What's more current than the weather? - Page 89

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.

Carruthers · 05-28-2018, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fargon

Go dance naked in the back yard!!!

The weather gods were in a bad enough mood as it was.
That would have caused hell, fire and brimstone to be added to the mix.

Not to mention a plague of frogs and seven days of darkness lying over the face of the land.

fargon · 05-28-2018, 10:26 AM

Prolly better to hide and watch.

Gravdigr · 05-28-2018, 02:07 PM

Like sex w/Bill Cosby, then?

Carruthers · 05-29-2018, 03:31 AM

Predicting the path and time of arrival of thunderstorms is more of an art than a science so I am not criticizing the Met Office.
The available information on Saturday evening suggested that we would be on the northern fringes of the storms forecast for the early hours of Sunday and they might even miss us completely.
Instead of being on the fringes we were right in the middle of it.
To put it in scientific terms, we had a right royal hammering at about 0200.
The mighty conifer in the back garden avoided moving on to a second career as a telegraph pole but one day it will succumb.
Heaven knows how we'd get it out if it suddenly went horizontal.
Sunday evening's storms were marginally less powerful but bad enough.

Just to finish off, this was the scene at/over Portsmouth Harbour on the south coast of England on Sunday night.

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glatt · 05-29-2018, 07:22 AM

Poor Ellicott City, Maryland. They got nailed by some freak flash flooding two years ago, and then again this weekend, just after rebuilding.

This historic town has stood in this location for centuries, but these floods are something new.

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tw · 05-29-2018, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Poor Ellicott City, Maryland.

I assumed flooding was in the creek that passed through low part of that town. I never assumed a flood would be down that hill that runs through the main business district. How did so much water get concentrated down that steep main street? Those pictures give a whole new perspective to 8 inches of rain and where floods can exist.

You have to see those steep hills to appreciate why one would never expect that kind of flooding.

Clodfobble · 05-29-2018, 07:19 AM

Well, you've got to admit, it was pretty.

Happy Monkey · 05-29-2018, 01:43 PM

I was in Baltimore that day. Nothing like Ellicott City, but there was one intersection that was at least a foot deep.

03-08-2018, 09:47 PM	#1
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	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A Blowfish... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-27-2018, 04:04 PM	#4
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	#5
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	#6
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.

03-11-2018, 10:37 PM	#3
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Nonsense. Mork just arrived from Ork.

05-27-2018, 08:26 PM	#7
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

05-28-2018, 10:26 AM	#9
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Prolly better to hide and watch. __________________ 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.

05-28-2018, 02:07 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Like sex w/Bill Cosby, then? __________________ 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.

05-29-2018, 03:31 AM	#11
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Predicting the path and time of arrival of thunderstorms is more of an art than a science so I am not criticizing the Met Office. The available information on Saturday evening suggested that we would be on the northern fringes of the storms forecast for the early hours of Sunday and they might even miss us completely. Instead of being on the fringes we were right in the middle of it. To put it in scientific terms, we had a right royal hammering at about 0200. The mighty conifer in the back garden avoided moving on to a second career as a telegraph pole but one day it will succumb. Heaven knows how we'd get it out if it suddenly went horizontal. Sunday evening's storms were marginally less powerful but bad enough. Just to finish off, this was the scene at/over Portsmouth Harbour on the south coast of England on Sunday night. __________________

05-29-2018, 07:22 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Poor Ellicott City, Maryland. They got nailed by some freak flash flooding two years ago, and then again this weekend, just after rebuilding. This historic town has stood in this location for centuries, but these floods are something new.

05-29-2018, 07:19 AM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well, you've got to admit, it was pretty. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-29-2018, 01:43 PM	#15
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I was in Baltimore that day. Nothing like Ellicott City, but there was one intersection that was at least a foot deep. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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