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alfa6 ;>}
Posted on 06/25/2005 11:15:58 AM PDT by raygun
On this day in:
1960: Tornadoes do occur in the mountains a Boy Scout encampment in NM's Philmont Scout Ranch discovered. Although only 100-yd wide and a track of merely 2 miles long, 34 were injured and some of their camp gear was blown 14 miles. The Scout Ranch chapel was destroyed. I wonder if they get a badge for that.
1987: Since South America is in the S Hemisphere, June in that part of the world is often colder than the N Hemisphere. This is because of the 23 1/2 Deg. tilt of the earth's axis and that part of the world is further from the sun, and as a result the suns radiation is weakened. Results of very intense and grant funded research that has been recently released (and much to the chagrin of the global warming experts who conducted it), suggests a strong link exists between the sun and temperature. Precisely what this link is is presently unknown and grant moneys are being pursued to research this phenomenon. Nevertheless, I digress. Santiago, Chile set an all-time June maximum temperature of 80 Deg. F (providing even more incontroversial proof of global warming).
1996: One of the more obscure lightning saftey tips includes not touching metal objects that could conduct electricity. A lightning bolt struck a clothsline. Part of the electrical charge flowed through a metal dog leash that was attached to it, and a dog having the misfortune of being chained up at the time, acted as ground. No word on how much of the dog was left.
1996...ouch.
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What a novel concept. Publishing random weather facts in the guise of a thread. It's a new phnomenon at FR. Seems related to modern art in a way. A mix of colors leaving the observer to raw whatever meaning they can from the "art". Call it modern thread art.
What a novel concept. Publishing random weather facts in the guise of a thread. It's a new phnomenon at FR. Seems related to modern art in a way. A mix of colors leaving the observer to raw whatever meaning they can from the "art". Call it modern thread art.
I live at 9000' and yes, tornadoes can occur up here. In 10 years though, I've only heard of 1 and it struck at 10,000'.
Dang.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
One can only imagine what was going through the poor fisherman's minds when they were sailing back to shore looking at a destroyed shoreline. How horrifying.
Yeah, that's a good one. I seen one's like that at Snowmass and west over the mountain range in Denver. Over Denver itself I seen neat stuff too. Stuff like like horizontal tornados at 15000' that would stay in place writhing like a snake. And other stuff that looked freaky like a giant UFO shaped cloud. Its shape changing moment by moment in front of your eyes. I have very fond memories of all this while playing tip-it in the street. There was an intersection at the crest of a hill, and we'd throw the frisbee as hard as we could at the apex (missing it by mere inches), and when the frisbee crossed over, the people on the receiving end had 10' to 20' feet of altitude (and the further back you went the more altitude you got).
No doubt. 100' waves. Incomprehensible. And for that to make it to California as a 9.5' wave, astonishing.
Kind of bloggish, yet well designed to appeal to the obviously highly intelligent community of globally-aware FReepers.
All I know is that at 1933 UTC (EDT +4) I've got a THI 81.5 @ 91 Deg. F., and Esther Ruth is dealing with a THI 81.8 @ 95 Deg. F., while Khurkriss (UTC +8) is sipping cool umbrelly drinks at a most comfortable THI 78.3 @ 81 Deg. F. (although he's probably sleeping it off right now) ;)
What city are you in/near Right Whale? I'd like to figure out how cold you are for comparison sake.
TO ALL: the THI is NOT the humidity index you see proselytized by the MSM on TV & the radio. That's something they came up for the uneducated unwashed masses (i.e. those who can't handily utilize 0.045 ten-millionths the length of the meridian through Paris from pole to equator as the standard frame of reference for hailstone size - smirk - having to use either hen's egg or golfballs as a reference).
The THI I'm reporting, is the meteorologists index to measure of the direct affect humidity has on phsiological comfort. That is: THI > 75 = uncomfortable, THI < 52 = cold. This is an objective measure (not objective on how hot it feels. A human body radiates heat at 800 BTU per hour (1 BTU being the heat sufficient to raise one pound of water from 60 Deg. F. to 61 Deg. F.) Now if this thermal radiation is insufficient to maintain body temperature equilibrium, the body sweats, or if the radiation is too great, blood vessels contract to diminish this outflow of heat.
I'm glad that's all clear now.
This is Fairbanks. It is not cold today. Neither is it particularly warm. There is a neutrality in the weather that amounts to no weather at all.
Roy Sullivan biography Roy Cleveland Sullivan was a Forest Ranger in Virginia who had an incredible attraction to lightning... or rather it had an attraction to him. Over his 36-year career as a ranger, Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times - and survived each jolt, but not unscathed. His seventh strike put him in the Guinness Book of World Records. Lightning strikes: In 1942, the first lightning strike shot through Sullivan's leg and knocked his big toenail off.
In 1969, a second strike burned off his eyebrows and knocked him unconscious.
In 1970, another strike left his shoulder seared.
In 1972 his hair was set on fire and Roy had to dump a bucket of water over his head to cool off.
On August 7, 1973, another bolt ripped through his hat and hit him on the head, set his hair on fire again, threw him out of his truck and knocked his left shoe off.
On June 5, 1976, a sixth strike in 1976 left him with an injured ankle.
On June 25th, 1977, the last lightning bolt to hit Roy Sullivan sent him to the hospital with chest and stomach burns.
His wife was also struck once, when a sudden storm welled up as she and her husband were out hanging wash on the back yard clothesline. On September 28, 1983, Roy Sullivan died at age 71, reportedly of a self-inflicted gunshot wound over troubles unrelated to lightning.
I hope that guy found and accepted Christ as his personal saviour before he offed himself. Because that's just plain flipped out (both the lightning thing and him offing himself). He chose a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Christ is a permanent solution to what otherwise would be a permanent problem.
I would say there is little doubt he had been together with God since 1947. He didn't need him until '83.
I don't know about that. He may have been blessed with an extra vigilant guardian angel. But as far as being right with God is an entirely different story and is only known between he and God right now.
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