Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Desert Dancer Date: 12 Jan 11 - 12:27 PM Clear and sunny in Long Beach, California, and due to reach 70oF today. The Weather Service reports that snow is on the ground in 49 states today, though. (Florida is the exception.) ~ Becky in Long Beach |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 12 Jan 11 - 12:07 PM Ed T... now THAT was a dumb thing to post... taunting Mom Nature like that! >;-) Enjoy the storm. I saw the CBC NB weather map last night. All of NS was snow white. I heard 25+cm and gusts to 80kph for you. We are to get 10 to 20cm and a bit of wind here in the Banana Belt. Been having the nice temps and not much snow, much like the weather you described above. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,Patsy Date: 12 Jan 11 - 10:46 AM Pouring down but nothing compared to what is happening to the people in Queensland. My heart goes out to them too. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 12 Jan 11 - 01:18 AM Spent all morning at Food Assist - handing out food - washing eggs, repacking things, giving out milk, bread, etc. All ok, but transport hit hard, meaning food supplies are limited. Wish people would not panic buy - there will probably be some waste thru stupidity.... |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 11 Jan 11 - 08:43 PM Today was about +3 C, and nice. Tomorrow night, we are scheduled to get what's left over of the storm moving north from the eastern USA. Hopefully it will be rain? |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Joe_F Date: 11 Jan 11 - 08:26 PM Massachusetts is supposed to be pretty well snowbound by tomorrow. It hasn't started yet here in Malden. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Wesley S Date: 11 Jan 11 - 11:03 AM North of Atlanta we're snowed in for the second day. I'm enjoying it but my wife is getting stir crazy. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: JennyO Date: 11 Jan 11 - 09:58 AM Looks nice outside because it is sunny, but we aren't fooled - it's not as nice as it looks - a chilly windy 6 degrees. Thank goodness for central heating, although that is proving to be rather expensive - especially after the real cold snap that we had. We are looking to go round with the sealant gun to fill in any little gaps around windows etc which might be letting the cold air in and decreasing the efficiency of our heating. While it's windy is a good time to detect the leaks. The windows themselves are double glazed and look to be in good order. Meanwhile, my heart is going out to all the Oz people affected by the terrible floods in Queensland. We are not getting enough news here, so I have to resort to the internet to get comprehensive coverage. Thanks for the links, Foolestroupe. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 11 Jan 11 - 07:01 AM It's just not stopping, now Ipswich and Brisbane are being flooded - possibly higher than 1974. Still raining 7 metre high walls of water down in Lockyer valley... Rain Map - looks like it might be clearing - see national map link - now a cyclone is winding up in Coral Sea area.... also one outside West Australia Queensland flood disaster zone now spans 75pc of state 'Mega disaster zone' could be declared for Queensland floods Wivenhoe at 190 per cent and rising Not silly - it was expanded above 'optimal water supply capacity' after it was built to have a temporary flood buffer - it can go to 225% before it tops - but it is not designed to top as it will erode and possibly collapse. Btw - arsonist bushfire in West Australia too ... Australia - land of drought and flooding rains - we do nothing by halves! BTw cat loading very slowly - we seem to be having some net hassles in various areas.... |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Janie Date: 10 Jan 11 - 09:49 PM The Iceman cometh. Brought work home with me in case I can't make it in to work tomorrow. (Gotta save that PTO!) Snow and sleet now - not a lot of accumulation in my particular little piece of the southern part of heaven, but it has been quite chilly for several days so it is sticking. Changing, probably very soon, to freezing rain. Temps predicted to rise no higher than 32 F tomorrow. Not expecting of tons of ice and don't anticipate a power outage, but it is going to be slicker than snot for the next 18-24 hours. I'm quite intrepid about driving in snow, but 40 miles of secondary roads covered in an inch of sleet, then glazed with ice from freezing rain is not something I go out on if at all avoidable. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: andrew e Date: 10 Jan 11 - 08:14 PM Still very overcast but not much more rain today so far. Floods in Gympie, about 45 mins drive north of here. Sunshine Coast!!! Queensland. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 10 Jan 11 - 07:40 PM Been reading about Oz in the news. Terrible stuff. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 10 Jan 11 - 07:35 PM In Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley now 8 confirmed dead and 72 missing. We drove home right thru the damaged area 20 mins before the flash flood swept down the 2 creeks in centre of town. Water mains, phones damaged in parts. The creeks drained down to the valley below and created what is now being called an inland tsunami - that's where the bulk of the missing and deaths occurred. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 10 Jan 11 - 04:18 AM 60 mm in one hour on ground soaked for weeks, 2 dead, more missing from town center. City downpour sparks flash floods |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 10 Jan 11 - 02:43 AM I'm ok .... Flash Floods - all gone now... |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: maeve Date: 09 Jan 11 - 01:22 PM Beautiful sun, cold although not as cold as it was last week,snow on the ground, strong winds shaking the camper. Maine |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: kendall Date: 09 Jan 11 - 01:13 PM Sunny but cold as a dead man's tongue in Hillsborough North Carolina. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 09 Jan 11 - 10:52 AM First snow storm for Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. It has been "green" all this winter, now it is clearly white. We are supposed to get 10 cms today. But, the temperature is not supposed to drop much this week. So, some of it may melt later this week. It seems to be following the ocean coast now. So, others in the province have not seen this snow...yet, that is. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,Patsy Date: 05 Jan 11 - 07:57 AM A brisk wind picked up this morning but now it is just grey, damp and murky not the kind of day for making any New Year Resolutions. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Kweku Date: 05 Jan 11 - 07:32 AM Here in Accra, the weather is as it has always been around this time of the year, dry and hot. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: maeve Date: 05 Jan 11 - 06:46 AM -14C here with snow and ice on the ground and snow with high winds expected for the weekend. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 05 Jan 11 - 06:12 AM How NASA sees flooded Central Queensland This would be about a day north of me up the highway - if you could drive there at the moment .... the water in the town of Rockhampton (noted in map) is expected to take most of a week to subside. The total impact on Qld GDP is estimated to approach 1% GDP ... |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 04 Jan 11 - 06:32 AM No snow, It is now -5 C, just turning bright. It is supposed to be no warmer than -2 today, with Sun. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,Patsy Date: 04 Jan 11 - 05:45 AM Grey, frosty, back to work, horrible! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: open mike Date: 04 Jan 11 - 01:56 AM it is going to be below freezing from 20-30 degrees all week...that is because the skies are clear...there are still bits of snow on the north sides of hills and in shady parts of the road, but the snow we got for a couple of days is mostly washed away at the 2000-3000 ft elevation. ihear they have something like 15-20 feet of snow in the high sierras and the ski resorts are happy ! In the valley below here it is often very foggy in jan. and we usually have sunny days in the foothills. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 03 Jan 11 - 07:19 PM "I have a hole in me rubber boots!" Hopefully, it did not result in snow blowing up to the great divide? You aren't far from Dieppe Mark's Work Warehouse, are you? Crappy's owns them now also.Not sure if their crap has been downgraded to the parent's crappy goods though:) |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 03 Jan 11 - 06:55 PM I am aghast! I was out cleaning up the snow and felt a strange sensation. I have a hole in me rubber boots! It's on the right side of me right boot, right where it crimps near the intersection of me toes and me instep. And the fookers is only 28 years old! I'll be at Crappy Tire first crack (I'd go tonight be I don't care to drive after dark, especially with a wet sock in this cold) and get a new right boot. Jaysus H! eh? I paid $18 fer them sonsawhores! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 03 Jan 11 - 05:51 PM Good advice gnu. I will wear tighter pants to reduce the liklihood of such a frigid (if not frightful) occurance. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 03 Jan 11 - 05:35 PM Well, good thing you gotter tuned up on accounta philosophical optimism round these here parts will blow the snow right up yer arse. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 03 Jan 11 - 05:29 PM "You DO live in Canada, right" Yes, but I forsee a long-term climate change pattern for east coast Canada that has been established over the past few weeks. Added to that, I am a born again believer in philosophical optimism. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 03 Jan 11 - 05:16 PM Ed... "... just in case we get dumped upon." Just in case? You DO live in Canada, right? >;-) |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 03 Jan 11 - 02:16 PM gnu, we got rain overnight,and into the morning (and plenty of it). Afternoon has been quite nice.It may snow a small amount tonight? But, let's wait and see. It has been a great mild year for my newly-installed (energy efficient) mini-split heat pump. It's been pump'n out heat for the entire house. My oil fired furnace hasn't kicked in yet, zero oil used this winter (sorry, oil Barons). It has been a good investment decision to date. Only had the snow blower out twice last year. Got it tuned up a week ago, just in case we get dumped upon. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 03 Jan 11 - 01:26 PM Yup... pretty nasty indeed! The past several days have been close to 5C with sunshine for the most part. Today, about 0C and 20cm of sticky snow fell in four hours. So far, only one snow with wing and this one today. Doing GREAT for Moncton, NB, Canada. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: freda underhill Date: 03 Jan 11 - 03:11 AM Thanks gnu - these are QLD's worst floods on record. Here are some pix, to give you an idea of what's happening up there. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ebbie Date: 03 Jan 11 - 01:08 AM Yesterday it turned warm and drippy in Juneau, Alaska. Today the snow is retreating fast. 37F out there at 9:00 tonight. When it does this kind of thing, I hope it continues until just about all the snow and ice are gone from the sidewalks and pavement so we can start over. A hard freeze on top of rain isn't all that good. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 02 Jan 11 - 06:13 PM Gosh freda! Sounds bad. Hope things get better. Ed... had every window in the house open for an hour today. Chilly but ya gotta love it eh? One day closer to spring! 15cm of THAT stuff tomorrow here but it's JANUARY and we haven't taken a big hit yet... hope this winter is even half as good as last year. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 02 Jan 11 - 06:02 PM Light rain in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada A snowless mild winter, so far. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: framus Date: 02 Jan 11 - 05:45 PM If only you you had a "swop" card. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: freda underhill Date: 02 Jan 11 - 05:34 PM and speaking of rain in Queensland, Australia, floods in Queensland have covered an area the size of France and Germany combined.. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: andrew e Date: 30 Dec 10 - 01:14 AM The rain's stopped at last.[for the moment anyway!] The sun's out! Sunshine Coast QLD Australia 4:00pm 26 degrees C |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: WalkaboutsVerse Date: 29 Dec 10 - 01:56 PM Fog over the Tyne, North-East England, today, making the Sun here look like the Moon - pic. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 21 Dec 10 - 11:38 AM Sooo... that is why Sobeys has been selling the HUGE lobsters for $6.49 a pound. Markets are $7.99 cooked... if they do drop in price it'll be a yummy Xmas indeed. BTW... 2C, rain, 70 to 90kph. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 21 Dec 10 - 09:43 AM The radio weather person projected that the only two areas oc Canada that would have a green christmas are the east and west coast. Unfortunately, beyond human travellers having difficulty getting to parts of Europe from Canada and the US of A, the Nova Scotia lobster folk are suffering. They can't get their lobsters by air to many of the christmas markets in Europe. If they miss it, there could be hardship...not to mention a lot of lobsters for us local folk to eat....maybe at reduced prices:)) |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: JennyO Date: 21 Dec 10 - 09:06 AM We are here in Paris now, and tho there has been some snow, it's melting, and the temperature isn't as cold as it was at home in Somerset. It's a balmy +1! We weren't sure if our flight to here would even take off, but it did. They had to close Bristol airport at one stage to clear the snow earlier in the day yesterday, which made everything run late, so our flight was delayed by nearly 2 hours, but otherwise there were no problems. I just hope we don't have problems getting back in a week, similar to the ones we had last year on New Years Eve, when Aberdeen airport was closed due to snow, and we had quite an adventure getting back. I think next year we might spend Christmas at home, and everyone can come to us! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Becca72 Date: 21 Dec 10 - 08:59 AM Took me 2 1/2 hours to get home from work (17 miles) last night. I never got out of 2nd gear! My Passat is pretty good in the snow but traffic was the problem, as Sins mentioned. Then I get up this morning to come to work and the car won't start. I tried a dozen times, called Dad, tried once more and she started. I got to work and turned it off and tried again - nothing. Gonna have to repeat the process this afternoon, I guess. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: David C. Carter Date: 21 Dec 10 - 05:07 AM Can't tell really....too much fog. David |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,Patsy Date: 21 Dec 10 - 04:37 AM Yesterday was bitterly cold today is still very cold but without the windchill of yesterday. Everything is still white here in Bristol UK and some more light snow is expected tomorrow. Good news is that Thursday and Friday we should see some sun which will make last minute Christmas preparations that much easier. Christmas Day could be disapointing with cloud but still dry. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: maeve Date: 20 Dec 10 - 07:44 PM I believe Bill's in the Washington, DC/Maryland area, gnu. Sins- We watched Portland traffic on the news. Amazing gridlock indeed! We're happy you and your car arrived home safely. There's snow on the yurt foundation and a stiff wind blowing things around. Cold, too. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: SINSULL Date: 20 Dec 10 - 07:39 PM My ten minute commute took almost two hours. Two hours of slipping and sliding and dodging idiots who thought they could go faster. Accidents at every corner in Portland. Gridlock - I have never seen gridlock in Portland. I am so glad to be home. I am trying not to wish evil on the idiots in their four wheel drive monstrosities blowing their horns at those who were shimmying with every touch of the gas pedal. F**Kin' morons. That feels better. By the way, my little Hyundai performed admirably. At one point, a group of men had formed to push cars uphill (read incline). My little Elantra went up all by itself. SIN, sipping on JD and trying to relax. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: GUEST,mg Date: 20 Dec 10 - 07:38 PM Scary..weather alarm came on this morning...water spouts forecast, which I think is like tornados..I saw something that looked suspicious on Friday and last week there was a tornado not far from here..Also ferocious thunder storms predicted..I was hoping they would be over by now because I don't want to walk a mile to bus stop and have them...all ships told to move to shore this morning. Just was a sad drowning this weekend of a fisherman but one did survive due to Coast Guard swimmer rescue. mg |
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