What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ? - Page 725

phenomshel · 12-23-2011, 02:08 AM

After reading this thread, I can tell where people on OTHER forums are from , just by what they say the weather's doing. It's scary.

Here it's warmer than usual, though not on par with Georgia and the Carolinas, but still no snow that has stayed longer than 24 hours. From what I know (I've only been here seven years), this is late for us not to have snow cover. And it's looking like a green Christmas here, too. I'm certainly NOT complaining, but several of my coworkers are.

SneakySnake · 12-23-2011, 05:20 AM

Xmas cyclone for Darwin?

Glad to be home.

Hamlet53 · 12-23-2011, 04:42 PM

So it looks like I won't have to dream of a white Christmas. This started about 11:00 am today and is supposed to continue into the night. With highs of less than 28 F predicted over the next few days, it will last the weekend.

poohbear_nc · 12-23-2011, 05:40 PM

Rain & storms gone. Sunny & still warm today. Highs in the 60's F!

SneakySnake · 01-02-2012, 02:24 AM

yippee it didn't rain today. One coat on the pool, and because we only used 3 cans out of the five allocated for this coat, two more to go.

I now know why they call it epoxy. Short for extra poxy paint, it stinks!

please rain stay away until 3pm thursday. and on the following week, rain like mad so we can fill up the pool and get (howevery belatedly) swimming.

WT Sharpe · 01-03-2012, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

yippee it didn't rain today. One coat on the pool, and because we only used 3 cans out of the five allocated for this coat, two more to go.

I now know why they call it epoxy. Short for extra poxy paint, it stinks!

please rain stay away until 3pm thursday. and on the following week, rain like mad so we can fill up the pool and get (howevery belatedly) swimming.

You definitely need at least very good ventilation when painting with epoxy, and you should be using a mask with a P-100 filter. That stuff can cause nerve damage and other problems. The smell is more than unpleasant; it's dangerous.

Sweetpea · 01-03-2012, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

You definitely need at least very good ventilation when painting with epoxy, and you should be using a mask with a P-100 filter. That stuff can cause nerve damage and other problems. The smell is more than unpleasant; it's dangerous.

If I read the post right, it's an outside pool, so ventilation shouldn't be a problem

Oh, and SneakySnake, you can have our rain... Spring started a few weeks ago, I think... I even heard the birds sing yesterday!

Hamlet53 · 01-03-2012, 08:25 AM

So a balmy -12 F this morning, though a high of 21 F with predicted wind chill making that feel like 15 F. Saturday night about a foot of snow fell so Sunday I spent several hours shoveling snow from the driveway and sidewalk. Then the wind really started blowing over Sunday night and also the snow plow came by at 5 am yesterday morning if pushed about 2 feet of snow up onto the sidewalk I had cleared Sunday. So another day of shoveling snow yesterday.

Quake1028 · 01-03-2012, 09:47 AM

High of only 54 today and then a low of 31 tomorrow! Back in the 70's by Friday though.

Sweetpea · 01-03-2012, 09:49 AM

Wet. Also wet and there's some wetness coming down. Temps are well above freezing. More like early spring than mid-winter. Actually, the birds are starting to sing and flowers are starting to bloom...

Sweetpea · 01-05-2012, 01:37 AM

There's a kind of emergency right here now... Dikes are on the verge of breaking or overflowing due to wind and rain. The wind causes the water in the North and Waddensea to be pushed up, so the pumping stations can't get rid of the inland water... (it doesn't help when sea level is higher than river level...)

Let's just say, I'm glad my house is laying a bit higher than the road and I checked the ditches, they still can hold water...

Todd Young · 01-05-2012, 03:06 AM

Sultry suspense.

wannabee · 01-05-2012, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

There's a kind of emergency right here now... Dikes are on the verge of breaking or overflowing due to wind and rain. The wind causes the water in the North and Waddensea to be pushed up, so the pumping stations can't get rid of the inland water... (it doesn't help when sea level is higher than river level...)

Let's just say, I'm glad my house is laying a bit higher than the road and I checked the ditches, they still can hold water...

Oh dear! That sound a bit concerning. Has that little boy still got his finger in the Dike to protect the township?

Sweetpea · 01-05-2012, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by wannabee

Oh dear! That sound a bit concerning. Has that little boy still got his finger in the Dike to protect the township?

As he was only in the imagination of an American writer, I doubt it

It's an inland-dike (surrounding lower-than-sea-level land), and usually it doesn't give problems. But it's been raining since the start of December (more or less) and with a northwestern storm, not a lot of ways to get rid of the excess water...

We just need a sudden frost of about -10 Celsius, that should stop the water in its track

WT Sharpe · 01-05-2012, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

There's a kind of emergency right here now... Dikes are on the verge of breaking or overflowing due to wind and rain. The wind causes the water in the North and Waddensea to be pushed up, so the pumping stations can't get rid of the inland water... (it doesn't help when sea level is higher than river level...)

Let's just say, I'm glad my house is laying a bit higher than the road and I checked the ditches, they still can hold water...

Stay safe, and don't hesitate to evacuate if the situation warrants. Let us know how it goes.

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12-23-2011, 02:08 AM	#10861
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	After reading this thread, I can tell where people on OTHER forums are from , just by what they say the weather's doing. It's scary. Here it's warmer than usual, though not on par with Georgia and the Carolinas, but still no snow that has stayed longer than 24 hours. From what I know (I've only been here seven years), this is late for us not to have snow cover. And it's looking like a green Christmas here, too. I'm certainly NOT complaining, but several of my coworkers are.

12-23-2011, 05:20 AM	#10862
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	Xmas cyclone for Darwin? Glad to be home.

12-23-2011, 04:42 PM	#10863
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	So it looks like I won't have to dream of a white Christmas. This started about 11:00 am today and is supposed to continue into the night. With highs of less than 28 F predicted over the next few days, it will last the weekend.

12-23-2011, 05:40 PM	#10864
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,680 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Rain & storms gone. Sunny & still warm today. Highs in the 60's F!

01-02-2012, 02:24 AM	#10865
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	yippee it didn't rain today. One coat on the pool, and because we only used 3 cans out of the five allocated for this coat, two more to go. I now know why they call it epoxy. Short for extra poxy paint, it stinks! please rain stay away until 3pm thursday. and on the following week, rain like mad so we can fill up the pool and get (howevery belatedly) swimming.

01-03-2012, 08:25 AM	#10868
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	So a balmy -12 F this morning, though a high of 21 F with predicted wind chill making that feel like 15 F. Saturday night about a foot of snow fell so Sunday I spent several hours shoveling snow from the driveway and sidewalk. Then the wind really started blowing over Sunday night and also the snow plow came by at 5 am yesterday morning if pushed about 2 feet of snow up onto the sidewalk I had cleared Sunday. So another day of shoveling snow yesterday.

01-03-2012, 09:47 AM	#10869
Quake1028 Guru Posts: 917 Karma: 9155462 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Device: See signature	High of only 54 today and then a low of 31 tomorrow! Back in the 70's by Friday though.

01-03-2012, 09:49 AM	#10870
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Wet. Also wet and there's some wetness coming down. Temps are well above freezing. More like early spring than mid-winter. Actually, the birds are starting to sing and flowers are starting to bloom...

01-05-2012, 01:37 AM	#10871
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	There's a kind of emergency right here now... Dikes are on the verge of breaking or overflowing due to wind and rain. The wind causes the water in the North and Waddensea to be pushed up, so the pumping stations can't get rid of the inland water... (it doesn't help when sea level is higher than river level...) Let's just say, I'm glad my house is laying a bit higher than the road and I checked the ditches, they still can hold water...

01-05-2012, 03:06 AM	#10872
Todd Young Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 1004164 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 2	Sultry suspense.

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