3RS = third rock from the sun = earth.
Where on that rock????
Thats the deal here in the summer. I live on the edge of the Florida Everglades, too far from the ocean to benefit from the ocean breeze. From mid June to September it is 90 to 104F with humidity in the 90 to 100% range and no air movement. It sucks.
It is now mid winter. So far we have had 2 days that were NOT above 80F. At least the humidity is in the 60 to 70% range. Every 10 years or so we will get a week around freezing which kills off the citrus and strawberry crops. It's been about 5 years since that has happened. It has snowed in Ft. Lauderdale exactly once in recorded history, and I slept through it (1977).
South Florida has a particular sticky air. You get off the plane and it's there, embracing you. It's like a second skin. It takes a while to get used to it. I've been to the Everglades and that's no human territory.
They FULLY agree with you. 😛
And have preceded us by at least 1 Million years, so I guess the Right is on their side 😀
When I was much younger and dumber, I used to go camping out there with some friends. Let's see, teenagers, alcohol, other mind numbing substances, several loaded guns, and some general stupidity, recipe for disaster?????
An alligator will generally leave a human alone, UNLESS you go near a nesting female. Hunting dogs are a different story. To a gator, they are a tasty meal. You row the canoe down a canal and the gators will quietly slide into the water and go under. It is spooky to be out there on a dark night. You shine a light along a canal bank and you see what looks like pairs of red LED's spaced a few inches apart. Those are gator eyes! They're watching you......
Wild boar are agressive and will charge a human. Not too common in the swampy area we used to go to. Fresh water crocodiles are agressive, and are starting to be a problem, but I never saw one when I used to go out there. Several species of large non native snakes like pythons are becoming a new problem.
The real human repellent are the mosquitoes. There can be millions per acre and the each need to draw mammal blood (a protein meal) in order to reproduce. Humans have thin skin and mosquitoes have CO2 sensors! They will target you like a laser guided drilling machine!
An alligator will generally leave a human alone, UNLESS you go near a nesting female. Hunting dogs are a different story. To a gator, they are a tasty meal. You row the canoe down a canal and the gators will quietly slide into the water and go under. It is spooky to be out there on a dark night. You shine a light along a canal bank and you see what looks like pairs of red LED's spaced a few inches apart. Those are gator eyes! They're watching you......
Wild boar are agressive and will charge a human. Not too common in the swampy area we used to go to. Fresh water crocodiles are agressive, and are starting to be a problem, but I never saw one when I used to go out there. Several species of large non native snakes like pythons are becoming a new problem.
The real human repellent are the mosquitoes. There can be millions per acre and the each need to draw mammal blood (a protein meal) in order to reproduce. Humans have thin skin and mosquitoes have CO2 sensors! They will target you like a laser guided drilling machine!
According to school rules in Siberia, when it was below -35 we could stay home. Instead, we of course were playing hockey on streets and skiing in the forest. 🙂
Mosquitoes in Siberia are huge. And annoying. 🙂
It is hard to understand how their eggs survive during winters.
Mosquitoes in Siberia are huge. And annoying. 🙂
It is hard to understand how their eggs survive during winters.
Wednesday it was 63F(17C), Thursday night it may go down to 15F(-9C) and Friday may see 12F(-11C).
This is at the southern most point on the Great Lakes.
This is at the southern most point on the Great Lakes.
Well, it is 1F(-17C) in MPLS right now, and supposed to get to -14F(-26C) tonight. The worst part is it is as windy as a row of asterisks.
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A friend of mine was doing his military service in Siberia. They were camping. If, in the night they had to go to the toilet (in the bushes of course) they had to wake a friend to go with them. The friend was to take a branch off a bush and use it to beat the exposed bottom of the person going to the toilet so that the biting insects would not settle on.... sensitive parts. And it was cold too.
Well, we're expecting a bit of a storm in our place tonight and tomorrow....
We're expecting up to a meter (3 feet) of snow in the immediate Boston area between late tonight and Saturday evening. I'm really hope they are off the mark here.. Plan to work at home tomorrow..
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had a fun ride into work today, it's not that bad. because the snow keeps coming down it stays fresh, the snow tires work well on fresh snow. I worry more about the weekend when it starts getting slushy and freezes. At that point I don't care, I'll be at home 😀
Nice little travel ban here from 3PM onwards, no one going anywhere.. We are within walking distance of a dozen or so quite decent restaurants all of which will be closed tonight. 🙁
many nice winter pictures from russia -
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read an article about Oymyakon in readers digest in the 70's.
said when one exhales on can see their breath of course.
and one can hear the cracking noise, as the moisture freezes in mid air .
and they don't put anti-freeze in the cars,
as they don't leave them outdoors when not running .
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Ôîòîàëüáîìû UralWeb
read an article about Oymyakon in readers digest in the 70's.
said when one exhales on can see their breath of course.
and one can hear the cracking noise, as the moisture freezes in mid air .
and they don't put anti-freeze in the cars,
as they don't leave them outdoors when not running .
60cm of snow here in 12hrs or less, no power for 24hrs, when power was restored last night it was a balmy -12C (10F)
Rewired our gas fired steam boiler to run off of one of my UPS, run time was about an hour, and this was just enough with our gas stove to keep the house at roughly 14 - 15 degrees C..
I'll post some pictures later..
Tomorrow they're saying rain.. I'm sure that will make things quite treacherous.
Rewired our gas fired steam boiler to run off of one of my UPS, run time was about an hour, and this was just enough with our gas stove to keep the house at roughly 14 - 15 degrees C..
I'll post some pictures later..
Tomorrow they're saying rain.. I'm sure that will make things quite treacherous.
Nice to see others having more snow than what we have experienced this year.
Looks like that house in Russia could use some new thermal pane windows!! 🙂
Would like to now they heat that house? Wood or oil, one way or the other, lots of $ or lots of work.
Looks like that house in Russia could use some new thermal pane windows!! 🙂
Would like to now they heat that house? Wood or oil, one way or the other, lots of $ or lots of work.
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Another big snow storm last night, ruined my usual Thursday evening out with friends.. (roller skating, dinner, and chat about everything from tube audio to roller skating moves.. lol) Home from work today due to the largely impassible condition of local roads.