What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ?

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Baby steps, but we're getting there! The mail carrier still couldn't get to my box this morning, but I stopped her down the road and she handed me my week's worth of mail -- yay! Then I came home and managed to clear a path to my door.

I think tonight we've finally really had "significant melting." It's still above freezing, so if we're lucky and it STAYS above freezing all night maybe we'll be done with this ice once and for all!

Good News.

[iq6000]

Another sunny day! There are some dark clouds about but there has been no rain.

I have been washing some of my daughter's and my grandson's unwanted clothes (still look like new but they have grown out of them) to send out to the flood areas to the north and west. Up there money is not such a help because there are no local shops to go to to buy these things. I will take them up to a collection depot once I finish sorting and folding them.

Locally my husband & I helped this morning with the cleanup at Pine Rivers Pony Club which is below 2 dams. They had water through the whole place. Quite incredible to see what the force of water can do! At least the water there was clean - coming over the spillways. Not muddy and stinky like some other places.
http://pine-rivers-press.whereilive....on-bay-region/

Angela

[kindlekitten]

rain.

[dreams]

Cold and wet.

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I'm having Willie the Well Digger out tomorrow to\ dig up my well head to repair a break. this is still from the issues I started having with the Thanksgiving Storm. I can't trust the shower to actually be able to wash and rinse my hair, need to do it in the tub to make sure I have enough water to get the soap out. it takes a half hour to just fill the tub the way the well has been crippled. very awkward

I wish my dad would have been willing to have someone else come help. But, no, he said we could do it ourselves. I think, I am finally getting warm again. We were able to dig the trench (by hand!) and finally found the pipe and the leak (it was only 36 inches or so down). Muddy, sandy soil is not fun to move. We had sump pumps going as we dug down to and under the pipe. The last part, I had to be on my stomach to lean in and clean mud away from the shut off valve. By the time it was dark, my toes and fingers were numb, I was covered head to toe in mud, and I couldn't feel my legs. Tomorrow, we get to cut the pipe and shop for a new piece to repair it.

Originally Posted by iq6000

Another sunny day! There are some dark clouds about but there has been no rain.

I have been washing some of my daughter's and my grandson's unwanted clothes (still look like new but they have grown out of them) to send out to the flood areas to the north and west. Up there money is not such a help because there are no local shops to go to to buy these things. I will take them up to a collection depot once I finish sorting and folding them.

Locally my husband & I helped this morning with the cleanup at Pine Rivers Pony Club which is below 2 dams. They had water through the whole place. Quite incredible to see what the force of water can do! At least the water there was clean - coming over the spillways. Not muddy and stinky like some other places. <snip>

Angela

Angela, I hope there are many others who are just as thoughtful and willing to help, as you and your family are. I can only imagine how devastating it must be to loose so much and have to deal with clean-up and start all over again.
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Still cold and wet here.

[SneakySnake]

the pictures of thousands of volunteers to help out the floodies is heartening. I am trying to find one from the air.. quite spectacular! amazing!...



they were rallied at four points around brisbane and bussed to where they were needed.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

the pictures of thousands of volunteers to help out the floodies is heartening. I am trying to find one from the air.. quite spectacular! amazing!...

...

they were rallied at four points around brisbane and bussed to where they were needed.

I noticed last night that some of the vollies even came interstate, I think all the way from Melbourne and Perth! I don't know if you follow Meshel Laurie on Twitter, Sneaky, but it's rather humbling to watch random little calls for action or items, often preceded by donations of the "Does-anyone-need-a-[insert good/service/hand]" variety, and watching little connections of necessity and charity being made and information being disseminated and people being found and so on... [hold on...I've got something in my eye...shut up!]

In weather news, it's hot today, and we went on a big walk sans sunscreen. The back of my neck has paid the price.

Cheers,
Marc

[GeoffC]

Rub plenty of lotion on that back Marc ....

Gladdens the heart to see all the better news filtering back .

Here the sun is just poking above the horizon and the temperature is already Plus9C - but it's very wet underfoot....

[Latinandgreek]

Warm and sunny. 11 C.

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

the pictures of thousands of volunteers to help out the floodies is heartening. I am trying to find one from the air.. quite spectacular! amazing!...

That is heartening, you're right. It's a beautiful sight.

[GeoffC]

Still Plus 10C and sunny, surprised the lakes are still frozen ....

[kennyc]

Supposed to be slightly warmer today and hopefully sunny. The clouds yesterday really put a damper on the day. 50F+ is the prediction. More melting!

[kennyc]

South Africa too:

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-Ne...6521295142818/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12199879

http://www.google.com/images?q=flood...w=1328&bih=776

[kennyc]

Mid forties, but still overcast a bit. Not much melting going on....think I'll just keep drawing...

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I noticed last night that some of the vollies even came interstate, I think all the way from Melbourne and Perth! I don't know if you follow Meshel Laurie on Twitter, Sneaky, but it's rather humbling to watch random little calls for action or items, often preceded by donations of the "Does-anyone-need-a-[insert good/service/hand]" variety, and watching little connections of necessity and charity being made and information being disseminated and people being found and so on... [hold on...I've got something in my eye...shut up!]

In weather news, it's hot today, and we went on a big walk sans sunscreen. The back of my neck has paid the price.

Cheers,
Marc

Hey, where's your monkey face??

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Hey, where's your monkey face??

Musta washed away in the storm...