The Schofield Kid
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All on account of pulling a trigger.
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« on: February 09, 2008, 02:51:02 PM » |
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I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread about something we all like to complain about. We've posted in the past about bad storms or freakish weather happenings, usually in the Endless, Pointless thread, but from what I saw on the news last week about those storms in Tennessee, it didn't belong in that thread. I sure hope Matt's alright after those storms last week? Down here it's supposed to be summer, but it hasn't been very hot at all. We haven't had one day over 40 degrees yet, although some days the humidity is high, but the highest the temperature has risen is about 35 for one day a couple of weeks back. This morning I woke up and it's only 14 degrees. You would think it's winter, not summer. Then there's the rain! I know we're in a drought here, but some of the rainfall in the past few weeks has been phenomenal. Here's a satellite pic of the Australia at the moment. All that cloud on the far right was over the east coast for the last few weeks and dump so much rain, some parts of south east Queensland got floods.  So, what's the weather like where you are?
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Clint Van Wallach
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2008, 05:38:15 PM » |
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We had a storm move through last weekend that dumped quite a bit of snow in the mountains:  Tuesday and Wednesday mornings I had to scrap ice off my windshield. And yet tomorrow we're supposed to have a high near 80 (27c). Downright weird! Nice if you're visiting. Too hot too soon for me though. (Yeah I know, "boo hoo"!  ) Supposedly this years ample Winter rainfall is going to bring us a banner wildflower season; something we haven't had in about a decade. We'll see.
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Lin Sunderland
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« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2008, 04:04:49 AM » |
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Good to know Matt is OK. Here we have had rain, rain and more rain. Today there is sun and a heavy frost. The spring flowers are all in bud. Far too early. We seem to have a few warm dry days, then rain, then very cold winds and frost. I took Meg out last Wednesday and the wind was so strong we had to revise our walk as I couldn't move against the wind. One day last week the river came up and literally chased us off the banking and we had to climb over a barbed wire fence and into a field full of sheep and out over a gate to get away from the bore of water that was coming down the path. My place  on the river is under 3 meters of water right now.
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« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2008, 07:33:22 AM » |
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It was 18° F yesterday morning ... snow started in the afternoon and the temperature started rising. By 10:00 or so, the temperature was up to freezing and there were a couple inches of sloppy snow on streets and sidewalks. Then, the snow changed to rain. This morning when I went out for my run, it was 36°, streets were slushy, sidewalks mostly clear. Now, about an hour later, it is up to 50°!!! Heavy rain predicted for the rest of the day, then the temperature falls back to the thirties. Weird! 
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