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The new weather thread (Page 7)
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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My furnace struggled until the sun came up. School and day care were both closed so I was home with the kids. We kept the fireplace on all day and have made it work.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Radiators usually keep it at 72, so 65 is their version of the struggle.
That’s tolerable, but my place (unusually) also has a furnace, and since I don’t get a medal for not using it, on days like this I let it do some fill-in work.
Been in shorts during the whole freezeageddon.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep
At least you have radiators.
You will be pleased to know the majority of people in Chicago have some form of heat.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before in this thread, but I love this weather fact.
This kind of cold requires snow pack. Without snow, the ground is darker, and thus absorbs more heat. Without snow, it generally stays above 0F.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Apr 2007
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"Albedo" is the term I learned in my astronomy class.
Albedo is a non-dimensional, unitless quantity that indicates how well a surface reflects solar energy
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by Laminar
"Albedo" is the term I learned in my astronomy class.
I was this close to mentioning albedo.
I learned about it from the various solar system generators I’ve played with in the past.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by subego
I was this close to mentioning albedo.
I learned about it from the various solar system generators I’ve played with in the past.
Showoff.
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Originally Posted by subego
I was this close to mentioning albedo.
I learned about it from the various solar system generators I’ve played with in the past.
Shoutout to SimEarth, which taught me all sorts of strange terms (including that one).
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Originally Posted by Thorzdad
Aaaaaaand, it’s 40.
This one trick... asphalt hates it!
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Usually things look kinda nasty after a snow melt, but for whatever reason, this hit next level grody.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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The streets around here are starting to look like there was a naval bombardment. Pretty amazing how badly even new streets are falling apart now.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Do they do asphalt or concrete where you are?
They switched from concrete here when I was young, which I’m pretty sure was a horrible idea.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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Pretty exclusively asphalt. Been that way forever. Even the repairs and re-paving on the interstates are asphalt now.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Clinically Insane
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Here, this captures how disgusting it is.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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We should, but I’m sure we can’t afford it.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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Gonna be near 60 here tomorrow. High of 22 Thursday.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Yay!
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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spring!
(they're expecting a noreaster on thurs here)
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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April blizzards bring...
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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Sorry dude. Today we are wearing shorts.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Theoretically, it’ll be 60 on Tuesday.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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A bunch of us went to Disney World in the last week of March. My sister got back to her home in southern Michigan just fine. The next day, there was almost an inch of snow. The change from Florida weather to Michigan weather was understandable, but snow that late is very unusual for that area...
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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Originally Posted by subego
April blizzards bring...
Half my racing friends went to St. Louis to race this weekend, the other half stayed in Iowa. It was 30 and snowy down there, and 50 and sunny up here. Jokes on them.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Aaaaand... it’s snowing again.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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This is just wrong.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by subego
This is just wrong.
I agree - the Cobalt was bad enough as it is, Pontiac did NOT need to make an even worse version.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Friday was our first 100 of the year.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by Chongo
Friday was our first 100 of the year.
Oh yeah ?
We got 100 in Chicago as well - all of January and February days combined
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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It’s a balmy 9° with a -4° windchill.
I guess February in November is the “new weather” in the thread title.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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11 here. Similar windchill. The old heatpump is certainly getting a workout this week. It's been running continuously since about midnight.
My son and his wife, who live in far northern Indiana (lake-effect snow land) just happened to have planned a week-long getaway down to Gulf Shores, AL. this week. So, while their home is buried in snow, they're enjoying some lovely 70° weather, and sending us pics just to rub it in.
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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It might snow today, which reminded me to make an appointment for new tires tomorrow.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Let’s tell Reader and Glenn it’s time to change their tires and see if they fall for it.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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I wonder if Apple will offer dedicated summer and winter wheels for the new Mac Pro.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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I'm not changing my tires! But it IS quite cool here, much cooler than seasonable. San Antonio got UP TO 45 today, but on Monday it went from a high of 75 to 39 by midnight, with a low of 32 at about 8:30 AM Tuesday. It got up to 44 yesterday, and the overnight low was only 41. But the drizzly rain made it all feel worse than the temperature implied.
It is pretty amusing to see folks here bundle up when it gets below 70, but it's sad when it really does get cold.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Originally Posted by ghporter
I'm not changing my tires!
Dammit!
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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I haven’t run winter tires in ages.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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It’s 60°, and the trees are budding.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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Yeah. Feels like early spring down here in Indy, too. I was tempted to open the windows today. I’ve lived through enough blizzard-like xmases to be perfectly ok with this.
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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It's nice enough here I did open the windows, fresh air feels good.
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wandering around town without a coat on today. Ok so I did have a jumper on but still, mid winter and its not yet coat wearing temperature.
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