Weather Discussion (pls post where you are located)

[King Class Scout]

Unless, like all other women on the internet, Mother Nature is actually a 40 year old guy from Texas. In which case, not so kinky.

like that's a PROBLEM for some of us ;)

and you shoulda said "sixty" instead *shudder*

[JimmyB76]

aaaaaanyway... 

December 29, 1894 - Florida had a severe freeze, with Orlando dropping as low as 18f (-7.78c)...  this freeze combined with another in February to wipe out 98% of the state's citrus trees...

[Meteorafallen]

I'm just glad that we didn't have the same kind of weather like we did down here last year. Although I wasn't in Florida last year to deal with it unlike Dawg LOL I was in Indiana making Snowmen, while Dawg was learning a new way to make Orange Slushies ROFL

[Vladko1]

Ooohhh, fuckin Christmas. Today a miracle happened! Car's battery died totaly! For original car's acumulator, which is now 6 years old is normal, but why not yesterday but today? :X When with the contact key, the acumulator has 11,5 volts, which is in the normal parameters, but when going on starter, the voltage goes down to 8 volts and the board computer is flashing or turning off. That is and why since two, three months the immobilizer is making shits 10 minutes after the car was started :X

[Lionus]

Reason is simple.. You live in a city, don't you? And you guys drive short distances with relatively low speeds, right? Modern car like your Almera has a chip that controls when the alternator works as it should, and it usually works at motorway speeds. In city speeds it doesn't charge battery because the chip tells it not to in order to lower the strain on the engine and reduce emissions and improve fuel economy.

[Vladko1]

Nope, we are living in small town and most of our journeys are out of cities. The alternator's charging power is up to 100A. + my dad made a charger for the car, to keep the voltage in the winters at around 13,8-14V. I think it's the age of the battery ;) Even from this summer there are doubts for problems with the battery.

[King Class Scout]

why would they stick a "highway" chip in the charge controller?  Especially considering the states are the only ones that need those, I think (yo, Canadians, chip in, eh?).

in MY experience, it's both the battery AND the alternator half the time.  I've had half a dozen alternators blow out on me (most of them, Fords) but only 3 or 4 batteries (and they were horrendous)

do all the Idiot lights come on, or do they only build that telltale into US market cars?
Idiot Lights: n. small indicators, usually in the instrument cluster, that indicate a problem or warning where not covered by guages

[JimmyB76]

December 30, 2005 - Tropical Storm Zeta formed in the Atlantic, the 27th named storm of the year, continuing the record tropical season...
there were 15 hurricanes that year, seven were major...  and it was the first time we ran out of letters in the alphabet to name the storms and had to use greek letters...

Decmber 30, 2010 - a 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Indiana; no injuries or major damage, but a rare place to experience them...

[JimmyB76]

oh brother...  theyre saying now that there is a good chance of *another* coastal storm for my area for friday into sunday...
words like "potential", "significant" and "powerful" are already being used to describe this one now, the end of the week...  
deja vu!  we just had one of these goddamn things - i just hope it doesnt pan out or maybe it will be mild enough for no snow and all rain...  

[Nebula]

knowing your luck

[Lionus]

can we have your storms? We could use some more snow.

[Mustang]

I can't read those damn weather maps. To me, it looks like a badly drawn battle strategy.

[JimmyB76]

wow really?  you cant understand those maps?

http://www.wikihow.com/Read-a-Weather-Map
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wmapread.htm
http://www.mountaineers.org/seakayak/bsk/stable/BSK_Student_Manual_Reading_Weather_Maps-20090304.pdf

[JimmyB76]

it has been a stormy winter thus far (as far as the last few weeks go) for most of the US...
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/weekend-snowstorm-again_2011-01-04

theyre starting to say the storm will be a bit moreso out to sea now, so hopefully thats what will happen...  im not in the mood to shovel for 2 hours again lol

[Lionus]

Wuss.  I have to do that 2-3 times each week for 4-6 hours while listening bitching customers who are telling us where we should out each shovel-full of snow. So, you're having easy time there.

[JimmyB76]

i would tell those customers to go eat yellow snow lol

[Lionus]

I've been tempted to make some fresh golden snow for them before making them eat it.  :mad: But, I've kept my temper in check, because I know that we're their only hope, and with this low salary they get the quality we give.

[King Class Scout]

you city people.  we just drive THROUGH it if we have the right vehicle. (have to...they're too busy plowing the interstate )

[JimmyB76]

the gods are being nice to me this time around...  
storm will be too far out to sea and not as strong, so we'll just be getting snow showers and light snow this afternoon and tomorrow, with about one inch of snow total lol  
ok i can handle that lol

[JimmyB76]

well we dodged the bullet with this storm this weekend...

however, there is yet *another* very strong coastal storm riding up the coast and right up by here tuesday night - wednesday night that we'll be hit by, theyre already very sure of that...  theyre already saying everyone along the northeast US coast from new york city to hartford to providence to boston and up to maine could get another blizzard just like the one we had just 2 weeks ago, with another foot or more of snow widespread
im really starting to hate this winter - it went so very long here without any snow, and now it is storm after storm...