Where I was, south Florida, the sun killed rooftops. I always had a white roof, and even so the surface temp would hit 150F on a summer day. We had to have the shingles replaced every 10 years.
We are in a new house here. The pitch of the roof is so steep that there isn't much accumulation. The snow that stuck yesterday ran down the surface, into the gutters, down the pipe and into the creek out back in short order, as soon as the sun hit the roof.
Last year we did have a quick temperature drop on a sunny day that resulted in frozen gutters, overflow, and some rather evil looking icicles / spears. Those that I didn't break off grew to 2 or 3 feet long.
Last year's spring thaw brought some serious cannon balls down the 200 foot hill out back, and some rather large sheets of ice down the creek.
Several years ago an old wooden bridge with a center support was taken out by a large frozen pine tree (popsicle) moving down the creek. The new bridge doesn't have a center support!
Never skated there, but we did the sound for their big ice shows. They had an original Zamboni ice cleaning machine. It was a Jeep with added accessories.
So it's 8PM under an almost full moon and the temperature is 64F (18C). Typical temp would be just above freezing. We are on track to beat the warmest December ever by 2°F.
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And November was the forth warmest ever.
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And November was the forth warmest ever.
Warmest year ever here, November was warmest ever, December might become warmest also. If it isn't global warming, at least it is good for my energy bill.
It's Christmas Eve, the sun is shining, every window in the house is open and it's over 70 degrees in here.....WTF?
It looks like there will have been one snowy day this December. The TV guy says we are 30 degrees above normal for this time of year.
They are blaming it on one of those Spanish kids.....El Nino (boy) or La Nina (girl). I don't remember which.
It looks like there will have been one snowy day this December. The TV guy says we are 30 degrees above normal for this time of year.
They are blaming it on one of those Spanish kids.....El Nino (boy) or La Nina (girl). I don't remember which.
Spanish voodoo?
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Seasons greetings everyone!!!
George & Scott -
It's warmer in your neck of the woods than out here in Cali. A small consolation is that the water is still liquid, and it's coming down intermittently - we need it out here.
It's warmer in your neck of the woods than out here in Cali. A small consolation is that the water is still liquid, and it's coming down intermittently - we need it out here.
Rick, I found that postcard you sent me years ago of the spiral slide (?) cleaning my office. I'm still in touch with Alan T. but not very often, unfortunately he is suffering from Parkinson's. I also still remember the Dumont scope. 🙂
Warmer than here! 🙂 Crazy the warm weather you guys are having on the East Coast.
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currently it's 14 degrees Celsius and it's 23:00 ...
tomorrow I think I'll find myself a nice terrace to enjoy a cup or Coffey of a glass of wine...
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Ooooo, enjoy!
It'll be a salt sarcophagus-style beef roast with my family in PDX tomorrow. Wait, this isn't the food thread. 😉
It'll be a salt sarcophagus-style beef roast with my family in PDX tomorrow. Wait, this isn't the food thread. 😉
Last time I noticed it was registering +11c. Since it is xmas eve I wore my dressiest denim shorts 😀 to be honest id rather see a foot of snow on the ground. But I could get used to this.
Don't you do it in a pan with burning brandy, or is that the finishing off. Be Merry said the men!
With the current shift in climate we just nail a sheep's foot to the ground and leave him in the sun for two hours, even the wool is burnt off ready to scoff. Pull up a chair and eat him where he stands.