February and into March. It snowed at least once a week and most storms were big ones! Prior to late January we had little snow and it looked like a low snow winter....
That year I had finally replaced my old snow blower which dated from the 60s. We had gotten it used sometime in the 70s or 80s. I bought a new one and just in time too!
Expected high of -13F/-26C today. Sweet Jesus.
Don't die midwesterners!
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 30, 2019, 05:33:18 AM
Expected high of -13F/-26C today. Sweet Jesus.
Damn. :(
Felt cold here last night when it dipped to zero C. :bowler:
A wet 0c can feel colder than a dry -10c.
School canceled due to the cold weather and I talked the wife into working from home today. I've had a fire going in the fireplace for 24 straight hours now. I like my fires big, so I'm burning through the woodpile pretty quickly.
Only 3 F here right now, which is insanely cold for us. Winter temps rarely get below freezing.
It's 12 F here right now & sunny.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 30, 2019, 09:15:35 AM
It's 12 F here right now & sunny.
GRRR. Montreal warmer than Louisville? This must be a conspiracy of some sort.
Quote from: Caliga on January 30, 2019, 09:25:15 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 30, 2019, 09:15:35 AM
It's 12 F here right now & sunny.
GRRR. Montreal warmer than Louisville? This must be a conspiracy of some sort.
The conspiracy of shredding arctic sea ice, yes.
No global warming because it's really cold today! :P
Anyway, by this weekend it'll be in the 60s here again. :cool:
Going to get cold here in the Northeast but not as bad as in the Mid West. That is brutal what you have there.
Our Chicago office is essentially closed because people can't get out of their driveways, trains aren't running, etc.
One of my co-workers up there saw on the news that, if you have to go outside, you should try not to breathe in deeply because your lungs might freeze. :huh:
Quote from: Caliga on January 30, 2019, 09:37:08 AM
Our Chicago office is essentially closed because people can't get out of their driveways, trains aren't running, etc.
One of my co-workers up there saw on the news that, if you have to go outside, you should try not to breathe in deeply because your lungs might freeze. :huh:
Considering I've been skiing when it was -30C, and my lungs survived, I severely doubt that. :D
Apparently, it is bullshit: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/will-i-freeze-my-lungs-by-exercising-outside-in-the-cold/article1067389/
Yeah, I thought it sounded ridiculous. I mean, Inuit aren't all dead? :D
I mean you can breathe deep but not *too* deep. That's what'll kill ya.
Yeah I guess if you make an effort in breathing down as big a gulp of -46C air as you can, that can't be good for your lungs.
Quote from: Tamas on January 30, 2019, 12:30:01 PM
Yeah I guess if you make an effort in breathing down as big a gulp of -46C air as you can, that can't be good for your lungs.
Yeah, I wouldn't recommend doing vigorous exercise in that kind of cold, but otherwise you should be fine. It's funny how weather works though. While the mid-west is experiencing this polar vortex, it's a relatively pleasant -6 in Edmonton.
Barrister, you must get this brutal cold a lot in winter, or perhaps a bit north of where you are. What precautions do people have to take? Such as with their cars, battery, oil, etc. Engine/oil warmers and other stuff. Things break in such cold weather.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 29, 2019, 02:28:06 PM
Do you breathe on them?
In Chicago they've set fire to them. (https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1090402748808421376) :o
In fact they have gas lines to keep the switch machines from freezing; but seeing open flames on the switch points is fascinating.
Quote from: KRonn on January 30, 2019, 01:41:00 PM
Barrister, you must get this brutal cold a lot in winter, or perhaps a bit north of where you are. What precautions do people have to take? Such as with their cars, battery, oil, etc. Engine/oil warmers and other stuff. Things break in such cold weather.
Well for starters all vehicles sold here have block heaters. You plug them in and it keeps your engine block warm enough so the oil doesn't solidify. Some people just keep their vehicles running (though not at all recommended due to obvious vehicle theft concerns). Big 18 wheel tractor trailers you'll often see running 24/7, since starting a big diesel once the engine gets cold is apparently quite difficult. If I can't plug in my vehicle in extreme cold I'll run out and start it every few hours.
You don't see it as much now, but people used to put cardboard in front of the engine radiator, to prevent the engine from being overly cooled with rushing cold air towards it.
I do not miss working outdoors in -40 weather. Laramie used to get that a couple of times a year.
Quote from: PDH on January 30, 2019, 02:10:08 PM
I do not miss working outdoors in -40 weather. Laramie used to get that a couple of times a year.
Even worse, he would get a sunburn while doing so. At least it was a dry cold.
Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2019, 01:49:39 PM
Quote from: KRonn on January 30, 2019, 01:41:00 PM
Barrister, you must get this brutal cold a lot in winter, or perhaps a bit north of where you are. What precautions do people have to take? Such as with their cars, battery, oil, etc. Engine/oil warmers and other stuff. Things break in such cold weather.
Well for starters all vehicles sold here have block heaters. You plug them in and it keeps your engine block warm enough so the oil doesn't solidify. Some people just keep their vehicles running (though not at all recommended due to obvious vehicle theft concerns). Big 18 wheel tractor trailers you'll often see running 24/7, since starting a big diesel once the engine gets cold is apparently quite difficult. If I can't plug in my vehicle in extreme cold I'll run out and start it every few hours.
You don't see it as much now, but people used to put cardboard in front of the engine radiator, to prevent the engine from being overly cooled with rushing cold air towards it.
Right, engine block heaters. I also remember seeing people putting cardboard in front of radiators in winter.
Keep your gas tank filled up, use cold weather oil. Don't clean anything that's outside.
The last storm we had it snowed then rained, and everything froze up. Took a while to get into my car, get the doors open. It was tough going, but still the temps weren't anything like what they're getting in the Mid West.
Gah. With wind chill, near -35 C.
https://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=9d8b8108449b9fc4&hl=en&gl=CA&source=wweather
QuoteA prolonged period of very cold wind chills continues.
Bitterly cold arctic air combined with strong westerly winds have resulted in wind chill values near minus 35 tonight.
The cold air will remain in place Thursday. Conditions should improve Friday as milder air moves into the region.
took me two hours to get home yesterday. that was like two days after the storm. Damn you ttc!
Coldest night of the year so far here at 51N .... -2.9C. :bowler:
Quote from: HVC on January 31, 2019, 09:41:42 AM
took me two hours to get home yesterday. that was like two days after the storm. Damn you ttc!
Cold enough for you? :D
Quote from: Malthus on January 31, 2019, 10:52:03 AM
Quote from: HVC on January 31, 2019, 09:41:42 AM
took me two hours to get home yesterday. that was like two days after the storm. Damn you ttc!
Cold enough for you? :D
i'm normally ok with the cold, even this cold, but it took 30 minutes to get from one side eglinton and kennedy to the other side of eglington and kenedy. across the god damn street to get into the subway station lol
Today we're getting some of the Polar Vortex affect. It was single digits or below over night, and has been in the teens and windy all day. But probably just for a day, maybe two and still not nearly as bad as the worst in the Mid West.
It's warming back up here, but yesterday driving home my car's engine temp was actually dropping as the car was running. :wacko:
It's above freezing today in Edmonton. <_<
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/socialembed/https://twitter.com/ccroucher9/status/1090770825156845572~/news/world-us-canada-47078054)
16F feels positively tropical after the last few weeks.
Decided to have a 'snow day' here today, first ever I think.
Didn't do much work, but completed a fair few chores and ended up doing a lot of walking in the snow to complete some of them. :bowler:
Well the snow didn't last long, now 10C+ this afternoon. :cool:
So much for that cold snap. Almost 70 here right now. :cool:
Just got back from walking the dog and I'm sweating and she started panting. Shoulda worn shorts.
Quote from: Caliga on February 03, 2019, 01:05:34 PM
So much for that cold snap. Almost 70 here right now. :cool:
Just got back from walking the dog and I'm sweating and she started panting. Shoulda worn shorts.
Is that a euphemism for something est?
:P
Quote from: Barrister on January 31, 2019, 01:26:19 PM
It's above freezing today in Edmonton. <_<
And four days later it's -27c (-33c with windchill), with an overnight low of -33c, and supposed t stay like this all week. <_<
Quote from: Barrister on February 04, 2019, 11:46:15 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 31, 2019, 01:26:19 PM
It's above freezing today in Edmonton. <_<
And four days later it's -27c (-33c with windchill), with an overnight low of -33c, and supposed t stay like this all week. <_<
Does it fill you with nostalgia for the Whitehorse days?
It feels like a Spring time day outside today upper 40s (9C), and going to be warmer tomorrow. Hmm, maybe the ground hog was right when he saw his shadow and predicted Spring is around the corner! ;)
Quote from: Barrister on February 04, 2019, 11:46:15 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 31, 2019, 01:26:19 PM
It's above freezing today in Edmonton. <_<
And four days later it's -27c (-33c with windchill), with an overnight low of -33c, and supposed t stay like this all week. <_<
And now at lunch time it's warmed up to -25c/-13f! :w00t:
We had a good 1mm of snow. It is now -1 C. Brutal, just brutal conditions. :D
Quote from: mongers on February 03, 2019, 01:48:52 PM
Is that a euphemism for something est?
No, but after I got back I choked the chicken a bit. :)
Quote from: Caliga on February 04, 2019, 04:03:01 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 03, 2019, 01:48:52 PM
Is that a euphemism for something est?
No, but after I got back I choked the chicken a bit. :)
... also, sadly, not a euphemism.
That poor, poor chicken. :(
After I finished with that I was busy waxing the carrot for a while.
To duplicate the taste vegetables served at gas station restaurants?
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 04, 2019, 04:14:12 PM
To duplicate the taste vegetables served at gas station restaurants?
:lol:
Vegetables? At gas station restaurants? :lol:
Quote from: Caliga on February 06, 2019, 06:09:07 PM
Vegetables? At gas station restaurants? :lol:
Excellent point. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on February 06, 2019, 06:09:07 PM
Vegetables? At gas station restaurants? :lol:
Hence the wax ;)
There's a killer thaw in Stockholm right now, like some twisted Morse episode.
We were supposed to get some icy rain/snow Wednesday night into Thursday, but only got light to moderate rain. Probably in northern New England they got some snow or sleet. So far for the next week or so here no snow in sight, just cooler weather over the weekend. I think now we'll get away with very little snow this winter.
Our February warm monsoon ("Fool's Spring") has ended, replaced with freezing temperatures. And thus begins our "Second Winter".
I'm always wary of February as that seems to be the month we get a lot of snow. Especially after the winter of 2014-2015 where we had little snow through most of January, then the Polar Vortex hit us hard for over a month. We got over nine feet of snow and frigid temps from late January to early March.
another storm coming. we've been asked to work from home
Quote from: HVC on February 12, 2019, 09:27:30 AM
another storm coming. we've been asked to work from home
We would be so lucky. We'll get ~30cm over night, schools will probably still be opened. I'll be stuck in traffic for 4 hours. :mad:
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 12, 2019, 09:41:45 AM
Quote from: HVC on February 12, 2019, 09:27:30 AM
another storm coming. we've been asked to work from home
We would be so lucky. We'll get ~30cm over night, schools will probably still be opened. I'll be stuck in traffic for 4 hours. :mad:
I was surprised schools closed for this, as we are only expecting 25cm of snow - turns out it is more because the storm here will have both high winds and freezing rain possible, leading to bad visibility on roads and dangerous conditions.
Yeah the snow isn't the issue. It's the 70km winds. Environment Canada is telling people to stay home.
It will not stop raining. Ohio River is getting high. Thankfully we live on a hill.
Quote from: derspiess on February 12, 2019, 01:25:14 PM
It will not stop raining. Ohio River is getting high. Thankfully we live on a hill.
Yep. The river is now busting its banks down here. Little temporary lakes dot the landscape everywhere too.
It's been -20c or colder for about two weeks now, with no end in sight.
After a weirdly cold fall January resembled a normal Texas summer: warm days followed by cold ones. So last week it was about 70F/21C during the afternoon but then come Friday it suddenly dropped to about 32F/0C for several days, including covering my roof with sleet. My son had baseball tryouts on Saturday and we were standing around for hours in the cold. The boys of winter. I guess I know what opening day at the Colorado Rockies games is like.
Spring is here. :bowler:
Quote from: garbon on February 12, 2019, 03:27:49 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 12, 2019, 03:20:16 PM
Spring is here. :bowler:
:wacko:
Well the dafs are now out. :bowler:
Could be worse I could have started painting the garden furniture at the weekend, like I did last February, hours before the 'beast from the east' arrived. :(
Quote from: Valmy on February 12, 2019, 02:19:24 PM
After a weirdly cold fall January resembled a normal Texas summer: warm days followed by cold ones.
More like hot days followed by hotter ones. I think you mean winter.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on February 13, 2019, 04:58:18 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 12, 2019, 02:19:24 PM
After a weirdly cold fall January resembled a normal Texas summer: warm days followed by cold ones.
More like hot days followed by hotter ones. I think you mean winter.
Yes.
We had two days of snow in Vancouver. Schools were closed, people stayed home from work, all the usual calamity of a bit of snow straying from the local mountains.
Supposed to be 87 today. :mad:
Just a week ago I thought we were pretty much out of winter with little snow. But February seems to be our most snowy month and we did get a good amount across New England, up to a foot more northerly, just about four inches where I am. Going to snow/rain/sleet over night but clear up by mid day.
Quote from: KRonn on February 20, 2019, 09:06:02 PM
Just a week ago I thought we were pretty much out of winter with little snow. But February seems to be our most snowy month and we did get a good amount across New England, up to a foot more northerly, just about four inches where I am. Going to snow/rain/sleet over night but clear up by mid day.
Snow drops out in numbers here, daffodils are now coming into bloom, beginning to think we'll get away with just one day of snow this winter. :bowler:
Temperatures supposedly up to 18C this Friday.
Rare sunny day here. Back to the monsoon Saturday.
Quote from: derspiess on February 21, 2019, 11:55:57 AM
Rare sunny day here. Back to the monsoon Saturday.
Tomorrow there's an outside chance somewhere in the UK the mercury will hit 70F, first time ever during Winter according to records.
Today it touched 69.1F near where I used to live in Wales. :bowler:
It was -29c this morning.
Quote from: Barrister on February 25, 2019, 05:46:36 PM
It was -29c this morning.
You continentals and your funny ways. :P
Quote from: mongers on February 25, 2019, 05:54:27 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 25, 2019, 05:46:36 PM
It was -29c this morning.
You continentals and your funny ways. :P
For the Millionth time, Edmonton does not equal pretty much anywhere else, except maybe Winnipeg.
Siberia?
Spring! :w00t:
It's been about 10C for a week now with lots of sun.
This early 2019 sucks. We get hot weather but it's raining. Then it gets dramatically cold so fast that the water hasn't had time to drain so now everything is ice. Minus 20 ice too.
My driveway is a liability disaster waiting to happen. (Just like the one of everyone else I know)
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 26, 2019, 07:18:51 AM
This early 2019 sucks. We get hot weather but it's raining. Then it gets dramatically cold so fast that the water hasn't had time to drain so now everything is ice. Minus 20 ice too.
My driveway is a liability disaster waiting to happen. (Just like the one of everyone else I know)
Toronto = same.
Had three-four inches of solid ice on my drive last week, no chance of getting rid of it.
My father in law insisted on attacking his with an axe, gave up after chipping away a hole the size if a dinner plate. Fortunately, because that was a disaster waiting to happen. :lol:
I don't think we'll top yesterday's record highs, but still a pleasant 65-66F here this afternoon. :bowler:
Crazy windy yesterday, quite un-nerving at times. Today still windy but a lot less so. Cold temps the last couple of days as winter appears to be giving another push.
Air quality is horrific today.
While it has never been good here there has been a notable decrease in quality the last few months.
I use an ap that measures it as
Green 0-50 good
Yellow 51-100 moderate
Orange 101-150 unhealthy for sensitive groups
Red 151-200 unhealthy
Purple 201-300 very unhealthy
Maroon 301-500 Hazardous
It's been in the purple all day today. First time I've seen that color ever, with numbers in the 240s. Been red all the last week just about. This is China level shit.
Just ordered an air purifier for the apartment.
One more three day stretch of zero highs, then that should be all for this shit bag of a winter.
We have at least a foot of snow (30cm) and still light snow. But it looks like a lot more, as I look at my shed roof it must have a foot and a half on top! And here I was, a couple weeks ago as we neared the end of February, thinking the worst of winter was done!
It's been raining for 80 hours here and not just the normal Danish day rain but heavy downpour.
It was warm late last week and cooled off over the weekend and today, though not too bad. In the 40s (4+C). Going to be a bit warmer later this week, maybe/hopefully more like early Spring.
One last dusting of snow last night then a glorious crisp spring day today. Only snow left is the two foot piles at the end of the parking lot.
Winter weather is now but a faint memory. Sun is out and temperatures are into the 20s. This is the time of year one can go skiing on the local mountains in the morning and walk along the beach in shorts in the afternoon, all within a 30 minute drive.
We've gone from the wettest March to the earliest nature fire warnings. It hasn't rained for four weeks which is incredible for Danish spring.
46 degrees with 75% humidity is just too hot
Quote from: HVC on April 20, 2019, 10:47:57 AM
46 degrees with 75% humidity is just too hot
You're nuts.
German and Austrian media report that spring has so far been too dry in many regions and that if this persists we may be headed for another drought year. 2018 had record harvest losses in Austria. Some German areas have been put on high alert for forest fires, something that I seem to recall used to happen late in summer, if at all.
Lots of rain interspersed with nice moderately warm temps. It's been nice. My pea plants are growing nicely, before it gets too hot. :)
Quote from: KRonn on April 25, 2019, 08:28:37 PM
Lots of rain interspersed with nice moderately warm temps. It's been nice. My pea plants are growing nicely, before it gets too hot. :)
:cool:
Pretty similar here, had a couple of weeks of unusually warm weather and now the next couple of weeks sees normal temperatures with sunny showers. :bowler:
Noticed this morning we had usable light at 4.45 am and similar light at 9.15 pm, so less than 7 1/2 hours of darkness per night, which is nice.
It's snowing. :(
Perfect cigar weather last night. I sat on the deck spotlighting coyotes :D
Still lots of rain, not necessarily heavy rain but cloudy and some rain about every other day or two for the month of April. I haven't had to water my pea plants since I planted in the first week of April.
More sunny weather - high teens C. March was one of the driest on record. April was more normal in terms of precipitation - will be interesting to see how dry we get again this year. I think we are going to have to stop calling this a temperate rain forest zone.
It's goddamn snowing.
Quote from: mongers on May 03, 2019, 05:35:00 AM
Quote from: Liep on May 03, 2019, 03:59:29 AM
It's goddamn snowing.
:blink:
Yeah, rain, sleet then snow. It also hailed today all while being stormy, truly a shitty day.
Forecast says more snow and possibly freezing temperatures tonight. May! :w00t:
Quote from: Liep on May 03, 2019, 02:48:30 PM
Quote from: mongers on May 03, 2019, 05:35:00 AM
Quote from: Liep on May 03, 2019, 03:59:29 AM
It's goddamn snowing.
:blink:
Yeah, rain, sleet then snow. It also hailed today all while being stormy, truly a shitty day.
Forecast says more snow and possibly freezing temperatures tonight. May! :w00t:
:console:
It has snowed every day for the last four days here in Edmonton. Not all day, but a portion of each day. Now it melts during the day (it will accumulate at night), but still... damn depressing.
It is hailing right now. Glad I just got back from running errands. :D
Sunny and warm, and going to get warmer and dryer. Had to do some watering around the garden.
This winter was the first "old time normal" Winter we have had since I returned to the Central Coast of California. From mid-December through early April there was steady rain for a good deal of the time. Not the atmospheric rivers of two years ago where we had 90 inches in one month, but rather steady week to 10 days of mostly light rain then some sun, then back to rain.
Now the morning fogs are back, with sunny afternoons, the "old normal" for the region that should last until August.
Funny how the weather I remember as a kid is now considered different. It is amazing to see the plants respond to an old time winter however.
Starting a minor heat wave with temps 10C over normal. Will be going to the beach :)
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 10, 2019, 07:29:55 PM
Starting a minor heat wave with temps 10C over normal. Will be going to the beach :)
It unseasonably cool here. Maybe we traded.
12 degrees and rain... :weep:
Beautiful weather, warm and sunny the last couple of days. I actually had to water my garden a couple times this week! Though we did have a thunderstorm one time after I had watered. But supposed to rain late tomorrow or over night. Good thing, as we need it -- it hasn't had rained for a couple days now! ;)
And from snow a few weeks back, we're into forest fire weather. City is covered in smoke giving the streets a sickly yellow pallor.
Quote from: Barrister on May 30, 2019, 11:21:32 AM
And from snow a few weeks back, we're into forest fire weather. City is covered in smoke giving the streets a sickly yellow pallor.
I wonder if we're in the midst of a similar process, but on a global scale? :unsure:
Quote from: mongers on May 30, 2019, 12:25:50 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 30, 2019, 11:21:32 AM
And from snow a few weeks back, we're into forest fire weather. City is covered in smoke giving the streets a sickly yellow pallor.
I wonder if we're in the midst of a similar process, but on a global scale? :unsure:
Forest fire smoke has always been a thing living on the prairies, but they do say that the severity of them is increasing with climate change.
It is now dark to the point where vehicles are driving with their headlights on. It's noon.
Quote from: Barrister on May 30, 2019, 12:57:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on May 30, 2019, 12:25:50 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 30, 2019, 11:21:32 AM
And from snow a few weeks back, we're into forest fire weather. City is covered in smoke giving the streets a sickly yellow pallor.
I wonder if we're in the midst of a similar process, but on a global scale? :unsure:
Forest fire smoke has always been a thing living on the prairies, but they do say that the severity of them is increasing with climate change.
It is now dark to the point where vehicles are driving with their headlights on. It's noon.
I meant the rapid change from winter to summer with a truncated spring in between, possibly being analogous to significant climate change from one state to another stable situation.
Quote from: mongers on May 30, 2019, 01:13:49 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 30, 2019, 12:57:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on May 30, 2019, 12:25:50 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 30, 2019, 11:21:32 AM
And from snow a few weeks back, we're into forest fire weather. City is covered in smoke giving the streets a sickly yellow pallor.
I wonder if we're in the midst of a similar process, but on a global scale? :unsure:
Forest fire smoke has always been a thing living on the prairies, but they do say that the severity of them is increasing with climate change.
It is now dark to the point where vehicles are driving with their headlights on. It's noon.
I meant the rapid change from winter to summer with a truncated spring in between, possibly being analogous to significant climate change from one state to another stable situation.
Nah that's always been Alberta weather. You can get snow pretty much any time of year.
Well thank goodness the absolute darkness has faded - the streetlights are back off, it no longer looks like some level of Hades out my office window.
Still smokey though.
Very shortly I'll be facing down 90 degree temps. Thankfully, I'll be departing before it hits 100. :cool:
12C right now. 54F.
It is very cold for this time of the year. I still have the heating on. :(
It is very warm in the arctic, warm weather is pushing down cold air through most of Quebec, if not all the province and part of New England, maybe, I haven't really checked.
Some warm weather from the souther US/atlantic coast should be pushing back north any time soon. Thing is, it might be only located around the extended Montreal area, maybe even up to Quebec city, but we'll be on the fence between the arctic cold air and warm weather from the south. There goes St-Jean-Baptiste :(
Finally getting some warm, Spring like weather for a while now. This weekend is beautiful, in the 70s (20+C). It did rain or was overcast Wed/Thurs but cleared up nicely on Friday. We've had so much rain, about every other day through April and much of May but it feels so nice now. I've been planting like crazy - annual and perennial flowers and of course my garden is all planted. Nearly 300 bean plants (I'll be luck if half do real well) and carrots. Peas have been growing since early April and I'm seeing lots of flowers which will turn to pea pods.
Quote from: KRonn on June 01, 2019, 02:07:06 PM
Finally getting some warm, Spring like weather for a while now. This weekend is beautiful, in the 70s (20+C). It did rain or was overcast Wed/Thurs but cleared up nicely on Friday. We've had so much rain, about every other day through April and much of May but it feels so nice now. I've been planting like crazy - annual and perennial flowers and of course my garden is all planted. Nearly 300 bean plants (I'll be luck if half do real well) and carrots. Peas have been growing since early April and I'm seeing lots of flowers which will turn to pea pods.
:cool:
KRonn you garden sounds idyllic, but also productive.
Here was a nice warm summers day.
Quote from: mongers on June 01, 2019, 05:14:10 PM
Quote from: KRonn on June 01, 2019, 02:07:06 PM
Finally getting some warm, Spring like weather for a while now. This weekend is beautiful, in the 70s (20+C). It did rain or was overcast Wed/Thurs but cleared up nicely on Friday. We've had so much rain, about every other day through April and much of May but it feels so nice now. I've been planting like crazy - annual and perennial flowers and of course my garden is all planted. Nearly 300 bean plants (I'll be luck if half do real well) and carrots. Peas have been growing since early April and I'm seeing lots of flowers which will turn to pea pods.
:cool:
KRonn you garden sounds idyllic, but also productive.
Here was a nice warm summers day.
Yeah, the garden is a nice place. I often enjoy just standing among it, looking over it. :) Only one week after I planted them I have lots of bean plants sprouting up already! But not all will continue to grow and thrive and even so I'll get lots that do, lots of beans. I often replant where seeds didn't take but won't do so this year. I have enough even if many don't thrive as well as I'd want. Still waiting on my carrots to start up, but I do see a couple of them just starting out.
Lovely weather today on election day. The Languish selection of a sympathetic christian nutter, a racist ultra liberal and a communist is all battling it out and it looks like the Communist will win that 3 way competition in a landslide.
Summer has come!
Lol Liep, that's a pretty ominous sounding group of candidates there!
Quote from: KRonn on June 05, 2019, 09:06:10 AM
Lol Liep, that's a pretty ominous sounding group of candidates there!
True. They have the by far best looking leading candidates, but they'll only get about 12% of the total votes.
It will not stop raining.
here it stop long enough to give you hope, then rains again
Rainy and overcast off and on most of this week, but temps are good - not too hot. I haven't even put in air conditioners yet, as I usually put them in by June. But its' been so temperate that I haven't needed them. Soon though, will probably put in the usual two this weekend. One in the kitchen and one in an upstairs bedroom.
A/C's been on for a week now.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 20, 2019, 07:02:57 AM
A/C's been on for a week now.
We are getting some installed in the CC abode. I never thought I would need it. I live in a temperate rain forest. Historically there have only been a few days a year when I wished I had it. But recently those days are becoming more numerous and can stretch for weeks at a time. Things are just going to get hotter so Mrs. CC made the executive decision to install.
AC was off yesterday, back on today.
Freaking Humidity.
I haven't had to run my AC much, nor have I had to water my lawn at all, so there are a couple positives to this bizarre weather pattern. Would be nice however to have a couple rain-free days so I can finally stain my deck.
It's almost certain that this will be the warmest June in Vienna since recordings start (late 1700s). Temps are 4.6° above the 1981-2010 average.
The 10 hottest Junes recorded are 2003, 2017, 1811, 2002, 1822, 2007, 2012, 2018, 2008, 2000.
We will have below 30° tomorrow and Monday, but then we're back to 30+.
I hope Metternich had some peasants to fan him during the summer of 1822.
Currently the weather in Central Texas is really really hot and humid. So it is completely normal. I am already enjoying it staying hot all night. What a great place to live :P
Quote from: Syt on June 21, 2019, 01:32:46 PM
It's almost certain that this will be the warmest June in Vienna since recordings start (late 1700s). Temps are 4.6° above the 1981-2010 average.
The 10 hottest Junes recorded are 2003, 2017, 1811, 2002, 1822, 2007, 2012, 2018, 2008, 2000.
We will have below 30° tomorrow and Monday, but then we're back to 30+.
Forecasts indicate 38-39°C next week in Paris. :x
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 21, 2019, 02:56:11 PM
Forecasts indicate 38-39°C next week in Paris. :x
Yes. We might have some cooler days as well at some point.
A beautiful Mid-Summer's day here, 20-25C real pleasant weather.
Nice that there's been a fair bit of rain recently so there's greenery everywhere, the forest trees look majestic and the river's healthy with water plants, wildfowl and the skies scythed by swallows feeding on insects.
Only 25° today, but it's raining a lot, so humidity has me sitting in a puddle of sweat. :x
This week has been the best of the Danish summer, light cool breeze, 20-23 degrees with few clouds and down to 10 degrees at night.
It's been nice as last week was full of hot nights and thunderstorm and next week will be Central European weather with 25+ degrees.
Quote from: Liep on June 23, 2019, 06:02:43 AM
This week has been the best of the Danish summer, light cool breeze, 20-23 degrees with few clouds and down to 10 degrees at night.
It's been nice as last week was full of hot nights and thunderstorm and next week will be Central European weather with 25+ degrees.
Very similar here too, though the CE weather is expected to top 30+ next week for us instead.
22°C in Bragança right now (15-20 yesterday?!), 33°C in Paris. :hmm:
It will get hotter though in Bragança, and Paris will be close to 40°C for the summer sales beginning tomorrow.
I sleep with open windows and have a fan going to create a draft. It helps cool down the apartment over night.
This morning it's 26° and I'm like WTF?
Oh, it's 26 outside, too. At 8 am. :x
Shutters closed during the day, and windows open plus a door open to create some kind of air flow.
Of course, 35-40 C° is harsher in Paris than in Bragança...
Looks like nighttime lows are expected to be 26 tonight.
Estimates daytime highs for next few days: 32 - 27 - 30 - 34 - 39
Possibly cool off after that.
It actually hasn't been that hot in Kentucky this summer on account of the nonstop rain keeping it cool.
The high today is 91 (32 for the Fahrenheit-impaired) and I think this is the hottest it's been all year.
It's 8:30 pm, but my apartment (28°) is still cooler than outside (33). :lol:
It's been pretty warm low 80s (26c), and going to be warmer by week's end. But so far I've only used my air conditioner once, one in an upstairs bedroom. I'll put in another AC unit in the kitchen this weekend. But it's been unusual that I haven't felt the need to use AC much and it's the end of June.
Ok, this is getting silly. At 6 am it was 29° in the city. At least tonight it's scheduled to cool down to 20.
39°C forecasted for Saturday. The day I go to the Rammstein concert, a "hot" metal band famous for its use of pyrotechnics during live performances. It's the stadium tour, the particularity being the gig in Paris takes place in a domed stadium with a fixed roof. :P
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 27, 2019, 06:46:54 AM
39°C forecasted for Saturday. The day I go to the Rammstein concert, a "hot" metal band famous for its use of pyrotechnics during live performances. It's the stadium tour, the particularity being the gig in Paris takes place in a domed stadium with a fixed roof. :P
Yeah, but what an epic euphoric way to go out of this existence :D
gonna be a hot one today
finally got some rain today - it seems like it has been weeks since we had a good down pour. At some point they are going to have to reclassify this region away from being a temperate rain forest.
Quote from: HVC on June 27, 2019, 08:29:01 AM
gonna be a hot one today
It may be hot for a while ...
High of 41º C today. Forecast says 44º C tomorrow (111 degrees for the metrically challenged).
Hod bless A/C.
Quote from: Iormlund on June 27, 2019, 02:08:56 PM
High of 41º C today. Forecast says 44º C tomorrow (111 degrees for the metrically challenged).
Hod bless A/C.
France has just seem it's highest ever recorded temperature, Carpentras in Provence. :hmm:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48795264 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48795264)
QuoteEuropean heatwave: France hits record temperature of 44.3C
28 June 2019
France has hit its highest ever recorded temperature - 44.3C (111.7F) - amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives.
The new record was measured in the southern town of Carpentras. The previous record was 44.1C during a heatwave in 2003 that killed thousands.
Schools have been shut and officials are checking on vulnerable people, Mayor Étienne Baudu said.
France's weather service has issued an unprecedented red alert for four areas.
Those are all in the south, but most of the country remains on orange alert, the second highest level.
The weather service said the new record - measured at 13:48 local time (11:48 GMT) - remained provisional as temperatures could climb higher still.
I remember the 2003 heatwave pretty well, wearing sandals or flip flops, naked torso at times, in the street that is, plus melting asphalt.
Got stuck in Paris in August when usually I would be in Portugal. Went to Portugal in September/October instead. Bad idea.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 28, 2019, 08:47:20 AM
I remember the 2003 heatwave pretty well, wearing sandals or flip flops, naked torso at times, in the street that is, plus melting asphalt.
Got stuck in Paris in August when usually I would be in Portugal. Went to Portugal in September/October instead. Bad idea.
What's the plan this summer?
Maybe in future more people will have to think seriously about seasonal migration to cope with climate change?
Normandy and Britany, blessed with an English-style weather, are indeed getting more and more popular again. :)
Côte d'Azur is down.
Carpentras has always been too hot for my taste but 44,3 °C with no near sea, no thanks.
At least, in Bragança I get purer air with the mountains arounds.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 28, 2019, 08:57:18 AM
Normandy and Britany, blessed with an English-style weather, are indeed getting more and more popular again. :)
Côte d'Azur is down.
Carpentras has always been too hot for my taste but 44,3 °C with no near sea, no thanks.
At least, in Bragança I get purer air with the mountains arounds.
Interesting; I wonder if we'll see a similar move in the UK, with the Highlands, Islands and Ireland becoming more popular.
Another place in France has just beaten the record set at lunchtime today, now it's this:
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European heatwave: France hits record temperature of 45.9C
28 June 2019
France has hit its highest recorded temperature - 45.9C (114.6F) - amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives.
The new record was measured in the southern town of Gallargues-le-Montueux. Before this year the previous record was 44.1C during a heatwave in 2003 that killed thousands.
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Quote from: Caliga on June 26, 2019, 12:48:26 PM
It actually hasn't been that hot in Kentucky this summer on account of the nonstop rain keeping it cool.
The high today is 91 (32 for the Fahrenheit-impaired) and I think this is the hottest it's been all year.
People up here are already complaining about the heat and wishing it would rain. I mean, we were getting flash floods as recently as Tuesday FFS.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 28, 2019, 08:47:20 AM
I remember the 2003 heatwave pretty well, wearing sandals or flip flops, naked torso at times, in the street that is, plus melting asphalt.
Got stuck in Paris in August when usually I would be in Portugal. Went to Portugal in September/October instead. Bad idea.
The key question is whether you wore shorts.
First day with the AC on. It's a real scocha.
Hottest day of the year so far, something like 34C, though no June record unlike what's happening on the continent. :bowler:
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 28, 2019, 02:41:56 PM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 28, 2019, 08:47:20 AM
I remember the 2003 heatwave pretty well, wearing sandals or flip flops, naked torso at times, in the street that is, plus melting asphalt.
Got stuck in Paris in August when usually I would be in Portugal. Went to Portugal in September/October instead. Bad idea.
The key question is whether you wore shorts.
Bermudas most of the time, otherwise shorts, naturally!
Sunday 32 degrees, today 15 degrees. Feels like summer has ended early.
Quote from: Liep on July 02, 2019, 04:16:59 AM
Sunday 32 degrees, today 15 degrees. Feels like summer has ended early.
1 week of summer for Denmark? That's par for the course, right? :D
I would have thought 3 weeks, like Germany would be more realistic.
May was actually hotter here than June. Looks like July is gonna be a hot one, though.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 02, 2019, 05:05:01 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 02, 2019, 04:16:59 AM
Sunday 32 degrees, today 15 degrees. Feels like summer has ended early.
1 week of summer for Denmark? That's par for the course, right? :D
I would have thought 3 weeks, like Germany would be more realistic.
In '17 we didn't even get a week of summer and in '18 we had 3 months so I no longer know what par is.
11 degrees, force 6 winds and rain all day. Summer! :w00t:
Quote from: mongers on June 27, 2019, 08:14:30 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 27, 2019, 06:46:54 AM
39°C forecasted for Saturday. The day I go to the Rammstein concert, a "hot" metal band famous for its use of pyrotechnics during live performances. It's the stadium tour, the particularity being the gig in Paris takes place in a domed stadium with a fixed roof. :P
Yeah, but what an epic euphoric way to go out of this existence :D
Update:
Bummer! The venue had A/C. Unsurprisingly, it helped for the pyrotechnics.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 04, 2019, 02:46:00 PM
Quote from: mongers on June 27, 2019, 08:14:30 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 27, 2019, 06:46:54 AM
39°C forecasted for Saturday. The day I go to the Rammstein concert, a "hot" metal band famous for its use of pyrotechnics during live performances. It's the stadium tour, the particularity being the gig in Paris takes place in a domed stadium with a fixed roof. :P
Yeah, but what an epic euphoric way to go out of this existence :D
Update:
Bummer! The venue had A/C. Unsurprisingly, it helped for the pyrotechnics.
So you lived to tell the tale. :cool:
Good that you enjoyed it; even though I don't have any of their music I'd probable have liked the gig a lot.
After a couple days of heat and humidity, today it's cooler and drier. :)
Quote from: KRonn on July 07, 2019, 05:33:16 PM
After a couple days of heat and humidity, today it's cooler and drier. :)
Similar picture here, though I guess we didn't have the quite the high and high humidity you had.
Beautiful evening here. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on July 07, 2019, 06:11:20 PM
Quote from: KRonn on July 07, 2019, 05:33:16 PM
After a couple days of heat and humidity, today it's cooler and drier. :)
Similar picture here, though I guess we didn't have the quite the high and high humidity you had.
Beautiful evening here. :bowler:
Very nice. We get off and on heat/humidity, it doesn't usually remain that way for a long time.
gonna hit 46 C (115 F) today :yuk:
That's fierce. Try not to die Hillary.
And I was ready to bitch about the 90s I've been getting.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 20, 2019, 03:25:55 PM
That's fierce. Try not to die Hillary.
And I was ready to bitch about the 90s I've been getting.
Damn, this North American heatwave looks grim, beating the recent European one. Good job it's only predicted to last a few days.
Not hotter than cities in the US, but it is darn hot for Canadian standards : it was 31 C felt as 40 C because of humidity. Not having AC doesn't help.
Its really hot and humid here, but it's always extremely hot this time of year, so we haven't noticed all that much.
Quote from: mongers on July 20, 2019, 05:27:58 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 20, 2019, 03:25:55 PM
That's fierce. Try not to die Hillary.
And I was ready to bitch about the 90s I've been getting.
Damn, this North American heatwave looks grim, beating the recent European one. Good job it's only predicted to last a few days.
I see the devil is due to put his ass crack on the UK this week.
Quote from: garbon on July 22, 2019, 02:55:00 AM
Quote from: mongers on July 20, 2019, 05:27:58 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 20, 2019, 03:25:55 PM
That's fierce. Try not to die Hillary.
And I was ready to bitch about the 90s I've been getting.
Damn, this North American heatwave looks grim, beating the recent European one. Good job it's only predicted to last a few days.
I see the devil is due to put his ass crack on the UK this week.
Yeah, around 35C on Thursday/Friday in the SE/East Anglia, with higher temperatures in London. :hmm:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 20, 2019, 03:25:55 PM
That's fierce. Try not to die Hillary.
And I was ready to bitch about the 90s I've been getting.
Thanks. Didn't end up that hot, still in the high 30's. But this being southern Ontario there is ac everywhere.
Gatineau/Ottawa: 39C yesterday afternoon when we left.
Home, this afternoon when I woke up: 20C.
Brutal!
26C here at midnight, both outside and inside the house; a thunderstorm is now rolling through the area.
National temperature record (38.6C, from 1944) is about to be broken. Tomorrow will be even worse.
Maybe there's something to be said for airconditioning after all. :hmm:
Quote from: Maladict on July 24, 2019, 07:00:16 AM
National temperature record (38.6C, from 1944) is about to be broken. Tomorrow will be even worse.
Maybe there's something to be said for airconditioning after all. :hmm:
Spend the money on something comforting when winter hits in a few weeks. :P
Quote from: Liep on July 24, 2019, 07:05:33 AM
Spend the money on something comforting when winter hits in a few weeks. :P
Local TV station is broadcasting non-stop winter scenes. I've got it running on my second monitor and it almost works, but not quite.
I'm likely to stay in a hotel tomorrow night. :blush:
1944 was a rough summer in the Netherlands. If your house was not on fire from some bombing operation, you were still uncomfortably hot.
38°C today, 42-43°C forecast for tomorrow. :(
Quote from: Valmy on July 24, 2019, 08:07:08 AM
1944 was a rough summer in the Netherlands. If your house was not on fire from some bombing operation, you were still uncomfortably hot.
That wasn't until September :P
42,4 C ° today. New record.
This heat is just stupid. I changed shirts just before leaving home at 8 this morning, it was soaked already
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/49/July_25_2019_Europe_max_temperatures.png/1024px-July_25_2019_Europe_max_temperatures.png)
I really should be in Portugal at this time of the year, as I used to. :(
Do you own two houses?
Autumn is here, it's official I called it; cure 'Indian' summer. :bowler:
Hot here the last few days but not too bad, though overly humid. That'll break, become a bit cooler, sometime this week.
It has been brutally hot. I am hoping for some rain this weekend sometime.
Damn the summer had been so nice to.
Today it is supposed to reach 91F/33C.
I'm waiting in front of my fan for my movers to come. My window of arrival is between 12 and 4pm. I hope they aren't surly by the time they get here. -_-
Got some a 'ol Texas-level thunderstorm rolling through. Heavy rain, and the sky is flashing every couple seconds. One bit of lightning hit pretty close (the thunderclap was almost instantaneous after the flash).
It might be a good thing I live in a church. :P (or a bad thing, if having it turned into flats is sacrilege :sleep: )
Man we need some of those thunderstorms.
Well, here comes hurricane Dorian. Went to get gas yesterday morning for the work commute couldn't figure out why all the old guys in the big expensive trucks were filling up gas cans in their truck beds. "Are they all going boating together?" I thought to myself as I dribbled $20 into the trusty old ranger. "Where are their boats? Perhaps they dropped them off at the boat ramp already?".
Driving home tonight the first three gas stations near the freeway are out of gas. Bottled water is also being hoarded. Im in St.Augustine, as of right now Dorian is set to come ashore around Cape Canaveral on Monday.
At the moment I just need gas to get to work.
More to follow until the power goes out. :)
Looking at the projection it doesn't look like it's going to be particularly bad that far up north, but I guess you Americans and your above ground powerlines might still struggle. :P
Quote from: Eddie Teach on July 26, 2019, 04:22:18 PM
Do you own two houses?
Nope, but my family does.
Tomorrow may be the last real day of summer with 32 °C forecasted. :cry:
Quote from: Liep on August 30, 2019, 03:30:19 AM
Looking at the projection it doesn't look like it's going to be particularly bad that far up north, but I guess you Americans and your above ground powerlines might still struggle. :P
Yes, I think Im going to be okay on this one as of right now. I tend to spend a lot of time on the NOAA website(hotbed of libtard Chinese "teh climate is changing" conspiracies that it is) and a facebook page from a fellow here in Florida who posts all the models constantly. I'm anticipating a lot of rain and losing power. My house isn't in a flood zone but my employer is. So some potential for lost earnings.
Because the United States is a proper size country and not the Liberal-Islamic Republic of Little Bad-Wittgenstein, we have power lines rather than a single outlet next to Switzerland where we plug in our one Tram.
Well, on the basis of the last few days of tracks and the most recent ones today, I'm having to revise the fromtia forecast from "probably okay" to "very likely fucked". Mandatory Evacuation order for my neighbourhood has gone out and I'll be throwing up my plywood deflector screens and cutting any tree branches and palm fronds that look like they want to take flight today and tomorrow. Work was tumbleweeds last night and I called out tonight after reading the evacuation went out, so loss of earnings well underway.
Looking like we are getting a drive by, near miss, determined foreplay or possible hard fucking from a Category 4 or 5 Hurricane on Wednesday.
Shit.
:( Stay safe!
Looks like Bahamas is taking it hard right now, hopefully they've evacuated the northern islands.
Bahamas just got a direct, multihour hit by the strongest Atlantic Hurricane since the Labor Day storm of 1935. They're boned.
Bahamas has been savaged. Highest wind speeds ever recorded in the Atlantic apparently. Mercifully for me the fromtia forecast is back down to probably okay. Well the house is boarded up, the palms and trees got a buzzcut and I have plenty of snacks. Town is eerily quiet and most places are closed and boarded up. Just hanging out at this point. Fingers crossed.
It is forecast to rain all day to day and has been raining since before I woke up. I checked the National Rail app while I was on my delayed train and their excuse was "This train has been delayed by slippery rails earlier today". :rolleyes:
Quote from: garbon on September 24, 2019, 04:14:10 AM
It is forecast to rain all day to day and has been raining since before I woke up. I checked the National Rail app while I was on my delayed train and their excuse was "This train has been delayed by slippery rails earlier today". :rolleyes:
You'll never get traction with us this way, Garbon you need to get a grip of yourself.
Small-mini tornado hit parts of the area yesterday (Sunday to Monday night).
My secretary's car after the phenomenon:
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The trampoline was tied with a chain to the stairs.
She had to call the police, for insurance purpose. The officer said his trampoline was bolted to the ground in concrete and had 300lbs of weight on it. Nonetheless, it went flying as well.
I live maybe 5-6 minutes from her and I wasn't affected at all. Although driving around the lower part of the town, I could see some branches lying around the main road. Not the first time it is happenning in recent years, but that's not something I've ever witnessed in my younger years. Very strong winds following a tropical storm/hurricane making it's way up here, I've seen very often, but such localized event, never until recently. About a decade ago, the roof of a hardware store went flying with the wind, and we could see the trace of the storm in the mountain, a small path where no trees were left standing. It went dying up there, never reached the city above.
Fall is in the air. While the leaves don't change here in Florida and it's still 85 F / 30 C every day (at 100% humidity), nature still has subtle ways to let you know. For instance I turned on the cold water today and, for the first time since June, actually got cold water.
Well, cool water at least, the ground is so warm here that, in the summer months, there's no need for a hot water heater.
Gonna got 37 today. Yesterday was like a high of 17. I'm gonna be sick by the end of this week
I was in the high 90s here till last Thursday night. :bleeding:
Also we got no rain at all in September. Hottest and driest September ever here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMsFNpcwRyI
Dallas got blown up by a tornado last night.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 21, 2019, 01:17:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMsFNpcwRyI
Dallas got blown up by a tornado last night.
Tornado, you say?
A real Texas Twister.
Holy shit, it's snowing.
We might get snow here on Halloween. :wacko:
We had our first two freezes of the fall here the last two nights. I got to bring out my ice scraper and go to work on my windshield. The frozen lands of Austin, Texas.
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2019, 09:06:47 PM
We might get snow here on Halloween. :wacko:
Just a short time after it being in the 90s? Now that is a Texas fall.
We have a saying around here during this time of year that it is winter in the morning and summer by mid-afternoon.
It was 32F/0C this morning...now it is 60F/16C. Pretty typical for a day when it freezes.
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2019, 09:06:47 PM
We might get snow here on Halloween. :wacko:
We, surprisingly, did not have snow on the ground for Halloween. :huh:
Finally cooled off enough that I can open my office window for cooling instead of running the AC. Yesterday was miserable because the AC was off.
Quote from: Maximus on November 01, 2019, 02:16:59 PM
Finally cooled off enough that I can open my office window for cooling instead of running the AC. Yesterday was miserable because the AC was off.
Did you move to Australia or something?
Halloween week was rainy but warm. Some towns postponed Halloween til Saturday since the weather forecast was heavy rain and wind. We got the wind but little rain. My town didn't post pone it.
This weekend was cool but nice, good for yard work picking up leaves.
Quote from: KRonn on November 03, 2019, 07:09:11 PM
Halloween week was rainy but warm. Some towns postponed Halloween til Saturday since the weather forecast was heavy rain and wind. We got the wind but little rain. My town didn't post pone it.
This weekend was cool but nice, good for yard work picking up leaves.
Pretty similar story here the last couple of weeks, Atlantic wet weather FTW. :bowler:
Though for me it's just been that bit too wet for yard work. :D
In some parts of Louisville there were indeed Halloween night flurries, but nothing stuck anywhere. At my house we just got rain.
First day of snow and the subway breaks down. Come on Toronto. How do you not know how to do snow yet?
My son looks absolutely miserable in a text he sent this morning - tried to convince him to stay on the warm West coast :D
Got our first snow in Stockholm today. Not a wtf moment though. :)
So tomorrow we go from 64F/18C to 27F/-3C at some point for our second freeze of the autumn. I have no idea how to dress my kids for school tomorrow :lol:
Quote from: Valmy on November 10, 2019, 09:38:45 PM
So tomorrow we go from 64F/18C to 27F/-3C at some point for our second freeze of the autumn. I have no idea how to dress my kids for school tomorrow :lol:
Layering. :contract:
It's how I survive journeys through the cold to get to stuffy bars.
Yeah, it was in the 60s here today and by tomorrow night it's supposed to be snowing and lows in the teens. :wacko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vflvvDgqLrE
Plane slides off runway at O'Hare, 440 flights canceled.
I fear this winter is going to be a bone crusher.
Damn it is fucking freezing. Cold, windy, and rainy. Holy crap. Too cold for Texans.
Quote from: Valmy on November 11, 2019, 03:36:12 PM
Damn it is fucking freezing. Cold, windy, and rainy. Holy crap. Too cold for Texans.
It is funny how fast you get used to it. By Tuesday I was going outside and thinking 'my how nice it is' and realizing it was about 30F/-1C
Anyway it has been one of the colder fall weeks I can remember. We will be back to our regularly schedule Texas weather come Monday: cold in the morning, warm in the afternoon.
Forecast for the winter 19/20: 8 degrees day and night with high chance of drizzle.
Denmark :wub:
If the Gods are mild we might be able to confirm the existence of the sun by spots of lesser dense clouds appearing slightly back lit.
Quote from: Liep on November 20, 2019, 04:50:39 AM
Forecast for the winter 19/20: 8 degrees day and night with high chance of drizzle.
Denmark :wub:
If the Gods are mild we might be able to confirm the existence of the sun by spots of lesser dense clouds appearing slightly back lit.
:lol:
Pretty similar here.
The rains are supposed to start up next week. It is about a month late, but if the rain and snow start and are consistent for the winter then things will be okay.
We're in a cold snap. The *ahem* high for tomorrow is supposed to be -27. With a windchill "feels like" of -42.
Quote from: Barrister on January 13, 2020, 12:57:28 PM
We're in a cold snap. The *ahem* high for tomorrow is supposed to be -27. With a windchill "feels like" of -42.
I know what you mean*, -5 today and snow.
* :P
Woke up this morning and it was -35.
Been there, not doing that again any time soon.
Sitting on the train this morning you could just feel the cold almost radiating through the walls of the train.
I remember working outdoors in that weather - it is not the cold that will get you, it is the cold mixed with the wind combined with general human frailty that will get you.
It was -9 this morning - minus freaking 9!
On Saturday we are going back to the new normal winter temperature of +9.
Amusingly the long term forecast has a high of +3 for Monday.
Current temp is -36c at 10am.
Apparently it was cold enough to cause one of the LRT rails to crack, which led to an extra half hour being added on to my commute this morning. <_<
Oh Canada. :(
Does your schedule not allow you to snowbird?
I gotta say winter has been pretty mild down here so far.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 15, 2020, 12:02:21 PM
Oh Canada. :(
Does your schedule not allow you to snowbird?
I gotta say winter has been pretty mild down here so far.
I have three kids in school. So no.
That was a funny joke Yi.
A LOT of water here, rained heavily yesterday and overnight, river here now 6cm over record level. <_<
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 15, 2020, 12:02:21 PM
Oh Canada. :(
Does your schedule not allow you to snowbird?
I gotta say winter has been pretty mild down here so far.
Edmonton is not Canada
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 15, 2020, 01:48:19 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 15, 2020, 12:02:21 PM
Oh Canada. :(
Does your schedule not allow you to snowbird?
I gotta say winter has been pretty mild down here so far.
Edmonton is not Canada
#wexit
Over the last 24 hours we have had 32 cm of snow at our house and a blizzard warning is on again for tonight.
Getting a good work out clearing the sidewalk and driveway :D
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 15, 2020, 11:11:43 PM
Over the last 24 hours we have had 32 cm of snow at our house and a blizzard warning is on again for tonight.
Getting a good work out clearing the sidewalk and driveway :D
A foot of snow in 24 hours is a lot. Doubly so in a city not used to it. Hope everything is going well for you and your family CC.
Quote from: Barrister on January 15, 2020, 11:18:53 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 15, 2020, 11:11:43 PM
Over the last 24 hours we have had 32 cm of snow at our house and a blizzard warning is on again for tonight.
Getting a good work out clearing the sidewalk and driveway :D
A foot of snow in 24 hours is a lot. Doubly so in a city not used to it. Hope everything is going well for you and your family CC.
We are fine thanks :) there was less in the City (about 20 cm) we are up on the foothills of Grouse Mountain and that change in elevation makes for a lot more snow than at sea level.
You are right about the city not being used to having this much snow - lots of people without snow tires making a nuisance of themselves. Also we don't have the equipment to clear the streets properly. The rare time this happens we just have to grin and bear it.
4F here right now. Thank Hod no wind.
It's slightly warmer! High of -26c today!
Quote from: Barrister on January 15, 2020, 12:00:43 PM
Current temp is -36c at 10am.
Apparently it was cold enough to cause one of the LRT rails to crack, which led to an extra half hour being added on to my commute this morning. <_<
I told the team working on Edmonton LRT this; they said they were going to check to see if they could have Edmonton moved about five hours south. ;)
They do have to design the rail differently in Edmonton than in the other projects I've worked on due to the potential for extreme cold. I guess it wasn't enough in this case; that surprises me knowing how much we have to over-design everything.
Quote from: Savonarola on January 17, 2020, 02:35:45 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 15, 2020, 12:00:43 PM
Current temp is -36c at 10am.
Apparently it was cold enough to cause one of the LRT rails to crack, which led to an extra half hour being added on to my commute this morning. <_<
I told the team working on Edmonton LRT this; they said they were going to check to see if they could have Edmonton moved about five hours south. ;)
They do have to design the rail differently in Edmonton than in the other projects I've worked on due to the potential for extreme cold. I guess it wasn't enough in this case; that surprises me knowing how much we have to over-design everything.
I have to hand it to whomever was outside working to fix the rails in that cold (and at night!) - they had it repaired within about 24 hours or so.
The snow, she comin down pretty good now boss.
Snow drops and crocuses out.
Start of February Daffodils are coming out here a month early; Nature thinks Spring has arrived. :bowler:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJmduXSl90A
Punxatawney Phil calls early spring. :)
7F right now, gonna drop to -6 tonight. Then shoot up to 40 on Saturday. Crazy.
Looks like Phil called it. :)
Cold here today too, but weather lately has been warmish - in the 40sF. Lots of rain this week. But this time of year the sun is higher in the sky and because of that it almost feels like the beginning of Spring.
No accumulating snowfall at all this year so far. Global warming = TEH FAKE :sleep:
Spring here, nearly everything is growing.
If only it would stop raining for a week or two. <_<
Quote from: Liep on November 20, 2019, 04:50:39 AM
Forecast for the winter 19/20: 8 degrees day and night with high chance of drizzle.
Denmark :wub:
If the Gods are mild we might be able to confirm the existence of the sun by spots of lesser dense clouds appearing slightly back lit.
It's been slightly colder than that, about 4 degrees, and the drizzle has been replaced proper rain almost every day. That and the constant 12m/s westerly wind has flooded several parts of Denmark
I recant my previous :wub: and replace it with a :mad:.
Quote from: Liep on February 22, 2020, 02:23:15 PM
Quote from: Liep on November 20, 2019, 04:50:39 AM
Forecast for the winter 19/20: 8 degrees day and night with high chance of drizzle.
Denmark :wub:
If the Gods are mild we might be able to confirm the existence of the sun by spots of lesser dense clouds appearing slightly back lit.
It's been slightly colder than that, about 4 degrees, and the drizzle has been replaced proper rain almost every day. That and the constant 12m/s westerly wind has flooded several parts of Denmark
I recant my previous :wub: and replace it with a :mad:.
:D
The record has been broken: wettest February ever in Denmark! And the forecast has 6 days of rain ahead. :showoff:
:mad: and :showoff: don't seem very complementary. :hmm:
Warm today for February, 40s (7c) up to maybe 50 (10). Going to get some rain or rain/snow mix a couple days this week, probably some snow in northern New England.
It actually feels like spring is in the air here in Toronto.
My guess is that the weather is just softening us up for a massive ice storm. :lol:
January and February have had many very nice spring days in Stockholm.
Quote from: Liep on February 23, 2020, 11:08:40 AM
The record has been broken: wettest February ever in Denmark! And the forecast has 6 days of rain ahead. :showoff:
Same here, Wettest February on record, for 158 years, 202mm beating 1990's 193mm.
Will it ever stop raining? :bowler:
We had some heavy, nasty winds here yesterday. Gusts up to and over 60mph. That freaked me out a bit. :wacko:
First significant rain here in more than a month. :bowler:
Snow in the middle of April. Sticking on the ground. :(
Weather forecast overnight is for a couple inches of snow! Mostly slushy, wet stuff that will probably melt by day's end anyway.
It's been sunny since the beginning of March and but it has been very windy. Today it was below 5 m/s and it was glorious. :weep:
We got about an inch or a bit more of wet snow last night and this morning. Already much of it has melted. I had noticed that my lawn would need mowing soon, even this weekend maybe but the snow and wet grass would have prevented that. I'll probably mow the first time next week sometime.
Winter and spring so far are among the warmest on record here. No surprise on winter - we had hardly any days near freezing point.
Also, this is again a year with a severe shortage of rainfall. 50% less precipitation than in average years; the 2nd or 3rd year in a row now.
Temperatures are a little bit above freezing in Stockholm and there's a hint of snow in the air. Global warming = FAKE HOAX. Thanks Obama!
We had like no winter, but spring has been bizarrely cold. It actually got to below freezing last Friday night. :wacko:
It is unbearably hot outside right now. I felt like I was cooking myself going outside.
Apparently it is going to stay bad and get worse, with humidex up to 42 on Sunday. That's 108 in freedom units. 😉
https://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=55d341198274fcc5&hl=en&gl=CA&source=web
Pity for anyone without air conditioning right now ...
Quote from: Malthus on July 02, 2020, 02:46:53 PM
It is unbearably hot outside right now. I felt like I was cooking myself going outside.
Apparently it is going to stay bad and get worse, with humidex up to 42 on Sunday. That's 108 in freedom units. 😉
Pity for anyone without air conditioning right now ...
Good grief, we had a 'hot spell' a couple of weeks ago, all of about 30C for two/three days, but nothing as unforgiving as your situation.
It's being in the middle of a continent - all weather tends to extremes. Freezing cold in winter, baking hot in summer.
We don't get any of that sweet, sweet ocean currents moderating ...
To make matters worse, not a cloud in the sky for the longest time, and looks like none in the forecast. Seems all we do is water our plants! Lawn is going dormant no matter how much we water.
Yeah, it's going to be crazy humid in Montreal for the next week too. Humidex of 40s. Nothing record breaking announced so far.
Suddenly 18 degrees and showers throughout the day sound like a good summer. :P
Quote from: Liep on July 03, 2020, 10:52:14 AM
Suddenly 18 degrees and showers throughout the day sound like a good summer. :P
Heh that would be awesome right about now! 😄
I open my front door and it feels like I'm opening the door to an oven. I can see the grass on my lawn turning yellow even though I watered it this AM.
Too hot. God bless ac
We had a freakishly strong thunder storm last Sunday. Heavy rain and hail, over 5 inches of rain in an hour. Winds so strong that I feared a tornado would hit. It knocked down trees and branches, a couple big branches in my neighbor's yard.
One of the hospitals in my company, which is also in my town, had the basement floor flooded out which includes the cafeteria and emergency power generators. They had to transfer all the patients out with the help of local and neighboring town fire departments. Damage is so bad that the hospital looks like it'll be closed for some months.
Going outside feels like getting slapped in the face by the devils dick.
I fear opening the door - so hot and humid out. Very unpleasant. 😟
Quote from: Malthus on July 09, 2020, 04:56:19 PM
I fear opening the door - so hot and humid out. Very unpleasant. 😟
You need to open the large, tall, rectangular one, the small square door you tried is your oven, dummy.
:P
Quote from: mongers on July 09, 2020, 07:17:52 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 09, 2020, 04:56:19 PM
I fear opening the door - so hot and humid out. Very unpleasant. 😟
You need to open the large, tall, rectangular one, the small square door you tried is your oven, dummy.
:P
Mayyyyyybe not the best joke to try out on a Jewish guy. Just saying :P
Quote from: HVC on July 09, 2020, 07:56:57 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 09, 2020, 07:17:52 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 09, 2020, 04:56:19 PM
I fear opening the door - so hot and humid out. Very unpleasant. 😟
You need to open the large, tall, rectangular one, the small square door you tried is your oven, dummy.
:P
Mayyyyyybe not the best joke to try out on a Jewish guy. Just saying :P
:Embarrass: :hide: :I thought we had a headslap smilie, can't find it:
Quote from: Malthus on July 03, 2020, 10:56:18 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 03, 2020, 10:52:14 AM
Suddenly 18 degrees and showers throughout the day sound like a good summer. :P
Heh that would be awesome right about now! 😄
I open my front door and it feels like I'm opening the door to an oven. I can see the grass on my lawn turning yellow even though I watered it this AM.
Rain today. A bit cold too. Gladly swap with you for 24 hours or so.
Quote from: mongers on July 09, 2020, 08:10:02 PM
:Embarrass: :hide: :I thought we had a headslap smilie, can't find it:
:face:
1st row of more, 4th from left.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 09, 2020, 09:36:10 PM
Quote from: mongers on July 09, 2020, 08:10:02 PM
:Embarrass: :hide: :I thought we had a headslap smilie, can't find it:
:face:
1st row of more, 4th from left.
Thanks, how could I not see that.
:face:
Quote from: mongers on July 09, 2020, 09:54:14 PM
Thanks, how could I not see that.
:face:
You were probably looking for a hand smacking a head. :console:
It is fucking hot right now. This time of year has you visiting weather.com hoping to see some rain or anything and it slowly dawns on you it is going to be fucking hot until October. Oh well. At least it is no 2011.
Edit: and it is not like I go very many places these days anyway :lol:
But you cannot even go to the pool to cool off with this pandemic :(
Meh, I still like the heat better than the cold. It's 90 here right now, which is fine by me.
Almost perfect day on the links. Maybe 82, breezy, ocaissonal clouds to break up the baking.
Quote from: Caliga on July 22, 2020, 03:40:11 PM
Meh, I still like the heat better than the cold. It's 90 here right now, which is fine by me.
90 isn't hot at all.
So it is true that heat makes people crazy. :hmm:
Quote from: Valmy on July 22, 2020, 09:29:32 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 22, 2020, 03:40:11 PM
Meh, I still like the heat better than the cold. It's 90 here right now, which is fine by me.
90 isn't hot at all.
Well, you live in Texas. :D
Interestingly, it's been so hot lately I've discovered the exact temperature at which my chihuahua believes it is too hot for her to go for a walk: 92. :D
Quote from: Caliga on July 23, 2020, 08:08:41 AM
Interestingly, it's been so hot lately I've discovered the exact temperature at which my chihuahua believes it is too hot for her to go for a walk: 92. :D
I was out shopping today and I overheard somebody saying "fuck this heat, I am moving back to Colorado" :lol:
Typical first year in Texas response.
I remember when I arrived at my first duty station in San Antonio, one of my colleagues/fellow new arrivals was a young kid who was actually born and raised in the city. We asked "do you ever get used to this heat?"
His answer: "No." :D
Summer is coming:
(https://i.redd.it/n8yzc26kard51.jpg)
We had 37°C yesterday afternoon in Vienna, and ridiculously strong thunderstorms at night. Only 30-31° today and the next couple days.
BBC has just upgraded forecast to London to 34 on Friday. :weep:
Wait, didn't you like hot weather? Or only by the sea?
Quote from: Syt on July 29, 2020, 07:51:17 AM
Wait, didn't you like hot weather? Or only by the sea?
As an American, I enjoy warm weather when I can then turn on my a/c. I've no a/c. :weep:
Also, the flat I'm in is normally at least 2 C warmer than outside.
Oh. :( (also: flat :D )
Well, my apartment is at 26 daytime temperature at the moment. I manage to cool it off to 24 over night. I gave a mobile a/c a try a few years back, but it didn't work out great.
Jesus Christ is Ireland OK?
Yeah I've been at 26-27 most of the summer apart from this past week where it was noticeably cooler. Last night for the first time got it down inside to 23 :D -_-
It's been a really cold July here and today is no different. Wind, rain, no sun and about 19 degrees. In one way it's fortunate because the a/c at work stopped working in the beginning of the month but mostly it's shit.
40°C forecasted for Friday in Paris. :cry: That's 14°C more than today Wednesday.
It's been at least 90 almost every day this July. Humid too, of course, so the heat index has been over 100 frequently.
Quote from: Syt on July 29, 2020, 07:25:36 AM
Summer is coming:
Coming? Summer is here and has been scorching for weeks...unfortunately relief is coming in what looks might be a nasty hurricane season. Because that is what Texas needs right now :(
15°C in Stockholm, with heavy rain. What's with the summer talk?
Currently 29 in my backyard and nothing but Blue sky.
It's been hot for the last 2-3 days here in Southern England, temperatures over 90F :gasp:
Set to remain so for the next few days, I can imagine how bad is must be in continental Europe. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on August 09, 2020, 12:41:05 PM
It's been hot for the last 2-3 days here in Southern England, temperatures over 90F :gasp:
Set to remain so for the next few days, I can imagine how bad is must be in continental Europe. :bowler:
It's lovely.
Quote from: Liep on August 09, 2020, 02:21:10 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 09, 2020, 12:41:05 PM
It's been hot for the last 2-3 days here in Southern England, temperatures over 90F :gasp:
Set to remain so for the next few days, I can imagine how bad is must be in continental Europe. :bowler:
It's lovely.
No.
It's only early August, so Summer hasn't hit here yet. Foggy mornings and sunny afternoons. Later in the month that should change and September and October will get warmer.
It's been warm and low humidity the last few days. Then through Wednesday we'll have hotter and more humid weather, but then it'll cool off some for about the next week after that.
Quote from: garbon on July 29, 2020, 07:48:59 AM
BBC has just upgraded forecast to London to 34 on Friday. :weep:
And staying around there until Wednesday when, hopefully, a storm will break it.
I like hot weather, but London is not built for this :( :bleeding:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 09, 2020, 05:48:44 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 29, 2020, 07:48:59 AM
BBC has just upgraded forecast to London to 34 on Friday. :weep:
And staying around there until Wednesday when, hopefully, a storm will break it.
I like hot weather, but London is not built for this :( :bleeding:
Most big cities aren't, with the possible exception of Southern European cities.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 10, 2020, 05:08:23 AM
Most big cities aren't, with the possible exception of Southern European cities.
Yeah. Most Southern European cities have buildings that are quite cool in the summer, have the big blinds etc. London does not :weep:
We're not great at insulation either because our climate should be more temperate :lol:
I thought English climate was really temperate; omnipresent rain is quite the leveler. :P
No real summer, no real winter etc., though Geordistan for instance might have a winter.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 10, 2020, 05:26:46 AM
I thought English climate was really temperate; omnipresent rain is quite the leveler. :P
London's drier than Rome or Barcelona - we only get half the amount of rain Sidney does :P
London's often grey but it's not very wet, probably because of temperateness. We don't often have big storms.
QuoteNo real summer, no real winter etc., though Geordistan for instance might have a winter.
I don't know about Newcastle, but when I moved from the Highlands the existence of seasons was very noticeable. In the South of England there is a very clear spring and autumn and summer, but then there's just 4 months of it being generally crap but not particularly wintry. Whereas in the Highlands you could get all the weather types in one day (the only snow days I ever got was when we had blizzards in April and no-one was prepared). But you basically had winter, and then 6 weeks of nice-ish weather. Unfortunately the nice weather also coincided with the midgie season so... :ph34r:
Vienna has started to add mist showers to some hot parts of town, and is creating incentives for adding green to roofs and facades. They're also checking which areas are specifically affected by excessive heat and add measures there, like additional trees. Plus a few spot projects, like adding sun sails to some shadeless concrete areas, or putting a swimming pool on a busy intersection:
(https://oekastatic.orf.at/mims/2020/32/93/crops/w=1280,q=70,r=1/646856_bigpicture_222693_swimmingpool5.jpg?s=72f7c0c340c6dcf0032c8236f0f76f664fc13187)
(https://oekastatic.orf.at/mims/2020/32/65/crops/w=1280,q=70,r=1/645591_bigpicture_222165_abd0039.jpg?s=83c6c7436a39896b07a493604976d7cfdb207d3b)
(https://oekastatic.orf.at/mims/2020/32/95/crops/w=1280,q=70,r=1/646858_bigpicture_222695_swimmingpool4.jpg?s=a27a15b70bf5060720b8fd2e82c9f28c87fd6a4c)
Due to Corona, only max. 6 people are allowed in the water at the same time. Yes, there is a life guard.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 10, 2020, 05:32:20 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 10, 2020, 05:26:46 AM
I thought English climate was really temperate; omnipresent rain is quite the leveler. :P
London's drier than Rome or Barcelona - we only get half the amount of rain Sidney does :P
London's often grey but it's not very wet, probably because of temperateness. We don't often have big storms.
QuoteNo real summer, no real winter etc., though Geordistan for instance might have a winter.
I don't know about Newcastle, but when I moved from the Highlands the existence of seasons was very noticeable. In the South of England there is a very clear spring and autumn and summer, but then there's just 4 months of it being generally crap but not particularly wintry. Whereas in the Highlands you could get all the weather types in one day (the only snow days I ever got was when we had blizzards in April and no-one was prepared). But you basically had winter, and then 6 weeks of nice-ish weather. Unfortunately the nice weather also coincided with the midgie season so... :ph34r:
English Riviera does not count.
As for having 4 seasons in a single day, that's the Azores for me, oceanic climate so close to English weather. :P
I don't mean the English riviera - I moved to Oxfordshire so about the most inland bit of the country, plus London and the West Country.
As I say it was genuinely a big difference - I remember being amazed at the first autumn seeing all the trees change colour because, where I was in Scotland, it was mainly Forestry Commission land so mostly conifers. But we had a few broad-leaf trees that would start to turn, until there was one windy day at which point there were no more leaves :lol:
Those sloped roofs look ideal for solar panels Syt :hmm:
Though I guess they might be covered with snow for much of the year.
40 days until October and relief from this heat! I cannot wait!
Quote from: Valmy on August 10, 2020, 10:39:53 AM
Though I guess they might be covered with snow for much of the year.
:lol: Snow in Vienna :lol:
If we have a week of snow, it's a lot. We're not exactly in the mountains. Vienna in general doesn't have that much precipitation. Based on Wiki, Austin, TX has 34.32 inches annual precipitation on average vs Vienna's 25.6.
Well so much for my romantic image of snow covered Chistmas Markets.
We have gigantic thunderstorms, so even though we can go weeks of bone dry scorching heat there is still plenty of rain over the course of a year. I hope you like flash flooding if you live by a creek/pond/river.
So then put some panels on those roofs Vienna!
Quote from: Syt on August 10, 2020, 10:57:18 AM
If we have a week of snow, it's a lot. We're not exactly in the mountains. Vienna in general doesn't have that much precipitation. Based on Wiki, Austin, TX has 34.32 inches annual precipitation on average vs Vienna's 25.6.
And in my London's quite dry comments - annual precipitation in London's around 22-23 inches. Very rarely snow and if we get snow it will probably cause the city to temporarily collapse :lol:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 09, 2020, 05:48:44 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 29, 2020, 07:48:59 AM
BBC has just upgraded forecast to London to 34 on Friday. :weep:
And staying around there until Wednesday when, hopefully, a storm will break it.
I like hot weather, but London is not built for this :( :bleeding:
I can't wait for the predicted thunderstorms.
Quote from: Valmy on August 10, 2020, 11:15:48 AM
So then put some panels on those roofs Vienna!
A lot of house owners worry they will devalue their buildings. I think where attics are converted into lofts they are putting them in quite a bit, though.
Huh. Over here it has the opposite effect as far as home values go.
Quote from: garbon on August 10, 2020, 11:17:55 AM
I can't wait for the predicted thunderstorms.
Same - but they keep pushing the estimate time back. When I was looking at the weather this weekend it was apparently going to break on Monday/Tuesday. Then this morning it's on Wednesday. Now it's Thursday.
Until then we're just going to hit 35 :weep:
Quote from: Valmy on August 10, 2020, 11:22:01 AM
Huh. Over here it has the opposite effect as far as home values go.
Well, people like to keep their buildings the way they are for "the classic flair". There might also be bureaucratic hurdles, and then we're not even talking about buildings (like mine) which are under preservation.
Pity. Maybe eventually they will make them to resemble traditional euro roof shingles.
I looked up the latest on it. For newly built commercial real estate, solar panels on the roof are mandatory since 2014, this will be expanded for buildings of education, and residential properties (with the exception of one and two family homes). Exception: if solar panels can't be installed for "technical, legal, or economic reasons". <_<
I assume the rules apply to major renovations, but I'm not sure.
Interesting number: Vienna is offering €13.7 million in subsidies for solar panels this year. On the other hand it spent €40 million in sending restaurant vouchers to all households in Vienna to aid restaurants during Corona.
London's way behind the rest of the country on solar and it is quite difficult because, for example, there's a lot more rented properties. The tenant isn't going to spend money improving a property that isn't theirs and the landlord doesn't get the benefit of lower energy bills, so there's no real incentive. And lots of buildings are either purpose built flats or converted into flats which mean there's multiple owners you need to deal with to get consent to change the building.
Hopefully it's something they're trying to improve, but we don't do nearly enough.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 10, 2020, 11:59:22 AMThe tenant isn't going to spend money improving a property that isn't theirs and the landlord doesn't get the benefit of lower energy bills, so there's no real incentive. And lots of buildings are either purpose built flats or converted into flats which mean there's multiple owners you need to deal with to get consent to change the building.
Very similar in Vienna. Pretty much in many bigger European cities, I wager.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 10, 2020, 11:24:17 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 10, 2020, 11:17:55 AM
I can't wait for the predicted thunderstorms.
Same - but they keep pushing the estimate time back. When I was looking at the weather this weekend it was apparently going to break on Monday/Tuesday. Then this morning it's on Wednesday. Now it's Thursday.
Until then we're just going to hit 35 :weep:
Yes the forecasting has been lacking.
Quote from: garbon on August 10, 2020, 12:17:57 PM
Yes the forecasting has been lacking.
:lol: It's always this way. I thought it was just part of being, as Duque says, an ocean climate not a continental climate.
Weirdly I have a friend who swears by the Norwegian weather forecaster.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 10, 2020, 11:17:24 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 10, 2020, 10:57:18 AM
If we have a week of snow, it's a lot. We're not exactly in the mountains. Vienna in general doesn't have that much precipitation. Based on Wiki, Austin, TX has 34.32 inches annual precipitation on average vs Vienna's 25.6.
And in my London's quite dry comments - annual precipitation in London's around 22-23 inches. Very rarely snow and if we get snow it will probably cause the city to temporarily collapse :lol:
3 days of snow with like 5 cm is enough to cause quite a disorder in Paris as well. Happens every 10 years or so though.
Huge storm moved across the midwest today. Over 400,000 people in central Iowa without power, including the entire city of Ames - where my daughter lives.
Admiral Yi? You okay? :unsure: I heard Iowa City got walloped pretty badly, too.
Hit 38 degrees today. Should start cooling off again. Have a managers golf thing Wednesday. Yay(sarcasm)
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 10, 2020, 12:34:57 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 10, 2020, 11:17:24 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 10, 2020, 10:57:18 AM
If we have a week of snow, it's a lot. We're not exactly in the mountains. Vienna in general doesn't have that much precipitation. Based on Wiki, Austin, TX has 34.32 inches annual precipitation on average vs Vienna's 25.6.
And in my London's quite dry comments - annual precipitation in London's around 22-23 inches. Very rarely snow and if we get snow it will probably cause the city to temporarily collapse :lol:
3 days of snow with like 5 cm is enough to cause quite a disorder in Paris as well. Happens every 10 years or so though.
Is that a global warming thing, or did you guys just never have snow?
I think London's always been a bit too warm and buildingy to get snow regularly. I think Paris is probably similar. The countryside in the south of England, I think, used to always get snow.
Wait if you build buildings you have less snow?
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 10, 2020, 07:21:37 PM
I think London's always been a bit too warm and buildingy to get snow regularly. I think Paris is probably similar. The countryside in the south of England, I think, used to always get snow.
Mesothermal climate plus urban micro-climate. City centre has always 2-3 C° more than the suburbs.
Climate change makes summers warmer though.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 11, 2020, 04:02:24 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 10, 2020, 07:21:37 PM
I think London's always been a bit too warm and buildingy to get snow regularly. I think Paris is probably similar. The countryside in the south of England, I think, used to always get snow.
Mesothermal climate plus urban micro-climate. City centre has always 2-3 C° more than the suburbs.
Climate change makes summers warmer though.
Yeah.
I suppose it still snows in London most years but it's like snow shows. It's very rarely enough that it actually settles because of the heat.
It's 29 degrees inside, at night. I haven't slept more than three hours a night since Friday :glare:
What is happening :weep:
All windows in my flat are open and there's zero breeze.
We still haven't hit 100 since 2012, but we have had nearly non-stop 90 degree days with heat indices of 100+. Overnight lows have been consistently in the 70s, with some nights not even getting below 80. The scattered thunderstorms have Florida-like downpours, which is not something I remember from the 1990s, but has become much more frequent.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 11, 2020, 10:13:25 AM
What is happening :weep:
All windows in my flat are open and there's zero breeze.
I look like a vampire as I've the curtains drawn. Still 86f/30c in my bedroom/office but at least it isn't the full outside temp.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 11, 2020, 10:13:25 AM
What is happening :weep:
All windows in my flat are open and there's zero breeze.
Put a fan in front of one window, blowing out. It'll create a draft from the other window (I find it works best with just one other window open). It's how I cool my place off a bit during the night.
Like most of us Englanders, there's no A/C here, but my old, stone building (It's a renovated 19th century chapel) seems to work like a nice, cool cave (The walls look to be about 2-ft thick at least). A low-powered fan at night, and every is nice and temperate. :sleep:
Quote from: Syt on August 11, 2020, 10:25:15 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 11, 2020, 10:13:25 AM
What is happening :weep:
All windows in my flat are open and there's zero breeze.
Put a fan in front of one window, blowing out. It'll create a draft from the other window (I find it works best with just one other window open). It's how I cool my place off a bit during the night.
Don't have a fan and couldn't anyway due to client calls :( :weep:
It has rained today! Tibi gratias Jovi!
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 11, 2020, 12:46:24 PM
It has rained today! Tibi gratias Jovi!
Very jealous. Are storms have been pushed back to maybe Thursday, more likely Friday :weep:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 11, 2020, 11:04:17 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 11, 2020, 10:25:15 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 11, 2020, 10:13:25 AM
What is happening :weep:
All windows in my flat are open and there's zero breeze.
Put a fan in front of one window, blowing out. It'll create a draft from the other window (I find it works best with just one other window open). It's how I cool my place off a bit during the night.
Don't have a fan and couldn't anyway due to client calls :( :weep:
I've multiple fans running on my client calls. -_-
I'm still seeing stormy weather is supposed to start up tomorrow afternoon?
Almost hot enough for the alert to go out:
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It's Bloody hot here.
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It really is just getting too much now. We will need at least a portable AC machine for next summer. Bloody hell.
I currently manage to keep the apartment at 27 tops. That's mostly because the nights still dip under 20 degrees and I manage to air the place out during that period.
Quote from: Syt on August 12, 2020, 08:47:13 AM
I currently manage to keep the apartment at 27 tops. That's mostly because the nights still dip under 20 degrees and I manage to air the place out during that period.
A big problem is that our kitchen has a glass door to the outside (fire exit yay) and two big windows but no curtains or shades or anything of the sorts AND no inside door. So whatever measures I do are probably overwritten by the what comes in there.
Quote from: Syt on August 12, 2020, 08:47:13 AM
I currently manage to keep the apartment at 27 tops. That's mostly because the nights still dip under 20 degrees and I manage to air the place out during that period.
So jealous :(
London right now, according to BBC Weather, is 33 but feels like 39 :weep:
I feel like visiting the cellar. No, not to empty bottles.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 12, 2020, 08:50:19 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 12, 2020, 08:47:13 AM
I currently manage to keep the apartment at 27 tops. That's mostly because the nights still dip under 20 degrees and I manage to air the place out during that period.
So jealous :(
London right now, according to BBC Weather, is 33 but feels like 39 :weep:
I feel you. A few years ago I had a week of 30 degree lows at night in my place.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 11, 2020, 10:21:39 AM
We still haven't hit 100 since 2012, but we have had nearly non-stop 90 degree days with heat indices of 100+. Overnight lows have been consistently in the 70s, with some nights not even getting below 80. The scattered thunderstorms have Florida-like downpours, which is not something I remember from the 1990s, but has become much more frequent.
Remind me where you are, please?
It's been cool overnights and really until around 3pm here. Then the heat comes in for about three or four hours, and it all cools down.
So many things to love about the PNW, but the fact that it cools down at night in the summer is A#1 for me.
38 degrees today...feels like 40 and humid.
That's what I love about Texas :cry:
Quote from: Syt on August 12, 2020, 09:06:31 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 12, 2020, 08:50:19 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 12, 2020, 08:47:13 AM
I currently manage to keep the apartment at 27 tops. That's mostly because the nights still dip under 20 degrees and I manage to air the place out during that period.
So jealous :(
London right now, according to BBC Weather, is 33 but feels like 39 :weep:
I feel you. A few years ago I had a week of 30 degree lows at night in my place.
Yeah - we're still waiting for the storm. I give it one hour into the rain before our discourse shifts to "whatever happened to the summer, eh?" :lol:
Quote from: Valmy on August 12, 2020, 01:16:10 PM
38 degrees today...feels like 40 and humid.
That's what I love about Texas :cry:
Not DQ? :mad:
Wearing a mask in this sucks real bad.
Storm yesterday with hail, and another strong one during the night, without hail. Heat wave is supposed to end today, but the buildings stored so much heat so I expect it to linger a bit.
Is this predicted storm a lie? <_<
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 13, 2020, 07:07:18 AM
Is this predicted storm a lie? <_<
Met Office lied, people died?
Quote from: merithyn on August 12, 2020, 01:02:13 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 11, 2020, 10:21:39 AM
We still haven't hit 100 since 2012, but we have had nearly non-stop 90 degree days with heat indices of 100+. Overnight lows have been consistently in the 70s, with some nights not even getting below 80. The scattered thunderstorms have Florida-like downpours, which is not something I remember from the 1990s, but has become much more frequent.
Remind me where you are, please?
It's been cool overnights and really until around 3pm here. Then the heat comes in for about three or four hours, and it all cools down.
So many things to love about the PNW, but the fact that it cools down at night in the summer is A#1 for me.
I'm in northern Virginia, near DC.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 13, 2020, 07:07:18 AM
Is this predicted storm a lie? <_<
Can you predict storms?
We've just had a moderate thunderstorm here at 2.15pm, does that mean it's part of a front moving in, that might eventually reach you guys in London?
Or was it just a local storm? Since the air isn't noticeably cooler, rather still warm and humid, I think these conditions are going to persist for a while longer. :(
We have had plenty of rain since last evening, thunderstorms too. There was one massive lighting bolt close by with a cracking deafening thunder.
It is much milder since then. Not super cold, but quite pleasant with all the windows open.
Not the storm, but did just finally see some rain! :w00t:
And now it feels more humid.
Quote from: garbon on August 13, 2020, 09:26:52 AM
Not the storm, but did just finally see some rain! :w00t:
And now it feels more humid.
Yeah same here. :(
Rain rain rain! :w00t:
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on August 12, 2020, 06:26:52 PM
Quote from: Valmy on August 12, 2020, 01:16:10 PM
38 degrees today...feels like 40 and humid.
That's what I love about Texas :cry:
Not DQ? :mad:
Wearing a mask in this sucks real bad.
Once Youtube finally broke me with their ridiculous volume of ads, and I switched to premium, I have been living an advertising-less existance. I am starting to forget where the jingles that still bounce around in my head originally came from :P
Yeah it blows. Fortunately it might...just might...rain and cool off a little bit come Monday...maybe. When it will finally drop sub 40 to a frigid 36!!111
I am kind of looking forward to it, shows how desperate I am :lol:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 13, 2020, 09:56:04 AM
Rain rain rain! :w00t:
The rain has stopped with no discernible effect on the temperature. Only now it's dark :(
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 13, 2020, 10:09:53 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 13, 2020, 09:56:04 AM
Rain rain rain! :w00t:
The rain has stopped with no discernible effect on the temperature. Only now it's dark :(
If and when it actually arrives, I may be doing my own homage to the Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande single. -_-
For the past few days, I've been living in hoodies and sweats as it's been around 55-60 in my office. (No AC, just cool outside and open windows.) Starting tomorrow, it's supposed to heat up with temps in the 90s.
Global warming has Mother Nature losing her mind.
It's now cooled down and there's no sun and I'm unhappy that I have to wear trousers again :( <_< :blush:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 14, 2020, 06:19:42 AM
It's now cooled down and there's no sun and I'm unhappy that I have to wear trousers again :( <_< :blush:
Temperatures now only in the mid-60s here. :cool:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 14, 2020, 06:19:42 AM
It's now cooled down and there's no sun and I'm unhappy that I have to wear trousers again :( <_< :blush:
You lucky bastard. You lucky lucky bastard.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 14, 2020, 06:19:42 AM
It's now cooled down and there's no sun and I'm unhappy that I have to wear trousers again :( <_< :blush:
That chilly or are you just fickle? :P
Quote from: merithyn on August 10, 2020, 07:16:21 PM
Huge storm moved across the midwest today. Over 400,000 people in central Iowa without power, including the entire city of Ames - where my daughter lives.
Admiral Yi? You okay? :unsure: I heard Iowa City got walloped pretty badly, too.
Yi hasn't visited Languish since so I guess he did lose power :hmm:
I did lose power. Just got it back today.
This type of storm is called a derecho; I had never heard the term before. Straight line winds, not circular.
Trees down all over town. My front yard looks like a bocage. The side wall on my patio got knocked down.
Life without power is weird and stressful.
Glad you are okay. :)
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 15, 2020, 02:54:08 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 14, 2020, 06:19:42 AM
It's now cooled down and there's no sun and I'm unhappy that I have to wear trousers again :( <_< :blush:
That chilly or are you just fickle? :P
He's fickle. It wasn't that cold. ;)
Quote from: garbon on August 15, 2020, 05:23:51 PM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 15, 2020, 02:54:08 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 14, 2020, 06:19:42 AM
It's now cooled down and there's no sun and I'm unhappy that I have to wear trousers again :( <_< :blush:
That chilly or are you just fickle? :P
He's fickle. It wasn't that cold. ;)
:o Et tu, Garbo?
I'm still in trousers because, apparently, summer is over :(
I've fans on in my bedroom right now. -_-
It's been raining a fair bit the last few days. This morning 24°C with high humidity in my apartment feels significantly worse than stuffy 27°C felt before the rains.
Quote
What could be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth - 130F (54.4C) - may have been reached in Death Valley National Park, California.
:cool: :(
BBC news item:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53788018?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-story (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53788018?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-story)
//
I thought it routinely got hotter than that in one of the Iranian deserts. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on August 18, 2020, 07:45:15 AM
I thought it routinely got hotter than that in one of the Iranian deserts. :hmm:
I think the American standards meet or are the international standards for recording weather, whereas a lot of the historical records in the Middle East and North Africa seem questionable.
Also haven't many areas of Death valley and especially Furnace Creek (what a great name) haven't hardly change in 100-150 years, so the year on year records are likely to show real climate changes.
In contrast with over here, we now regularly get " today's highest temperature was a heathrow airport"; no matter how well shielded the official weather station, surely the hundreds of acres of flat concrete and tarmac, must generate a different micro-climate as compared to the surrounding landscape?
Got so much rain the first half of the month. Floods everywhere. :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfFghcmGNQ4
Video of the derecho. This was filmed in Cedar Rapids, about 45 minutes NNW of me.
So for a short time it looked like Texas could be hit by two hurricanes at the same time but Marco is evaporating...meanwhile Laura is rapidly increasing in strength. A Cat 3 or 4 could hit south east Texas and southern Louisiana later this week.
Blustery today, you could say it was Pooh bear weather. :bowler:
Cat-4 Laura due to wreck destruction in Louisiana and Texas tomorrow. The only hopeful news is that it should move through quickly, but the storm swell will be pretty brutal.
My cousin lives in Welsh, LA. Her family just evacuated to the east, and a little bit further north. Her house - a 100-year-old farmhouse - isn't expected to survive. They packed what they could, but they're anticipating losing everything.
I call uncle, 2020. :(
Quote from: merithyn on August 26, 2020, 03:26:38 PM
My cousin lives in Welsh, LA. Her family just evacuated to the east, and a little bit further north. Her house - a 100-year-old farmhouse - isn't expected to survive. They packed what they could, but they're anticipating losing everything.
I call uncle, 2020. :(
:console:
The important thing is that they're safe.
Surprise September heat!
(https://i.redd.it/f2ktqpgodbn51.png)
Ok cancel my mid-September vacation to southern Algeria.
Warmer in most of France than most of Portugal, including but not limited to Bragança. :hmm:
What happened to Russia? Are crappy CGI Langoliers eating it?
Quote from: Valmy on September 15, 2020, 11:36:38 AM
Ok cancel my mid-September vacation to southern Algeria.
Just move up to the coast - better there than most of Europe.
Leaves cover the ground and roads of the forest, wind and rain showers all herald Autumn's arrival. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on October 26, 2020, 09:01:18 AM
Leaves cover the ground and roads of the forest, wind and rain showers all herald Autumn's arrival. :bowler:
We have been getting chilly autumn weather here recenty :wub:
Very excited. The Texas and Shumard Oaks will all be red in a few weeks. The birds will be headed off to South America. Love it. Even weak sauce Texas Autumn is pretty great, especially after so many months of brutal heat.
Quote from: Valmy on October 26, 2020, 02:02:45 PM
Quote from: mongers on October 26, 2020, 09:01:18 AM
Leaves cover the ground and roads of the forest, wind and rain showers all herald Autumn's arrival. :bowler:
We have been getting chilly autumn weather here recenty :wub:
Very excited. The Texas and Shumard Oaks will all be red in a few weeks. The birds will be headed off to South America. Love it. Even weak sauce Texas Autumn is pretty great, especially after so many months of brutal heat.
:cool:
Sounds like a real pleasant change for you down there.
Quote from: mongers on October 26, 2020, 09:01:18 AM
Leaves cover the ground and roads of the forest, wind and rain showers all herald Autumn's arrival. :bowler:
Yes. It's the start of the good bit of autumn. Leaves. Ginger. Bonfires (probably not this year :(). Layers season. Richer food :mmm:
Here Autumn is usually days of about 73f/23c with morning crisper at 50f/10c.
Until the rainy season (who knows this year), it will stay like this. Once it rains everything gets green seemingly overnight, it cools down a bit, and it seems dark all the time - even though most days still have sun.
Compared to -40 in Laramie, it is rather nice here in Autumn/Winter.
:( Every day now:
https://twitter.com/bimadew/status/1329090653742010379?s=20
Quote from: Sheilbh on November 18, 2020, 11:02:25 AM
:( Every day now:
https://twitter.com/bimadew/status/1329090653742010379?s=20
I've decided I need a summer home up at this latitude, and winter home down in southern Chile somewhere. Or the south of New Zealand.
One hour of sunshine so far in December. It's been grey and windy and cold.
Quote from: Liep on December 12, 2020, 01:47:40 PM
One hour of sunshine so far in December. It's been grey and windy and cold.
:(
Liep, that must be somewhat depressing.
Here is just rain and showers. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on December 12, 2020, 08:14:22 PM
Quote from: Liep on December 12, 2020, 01:47:40 PM
One hour of sunshine so far in December. It's been grey and windy and cold.
:(
Liep, that must be somewhat depressing.
It is very depressing.
But we're up to 1.3 hours of sunshine now and I even saw those 20 minutes today even if it was behind a thin layer of clouds.
Even for Danish standards it's a very bleak December:
(https://i.sohn.dk/sunshine.jpeg)
Sunshine (hours)
-18C today. -26C with the chill factor.
I just discovered my house needs more insulation. Dammit.
Just looked it up: it's been well over two weeks since we last had a sunny day in Vienna. Maybe it's these times, but it feels a lot darker than normally at this time of year. It's been grey day in day out since the start of the month, basically.
It seems there's some snow in Madrid?
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/ktnhhp/for_any_of_you_wondering_the_situation_in_madrid/
(https://preview.redd.it/27mvr6s1u9a61.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=617cd204056b7e9e172935b3b4a72efcee1eb3e6)
Snow is not that uncommon in Madrid. Not uncommon at all in Central Iberia.
Still seems a bit more than usual.
(https://preview.redd.it/yyiylm1siaa61.jpg?width=640&height=480&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=eaa7502ccd862a689b27d046cead407b5a94b741)
(https://preview.redd.it/qgfrq47siaa61.jpg?width=640&height=480&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=96038e38c188af9369855ae303856632e1740d98)
(https://preview.redd.it/3lvixvbsiaa61.jpg?width=640&height=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=990cdc723d8055b7a259526fef41d46d0618d2db)
Certainly significantly more than Vienna had all winter so far. :P
Precisely, more than usual. Some snow is not unusual; these amounts are. :contract:
-7 last night in Bragança but not snow. :(
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on January 09, 2021, 07:45:35 AM
Precisely, more than usual. Some snow is not unusual; these amounts are. :contract:
-7 last night in Bragança but not snow. :(
Damn we need some snow here, just to rub in the Covid and Brexit disruptions. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on January 09, 2021, 11:27:00 AM
Damn we need some snow here, just to rub in the Covid and Brexit disruptions. :bowler:
It may come. I read a think about the polar vortex splitting in two and one arctic blast is headed to Europe :ph34r:
It'd been a bit warmer for early January here. We have gotten a good amount of rain this Fall and Winter so our lack of rain fall has improved, since we had less rain than usual over the summer. A storm is apparently going to miss us over the next day or two, going south of us instead.
The usual Southwesterlies have returned, nice an mild today 11C, Winter loosing it's grip?? :unsure:
Quote from: mongers on January 13, 2021, 01:53:28 PM
The usual Southwesterlies have returned, nice an mild today 11C, Winter loosing it's grip?? :unsure:
Freezing winds from Russia expected this week, so not here. :P
It might even be the first day with no temperatures above 0 in years.
Quote from: Liep on January 13, 2021, 02:07:48 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 13, 2021, 01:53:28 PM
The usual Southwesterlies have returned, nice an mild today 11C, Winter loosing it's grip?? :unsure:
Freezing winds from Russia expected this week, so not here. :P
It might even be the first day with no temperatures above 0 in years.
:(
Bloody Vladimir Putin.
We had the first all day pretty heavy snow in central Texas for the first time since the 1980s on Sunday so that was weird.
Back to our normally scheduled weather this week though. Still kind of a cold January after a weirdly warm one in 2020.
I hope the whole country freezes this weekend though. Maybe the Trumpenriech folks stay home.
Mild and wet here, hints of Spring in some plants?
It's snowing and goddamn cold. I think this is the first proper winter we've had in 5 years.
first signs of spring appeared a week or two ago. Going to have to mow the lawn soon.
Quote from: mongers on January 27, 2021, 08:34:04 PM
Mild and wet here, hints of Spring in some plants?
I'm starting to see some flowers in the garden.
A ton of snow and cold coming in on Saturday, not sure they'll survive.
Quote from: Maladict on February 04, 2021, 02:11:35 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 27, 2021, 08:34:04 PM
Mild and wet here, hints of Spring in some plants?
I'm starting to see some flowers in the garden.
A ton of snow and cold coming in on Saturday, not sure they'll survive.
:(
Though hope Springs eternal.
Quote from: mongers on February 04, 2021, 11:13:37 PM
Quote from: Maladict on February 04, 2021, 02:11:35 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 27, 2021, 08:34:04 PM
Mild and wet here, hints of Spring in some plants?
I'm starting to see some flowers in the garden.
A ton of snow and cold coming in on Saturday, not sure they'll survive.
:(
Though hope Springs eternal.
About 15cm of snow overnight, with more to come. They should be well protected :)
Flooding time in France, before getting negative temperatures again. It's still Pluviôse after all.
It was -33c this morning. I saw a -41c (with windchill) Sunday morning.
Extreme cold combined with all sorts of indoor recreation activities being closed led to a tough weekend.
Hammered with cold, hammered with snow, and I'm running out of groceries. :(
It was 40/4.5 here this morning! Panic in the streets, there has been a run on down coats at Costco.
-12 to -16 until Sunday :ph34r:
Quote from: Barrister on February 08, 2021, 01:03:36 PM
It was -33c this morning. I saw a -41c (with windchill) Sunday morning.
Extreme cold combined with all sorts of indoor recreation activities being closed led to a tough weekend.
For our daytime him we're at -26c / -37c with windchill.
That's a little nippy, isn't it?
Quote from: PDH on February 08, 2021, 03:51:16 PM
It was 40/4.5 here this morning! Panic in the streets, there has been a run on down coats at Costco.
I'll be a rich man when I get there...I still have three of them from all my Alaska time.
Apparently Edmonton Airport almost hit an all-time record low. Thermometer hit -43.8, whereas the all-time record is -43.9.
Yes it's rather chilly.
The coldest temperature in recorded history of Austin Texas occurred in 1949 with -2F/-17C.
With this current blue norther that is hovering over Texas we may challenge that record early next week. My house is currently covered in ice :ph34r:
Too cold for Texans.
It's "only" -20c right now (-27c windchill). We've been under an Extreme Cold Warning for over a week. I thought it was supposed to break this weekend, but now I see it's been pushed more to next Tuesday.
This, combined with the general lockdown going on, sucks.
I think it might be the same weather system. Everything from North Dakota to the gulf is frozen over this weekend.
It was -2 when I put the garbage out this morning. Felt like I should have put on a jacket for the walk to the curb. But I don't have a winter jacket.
You're one of those people who loves to break holes in ice and go swimming aren't you?
25C/77F here. My neighbors already have their air conditioner running. I prefer to keep my windows open for the time being; consequently every time I get on a conference call my colleagues from Rochester or Toronto wants to know who has the pet bird.
Nothing WTF about that, that is just a normal winter's day in Florida.
Quote from: Valmy on February 12, 2021, 01:45:16 PM
You're one of those people who loves to break holes in ice and go swimming aren't you?
Haven't done it for a long time - doesn't get cold enough here. But I did enjoy it - especially with a sauna nearby :)
Like Valmy & BB, I have the same weather system overing to keep things at -20.
Story about a bunch of people playing the world's longest hockey game (252 hours) in temperatures that have gone down to -40. They do it to raise money for cancer research.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/longest-hockey-game-alberta-cold-1.5911917
Apparently a -40c puck shatters if it hits the goal post.
You know, I don't really mind missing those temperatures.
Quote from: Barrister on February 12, 2021, 04:11:24 PM
Story about a bunch of people playing the world's longest hockey game (252 hours) in temperatures that have gone down to -40. They do it to raise money for cancer research.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/longest-hockey-game-alberta-cold-1.5911917
Apparently a -40c puck shatters if it hits the goal post.
What about a -40F puck?
Quote from: The Brain on February 12, 2021, 04:47:27 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 12, 2021, 04:11:24 PM
Story about a bunch of people playing the world's longest hockey game (252 hours) in temperatures that have gone down to -40. They do it to raise money for cancer research.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/longest-hockey-game-alberta-cold-1.5911917
Apparently a -40c puck shatters if it hits the goal post.
What about a -40F puck?
I see what you did there... <_<
There is SNOW and it is NOT on the mountains. Terror will strike the heart of Vancouverites.
It's amazing how a few days of snow and ice can make the entire country noticeably happier.
Quote from: Maladict on February 13, 2021, 02:04:55 PM
It's amazing how a few days of snow and ice can make the entire country noticeably happier.
But Spring is
Definitely just around the corner, tomorrow in fact, here I've called it. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on February 13, 2021, 02:07:53 PM
Quote from: Maladict on February 13, 2021, 02:04:55 PM
It's amazing how a few days of snow and ice can make the entire country noticeably happier.
But Spring is Definitely just around the corner, tomorrow in fact, here I've called it. :bowler:
Normally that would be a good thing, but I think we could have done with another week or two of this.
Man, it's cold here. Snowing as well. Won't be able to go the store today.
This is the worst February I can remember. Endless cold. Looks like a bit of a break next weekend.
I am sure that somewhere, there is a right-winger saying that this weather proves global warming is a hoax.
This weather sucks. We've actually had snow and ice on the ground for like a week now, which is pretty much unheard of here, and more is coming this week. It won't really get above freezing till next weekend.
People, I need you to go out and drive gas guzzlers and get on flights and stuff, even if you're just doing donuts in Wal-Mart's parking lot. We need more global warming. :mad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSTCZkl7vcc
The Texas 100 car pile up.
I cannot recall this many consecutive days with a high below freezing. Going to snow tonight...
It's been a bit chilly of late, but the mild and rainy weather is returning. :bowler:
@valmy How you faring in the snow? Did you get a rolling blackout too?
The snow is crazy deep and the northern part of my house froze so we only get hot water in the southern part right now.
And yes we had rolling blackouts all day.
So...this is new.
It is not really going to thaw much until Friday also.
Quote from: Valmy on February 15, 2021, 10:23:30 PM
The snow is crazy deep and the northern part of my house froze so we only get hot water in the southern part right now.
And yes we had rolling blackouts all day.
So...this is new.
I thought about you and the way your house was built, not much protection from this kind of weather (as you would expect from a house built in Austin) :(
Well, hang in there. Unlike sand storms, the snow eventually melts ;)
Ok, not helping, sorry. I'm guessing Austin is not equipped to deal with snow&ice in the streets either?
And even if it wasn't too late to buy supplemental heaters, without electricity, they won't be of much use to you.
Quote from: Valmy on February 15, 2021, 10:23:30 PM
The snow is crazy deep and the northern part of my house froze so we only get hot water in the southern part right now.
And yes we had rolling blackouts all day.
So...this is new.
Hang it there. This is what we actually do when we get big storms. We wait them out.
Quote from: Valmy on February 15, 2021, 10:23:30 PM
the northern part of my house froze so we only get hot water in the southern part right now.
How big is your house? :unsure:
Friend of mine from University lives in Austin, as of last night his power had been out for 18 hours, his condo was about 50f/10c degrees inside, and he was wrapped in blankets with his cat.
Some idiot had blocked the entrance to the parking area by crashing their pickup, so he couldn't flee to someplace warm if he wanted to. At least he has Laramie Wyoming training, but it sounded brutal (and incidentally, it is colder in Austin than in Laramie...)
Quote from: PDH on February 16, 2021, 11:16:58 AM
Friend of mine from University lives in Austin, as of last night his power had been out for 18 hours, his condo was about 50f/10c degrees inside, and he was wrapped in blankets with his cat.
That's awful :(
Quote from: Maladict on February 16, 2021, 07:38:37 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 15, 2021, 10:23:30 PM
the northern part of my house froze so we only get hot water in the southern part right now.
How big is your house? :unsure:
About standard for American houses. He posted pictures in another thread, you can see the garage behind:
(https://img.gtsstatic.net/reno/imagereader.aspx?imageurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsir.azureedge.net%2F1008i215%2Fb6th3frnd9ms4weym73q0bcr23i215&option=N&h=536&permitphotoenlargement=false)
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 16, 2021, 06:43:11 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 15, 2021, 10:23:30 PM
The snow is crazy deep and the northern part of my house froze so we only get hot water in the southern part right now.
And yes we had rolling blackouts all day.
So...this is new.
Hang it there. This is what we actually do when we get big storms. We wait them out.
But we have heating, insulation and snow plowers. Austin has brooms. :(
Quote from: Maladict on February 16, 2021, 07:38:37 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 15, 2021, 10:23:30 PM
the northern part of my house froze so we only get hot water in the southern part right now.
How big is your house? :unsure:
About 300 sq meters. But six people live here.
However I have two tankless water heaters. Without power the circuit that kept the northern one from freezing up stopped working so it froze.
Wow. Now that's some luxury. Instant water heating.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 16, 2021, 01:49:15 PM
Wow. Now that's some luxury. Instant water heating.
I had a similar set up installed so that my custom bathtub could actually be filled with hot water. It has the added advantage that when we have a full house, there is no risk of running out of hot water.
On the Texas weather craziness.
ERCOT reported that at 1 am on Monday 30 gigawatts of generating capacity went offline. That's quite catastrophic.
Hydro Quebec Production (the division that generates power with water) generates 39.7 gigawatts of power. If that went offline, even Boston would feel it.
It seems conservative media are blaming renewable energies for the power failures.
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2021, 08:42:04 AM
It seems conservative media are blaming renewable energies for the power failures.
Well, did they build Wind turbines without any isolation or heating components. ;)
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2021, 08:42:04 AM
It seems conservative media are blaming renewable energies for the power failures.
Well they aren't allowed to blame deregulation and lack of governmental oversight because those aren't problems, no sir.
Quote from: PDH on February 17, 2021, 09:41:43 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2021, 08:42:04 AM
It seems conservative media are blaming renewable energies for the power failures.
Well they aren't allowed to blame deregulation and lack of governmental oversight because those aren't problems, no sir.
:lol:
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 17, 2021, 08:59:44 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2021, 08:42:04 AM
It seems conservative media are blaming renewable energies for the power failures.
Well, did they build Wind turbines without any isolation or heating components. ;)
i read its the natural gas that's the issue. Pumping stations were getting too cold. plus their electric, which causes an issue when you don't have power.
Quote from: HVC on February 17, 2021, 11:52:44 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 17, 2021, 08:59:44 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2021, 08:42:04 AM
It seems conservative media are blaming renewable energies for the power failures.
Well, did they build Wind turbines without any isolation or heating components. ;)
i read its the natural gas that's the issue. Pumping stations were getting too cold. plus their electric, which causes an issue when you don't have power.
Same sort of issue though, building infrastructure that can withstand a once in a century event is a fairly old building code requirement in most areas.
This has to be the most bizarre response:
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.insider.com/texas-storm-mayor-resigns-said-peoples-fault-if-they-freeze-2021-2%3famp
Everything in Texas is always the fault of the Demoncrats. Duh :rolleyes:
In happier news it looks like it has warmed up enough for me to take the boys skiing for the first time in at least 2 weeks. Temperature at 6pm is supposed to be -9c. There's a windchill temp of -17C, but since this ski "hill" is just the side of a ravine valley I'm hoping it's a bit more sheltered from the wind.
13F. Bearable. :)
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2021, 12:25:16 PM
Everything in Texas is always the fault of the Demoncrats. Duh :rolleyes:
We haven't been in power since 1994.
Anyway I lost power all day but it came back on at 7PM today.
What a disgrace to the Commission. I see rough times ahead.
Quote from: HVC on February 17, 2021, 11:52:44 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 17, 2021, 08:59:44 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2021, 08:42:04 AM
It seems conservative media are blaming renewable energies for the power failures.
Well, did they build Wind turbines without any isolation or heating components. ;)
i read its the natural gas that's the issue. Pumping stations were getting too cold. plus their electric, which causes an issue when you don't have power.
I will be able to tell you more later. Lots of rumors going around I would like to hear from people who know what they are talking about.
Right now I am almost entirely cut off from my office because the power is out. How ironic.
:hmm: Don't you work for a utility?
My friend has been out of power since Monday at 2am. 68+ or so hours now.
Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2021, 08:49:28 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2021, 12:25:16 PM
Everything in Texas is always the fault of the Demoncrats. Duh :rolleyes:
We haven't been in power since 1994.
Anyway I lost power all day but it came back on at 7PM today.
What a disgrace to the Commission. I see rough times ahead.
The perfidious Democrat is most powerful when he is out of power. :ph34r:
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2021, 11:12:10 PM
:hmm: Don't you work for a utility?
No. I work for the Utility Commission hence my bemoaning this disgrace to it.
The next year or so at work should be fun.
Meanwhile, your senator Ted Cruz seems to be serving his constituents in this dire situation by traveling to Cancun, Mexico :lol:
Quote from: Valmy on February 18, 2021, 04:15:29 AM
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2021, 11:12:10 PM
:hmm: Don't you work for a utility?
No. I work for the Utility Commission hence my bemoaning this disgrace to it.
The next year or so at work should be fun.
commission? sound ominous. what does it actually do?
Valmy, does ERCOT really only have 2 interconnection point?
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2021, 09:38:15 AM
Valmy, does ERCOT really only have 2 interconnection point?
Not quite. Two to the US but also three to Mexico.
QuoteERCOT has three ties to Mexico and — as an outcome of the "Midnight Connection" battle — it also has two ties to the eastern U.S. grid, though they do not trigger federal regulation for ERCOT.
https://www.kvue.com/article/weather/texplainer-why-does-texas-have-its-own-power-grid/269-be61fb6f-11ce-4201-b2d2-4f40fd8ff510
5 is still not a lot. Any of them set up for import or are they all exporting?
Quote from: Syt on February 18, 2021, 08:42:15 AM
Meanwhile, your senator Ted Cruz seems to be serving his constituents in this dire situation by traveling to Cancun, Mexico :lol:
If he did a press conference about this in Cancun on the beach with a margarita in hand, hell yeah. Mad props for owning it, Ted.
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 18, 2021, 10:26:05 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 18, 2021, 08:42:15 AM
Meanwhile, your senator Ted Cruz seems to be serving his constituents in this dire situation by traveling to Cancun, Mexico :lol:
If he did a press conference about this in Cancun on the beach with a margarita in hand, hell yeah. Mad props for owning it, Ted.
My favourite thing is that it looks like he got upgraded but left his family in economy :lol:
Edit: Is he flying now? From what I can see, I think he's flying now :o :lol: This reminds me of when Priti Patel was flying back from her holiday and everyone in the UK knew she was going to get fired, but she was on a plane :lol: :ph34r:
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 18, 2021, 10:26:05 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 18, 2021, 08:42:15 AM
Meanwhile, your senator Ted Cruz seems to be serving his constituents in this dire situation by traveling to Cancun, Mexico :lol:
If he did a press conference about this in Cancun on the beach with a margarita in hand, hell yeah. Mad props for owning it, Ted.
They ought to build a wall. 😄
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/ted-cruz-cancun-texas-storm/2021/02/18/ff0fd950-71ea-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html
QuoteTexas Democrats call for Sen. Ted Cruz to resign after unverified photos purportedly show him traveling to Cancun
The Texas Democratic Party is calling on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) to resign after unverified photos surfaced on social media purportedly showing him traveling to Cancun, Mexico, as millions of Texas residents were without power amid blackouts from the freezing weather.
Cruz's office has not responded to requests about his whereabouts and whether such a trip took place.
"Texans are dying and you're on a flight to Cancun," the Texas Democrats said in a tweet late Wednesday night, adding the hashtag "#TedCruzRESIGN."
Photos that rapidly circulated on social media overnight showed a man who could be the senator at an airport and on an airplane. In some photos, a gray face mask was visible that appeared to be similar to one that Cruz was wearing at President Biden's inauguration.
According to the social media postings, Cruz appeared to be in the Houston airport, preparing to board a United Airlines flight from Houston to Fort Lauderdale with continuing service to Cancun.
In Texas, more than 3 million customers were still in the dark Wednesday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide. As of Thursday morning, that figure was about 500,000.
That's silly. He's a US senator and has nothing to do with the power outage.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 18, 2021, 11:17:06 AM
That's silly. He's a US senator and has nothing to do with the power outage.
:lol:
or, at least I hope that was wit rather than a serious comment.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 18, 2021, 11:17:06 AM
That's silly. He's a US senator and has nothing to do with the power outage.
Something could be said to show/fake concern for his constituents, and flying somewhere warm while your voters are freezing to death seems a bit tone deaf. But I guess that's the GOP for you.
I guess he's realized it too:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuhW-5tXEAMierk?format=jpg&name=small)
The strong survive, presumably by migrating to somewhere warm, while the weak and useless perish. Sounds legit to me. :hmm:
Quote from: Syt on February 18, 2021, 11:24:10 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 18, 2021, 11:17:06 AM
That's silly. He's a US senator and has nothing to do with the power outage.
Something could be said to show/fake concern for his constituents, and flying somewhere warm while your voters are freezing to death seems a bit tone deaf. But I guess that's the GOP for you.
Yeah - I mean he should resign from shame for being this bad at politics :blink: :lol:
I think there's probably stuff a US Senator can do - it'd be interesting to compare his schedule with Cornyn's to see if there's any difference. Even if there isn't, Cornyn's twitter feed certainly seems to be providing lots of information and directing people to useful resources. That's something that I've also seen Beto do with his volunteers and it seems like something a Senator could easily do with their office/team too. And it's not like as a US Senator you are siloed from your state party other party leaders, or bits of the federal government that may be able to help (if you're that way inclined).
Apparently, some in Texas are blaming wind turbines for the outages. The allegation is that these turbines cannot stand the weather.
This seems odd to me, as we have turbines in Canada where cold and snow are common, and they appear to work.
The mayor of Colorado City, TX, has resigned after reactions to his Facebook post:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuY5XwBXYAMGqR6?format=jpg&name=medium)
i think his wife was fired too.
Quote from: Syt on February 18, 2021, 12:10:29 PM
The mayor of Colorado City, TX, has resigned after reactions to his Facebook post:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuY5XwBXYAMGqR6?format=jpg&name=medium)
He's obviously a dick, but isn't this kind of the American conservative ideal? Or am I confusing it with prepper nuttyness?
Quote from: Liep on February 18, 2021, 12:27:40 PM
He's obviously a dick, but isn't this kind of the American conservative ideal? Or am I confusing it with prepper nuttyness?
Many modern GOP supporters are worried about one thing: someone they don't like getting something they don't "deserve".
I would say it's the ideal for Trumpist conservatives, who only care about themselves, their own families, and their wallets, and fuck everyone else, yeah.
I think you can be a traditional conservative and still care about other people, though.
traditional conservative care about people, but only "their" people, and don't want the government to help, but things like charity.as long as its someone else doing the charity. at least that's how it always appeared to me.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Euh2aGDXcAQJn_K?format=jpg&name=small)
:lol:
Quote from: HVC on February 18, 2021, 12:47:40 PM
traditional conservative care about people, but only "their" people, and don't want the government to help, but things like charity.as long as its someone else doing the charity. at least that's how it always appeared to me.
The traditional conservative point of view is that of course we care about people, and in some cases maybe the government is the one to do it, but in lots of other situations it should be handled by family, friends, charities, churches and other local such groups.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2021, 09:38:15 AM
Valmy, does ERCOT really only have 2 interconnection point?
We try to limit that to keep those dirty feds outside of our jurisdiction. And the ones we have are mostly for export...
Quote from: HVC on February 18, 2021, 09:26:30 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 18, 2021, 04:15:29 AM
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2021, 11:12:10 PM
:hmm: Don't you work for a utility?
No. I work for the Utility Commission hence my bemoaning this disgrace to it.
The next year or so at work should be fun.
commission? sound ominous. what does it actually do?
The Public Utilities Commission. We regulate water, telephone (what few landlines still exist), and electricity. But for our power group we are mostly concerned with the transmission and distribution networks since generation is supposed to be answering to market forces so doesn't need much government oversight...or so the theory went.
I mean you would expect some transmission and distribution problems in a major storm like this but the generation problems might mean some big rethinking of how we do things.
Quote from: Valmy on February 18, 2021, 02:04:06 PM
I mean you would expect some transmission and distribution problems in a major storm like this but the generation problems might mean some big rethinking of how we do things.
Well, you could do a big rethink.
On the other hand - you could blame the libs, and take a vacation to Mexico. That seems a lot easier! 😉
Quote from: Malthus on February 18, 2021, 02:39:17 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 18, 2021, 02:04:06 PM
I mean you would expect some transmission and distribution problems in a major storm like this but the generation problems might mean some big rethinking of how we do things.
Well, you could do a big rethink.
On the other hand - you could blame the libs, and take a vacation to Mexico. That seems a lot easier! 😉
I mean for actual thinking people. Tons of people had their spin ready to go despite not knowing anything of course :lol:
This was because of scary new technology!
This was because of insufficient regulations!
Blah blah
But the actual solutions may turn out to be subtle or they may be radical. I don't know yet.
Quote from: Syt on February 18, 2021, 01:41:28 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Euh2aGDXcAQJn_K?format=jpg&name=small)
:lol:
Goddamn Ted don't back down own this and be a legend
:lol: I thought endorsing the man who called his wife ugly and alleged his dad was involved in the assassination of JFK was the most cowardly thing Cruz could do.
Turns out it's throwing his kids under the bus in a scandal :o
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 18, 2021, 03:34:43 PM
:lol: I thought endorsing the man who called his wife ugly and alleged his dad was involved in the assassination of JFK was the most cowardly thing Cruz could do.
Turns out it's throwing his kids under the bus in a scandal :o
Cruz seems determined to hand his Senate seat over to the Democrats. He only narrowly failed in 2018, we will see what he manages to pull off in 2024.
2024 is too far away. This will be forgotten by then.
Quote from: HVC on February 18, 2021, 04:34:18 PM
2024 is too far away. This will be forgotten by then.
Maybe. This is the sort of scandal that I think potentially sticks in voters mind and just defines someone.
I don't know if it'll help the Democrats but if I was an ambitious Republican (perhaps even one a little Trumpier than Cruz) I'd be eyeing that seat.
Quote from: HVC on February 18, 2021, 04:34:18 PM
2024 is too far away. This will be forgotten by then.
The point is he is building a reputation and an impression. I don't think people will remember this particular incident but it will be part of the general opinion on Mr. Cruz.
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 18, 2021, 04:39:03 PM
Quote from: HVC on February 18, 2021, 04:34:18 PM
2024 is too far away. This will be forgotten by then.
Maybe. This is the sort of scandal that I think potentially sticks in voters mind and just defines someone.
I don't know if it'll help the Democrats but if I was an ambitious Republican (perhaps even one a little Trumpier than Cruz) I'd be eyeing that seat.
How exactly does one get Trumpier than Cruz? :hmm:
But what is actually happening in Texas? I'm guessing most city dwellers aren't equipped to be without power or heating for days in freezing weather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snAm27sApDI
This is some weird end of times shit going on.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 18, 2021, 10:00:29 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snAm27sApDI
This is some weird end of times shit going on.
Guy in the video said he saw the like just eight years ago, which kind of contradicts the hype in the video.
Yeah and Istanbul is very cold and snowy in the winter - I was there for a January break a few years ago and it was fucking Baltic.
They might not get blizzards like that very often, but Istanbul gets snow more regularly than London (and looks very beautiful with it).
The snow in Saudi strikes me as a bit weirder.
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 19, 2021, 05:12:25 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 18, 2021, 10:00:29 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snAm27sApDI
This is some weird end of times shit going on.
Guy in the video said he saw the like just eight years ago, which kind of contradicts the hype in the video.
Yeah, I recall images like that showing up now and then on the news, even when I was a kid. It's not a regular event, but it does happen. I recall videos of people building snowmen in Jordan some year ago.
Quote from: Barrister on February 18, 2021, 04:55:35 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 18, 2021, 04:39:03 PM
Quote from: HVC on February 18, 2021, 04:34:18 PM
2024 is too far away. This will be forgotten by then.
Maybe. This is the sort of scandal that I think potentially sticks in voters mind and just defines someone.
I don't know if it'll help the Democrats but if I was an ambitious Republican (perhaps even one a little Trumpier than Cruz) I'd be eyeing that seat.
How exactly does one get Trumpier than Cruz? :hmm:
Well he didn't divorce his wife after Trump insulted her. He should do that, and disavow his father. Then say that Trump spiritually adopted him, and he's only into young blond babes like daddy.
So this is what Spring feels like, 14C here. :bowler:
18°C here, with many people in the streets. I expect a rebound in covid cases next week.
-3 and sunny. Lots of people in the street. Spring is here.
Spring?!
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That's about like the Eastern Front in what...early '44?
Birds are chirping. :)
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 23, 2021, 02:22:02 PM
That's about like the Eastern Front in what...early '44?
:lol:
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on February 21, 2021, 12:07:48 PM
18°C here, with many people in the streets. I expect a rebound in covid cases next week.
outdoor isn't too bad.
Mosquitoes are already back. How rude! :angry:
Spring starts today. So of course it's -2°C and snowfall.
We expect mid-10s by end of next week, though. :)
It was cold much of last week, warmed up a bit by week's end and this weekend through next week we'll have nice 50s to 65 temps (10-18c).
Just got a tornado warning. Checked the radar and the front looks pretty damn big.
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March every year
March in confinement
Except today, all week was really sunny and warm, temperatures close to 20C yesterday afternoon. This morning waking up was close to 0C. They forecast snow for the week-end.
Quote from: viper37 on March 24, 2021, 09:31:26 PM
Except today, all week was really sunny and warm, temperatures close to 20C yesterday afternoon. This morning waking up was close to 0C. They forecast snow for the week-end.
Vive le retour à la normale ! :lol:
It's going to be 20 in Montreal today & unlike Viper, we won't get any snow this weekend.
Now that people are getting vaccinated, it is bound to snow GF :D
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 23, 2021, 07:42:36 PM
Just got a tornado warning. Checked the radar and the front looks pretty damn big.
We rarely get tornados in the North East but I have seen weather/news tracking potential tornado conditions and it is damn scary.
Say hello to British Summer Time (BST). :wub: :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on March 27, 2021, 11:40:55 PM
Say hello to British Summer Time (BST). :wub: :bowler:
I know I'm now old as was waiting for this so sun would stop waking me at 6am. :blush:
Quote from: KRonn on March 25, 2021, 07:18:28 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 23, 2021, 07:42:36 PM
Just got a tornado warning. Checked the radar and the front looks pretty damn big.
We rarely get tornados in the North East but I have seen weather/news tracking potential tornado conditions and it is damn scary.
Hmm, just after I posted this, over the weekend Vermont got a small tornado. Two people injured and some minor damage. :(
The best time of the year and the worst day of the year :w00t: :weep:
Suddenly much warmer today, 24C here this afternoon. :blink:
That makes it the 2nd warmest March day ever recorded in the UK.
Quote from: mongers on March 30, 2021, 06:32:45 PM
Suddenly much warmer today, 24C here this afternoon. :blink:
That makes it the 2nd warmest March day ever recorded in the UK.
It is just about that here in Santa Cruz. It would feel more gorgeous if this winter/spring we had more rain. Tough drought year.
Quote from: PDH on March 30, 2021, 07:01:32 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 30, 2021, 06:32:45 PM
Suddenly much warmer today, 24C here this afternoon. :blink:
That makes it the 2nd warmest March day ever recorded in the UK.
It is just about that here in Santa Cruz. It would feel more gorgeous if this winter/spring we had more rain. Tough drought year.
Yeah, I don't enjoy warm weather if it's very dry, you can almost feel the plants/landscape crying out for rain.
It's been alternating between warm and cool, and some rain. Today was nice, mid 50s (12c). Tomorrow rain. But that's all normal for March into April.
Going to plant a small garden this year. Mostly beans, bush and pole beans. I didn't plant last year, was frustrated by a couple years of bad crops. Instead I fertilized and rested the garden and will plant a bit this year. I got beans from a company "Seeds from Italy". But I still haven't found the awesome beans my father and grandmother planted. They kept some of the beans from previous year's crop to plant the next year. Sadly, when younger I wasn't as interested in the garden to learn all the tricks and knowledge they had. So I've never found the beans they planted which were among the best I ever had. :(
Quote from: mongers on March 30, 2021, 06:32:45 PM
Suddenly much warmer today, 24C here this afternoon. :blink:
That makes it the 2nd warmest March day ever recorded in the UK.
And yet some areas that are having super warm days now are going to see snow over the Easter weekend :blink:
This is the most snow we've had this year. It's a proper white out with 12 m/s winds as well.
Who needs spring anyway.
Had a teeny-tiny bit of light snow this morning, but quickly turned to a beautiful, if cold, afternoon.
I don't think Texas can decide what kind of Spring it wants to have. Does it want to be 3C or 24C? It cannot decide. Are you going to be sweating or freezing? It is kind of day to day right now.
Currently 30C in the sun on our back deck.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 16, 2021, 06:38:02 PM
Currently 30C in the sun on our back deck.
about the same over here, juste one zero of difference...
Quote from: viper37 on April 17, 2021, 10:26:18 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 16, 2021, 06:38:02 PM
Currently 30C in the sun on our back deck.
about the same over here, juste one zero of difference...
Jesus. Are you OK?
Quote from: The Brain on April 17, 2021, 11:45:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on April 17, 2021, 10:26:18 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 16, 2021, 06:38:02 PM
Currently 30C in the sun on our back deck.
about the same over here, juste one zero of difference...
Jesus. Are you OK?
Now, do you understand why your Viking ancestors didn't stay in Canada???
:P
Quote from: viper37 on April 18, 2021, 06:04:40 PM
Quote from: The Brain on April 17, 2021, 11:45:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on April 17, 2021, 10:26:18 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 16, 2021, 06:38:02 PM
Currently 30C in the sun on our back deck.
about the same over here, juste one zero of difference...
Jesus. Are you OK?
Now, do you understand why your Viking ancestors didn't stay in Canada???
:P
Worse than that, they went to found Russia instead. :D
Welcome home, Meri! :D
QuoteTue April 20 2021| Day
41°
74%
NNW 7 mph
Snow during the morning will taper to showers of rain and wet snow during the afternoon. High 41F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Snowfall around one inch.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on April 18, 2021, 06:08:37 PM
Quote from: viper37 on April 18, 2021, 06:04:40 PM
Quote from: The Brain on April 17, 2021, 11:45:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on April 17, 2021, 10:26:18 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 16, 2021, 06:38:02 PM
Currently 30C in the sun on our back deck.
about the same over here, juste one zero of difference...
Jesus. Are you OK?
Now, do you understand why your Viking ancestors didn't stay in Canada???
:P
Worse than that, they went to found Russia instead. :D
:lol:
Which is worse...that Vikings went and founded Russia...or that they conquered/dominated England (via Normandy) and can then be held responsible for the entire subsequent history of British imperialism as well. :hmm:
Quote from: merithyn on April 19, 2021, 10:29:52 AM
Welcome home, Meri! :D
QuoteTue April 20 2021| Day
41°
74%
NNW 7 mph
Snow during the morning will taper to showers of rain and wet snow during the afternoon. High 41F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Snowfall around one inch.
We got around an inch in the yard that promptly melted once it turned to rain. Still cold as fuck, but no more snow.
Man, I am glad I do not live in the, er, South.
I had to get up at five in the morning to knock the show off of our summer gazebo so it would not collapse. Just went out to do it again.
I did not expect this.
You don't use the weather app lol. Been warning for a week almost. With all that warning I was expecting a lot mOre snow
It fucking snowed here overnight.... we got like 2-3 inches. :wacko: All of the trees have already leafed out so they're all bowed as fuck now. Hopefully I don't lose any big branches.
Quote from: Malthus on April 21, 2021, 07:06:15 AM
I had to get up at five in the morning to knock the show off of our summer gazebo so it would not collapse. Just went out to do it again.
I did not expect this.
Again, I am glad I do not live in the, er, South :P
At least I think your house is South of mine :D
I had my shorts on putting out the garbage this morning - going to have to water the garden again today - its going to be a hot one. Rain is coming at the end of the week though :(
Quote from: HVC on April 21, 2021, 07:09:25 AM
You don't use the weather app lol. Been warning for a week almost. With all that warning I was expecting a lot mOre snow
I knew it was coming beforehand (which is why I got up at five! 😄). I just did not expect a snowstorm at the end of April, at all.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 21, 2021, 09:15:53 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 21, 2021, 07:06:15 AM
I had to get up at five in the morning to knock the show off of our summer gazebo so it would not collapse. Just went out to do it again.
I did not expect this.
Again, I am glad I do not live in the, er, South :P
At least I think your house is South of mine :D
I had my shorts on putting out the garbage this morning - going to have to water the garden again today - its going to be a hot one. Rain is coming at the end of the week though :(
Rub it in why dontcha. 😄
I see I'm not the only one with snow! :D
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Welcome to Quebec!
Wednesday - Thursday
Spring is definitely here to stay and Summer is on the horizon, three signs noticed today:
The oak trees have just started to leaf, always the last.
Pairs of ducks on the river are now escorting ducklings :wub:
I saw my first swallow, I Know one does not a Summer make, but still.
:bowler:
Other signs, unwelcomed, a fast food drinks cartoon in the lane, so groups of posh teenagers, pretending to be oiks are about to appear. <_<
Weather in New England has been all over the place for temps warm to cold, even some snow. Pretty much what Spring is usually like here. We've had some really nice days. I read that the warm spell we got took a toll in northern NE on Vermont's sugar maple crop, cutting it back quite a bit in some cases. But they say many farmers have reserves of maple syrup so no worries about shortages of it for our pancakes and waffles! :)
Weather alert for the City of Edmonton - rain is set to change to wet snow tonight, with up to 5-10cm falling by tomorrow evening.
Sigh.
25 C right now in toronto
It was raining all day and has now indeed switched to snow. Seems set to snow all night.
Sigh.
Quote from: Barrister on May 18, 2021, 08:45:20 PM
It was raining all day and has now indeed switched to snow. Seems set to snow all night.
Sigh.
:nelson:
Meanwhile, in Kentucky, it's finally hot. Shoulda been hot like six weeks ago. :wacko:
Still cool in Texas. But I have no issue with Summer taking it's time showing up.
Texas is the Alberta of the US
Thankfully snow stopped overnight (forecast had it continue snowing into today). Current temperature is +2 but there's enough heat in the concrete that roads were melted and almost dry.
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 19, 2021, 12:02:41 PM
Texas is the Alberta of the US
I mean it did snow here this year.
May 2021: 2 degrees colder than average, twice the amount of rain and half the amount of sunshine. What a time to be stuck in Denmark.
Quote from: Liep on May 25, 2021, 10:47:21 AM
May 2021: 2 degrees colder than average, twice the amount of rain and half the amount of sunshine. What a time to be stuck in Denmark.
:lol:
Here we've had near record amounts of rain for May.
It is just so rainy and cloudy this year. It is so weird. And I am looking at the forecast and it looks like it will continue this way into June.
I spent months building a new garden at my house so I guess it is good timing for all that stuff we planted. I just hope the plants don't want a lot of sun or anything.
its not fun in Toronto when its over 30
It was hot here over the weekend low 80s/26c, cooled down the last couple days and will be hot for the next couple. Then Friday and into the weekend it'll be seasonable for May here - 60s/15cs
Quote from: HVC on May 25, 2021, 12:12:11 PM
its not fun in Toronto when its over 30
I was about to say - hot enough for you all? :lol:
The weather has really been bouncing around lately ...
It gets so muggy here. I can deal with the winter (I'm insulated :P ). But come summer I'm not a happy camper.
Quote from: HVC on May 25, 2021, 08:58:02 PM
It gets so muggy here. I can deal with the winter (I'm insulated :P ). But come summer I'm not a happy camper.
Now there is wet snow falling! 😄
Damn.
haha, you beat me, i was just about to post that its snowing now. there was a few minutes of hail too. Canada, gotta love it :D
After a warm and sometimes hot week, Friday was cool like an Autumn day, turning to heavy rain overnight. Raining today, mostly light rain with off and on rain Sunday and into Monday. Cool temps.
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 19, 2021, 12:15:49 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 19, 2021, 12:15:16 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 19, 2021, 12:02:41 PM
Texas is the Alberta of the US
I mean it did snow here this year.
Exactly
it snows everywhere in the country during Wintier, except in lowland southern B.C.. I figure those that live close to the Alaska border do get some snow come winter.
Officially Warm here. :bowler:
Quote from: Barrister on May 18, 2021, 08:45:20 PM
It was raining all day and has now indeed switched to snow. Seems set to snow all night.
Sigh.
Remember this? When it snowed 2 weeks ago?
We're now getting a heat warning for Wednesday through Friday with daytime highs of 28-35C.
:lol:
Quote from: Barrister on June 01, 2021, 02:10:18 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 18, 2021, 08:45:20 PM
It was raining all day and has now indeed switched to snow. Seems set to snow all night.
Sigh.
Remember this? When it snowed 2 weeks ago?
We're now getting a heat warning for Wednesday through Friday with daytime highs of 28-35C.
:lol:
Same here - see the wet snow post above, May 25. Crazy.
It is consistently about 4C or 5C cooler and rainy every day with no end in sight. I am not sure what to make of it. It would usually be 32C or hotter and sunny every day by this time or year.
Quote from: Valmy on June 01, 2021, 02:47:23 PM
It is consistently about 4C or 5C cooler and rainy every day with no end in sight. I am not sure what to make of it. It would usually be 32C or hotter and sunny every day by this time or year.
Maybe the climate is trying to 'tell' us something? :unsure:
Valmy, are you guys ok?
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The problem in the winter was not really with the grid and how it was designed but with generators not weatherizing to try to save money. Basically making what would be a wise risk in a market economy, which was what we designed our energy markets to be.
The June thing is just the normal summer crunch that happens every year. They may be misquoting ERCOT there.
This whole we let market prices drive energy may not be very politically sustainable. California has also had problems with it.
But I thought the Invisible Hand will take care of everything? :(
Quote from: Syt on June 15, 2021, 01:11:17 PM
But I thought the Invisible Hand will take care of everything? :(
Sometimes the Invisible Hand makes a fist and then...gets kinda kinky.
Quote from: Syt on June 15, 2021, 01:11:17 PM
But I thought the Invisible Hand will take care of everything? :(
Well the invisible hand does make things very efficient...but if you operate a grid that way then you might some politically damaging results. I mean is it efficient to have rarely used peaker infrastructure that might be only used a few times a year? No. Is it efficient to spend resources on weatherization that might only be useful for you a few days a decade? No.
But the needs of the market and the needs of the politicians are different. They need inefficient uses of resources to make sure there never are any issues. Those mean tweets don't bother the market but they sure bother the politicians.
Well, the problem will be solved when people just move to a provider with a grid that does meet the requirements. Competition baby!
(and no, I don't think a completely free and barely regulated market is a good idea for utilities)
But as you can tell about a week ago we suddenly went into full Texas summer mode. Blistering humid heat both night and day. It came late but it came strong. I will be inside until October now.
We're getting the first series of 30+ days this week. I've stocked up on ice cream and filled my ice cube trays.
When it's warmer in Northern Germany than in the Algarve, Sicily or the Sinai ...
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Quote from: Syt on June 17, 2021, 11:17:47 AM
When it's warmer in Northern Germany than in the Algarve, Sicily or the Sinai ...
It's lovely.
Quote from: Liep on June 17, 2021, 11:41:23 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 17, 2021, 11:17:47 AM
When it's warmer in Northern Germany than in the Algarve, Sicily or the Sinai ...
It's lovely.
18°C in Bragança, wow, just wow! Cool. :)
So my phone said it's 21°C at 6 am this morning. I had the windows open and a draft going, but my apartment is still 25°C, and I wondered why. Then I stepped into the inner yard to take out the garbage and - yes, same temperature outside as inside.
Thank hod that last heatwave is over here - 95f/35c on the Central Coast is way too hot for June.
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Quote from: crazy canuck on May 19, 2021, 12:15:49 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 19, 2021, 12:15:16 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 19, 2021, 12:02:41 PM
Texas is the Alberta of the US
I mean it did snow here this year.
Exactly
it snows everywhere in the country during Wintier, except in lowland southern B.C.. I figure those that live close to the Alaska border do get some snow come winter.
I would like to point out it snows on our mountains, which is where snow belongs. :D
Pacific North West warming up a bit, I see ... :unsure:
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116°F is 46.67°C
:blink:
Fool, it's hot! I told you again! Were you born on the sun? It's damn hot!
Yesterday on the CC back deck (in the cool shade of tall cedars) it was 39 in the afternoon. At 8 am it is already 27 with 66% humidity.
BC is, I believe, set to break the record for hottest temperature on record in Canada.
It's damn hot.
Monday and Tuesday are the last two days of the school year, and Monday just got cancelled due to heat.
We finally got a few portable AC units (I've been advocating for them for a few years). We're managing to keep house temps at between 24 C to 27 C during the afternoon (depending on the floor) which is blessedly cool compared to what some folks are experiencing.
It's damn hot.
This is the worst summer we've had for years - and I am furious.
Yes it's a British summer, but this amount of rainy grey days is not acceptable <_<
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 28, 2021, 07:34:15 AM
This is the worst summer we've had for years - and I am furious.
Yes it's a British summer, but this amount of rainy grey days is not acceptable <_<
Go to sunny Cornwall. :contract: :D
Renowned in all British isles/Hiberno-British archipelago.
:lol: I would love to be in Cornwall :(
Quote from: Jacob on June 27, 2021, 07:38:16 PM
BC is, I believe, set to break the record for hottest temperature on record in Canada.
It's damn hot.
Monday and Tuesday are the last two days of the school year, and Monday just got cancelled due to heat.
We finally got a few portable AC units (I've been advocating for them for a few years). We're managing to keep house temps at between 24 C to 27 C during the afternoon (depending on the floor) which is blessedly cool compared to what some folks are experiencing.
It's damn hot.
Canada's hot east to west right now.
Even Iqaluit is at +7C.
At 10:23 AM, it was 30 in our house and 32 outside in the shade. looks like the forecast of getting to 40+ was bang on. Today is not going to be pleasant.
Yeah I'm cancelling meetings at work and telling people to take time off if they need it.
*does conversion to F* uh, wow. It doesn't even get that hot in Kentucky most summers. :wacko:
Time to buy heatpumps, BC.
In Edmonton it's supposed to hit 34c today, and 39c by Wednesday.
For Caliga, that's 93f and 102f respectively.
What sucks about those temperatures in Canada is that most houses do not have air conditioning (ours doesn't) and they're more designed to keep heat in for winter. Our boys went and slept in the basement last night, and they might just stay down there for a few days.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 28, 2021, 12:33:48 PM
Time to buy heatpumps, BC.
Yeah, that is the thing that makes this really bad for Vancouver - this is supposed to be a TEMPERATE rain forest zone. So you can add heat, along with snow, to the things we are completely unprepared for.
Vienna is building infrastructure to remotely cool large office buildings, parliament etc. to avoid having local a/c units that add to the outside heat (I think?).
Quote from: Syt on June 28, 2021, 12:49:22 PM
Vienna is building infrastructure to remotely cool large office buildings, parliament etc. to avoid having local a/c units that add to the outside heat (I think?).
Yep, think of a fridge, which also produces heat.
Better bet on insulation and cooling architecture.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 28, 2021, 12:59:53 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 28, 2021, 12:49:22 PM
Vienna is building infrastructure to remotely cool large office buildings, parliament etc. to avoid having local a/c units that add to the outside heat (I think?).
Yep, think of a fridge, which also produces heat.
Better bet on insulation and cooling architecture.
So the better bet is to rip the buildings down and rebuild them all with more insulation and better architecture? I don't know man. Simply installing air conditioners seems like a better bet to me.
Also at least in my part of the world no air conditioner+insulation = eventually it will be hotter inside than outside.
We have so many heat spots in the city that it's not really feasible. The inner districts barely cool off over night during heat spells. So remotely pumping in cold air is more helpful in A/Cs. At the moment this is only for large buildings with centralized heating/cooling systems. And Vienna has a lot of experience with remote heating. It will be a long time till it will become available in apartments, and certainly not in places like I live in.
Quote from: Valmy on June 28, 2021, 01:47:40 PM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 28, 2021, 12:59:53 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 28, 2021, 12:49:22 PM
Vienna is building infrastructure to remotely cool large office buildings, parliament etc. to avoid having local a/c units that add to the outside heat (I think?).
Yep, think of a fridge, which also produces heat.
Better bet on insulation and cooling architecture.
So the better bet is to rip the buildings down and rebuild them all with more insulation and better architecture? I don't know man. Simply installing air conditioners seems like a better bet to me.
Also at least in my part of the world no air conditioner+insulation = eventually it will be hotter inside than outside.
:secret:
Air conditioning is also quite good at transmitting respiratory diseases, drying the air, sore throats and the like. People don't know how to use a/c in Germany and (North) France.
In my part of the world, insulation and no stupid architectural choices, which may be fine in Scandinavia, but not here as in let's have all the sunlight we can get with lots of glass and no blinds or shutters.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 28, 2021, 03:04:34 PM
:secret:
Air conditioning is also quite good at transmitting respiratory diseases, drying the air, sore throats and the like. People don't know how to use a/c in Germany and (North) France.
Well fortunately I live in a region with brutal humidity so those aren't really a problem.
It is a cool 22c in my house right now.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 28, 2021, 03:55:20 PM
It is a cool 22c in my house right now.
Currently 32 in our house and 39 in the shade of our deck. Just entering the hottest part of the day as the sun makes its way around the Cedars which have been blocking it for most of the day.
We will be lucky to get down to 22 for a low tonight.
I have A/C. Late 60s house were designed before our summers got crazy hot. They don't ventilate well.
Good luck, CC.
It's midnight, and the outside air temperature has dropped to... -29c.
Fuck.
(and look I know it gets hotter in other parts of the world. But our houses were not designed for this heat / most have no A/C. I did not laugh at Texas who struggled with freezing temps earlier this year)
For once I am happy that Toronto routinely gets stinking hot weather in the summers - most places have air con here.
Lytton, a small community in the Fraser Canyon about 3 hours East of Vancouver hit 46.6 yesterday.
The NYT had a map showing the areas with all time highs, the Pacific Northwest, and about 2/3rds of BC. Today will be a bit cooler with temperatures only getting up to 33 and the rest of the week will be high 20s - so we would normally think of as a hot summer weather around here.
Quote from: Barrister on June 29, 2021, 01:00:04 AM
It's midnight, and the outside air temperature has dropped to... -29c.
-29c? Holy shit. Force of habit putting the negative on there BB? :P
Quote(and look I know it gets hotter in other parts of the world. But our houses were not designed for this heat / most have no A/C. I did not laugh at Texas who struggled with freezing temps earlier this year
The only laughter I have is at people who think you can comfortably live in hot areas without AC. In Texas if an AC is broken over a certain temperature there are all kinds of laws requiring landlords to fix it within a certain period of time.
Anybody who is experiencing Texas like summer temps is getting nothing but sympathy from me.
49.5C recorded in Lytton on tuesday https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57654133
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on June 30, 2021, 01:36:27 AM
49.5C recorded in Lytton on tuesday https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57654133
Ouch. That sounds dangerous.
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It seems to be really scary over there in the Pacific NW.
Each day of the last 3 days has beaten the record temperature ever recorded in Canada. Before this current heatwave the record was 45º in 1937. On the 27th of June Lytton recorded 46.6º, on the 28th it was 47.9º and yesterday it was 49.6º. The current Top 10 highest ever recorded temperatures in Canada have been taken in the last 3 days.
Similar temperatures have only been recorded in the US in deserts in the SW, although currently some places in Oregon and Washington are reaching 48º.
Fortunately still cool in Whitehorse.
Not sure where that map was getting it's data. According to Environment Canada it hit +36c yesterday, and is supposed to hit +37tc today.
Heat should break at least a little bit by the weekend.
Quote from: Barrister on June 30, 2021, 01:21:25 PM
Not sure where that map was getting it's data. According to Environment Canada it hit +36c yesterday, and is supposed to hit +37tc today.
Heat should break at least a little bit by the weekend.
Not sure what the it is you are talking about. Lytton was 49+C yesterday. It got to 45 on our back deck yesterday.
Today is mercifully cool, seems almost cold at 24.
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 30, 2021, 01:29:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 30, 2021, 01:21:25 PM
Not sure where that map was getting it's data. According to Environment Canada it hit +36c yesterday, and is supposed to hit +37tc today.
Heat should break at least a little bit by the weekend.
Not sure what the it is you are talking about. Lytton was 49+C yesterday. It got to 45 on our back deck yesterday.
Today is mercifully cool, seems almost cold at 24.
Sorry was referring to Edmonton temps (the graphic only shows +33)
Quote from: Barrister on June 30, 2021, 01:32:23 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 30, 2021, 01:29:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 30, 2021, 01:21:25 PM
Not sure where that map was getting it's data. According to Environment Canada it hit +36c yesterday, and is supposed to hit +37tc today.
Heat should break at least a little bit by the weekend.
Not sure what the it is you are talking about. Lytton was 49+C yesterday. It got to 45 on our back deck yesterday.
Today is mercifully cool, seems almost cold at 24.
Sorry was referring to Edmonton temps (the graphic only shows +33)
I see, the temp for Vancouver is also a bit odd. The official environmental station is located at the Airport - which is actually in Richmond, to the South of the City and surrounded by ocean on three sides. So it is always has more moderate temperatures than the rest of the City.
49C ... in Canada!?!?!?!?!
It has never gotten that hot in Louisville, ever. :wacko:
Quote from: Caliga on June 30, 2021, 03:23:08 PM
49C ... in Canada!?!?!?!?!
It has never gotten that hot in Louisville, ever. :wacko:
Yeah those are Death Valley type temperatures.
The hottest day ever in Austin, Texas was "only" 44C.
Wow.
Well it's a good thing global warming isn't real, then... else this might keep happening. :)
:wacko:
Hottest day ever for Edmonton was 37.2c
Current temperature is 35.7c, with an estimated high of 37c
We could break the record! :yeah:
If not today, then maybe tomorrow where it's also forecast to hit 37c.
Quote from: Caliga on June 30, 2021, 03:35:56 PM
Wow.
Well it's a good thing global warming isn't real, then... else this might keep happening. :)
:wacko:
We have an election that will likely be called this summer. I have a feeling climate change policy is going to be important...
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 30, 2021, 03:40:22 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 30, 2021, 03:35:56 PM
Wow.
Well it's a good thing global warming isn't real, then... else this might keep happening. :)
:wacko:
We have an election that will likely be called this summer. I have a feeling climate change policy is going to be important...
I predict it won't. :(
Well, let me qualify that. It certainly will not be important to people who will be voting Conservative. It will likely be a high priority for everyone else. It will be interesting to see if the Cons get enough vote splitting in key ridings.
Are there a lot of climate change deniers in Canada? :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on June 30, 2021, 06:25:17 PM
Are there a lot of climate change deniers in Canada? :hmm:
Alberta
But I don't think the rest of the country will have climate change as a big election factor.
Quote from: Malthus on June 29, 2021, 07:20:35 AM
- most places have air con here.
which in turn increases global warming and leads to more asphalt melting summer temperatures...
Quote from: Syt on June 30, 2021, 04:18:34 AM
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It's time to develop aquatic parks in Yukon. It'll be the new Vancouver, soon enough.
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 30, 2021, 01:29:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 30, 2021, 01:21:25 PM
Not sure where that map was getting it's data. According to Environment Canada it hit +36c yesterday, and is supposed to hit +37tc today.
Heat should break at least a little bit by the weekend.
Not sure what the it is you are talking about. Lytton was 49+C yesterday. It got to 45 on our back deck yesterday.
Today is mercifully cool, seems almost cold at 24.
why and Vancouver and Port Hardy so chill compared to the rest of the area? Does the Pacific has that much of a cooling effect?
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 30, 2021, 04:56:01 PM
Well, let me qualify that. It certainly will not be important to people who will be voting Conservative. It will likely be a high priority for everyone else. It will be interesting to see if the Cons get enough vote splitting in key ridings.
You mean the Green Party will win the election? Since the Libs have proven over 6 years and 2 mandates they're all talk&tax but zero action, it'll be logical to see a party that seems to really care about the issue to be elected.
The Cons will lose this one, thanks to their complex carbon pricing scheme. But the leader will get the blame, he'll be booted from the party and Mad Max will make a comeback.
Mad Max ain't coming back until he begs for forgiveness from the Milk Cartel.
Quote from: Valmy on June 30, 2021, 03:35:01 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 30, 2021, 03:23:08 PM
49C ... in Canada!?!?!?!?!
It has never gotten that hot in Louisville, ever. :wacko:
Yeah those are Death Valley type temperatures.
The hottest day ever in Austin, Texas was "only" 44C.
(https://preview.redd.it/zrd8pxyhdf871.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=525e5327a414e029235cb9a059c1caf885ccd33f)
https://twitter.com/Weather_West/status/1410391512907542530
QuoteSatellite view of British Columbia interior confirms that the severe thunderstorms occurring at present are indeed pyro-convective events: wildfire-generated severe storms, complete with abundant lightning and strong winds. Precipitation may be minimal to non-existent
https://twitter.com/COweatherman/status/1410402078946598912
QuoteJust truly extreme fire behavior in British Columbia today. 3800+ #lightning events detected by the North American Lightning Detection Network in the #pyroCB since 3pm PT.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-june-30-2021-1.6085919
QuoteVillage of Lytton, B.C., evacuated as mayor says 'the whole town is on fire'
Several out-of-control wildfires burning in other parts of province after heat wave
Bethany Lindsay, Courtney Dickson · CBC News · Posted: Jun 30, 2021 9:02 AM PT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Resident Nanette Phillips-Smith livestreamed the situation in Lytton, B.C., on Facebook as she fled the village. The mayor ordered an evacuation as a wildfire swept in on Wednesday. (Nanette Phillips-Smith)
Residents of a village in B.C.'s Fraser Canyon have been told to evacuate the area after a fast-moving wildfire swept in on Wednesday evening.
Mayor Jan Polderman says he told everyone to leave Lytton, a community of some 250 people, as the situation rapidly deteriorated. He signed the official evacuation order at 6 p.m. PT.
"It's dire. The whole town is on fire," Polderman told CBC News. "It took, like, a whole 15 minutes from the first sign of smoke to, all of a sudden, there being fire everywhere."
He said he told residents to head for the nearby community of Boston Bar, and was on his way there himself.
"At the First Nation band office, the fire was a wall about three, four feet high coming up to the fence line. I drove through town and it was just smoke, flames, the wires were down," Polderman said.
Earlier this week, Lytton, about 260 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, recorded the highest temperature ever seen in Canada on three consecutive days, topping out at 49.6 C on Tuesday.
Erica Berg, a provincial fire information officer, said the evacuation order was issued about an hour after the blaze began but she did not know the size of it.
Firefighters were already dealing with another two wildfires in the area. The George Road wildfire, burning south of Lytton, was last estimated to be 350 hectares at 2:26 p.m. PT, and the nearby Conte Creek fire was estimated at 1.5 hectares.
DriveBC is reporting that fires have closed highways to the north and south of Lytton. As of 6 p.m. PT, Highway 1 was closed between Boston Bar and Spences Bridge, while Highway 12 is closed from Lillooet to the junction with Highway 1.
Spreading through Interior
Wildfire crews across the Interior spent Wednesday dealing with aggressive fires in the aftermath of this week's record-breaking heat wave.
A growing number of people were being forced out of their homes and a number of highways were closed as existing fires spread and new ones were sparked in the hot and dry conditions.
The Sparks Lake wildfire, 15 kilometres northwest of Kamloops Lake, is now an estimated 40 square kilometres and has forced the evacuation of more than 160 homes.
The B.C. Wildfire Service says 56 firefighters are on site fighting the blaze, as well as 10 helicopters and two pieces of heavy equipment. Fire information officer Madison Smith said helicopters struggled with the heat on Tuesday, and some were grounded as their engines overheated.
Not far away, the Mckay Creek fire burning 23 kilometres north of Lillooet has grown to 50 square kilometres and is classified as out of control. There are 24 firefighters on scene, along with four helicopters and five pieces of heavy equipment.
Late Wednesday, two new fires were reported north of Big White in the Okanagan, and firefighters were reporting aggressive fire growth and heavy smoke that could be seen from Kelowna, Vernon and other nearby communities.
Together, they are estimated to measure about three square kilometres.
Erica Berg, a provincial fire information officer, said in northeastern B.C., nine wildfires had been reported since lightning storms swept through the region Monday and Tuesday. Berg said there have been 26 new fires in the last two days as the risk across most of the province is rated at high to extreme.
Evacuation orders, alerts
Evacuation orders were issued for several properties in Electoral Area B in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, as the Mckay Creek wildfire threatened homes on Tuesday.
On Wednesday evening, 136 properties in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District were ordered to evacuate because of the Sparks Lake wildfire. That's in addition to another 27 properties that were placed under evacuation order on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
Nine properties in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District were evacuated Tuesday out of concern that the Sparks Lake wildfire would threaten homes and other structures. Another 18 properties were put on evacuation order Wednesday morning.
The Sparks Lake wildfire has also prompted evacuation alerts for a total of 421 properties in the Deadman, Red Lake, Tranquille Valley, Vidette Lake, Loon Lake and Hihium Lake areas.
Marshall Potts and Jo-Anne Beharrell, who live about 1.5 kilometres from the fire, were ordered to leave the area Tuesday afternoon.
They packed up their vehicle on Monday night, knowing they'd likely have to leave at the drop of a hat.
The pair are staying with family in Pinantan Lake, about 75 kilometres away, with their two dogs.
"It was very stressful," Beharrell said. "The not knowing and wanting to get back and check on everything is really overwhelming."
They had to leave their cattle behind, but left the gates open so they could get away if the fire comes too close. They also had to leave their chickens and two cats, which they couldn't find.
They hadn't heard anything about the status of their property by Wednesday morning.
Potts, a musician, says the area is a great place to be creative.
"We live in a beautiful part of the world up there," he said. "It's devastating to actually see so much devastation to that natural beauty."
Closure on Highway 97N
Highway 97 north is closed for 59 kilometres between Sikanni Chief Road and Prophet River Sub Road, in order to protect the public from two wildfires near the Pink Mountain area in northern B.C.
"The highway will remain closed there until there's no public safety concern," B.C. Wildfire Service information officer Sharon Nickel said. "We will have personnel on site to continue assessing the situation."
That fire is currently listed at 48 square kilometres and was sparked by lightning.
Nickel said everywhere in the Prince George fire centre is extremely dry right now, and she expects those conditions to continue.
In the Cariboo, a fire sparked Wednesday about 35 kilometres east of Horsefly has led to the closure of the McKinley Lake recreation campsite. Thirty-two-firefighters are responding along with a helicopter.
The wildfire service says the fire is highly visible from the surrounding communities but no structures are currently at risk.
Possibility of lightning in forecast
While the air has cooled off in Vancouver, high temperatures look set to continue in the Interior this week as the "heat dome" moves east, with Kamloops and Kelowna forecast to hit temperatures in the high 30s and the low 40s in the coming days.
Vancouver Island and northern B.C., where fire danger is extreme, have seen lightning strikes this morning, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
Those strikes will migrate east today, and new fire startups are likely.
Environment Canada is predicting a chance of thunderstorms throughout the Interior on Wednesday afternoon and evening.
John Hawkings, the director of recreation sites and trails with B.C.'s Ministry of Forests, says despite the wildfire risk, the backcountry won't be closed for the Canada Day long weekend.
"Closing the forest is not as simple as putting up a fence," Hawkings said Wednesday to Chris Walker, the host of CBC's Daybreak South.
"We have thousands of recreation sites and bike parks and places that people get out to enjoy, and it's a healthy activity," he continued. "Closing the backcountry is an extreme measure."
Quote from: HVC on June 30, 2021, 06:39:41 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 30, 2021, 06:25:17 PM
Are there a lot of climate change deniers in Canada? :hmm:
Alberta
But I don't think the rest of the country will have climate change as a big election factor.
Not climate change deniers (though we have a few), but just not a priority. We did just go through a global pandemic which might be on voters minds...
Quote from: Barrister on June 30, 2021, 03:39:44 PM
Hottest day ever for Edmonton was 37.2c
Current temperature is 35.7c, with an estimated high of 37c
We could break the record! :yeah:
If not today, then maybe tomorrow where it's also forecast to hit 37c.
Missed it by that much! Only hit 37.0 today.
Maybe tomorrow we can break the record! :yeah:
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 30, 2021, 04:56:01 PM
Well, let me qualify that. It certainly will not be important to people who will be voting Conservative. It will likely be a high priority for everyone else. It will be interesting to see if the Cons get enough vote splitting in key ridings.
I can tell you that it's put climate change and climate policy as a pretty serious topic of conversation in my household and immediate circle.
I expect we'll have an unpleasant season of forest fires ahead of us as well.
Lytton which set the heat record ...
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Some trees are still standing, that was a very quick fire. damn.
I've read that apparently hundreds of people died durng the recent heatwaves in the U.S. and Canada. With the forest fires it barely makes the news over here. Is it big news in your areas? Or is this just a footnote these days? :unsure:
"Hundreds died in the recent heatwave and several villages were eradicated by fires. And now: sports."
Quote from: viper37 on June 30, 2021, 08:27:25 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 30, 2021, 04:56:01 PM
Well, let me qualify that. It certainly will not be important to people who will be voting Conservative. It will likely be a high priority for everyone else. It will be interesting to see if the Cons get enough vote splitting in key ridings.
The Cons will lose this one, thanks to their complex carbon pricing scheme. But the leader will get the blame, he'll be booted from the party and Mad Max will make a comeback.
Is that what you are hoping for, or are you describing a worst case scenario?
Quote from: Barrister on June 30, 2021, 11:42:33 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 30, 2021, 06:39:41 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 30, 2021, 06:25:17 PM
Are there a lot of climate change deniers in Canada? :hmm:
Alberta
But I don't think the rest of the country will have climate change as a big election factor.
Not climate change deniers (though we have a few), but just not a priority. We did just go through a global pandemic which might be on voters minds...
Let's not forget that at the Conservative Convention the party defeated the motion that said climate change is real.
Quote from: Syt on July 13, 2021, 02:41:40 AM
I've read that apparently hundreds of people died durng the recent heatwaves in the U.S. and Canada. With the forest fires it barely makes the news over here. Is it big news in your areas? Or is this just a footnote these days? :unsure:
"Hundreds died in the recent heatwave and several villages were eradicated by fires. And now: sports."
It is big news here. And now so is the large number of wild fires (more than 300) we are dealing with. Record temperatures are expected for the interior of BC again this week. This summer is very bad.
I wish we had a functioning federal Green Party in Canada. The current one appears to be imploding, just when large numbers of the public are becoming forcibly reminded of the importance of global warming.
Tornado hit barrie yesterday (an hour or so north of toronto) went for 5km. No deaths as far as i've heard.
Quote from: Malthus on July 13, 2021, 09:57:34 AM
I wish we had a functioning federal Green Party in Canada. The current one appears to be imploding, just when large numbers of the public are becoming forcibly reminded of the importance of global warming.
They way things have worked out I am thankful there is not going to be as much a split of the vote amongst the parties that will take it seriously. The Liberals are going to have to explain what they have done substantively since 2015 to deal with the problem. Big opportunity for the NDP. Big challenge for the Cons.
Getting quiet hot* here. :bowler:
* as in the English 'hot' so maybe 33C today.
A fire in BC's wine region quickly grew to 700 hectares yesterday afternoon. High temperatures and no prospect of rain make that fire very scary for the Southern Okanagan.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/osoyoos-wildfire-1.6109170
Saw a thing the other day about Napa and how this is a real threat to them. Apparently wineries can no longer be insured there. And even when wineries don't burn, the prevalence of smoke can affect the flavour of the wine.
Quote from: Jacob on July 20, 2021, 12:35:47 PM
Saw a thing the other day about Napa and how this is a real threat to them. Apparently wineries can no longer be insured there. And even when wineries don't burn, the prevalence of smoke can affect the flavour of the wine.
If the grapes haven't been harvested they are often ruined by the heavy smoke. As the vines are cut back every year, this is usually just a one year problem. Of course, with the wild new weather here it has burned 3 out of 5 years in Napa and Sonoma Counties. Not being able to get insurance makes this even more problematic...
Those scenes of minor (compared to everything else that has been happening) flooding in London today are crazy. I thought our road had turned into a small river/was glad I'd made it home before the rain began.
Hurricane Henri hit us Sunday, downgraded to a tropical storm. It had me a bit worried as it moved further east and closer to where I am. But it turned out to be not much at all in my area. Light to moderate rain and not much in the way of heavy winds. It actually mostly cleared up early afternoon.
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 13, 2021, 08:35:36 AM
Is that what you are hoping for, or are you describing a worst case scenario?
Do I look like I support Maxime Bernier?It's obviously a worst case scenario.
So hundreds of COVID patients in the hospital are going to die because of power loss, right?
https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/1431914803505795074
Quote from: The Weather ChannelHurricane #Ida is officially a dangerous Category 4 Hurricane. Maximum sustained winds are at 140 mph. Be aware of life threatening storm surge, potentially catastrophic wind damage, and flooding rainfall.
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Quote from: National Hurricane Center
29m
5 AM CDT August 29 -- Hurricane #Ida is still intensifying, with the most recent data from the
@NOAA_HurrHunter
aircraft indicating maximum sustained winds are up to 145 mph.
https://mobile.twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1431919921961787395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1431919921961787395%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=
We're fucked
https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1431934499143647241
Quote
600 AM CDT Update: #Ida continues to strengthen and now has maximum sustained winds of around 150 MPH with higher gusts, and a minimum pressure of 935 mb (27.61 inches) http://hurricanes.gov
Double fucked
https://twitter.com/MatthewCappucci/status/1431938809290268675
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BREAKING: Hurricane #Ida now has winds that may be flirting with the Category 5 level.
Aircraft reconnaissance has found evidence of surface winds perhaps approaching 160 mph in the northeast eyewall.
Air temperature spikes about 15 degrees in core.
Worst case-scenario event.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 29, 2021, 04:43:32 AM
So hundreds of COVID patients in the hospital are going to die because of power loss, right?
Hopefully not. Diesel generators are a thing.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 29, 2021, 06:24:25 AM
We're fucked
We? I'm pretty fucked but I thought you lived on the other side of the world.
I have empathy for my fellow man
https://twitter.com/jake_bittle/status/1431949679244324869
QuoteThe eye of #Ida is going to slam right into Port Fourchon, the port complex that services almost twenty percent of the nation's oil supply.
FYI New Orleans kinda got wrecked and is looking at weeks if not months without power. Suburbs in Jefferson parish are looking at weeks without power or water.
https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_ef41b052-0998-11ec-9c32-97779ca0847b.html
Some personal photos: https://imgur.com/a/NJJoaf2
Sudden flooding in New Jersey, is DG going to be OK?
Man, Philly really got fucked up by that storm. My parents are at their shore house but their neighbors said the water between the houses got 4 inches deep, and my hometown was bracketed by two tornadoes that I guess did tons of damage.
Some flooding in Massachusetts including a stretch of highway in eastern MA. But doesn't look like we got hit as bad as NY, NJ, PA.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/worlds-largest-carbon-capture-plant-will-soon-operate-in-iceland
Great carbon capture plant, taking CO2 from the atmosphere and transforming it in rocks. Interesting.
Quote from: viper37 on September 07, 2021, 08:23:48 AM
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/worlds-largest-carbon-capture-plant-will-soon-operate-in-iceland
Great carbon capture plant, taking CO2 from the atmosphere and transforming it in rocks. Interesting.
This is fantastic, ultimately these kinds of things will be key to climate management in the future. I hope this one is a huge success.
Over 80F today in Southern England. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on September 07, 2021, 02:45:52 PM
Over 80F today in Southern England. :bowler:
About the same temps here in North eastern US. September is a beautiful weather month here.
Quote from: KRonn on September 07, 2021, 08:49:48 PM
Quote from: mongers on September 07, 2021, 02:45:52 PM
Over 80F today in Southern England. :bowler:
About the same temps here in North eastern US. September is a beautiful weather month here.
Yep, thanks KRonn for the reminder to actually get out and enjoy it. :)
It is now over 80 in my flat. :weep:
Last days of Summer so it's 31°C in Paris. Even more in flats just under the roof.
I love this time of year on the central coast of California. 18:30, 68f/20c with the sun going down behind the ever present offshore layer of fog. Later tonight the fog will roll in, and morning will be foggy until about 10am.
The old joke goes: "When does Summer start in Santa Cruz"
The answer: "After lunch."
Apparently, there'll be a heat wave over Canada sometime this week or the next. Temperatures up to 25-30C for some parts of the country. Never seen in October.
Not very surprisingly, Quebec will instead receive a cold wave during that period with temperatures below 10C. :glare:
Quote from: viper37 on September 28, 2021, 08:49:26 AM
Apparently, there'll be a heat wave over Canada sometime this week or the next. Temperatures up to 25-30C for some parts of the country. Never seen in October.
What? Été indien/Indian summer is just a Joe Dassin's song?! :P
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Not very surprisingly, Quebec will instead receive a cold wave during that period with temperatures below 10C. :glare:
Traditions are to be kept I guess. :)
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on September 30, 2021, 12:47:12 PM
Quote from: viper37 on September 28, 2021, 08:49:26 AM
Apparently, there'll be a heat wave over Canada sometime this week or the next. Temperatures up to 25-30C for some parts of the country. Never seen in October.
What? Été indien/Indian summer is just a Joe Dassin's song?! :P
Ah, ah. Very funny :)
Indian Summer isn't that warm usually. 20-25 at the most.
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Not very surprisingly, Quebec will instead receive a cold wave during that period with temperatures below 10C. :glare:
Traditions are to be kept I guess. :)
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Yeah, traditions sucks, sometimes :P
First time I can remember, Vancouver had a brief tornado warning. No confirmation one appeared over land, but there was a water spout just off the UBC campus.
Thing about the warning was nobody knew about it the next day - and really if anyone did hear about the warning - what would we do?
Being hit hard today with another atmospheric river. More precipitation is expected to fall today than the total average for all of November. And then a windstorm expected tomorrow with 90 km/h winds.
Lots of people are going to be wet and cold sitting in the dark when the power goes out.
Not really a WTF, but City of Edmonton has a snowfall warning in place, with 10-20cm expected starting this afternoon.
Winter has come.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 15, 2021, 02:09:09 PM
Winter has come.
Your darn right it has. Today it won't even get above 70f/21c.
Had a little snow two days back.
Vancouver today: https://twitter.com/i/status/1460384212121313286
(sound on)
More seriously, 275 people were trapped between two mudslides on the highway since last night. The entire town of Merritt (pop 7,000) is being evacuated as the sewage treatment plan is basically underwater and non-functional.
Has heavy but very fast moving rainstorms come through southern New England. About eight tornados touched down mostly in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Strongest one was EF1, not very powerful, causing some damage but thankfully no injuries. I had a tornado watch come through my area south west of Boston and through southeast Massachusetts into Martha's Vineyard. The weather was monitoring the conditions and keeping us well informed. Tornados are very rare around here.
Video of patio furniture being blown off 30-story buildings in Vancouver: https://twitter.com/i/status/1460350521198342146
Also, one of the bridges into downtown is closed because a barge has become unmoored and is drifting that way (the barge in the video I linked in the previous thread, in fact)
The good part about that dump of snow we got at the start of the week is that the local ski hill in towns is opening! Planning to take the kids Friday night in fact.
So we got annual passes last year for the first time which was a life-saver - with Covid it was one of the very few activities we could do. We got passes again this year, but I'm not as sure how often we'll be using them, what with hockey going full-blast.
Cold, Windy and wet here. :bowler:
It is cold enough today that I've put socks on at home. :o
edit: Actually real cold, I finally switched out of shorts. :blush:
Storm Arwen knocked down my fence. Actual snow lying which is rare down near the sea.
Quote from: garbon on November 27, 2021, 07:19:58 AM
It is cold enough today that I've put socks on at home. :o
edit: Actually real cold, I finally switched out of shorts. :blush:
Sometimes I wear shocks in bed. :bowler:
This morning I was surprised the heating came on as it was only set to 10.5C *
* I think the temperature reader on the thermostat is wildly inaccurate, it seems to read 3C or so too low.
First day of snow here. 3-4 centimeters.
Little late in the year to have tornado sirens...
https://twitter.com/WX_ManMike/status/1469513318180216836
:blink:
Shit looks real bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEbUhcX4ATs
:(
Just came here to say: don't build cardboard houses in areas of the world ravaged by tornados.
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YOu came back to say that? :yeahright:
Quote from: Barrister on December 13, 2021, 01:27:34 PM
YOu came back to say that? :yeahright:
He's been a dickish troll each time he returns.
Thanks for the sage advice, Mr. Empathy.
I mean tornadoes are a huge threat throughout the entire Great Plains. We cannot cover the whole place with stone fortresses. And it is not like tornadoes are going to hit every decade, it is usually pretty rare in one location...you know outside of Kansas.
Sometimes cardboard is all you can afford.
Mildest New Year Eve and New Year Day here since records began. :bowler: ... :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on January 03, 2022, 09:37:04 AM
Mildest New Year Eve and New Year Day here since records began. :bowler: ... :hmm:
It was very unseasonably warm in Vienna, too and in fact the warmest New Year's Eve recorded in Austria, with 18.3C in Lower Austria. I went for an afternoon walk myself, because it was so spring-like. I did regret the decision, though, because plenty of proles were sitting outside in various spots getting drunk already and it was overall busier than I would have liked.
Quote from: Syt on January 03, 2022, 09:46:29 AM
Quote from: mongers on January 03, 2022, 09:37:04 AM
Mildest New Year Eve and New Year Day here since records began. :bowler: ... :hmm:
It was very unseasonably warm in Vienna, too and in fact the warmest New Year's Eve recorded in Austria, with 18.3C in Lower Austria. I went for an afternoon walk myself, because it was so spring-like. I did regret the decision, though, because plenty of proles were sitting outside in various spots getting drunk already and it was overall busier than I would have liked.
Good grief, that's something.
But as you say, the experience is marred by the long shadow of coronavirus considerations. <_<
Got our first snow of the season Thursday afternoon. About an inch or two, which was enough that I had to shovel. :mad:
Last year I never had to shovel at all. Worst winter ever.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/climate/argentina-heatwave-weather-forecast-temperatures-v4e2d20cb
QuoteArgentina faces historic heatwave as temperatures soar above 40C
Argentina is facing a historic heatwave with temperatures soaring above 40C across the country, making it the hottest place on Earth for several hours.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without electricity after power grids failed in and around the capital city of Buenos Aires.
Many residents have been forced to find relief from the heat away from their homes, while authorities have warned people to stay out of the sun in the hottest part of the day, wear light clothes and stay hydrated.
Heaviest single day snowfall I've seen, I think.
The big 1999 storms left more,but lasted three days.
Didn't bother trying to go anywhere today. :lol:
Anyone else have interesting snow day stories? (Mine is pretty boring).
Mine is also boring. The storm left a lot less snow then predicted. We closed the schools for nothing.
On December 27 2012, we had 42cm in a single day. I shoveled for 6 hours before giving up and borrowing my father in law snow blower. We both don't have cars that can transport it. So, I walked the 1.8km separating our houses behind the snow blower 2 times and once without. He drove me back home after I delivered the snow blower. I bought a snow blower the next day from Sears Catalogue.
You got off lucky - a pretty big dump here in Toronto - 35 cm. Whitby got 52 cm!
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 28, 2012, 09:31:43 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 27, 2012, 04:37:41 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 27, 2012, 12:13:47 PM
I'd like run you people over with my snowblower.
I have an 8 feet wind built snow tower between my door & the world, help!
In the end, I walked to my in-laws (a little over a mile away) and borrowed their snowblower.
Hmmmm...checks out GF
The Toronto storm caused so much havoc for us that we had to delay testing for three nights as the customer tries to get all their trains back to the right yards.
Quote from: Valmy on January 18, 2022, 11:56:09 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 28, 2012, 09:31:43 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 27, 2012, 04:37:41 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 27, 2012, 12:13:47 PM
I'd like run you people over with my snowblower.
I have an 8 feet wind built snow tower between my door & the world, help!
In the end, I walked to my in-laws (a little over a mile away) and borrowed their snowblower.
Hmmmm...checks out GF
Did you remember reading it?
It's supposed to get below freezing this weekend; which is rare, but not unheard of. (We can't grow sugarcane or pineapple on a commercial basis in this part of Florida because we do occasionally get freezes.) While it isn't supposed to get that cold in south Florida they're expected to get falling iguana weather. (https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/01/27/florida-forecasters-falling-iguanas/9021643308413/)
Spring is here, definitely need to get into the garden and do some mass cutting back before everything starts growing again. :bowler:
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Quote from: Valmy on January 18, 2022, 11:56:09 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 28, 2012, 09:31:43 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 27, 2012, 04:37:41 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 27, 2012, 12:13:47 PM
I'd like run you people over with my snowblower.
I have an 8 feet wind built snow tower between my door & the world, help!
In the end, I walked to my in-laws (a little over a mile away) and borrowed their snowblower.
Hmmmm...checks out GF
Did you remember reading it?
Yeah I vaguely remembered you mentioning that at the time...and you putting the exact day made it easy to go back and get the post :P
It sure has been cold here this February....I mean for Texas. It seems like we used to go years between days under 0C/32F the last two years we have had that about once a week. Very odd.
Quote from: Valmy on February 13, 2022, 01:21:00 AM
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It sure has been cold here this February....I mean for Texas. It seems like we used to go years between days under 0C/32F the last two years we have had that about once a week. Very odd new climate.
FYP.
To differential our climate changed weather, I'm considering referring to conditions in the past as 'the old weather'
Spring here as the daffs and snowdrops are out in numbers. :bowler:
Quote from: mongers on February 22, 2022, 02:54:41 PM
Spring here as the daffs and snowdrops are out in numbers. :bowler:
I'm cursing at you in Torontonian envy. 😄
... weather is still shit here, and covered in ice and snow.
Here's a recent pic of the bridge over the Humber near my house - the river overflowed its banks, breaking up all the ice, which then re-froze:
https://imgur.com/a/oTstXRr
Quote from: Malthus on February 22, 2022, 04:04:54 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 22, 2022, 02:54:41 PM
Spring here as the daffs and snowdrops are out in numbers. :bowler:
I'm cursing at you in Torontonian envy. 😄
... weather is still shit here, and covered in ice and snow.
I hesitate to tell you that I had my shirt off basking in the sun on our back deck this afternoon. Got cold when the sun passed behind the trees though...
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 22, 2022, 06:05:25 PM
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Quote from: mongers on February 22, 2022, 02:54:41 PM
Spring here as the daffs and snowdrops are out in numbers. :bowler:
I'm cursing at you in Torontonian envy. 😄
... weather is still shit here, and covered in ice and snow.
I hesitate to tell you that I had my shirt off basking in the sun on our back deck this afternoon. Got cold when the sun passed behind the trees though...
Now that is just being nasty! :cry:
... it was above zero today, actually. Naturally, it rained all day, so now there are puddles of slush and mud everywhere, amid eroded snow banks.
Quote from: Malthus on February 22, 2022, 04:09:21 PM
Here's a recent pic of the bridge over the Humber near my house - the river overflowed its banks, breaking up all the ice, which then re-froze:
https://imgur.com/a/oTstXRr
Good grief, to me that looks like the end of the world. :(
I'd better not tell you that I may or may not have been sitting in the garden reading with the cat on my lap this afternoon; I may or may not have been wearing just my house clothes and not a coat. :bowler:
Snow in Portland, Oregon today...a first in about 80 years this late.
There's a winter storm warning out for Winnipeg.
https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?mb9
They're predicting snowfall of 30-50cm, with winds of 60-70 kph.
From the warning itself:
QuoteDo not plan to travel - this storm has the potential to be the worst blizzard in decades. Stock up on needed supplies and medications now. Power outages are likely, rural areas in particular should be prepared for extended outages.
And here's a news article about how this could be the worst storm since 1997:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/snow-day-winnipeg-school-storm-blizzard-1.6416733
I wasn't actually in Winnipeg for the 1997 blizzard. I was at a Model UN conference, I think in Wisconsin. But what I do remember was being trapped in the US because the border was closed. 8 or 10 of us holed up in the one hotel room we could find that was open in Grand Forks, ND (which had also been hit) waiting for the border to open up again.
And then I also remember the massive flood that the 1997 storm kicked off.
Going to hit 21C tomorrow in Toronto. Ugh, not looking forward to summer.
Summer is here, the evidence ....
.... swallows arrived in the meadows here two or three days ago. :bowler:
Quote from: HVC on April 12, 2022, 12:14:08 PMGoing to hit 21C tomorrow in Toronto. Ugh, not looking forward to summer.
What season do Torontoites look forward to?
This one likes spring and fall lol. And truthfully I don't mind winter. Summer gets too humid.
The first time I ever really experienced Fall was when I was in Ontario for a conference. We don't really get that here. It was strikingly beautiful. :)
Cooled down a bit to early Autumn temperatures, actually I say that, but maybe it is Now September. ;-)
It has been phenomenally windy here since March or so. Like dust bowl windy. Anyone else getting this, especially in tornado alley?
Heat index of 105. First time in my life it felt to hot to golf in a cart.
Of all the shit US troops went through in Iraq I sympathized most with the heat.
So predicted 40c (104f) for London on Monday when it'll be just marginally hotter in Palm Springs 43c (109f). Definitely a wtf moment.
I wonder if you can sleep on the Elizabeth line. :hmm:
Time to invest in AC.
So. The heat wave seems done. Absolutely pissing down.
Quote from: Josquius on July 15, 2022, 09:02:33 AMSo. The heat wave seems done. Absolutely pissing down.
It's a false relief. Wait until the sun come up and brings the glorious humidity.
Quote from: HVC on July 15, 2022, 09:07:24 AMQuote from: Josquius on July 15, 2022, 09:02:33 AMSo. The heat wave seems done. Absolutely pissing down.
It's a false relief. Wait until the sun come up and brings the glorious humidity.
Cursed Spanish rain.
39 and 40 °C forecast for Monday and Tuesday in Paris. :bleeding:
42°C in Bragança but at least temperature sharply decreases at night.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 16, 2022, 07:18:23 AM39 and 40 °C forecast for Monday and Tuesday in Paris. :bleeding:
42°C in Bragança but at least temperature sharply decreases at night.
That's also what's forecasted for London and Central/Eastern England, luckily here in central Southern England we might get away with 2-3C on those days.
This is hell. Hot and sticky and a baby that won't sleep.
Contrary to predictions today is going to be worse :ph34r:
Quote from: mongers on July 16, 2022, 08:04:38 AMQuote from: Duque de Bragança on July 16, 2022, 07:18:23 AM39 and 40 °C forecast for Monday and Tuesday in Paris. :bleeding:
42°C in Bragança but at least temperature sharply decreases at night.
That's also what's forecasted for London and Central/Eastern England, luckily here in central Southern England we might get away with 2-3C on those days.
At least, you get cool nights, outside of big cities. :)
Quote from: Josquius on July 19, 2022, 04:20:21 AMThis is hell. Hot and sticky and a baby that won't sleep.
Contrary to predictions today is going to be worse :ph34r:
Predictions said today was going to be the worst day: mission accomplished! :D
Rain (!) forecast in the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 19, 2022, 05:01:11 AMQuote from: mongers on July 16, 2022, 08:04:38 AMQuote from: Duque de Bragança on July 16, 2022, 07:18:23 AM39 and 40 °C forecast for Monday and Tuesday in Paris. :bleeding:
42°C in Bragança but at least temperature sharply decreases at night.
Hopefully, me, the cat and extended family are awaiting the South-Westerlies winds this evening.
That's also what's forecasted for London and Central/Eastern England, luckily here in central Southern England we might get away with 2-3C on those days.
At least, you get cool nights, outside of big cities. :)
Quote from: Josquius on July 19, 2022, 04:20:21 AMThis is hell. Hot and sticky and a baby that won't sleep.
Contrary to predictions today is going to be worse :ph34r:
Predictions said today was going to be the worst day: mission accomplished! :D
Rain (!) forecast in the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
As of right now, our outside meter thingie is measuring 37C (on the North side of the building) and 30 on the inside. A big weak point in our defenses is no curtains on kitchen windows and no kitchen door, so we can only partially block out the sun.
Current forecast for Vienna looks "fun."
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Quote from: Tamas on July 19, 2022, 06:50:40 AMAs of right now, our outside meter thingie is measuring 37C (on the North side of the building) and 30 on the inside. A big weak point in our defenses is no curtains on kitchen windows and no kitchen door, so we can only partially block out the sun.
I'm using a couple of sliver car sunshades on two vulnerable E/SE facing windows, drap them on the outside of the window and trap the thin straps on the inside of the window when I close it.
Quote from: Tamas on July 19, 2022, 06:50:40 AMAs of right now, our outside meter thingie is measuring 37C (on the North side of the building) and 30 on the inside. A big weak point in our defenses is no curtains on kitchen windows and no kitchen door, so we can only partially block out the sun.
Use some something to temporarily block them out. Towels could work.
I stayed in a hotel last night, it was lovely.
Our office has A/C, which creates extra incentive to come in at the moment. Plus, we're allowed to wear shorts on 30+ days (provided there's no important visitors coming in).
Shorts are not a problem at my office but I can't get myself to do it.
The bigger problem is not getting any sleep two nights in a row.
Quote from: Maladict on July 19, 2022, 10:17:56 AMShorts are not a problem at my office but I can't get myself to do it.
Same
Went to the movies. A/C at full speed, so people coughing during the movie. No ice cream following the movie.
It's 29 with a humidex of 36 right now and my heat pump is doing its job. I don't understand you Euros thinking living with 40 and not sleeping for 2 weeks is ok.
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 19, 2022, 06:27:34 PMIt's 29 with a humidex of 36 right now and my heat pump is doing its job. I don't understand you Euros thinking living with 40 and not sleeping for 2 weeks is ok.
Most houses in Western Europe have shit insulation. AC would either be ineffective or cost a shit tonne.
I think Germany has decent standards though.
Quote from: HVC on July 19, 2022, 06:54:47 PMQuote from: Grey Fox on July 19, 2022, 06:27:34 PMIt's 29 with a humidex of 36 right now and my heat pump is doing its job. I don't understand you Euros thinking living with 40 and not sleeping for 2 weeks is ok.
Most houses in Western Europe have shit insulation. AC would either be ineffective or cost a shit tonne.
I think Germany has decent standards though.
There's always an excuse.
I mean they should insulate, don't know why they don't. Don't know about now, but Portugal used to be big on using cinderblock which you can't really insulate without building another wall on top of the structural wall
Quote from: HVC on July 19, 2022, 07:25:01 PMI mean they should insulate, don't know why they don't.
electricity company lobby! :shutup:
Seriously, I'm guessing it's a question of costs.
If you change the building code to require insulation, it will increase the prices of new properties, making the dream of a single house out of reach for many, especially in places that may not have fare economically well in the last decades.
It will also increase the price of new appartments. Over time, the cost of living in these countries would be higher, while wages would likely remain the same.
Surely insulation itself doesn't cost *that* much. I figure the bigger problem is old housing stock that doesn't have room in the walls to lay it. Can you imagine the hassle of insulating an old six story walk up in Paris?
Quote from: Syt on July 19, 2022, 07:02:17 AMCurrent forecast for Vienna looks "fun."
(https://i.postimg.cc/51NW62Jx/image.png)
Heh. We haven't had a high less than 37 since May I don't think. I exaggerate but only slightly. It reached 37 the first week of May and has just stayed there without a break week after brutal week.
This is one of the hottest summers I have ever seen in Central Texas. Usually by August I am over it and desperate for cool weather but I think I felt that way in June this year. And we have another two months of this at least.
Forecast has been revised to 37 for today and tomorrow, and low to mid 30s rest of the week, but "likely" back to 37/38 from next week Monday. Yay.
Forecast for Stockholm is 32 tomorrow, and then back down to 20+. :)
DC is forecast to hit 100 F for the first time since 2016. I was wondering when we'd finally join in on the heatwave fun.
Doesn't look likely that we'll hit 104 F (40 C). Last time that happened was 2012. All time record high is 106 set in the early 20th century.
(stealing PDH's thunder)
Forecast here on the left coast is high 60's/low 70's as far as the eye can see. :cool:
We could use some rain though...
Quote from: Syt on July 19, 2022, 07:29:31 AMOur office has A/C, which creates extra incentive to come in at the moment. Plus, we're allowed to wear shorts on 30+ days (provided there's no important visitors coming in).
I have A/C both at my office and home. I've been sleeping with it on. Even opening windows at midnight only lets hot air in.
Spending any amount of time at the shop floor is hell. The evaporative cooling towers give up every day at noon and then it's just high humidity and all the heat from a hundred welding robots plus the painting oven on top of the 40º C outside.
Honestly surprised we haven't had any heat stroke case so far this summer.
Most welcome rain today with temperature getting below 30 (26° max). :)
Hotter the following days but manageable.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 19, 2022, 09:52:49 PMSurely insulation itself doesn't cost *that* much.
Yes, it does. Results for Belgium give me 80-120 euros/m2 for the roof.
Walls would be a bit cheaper, so maybe 60-80 euros/m2.
If you want prices for the old measurement system, try this site:
https://soumissionrenovation.ca/fr/blogue/prix-isolation
For cold climated, foundations must be insulated from the outside and the inside. For warm climates, I guess insulating the basement from the inside will be more than enough, assuming they have a basement.
QuoteI figure the bigger problem is old housing stock that doesn't have room in the walls to lay it. Can you imagine the hassle of insulating an old six story walk up in Paris?
Well, you don't use a rigid material for existing buildings. :)
You would use stuff similar to that (consistancy of the material used may vary)
(https://www.isover.fr/sites/isover.fr/files/styles/isvr_wide/public/assets/images/26486_3.jpg?itok=7bIy02mT)
They have stuff designed especially for closed spaces like what you would find in a typical Euro building. It is still costly to buy and to do. You obviously have to perforate the walls and roof to shoot the insulation and repair afterward.
It's 4:52 am and 25°C outside. I've had the windows open and created a draft all night, but it's not gone below 27°C in my apartment. :glare:
Quote from: Syt on July 22, 2022, 09:55:49 PMIt's 4:52 am and 25°C outside. I've had the windows open and created a draft all night, but it's not gone below 27°C in my apartment. :glare:
:console:
I found the 3 days of 25-28C inside the house this week nearly unbearable.
When I went to the stores at 8 am I knew why it had remained so warm - our court yard was the same temperature. The next nights are supposed to go under 20°, so hopefully nights will become more bearable soon.
Quote from: HVC on July 19, 2022, 07:25:01 PMI mean they should insulate, don't know why they don't. Don't know about now, but Portugal used to be big on using cinderblock which you can't really insulate without building another wall on top of the structural wall
Really depends on which region of Portugal you are. In colder and/or wetter areas, insulation and heating are realities. :P
Quote from: mongers on July 23, 2022, 07:34:35 AMQuote from: Syt on July 22, 2022, 09:55:49 PMIt's 4:52 am and 25°C outside. I've had the windows open and created a draft all night, but it's not gone below 27°C in my apartment. :glare:
:console:
I found the 3 days of 25-28C inside the house this week nearly unbearable.
My flat is generally always that temp once there is a tiny bit of heat. :Embarrass:
Quote from: garbon on July 24, 2022, 01:35:42 AMQuote from: mongers on July 23, 2022, 07:34:35 AMQuote from: Syt on July 22, 2022, 09:55:49 PMIt's 4:52 am and 25°C outside. I've had the windows open and created a draft all night, but it's not gone below 27°C in my apartment. :glare:
:console:
I found the 3 days of 25-28C inside the house this week nearly unbearable.
My flat is generally always that temp once there is a tiny bit of heat. :Embarrass:
:console:
Here the heat wave has broken. 78 I think, some breeze, not nasty humid. I was able to walk 18 holes without an aneurism. The guys downstream should get some relief in time.
Heat wave broke here too. We got some rain and 73 degree temperatures.
A heat wave has hit Vancouver. 34C in the shade on the CC deck. Too hot in the direct sun.
Some drizzle here this morning. :cool: :brit:
Quote from: mongers on August 03, 2022, 05:33:38 AMSome drizzle here this morning. :cool: :brit:
Going to be raining here today too - a small bit of water in between long stretches of heat.
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 03, 2022, 08:44:43 AMQuote from: mongers on August 03, 2022, 05:33:38 AMSome drizzle here this morning. :cool: :brit:
Going to be raining here today too - a small bit of water in between long stretches of heat.
Same here, the drizzle amounted to probably less than 1mm, July in England has seen only about 2% of the usual months 'rainfall'. :bleeding:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 25, 2022, 09:44:02 PMHere the heat wave has broken. 78 I think, some breeze, not nasty humid. I was able to walk 18 holes without an aneurism. The guys downstream should get some relief in time.
Well that didn't last long. Only 85 today but humidity at 74%. I tapped out after 7 holes.
We had substantial rain in central Texas yesterday. Never have I been so happy to see it rain, I got to dig out my umbrella and everything. Hopefully a sign it is starting to cool down a little bit as we move into September.
You know down to about 33C instead of 39C on a regular basis.
Why do humans live in Texas?
Oil and cattle :P
Quote from: HVC on August 19, 2022, 11:52:39 AMOil and cattle :P
Oil is no reason to live someplace.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 19, 2022, 12:53:29 PMQuote from: HVC on August 19, 2022, 12:49:05 PMQuote from: The Brain on August 19, 2022, 11:56:49 AMQuote from: HVC on August 19, 2022, 11:52:39 AMOil and cattle :P
Oil is no reason to live someplace.
Works for the Norwegians ;)
Maybe, but they have got fish, not cattle. :P
And perhaps a few other differences that might make living in Norway a bit better than Texas.
Quote from: HVC on August 19, 2022, 12:49:05 PMQuote from: The Brain on August 19, 2022, 11:56:49 AMOil is no reason to live someplace.
Works for the Norwegians ;)
The bulk of the Norwegian oil is out at sea, while most of them live on land.
Quote from: Jacob on August 19, 2022, 12:57:45 PMQuote from: HVC on August 19, 2022, 12:49:05 PMQuote from: The Brain on August 19, 2022, 11:56:49 AMOil is no reason to live someplace.
Works for the Norwegians ;)
The bulk of the Norwegian oil is out at sea, while most of them live on land.
I agree it's a shame they gave up their seafaring ways :(
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 19, 2022, 12:53:29 PMQuote from: HVC on August 19, 2022, 12:49:05 PMQuote from: The Brain on August 19, 2022, 11:56:49 AMQuote from: HVC on August 19, 2022, 11:52:39 AMOil and cattle :P
Oil is no reason to live someplace.
Works for the Norwegians ;)
Maybe, but they have got fish, not cattle. :P
Tasty, tasty cod.
Heading North to the cooler temps
Wearing a windbreaker and using an umbrella. I forgot what this was like. :blush: :D
The long promised heavy rain finally arrives :w00t:
On the day when my dad was meant to be helping with my new roof...
The heavy rain came for us a couple of days ago and it's been overcast ever since. I've gone from delighted to furious :blush: :lol:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 20, 2022, 10:37:17 AMThe heavy rain came for us a couple of days ago and it's been overcast ever since. I've gone from delighted to furious :blush: :lol:
I found it hadn't helped as much as I wanted. My flat was still hot (as the heat stayed in it) and was rather humid.
Quote from: garbon on August 20, 2022, 10:31:49 AMWearing a windbreaker and using an umbrella. I forgot what this was like. :blush: :D
You're in the Western Isles, aren't you?
Quote from: mongers on August 20, 2022, 06:22:13 PMQuote from: garbon on August 20, 2022, 10:31:49 AMWearing a windbreaker and using an umbrella. I forgot what this was like. :blush: :D
You're in the Western Isles, aren't you?
Oh so they're having a record-breaking summer too? :o
My parents are up in the far north for a wedding. It's about 15 degrees and a decent summer :lol:
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 20, 2022, 06:25:52 PMQuote from: mongers on August 20, 2022, 06:22:13 PMQuote from: garbon on August 20, 2022, 10:31:49 AMWearing a windbreaker and using an umbrella. I forgot what this was like. :blush: :D
You're in the Western Isles, aren't you?
Oh so they're having a record-breaking summer too? :o
My parents are up in the far north for a wedding. It's about 15 degrees and a decent summer :lol:
:cool:
Wish we had some of that here, the forest here is very dry and a lot of the trees are 'giving up the ghost'. :cry:
Western parts of Austria have been devastated by wind and rain the last couple of days. Two children and three adults died.
Today was a record breaking scorcher in Vancouver - on the CC deck, it was 38C in the shade. Crazy temperatures for this time of year.
Rain continues to come down in Central Texas after four months of scorching heat. Never been so happy to reach September.
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 31, 2022, 07:54:40 PMToday was a record breaking scorcher in Vancouver - on the CC deck, it was 38C in the shade. Crazy temperatures for this time of year.
:blink:
Yeah that's mad.
Rain in Santa Cruz in September. Truly these are the end of times.
Summer makes a demoralizing return this week to central Texas. We had it so good for awhile there. Only like 34C, good times. But now back up to 39C for a few days. Come on Autumn I am counting on you!
Tropical storm in Newfoundland, Martime provinces, Magedeleine Islands (Qc) and part of the Gaspesian peninsula in Quebec (Chandler area, to be more precise).
Lots of damages reported, 2 women swept away by the waves in Newfoundland. :(
Link (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hurricane-fiona-nl-saturday-1.6594422)
Edit: one of the women was rescued. Both of them were in basements.
90 degrees F (30 C) and the hurricane is coming; it's fall in Florida.
Was 27C here yesterday afternoon, a little cooler today, but still a lot warmer than a fall day in Vancouver should be.
We've been advised to "Hunker down" (the official meteorological term) by noon today, as we're expected to get 2" (5 cm) of rain between 1 and 2 from Ian. Fortunately it's only supposed to be a tropical storm when it gets here (and the peak winds won't arrive until later, right now they're predicted to be around 6 PM.)
We didn't even lose power; which is almost miraculous in this part of Florida. (We did lose cable.) Our only issues were we had some downed palm fronds and we lost our carp wind sock.
Tampa was supposed to get storm surges, but instead the bay drained out for quite a way. Naturally people ran out to take selfies on the bay floor, during a hurricane warning.
Continued late summer warm days with no rain, for at least another week.
In October, in a temperate rainforest.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 03, 2022, 08:38:19 AMContinued late summer warm days with no rain, for at least another week.
In October, in a temperate rainforest.
Crazy times CC, crazy times.
Summer has now come to an end. It's raining! For the first time in 22 days. And the temperature has dropped.
It will be a bit of a shock for the bees that were collecting pollen from our late summer flowers yesterday.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 21, 2022, 09:02:49 AMSummer has now come to an end. It's raining! For the first time in 22 days. And the temperature has dropped.
It will be a bit of a shock for the bees that were collecting pollen from our late summer flowers yesterday.
:cool:
Here we're enjoying successive days of rain, very mild, many things have started growing again, including daisy and dandilions in the pleasantly green grass. :bowler:
Someone offered me free CFL Eskimos tickets for tonight. I said "Sure!" without thinking as it has been so warm.
It's supposed to be +5c by kickoff, dropping down to +2c. Brr.
It's an important game.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 21, 2022, 04:24:07 PMIt's an important game.
Yes - the Elks want to get this stupid "no wins at home since 2019" monkey off their back so it's not a talking point during the off-season.
Besides - whomever comes out of the West semi-final is just going to be a speed bump for Big Blue anyways. :cool:
Hurricane Nicole looks like it's heading right at us. :(
Quote from: Savonarola on November 08, 2022, 05:10:13 PMHurricane Nicole looks like it's heading right at us. :(
It looks like it will go further south now; but the storm is so large that we're already getting wind and rain.
Seriously mild here these last few weeks and properly rainy weather too; everything seems to have started growing again.
The most on the extension roof, which the window here overlooks has the most gloriously green moss clumps on it, so much so you couldn't get a believable/accurate photo of it, the green is that Hockneyesque.
T-55 had much greener armor.
/SirHockney
Lots of snow fell in Stockholm last night, accompanied by some thunder and lightning after midnight. Winter thunderstorms always feel kind of weird I think.
Looks like Buffalo got whalloped with a couple of metres of snow.
We escaped lightly up here.
Quote from: Malthus on November 21, 2022, 10:21:35 AMLooks like Buffalo got whalloped with a couple of metres of snow.
We escaped lightly up here.
Sooo... No need to call in the army this time? ;) :P
Snow in London. I will be happy to head west.
No Snow in Montreal.
Quote from: garbon on December 11, 2022, 03:19:45 PMSnow in London. I will be happy to head west.
No snow here yet, but very cold for this part of the country; last 6 day overnight lows:
Tue 4.6
Wed -1.1
Thu -5.6
Fri -5.9
Sat -6.8
Sun -5.4
:sad:
Quote from: garbon on December 11, 2022, 03:19:45 PMSnow in London. I will be happy to head west.
Yeah here too. It will be carnage tomorrow.
The level of national panic over 2-5cm of snow (official data) never ceases to amuse. :lol:
Quote from: Tamas on December 12, 2022, 04:49:22 AMThe level of national panic over 2-5cm of snow (official data) never ceases to amuse. :lol:
I've had all my meetings this morning cancelled due to travel issues :lol:
Worth saying, the bits of the country where snow is every year (like Scotland) handle it very well.
Quote from: Tamas on December 12, 2022, 04:49:22 AMThe level of national panic over 2-5cm of snow (official data) never ceases to amuse. :lol:
My husband and I discussed this morning that this is what happens anytime something other than mild weather happens. Look how wild it gets if it is hot or when it rains heavily. ;)
Heavy rain I am more sympathetic to, where we live the roads can get properly flooded, I once almost stalled in the middle of a small pool formed under railroad bridge because I felt I just had to risk driving through it.
Quote from: Tamas on December 12, 2022, 06:04:17 AMHeavy rain I am more sympathetic to, where we live the roads can get properly flooded, I once almost stalled in the middle of a small pool formed under railroad bridge because I felt I just had to risk driving through it.
Of course, a place where that isn't infrequent, should maybe Yale some steps to mitigate it...
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2022, 06:27:24 AMQuote from: Tamas on December 12, 2022, 06:04:17 AMHeavy rain I am more sympathetic to, where we live the roads can get properly flooded, I once almost stalled in the middle of a small pool formed under railroad bridge because I felt I just had to risk driving through it.
Of course, a place where that isn't infrequent, should maybe Yale some steps to mitigate it...
OK Stanford.
Quote from: The Brain on December 12, 2022, 06:33:22 AMQuote from: garbon on December 12, 2022, 06:27:24 AMQuote from: Tamas on December 12, 2022, 06:04:17 AMHeavy rain I am more sympathetic to, where we live the roads can get properly flooded, I once almost stalled in the middle of a small pool formed under railroad bridge because I felt I just had to risk driving through it.
Of course, a place where that isn't infrequent, should maybe Yale some steps to mitigate it...
OK Stanford.
:lol:
1 step forward and 2 steps back with my education.
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2022, 06:27:24 AMQuote from: Tamas on December 12, 2022, 06:04:17 AMHeavy rain I am more sympathetic to, where we live the roads can get properly flooded, I once almost stalled in the middle of a small pool formed under railroad bridge because I felt I just had to risk driving through it.
Of course, a place where that isn't infrequent, should maybe Yale some steps to mitigate it...
:lol: I feel that with snow and hot summers. They're not guaranteed but they happen reasonably regularly so there should be some degree of preparation.
Speaking to a colleague and her son's school bus has been cancelled all week (no matter what happens to the weather).
Although partly with the hot summers and the really heavy rain/flooding there's clearly a climate change impact when villages with buildings hundreds of years old that haven't been flooded before suddenly multiple times since 2000 etc.
QuoteSpeaking to a colleague and her son's school bus has been cancelled all week (no matter what happens to the weather).
:lol:
Weather combining with the British instinct to do as little work as possible :w00t:
Just outside where I used to live in London:
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2A69/production/_127975801_gettyimages-1448481279.jpg.webp)
Here, two buses become stuck in snow on Muswell Hill in north London
Country has ground to a halt. :bowler:
Just how bad are UK drivers in snow?
Video evidence half way down page:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63950210 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63950210)
Near 0 snow basically becomes grease when mixed with dirt and ICE emissions. There is not much one can do other than manage the slide and that takes experience.
Woke up this morning to a temperature of -33c/-27f
Brr.
Quote from: Barrister on December 20, 2022, 11:27:58 AMWoke up this morning to a temperature of -33c/-27f
Brr.
You were THAT drunk at the end of year lawyery bash in the swanky uptown hotel, that you wandered into their walk-in freezer and fell asleep?
Quote from: mongers on December 20, 2022, 05:13:42 PMQuote from: Barrister on December 20, 2022, 11:27:58 AMWoke up this morning to a temperature of -33c/-27f
Brr.
You were THAT drunk at the end of year lawyery bash in the swanky uptown hotel, that you wandered into their walk-in freezer and fell asleep?
Mongers, you fall asleep in sub -30c temperatures, you don't wake up again.
And I'm a public servant - our "end of year lawyery bash" was a potluck held in the office.
Quote from: Barrister on December 20, 2022, 11:27:58 AMWoke up this morning to a temperature of -33c/-27f
Brr.
I don't miss these kinds of temps at all.
Quote from: Barrister on December 20, 2022, 11:27:58 AMWoke up this morning to a temperature of -33c/-27f
Brr.
I'm driving to that for the weekend, kind of. Heading to Minneapolis to see the girl. Temps at home are supposed to be 10 degrees warmer than there. It's supposed to be -6°f at home. 😞
Not quite Edmonton temps but definitely not balmy California temperatures either. BUT THERE WILL BE SNOW!! :yeah:
To each their own. I'm currently looking forward to what is predicted to now be 80 on Christmas day. :cool:
Got down to 4F last night. 13F feels so nice in comparison. With all the news alerts about massive snow storms I guess I should be thankful for no precip so far.
Apparently, North Earstern US is going to feel what -40 is really like as -40F is the same -40C and that's what they'll get over the next few days, just in time for the Christmas spirit to really settle in. :)
Looks like we have a death storm coming in. :(
Yeah time for the incredibly rare December freeze in Texas. Please don't fail us grid.
No snow either so not a white Christmas, just a very cold one.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 21, 2022, 06:24:36 PMLooks like we have a death storm coming in. :(
What you call a "death storm", we call "Tuesday".
-35c this morning.
Yeah well Tuesday for Texas could be anywhere from -10c to 30c. Sometimes on the same Tuesday.
Shroedinger's winter.
Quote from: Valmy on December 22, 2022, 12:44:31 PMYeah well Tuesday for Texas could be anywhere from -10c to 30c. Sometimes on the same Tuesday.
Shroedinger's winter.
I do hope you guys don't get a repeat of last year. :hug:
I know. I spent the last year or so writing and reviewing new rules for extreme weather and coordinating with generators to get those standards implemented. But did they? Well I guess we will find out :ph34r:
The dryness at least ensures the wind turbines will be fine.
Quote from: Valmy on December 22, 2022, 02:03:14 PMThe dryness at least ensures the wind turbines will be fine.
Hopefully everything will hold, but Alberta's power grid has been issuing warnings and threatening rolling blackouts the last two days or so. The extreme cold, plus some generating difficulties, plus no wind is all hurting.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9364926/cold-weather-grid-alert-alberta/
This time of year is better for the California grid - in Southern Cal they turn down the A/C to reasonable levels starting in December.
-12F. Thank Hod no wind.
34F. Lots of wind.
Plus 4... but it's raining and will turn to frozen rain later today when temperatures go down to minus 9C
You guys really need to switch to civilised ways of measuring temperature.
Quote from: Tamas on December 23, 2022, 07:11:20 AMYou guys really need to switch to civilised ways of measuring temperature.
:D
1 celcius.
The wind chill in the DC area is dropping below zero, which I can't remember happening here before, at least since I've lived here. I'm tempted to step outside just briefly to see just how cold that feels.
The water heater on the north side of my house froze again. No running water in my bathroom again. -10C in central Texas this morning.
Fortunately the only similarity to Feb 2021 so far. Power is on and no ice besides the ice caused by the morons who didn't turn their sprinkler system off.
Rain followed by sleet followed by sudden drop in temperatures, followed by ice, followed by blizzard.
To think I used to live in the Mediterranean as a boy.
Merry fucking Christmas.
It's almost positive temperature here. -1 F. Very windy.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 21, 2022, 06:24:36 PMLooks like we have a death storm coming in. :(
I drove through that! :w00t:
Quote from: Josephus on December 23, 2022, 11:38:28 AMRain followed by sleet followed by sudden drop in temperatures, followed by ice, followed by blizzard.
To think I used to live in the Mediterranean as a boy.
Merry fucking Christmas.
:cry:
...it didn't get above 60f/15.5c here today. That is suffering.
It's 9F here now. WTF, I had no idea it could get that cold. I had to fill up my car, since I was outside of New Jersey, and after a minute of holding the gun in my hand I couldn't feel it anymore.
Dude at the supermercado told me it's supposed to get up to the 50s this weekend. :w00t: :worthy:
God what a shitty December it's been.
I came across a sad story of a young woman who was stuck in a car in Buffalo during the blizzard, and eventually died from carbon monoxide poisoning. This made me think: what do you do in such a situation, and how easy is it to figure it out on the spot?
Do you keep the car off when you're sleeping, so that snow can't pile up into your tail pipe while you're unable to address the issue? That may keep you from CO poisoning, but can't you freeze to death this way, and how much sleep are you going to get anyway while freezing your nuts off? Also, what exactly counts as clearing the exhaust from snow? I imagine it's more involved that just clearing your exhaust pipe, you have to make sure that the exhaust is not just going into a confined area within the mound of snow you're stuck in. If it's 5 feet of snow kind of a blizzard, then is it even possible to move that much snow by hand to clear enough of the area around the tail pipe?
Also, apart from CO poisoning, is there a plain vanilla suffocation risk? If the snow completely covers your car, including the top, can enough air get in to allow you to keep breathing? I hope I'll never be in that situation, but if I am, it would really suck to have to figure such stuff out from first principles.
If I were you, and you find yourself stuck in a snowstorm...start right off by killing and eating everyone else in the car.
Quote from: DGuller on December 29, 2022, 12:22:17 AMI came across a sad story of a young woman who was stuck in a car in Buffalo during the blizzard, and eventually died from carbon monoxide poisoning. This made me think: what do you do in such a situation, and how easy is it to figure it out on the spot?
I think you crack the window once in a while.
Not that easy to figure out on the spot.
Coldest December here in Iceland since the 1951 record by a smidge. Average temperatures here in Reykjavík have been around -13° Celsius. :uffda: :Canuck:
Yeah we have been breaking records for heat in the summer and cold in the winter the last couple years. I am really curious if we get another big winter storm this year here, that freakish polar blast at Christmas was really weird as usually winter in this part of Texas (such as it is) doesn't really get going until mid January.
Quote from: Legbiter on December 29, 2022, 11:18:00 AMColdest December here in Iceland since the 1951 record by a smidge. Average temperatures here in Reykjavík have been around -13° Celsius. :uffda: :Canuck:
:cool: literally.
58 :yeah:
Getting another big blizzard tonight. We'll be pretty snowed in by noon tomorrow.
-30C. Chill factor: -43C. It is cold as hell outside. And I'm feeling the cold inside too. Should last for two days only.
Quote from: viper37 on February 03, 2023, 06:10:08 PM-30C. Chill factor: -43C. It is cold as hell outside. And I'm feeling the cold inside too. Should last for two days only.
Good grief. :(
Was 13C this afternoon at 51 degrees North. :bowler:
Well we had a weeklong freak ice storm here this week. The carnage it has wrought on the tree branches has been horrific.
This after that weird freeze around Christmas followed by the freakishly warm January. Texas winters are really getting weird these last few years.
Quote from: mongers on February 03, 2023, 06:49:57 PMQuote from: viper37 on February 03, 2023, 06:10:08 PM-30C. Chill factor: -43C. It is cold as hell outside. And I'm feeling the cold inside too. Should last for two days only.
Good grief. :(
Was 13C this afternoon at 51 degrees North. :bowler:
It's the coldest day in 20 years, with the chill factor.
It's problematic because nearly all of Quebec is affected so electricity demand is through the roof.
Quote from: viper37 on February 03, 2023, 09:36:33 PMQuote from: mongers on February 03, 2023, 06:49:57 PMQuote from: viper37 on February 03, 2023, 06:10:08 PM-30C. Chill factor: -43C. It is cold as hell outside. And I'm feeling the cold inside too. Should last for two days only.
Good grief. :(
Was 13C this afternoon at 51 degrees North. :bowler:
It's the coldest day in 20 years, with the chill factor.
It's problematic because nearly all of Quebec is affected so electricity demand is through the roof.
!14C yesterday afternoon, warmest day in over three months, similar temperatures today; Spring is in the air. :bowler:
Right at 0C most of the day in central Texas but I think this is the last real day of winter this year. 40C temperatures should be here shortly. Oh boy.
Quote from: mongers on February 18, 2023, 07:56:50 PMQuote from: viper37 on February 03, 2023, 09:36:33 PMQuote from: mongers on February 03, 2023, 06:49:57 PMQuote from: viper37 on February 03, 2023, 06:10:08 PM-30C. Chill factor: -43C. It is cold as hell outside. And I'm feeling the cold inside too. Should last for two days only.
Good grief. :(
Was 13C this afternoon at 51 degrees North. :bowler:
It's the coldest day in 20 years, with the chill factor.
It's problematic because nearly all of Quebec is affected so electricity demand is through the roof.
!14C yesterday afternoon, warmest day in over three months, similar temperatures today; Spring is in the air. :bowler:
A friend of mine has told me of his intentions to sell his house and move to the Dominican Republic to be with his kinda of girlfriend there. The only problem is she asked to be married so they live together. Still, it's something tempting.
Happy Spring equinox everyone.
Spring is taking giant strides here, most plants are now visibly growing, some trees are awakening and there's usable light at 6.30pm :wub:
Spent yesterday afternoon on our back deck, in shorts, basking in the sun.
Major ice storm in the Montreal area. Grey Fox might be among those without electricity, although it's mostly concentrated on the island of the Montreal and a bit on the north shore.
Close to 1 million without power as of this morning.
I did not lose power & internet but I am on the edge of a massive area without anything.
Most everything west, north & south of me is without power.
I am a proverbial island of light in a sea of darkness.
There's a shit ton of broken tree branches in my yard too. My ~150 year old tree took a beating.
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 06, 2023, 09:36:04 AMI did not lose power & internet but I am on the edge of a massive area without anything.
Most everything west, north & south of me is without power.
I am a proverbial island of light in a sea of darkness.
There's a shit ton of broken tree branches in my yard too. My ~150 year old tree took a beating.
Glad you're ok. :)
One of my cousin on the island is in a similar situation, all around her there's no power, but there's a block with power where she is.
The other one isn't as lucky, dead in the center of where there's no power at all. At least he's coming here tomorrow.
Holy crap - it's supposed to hit +29c today! On May 1!
We hit at the begging of April. Snow 3 days later :D
Quote from: Barrister on May 01, 2023, 12:07:57 PMHoly crap - it's supposed to hit +29c today! On May 1!
1c! :yeah:
uh...
:wacko:
Major flooding in Quebec. Hope our Quebec posters are ok.
Water restrictions are now in place. A long hot dry summer is expected, and has become the norm. A little reminder, I live in what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest zone.
Quote from: HVC on May 04, 2023, 02:38:56 AMMajor flooding in Quebec. Hope our Quebec posters are ok.
I'm fine. I would not have called what is happening to be major flooding.
Glad it isn't as bad as I thought. Guess the clips I saw made it see worse
Quote from: HVC on May 04, 2023, 10:53:56 AMGlad it isn't as bad as I thought. Guess the clips I saw made it see worse
It's impressive no doubt but I didn't see any news on flooding in areas that don't expect flooding regularly.
High of +31c today. There've been multiple wildfires in and around the city the last few days - pretty dry spring all things considered plus high temperatures.
Supposed to cool off with a good chance of showers on the weekend. Here's hoping.
Yeah... just heard that apparently the rise in global ocean temperatures is coming faster than expected. This is, of course, a strong indicator of lasting climate change and will likely have significant impact on our food supply (depletion of fish stocks, changes in agriculture as ocean currents weaken or change etc).
Oof. Over 400 wildfires burning in Alberta.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/8d86d267dcf44ad085a11939186f3d3a
The forecast was for some rain today. I think it rained for like 5 minutes - not really enough to do any good.
Still a chance of showers tonight, which would be good - but also a chance of thunderstorms, which would not.
Way too much rain this winter here, it has even rained over an inch in May so far which is unusual for the Central Coast of California. We are out of the drought for now, but the bloom of plants means that this summer (if dry) or next summer for sure there will fires.
For now it is very lush here.
BC is on track for a drought and water shortage, as I understand it. So wildfires too, I expect.
Quote from: PDH on May 08, 2023, 04:55:14 PMWay too much rain this winter here, it has even rained over an inch in May so far which is unusual for the Central Coast of California. We are out of the drought for now, but the bloom of plants means that this summer (if dry) or next summer for sure there will fires.
For now it is very lush here.
We're having a normal here, gone are the soft English rains, instead we're getting intense downpours; yesterday I was out, came back to the area, apparently only had had one shower, an intense one and when I cycled through the forest came across a forest steam ford which was a mini-ragging torrent. The day before it had been all but bone dry. :hmm:
Came back to the first heatwave of the year. I dislike southern Ontario summers.
Thursday: 30C.
Friday: 10C.
Fuck it. If Arizona could make their hockey a success, I think I'd move there.
Dawn to dusk sunshine and clear blue skies here, for days on end now.:(
Quote from: viper37 on June 02, 2023, 07:25:25 PMThursday: 30C.
Friday: 10C.
Fuck it. If Arizona could make their hockey a success, I think I'd move there.
You have water
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 05, 2023, 12:24:25 PMQuote from: viper37 on June 02, 2023, 07:25:25 PMThursday: 30C.
Friday: 10C.
Fuck it. If Arizona could make their hockey a success, I think I'd move there.
You have water
There is that. It's a big plus. :D
Canada: stop burning your damn forests down. FUCK
Quote from: Caliga on June 09, 2023, 10:09:10 AMCanada: stop burning your damn forests down. FUCK
Man, Americans are never happy. We sell you our lumber and you complain. We burn our lumber so it can't be sold and you complain
:P
today seems better air quality wise, at least in my neck of the woods.
Quote from: Caliga on June 09, 2023, 10:09:10 AMCanada: stop burning your damn forests down. FUCK
Please take climate change seriously and commit to countering it :)
I think it would be easier to BUILD A WALL on our northern border to keep the smoke out. :showoff:
Quote from: Caliga on June 09, 2023, 11:24:59 AMI think it would be easier to BUILD A WALL on our northern border to keep the smoke out. :showoff:
Definitely would be easier to BUILD A WALL, no doubt about it.
I don't know. A wall big enough to block all the impacts of climate change seems like a pretty formidable engineering project.
Quote from: Caliga on June 09, 2023, 11:24:59 AMI think it would be easier to BUILD A WALL on our northern border to keep the smoke out. :showoff:
The border crosses the Great Lakes. We could move it south so you are solid ground.
Quote from: Valmy on June 09, 2023, 01:57:56 PMI don't know. A wall big enough to block all the impacts of climate change seems like a pretty formidable engineering project.
As an added benefit, it will keep Canadians out. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on June 09, 2023, 02:12:54 PMQuote from: Valmy on June 09, 2023, 01:57:56 PMI don't know. A wall big enough to block all the impacts of climate change seems like a pretty formidable engineering project.
As an added benefit, it will keep Canadians out. :cool:
The Canadian NHL teams might finally have a chance if none of their players can play for Florida teams.
Quote from: Valmy on June 09, 2023, 01:57:56 PMI don't know. A wall big enough to block all the impacts of climate change seems like a pretty formidable engineering project.
I assumed that it would be a symbolic and ineffective wall.
Quote from: Valmy on June 09, 2023, 02:41:46 PMQuote from: Caliga on June 09, 2023, 02:12:54 PMQuote from: Valmy on June 09, 2023, 01:57:56 PMI don't know. A wall big enough to block all the impacts of climate change seems like a pretty formidable engineering project.
As an added benefit, it will keep Canadians out. :cool:
The Canadian NHL teams might finally have a chance if none of their players can play for Florida teams.
The good teams are in the West, and Vegas walked over 2 of them.
See, there's an interesting coincidence. Two of Quebec's most popular singer are Céline Dion and Ginette Reno.
Céline stops singing in Vegas, the Knights gets close to the Cup.
[https://youtu.be/UBxTsJ1XiqM?t=22]Ginette stops singing[/url] at the Bell Center and the Habs stop winning.
That can't be a coincidence here. :ph34r:
Speaking of Weather WTF - woke up to, and drove into work, in a thunderstorm.
THunderstorms are fairly common on the priaries, but first thing in the morning? That's just freaky.
Bit of a heatwave and high humidity going on in Vienna. Temps in inner city don't drop much during night anyways, and my building's courtyard retains even more. Terrible night after having the temp inside/outside not drop below 25°C with short showers adding to reach a 80-90% humidity. A restful sleep was not had.
Quote from: Syt on June 21, 2023, 12:35:27 AMBit of a heatwave and high humidity going on in Vienna. Temps in inner city don't drop much during night anyways, and my building's courtyard retains even more. Terrible night after having the temp inside/outside not drop below 25°C with short showers adding to reach a 80-90% humidity. A restful sleep was not had.
:hug:
Not nice and look onthe bright-side it's only mid-June :D
After such a hot May and early June, the last few days have brought much needed rain and cool temperatures. It's been great - I can sleep so much better.
Quote from: mongers on June 21, 2023, 07:29:37 AMQuote from: Syt on June 21, 2023, 12:35:27 AMBit of a heatwave and high humidity going on in Vienna. Temps in inner city don't drop much during night anyways, and my building's courtyard retains even more. Terrible night after having the temp inside/outside not drop below 25°C with short showers adding to reach a 80-90% humidity. A restful sleep was not had.
:hug:
Not nice and look onthe bright-side it's only mid-June :D
At last, British weather > "Continental" weather!
:D
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 22, 2023, 08:50:50 AMQuote from: mongers on June 21, 2023, 07:29:37 AMNot nice and look onthe bright-side it's only mid-June :D
÷
At last, British weather > "Continental" weather!
:D
:bowler:
Quote from: Barrister on June 21, 2023, 10:10:43 AMAfter such a hot May and early June, the last few days have brought much needed rain and cool temperatures. It's been great - I can sleep so much better.
Beeb, I'm curious what you consider 'hot' temperatures to be. I'm also curious what you consider 'cold' to be. I bet our personal measures are a lot different. :hmm:
I was in South Carolina one time, and it was 55 F, and people were walking around in coats and wearing earmuffs. :lol:
Quote from: Caliga on June 22, 2023, 10:10:32 AMQuote from: Barrister on June 21, 2023, 10:10:43 AMAfter such a hot May and early June, the last few days have brought much needed rain and cool temperatures. It's been great - I can sleep so much better.
Beeb, I'm curious what you consider 'hot' temperatures to be. I'm also curious what you consider 'cold' to be. I bet our personal measures are a lot different. :hmm:
I was in South Carolina one time, and it was 55 F, and people were walking around in coats and wearing earmuffs. :lol:
There was a period were the daily highs were around 30C for several days in a row. (so that's 86F)
Two days ago we only hit a daily high of 11C (so 51F). I mean don't get me wrong you need a light coat or sweater at that temp, but after the heat it was a welcome respite.
And the difference of course is ours is a house built for cold weather: no AC, and not a ton of windows, plenty of insulation.
Ok, yeah, I'd agree 86F/30C is hot weather. From my perspective, that's about where it starts, vs. 'warm'.
Some nice weather for the St-Jean. About time. :)
Not planning on doing much though.
Summer came late this year (for Texas anyway) but it arrived with a vengeance. 38C+ days for the forseeable future. Now is when Texans stay inside for many months unless their job compels them.
Oberndorf an der Melk (Lower Austria) set its all time heat record yesterday at 36.1°C.
Unusually, though, the temperature was reached between 11 pm and midnight. :ph34r:
For me it was 26°C at 4 am when I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. Fortunately, this first heatwave is ending today, and nighttime lows will be under 20°C again.
Quote from: Caliga on June 09, 2023, 10:09:10 AMCanada: stop burning your damn forests down. FUCK
Air is really bad here today. I feel like I might have to use my inhaler. :glare:
Quote from: Caliga on June 28, 2023, 08:18:08 AMQuote from: Caliga on June 09, 2023, 10:09:10 AMCanada: stop burning your damn forests down. FUCK
Air is really bad here today. I feel like I might have to use my inhaler. :glare:
Reap what you sow
So apparently this Monday was the hottest day on record ever, globally.
June was wonderful in London - but July is starting off really shit. Very cold all weak and just constant rain today :weep:
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 04, 2023, 03:53:33 PMJune was wonderful in London - but July is starting off really shit. Very cold all weak and just constant rain today :weep:
We and the rivers desperately need it. :bowler:
I tried to be a trooper and walk 18 holes today but I crapped out after 7 and got a cart. Asked a dude later what the temp is and he said 91 feels like 96. So I don't feel so bad.
A freak summer storm hit today, that almost never happens. Thankfully I just had my worn out roof replaced.
We got hail the size of rapsberries yesterday, a pretty rare event around here. Made multiple bumps on the roof my new car. 😕
Read that hundreds people have died from heat related causes in Texas during the current scorcher.
I wouldn't have thought Texas. I know it's hot there, but the glory that is ac is pretty ubiquitous I would imagine. Unless maybe homeless people?
Might have gotten it mixed up. Seems 100+ dead in Mexico, 13 in Texas as per June 29th (couldn't find more recent numbers) https://abcnews.go.com/US/11-dead-texas-heat-related-illness-amid-scorching/story?id=100479859
Quote from: HVC on July 06, 2023, 12:29:23 AMI wouldn't have thought Texas. I know it's hot there, but the glory that is ac is pretty ubiquitous I would imagine. Unless maybe homeless people?
People still work and go outside. Heat stroke can sneak up on you pretty quickly out there. So 13 dying of heat related reasons during a Texas summer month isn't shocking.
Got to keep hydrated and keep the sun off your skin if you are going to be working outside for long periods.
13 makes more sense yeah. It wad the possible hundreds that surprised me.
At least when I was a kid in Philly, a lot of the summer heat wave deaths were elderly folks who didn't have someone caring for them, and either didn't have working AC or weren't using it properly (perhaps due to dementia).
Quote from: HVC on July 06, 2023, 12:29:23 AMI wouldn't have thought Texas. I know it's hot there, but the glory that is ac is pretty ubiquitous I would imagine. Unless maybe homeless people?
There was the tragic story of the father and son who went hiking (a couple of weeks ago?). This is a heat dome and having lived through one of those a couple of years ago, I don't wish that on anyone.
Furious at how shit the weather is (and is forecast to remain) :weep: :ultra:
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 08, 2023, 08:07:42 AMFurious at how shit the weather is (and is forecast to remain) :weep: :ultra:
You want wall-to-wall climate change weather instead? :hmm:
The city was flooded on Thursday. Worst one I remember.
Spent the last few days trying to salvage the shit I had in storage. There's still water in the parking floor and quite a few units.
Still, it could have been worse. One of the newest schools was pretty much obliterated, only a few hours after kids went home (school is off but there are summer activities there).
Quote from: Iormlund on July 09, 2023, 05:42:18 AMThe city was flooded on Thursday. Worst one I remember.
Spent the last few days trying to salvage the shit I had in storage. There's still water in the parking floor and quite a few units.
Still, it could have been worse. One of the newest schools was pretty much obliterated, only a few hours after kids went home (school is off but there are summer activities there).
I hope you didn't loose too much stuff. :(
I was flooded in 1999, and even a few 10s cm can cause a lot of damage and inconvenience.
Sahara dust cloud is on its way here:
(https://cms.accuweather.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dust-forecast.jpg?w=632)
Though it's supposed to be nowhere near as bad as 2020 (and the dry air stops hurricanes from forming.)
Quote from: mongers on July 08, 2023, 05:13:31 PMYou want wall-to-wall climate change weather instead? :hmm:
I don't think wanting July to be sunny and warm not rainy and cold is wanting wall-to-wall climate change weather :P
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 09, 2023, 12:15:09 PMQuote from: mongers on July 08, 2023, 05:13:31 PMYou want wall-to-wall climate change weather instead? :hmm:
I don't think wanting July to be sunny and warm not rainy and cold is wanting wall-to-wall climate change weather :P
Depends where. Say, the Hiberno-British archipelago. :P
A heat wave on land is one thing. And now we have having ocean heat waves.
Again not a pro-climate change post - but where is summer? :weep: :bleeding:
Just South of you.
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 14, 2023, 06:19:15 AMAgain not a pro-climate change post - but where is summer? :weep: :bleeding:
You can have ours. <_<
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 14, 2023, 06:19:15 AMAgain not a pro-climate change post - but where is summer? :weep: :bleeding:
I was in May and June; you missed the early worm. :bowler:
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 14, 2023, 06:19:15 AMAgain not a pro-climate change post - but where is summer? :weep: :bleeding:
This summer is brutal. Too damn hot even for Texans. So was last year, but at least it showed up a bit late this year.
You can stop by if suffering brutal soul draining heat every day for weeks on end is something you want to experience.
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2023, 09:50:39 AMQuote from: Sheilbh on July 14, 2023, 06:19:15 AMAgain not a pro-climate change post - but where is summer? :weep: :bleeding:
This summer is brutal. Too damn hot even for Texans. So was last year, but at least it showed up a bit late this year.
You can stop by if suffering brutal soul draining heat every day for weeks on end is something you want to experience.
Sure but at same time - the mid-60s we are having right now feels a bit too much of an over correction.
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 14, 2023, 06:19:15 AMAgain not a pro-climate change post - but where is summer? :weep: :bleeding:
Damn time for Europe to notice it lies way north.
Quote from: garbon on July 14, 2023, 10:00:11 AMSure but at same time - the mid-60s we are having right now feels a bit too much of an over correction.
Also just so grey and wet all the time. I'd be fine without the heat but the lack of sun is getting to me a bit :( <_<
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 14, 2023, 10:05:20 AMQuote from: garbon on July 14, 2023, 10:00:11 AMSure but at same time - the mid-60s we are having right now feels a bit too much of an over correction.
Also just so grey and wet all the time. I'd be fine without the heat but the lack of sun is getting to me a bit :( <_<
We've had 10 days now of 15 degrees and sun here in the south of Iceland. It's getting to be a bit too much honestly. :(
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 14, 2023, 10:03:37 AMQuote from: Sheilbh on July 14, 2023, 06:19:15 AMAgain not a pro-climate change post - but where is summer? :weep: :bleeding:
Damn time for Europe to notice it lies way north.
The British Isles, Europe? :P
No continental weather over there. :D
Actually, that's a blessing in this time of the year.
We're having a nice sunny streak in Vancouver right now... which would be okay if the traditionally rainy spring had not also consisted of a nice sunny streak. So we have a drought now.
Quote from: Jacob on July 14, 2023, 10:21:45 AMWe're having a nice sunny streak in Vancouver right now... which would be okay if the traditionally rainy spring had not also consisted of a nice sunny streak. So we have a drought now.
Been that way for at least half a decade. We are turning into the new Golden State as our rain forest climate turns into something else.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 14, 2023, 10:19:52 AMQuote from: Grey Fox on July 14, 2023, 10:03:37 AMQuote from: Sheilbh on July 14, 2023, 06:19:15 AMAgain not a pro-climate change post - but where is summer? :weep: :bleeding:
Damn time for Europe to notice it lies way north.
The British Isles, Europe? :P
No continental weather over there. :D
Actually, that's a blessing in this time of the year.
Indeed.
I'm impressed by the Italian met offices commitment to getting the message across, by naming this heatwave Cerberus and the next one Charon. :D
Quote from: mongers on July 14, 2023, 11:40:34 AMQuote from: Duque de Bragança on July 14, 2023, 10:19:52 AMQuote from: Grey Fox on July 14, 2023, 10:03:37 AMQuote from: Sheilbh on July 14, 2023, 06:19:15 AMAgain not a pro-climate change post - but where is summer? :weep: :bleeding:
Damn time for Europe to notice it lies way north.
The British Isles, Europe? :P
No continental weather over there. :D
Actually, that's a blessing in this time of the year.
Indeed.
I'm impressed by the Italian met offices commitment to getting the message across, by naming this heatwave Cerberus and the next one Charon. :D
Damn, we are about to cross the Styx, if not already done so. :D
This happened in Quebec city this week, July 13th:
(https://i.imgur.com/SuA5JEo.jpg)
Got a closer view of the building where it fell:
(https://scontent.fymq2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/348613012_10160108292959690_3338914934948609894_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&cb=99be929b-3346023f&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=FZh_83a5uIMAX-vh52B&_nc_ht=scontent.fymq2-1.fna&oh=00_AfAjPIHlq0ouNLimh-i2zvYmRFDLqmnoKz1afX0Ltdrdcw&oe=64B913BC)
Looks like that one had more than 1.21 gigawatts.
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 16, 2023, 03:07:06 PMLooks like that one had more than 1.21 gigawatts.
Marty's going straight to the 24th century with that one.
Quote from: mongers on July 14, 2023, 11:40:34 AMI'm impressed by the Italian met offices commitment to getting the message across, by naming this heatwave Cerberus and the next one Charon.
They did good by naming the next one right away. Otherwise, simply naming the current one Cerberus could have created some confusion for Mass Effect fans. :sleep:
Still appropriate for our future Earth though:
(https://i.imgur.com/Hny2Jzu.jpg)
Brutal week here. Every day in the 90s. I checked the bank sign last night and it was 87 at 11 PM.
The supermercado was handing out free water bottles.
After a very dry early summer, July here in Sweden has been pleasantly cool with regular rain, and sun in between. :)
The constant rain is maybe breaking and we are getting something like a summer this weekend.
Quote from: Josquius on July 30, 2023, 11:13:53 AMThe constant rain is maybe breaking and we are getting something like a summer this weekend.
It's going to fall to 16 degrees in London this week :weep:
I must say, the rain may suck but I do like that I'm having to start wearing a jumper in August.
Tornado in Ottawa (another one), and I'm freezing my butt over here.
Reutlingen in Southern Germany was hit by hail, covering the town in a 30cm (1 foot) blanket of it.
(https://img.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2023-08/reutlingen-unwetter-hagel-strassen-wasserpegel/wide__480x270__mobile__scale_2)
Quote from: Syt on August 04, 2023, 11:32:37 PMReutlingen in Southern Germany was hit by hail, covering the town in a 30cm (1 foot) blanket of it.
(https://img.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2023-08/reutlingen-unwetter-hagel-strassen-wasserpegel/wide__480x270__mobile__scale_2)
:blink:
W. T. F.
Could have been frogs...
Quote from: Josquius on August 04, 2023, 02:53:31 AMI must say, the rain may suck but I do like that I'm having to start wearing a jumper in August.
You're a monster <_< :P
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 06, 2023, 06:47:55 AMQuote from: Josquius on August 04, 2023, 02:53:31 AMI must say, the rain may suck but I do like that I'm having to start wearing a jumper in August.
You're a monster <_< :P
In addition to wearing a thin jumper, today I've started wearing a beanie hat inside the house, down stairs temperature reads 18.8C at the moment. :hmm:
20°C max today, no rain, so good enough for a picnic. Wearing a sports jacket though.
28°C from Thursday on, however.
Quote from: mongers on August 06, 2023, 07:05:31 AMIn addition to wearing a thin jumper, today I've started wearing a beanie hat inside the house, down stairs temperature reads 18.8C at the moment. :hmm:
Yeah it has been cold. And August is normally crap here - my imagine of a good UK summer is normally that it's nice, sunny and clear May-July then overcast and drizzly in August and then really nice again for September.
My problem with this year is that basically it was only nice in June :weep:
But looks like things are turning next week, thank God.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 06, 2023, 01:22:11 PMQuote from: mongers on August 06, 2023, 07:05:31 AMIn addition to wearing a thin jumper, today I've started wearing a beanie hat inside the house, down stairs temperature reads 18.8C at the moment. :hmm:
Yeah it has been cold. And August is normally crap here - my imagine of a good UK summer is normally that it's nice, sunny and clear May-July then overcast and drizzly in August and then really nice again for September.
My problem with this year is that basically it was only nice in June :weep:
But looks like things are turning next week, thank God.
Well in Southern England today it was a proper summer day, good sunshine and temperatures over 25C! :gasp:
I was delighted :blush:
Heat index hitting 110 today if I heard right.
Balmy 16 today.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 23, 2023, 12:16:07 PMHeat index hitting 110 today if I heard right.
That's too warm for me.
Barely any rain and blazing hot temperatures for 100+ days now. This is why Fall is my favorite season, it has the promise of relief.
Yesterday was the first day <30°C in almost two weeks. Finally able to breathe again. -_-
Quote from: Syt on August 29, 2023, 12:42:47 AMYesterday was the first day <30°C in almost two weeks. Finally able to breathe again. -_-
The last day we had that was <30°C was June 8th.
Since my arrival in Bragança, temperatures have cooled down. 30°C announced for Thursday and then a week or so around 22-24, with possible sparse showers. :)
Quote from: Valmy on August 29, 2023, 12:11:08 PMQuote from: Syt on August 29, 2023, 12:42:47 AMYesterday was the first day <30°C in almost two weeks. Finally able to breathe again. -_-
The last day we had that was <30°C was June 8th.
Yeah, but you're in Texas, whereas our weather is usually more similar to, dunno, Oregon maybe? ;)
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 29, 2023, 12:19:13 PMSince my arrival in Bragança, temperatures have cooled down. 30°C announced for Thursday and then a week or so around 22-24, with possible sparse showers. :)
Your cool (cooling) influence perhaps? :D
I will say this is quite a Wtf weather summer with the frequency of Spanish rain.
It isn't normal British rain where it stays permanently damp all day and comes down in drips and drabs.
No. Its a fine sunny day... Then suddenly the heavens open for an hour and every field becomes a lake.
Not seen that so much down here. Had a bit of sun thankfully but back to the teens and often overcast. It's been one of the worst summers I can remember - it was basically June and then the odd day or two.
Hopefully September's good :weep:
Quote from: mongers on August 29, 2023, 02:36:28 PMQuote from: Duque de Bragança on August 29, 2023, 12:19:13 PMSince my arrival in Bragança, temperatures have cooled down. 30°C announced for Thursday and then a week or so around 22-24, with possible sparse showers. :)
Your cool (cooling) influence perhaps? :D
If so, I am the new Messiah (past 33 so I should be fine). :P
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 30, 2023, 04:59:00 AMQuote from: mongers on August 29, 2023, 02:36:28 PMQuote from: Duque de Bragança on August 29, 2023, 12:19:13 PMSince my arrival in Bragança, temperatures have cooled down. 30°C announced for Thursday and then a week or so around 22-24, with possible sparse showers. :)
Your cool (cooling) influence perhaps? :D
If so, I am the new Messiah (past 33 so I should be fine). :P
Interesting point, I guess future cult leaders like Koresh are likely to blame authorities/political leaders for the climate change and maybe claim to have powers to change the weather?
Quote from: mongers on August 30, 2023, 03:20:17 PMInteresting point, I guess future cult leaders like Koresh are likely to blame authorities/political leaders for the climate change and maybe claim to have powers to change the weather?
Rain-making ceremonies and/or witches are actually exist from time immemorial. :P
Reached 31C here today. <_<
Officially it's a heatwave in many parts of the UK.
Seems I will come back just in time for the last heatwave in Paris. :frusty:
As in 30-35 °C in the city centre, with temperatures not falling enough by night.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on September 06, 2023, 05:03:42 PMSeems I will come back just in time for the last heatwave in Paris. :frusty:
As in 30-35 °C in the city centre, with temperatures not falling enough by night.
The 'benefits' metropolitan life. :P
Quote from: mongers on September 06, 2023, 05:20:35 PMQuote from: Duque de Bragança on September 06, 2023, 05:03:42 PMSeems I will come back just in time for the last heatwave in Paris. :frusty:
As in 30-35 °C in the city centre, with temperatures not falling enough by night.
The 'benefits' metropolitan life. :P
Enjoying the night life since it is too hot to go back home anyways. :P
Got to 32 in Montreal, 4th day in a row overing around 30.
After a few week on the mid to low 20s we hit 33 today (felt like 40)
41 today, a new Texas record for September 8th (previous was 39 in 2012)! We have set about a dozen temperature records this year, in fact we set one yesterday as well.
Next week we are finally going to see more normal temperatures for this time of year and finally see things in the low 30s.
I am so freaking excited. I have been waiting for this since late May. I can finally go outside again.
Montreal's heatwave is over. Max is 22 on Saturday.
Quote from: Valmy on September 08, 2023, 01:18:34 PM41 today, a new Texas record for September 8th (previous was 39 in 2012)! We have set about a dozen temperature records this year, in fact we set one yesterday as well.
Next week we are finally going to see more normal temperatures for this time of year and finally see things in the low 30s.
I am so freaking excited. I have been waiting for this since late May. I can finally go outside again.
Man that suck; if I had to live there, I'd have probably committed suicide before the heat eventually ends.
You would be living in a country the size of a continent. There's somewhere with weather for you only within a small road trip.
September 'heat-wave' breaks here with light thundery rain. :bowler:
Well, looks like summer is finally coming to an end ... in mid-October :wacko:
(https://i.imgur.com/6WYry9L.png)
If the forecast holds it should be the first spell of days <20° since ... June, I think?
Quote from: Syt on October 12, 2023, 12:22:20 AMWell, looks like summer is finally coming to an end ... in mid-October :wacko:
If the forecast holds it should be the first spell of days <20° since ... June, I think?
Yeah just very odd all round, our new weather. :(
In total, Vienna has had 98 days of daytime highs over 25°C (despite having a relatively cold May), of which 47 were over 30°. Definitely not normal.
Lots of snow lately. Even around my place. I live low down and fairly near the sea so rarely see anything.
Up my parents place there's a lot more.
Chaos is surprisingly light (usually a little snow and society breaks down) with only a few issues like deliveries coming late and the boys swimming class bring cancelled.
It's odd because this time of year usually doesn't see any snow let alone snow that lies. If it comes it's usually towards the back end of winter.
Also odd is that this winter was supposed to be on the warmer side? Solar cycles and all that. I'm sure theres a meteorological explanation but I've not seen it yet.
I approve of snow of course. Winters should be proper.
The boy isn't a fan however. And I suppose it's not good for his health.
What amuses me is that the met office has a yellow snow warning out.
Yellow snow.
Tee hee.
How much snow? multiple inches high?
Quote from: Josquius on December 03, 2023, 07:49:35 PMLots of snow lately. Even around my place. I live low down and fairly near the sea so rarely see anything.
Up my parents place there's a lot more.
Chaos is surprisingly light (usually a little snow and society breaks down) with only a few issues like deliveries coming late and the boys swimming class bring cancelled.
It's odd because this time of year usually doesn't see any snow let alone snow that lies. If it comes it's usually towards the back end of winter.
Also odd is that this winter was supposed to be on the warmer side? Solar cycles and all that. I'm sure theres a meteorological explanation but I've not seen it yet.
I approve of snow of course. Winters should be proper.
The boy isn't a fan however. And I suppose it's not good for his health.
What amuses me is that the met office has a yellow snow warning out.
Yellow snow.
Tee hee.
The Atlantic is very warm so we should see more precipitation than usual.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 03, 2023, 08:15:58 PMHow much snow? multiple inches high?
A lot for here, where we basically never get snow, not a lot overall. Just an inch or so- though higher up I'm not sure.
Beautiful cold sunny winter's day in Stockholm. Lots of snow and hoarfrost. :)
Do you get hoar pills with your hoar frost?
No. :mad:
It's cold in Poland, wind is blowing from the East, so air quality in Germany takes a serious drop because 14 million Polish households still heat with coal.
(https://i.imgur.com/VAxo2QT.png)
The air quality was better when Sweden ruled those parts.
What about German coal power plants? :p
Work up to -38c this morning. Brr.
(That's -36f)
It's getting warmer! It's only -26c right now at noon. By Friday it's a high of -15c!
Amazing how warm -24c can feel. :cool:
Quadruple ultra mega glazing?
Quote from: Barrister on January 15, 2024, 03:37:06 PMAmazing how warm -24c can feel. :cool:
And now it's supposed to hit +12c.
I tell you - I'm never making a backyard rink again. By the time it got cold enough the kids used it exactly twice. Then it got super cold. and now it's melting.
You need a refrigeration system.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 29, 2024, 12:37:00 PMYou need a refrigeration system.
Crazily, I don't have tens of thousands of dollars to spend on one.
Easy solution: be rich
BB left private practice, he knew the risks... :D
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 29, 2024, 03:15:37 PMBB left private practice, he knew the risks... :D
What do you think about a opportunity to invest into the development of youth hockey in a small corner of southern Edmonton?
:lol:
Come to think of it, we've had a few requests to build outdoor rinks. Company specialized in industrial and larger rinks, so I don't think we ever built private outdoor rinks.
After the warmest February and March ever recorded, we've been having several days of temperatures around 27 to 28°C in the city. Not exactly normal for early April.
It'll cool down to 14 tomorrow, but back up to 25 the day after. I'm scared of summer if this is what April is like. :P :ph34r:
We've had a year of basically continuous rain it seems. Flood warnings on the Tyne. The sheer quantity of water is causing big issues for nature :(
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/nature-reserves-waterlogged-wettest-winter-050325012.html
I spent the last two weekends building field drains in the garden in the hope maybe this summer we can use it? Its been out of bounds for a while.
This summer is so shit :weep:
We're have a bit of a cold snap. It's glorious.
High of 16 today :wub:
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 09, 2024, 07:50:36 AMThis summer is so shit :weep:
I disagree.
Considerably better than last year which was a total wash out. We've had quite a lot of warm days this year but it has yet to become uncomfortably hot.
I've no idea what last year's weather was like :lol:
It's been constant rain, no sun, barely ever even hitting high teens/low twenties and looking outside right now I think it's hailing :weep:
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 10, 2024, 11:42:43 AMI've no idea what last year's weather was like :lol:
It's been constant rain, no sun, barely ever even hitting high teens/low twenties and looking outside right now I think it's hailing :weep:
So... England then?
:P
Also my gardening has been a disaster and I'm choosing to blame that on the inclement weather.
It's 15 degrees now and according to the BBC weather app, we might see the sun in a fortnight :weep:
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 11, 2024, 09:47:29 AMAlso my gardening has been a disaster and I'm choosing to blame that on the inclement weather.
It's 15 degrees now and according to the BBC weather app, we might see the sun in a fortnight :weep:
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 10, 2024, 11:42:43 AMI've no idea what last year's weather was like :lol:
It's been constant rain, no sun, barely ever even hitting high teens/low twenties and looking outside right now I think it's hailing :weep:
Albion as it should be. :bowler:
As I read in an old Encyclopedia Britannica (I think 1920s vintage), many years ago: "The British Isles have been blessed with the best climate in the world."
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 11, 2024, 09:47:29 AMAlso my gardening has been a disaster and I'm choosing to blame that on the inclement weather.
It's 15 degrees now and according to the BBC weather app, we might see the sun in a fortnight :weep:
I have stumbled upon the perfect gardening strategy. Leave for several weeks and let nature do it's thing. And voila - I come home to beds of lettuce, kale, chard, chives and dill to harvest for my cooking. With peas and Brussel sprouts well on the way.
A bit of weeding to do mind you :D
"Heat wave" :hmm:
(https://i.imgur.com/YG1VYct.png)
Were getting in the 40s c with humidity this week. Wonder how the brits would take it :D
I am telling ya maybe it is my acclimatisation but 28 can feel like a proper heatwave on this island I don't know why.
We're getting several 32°C days next week. 15 years ago that would have been unusual, these days it's become quite normal here. <_<
Quote from: Tamas on June 16, 2024, 02:50:37 AMI am telling ya maybe it is my acclimatisation but 28 can feel like a proper heatwave on this island I don't know why.
How hot did your area of hungary get?
Quote from: HVC on June 15, 2024, 10:45:25 PMWere getting in the 40s c with humidity this week. Wonder how the brits would take it :D
I think just over 40 is the peak temperature ever we've had.
It's currently about 5 degrees cooler than average for this time of year- it's about 15 degrees most days. Plus it's been an unusually wet year. I don't think I really get SADS but definitely feeling something this summer.
QuoteI am telling ya maybe it is my acclimatisation but 28 can feel like a proper heatwave on this island I don't know why.
I kind of agree and I don't know why. If I'm on holiday or overseas then high twenties to low thirties is my ideal temperature. It's great.
In the UK low to mid twenties, pls. I assume it's because all of our built environment is designed for a very narrow range of "temperate" weather, but I'm not sure that's all of it. Maybe humidity, but I don't really understand that - but I feel like basically there is no heat in the UK that is not humid :lol:
You guys also complain about cold weather that's not really cold. I just think you're all weak, weather wise :lol:
Quote from: HVC on June 16, 2024, 09:18:58 AMYou guys also complain about cold weather that's not really cold. I just think you're all weak, weather wise :lol:
:lol: This is fair. We're used to a very narrow range of very temperate weather.
Problem is that is also reflected in our built environment which is not very good at keeping the cold out in winter or the heat out in summer if either of those seasons are even slightly outside that very narrow range :lol:
Although I'd also say that "heatwave" isn't necessarily seen as negative here - which is starting to shift because climate change. Generally heatwaves are broadly reported as good things - get in a beer, go to the beach, have an ice cream sort of thing. There was a change (and a bit of a campaign) during the last (real) heatwave when we hit 40 degrees of a need for the press to start reporting on it as a bit more of a negative, plus tips on how to keep cool because there's a public health risk, especially for the elderly.
Colds always a funny one. You can conceptualize hot. Almost everyone lives somewhere where it gets really hot at sometime in the year. But hard to get across how cold it can get in canada. Imagine stepping into your freezer to warm up :lol:
*edit* And ontario isn't even out coldest province :D
Last time I lived in Newcastle I had a friend from Quebec. That summer she laughed at us for saying that winters in Newcastle could feel pretty chilly. Sure enough when winter came she moaned constantly about the cold :lol:
The problem, I think, is that in Quebec if you don't take the cold seriously you die; in England you just get slightly uncomfortable and think "I'll pop into that pub and warm ny feet by the fire whilst having a pint".
The following year I was in Canada at the end of March and there was very variable weather including some significant snow. I remember waking at the apartment we were staying at in Hull, blissfully unaware that the weather had turned overnight and there was a foot of snow outside....that flat was so well insulated.
Quote from: HVC on June 16, 2024, 08:03:36 AMQuote from: Tamas on June 16, 2024, 02:50:37 AMI am telling ya maybe it is my acclimatisation but 28 can feel like a proper heatwave on this island I don't know why.
How hot did your area of hungary get?
Around 30C during summer was fairly regular as I recall although it'd rarely go 35C or above. Then again in recent years there have been instances of 38-40C.
I think with climate change the desertification and mediterraneanisation of Hungary is well underway.
It's absolutely the case that British extremes feel a lot worse than they are on paper. And it's not just down to dressing for it et al.
I think it's humidity and wind.
I find a cold day here, hovering around 0,is far worse than the - 10s we got in Sweden.
There could also be something psychological top with our cold being grey and shit rather than bright white and lovely.
On the other extreme yep. Heat in Britain is a lot more unbearable. I'd probably blame our houses not being built for it. Cold in Japan is similar.
Quote from: Josquius on June 17, 2024, 06:11:15 AMOn the other extreme yep. Heat in Britain is a lot more unbearable. I'd probably blame our houses not being built for it. Cold in Japan is similar.
"So your buildings actively hold the heat in?"
"Yes."
"Well they must stay warm in winter then?"
"Oh God, no."
Quote from: HVC on June 16, 2024, 09:34:05 AMColds always a funny one. You can conceptualize hot. Almost everyone lives somewhere where it gets really hot at sometime in the year. But hard to get across how cold it can get in canada. Imagine stepping into your freezer to warm up :lol:
*edit* And ontario isn't even out coldest province :D
Yeah - you have no idea how frigging WARM something like -10c can feel like after a lengthy stretch of -30 to -40c. Like you feel like you can go out in your shorts.
Coldest I ever remember was -50c up in Peace River like 20+ years ago. It was a Sunday. I had to drive up to High Level for work the next day (which is getting pretty close to the NWT border). I start my car, but one of the tires is flat - the cold caused it to lose it's seal. I tried to change the tire - but I could only got out for 2-3 minutes at a time. I dug out the instruction manual - but the plastic cover just shattered in my hands.
Eventually I got the tire changed and started on my way, butt thought to myself - "you know if my car breaks down again I'm a dead man..." Thankfully I arrived safely.
On the other hand you can do the trick where you throw a cup of boiling water into the air and watch it immediately crystallize - so there's that.
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 17, 2024, 06:33:40 AMQuote from: Josquius on June 17, 2024, 06:11:15 AMOn the other extreme yep. Heat in Britain is a lot more unbearable. I'd probably blame our houses not being built for it. Cold in Japan is similar.
"So your buildings actively hold the heat in?"
"Yes."
"Well they must stay warm in winter then?"
"Oh God, no."
:lol:
Quote from: Barrister on June 17, 2024, 02:03:17 PMYeah - you have no idea how frigging WARM something like -10c can feel like after a lengthy stretch of -30 to -40c. Like you feel like you can go out in your shorts.
Coldest I ever remember was -50c up in Peace River like 20+ years ago. It was a Sunday. I had to drive up to High Level for work the next day (which is getting pretty close to the NWT border). I start my car, but one of the tires is flat - the cold caused it to lose it's seal. I tried to change the tire - but I could only got out for 2-3 minutes at a time. I dug out the instruction manual - but the plastic cover just shattered in my hands.
Eventually I got the tire changed and started on my way, butt thought to myself - "you know if my car breaks down again I'm a dead man..." Thankfully I arrived safely.
On the other hand you can do the trick where you throw a cup of boiling water into the air and watch it immediately crystallize - so there's that.
I've never been that cold, but my senior year in college Lake Superior froze over (which happens about once every 15 years or so.) Michigan's Keweenaw is surrounded by Lake Superior on 3 sides, so it usually doesn't get that cold, but it does get an enormous amount of snow. When the lake freezes the snow fizzles out, but it turns bitter cold and, like on the great plains, there's nothing to stop the wind. So I'm walking home one night when the wind chill is -80 F (-60 C) and I see the pledges of Michigan Technological University's sole black fraternity marching through campus holding light bulbs over their head and chanting "Unity." Initially I thought I had gone insane, like in a Jack London story, but my roommate was there and remembered it too. No one does hazing quite like historic black fraternities.
Quote from: Savonarola on June 17, 2024, 02:35:10 PMQuote from: Barrister on June 17, 2024, 02:03:17 PMYeah - you have no idea how frigging WARM something like -10c can feel like after a lengthy stretch of -30 to -40c. Like you feel like you can go out in your shorts.
Coldest I ever remember was -50c up in Peace River like 20+ years ago. It was a Sunday. I had to drive up to High Level for work the next day (which is getting pretty close to the NWT border). I start my car, but one of the tires is flat - the cold caused it to lose it's seal. I tried to change the tire - but I could only got out for 2-3 minutes at a time. I dug out the instruction manual - but the plastic cover just shattered in my hands.
Eventually I got the tire changed and started on my way, butt thought to myself - "you know if my car breaks down again I'm a dead man..." Thankfully I arrived safely.
On the other hand you can do the trick where you throw a cup of boiling water into the air and watch it immediately crystallize - so there's that.
I've never been that cold, but my senior year in college Lake Superior froze over (which happens about once every 15 years or so.) Michigan's Keweenaw is surrounded by Lake Superior on 3 sides, so it usually doesn't get that cold, but it does get an enormous amount of snow. When the lake freezes the snow fizzles out, but it turns bitter cold and, like on the great plains, there's nothing to stop the wind. So I'm walking home one night when the wind chill is -80 F (-60 C) and I see the pledges of Michigan Technological University's sole black fraternity marching through campus holding light bulbs over their head and chanting "Unity." Initially I thought I had gone insane, like in a Jack London story, but my roommate was there and remembered it too. No one does hazing quite like historic black fraternities.
I could do with some minus temps right now. It's hot. I'm insulated for the cold.
That's another thing about the cold. You can always put on more clothes. But when it's hot there's only so much clothes you can take off before you're arrested.
Good thing about 30+ temperatures: we can wear shorts in the office. Wearing a green/black hawaii shirt and black slack shorts today. :cool:
:weep:
https://x.com/bbcweather/status/1799747901536563353
Even my planned holiday might not help. Admittedly no-one goes to Poland or Berlin for the sun....but still.
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 19, 2024, 01:38:24 PM:weep:
https://x.com/bbcweather/status/1799747901536563353
Even my planned holiday might not help. Admittedly no-one goes to Poland or Berlin for the sun....but still.
Well, I am in Leipzig now, in Saxony.
Guess what, Anglo-Saxon weather. :P
This is a good example of the UK, heat alert and words like "soar" are used beacuse of 30C :
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/22/heat-health-alert-england
And it will be unbearable.
Forgot to ask last time this was brought up, but is this 30C at the thermometer, or is at a measurement of "feels like 30" including humidity ?
Quote from: HVC on June 22, 2024, 04:17:03 PMForgot to ask last time this was brought up, but is this 30C at the thermometer, or is at a measurement of "feels like 30" including humidity ?
Thermometer
Quote from: Tamas on June 22, 2024, 03:26:45 PMThis is a good example of the UK, heat alert and words like "soar" are used beacuse of 30C :
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/22/heat-health-alert-england
And it will be unbearable.
Also it's only been introduced in the last year.
We've always had weather warnings from the Met (and I'd say there's yellow about every other week). Sign of climate that we now need it for heating - primarily aimed at the elderly with health issues and especially on medication.
And worth flagging that despite this, in London, the Mayor's London plan is explicitly anti-AC and broadly it should only be an exception in residential developments (because of energy consumption and the impact on urban head island). Which can make some new build blocks really, really hot (especially s they're built with better insulation standards).
(https://i.imgur.com/Hrofcsg.png)
At 9 last night it was still 28 outside on the CC back deck. Not sure how hot it got yesterday. But thankfully this week is forecast to return to highs in the mid 20s.
After a brief respite it's back up to mid 30s (low 40s with humidity) :Canuck: :bleeding:
Meanwhile, in Vienna:
(https://i.imgur.com/K9nx78a.png)
Temperatures are expected to reach 23°C in Stockholm today.
This summer was not that bad until late August thanks to El Niño, Texas' one precious temperature control mechanism. And last year the Atlantic was also freakishly warm so I anticipated it would be a huge El Niño, but in fact it was only moderate. But still we needed it badly. It seems most of the moisture got dumped on California but we still got some.
The Atlantic seemed a more normal temperature this year so next year I expect us to be back to our normally scheduled hellish and dry summer.
Quote from: Syt on August 28, 2024, 02:10:47 AMMeanwhile, in Vienna:
(https://i.imgur.com/K9nx78a.png)
Update :lol:
(https://i.imgur.com/0mNBtVe.png)
After prolonged heatwave, Austria has been receiving huge amounts of rain these past two days. It's bad mostly in the countryside, but even in Vienna the Wienfluss has risen "a bit".
Normally:
(https://i.imgur.com/hV6k0nr.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/wyNbm7U.jpeg)
Currently:
(https://i.imgur.com/lJpkqST.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OOaDa5a.jpeg)
Also:
(https://i.imgur.com/blLwrw7.png)
vs.
(https://i.imgur.com/k2XJmMw.png)
:ph34r:
Lower Austria has been declared a disaster area. Even in Vienna (though on the far outskirts) some houses needed to be evacuated. Some subway tracks are closed for now (the ones near Wienfluss and Donaukanal).
On weather, we just had the worst summer I can remember in years that then immediately shifted into autumn.
Got a little bit of sun and warmth again now but been dreadful :(
You can gladly have our 52 or 53 days of over 30° and 60 or so nights over 20° :P
There's power outages in some parts of Vienna. A fireman has died. A few villages are being evacuated. Several roads and highways are closed off (including the Westautobahn and parts of the Südautobahn, main arteries into/out of Vienna); railroad has suspended service in affected areas. Parts of Austria have seen four times as much rain in two days as they would normally get in all of September.
(https://assets.orf.at/mims/2024/38/87/crops/w=800,q=60,r=1.5/2351123_body_896387_wetter_hochwasser_liveticker_somi_body5_a.jpg)
Helicopter rescue following an accident.
(https://assets.orf.at/mims/2024/38/96/crops/w=800,q=60,r=1.5/2351163_body_896396_wetter_hochwasser_liveticker_somi_body6_a.jpg)
Subway station Schottenring. Water is normally a couple meters lower than that:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Donaukanal_U-Bahn-Schottenring_Tel_Aviv_Beach_2012.jpg)
Keep in mind that Danube, Donaukanal and Wienfluss in the past decades were engineered to handle flooding events. But this is a bit more than usual.
Oh, and will likely continue to rain like this till tomorrow and possibly Tuesday.
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 15, 2024, 06:03:17 AMOn weather, we just had the worst summer I can remember in years that then immediately shifted into autumn.
Got a little bit of sun and warmth again now but been dreadful :(
The whole of next week is predicted to be warm weather in the 70s.
Quote from: garbon on September 15, 2024, 06:49:48 AMThe whole of next week is predicted to be warm weather in the 70s.
:o
God willing it holds. Need an Indian summer.
Seems Czechs, Poles and Romanians are hit harder than Austria. :(
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdrjjl3mmy8t
How much mm of rain so far, Syt?
About 150-300 mm in some areas. Probably going to be another 150 mm by end of tomorrow in some areas. Which doesn't sound much, but it all adds up. Overall it's a flooding which occurs roughly every 30 years, though for Vienna the experts say it's a "once every 100+ years" event. Mind you, Vienna is not as badly affected as many towns and communities (biggest irritation is that most of the subways are down, and houses on the outskirts are underwater).
Overall, some areas see less rain, but with the precipitation continuing till maybe Tuesday, and the ground unable to absorb more water, it might get worse before it gets better.
Wow.
150 liters per m² is alot. Good luck to you all.
Thanks. Night was relatively quiet, with some receding floods, but more rain today. From tomorrow onwards we will be back to 20+° and sunshine, though. :wacko:
Some graphs showing cubic meters of water per second at some points in rivers in last days. (Rivers are shown in brackets)
(https://i.imgur.com/5rjxyjp.png)
No estimates on financial damages, but it's likely to be in the billions, including people unable to get to work today.
Kłodzko, Poland:
(https://i.imgur.com/gU32c5L.png)
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1fhli77/update_from_k%C5%82odzko_poland_a_beacon_of_hope_is/
Same scene by day:
(https://i.imgur.com/orYpU0k.png)
The rain has stopped, but the water only recedes slowly. There's some concerns about melting snow from the mountains coming down (what was rain in the lower regions came down as snow higher up and we return to warmer temperatures again). Some towns and villages are still cut off, and it will be some time till the extent of the damages will be fully assessed.
I wonder if this is one of the impacts of the crazy warmth of the Atlantic Ocean last year.
I have to admit that talk of widespread flooding in September seems kind of crazy.
What a hot October
(https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/us_wxhi1_1280x720.jpg?crop=16:9&width=980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=60)
What the hell climate? It is fucking 90F in Denver in October.
I am sure that even PDH would agree with me that the normally mild paradise of the Monterey Bay region is slightly on the uncomfortably warm side.
Fuck me with an industrial A/C unit.
104 at UC Santa Cruz yesterday. The only thing in my favor is that I go down closer to the ocean after work, it was 20 degrees cooler there.
We're already getting rain from Milton (I knew he'd come for me one day...) The current forecasts show it passing over Cape Canaveral (just north of me) Wednesday night/Thursday morning. They also show it going directly over Tampa earlier Wednesday.
We lost power from the storm for a couple hours. It didn't come up in our entire subdivision until late this morning. A lot of people have generators. This morning I saw one of the people in the subdivision had run an extension cord across the street to get power from his neighbor. In true Florida fashion he had duct-taped the extension cord to the road.
I also see that Marjorie Taylor Greene claims that "They" can control the weather. It struck me that the world has become a much more confusing place. In the old days you would have known she meant "The Jews" :Joos by "They." Today she seems to mean.. the government? :unsure: Democrats? :unsure: the deep state? :unsure:
Actually, to her credit, I see that she clarified, she means The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-weather-control-hurricane-b2626699.html), and encouraged people who have suffered loss in a hurricane to sue them.
12.7C downstairs in the living room this morning and an invigorating 7.1C in the bathroom. :bowler:
Now you just have to draw a cold bath, jump in some ice cubes and have a cold plunge for the full experience.
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 21, 2024, 10:36:11 AMNow you just have to draw a cold bath, jump in some ice cubes and have a cold plunge for the full experience.
:D
Yeah, maybe I'm turning into a Russian in my old age. :unsure:
Quote from: mongers on November 21, 2024, 10:34:44 AM12.7C downstairs in the living room this morning and an invigorating 7.1C in the bathroom. :bowler:
That's winter in a tropical climate. :P
Snow over here, but it's not cold enough to stay. Only +1 °C.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on November 21, 2024, 10:56:44 AMQuote from: mongers on November 21, 2024, 10:34:44 AM12.7C downstairs in the living room this morning and an invigorating 7.1C in the bathroom. :bowler:
That's winter in a tropical climate. :P
Snow over here, but it's not cold enough to stay. Only +1 °C.
Yep, these couple of days of below zero night are the first in 10 months here. :hmm:
First proper snow today. Current temp -12c.
Holy Shit it's 17.9C here, 30 mins after sunset. :)
Quote from: mongers on November 23, 2024, 10:33:26 AMHoly Shit it's 17.9C here, 30 mins after sunset. :)
We are continuing to heat up through the night so every hour is warmer. :wacko:
Quote from: garbon on November 23, 2024, 12:41:45 PMQuote from: mongers on November 23, 2024, 10:33:26 AMHoly Shit it's 17.9C here, 30 mins after sunset. :)
We are continuing to heat up through the night so every hour is warmer. :wacko:
Now can you understand the national obsession with "The Weather"? :P
Quote from: mongers on November 23, 2024, 12:53:07 PMQuote from: garbon on November 23, 2024, 12:41:45 PMQuote from: mongers on November 23, 2024, 10:33:26 AMHoly Shit it's 17.9C here, 30 mins after sunset. :)
We are continuing to heat up through the night so every hour is warmer. :wacko:
Now can you understand the national obsession with "The Weather"? :P
Oh Kate Fox prepared me.
QuoteOne of the first cultural phenomena Fox uncovers is the English obsession with the weather. She notes how conversations often begin with a discussion about the weather, serving as a social lubricant, and a way to establish common ground. She coins the term 'weather-speak' to describe this uniquely English practice.
Social grooming - like monkeys cleaning each other :lol:
Weirdly a lot colder in my flat than outside :(
Isn't that a general Anglo-Saxon trait? We do it in canuckland too
Uniquely English?
From when Kate Fox was talking about it (I have spoken about the weather in the last 60 minutes) :ph34r:
QuoteAccording to recent research, 94% of British respondents admit to having conversed about the weather in the past six hours, while 38% say they have in the past 60 minutes. "This means at almost any moment in this country, at least a third of the population is either talking about the weather, has already done so or is about to do so," says social anthropologist Kate Fox, who performed the studies in 2010 for an update of her book Watching the English.
Quote from: Sheilbh on November 28, 2024, 06:08:55 PMFrom when Kate Fox was talking about it (I have spoken about the weather in the last 60 minutes) :ph34r:
QuoteAccording to recent research, 94% of British respondents admit to having conversed about the weather in the past six hours, while 38% say they have in the past 60 minutes. "This means at almost any moment in this country, at least a third of the population is either talking about the weather, has already done so or is about to do so," says social anthropologist Kate Fox, who performed the studies in 2010 for an update of her book Watching the English.
Those sort of numbers don't sound out of line for Canada - at least in winter.
(high of -19c today here in jolly 'ole Edmonton)
Talking about the weather is how we do small talk here.
That doesn't surprise me. I think same in Japan (which comes up a lot in her book because of similarities in polling on social attitudes/behaviour). But different than other cultures where it's okay to ask direct personal questions as small talk (that to British - and I assume Japanese or Canadian ears seem rude or a bit too personal). Definitely chatted to some Americans who had to calibrate their small talk living here :lol: (And no doubt the opposite would appeal in the other way as Americans wonder why we're wittering on about rain instead of showing an interest in the person we're talking to...)