Unusual weather we're having, ain't it? - Page 4

Elspode · 01-16-2007, 12:54 PM

It hit 4.3 degrees fahrenheit last night in Raytown. Winter is here, global warming is over, I'm out of firewood.

glatt · 01-16-2007, 01:01 PM

Winter's thinking about coming here today. Well, not really, but the temperature is dropping by like 20-30 degrees today. Yesterday, it was still very nice.

This is Gravelly Point, a park at the end of the runway for National Airport. I wonder if you would get in trouble if you tried to fly a kite in this park? There are no signs prohibiting it.

Clodfobble · 01-16-2007, 04:36 PM

Dude! It snowed here today! I mean really snowed!

They're saying this is the first time in three years, but I say that's bogus because in 2004 the snow started at 1:30 in the morning and had all melted away again before decent people were out of bed. Prior to that it had been many, many years. Today, however, it snowed all morning and afternoon. Crazy.

wolf · 01-17-2007, 01:36 AM

Winter finally stopped and asked for directions.

It was 70F on Monday, 58F as I was leaving work at 0100 hrs.

Right now it is 22F.

F as in FUCKING COLD.

Griff · 01-17-2007, 06:59 AM

6 degrees F and snowy this morning brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Happy Monkey · 01-17-2007, 10:22 AM

Yeah, winter showed up today in DC. I'm not sure it's January yet, but it's definately at least mid-December.

Beestie · 01-17-2007, 12:04 PM

I checked Yahoo weather Monday. It said the low would be 24 and the high would be 48. It showed the current temperature as 59.

limey · 01-17-2007, 01:36 PM

It's the gale force winds that have battered my littile isle every two weeks for three/four days at a time that is unusual - usually we get just one bout of such weather per winter. So far this winter we've had five or six such bursts.
It's been unseasonally mild, too, but we are promised colder weather and more gales over the next two days. Warm gales do feel odd and we've had a fair few of those recently.

AgentApathy · 01-17-2007, 08:15 PM

CF wasn't kidding; this winter precipitation thing is, indeed, an anomaly for us central Texans. After 48 hours of this crap, I'm glad it's going away and things are thawing out. Texans DO NOT know how to drive in it, walk in it, shop for it, or talk about anything other than it on the news. You'd have thought it was the apocalypse rather than some ice: you'd be hard pressed to find a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread in this city right now; there was nearly rioting in a grocery store in a less desirable area of town noon today.

Adios, icy streets and crazed people!

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-20-2007, 10:25 PM

Ap, you should see the way Tucsonians, uh, drive in the rain. Admittedly, rain in the Phoenix-Tucson desert valley tends to come as powerful thunderstorms, and the desert soil doesn't sponge the stuff up -- and Tucson road underpasses haven't much drainage. Somebody always ends up wet up to his ass if not drowning, trying to push through something that could be ponding rain water eight feet deep.

Snow in Tucson is actually apparently less of a problem -- because the Tucsonians don't drive in the stuff to speak of, but instead cancel all appointments, run outside, and play in it, because they know it will all be gone tomorrow! And it might not come back for two years. So, little driving but plenty snowball fights.

Trilby · 01-21-2007, 10:31 AM

Well, hell. We've got 3 inches of snow this morning. DAY-AM! gotta go shovel out the driveway....shoot.

Elspode · 01-21-2007, 11:26 AM

I've got about five inches of snow this morning. It is staying right the fuck where it fell. I'll show Nature who's boss.

Perry Winkle · 01-21-2007, 11:28 AM

It's snowing right now...sorta. Barely flurries really.

Happy Monkey · 01-21-2007, 01:19 PM

Yeah, it's not the most impressive snowfall, but I'll go ahead and upgrade this winter to January.

Happy Monkey · 01-21-2007, 06:41 PM

The cherry blossoms are out of luck...

01-16-2007, 12:54 PM	#46
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	It hit 4.3 degrees fahrenheit last night in Raytown. Winter is here, global warming is over, I'm out of firewood. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-16-2007, 01:01 PM	#47
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Winter's thinking about coming here today. Well, not really, but the temperature is dropping by like 20-30 degrees today. Yesterday, it was still very nice. This is Gravelly Point, a park at the end of the runway for National Airport. I wonder if you would get in trouble if you tried to fly a kite in this park? There are no signs prohibiting it. Attached Images

01-17-2007, 01:36 AM	#49
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Winter finally stopped and asked for directions. It was 70F on Monday, 58F as I was leaving work at 0100 hrs. Right now it is 22F. F as in FUCKING COLD. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-17-2007, 06:59 AM	#50
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	6 degrees F and snowy this morning brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-17-2007, 10:22 AM	#51
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Yeah, winter showed up today in DC. I'm not sure it's January yet, but it's definately at least mid-December. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-16-2007, 04:36 PM	#48
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Dude! It snowed here today! I mean really snowed! They're saying this is the first time in three years, but I say that's bogus because in 2004 the snow started at 1:30 in the morning and had all melted away again before decent people were out of bed. Prior to that it had been many, many years. Today, however, it snowed all morning and afternoon. Crazy.

01-17-2007, 12:04 PM	#52
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I checked Yahoo weather Monday. It said the low would be 24 and the high would be 48. It showed the current temperature as 59. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

01-17-2007, 01:36 PM	#53
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	It's the gale force winds that have battered my littile isle every two weeks for three/four days at a time that is unusual - usually we get just one bout of such weather per winter. So far this winter we've had five or six such bursts. It's been unseasonally mild, too, but we are promised colder weather and more gales over the next two days. Warm gales do feel odd and we've had a fair few of those recently. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-17-2007, 08:15 PM	#54
AgentApathy I just look like I'm listening Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 39	CF wasn't kidding; this winter precipitation thing is, indeed, an anomaly for us central Texans. After 48 hours of this crap, I'm glad it's going away and things are thawing out. Texans DO NOT know how to drive in it, walk in it, shop for it, or talk about anything other than it on the news. You'd have thought it was the apocalypse rather than some ice: you'd be hard pressed to find a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread in this city right now; there was nearly rioting in a grocery store in a less desirable area of town noon today. Adios, icy streets and crazed people!

01-20-2007, 10:25 PM	#55
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Ap, you should see the way Tucsonians, uh, drive in the rain. Admittedly, rain in the Phoenix-Tucson desert valley tends to come as powerful thunderstorms, and the desert soil doesn't sponge the stuff up -- and Tucson road underpasses haven't much drainage. Somebody always ends up wet up to his ass if not drowning, trying to push through something that could be ponding rain water eight feet deep. Snow in Tucson is actually apparently less of a problem -- because the Tucsonians don't drive in the stuff to speak of, but instead cancel all appointments, run outside, and play in it, because they know it will all be gone tomorrow! And it might not come back for two years. So, little driving but plenty snowball fights. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

01-21-2007, 10:31 AM	#56
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Well, hell. We've got 3 inches of snow this morning. DAY-AM! gotta go shovel out the driveway....shoot. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-21-2007, 11:26 AM	#57
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I've got about five inches of snow this morning. It is staying right the fuck where it fell. I'll show Nature who's boss. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-21-2007, 11:28 AM	#58
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	It's snowing right now...sorta. Barely flurries really.

01-21-2007, 01:19 PM	#59
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Yeah, it's not the most impressive snowfall, but I'll go ahead and upgrade this winter to January. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-21-2007, 06:41 PM	#60
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The cherry blossoms are out of luck... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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