What's more current than the weather? - Page 44

infinite monkey · 01-08-2014, 08:22 AM

Oh, just the town south of here, probably. Where I was born and grew up. It's about the same size as this town only it's SO much nicer. I would love a condo, or an apartment downtown, in an old building. IT would be so cool to walk to the nice stores and restaurants.But this is all wishful thinking for now.

glatt · 01-08-2014, 08:36 AM

Well, it can be good to have a goal to work to. Tell yourself that someday you will live there, and then make it happen.

It's amazing how important location can be. My MIL has a nicer house than us on a bigger piece of property, but she's in the middle of a tobacco field way on the outskirts of her little town with cars that zoom by in front of her house at 60 mph on that lonely country road. She can't walk anywhere.

infinite monkey · 01-08-2014, 10:26 AM

Thanks! This 17 degrees feels like a tropical heatwave!

tw · 01-08-2014, 09:26 PM

It was -70 degree C on Mars. Anyone who so wants to be a first man on Mars should be quite happy (or complaining) that it is so warm here on earth.

glatt · 01-09-2014, 07:28 AM

This cold snap is really improving now. It was 28 when I walked to the Metro this morning. Positively balmy.

And I just read a nice little article that puts a positive spin on this frigid week we've had.

Quote:

It may be hard to think of this week's deep freeze as anything but miserable, but to scientists like Lenters there are silver linings: The extreme cold may help raise low water in the Great Lakes, protect shorelines and wetlands from erosion, kill insect pests and slow the migration of invasive species.

"All around, it's a positive thing," Lenters, a specialist in the climate of lakes and watersheds, said Wednesday.

....

"A good cold snap lowers the acidity in oranges and increases sugar content, sweetens the fruit," said Frankie Hall, policy director for the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. "It's almost been a blessing."

...

The emerald ash borer, an insect native to Asia, arrived in the U.S. around 2002 and has killed about 50 million ash trees in the Upper Midwest. But some locales this winter may have gotten cold enough to kill at least some larvae, said Robert Venette, a U.S. Forest Service research biologist in St. Paul, Minn.

A reading of minus 20 will usually produce a 50 percent mortality rate, and "the numbers go up quickly as it gets colder than that," Venette said.

While the freeze won't wipe out the ash borer, it will give communities a chance to develop plans for limiting the bug's spread, he said.

Other pests that originated in warmer places could be affected as well, including the gypsy moth, the hemlock woolly adelgid and the European beetle that carries Dutch elm disease, said Lee Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology. Native insects have evolved to cope with deep freezes.

I just hope it kills off the ticks.

Griff · 01-09-2014, 08:50 PM

BigV · 01-10-2014, 12:53 PM

scary

a wider, higher view

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busterb · 01-27-2014, 07:04 PM

Yeah, I know there's places a lot colder. I live in a house that's about 60 years old, and before tw's codes were put in place.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2014, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busterb

Yeah, I know there's places a lot colder. I live in a house that's about 60 years old, and before tw's codes were put in place.

In MS? Holy shit! That qualifies as real winter weather, Buster.

Griff · 01-28-2014, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busterb

Yeah, I know there's places a lot colder. I live in a house that's about 60 years old, and before tw's codes were put in place.

What kind of heat you got, buster?

Sundae · 01-27-2014, 08:04 PM

Rain here again.
We're immune to floods, living on this little hill, although the water does run down our garden path and give us a little moat to hop over when the weather has been unusually persistent.
I've never known such a prolonged period of wet country-wide.

Uncle Ted's funeral tomorrow. Well, later today really.
The only two black bottoms I have are a long pair of trousers or a very very long skirt.
I got rid of a lot of black clothes which were simply too big.
Both choices are going to act like a wick to soak up all the rain I can hear against my window

I guess I shouldn't even be contemplating my rockstar trousers...
No.
Stck-heeled boots and rolling over the waistband of the skirt I think.

Still, what a dreary Winter.
I'm looking forward to Spring now, which is not like me. Because I prefer the cold to the wet and the mud. Just that this year it's hard to see how it could get wetter or muddier and at least I'd start leaving the house in the light again.

Aliantha · 01-27-2014, 08:25 PM

We could use a bit of that rain here, although a fairly intense low looks like it might bring some in the next week or so.

monster · 01-27-2014, 09:22 PM

Will mail you some snow. On track for snowiest month since records began. record currently held by December 2000 -the month before we moved here. University of Michigan is closed tomorrow due to cold. that NEVER happens. Schools would be closed but they already have an off day.

busterb · 01-28-2014, 03:17 PM

Gas. Once used wood also. But not able to round up the firewood anymore. Sold my chain saw. Want to buy a used wood heater?

Griff · 01-28-2014, 04:36 PM

Stay warm dude.

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busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Yeah, I know there's places a lot colder. I live in a house that's about 60 years old, and before tw's codes were put in place. Attached Images __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

01-27-2014, 08:04 PM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Rain here again. We're immune to floods, living on this little hill, although the water does run down our garden path and give us a little moat to hop over when the weather has been unusually persistent. I've never known such a prolonged period of wet country-wide. Uncle Ted's funeral tomorrow. Well, later today really. The only two black bottoms I have are a long pair of trousers or a very very long skirt. I got rid of a lot of black clothes which were simply too big. Both choices are going to act like a wick to soak up all the rain I can hear against my window I guess I shouldn't even be contemplating my rockstar trousers... No. Stck-heeled boots and rolling over the waistband of the skirt I think. Still, what a dreary Winter. I'm looking forward to Spring now, which is not like me. Because I prefer the cold to the wet and the mud. Just that this year it's hard to see how it could get wetter or muddier and at least I'd start leaving the house in the light again. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-27-2014, 08:25 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We could use a bit of that rain here, although a fairly intense low looks like it might bring some in the next week or so. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-08-2014, 08:22 AM	#1
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Oh, just the town south of here, probably. Where I was born and grew up. It's about the same size as this town only it's SO much nicer. I would love a condo, or an apartment downtown, in an old building. IT would be so cool to walk to the nice stores and restaurants.But this is all wishful thinking for now.

01-08-2014, 08:36 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, it can be good to have a goal to work to. Tell yourself that someday you will live there, and then make it happen. It's amazing how important location can be. My MIL has a nicer house than us on a bigger piece of property, but she's in the middle of a tobacco field way on the outskirts of her little town with cars that zoom by in front of her house at 60 mph on that lonely country road. She can't walk anywhere.

01-08-2014, 10:26 AM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Thanks! This 17 degrees feels like a tropical heatwave!

01-08-2014, 09:26 PM	#4
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	It was -70 degree C on Mars. Anyone who so wants to be a first man on Mars should be quite happy (or complaining) that it is so warm here on earth.

01-27-2014, 09:22 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Will mail you some snow. On track for snowiest month since records began. record currently held by December 2000 -the month before we moved here. University of Michigan is closed tomorrow due to cold. that NEVER happens. Schools would be closed but they already have an off day. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-28-2014, 03:17 PM	#14
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Gas. Once used wood also. But not able to round up the firewood anymore. Sold my chain saw. Want to buy a used wood heater? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

01-28-2014, 04:36 PM	#15
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Stay warm dude. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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