Random Raves : Tank Goodness

[choxorn]

more importantly is the cascades are clear and dry

Which is actually a rant, because that means we don't have as much water as we normally do, which just makes everything more expensive.

 

[sophie]

(well, actually, I dunno how much planning there is for an earthquake in socal, but probably more than Virginia or Minnesota or whatever)

The answer is a butt-ton, by the way.

 

[madviking]

(well, actually, I dunno how much planning there is for an earthquake in socal, but probably more than Virginia or Minnesota or whatever)

read for yourself

 

[Takhisis]

Well 2 inches cause mayhem that far south.

That's what she said.

Meanwhile, up here in the Pacific Northwest, Winter decided to not come at all this year. We've had multiple 60-degree days in February, and it's pretty frequently been at least mid-50's and sunny.

I thought you people had a very rainy weather pattern, at least according to The Oatmeal?

 

[Snerk]

You use oatmeal for weather forecasts in Argentina? Nifty!

 

[Takhisis]

They're somewhat delayed forecasts, but: You leave a bowl of oatmeal outside. If it gets wet, it's raining (or there's a dog urinating from a balcony, or an air conditioner is malfunctioning). If it gets warmer, it's sunny (or there's a fire next door). If it's half-empty, it's windy and/or there are birds interested in your cereals. Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy.

 

[Cutlass]

Atlanta is a very hilly city, so icy roads here are more dangerous than icy roads on flat terrain. I believe I've heard that most northern states do not legally permit roads to be build with such steep grades as are common around here, as they would be useless for much of the winter.

(I know I would not want to walk up the big hill from east campus to the library at Georgia Tech when it is icy.)

When it snows here the weather also tends to hover right around the freezing point, allowing the snow to partially melt and re-freeze multiple times. The ground is not usually below freezing when the first snow falls, so it melts quickly and does not get old enough to refreeze until the pavement is soaking wet, causing a sheet of ice below the snow. That is much more dangerous than a thick later of snow which remains fully frozen.

Also, given how rare snow is, we do not have enough snowplows, road salt, or tire chains.

I live on a hill steep enough so that my car won't climb it above 3rd gear.

 

[choxorn]

I thought you people had a very rainy weather pattern, at least according to The Oatmeal?

Well, there's also been some rain, but less rain than usual.

 

[Zack]

Seattle actually doesn't get that much rain.

Houston avg rainfall: 52.69 in

Atlanta avg rainfall: 49.71 in

Dallas avg rainfall: 40.55 in

Seattle avg rainfall: 36.15 in

 

[cybrxkhan]

I think for Seattle it's so it's that it's always cloudy and it rains/drizzles more often, rather than it rains more per se - so kinda like England?

Well, at least that's what my dad says. Seattle was the first city he lived in when he came to the states.

 

[Takhisis]

How often it rains is not always proportional to how much rain you actually get.

 

[Hygro]

hey screw you

It's in the 60s and 70s here, with fresher air than usual and blue, blue skies.

 

[choxorn]

I think for Seattle it's so it's that it's always cloudy and it rains/drizzles more often, rather than it rains more per se - so kinda like England?

Well, at least that's what my dad says. Seattle was the first city he lived in when he came to the states.

How often it rains is not always proportional to how much rain you actually get.

These are both accurate. It's cloudy and rainy here a lot, but it rarely rains very much or very hard- it's usually just periodic light rains scattered throughout the day.

That's why none of us ever carry umbrellas, and you can easily identify people who aren't from around here when they do- it's, like, barely raining, why do you even need one?

 

[bhavv]

My brain meds have been upgraded! Im tapering off my SSRIs and then moving onto SNRIs.

 

[Snerk]

My brain meds have been upgraded! Im tapering off my SSRIs and then moving onto SNRIs.

Have you tried TCAs? Helps me sleep but makes my mouth so dry!

 

[bhavv]

Nope, those are pretty hard to tolerate I read.

 

[Takhisis]

It's in the 60s and 70s here, with fresher air than usual and blue, blue skies.

Disco's never dead.

These are both accurate. It's cloudy and rainy here a lot, but it rarely rains very much or very hard- it's usually just periodic light rains scattered throughout the day.

That's why none of us ever carry umbrellas, and you can easily identify people who aren't from around here when they do- it's, like, barely raining, why do you even need one?

Not to get wet, of course.

 

[Arakhor]

That's why none of us ever carry umbrellas, and you can easily identify people who aren't from around here when they do- it's, like, barely raining, why do you even need one?

I carry an umbrella virtually everywhere, simply because I dislike getting wet and you can almost never trust the weather not to rain.

 

[Takhisis]

But you're English.

 

[Arakhor]

I prefer the term British, after my country and my island.