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Scuba Forum / General / December 2004White 25th
Looked out my window earlier and wonders never cease -- IT'S SNOWING... Ok, for some of ya'll, this is not a big deal, but I'm in the New Orleans area these days and that just doesn't happen much around here (not that it happened much back in Houston either)... I checked the NOAA site for the Slidell airport (about 1 mile from my doorstep) and they were calling it "Unknown Precip"... Apparently no one over there is old enough to remember the last time it occurred -- probably sometime during the last Ice Age... http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KASD.html We're being blanketed by snow in New Orleans as I type! http://tinyurl.com/4a4pm A White Christmas in the Big Easy! got 14 inches here over night.... I can send ya all ya want!! wednesday it was green grass. thursday covered cars, 2 foot drifts, and 14 inches all over the sidewalks Minus 39 degrees this morning. No wind. > got 14 inches here over night.... I can send ya all ya want!! > > wednesday it was green grass. > thursday covered cars, 2 foot drifts, > and 14 inches all over the sidewalks > Minus 39 degrees this morning. No wind. -39F or -39C ? >> Minus 39 degrees this morning. No wind. > > -39F or -39C ? It's very nearly the same thing. At the neighbourhood of -40 degrees, they are about the same. Ok, if you wanna nitpick, -39 c is -38.2 f. No wind means no wind-chill factor. Current weather for here is http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?YTS for last 24 hours http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/24_hour_conditions_e.html?yts&unit=m >> Minus 39 degrees this morning. No wind. > > -39F or -39C ? > At the neighbourhood of -40 degrees, they are about the same. Ok, if you > wanna nitpick, -39 c is -38.2 f. I believe that is technically classified as "FUCKIN' COLD"... I suspect that you're on a first name basis with your snow shovel... <grin> <brrrr >> At the neighbourhood of -40 degrees, they are about the same. Ok, if you >> wanna nitpick, -39 c is -38.2 f. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > <brrrr> Yes, I have a super model of the classic snow shovel. Chrome plated. Technically, you nailed it. You folks don't know what square tires are. Most of you would be unfamiliar with a block heater {not the woollen thing that Canadians put on their head}. We actually plug in the car at night. Yes, we are odd enough that we actually prefer to live in Canuckistan. Imagine. >>> At the neighbourhood of -40 degrees, they are about the same. Ok, if you >>> wanna nitpick, -39 c is -38.2 f. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > on their head}. We actually plug in the car at night. Yes, we are odd > enough that we actually prefer to live in Canuckistan. Imagine. Square tires... yup, had 'em just last week. Sadly enough, my 'Merkin built truck doesn't have a block heater..... TG I live in Trannah, you can get away with not plugging in the vehicle. Truck tends to be pretty unhappy when first awoken on the coldest days however. 75º, sunny, blue skies, and just a hint of a breeze in the air. Plus, we can see snow of some of the higher peaks in the distant mountains. Gotta love an LA Christmas. (Some people even go diving.) :-) Merry Christmas everyone. Ken Kurtis NAUI Instr. #5936 Co-owner, Reef Seekers Dive Co. Beverly Hills, CA Ken Kurtis NAUI Instructor #5936 Co-owner --- Reef Seekers Dive Co. Beverly Hills, CA STFU > 75?, sunny, blue skies, and just a hint of a breeze in the air. Plus, we > can [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Co-owner --- Reef Seekers Dive Co. > Beverly Hills, CA > STFU Sounds like having snow up to your 'nads is affecting your cheery outlook on life... <snicker >> STFU > > Sounds like having snow up to your 'nads is affecting your cheery outlook > on > life... <snicker> That could be it. Perhaps its a severe lack of dissolved nitrogen, a VISA card with a zero balance, money in the bank and no job at the moment, not to mention a brand new bouncing baby digital camera c/w underwater housing needing a baptism in salt water. It would only take me 30 hours to get to the keys. >Minus 39 degrees this morning. No wind. Whew! Too cold, dude. It's just right here - just a shade below freezing with lotsa snow on the roads. I've been out playing with my wife's new AWD. JF > got 14 inches here over night.... I can send ya all ya want!! > > wednesday it was green grass. > thursday covered cars, 2 foot drifts, > and 14 inches all over the sidewalks I was out drivng around in it earlier... Combination of snow, sleet, and rain... A couple of bridges had a little ice on them, but they had sanded them, so now they're sandy icy bridges... Not many stores open around here on the 25th... One Chinese restaurant, quite a few gas stations, and a couple of daiquiri shops... Interesting to note that there were more daiquiri shops open than restaurants... Makes one understand the priorities around here in the New Orleans area... Rescued a couple of teenagers whose car had died in the middle of the road... Towed them to a safer place where they wouldn't be run over... > Looked out my window earlier and wonders never cease -- IT'S > SNOWING... Ok, for some of ya'll, this is not a big deal, but I'm in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KASD.html 10? C and raining over here...what else can you expect, it's Xmas after all...  SignatureMichael Wolf ------------ Cthulhu for President! Why settle for the lesser evil? remove stopspam to reply >Looked out my window earlier and wonders never cease -- IT'S SNOWING... Ok, >for some of ya'll, this is not a big deal, but I'm in the New Orleans area [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KASD.html Maybe you should see 'Day After Tomorrow." > >Looked out my window earlier and wonders never cease -- IT'S SNOWING... Ok, > >for some of ya'll, this is not a big deal, but I'm in the New Orleans area [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Maybe you should see 'Day After Tomorrow." It was a vaguely amusing show, but even the creator says it's nothing more than a work of fiction. > Looked out my window earlier and wonders never cease -- IT'S SNOWING... > Ok, > for some of ya'll, this is not a big deal, but I'm in the New Orleans area Lucky Dog. 50's and rainy here most of the day, yesterday turned nasty on the drive back from our dive site. <-------(rubbing it in too) Supposed to get nice just in time to go back to work. Curtis > Lucky Dog. > > 50's and rainy here most of the day, yesterday turned nasty on the drive > back from our dive site. <-------(rubbing it in too) Today is sunny... Most of the snow and ice has melted -- a few spots in the shadows are still around... Currently 49F... Personally, I find it difficult to get in the mood for diving when it's snowing or sleeting... Even if the water is a constant 72F, you still got to come back to the surface sooner or later... |
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