What's more current than the weather? - Page 30

Sundae · 01-30-2013, 04:39 PM

Been threatened with rain and high winds since the weekend.
Here in the Vale it's been a bit breezy, and the ground is wet, but nothing to justify stomping to work in my heavy duty boots. Grrrrr.

Trouble is, I've been out after school every day so far, and I have to carry enough stuff to be prepared - hat and cardigan and scarf and flats to wear at work. I look like I'm away for the weekend every morning I leave the house. But the weather is changeable and the temp drops when the sun goes down.

Aside from the boots I will admit the other items have been useful. The school is not uniformly heated and my core temp has dropped enough that I can wear up to three layers on occasion...

I'd like a sharp clean frost. Have decided snow is too messy and muddy. I always suspect dog owners have decided not to pick up the steaming parcels their dogs leave when it is snowing, and therefore have to negotiate any part of pavement with even a hint of brown... even if 99.9% of it is probably mud.

DanaC · 01-30-2013, 05:34 PM

I walked carrotchops through high winds and hail today!

And the winds have been freaking him out at times too. When everything's being blown around outside and the fireplace is acting like a trumpet.

Trilby · 01-30-2013, 07:26 PM

it was 60 (60!) degrees out today but now it's howling, moaning wind with rain/sleet/hail with the rain coming down literally in devlish buckets not a nice soft Scottish rain at ALL- very Dracula weather. And tonight (after this cold front moves in) it is going to SNOW. So from 60 degrees to snow in one 12 hour period.

wild willy wonka weather.

as a joke my sister planted two pink flamingo in my side yard and I fear this roaring hateful wind will blow them away...poor flamingos...

glatt · 01-30-2013, 08:28 PM

Yeah, pretty big storm too. Looks like this line of thunderstorms stretches from PA to the Gulf of Mexico.

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orthodoc · 01-30-2013, 08:29 PM

Same weather here; temperature's been dropping like a stone all day fom the high 60s to snow tonight. It's been pouring rain with high winds all day. The roads tomorrow morning will be skating rinks.

footfootfoot · 01-30-2013, 08:33 PM

The high winds combined with the drop in temp usually dries things out.

ZenGum · 01-30-2013, 08:33 PM

I think you can declare that a "weather event". Looks kinda scary.

orthodoc · 01-30-2013, 08:41 PM

Just thinking about the rain (there's enough coming down to sheet and puddle on the road surfaces) and the rapid temperature drop - it's going to freeze under the snow. Hereabouts, they don't send the plows and salt trucks out until after the snow completely stops.

Why waste money when the snow's still coming down, is the thinking.
Amateurs.

glatt · 01-30-2013, 08:47 PM

It won't get that cold here, but in the last 20 minutes, it's gone from 68 down to 58, and it's still falling.

Trilby · 01-31-2013, 08:09 AM

we've a new thing here in Dayton where they pre-salt the roads BEFORE the snow/ice with salt and this new thing that they have which is cheaper and works better--some agricultural thing; in twenty years we'll find out it causes brain cancer but so far the roads aren't too bad.

Howling winds, my windows are shaking, my front door is rattling. Wolf wants in!

glatt · 01-31-2013, 08:23 AM

We survived the night just fine, and now it's a blustery day with the sun poking out from behind the clouds. I love this kind of weather. The wind is strong but not damaging, and the clouds are racing across the sky with a strong sunlight shining through every once and a while.

It's a vibrant day. There's electricity in the air. When I was a kid, this kind of weather would make me just tear around the playground.

infinite monkey · 01-31-2013, 08:48 AM

My car was pushed all over the interstate this morning. Seriously high winds. The roads were OK though.

orthodoc · 01-31-2013, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

The high winds combined with the drop in temp usually dries things out.

You were right - no skating rinks. A little ice but nothing horrible. I need to remember that there are plenty of places in the US that equal Canada for snow experience and general lousy winter weather!

In fact, anyone from southern Ontario has nothing to say about snow. They shut down Toronto and Hamilton for an inch of the stuff. You have to get north of Toronto to get into the snow belts.

footfootfoot · 01-31-2013, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

My car was pushed all over the interstate this morning. Seriously high winds. The roads were OK though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by orthodoc

You were right - no skating rinks. A little ice but nothing horrible. I need to remember that there are plenty of places in the US that equal Canada for snow experience and general lousy winter weather!

In fact, anyone from southern Ontario has nothing to say about snow. They shut down Toronto and Hamilton for an inch of the stuff. You have to get north of Toronto to get into the snow belts.

When my sister moved to VA from NY she called to tell me that she was driving to work and the snow had just barely begun to fall, just a few flakes barely sticking, and people were skidding into ditches, abandoning their cars and walking. She didn't realize that not everyone knew how to drive in snow.

20 years later and she still shakes her head at southerners in snow.

Nirvana · 01-31-2013, 12:08 PM

Ha! Trilby at the end of summer I buy pink flamingo sets for about 4 bucks for next years yard plantings

01-30-2013, 04:39 PM	#436
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Been threatened with rain and high winds since the weekend. Here in the Vale it's been a bit breezy, and the ground is wet, but nothing to justify stomping to work in my heavy duty boots. Grrrrr. Trouble is, I've been out *after* school every day so far, and I have to carry enough stuff to be prepared - hat and cardigan and scarf and flats to wear at work. I look like I'm away for the weekend every morning I leave the house. But the weather is changeable and the temp drops when the sun goes down. Aside from the boots I will admit the other items have been useful. The school is not uniformly heated and my core temp has dropped enough that I can wear up to three layers on occasion... I'd like a sharp clean frost. Have decided snow is too messy and muddy. I always suspect dog owners have decided not to pick up the steaming parcels their dogs leave when it is snowing, and therefore have to negotiate any part of pavement with even a hint of brown... even if 99.9% of it is probably mud. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-30-2013, 07:26 PM	#438
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	it was 60 (60!) degrees out today but now it's howling, moaning wind with rain/sleet/hail with the rain coming down literally in devlish buckets not a nice soft Scottish rain at ALL- very Dracula weather. And tonight (after this cold front moves in) it is going to SNOW. So from 60 degrees to snow in one 12 hour period. wild willy wonka weather. as a joke my sister planted two pink flamingo in my side yard and I fear this roaring hateful wind will blow them away...poor flamingos... __________________ 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

01-30-2013, 08:29 PM	#440
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Same weather here; temperature's been dropping like a stone all day fom the high 60s to snow tonight. It's been pouring rain with high winds all day. The roads tomorrow morning will be skating rinks. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-30-2013, 08:33 PM	#441
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The high winds combined with the drop in temp usually dries things out. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-30-2013, 08:33 PM	#442
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I think you can declare that a "weather event". Looks kinda scary. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-30-2013, 08:28 PM	#439
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, pretty big storm too. Looks like this line of thunderstorms stretches from PA to the Gulf of Mexico.

01-30-2013, 08:41 PM	#443
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Just thinking about the rain (there's enough coming down to sheet and puddle on the road surfaces) and the rapid temperature drop - it's going to freeze under the snow. Hereabouts, they don't send the plows and salt trucks out until after the snow completely stops. Why waste money when the snow's still coming down, is the thinking. Amateurs. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-30-2013, 08:47 PM	#444
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It won't get that cold here, but in the last 20 minutes, it's gone from 68 down to 58, and it's still falling.

01-31-2013, 08:09 AM	#445
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	we've a new thing here in Dayton where they pre-salt the roads BEFORE the snow/ice with salt and this new thing that they have which is cheaper and works better--some agricultural thing; in twenty years we'll find out it causes brain cancer but so far the roads aren't too bad. Howling winds, my windows are shaking, my front door is rattling. Wolf wants in! __________________ 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

01-31-2013, 08:23 AM	#446
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We survived the night just fine, and now it's a blustery day with the sun poking out from behind the clouds. I love this kind of weather. The wind is strong but not damaging, and the clouds are racing across the sky with a strong sunlight shining through every once and a while. It's a vibrant day. There's electricity in the air. When I was a kid, this kind of weather would make me just tear around the playground.

01-31-2013, 08:48 AM	#447
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	My car was pushed all over the interstate this morning. Seriously high winds. The roads were OK though.

01-31-2013, 12:08 PM	#450
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Ha! Trilby at the end of summer I buy pink flamingo sets for about 4 bucks for next years yard plantings __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

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