Storms hit Britain

[Hypoxia]

Hope everyone came through the storms okay. Dealing with the weather can be difficult.

Just had another wintry blast in California. Piles of sleet and frigid weather yesterday here in the central Sierras; the southland was pounded, snow into the Los Angeles foothills (there's 5000-10000 ft mountains nearby) and brushfire-burnt slopes rapidly eroding to mud and loose rocks.

Hey folks: Global warming doesn't mean everything is warmer. It means there's more energy in the hydrosphere for stormier storms, extremer weather, etc. More is coming. Tides and sea levels will rise. Islands will sink. Bye-bye, Britain and Florida and Japan and Los Angeles. Good riddance.

 

[Handley_Page]

Tides and sea levels will rise. Islands will sink. Bye-bye, Britain and Florida and Japan and Los Angeles. Good riddance.

And thank you, kind Sir, she said.
What could you possibly have against Britain ?

 

[oggbashan]

More storms due for the UK this weekend.

 

[Hypoxia]

What could you possibly have against Britain ?

This weird language foisted onto the unsuspecting world with its inconsistent grammar and orthography. But I don't hold an Irish grudge.

(An Irish-American friend from a pro-IRA family said he was twelve years old before he learned that fuckingenglish was not one word.)

 

[Handley_Page]

This weird language foisted onto the unsuspecting world with its inconsistent grammar and orthography. But I don't hold an Irish grudge.

(An Irish-American friend from a pro-IRA family said he was twelve years old before he learned that fuckingenglish was not one word.)

isn't it ?

 

[NaokoSmith]

isn't it ?

It will be in this household if they win the Calcutta Cup again ... LOL

 

[Handley_Page]

It will be in this household if they win the Calcutta Cup again ... LOL

Nah.
No chance.

 

[NaokoSmith]

50 mph winds this morning, and heavy rain being driven sideways by it - falling on already saturated ground. 60 mph winds forecast for this afternoon so I have said I will pick Piglet up from school as well as having dropped her pigletty pals off in the car.

Well, I better go and stock up on cat biscuits and a carrot and potatoes, so I can make shepherd's pie later. (Not with the cat biscuits - those are for the cats .)

Stay safe and dry all Brit buddies!

 

[JackLuis]

I feel sorry for you Naoko, and all you in the UK, that beastly weather you're having is much what we went through the last month. One storm after another and a years worth of rain in a month, much snow the Sierra to refill our reservoirs next spring, thank the Creator.

Just now we are entering our our two weeks of February balmy weather. Some years it gets up to 80F! Our forecasts are for the low-mid 70's next week. I may get out a bit and pet my outdoor pussy. Poor Mephistopheles lives in our garage and seldom get a soft stroke in this cold weather. Tomorrow I shall have my coffee outside and let her lay on my lap while I practice my fingering. She likes that.

Alas it will end and we'll get another six weeks of cold damp weather so I had better prune my fruit trees. The pear needs it badly.

The Super Bowl today was boring, low scoring and I couldn't get up enthusiasm for either team. Superb defenses are only fun when the offense is scoring.

 

[Handley_Page]

I feel sorry for you Naoko, and all you in the UK, that beastly weather you're having is much what we went through the last month. One storm after another and a years worth of rain in a month, much snow the Sierra to refill our reservoirs next spring, thank the Creator.

Just now we are entering our our two weeks of February balmy weather. Some years it gets up to 80F! Our forecasts are for the low-mid 70's next week. I may get out a bit and pet my outdoor pussy. Poor Mephistopheles lives in our garage and seldom get a soft stroke in this cold weather. Tomorrow I shall have my coffee outside and let her lay on my lap while I practice my fingering. She likes that.

Alas it will end and we'll get another six weeks of cold damp weather so I had better prune my fruit trees. The pear needs it badly.

The Super Bowl today was boring, low scoring and I couldn't get up enthusiasm for either team. Superb defenses are only fun when the offense is scoring.

On the other hand, the real games (6-nations Rugby) are proceeding apace.
I'm almost nervous to ask what /who is Mephistopheles. . .

 

[TxRad]

Another Mother Nature Blowjob for our UK friends. We're having about half of that today with no rain. Bright sunshine and flying leaves.

 

[NotWise]

The Super Bowl today was boring, low scoring and I couldn't get up enthusiasm for either team. Superb defenses are only fun when the offense is scoring.

Well, I've been following the Denver Broncos since 1968 and I saw it a little differently

Stay away from falling trees, folks. Be safe.

Our winds will come in March and blow on and off through April and sometimes May. The "westerlies" bring in air with humidity down to 3%, winds often gusting to 60 mph or so and airborne dust thick enough to be a respiratory hazard.

I think spring weather is volatile everywhere but really, I'd rather suffer someone else's springtime

 

[oggbashan]

I've been chasing my compost bin across our garden. It is bottomless and only a tenth full, so it took off too easily. I've weighted it down with a couple of bricks. I hope that will be enough until the wind dies down.

 

[redzinger]

A friend has invented a SEFI (Spaniel Ear Flapping Index) scale, so she knows if she can walk her dogs:

1 is NFM - normal for Mumbles.
2 is slight ear movement.
3 is gentle flapping.
4 is movement towards the parallel on gusts.
5 parallel on gusts (under flap visible).
6 is parallel to the ground almost constantly.
7 is parallel constantly with gusts pushing towards vertical.
8 is above parallel and flying out at angles.
9 between parallel and vertical at all times, gusting inside out.
10 is imminent danger of Devon.

Apparently, today was standard SEFI 7 with gusts of 9-10. I think she's relieved the dogs were on leads.

 

[Handley_Page]

We've been blown about quite a bit today.

 

[stickygirl]

Southern softies! ya don't know what proper weather is
A part of our campus is legend for wrapping the hems of skirts round heads, even on a calm day. I'm told you can get an empty McDs cup to go vertically for 7 stories - not that we would do that
Dogs all have short legs hereabouts for good reason: all the other ones blew away

 

[oggbashan]

Southern softies! ya don't know what proper weather is
A part of our campus is legend for wrapping the hems of skirts round heads, even on a calm day. I'm told you can get an empty McDs cup to go vertically for 7 stories - not that we would do that
Dogs all have short legs hereabouts for good reason: all the other ones blew away

I do. My house is across the road from the sea. When the wind is NNE it comes straight from the Arctic.

I lost a gazebo into the sea to a Southerly gale in August. Our recycling bins have to be tied down or they disappear up the road.

My window cleaner comes once a month. I have to clean the salt off the downstairs windows every week.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I may get out a bit and pet my outdoor pussy. Poor Mephistopheles lives in our garage and seldom get a soft stroke in this cold weather. Tomorrow I shall have my coffee outside and let her lay on my lap while I practice my fingering. She likes that.

Ah yes, it's important to pet your pussy outdoors occasionally

Apparently, today was standard SEFI 7 with gusts of 9-10. I think she's relieved the dogs were on leads.

New form of kite flying sport?

Southern softies! ya don't know what proper weather is
A part of our campus is legend for wrapping the hems of skirts round heads, even on a calm day.

Ogg and I should organise a combined visit and legs display.


Tomorrow the winds are forecast to completely drop down. Today was wild: the bright yellow medical waste bag which the neighbours put out had blown onto the top of their ten foot high hedge, twigs broke off the stand of oak trees opposite my flat and blew with sharp raps against the windows all day long. I picked up Piglet and three piglet friends, and a cello - imagine what it would have been like for that poor child (who is quite small) trying to walk home with a cello in a 60 mph gale wind! Piglet and one of the other piglets came home to have cheesy chips and chocolate cake before I dropped off the other piglet (and cello) at her ballet lesson.

 

[trysail]

https://ww w.skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s.htm

I kid you not—

Self-portrait by the proprietor of soi-disant "Skeptical Science" (a misnomer if ever there was one)— the cartoonist John Cook:



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[Bramblethorn]

*links to discussion about scientific issues, by authors who've provided extensive cites so nobody has to take them on trust*

*posts somebody's crappy Photoshop of one of the authors as a Nazi*

Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. Back on the ignore list you go.

 

[loquere]

Worst storms in a decade to lash Southern Britain, according to news sources. I hope all British writers are safe!


I can hear the 50 mph winds in the trees outside my little flat. I said I would drive Piglet to school this morning - and her little piglet-y friends, as the wind is so bad. I don't want her to walk under the trees through the park.

It will all die down later, so should be OK for my journey over to Bristol tomorrow. I hope the railway lines aren't affected, as I dislike driving over there. One of my friends used to say that Bristol drivers are the worst; I think it's something to do with the weird road layout in the city.

Piglet?

 

[trysail]

Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. Back on the ignore list you go.

Too bad. That's a self-portrait by John Cook. He posted it on his own website.

He's repeatedly been caught lying.

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[TxRad]

Piglet?

Naoko's daughter.

 

[trysail]

GISS Global Temperature Series ( 1880- )


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[stickygirl]

I do. My house is across the road from the sea. When the wind is NNE it comes straight from the Arctic.

I lost a gazebo into the sea to a Southerly gale in August. Our recycling bins have to be tied down or they disappear up the road.

My window cleaner comes once a month. I have to clean the salt off the downstairs windows every week.

Opposite the sea?! Really? Do you take lodgers or B&Bs? I'd love to live by the sea, one street back and high enough to dodge the tsunami when La Palma falls into the sea and drowns America ( poor things )