They invented poutine, snow machines and fistfights on ice. What more proof of sophistication do you need?Quote:
Originally Posted by VE7DCW
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They invented poutine, snow machines and fistfights on ice. What more proof of sophistication do you need?Quote:
Originally Posted by VE7DCW
Sounds like a williwaw!!! Round here the issue is mainly nor'easters now and through the next several months. Lots of damage hs happened here from th past two nor'easters we had back to back. Checking the weather maps there is a lot of cold air in the arctic just waiting to start pouring down. Will be interesting to see how much of it makes it's way down here this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by VE7DCW
I'd love to get a snow machine. Unfortunately we don't get enough snow around here to justify it. For the 2-3 months of winter we get around here (sometimes without snow) a snow machine would end up sitting on wooden blocks 90% of the time. Most pof the time when we do get snow the streets are plowed and salted within hours. It's sort of like our snow thrower. Some winters we need to use it frequently Some winters we need it only once or twice or not at all. The snow machine will have to wait till I move north. And who knows, with climate change the north may be tropical by then.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
You can't have the snow machine without the poutine and the fistfights on ice. It's a package deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by n2ize
And the bacon, don't forget the round bacon.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Eddie and Bob with the bizarre round bacon fetish......fascinating :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
Scary..............isn't it. You have to admit, Bob or I aren't just a run-of-the-mill pig-in-a-poke.Quote:
Originally Posted by VE7DCW
Zambonis rule
This weather statement came through this morning courtesy of our weather office:
5:01 AM PST Saturday 08 November 2014
Special weather statement in effect for:
- East Vancouver Island
A major change in the weather pattern will begin on Monday.
A shift in the flow pattern will occur Monday following the passage of a moist and unseasonably mild Pacific frontal system this weekend. A cold Arctic ridge of high pressure building over the BC Interior will cause strong northeasterly outflow winds to develop through the mainland valleys on Monday. Consequently, temperatures will lower to about 5 degrees below seasonal normals by Tuesday with freezing temperatures expected for several nights.
The public is advised to monitor future forecasts and warnings as warnings may be required or extended.
Please monitor the latest forecasts and warnings from Environment Canada at www.weatheroffice.gc.ca.
It's most interesting as this NOT an El Nino type effect at all! ........more of a La Nina pattern..... but it got down to about 2 degrees C last night and a nice fog layer to wake up to this morning! :hahano:
You better cover your grapes. You don't want them to freeze.Quote:
Originally Posted by VE7DCW
Gerry, looks like winter is getting ready to hit us at last. From the San Diego NWS forecast discussion (sorry about the all-caps, that's the way they roll at the NWS):
LOOKS LIKE A MIDWINTER PATTERN SETTING UP NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE AS THE SHARP RIDGE JUST OFF THE WEST COAST KNIFES
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE YUKON...SETTING UP DEEP LONG-WAVE TROUGHS
NORTH OF HAWAII AND OVER EASTERN N.A. THE HIGH LATITUDE OF THE
RIDGING OPENS THE DOOR FOR UNDERCUTTING OF THE WESTERLIES ACROSS THE
EASTPAC LATER IN THE MONTH. THE LATEST GFS RUNS IN PARTICULAR
INDICATE AT LEAST THE POSSIBILITY OF A TROUGH DOING JUST THAT TOWARD
THE BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK (OR JUST AFTER THE MIDDLE OF THE
MONTH). OTHERWISE...THE WEATHER LOOKS DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED
PERIOD.
Looks like you guy's are in for the deep freeze again.
Let me bask in + 13 C and sunny weather here please, no need of that stuff here, I was perfectly happy with last winter with no frost, no snow, no hail low energy bill, at 53 degrees up here ;)
It appears Monday will be the big change to cold weather for the entire province.......we are going to see the difference like night and day by Tuesday (our Remembrance Day) ........ frost warnings have been issued for Wednesday..... Carl is right....to hell with El Nino..... winter is here. :-?
Today's NWS forecast discussion says that large-scale winter weather conditions for North America will begin to set up by the 18th of this month. They're predicting that storms out of the Gulf of Alaska will start hitting the west coast after that.
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Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Do you still have that hooded parka, made from a water buffalo's ass, lined with the skin of a walrus penis, and trimmed in Bushtit feathers?
Well, of course. How could I live without it?Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
Remember, don't rub the inside or it becomes and XXXXXL pretty quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Bushtit.Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
Fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
Meanwhile here is typical SAN DIEGO WINTER WEATHER!
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...ssionbeach.jpg
Huh. That cars front left tire looks a little low.Quote:
Originally Posted by wa6mhz
They're all out of your range...Quote:
Originally Posted by wa6mhz
That means that this will be a very very mild winter. Anytime the gales of arctic aire hit the nor'east early comes a mild spring -like winter come December-January.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
This is Coney Island in January. The Polar Bear Club takes their dip there...
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/r...7_16x9_992.jpg
It occurs to me, that one way to stop this global warming thingy, is to quit putting heaters in automobiles. Just imagine how many BTUs of heat are wasted into the environment during winter in places like Minnesota.
I just don't understand why none of these scientist want to speak with me and get some of my views on how to fix things.
I think I'll give Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko a call and see if she wants to go out for some barbecue.
Damn cold last night (got down to -5 C).....been that way most of the week under totally clear skies.....It's supposed to warm up next week to seasonal temperatures..... :-|
The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for this area tomorrow afternoon—gusts up to 65mph (105kph). Probably won't see that right where I am but, none the less, I'm thinking it might be a good idea to slacken up my last remaining tree-supported dipole a bit.
We're going to get SNOW Sunday night into Monday night. One model shows 2-4 inches and the other says 4-6 inches, which means we get a foot more likely. TOO DAMN EARLY for this shit...........
We got a dusting here, nothing like what I saw on the news west of the Appalachian Mtns. Cold? Yep, 22ºF/-5ºC by 7AM but nothing that doesn't happen every winter here. Having suffered thru 10 out of 11 cold, snowy or cold and snowy winters here since 2002, I can sympathize with those who are already getting dumped on. Here's hoping it all moderates and stays on the warm side the rest of this fall and winter.
We're getting a dusting right now, but it's real dust. It's been windy as hell today.
I have rats in my garage! ........ my first thought was that Eddie had taken up residence in there..... but he couldn't be in two places at once and it's too cold even for him.... so out with the warfarin feed and time to give the little bastards an early Christmas dinner. :snicker:
Oh the humanity.Quote:
Originally Posted by VE7DCW
it is snowing...
Shouldn't that be "Oh, the rodentity"?Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
It should be, but I got distracted trying to figure out if warfarin pellets in Canada are round like their bacon. But then, Gerry would accuse me, you, and Bob of being obsessed with round bacon, wood chippers, and all the other crazy shit that goes on up there, so as usual, I just decided to just STFU, eh. What was the question?Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...5/ac6c1fb4.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
the rats in my garage have several YEARS worth of food stockpiled for many generations to come!
Every night my wife brings in the PIT BULLS so they don't bark and annoy the neighbors. meanwhile the rats scavenger all the food left in their dishes. 1 piece at a time, they carry it back into the garage and chow down! The rats are FAT on dog food. I estimate there is probably 100 or more pounds of it in there somewhere. Can't get at them, it is packed floor to the rafters with junk. OH rats eat good in Crest. Meanwhile the feral cats eat good when they catch a fat rat!
IT'S FUCKING COLD.
DITTOQuote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
At 20:24 local time, it's 52°F (10°C) and nary a snowflake in sight.