Who left the dimensional door open? - Thread 008

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[habs4ever]

I was over reading the hooker thread, and yes.......I know who you mean when it started getting heavy ;-)LOL....she is industrious to post so much on such a topic ;-)

[lodwick]

Please tell Mom to call InsuranceGuy! I'll see you tomorrow, with luck, as Westy says. He's right. JL

[palo verde]

hi habs
I'm crazy bout that gal
yes she is industrious to post posts like that
also she brought unique depth to thread
Love, Palo

[habs4ever]

What's your favouite colour, Hair?? ;-)

[habs4ever]

I know, but at times I find her tres sel-indulgent and fond of her voice.Then it becomes a bore, alas :-)

[andysandmikesmom]

Those surge supressors are the best...we have all of our TVs, VCRs, DVDs,CD players, Satellite hookup machines and computer hooked up to the surge supressors....the outlay of money for them, more than pays for itself....

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, it wouldn't be blue ! ;~D

[westmex]

Why Don't We Get Blizzards, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Etc.?

If you've ever lived anywhere else around the country, you've probably noticed the weather is a lot tamer here than there -- we don't have much for severe weather, tornadoes, blizzards, extended heat waves, or hurricanes.

Why is that, you might ask?

We'll, we can send a big thank you card to the Pacific Ocean.

Water takes much longer to heat and cool than air does, so the ocean temperature varies between about 50 degrees in spring to about 58 degrees in autumn.

Thus, that has a tremendous moderating effect on our weather. The ~55 degree ocean temperature keeps us milder in the winter, and cooler in the summer.

That setup thwarts the heat waves and blizzards (when we do get heat waves/snow storms, it's because the air is flowing from the east/northeast and coming from inland areas and not the ocean.)

Thunderstorms/tornadoes are usually formed from areas experiencing large temperature extremes -- i.e. a cold front between maybe 60 degree weather on one side and 90 degree weather on the other. Again, the ocean keeps those extremes from happening around here.

We don't get hurricanes because you need water temperatures in the 78-85 degree range, and thus the ocean is too cold at our latitude.

Lowland flooding/flash flooding is usually caused when tropical-type thunderstorms dump extreme amounts of rain in a short period of time -- again, we don't get those intense thunderstorms.

The flooding we do get is when the mountain areas get extreme amounts of rain (as terrain can squeeze out extra moisture from clouds), plus when it's warm enough so it falls mostly as snow.

Of course, the Pacific Ocean is also responsible for the wet climate around here, and having no one living out to our west makes it more difficult to forecast the area, but I think most would take the trade off.

[habs4ever]

You are FR's most charitable poster, Pee-Vee :-)

[palo verde]

hi westy
thanks for the post
when I lived in nyc we never got big stuff either, I guess cause it's on Atlantic Ocean
once we had big hurricane alert, all the windows were taped up, nothing came
there have been a few tornadoes on Tucson's south side
they head for the trailer camps
you did get that earthquake tho, andysmom was on Lcom when it hit
she was our on-the-spot reporter
Love, Palo

[palo verde]

thank you habs
she is on secret site too
I sure hope FR's most unconventional posters don't leave for secret site
they enrich FR

[westmex]

Oh yes, we get earthquakes and volcanoes erupt. They also say we will get a big Tsunami one of these days. Have to have some excitement..lol...
....Westy....

[palo verde]

well some day we'll have to talk about what happened to our Firmament
and if we'll get another one after Mass Awakening
story is, when we had our Firmament it was 77 degrees all over planet
perfect weather for everyone

[palo verde]

how did I forget Mt St Helen's
that was big!!!
weren't you on your bicycle with your bicycle club when it happened

[palo verde]

hair, I think you hurt cam's feelings when you said smudge was making you blue
it hasn't refreshed for hour
please say you love it

[andysandmikesmom]

Westy, thanks for that really very informative article about our weather out here...for myself, I find the weather here to be wonderful...it took some getting used to when we first moved here but I would not trade it now for anything...I love the temperate climate that we have here...I remember Chicago, with its hot humid summers and its frozen, blizzardly winters, and North Carolina, with its unbearable heat and humidity....I loved both of those places as they were my home for many years each....

But having been out here since 1983, all I can say is, I love the climate out here...never too hot, never too cold...yea we get frequent rain sessions, and have to put up with dismal and cloudy skies for much of the year...

But summertime out here is divine....warmish temps, clear skies, very little rain, and a view of the mountains to the east and to the west, that make one cry, those views are so beautiful...

[HairOfTheDog]

I do not love it when it does not budge,
AND I do not love it with a smudge!

[habs4ever]

I was working in southeastern BC in the summer of 1980 and can recall when a few months after Mt St Helens blew, there was another eruption, and dust was covering all the cars and trees...this was many hundreds of miles away.....

[palo verde]

rofl, you crack me up

[westmex]

Be careful with your praise of here. We don't want anymore people moving in, it's to crowded as it is....no lol...
.....Westy....