What's more current than the weather? - Page 93

Gravdigr · 03-06-2018, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Careful. That attitude will get you oobleck.

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"Rain, always rain. Why can't we have something different for a change?"

~Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Suess

Thank you for that, HapMo.

Gravdigr · 03-06-2018, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Winter is lovely, but it can suck.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

They're saying we'll get a 6 to 12 inches tomorrow. At least the power should stay on, all the weak trees were weeded out last friday. I lost power at 8PM Friday, no heat, 51F inside, no water, no phone. Came back on 7:30PM Saturday. Went off at 2AM Sunday, on at 1AM Monday.

That's the 'suck' part I was talking about.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-06-2018, 03:04 PM

Had the fireplace going but that's a pisshole in a snowbank heating the house.

Gravdigr · 03-06-2018, 03:08 PM

As you say, maybe the problem trees have been weeded out, and you'll get through ok from here on.

Glinda · 03-08-2018, 02:42 PM

Rainy, windy, 48 degrees. Bah.

Gravdigr · 03-08-2018, 03:21 PM

Kinda nasty here, too.

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DanaC · 03-08-2018, 03:54 PM

There's a video on youtube about the internet laughing at brits for being perturbed by a little snow.

Have you seen that picture Carruthers posted of the massive fucking snowdrifts in Cumbria?

My village got 15 inches of snow and windspeeds high enough to create snow drifts as tall as I am.

Full on blizzard conditions - a gritter truck got buried in snow in Wales - one couple spent hours buried in their car and a motorway full of people were stranded for 12 hours - heavy snow, deep drifts and 90 mph winds

I realise we have a tendency to over react to snow over here - given we don't get anywhere near as much as elsewhere and it doesn't last as long either - but the combination of the 'Beat from the East' and Storm Emma was full on.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-08-2018, 09:47 PM

The snow you got was a huge strain on your ability to keep calm and carry on, that baby would be a bitch anywhere. It's just get safe and wait, when subjected to that shit.

Yesterday about 5 inches of heavy wet stuff. Watching the voltmeter on my desk it was dancing all day. The power only went off once, long enough to kill the TV, microwave clock and turn on the livingroom touch lamp, but not kill my computer. I can live with that.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-11-2018, 09:19 AM

A Blowfish...

tw · 03-11-2018, 10:37 PM

Nonsense. Mork just arrived from Ork.

Carruthers · 05-27-2018, 04:04 PM

In the early hours of this morning we had a colossal thunderstorm.
This wasn't a muttered 'wossat?' and back to sleep.
This was the real Vincent Price emerging from the woodwork offering.
Fifteen thousand lightning strikes were recorded in, I think, an hour and the hydrant refuelling system at Stansted airport was put out of action after it was struck.

And now, as I type (2200), we're in the midst of a repeat performance.
I dare not look at the 60' conifer at the bottom of the back garden as I fear for its future as a tree. If you see what I mean.
The rain is torrential and the humidity is making me weary.
Anyway, we didn't lose the electricity supply last night so there's a better than evens chance we'll do so tonight.

Right. Wish me luck.

Gravdigr · 05-27-2018, 04:35 PM

Find something sturdy and hang on.

Tightly.

fargon · 05-27-2018, 05:17 PM

Go dance naked in the back yard!!!

Griff · 05-27-2018, 08:26 PM

Whoa, there’s some excitement.

monster · 05-27-2018, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

In the early hours of this morning we had a colossal thunderstorm.
This wasn't a muttered 'wossat?' and back to sleep.
This was the real Vincent Price emerging from the woodwork offering.
Fifteen thousand lightning strikes were recorded in, I think, an hour and the hydrant refuelling system at Stansted airport was put out of action after it was struck.

And now, as I type (2200), we're in the midst of a repeat performance.
I dare not look at the 60' conifer at the bottom of the back garden as I fear for its future as a tree. If you see what I mean.
The rain is torrential and the humidity is making me weary.
Anyway, we didn't lose the electricity supply last night so there's a better than evens chance we'll do so tonight.

Right. Wish me luck.

The suburb we used to live in in Birmingham apparently just got more than a month's worth of rain in an hour and is underwater.

Here, it was 95F (35C)

Now it's dark and the temp has plummeted to an Arctic 27C/80F

03-06-2018, 03:04 PM	#1383
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Had the fireplace going but that's a pisshole in a snowbank heating the house. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-06-2018, 03:08 PM	#1384
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	As you say, maybe the problem trees have been weeded out, and you'll get through ok from here on. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-08-2018, 03:21 PM	#1386
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Kinda nasty here, too. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-08-2018, 09:47 PM	#1388
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The snow you got was a huge strain on your ability to keep calm and carry on, that baby would be a bitch anywhere. It's just get safe and wait, when subjected to that shit. Yesterday about 5 inches of heavy wet stuff. Watching the voltmeter on my desk it was dancing all day. The power only went off once, long enough to kill the TV, microwave clock and turn on the livingroom touch lamp, but not kill my computer. I can live with that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-11-2018, 09:19 AM	#1389
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A Blowfish... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-08-2018, 02:42 PM	#1385
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Rainy, windy, 48 degrees. Bah.

03-11-2018, 10:37 PM	#1390
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Nonsense. Mork just arrived from Ork.

05-27-2018, 04:04 PM	#1391
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	In the early hours of this morning we had a colossal thunderstorm. This wasn't a muttered 'wossat?' and back to sleep. This was the real Vincent Price emerging from the woodwork offering. Fifteen thousand lightning strikes were recorded in, I think, an hour and the hydrant refuelling system at Stansted airport was put out of action after it was struck. And now, as I type (2200), we're in the midst of a repeat performance. I dare not look at the 60' conifer at the bottom of the back garden as I fear for its future as a tree. If you see what I mean. The rain is torrential and the humidity is making me weary. Anyway, we didn't lose the electricity supply last night so there's a better than evens chance we'll do so tonight. Right. Wish me luck. __________________ Last edited by Carruthers; 05-27-2018 at 04:10 PM.

05-27-2018, 04:35 PM	#1392
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Find something sturdy and hang on. Tightly. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-27-2018, 05:17 PM	#1393
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Go dance naked in the back yard!!! __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

05-27-2018, 08:26 PM	#1394
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Whoa, there’s some excitement. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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