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zoobyshoe said:
I love the internet. Where else would a conversation lead to this statement?
Broke Freezing: NW Weather Crisis
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The forum discussion centers around the severe winter weather experienced in the Northwest, with temperatures dropping to 10 degrees Fahrenheit at night and daytime highs struggling to reach freezing. Participants share personal anecdotes about the impact of the cold, including concerns about broken water pipes, with one user reporting $80,000 in damages from a burst pipe. The conversation highlights the challenges of navigating icy roads and the unexpected transition from unseasonably warm weather to extreme cold, emphasizing the need for preparedness in such conditions.
PREREQUISITES- Understanding of winter weather impacts on infrastructure
- Knowledge of temperature scales (Fahrenheit and Celsius)
- Familiarity with home maintenance during cold weather
- Awareness of driving safety in icy conditions
- Research methods for preventing frozen pipes in cold climates
- Learn about safe driving techniques on icy roads
- Explore home insulation techniques for extreme temperatures
- Investigate local weather patterns and their effects on seasonal preparedness
Homeowners, property managers, and anyone living in regions prone to severe winter weather who seeks to understand the implications of extreme cold and how to mitigate its effects.
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Pattonias said:I love the internet. Where else would a conversation lead to this statement?
I'm glad you asked. I have a book called Inexplicable Domesticated Fowl Phenomena which reports there is a small, isolated community in rural Arkansas where all conversations lead to this statement.
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zoobyshoe said:
I hope your happy, I just embarrassed myself laughing at the office. "Oh, yeah I just though of something funny from the other day... I'm working. I swear!"
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Pattonias said:
Actually, my goal is to get someone to spew up on a keyboard and wreck it.
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There is a famous point on the K scale that accurately describes how many times I have consumed KFC food since they've been in this area (over 35 years). Not funny, but true...zoobyshoe said:
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the Chickens are cool here, Natural ice skating is rare here before new year but it happens
Snow is moving in tonight and it will get even colder after that.
Probably because there is a http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ahead/ENSO-summary.shtml going on.
Snow is moving in tonight and it will get even colder after that.
Probably because there is a http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ahead/ENSO-summary.shtml going on.
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zoobyshoe said:
The last keyboard I wrecked at work was because I picked up a juice box, apparently squishing it too hard, and a fountain spewed from the straw across my keyboard. A friend of mine mocked me that I hadn't yet mastered what his three-year-old son had.
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GeorginaS said:
Which just makes me itch to know your total number of keyboards wrecked.
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Awesome pic. It's like you live in a Van Gogh painting.Andre said:
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zoobyshoe said:
Funny!
It goes back to the triple point of chicken fat.
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Ivan Seeking said:
That's it exactly!
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zoobyshoe said:
That was only my second. My first I spilled just a wee bit of coffee on while playing Asheron's Call one morning. A fair sized group of us were in a fairly scary dungeon when my "s" stuck pressed down (I thought that I'd mopped up all of the coffee and that only a few drops had landed on keys and not between them) and wouldn't come back up again. I wasn't sure what was going on, save that my avatar was running in circles, and I'd lost complete control of the keyboard and couldn't message my gang that I was having technical difficulties. Things went from bad to worse and I had to do a hard shut-down to make my computer happy or at least quiet. The keyboard didn't recover.
So, but, okay, two. That's not bad in, what? Over 16 years on a computer regularly. It was a nice keyboard, though, and they don't make them any more. It was sad, actually but a learning experience.
Now, for alloys at Canadian room temperatures, Ivan.
And to get back on track, the cold snap finally broke this morning and the temperature rose to -23C (-9F), and people were jubilant. I encountered a woman just as I got into the building at work this morning, and we commented on how pleased we were by the nicer temperature. And then I said to her, "And that's precisely how we know we're Canadian. We're fist-pumping happy for -23C weather." She laughed pretty hard.