Earthquakes, hurricanes, horrific forest fires--Mother Nature seems upset about something. SF writer David Brin wrote a novel titled Earth which is turning out to be a little too predictive for comfort.
@ Mudpuddle: Oh, I'm MILES and MILES away from that path. It's going to get a bit breezy here on Monday but only 23mph - so nothing really.
@ Fred: I think the technical term (except for the Earthquakes) is Global Warming. I'm a fan of Brin but I haven't read that one (though I *think* I might have it).
Ophelia set the record for the most easterly category three hurricane in the Atlantic..... But has now been downgraded to a category one.... and weakening.
We're just expecting a breezy day and unseasonably high temperatures - highs of 66 degrees F which is rather warm for mid-October here!
...huh. How often has this happened? And I was going to make a joke on facebook -- "Figures. The one hurricane with no chance of drowning ANYONE is called 'Ophelia'!"
@ Stephen: It's dropped to a storm now (80mph winds) but warnings have been issued across Ireland. Still fairly dangerous to be out and about in it. The last big one to hit here was in 1987 which caused a lot of damage in the SE of England just before I moved to London. They were still clearing up when I arrived. I think 3-4 people died mostly from falling trees.
Nope. Hardly ever. This is the first one in 10 years I think........ Here we just got strange clouds, a blood red sun, a bit of rain and 40mph winds. Ireland got hit fairly hard. 3 dead so far from the usual falling trees.
Actually when I said 10 years I meant *30*... [grin] For a Brit I'm not really 'up' on our weather [lol] The Great Storm of 1987 killed 18 people in the South East and caused LOTS of damage across a big area. Wind speeds hit 115mph and they estimate that 15 million trees blew down! No wonder they were still clearing up the mess when I arrived in London the following Spring.... [gulp]
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here's hoping you're well out of the way...
Earthquakes, hurricanes, horrific forest fires--Mother Nature seems upset about something. SF writer David Brin wrote a novel titled Earth which is turning out to be a little too predictive for comfort.
@ Mudpuddle: Oh, I'm MILES and MILES away from that path. It's going to get a bit breezy here on Monday but only 23mph - so nothing really.
@ Fred: I think the technical term (except for the Earthquakes) is Global Warming. I'm a fan of Brin but I haven't read that one (though I *think* I might have it).
Wow! The path of this one is so surprising. Bad things are happening to the planet. I hope you everyone up your way is OK.
I thought that the David Brin book that Fred is referring to was very good.
Ophelia set the record for the most easterly category three hurricane in the Atlantic..... But has now been downgraded to a category one.... and weakening.
We're just expecting a breezy day and unseasonably high temperatures - highs of 66 degrees F which is rather warm for mid-October here!
...huh. How often has this happened? And I was going to make a joke on facebook -- "Figures. The one hurricane with no chance of drowning ANYONE is called 'Ophelia'!"
STEPHEN!!! LOL a lot!!!
@ Stephen: It's dropped to a storm now (80mph winds) but warnings have been issued across Ireland. Still fairly dangerous to be out and about in it. The last big one to hit here was in 1987 which caused a lot of damage in the SE of England just before I moved to London. They were still clearing up when I arrived. I think 3-4 people died mostly from falling trees.
Do you normally get hurricanes?
Nope. Hardly ever. This is the first one in 10 years I think........ Here we just got strange clouds, a blood red sun, a bit of rain and 40mph winds. Ireland got hit fairly hard. 3 dead so far from the usual falling trees.
Actually when I said 10 years I meant *30*... [grin] For a Brit I'm not really 'up' on our weather [lol] The Great Storm of 1987 killed 18 people in the South East and caused LOTS of damage across a big area. Wind speeds hit 115mph and they estimate that 15 million trees blew down! No wonder they were still clearing up the mess when I arrived in London the following Spring.... [gulp]
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