What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ? - Page 726

Sweetpea · 01-05-2012, 01:35 PM

Luckily, I live on the other side of the province (which, ironically, while closer to sea, is almost 2m higher, almost 1m above sea level instead of 1m below...) and we don't have much of a problem with water that should be going to the sea. Lots of ditches here still and those are not even half full. Though, they will be closing the coupures in the town close by. But that's mostly because of the northwestern storm in combination with the high tide.

There was less rain than was predicted so the pressure wasn't as great as they feared it would be and the water stayed just (and I mean just!) below the top of the dike...

http://static3.ad.nl/static/photo/20...ge_1062957.jpg

I did hear one dike did break, not the one they were afraid of this morning, but one in the neighbouring province...

Remember, these aren't sea dikes (those are still standing firm as the presure is coming from the inside out), but inland dikes to protect the polders...

(love it when the English word is the Dutch one

)

Sweetpea · 01-06-2012, 01:24 AM

Small update:

Immediate crisis: about 800 people will be evacuated (about 30km away from where I live). A dike surrounding a canal is leaking... Water is simply "pushed" through under the dike. This will undermine the dike. And as it's a canal, the water is about 1.5 meter above ground level. So, if it breaks, there'll be a very large area which will flood...

Nothing will happen to me personally, except that it's on my way to work. So, I'm staying safely home today! (the road is closed to help the evacuation).

wannabee · 01-11-2012, 07:38 AM

So how's the dike? . . . And you?

Shimarenda · 01-11-2012, 09:41 AM

Isolated thunderstorms moving through today. We decided not to crate the older dog because he gets so stiff and can't move around well in there anymore. If we get a bad spell of thunder, I hope he doesn't eat some new part of the house.

bjones6416 · 01-11-2012, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shimarenda

Isolated thunderstorms moving through today. We decided not to crate the older dog because he gets so stiff and can't move around well in there anymore. If we get a bad spell of thunder, I hope he doesn't eat some new part of the house.

Yep, we had those this morning. I was staying at my mom's house because she's having some health issues right now, and her dog is terrified of storms. They came through about 6 a.m., and he was curled up next to me in the bed, shaking and panting. Not conduicive to sleep.

Really windy now -- I think it's supposed to turn cold tonight.

red_phoenix · 01-12-2012, 08:26 AM

Freezing rain overnight causing sporadic, widespread power outages, bus cancellations and school closings. The branches on our poor trees are weighed down with the ice. On some of the trees the tops are bent right over. They should recover as long as we don't get too much more rain/freezing rain and the temperature rises so the ice melts off.

phenomshel · 01-13-2012, 01:13 AM

Blowing snow. I think the snow's supposed to be ending, but the cold is just beginning. Currently 15 F. with a windchill of -1. Brrrrrr.

poohbear_nc · 01-13-2012, 04:07 PM

We're in a pattern of unnaturally warm, rainy spells followed by arctic air masses. Monday we had the windows open. Today it's freezing! Literally!

WT Sharpe · 01-13-2012, 06:01 PM

Tell me about it!

FlorenceArt · 01-14-2012, 12:40 PM

We're finally having some winter weather here, or at least coldish. The sunNy weather in not typical Parisian winter, but I'm not complaining. I am also grateful for the cold, because since they "fixed" my building's central heating last Wednesday, I have been living in a slow cooker. Now that the outside temperature has dropped a few degrees, the temperature inside is bearable again.

HomeInMyShoes · 01-16-2012, 09:27 AM

-23C. -33C with the windchill.

Yuck.

poohbear_nc · 01-16-2012, 09:29 AM

It's cold again! 25 F this morning, high in the 40's F. Gusty winds too. *shiver*

red_phoenix · 01-16-2012, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

-23C. -33C with the windchill.

Yuck.

Ouch...that is cold.

Good day to stay inside where it's (hopefully) warm.

Sweetpea · 01-16-2012, 09:44 AM

It actually kind of almost looked like what could possibly be called "winter" this morning. There was some frost on the car windows...

Wetdogeared · 01-16-2012, 10:02 AM

A few inches of snow yesterday. About -2c this morning. Camo is for exercising the squirrels.

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01-05-2012, 01:35 PM	#10876
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Luckily, I live on the other side of the province (which, ironically, while closer to sea, is almost 2m higher, almost 1m above sea level instead of 1m below...) and we don't have much of a problem with water that should be going to the sea. Lots of ditches here still and those are not even half full. Though, they will be closing the coupures in the town close by. But that's mostly because of the northwestern storm in combination with the high tide. There was less rain than was predicted so the pressure wasn't as great as they feared it would be and the water stayed just (and I mean just!) below the top of the dike... http://static3.ad.nl/static/photo/20...ge_1062957.jpg I did hear one dike did break, not the one they were afraid of this morning, but one in the neighbouring province... Remember, these aren't sea dikes (those are still standing firm as the presure is coming from the inside out), but inland dikes to protect the polders... (love it when the English word is the Dutch one )

01-06-2012, 01:24 AM	#10877
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Small update: Immediate crisis: about 800 people will be evacuated (about 30km away from where I live). A dike surrounding a canal is leaking... Water is simply "pushed" through under the dike. This will undermine the dike. And as it's a canal, the water is about 1.5 meter above ground level. So, if it breaks, there'll be a very large area which will flood... Nothing will happen to me personally, except that it's on my way to work. So, I'm staying safely home today! (the road is closed to help the evacuation).

01-11-2012, 07:38 AM	#10878
wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,382 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	So how's the dike? . . . And you?

01-11-2012, 09:41 AM	#10879
Shimarenda Addict Posts: 230 Karma: 68186 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Athens, Georgia Device: Kindle 3, Nook Tablet	Isolated thunderstorms moving through today. We decided not to crate the older dog because he gets so stiff and can't move around well in there anymore. If we get a bad spell of thunder, I hope he doesn't eat some new part of the house.

01-12-2012, 08:26 AM	#10881
red_phoenix Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,417 Karma: 445850508 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Freezing rain overnight causing sporadic, widespread power outages, bus cancellations and school closings. The branches on our poor trees are weighed down with the ice. On some of the trees the tops are bent right over. They should recover as long as we don't get too much more rain/freezing rain and the temperature rises so the ice melts off.

01-13-2012, 01:13 AM	#10882
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Blowing snow. I think the snow's supposed to be ending, but the cold is just beginning. Currently 15 F. with a windchill of -1. Brrrrrr.

01-13-2012, 04:07 PM	#10883
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,191 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	We're in a pattern of unnaturally warm, rainy spells followed by arctic air masses. Monday we had the windows open. Today it's freezing! Literally!

01-13-2012, 06:01 PM	#10884
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Tell me about it!

01-14-2012, 12:40 PM	#10885
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	We're finally having some winter weather here, or at least coldish. The sunNy weather in not typical Parisian winter, but I'm not complaining. I am also grateful for the cold, because since they "fixed" my building's central heating last Wednesday, I have been living in a slow cooker. Now that the outside temperature has dropped a few degrees, the temperature inside is bearable again.

01-16-2012, 09:27 AM	#10886
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	-23C. -33C with the windchill. Yuck.

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01-16-2012, 09:29 AM	#10887
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,191 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	It's cold again! 25 F this morning, high in the 40's F. Gusty winds too. shiver

01-16-2012, 09:44 AM	#10889
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	It actually kind of almost looked like what could possibly be called "winter" this morning. There was some frost on the car windows...