Totally Irrelevant Weather Fact for the Day

Weather Guide Calendar

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1989: Thunderstorms in MD's Montgomery County produced some strong winds. Wind gusts lasting about 8 minutes were clocked at 85mph. After everything was said and done, two hundred trees were blown over in 1 city block and 170k people were left powerless for almost a week. The cleanup amounted to a mere $28 million.

1990: up to 4" of rain fell in <1hr on the saturated headwaters of Pipe/Wegee Creeks and the Cumberland Run in SE OH's Belmont County. Walls of muder/water/debris to 20' high and 300' wide resulted in 26 deaths. Some bodies were found 30 miles downstream in the Ohio River.

1991: A 19-year old bulldozer driver jumped into his truck to escape an oncoming tornado near Pleasant Lake, MI. The truck was lifted and spun in the air for 20' and then deposited in mud. The driver walked away with minor scratches. Its unknown how well the bulldozer fared though.

1998: IA's 24-hr rainfall record was set at Atlantic with 13.18". Flooding destroyed 21 homes. Saturated soil around Lake Panorama began sliding into the lake in the PM. 3 homes "cracked" beyond repair as earth sank 12-18".

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bink

[OSHA]

In other news:

Yassir Arafat is still dead although he may recover at any moment...

[scott7278]

A Tornado Watch was in place somewhere in the world today. Someone also ignored it.

[scott7278]

It's harder to kickbox when it's cold and windy.

[quantim]

Some REALLY heavy fog creeping in MI here... is this a ping list?

[basil]

Nice weather in the Heart of Texas today--if anybody cares.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

You want weather? I got wheather. It is thundering and lightening at my place right now. That's weather, isn't it?

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Could be. Could be. How do we know your not trying to pass off an unusual highly localized concentration of extraterrestrial gas as some sort of weather phenomomenon? There is a difference you know.

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You should try doin' that fully outfitted in a NBC suit.

[gonzo]

BACK! BACK! Get back in the cage!!

This ain't no dart-gun, and Marlin Perkins' ain't comin' to give you your fix!

Who-the-hell left the gate open?..........FRegards

[gonzo]

Robot, we need a fun thread...

Here goes:

Bob works hard and spends most evenings bowling or playing basketball at the gym. His wife thinks he is pushing himself too hard, so for his birthday she takes him to a local strip club.

The doorman at the club greets them and says, "Hey, Bob! How ya doin?"

His wife is puzzled and asks if he's been to this club before.

"Oh no," says Bob. "He's on my bowling team."

When they are seated, a waitress asks Bob if he'd like his usual and brings over a Budweiser.

His wife is becoming increasingly uncomfortable and says, "How did she know that you drink Budweiser?"

"She's in the Ladies' Bowling League, honey. We share lanes with them."

A stripper then comes over to their table, throws her arms around Bob, starts to rub herself all over him and says "Hi Bobbie. Want your usual table dance, big boy?"

Bob's wife, now furious, grabs her purse and storms out of the club.

Bob follows and spots her getting into a cab. Before she can slam the door, he jumps in beside her.

Bob tries desperately to explain how the stripper must have mistaken him for someone else, but his wife is having none of it.

She is screaming at him at the top of her lungs, calling him every 4 letter word in the book.

The cabby turns around and says, "Geez Bob, you picked up a real bitch this time." ...................................FRegards

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Heck, gonzo, you caught me as I was just about to pack it in. As hard as I try I can't think of anything that will get past the Moderator. Of course, there are always those old ones which the youngsters may not have heard, like:

Get off the stove, Grandma, you are too old to ride the range.

or

When yer phone don't ring, that's me!

or

Darn, I have forgotten those I remembered just 5 minutes ago.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

How do we know your not trying to pass off an unusual highly localized concentration of extraterrestrial gas as some sort of weather phenomomenon?

All I know is I heard thunder and from that I surmised lightening. And then it rained, dang it! If that ain't weather, I don't know what is!

Of course it is gone now so I am not so sure.

[gonzo]

"...All I know is I heard thunder and from that I surmised lightening..."

AHA!! Your dogs don't eat their veggies!

I have Copper Spaniards that fire-off-farts, and then jump up and bark at the noise!

I need an island somewhere, with no dogs..............FRegards

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Your Copper Spaniards sound like a toot. I tried not to but I laughed anyway.

[Khurkris]

Its been raining here for 4 days. I am somewhat damp.

[Fierce Allegiance]

1989: Thunderstorms in MD's Montgomery County produced some strong winds. Wind gusts lasting about 8 minutes were clocked at 85mph. After everything was said and done, two hundred trees were blown over in 1 city block and 170k people were left powerless for almost a week. The cleanup amounted to a mere $28 million.

Can anyone say microburst?

[Deguello]

Sometime in July of 2003, a very dense high pressure system settled over the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area and that day the temp went to 114 F. After the temp maxed out, it rained.

The next day, this same compact high pressure moved SW to Brown County and the temp reach 115 F. Again, as soon as it maxed out, a large rain clound developed and it rained almost 2 inches over the entire county that afternoon.

[scott7278]

Can anyone say microburst?

Oooh, oooh - I can! What do I win?