I was wondering what happened to Katia

[W1GUH]

Wound up in Britain

Tropical Storm Katia slams into Ireland, Britain (http://news.yahoo.com/photos/tropical-storm-katia-slams-into-ireland-britain-1315837850-slideshow/lone-walker-watches-gales-high-tides-sweep-coast-photo-132703682.html#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Ftropical-storm-katia-slams-into-ireland-britain-1315837850-slideshow%252Flone-walker-watches-gales-high-tides-sweep-coast-photo-132703682.html)

Great storm pix...they do it better over there.

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Great storm pix...they do it better over there.

And it hit Northern Ireland as well.

[PA5COR]

60 mile per hour wind here gusting a bit more.
Inverted L and beams taking a pounding, but hold.

Keeep that stuff to your side of the pond please, the last one just past us last week...

[W1GUH]

Share and share alike!

[K7SGJ]

Nothing wrong with a good blow, eh?

[PA5COR]

^I saw what you did there......

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^I saw what you did there......

We all did that. The question was, "Did you feel it?"

[n2ize]

60 mile per hour wind here gusting a bit more.
Inverted L and beams taking a pounding, but hold.

Keeep that stuff to your side of the pond please, the last one just past us last week...

Just be glad we don't share our tornadoes with you. The United States has more tornadoes than any country in the world.

I remember a number of years ago a girl that lived across the street had her cousin from Ireland over. It was at a time when we were having a lot of strong thunderstorms back to back. She was remarking, "what kind of crazy weather you people have over here."

[kc7jty]

Keeep that stuff to your side of the pond please, the last one just past us last week...

They're gifts from Africa, why wouldn't we share?

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They're gifts from Africa, why wouldn't we share?

When was the last time Idaho got hit with a hurricane?

[kc7jty]

U da ho!

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U da ho!

Ho boy.

[NA4BH]

Boy Wonder

[PA5COR]

You build your stuff with the strongest storm in mind, at least i do.
In the last 25 years living here a gale force 12 ( 90 mile per hour wind) was seen once.
That is where i put the line in calculating the strength.

If we had tornado's ( we actually have but just level 1) i would calculate for that, or build a different system i could lower to the ground.
The level 1 tornado's here are called "wervelwind" or waterspouts over water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI235-aIoPk&feature=related

We have used to have about 35 of them every year, this year we had a F2 tornado in my province doing some damage..
http://forum.onweer-online.nl/index.php?showtopic=27076

The last decades though through the warming up the number increased to 80 up to 135 a year.we actually became the "champion"in the number of tornado's in Europe...
Our history finds several F 4 tornado's with massive destruction and loss of lives.

Source: Maarten Keulemans, NOS Online Nikolai Dotzek, “An updated estimate of tornado occurence in Europe”. Atmospheric research, in druk. .:mrgreen:

[kc7jty]

Do you live below sea level Cor?

[PA5COR]

Actually 3 meters above ;)
Parts of the province are below the sealevel, but my city was founded around the year 100 with a few houses when the sea still had free access to our province and the only houses were build on natural raised ground, or farms build on man made hills.
Only in 1700 the full province had been enclosed in levee's preventing the sea from freely flowing in the province.

In 2010 Friesland was declared the most beautiful province in the Netherlands.
Quiet province, mostly agricultural, lots of farms cattle milk, cheese etc, and some industry.
We also have our own reckognised language, the Frisian.
http://www.drf.nl/business/history.htm
Some history, including beating the Romans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneek
English history of my town

;)

[kc7jty]

Very nice. I think my ancestors were of the barbarians we all hear so much about.

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRc-6MvdNeQbxOLHAPwtYLKzhPsTcflzIBkLzJj_hp024h0iozUHg
If I saw a cow like this that was laughing I would be trying to get away.

[W1GUH]

"I never saw a purple cow.."

Always wondered about that Laughing Cow. Looks just a little more than "contented." Makes you wonder what she's been up to.

Love it. Or, maybe, used to love it....look at this:


http://www.internetweekly.org/images/palin_laughing_cow.jpg

Hope that doesn't wipe that smile off her face. It does mine!

[W7XF]

"I never saw a purple cow.."

Always wondered about that Laughing Cow. Looks just a little more than "contented." Makes you wonder what she's been up to.

Love it. Or, maybe, used to love it....look at this:


http://www.internetweekly.org/images/palin_laughing_cow.jpg

Hope that doesn't wipe that smile off her face. It does mine!

Actually, I think Caribou Barbie would make a better Laughing SOW xD

[PA5COR]

The cow has the more intelligent look

[K7SGJ]

Which one?

[n2ize]

Actually, I think Caribou Barbie would make a better Laughing SOW xD

Awwwww... that is so cute. Too bad she's such a bitch.