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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 05, 2012, 03:51:54 PM »

An interesting read from CNN. While the most of the US enjoys a mild winter, Europe has been suffering. 39 inches of snow near Rome, Italy, making it one of the worst winters since 1956. Heathrow in London has cancelled half its flights. Read about it here:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/05/travel/europe-cold-snap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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Hurricane Central / Re: Invest 90 Feb. 5, 2012

« on: February 05, 2012, 03:17:05 PM »

Until NHC actually starts issuing Outlooks on that, nothing except a blip on the tropical radar. The radar imagery does look a bit interesting, though.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 03, 2012, 11:44:50 PM »

This will be my last post for a while until I get into another place with secure internet, but my trip overseas is starting tomorrow. I will be in Los Angeles a few days before I officially leave, but this will probably be the last time you hear from me for about a week.

I will be keeping a (nearly) daily journal, if anyone is interested.

http://outbackodyssey.tumblr.com/

Hope everyone has a restful spring. Maybe winter will finally come for some of you.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: February 02, 2012, 04:00:31 PM »

Yesterday we went up to 67°

Not to be mean, I checked the official observations from the nearest NWS station (KPNE) to you, it only got to 64°F.

46°F Cloudy

He may have been referring to another weather station not monitored by NWS.
Doesn't feel like winter today. 72 and fair.

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Winter Weather / Re: Winter Storm Thread: 2011-12 Season

« on: February 02, 2012, 03:07:17 PM »

Heh, that's why South Carolina doesn't have one. It would say Spring every dang year.

It will still be winter for Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska with some areas seeing up to 14-16 inches of snow. Blizzard warnings and watches are currently out.

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Winter Weather / Re: Winter Storm Thread: 2011-12 Season

« on: February 02, 2012, 02:45:45 PM »

Well Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today meaning 6 more weeks of winter. The only thing I have to say to that is "Where the heck has winter been the past 2 months?"  This is winter like weather? Heh, I hate to see what Spring like weather is...

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow? You sure he wasn't hallucinating? 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 02, 2012, 02:37:48 AM »

Facebook plans to file for $5 billion IPO. Predictions guess the company's valuation will stand between 85 and 100 billion.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/01/tech/social-media/facebook-ipo-reactions/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

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The Game Room / Re: Stupid Questions

« on: February 01, 2012, 10:10:46 PM »

Why do I care about Bernie Williams?

Does the sun set near Flagstaff, Arizona?

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The Game Room / Re: Stupid Questions

« on: February 01, 2012, 02:10:42 AM »

Yeah, the Nantucket Broadcast Company.

What does love have to do with it?

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General Discussion / Re: Bowling

« on: January 31, 2012, 11:59:20 PM »

I've been bowling twice. The first time I bowled a strike and then walked away from the entire game with a 40.  The second time I got around 140.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 31, 2012, 03:18:44 PM »

I would not be surprised to see Google Chrome 20 by the end of 2012, or at the latest the first two months of 2013.

In other news, our neighborhood has had a series of break-ins recently...at least, until today. About a half hour ago, about 4 cops tackled this guy on our front yard and arrested him on the spot (apparently he'd been on the run earlier). Turns out he was the one responsible for the break-ins, and also the guy I saw peeking into our living room window around 3 AM a week or two ago! Needless to say I'm relieved he's locked away.

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The Game Room / Re: Stupid Questions

« on: January 31, 2012, 11:23:05 AM »

What the swag does that mean?

Why are you excited?

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 30, 2012, 10:31:16 PM »

SC: 48° and Fair
Grand Forks: 31° and Overcast

And, just for a teaser...
Auckland, New Zealand: 71.4° and Sunny. Winds W at 12.4 mph

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Winter Weather / Re: Winter Storm Thread: 2011-12 Season

« on: January 30, 2012, 06:05:09 PM »

The Climate Prediction Center does weekly updates on El Nino and La Nina, releasing reports every Monday. The latest one is here: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf

As for the pattern change, I have terrible luck forecasting pattern changes, so I won't give an official forecast, but I think the East will finally get colder, and see an increased probability of snowstorms. Cold wise, though, part of me thinks that temperatures will merely drop down to average, and that we won't see too much below average.

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Winter Weather / Re: Winter Storm Thread: 2011-12 Season

« on: January 30, 2012, 01:53:08 PM »

Yeesh, if that really played out, it would be one of the strongest high pressure systems ever to affect the United States, and the cold area across the Northern Plains could be record breaking. It probably won't, but part of me sorta wants to see that happen.