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Berhael
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Posted: Tue 21 May , 2013 9:37 am
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Regarding common-or-garden weather here in the UK, we had a beautiful spring day last Sunday; we had a little boy's birthday party (the son of our friends, Alex's best friend) at a village hall with a lawn and playground outside. We had planned all sorts of indoor games and activities in case it rained, but the weather was so luscious that the kids escaped outside and were reluctant to come back in, even for snacks or cake. :D Even children are desperate to be outdoors after the long winter we've had! I sympathise a bit with the inhabitants of Westeros now... ;)

And today we're back to just-above-freezing night temperatures and dark grey cloud cover. :roll: My poor tomatoes!

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Posted: Tue 21 May , 2013 11:47 am
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Berhael wrote:
Dan wondered if houses in Tornado Alley are still built mostly of wood, or are people using reinforced concrete and similar materials?
Not that I know of. I'm sure someone's done it, but it isn't required or customary. It comes down to economics--it would be exorbitantly expensive to construct a building to withstand a tornado, and even in places like Oklahoma, the odds of any individual structure being hit over the course of a century are practically zero (this is in contrast to earthquakes and hurricanes, which "hit" basically everything in a wide area).

Moore has been very unlucky--there have been 5 major tornadoes there in the last 15 years. But even so, I don't know that any pair of them hit in exactly the same place.

It would probably make sense to reinforce special buildings like schools and hospitals, but I don't know that anyone does.

I still say we should do the Hobbit hole thing. You're protected from all sorts of weather (except floods), and you drastically reduce your heating and AC costs.


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Posted: Tue 21 May , 2013 2:18 pm
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Making one room a tornado-safe room is becoming more commonplace. If I lived in Tornado Alley, I would insist upon this if we didn't have a basement. If we had enough money to do it now, I'd put one in here. We get a fair amount of tornadic activity. :(

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Posted: Sat 08 Jun , 2013 12:09 pm
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The weather is cold and drippy-rainy, which makes going out on a Saturday night not on. It's supposed to be the dry season here! WTH?

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Posted: Fri 21 Jun , 2013 2:48 pm
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The weather right now is sheer bliss, but apparently on Monday it's going up to the high 30's.

Happy first day of summer, everyone! :cheers:

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Posted: Fri 21 Jun , 2013 4:00 pm
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Yes, happy Summer Solstice! :banana:

Not sure what to do to celebrate. Hmmm, well, it is the first time the A/C has been on this year, and I'm only doing that to see if it helps the musty, damp smell in here and my allergies.

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... and the weather is still wet and cold! FFs this is Queensland... its supposed to be at least dry this time of year even if cold. This wet chill shit is killing me.

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Posted: Tue 02 Jul , 2013 12:51 pm
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Hey Dwyn, nice to see you again. Have you been following the Lions tour?

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Yes I have Alatar! :) Decider is on my TV right now!

Weather was clear, sunny, and even sort of warm this arvo. I went to the Abbey Medieval Festival with some friends. We had fun getting all dressed up for it.

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w00t! Great win for the Lions! Classic series though, down to the wire. Really thought the Wallabies were gonna come back early in the 2nd half!

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Rumble at the zoo? =:)

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It's too hot! I cannot DEAL with this heat! Worst part of it is that I live with 7 geckos, all of whom are artificially heated, so there're 4 heaters on in the house 24/7 too! And I can't go in the garden because the neighbours are doing extremely loud construction work, and I'd sizzle like a sausage anyway. And the tortoise would bite my feet off.

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Posted: Tue 09 Jul , 2013 1:24 pm
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Check out these pictures from the Toronto flood. Unbelievable.

The rain came down so fast and so suddenly that people had to scramble out of and abandon their cars to avoid becoming swamped.

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Posted: Tue 09 Jul , 2013 1:33 pm
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Those are pretty crazy! I love the one picture of women being rescued off the commuter train. A very nice-looking rescuer (police officer? firefighter?) is carrying one woman who is smiling and looks completely fine to me. :suspicious:

How hot is it, Crucifer? No air conditioning?

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Eh, not more than 28 degrees celsius. But then I'm a pale ginger Irishman who's used to a nice balmy 17.

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Posted: Sat 13 Jul , 2013 3:23 pm
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Well, I'm a pale, ginger American, but I am used to higher temps than that in the summer. ;) How's the humidity? That's the thing that kills me. Oh, and direct sunlight. If I can stay in the shadows, I can withstand 32C.

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Posted: Sun 14 Jul , 2013 10:08 pm
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Well, as Crucifer says, we're having a bit of a heatwave. For the last 10 days we've been getting anything up to 34C, but averaging around 27C. Thats seriously hot for here. I got more badly sunburnt on the beach in Waterford yesterday than in Florida!

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Posted: Sun 14 Jul , 2013 10:44 pm
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Heatwave here too - in fact there's an official "humidex warning" from the Federal Government - the elderly and infirm are being asked to stay inside and preferably in an air-conditioned room.

And I have to be extra-careful when walking the dogs - for now, only short walks around the block will be happening.

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Posted: Mon 15 Jul , 2013 3:01 am
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It's back to being very hot and humid here, too. It was at least 92F today, and it will be hotter tomorrow. :( Bleah.

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So, is anyone else getting these crazy wind-downpour storms with tornado warnings?

And, is this the new normal?

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