The weather where you are NOW!

Reckon you've been on that PI thread

I live in my own little world!

....with your own weather?

Current Conditions for: Kiefer, OK (74041)

Clear

32F

Tomorrows Sunrise Sunset
7:18 AM / 5:10 PM Temperature: 32F Feels like: 28F Humidity: 62% Dew Point: 20F Wind: 4 mph NNW UV Index: 0Low Visibility: 10.0 mi Pressure: 30.61 in and rising Sunrise: 7:18 AM Sunset: 5:10 PM Observed 12/3/07 12:00 AM CST

Temps this morning were in the 60's Fahrenheit, then a cold front moved thru around noon. Skies were clear and the wind was brisk when I went out for a walk between 2 and 3 this afternoon.

Areas from Colorado to Minnesota to New England have experinced the first major winter storm system of the season. Some places have had power outages due to ice-laden tree limbs breaking off and bringing down electrical lines. A few areas have received a buildup of sleet that looks like snow, but it is actually a slick icy crust. I had such a crust in my yard back in January or February that pretty much kept me homebound for most of 2 weeks. At least I could go out to the street and fetch the morning paper.

I could tell other stories of my brushes with the weather...

Let's see... OK, the sun is shining, the temperature is a balmy 900°. Lead is flowing nicely and the humidity is unnoticable...

Whoa!!! How did I get on Mercury!!!

Rainy. Mildly cold and rainy. For three weeks now.

In Germany, just north of Frankfurt a.M. (as against Frankfurt an der Oder!), we have had temperatures of around 11°C for the last 24 hours, but a storm front with heavy rain squalls accompanied it!! Most rivers are up and very muddy coloured at this time.

I just took my Wife to work this morning at 07:15 and the rain has reduced to small areas of lighter rain....

This is the weather I hate, cold (it has been much colder recently and frosty) and wet....

We have our Silver Wedding anniversary on the 31st December (always a party somewhere!! No, it was difficult to organize the wedding earlier in the year as my wife was in the throes of a difficult pregnancy, every time we booked a date, she spent it in hospital!! Also we got a years Tax back on the 31st...) and we are going to risk the weather and have a week in Dublin to replace the Honeymoon that we never managed to have....

Irish weather near to the Irish Sea!!! We will see.....!!

Good morning Andy.

Here in the West Midlands it is sunny with a few clouds and cold outside 7C, we have been promised more rain and storms for the rest of the week.

Cold, you have to be joking? I married a Norwegian girl in 1966 and stayed in Norway for the next 22 years, I worked outside at a shipyard for 14 of those years, with winter temperatures down to -25c to -30C. Winter then in Norway was always at least 5 months long, now because of global warming it is down to 3 to 4.

Spencer.

Are you married to the same Frau or did she dump you for anther income level?

Happy anniversary, Andy - it's my birthday, too. And, let's see, I think there's some other kind of holiday associated with it...not boxing day, not Victoria day, um, let me think it over and get back to you...was it Tasmania discovery day? No...it was called Van Maanen's Land or some such back then... Hmmm...

Thanks, best wishes for you on that day too.

Montreal, Canada:

Woke up to some major snow storm that apparently originated somewhere over Colorado (west US). The storm has dumped some serious snow all over North America. The kids are happy since the schools are all closed but I had to dig myself out of 12 inches of snow (fallen in about 4 hours) and even more once the plow had scraped the streets....and it ain't over yet!

And I did all this so I could come to work and update this site

Hi Rick@cae.

I remember this situation my self back in the 60s and 70s through into the 80s in Norway. These people who live in more temperate climes do not know the half of it, do thay.

Not a clue...

Actually, Montreal ain't so bad. We get occasional snow storms like the one here, now (2-3 times a year). I grew up north-east of here (Baie-Comeau, about 8 hours by car down the Saint-Laurent river) and I remember the snow blower having problems throwing the snow over the snow bank (accumulated snow in the front yard)!! For those who don't know, a typical residential (yes, most had to own one) snow blower can shoot snow over 20 feet (6 meters) high!

I also remember snow storms where no cars could take on the streets and snowmobiles were the only way to get some groceries (once they managed to open the stores, that is).

Hi Rick@cae.

Ditto.

Spencer.

Weather here much the same, wet muggy and horrible.....

Loser

YUP !!

I heard a funny observation about us Brits last night. When it's hot, we quote the temperature in Fahrenheit. When it's cold we use Centigrade. This helps us to think the figures are much more extreme. Strange but true. If we ever hit -40, the nation would collapse in confusion.

This weekend the weather is bloody horrible. Cold, windy and chucking it down with rain. Puddles all over the place because our drains can't cope.

Hello Kris,

Here in Sunny Spain, the sun is gleeming down, making my skin glow with it's radience! The cider (even though it's spanish) is flowing smoothly and all is well in the world! Waiter, another cider por favor and put one in the wood for Kris!

Mr Truman Brain , please don't take it personal, but, YOU BASTARD ! How do you feel about a house swap some time ? I'll pick the Oranges for you etc - you can have my miserable bloody weather! I had do drill a hole from the outside of my house to the inside today. Can you imagine my joy at cold weather, impending rain storm on my electrical gear etc . Yes, it was truly joyous. And yes, it does relate to my bath thread. When all finished it is yours for a straight swap. Can you imagine me up a ladder, one eye over the shoulder for the next downpour. You'd like the local pubs etc + I'd send you postcards .

You English think you know weather because back in the 50's you got smacked with a storm that drowned a few of you! Weather in the US can be hell! Thousands killed and displaced. We have tornadoes and hurricanes, for Christ-sake!!! And the next year the same thing happens again!!!

Here's weather, oh, I'll give you wearther... Some guy is lining up to drive on the back nine. The sky is clear - not a cloud to be seen. On the backstroke, the schmuck gets hit by lightening from a storm 50 miles away. It's bloody over the horizon!!! Can't be seen by anyone! And that's his end!!!

Hi Vermin.

You don't know what bad weather is really like untill you are hundreds of miles from land caught up in a major storm at sea! With a howling wind of 80mph from port and waves as big has a 4 storey house, then you start to realise you might not get out of this? As a marine engineer for ten years at sea this is what I have experienced 6 times, it is far from funny!!!

On the other hand, today here in the middle of the UK we have glorious sunshine but cold, 4C outside.

Spencer.

In my RN service, I went though some big storms in various parts of the world - normal business I would say.

But I never had a single worry about the ship, as we were a trained crew, the storage of all items whether liquid of not was pre-ordained and the ship kept properly balanced by moving fuel or fresh water around.....

I have crossed the pacific with another ship in company maybe 1000 yards away and the waves kept us from seeing each other for more than a few seconds at a time. The other ship was an old 2nd World War Destroyer and some of the crew could not get food for 2 days as they could not get from the accommodation to the galley....they had to cross the upper deck!!!

I have felt sea sick several times, but only been actually sick once (that was more than enough!)....but never once was I every worried about sinking.....

In the far east with Typhoons, the RN always goes to sea in a big one, all other shipping generally goes into port......and a lot got wrecked!!! But not us!!!

I was on a converted Aircraft Carrier that nobody wild take responsibility for more than 12° in a list, so we had to go through any storm, not around it.....the ship was putting the first 150 feet of the flight deck underwater at each wave crest....but i was never worried in the slightest.

I ought to add here that I was typical. In fact I NEVER heard of another shipmate of any age who at any time was worried that the ship was in any danger......and the general record of the RN shows that this trust was not misplaced....it was completely normal....

I would have rather been in a submarine, thank you.

Huh!! Call that bad weather??? When I was a kid, the rain came down so hard that it bounced up 20ft only to come back down again, so we got twice as wet! and with winds that would blow all the lights out! We lived by a river and every year without fail, a 200m high tsunami would wash all the village away! Never stopped us playing on the polystyrene floats though!

As for the pints Kris, could you send me a sample over first to see if I like the beer?

When I was a kid, we had to walk 20 miles to school in the snow - uphill both ways!!!

California, where miracles never cease

In the UK, local authorities have to lay on transport if the distance is more than 3 miles. Because of my sons bus route he's asked me to OK it for them to let him off at a nearby spot (a one way traffic system otherwise makes it an additional 20 minutes). It works even though it gives me a few more grey hairs( as I've explained in other threads he's autistic so such stuff is a worry). When I was a kid we lived in middle of nowhere and school transport was provided. My mother, being of Jewish heritage, said "sod that, you and you and your sister are walking - 3 bloody miles along an old disused railway line" .Crap, you wouldn't do that sort of thing these .days. I don't know if I should be pleased or sad. Sign of the times I guess. At present I'm making arrangements for my son to go to post-16 schooling.This involves him taking public transport. Having witnessed how bad the kids can be on the morning bus I'm worried. Luckily I have a lot of local contacts and it will only take one or two people to make the same journey and I can get feedback. Having 'special needs' he'll stick out as a ripe target - it wont happen a second day if anything happens, plans have been made. Life can throw some tough challenges, but none that can't be beat.

I remember walking about 3 miles through the woods and around the lake to get to my school, I was 5 and my sister was 7, never caught a bus, but did graduate to a bike when I started the 'big school'! I really don't know what to think any more about the lack of kindness or consideration for other people! It has got to a stage where something is going snap and anarchy will dominate! What with the bloody politicians fighting all the time over who has the biggest bomb or who owns the oil! The unrest on the street is world wide now, every time you turn on the TV, another bomb blast, another murder, another child abduction, the list goes on!

I can't believe it! Sorry folks, I went down the P road for a moment and lost my composure!

Bishops Tipple eh! Cheers Kris!

I can imagine!!! That's why you won't find me there!!!

German Joke.

Two German housewives waiting at the bus stop, one says to the other "its a much better summer this year than last!".

"Yes" agreed the other, "the rain is at least 2 degrees warmer!"

Hi Andy.

I loved the joke.

As one seaman to the next, I have been shipwrecked twice, the last time the ship ended up on the rocks at the southern end of Robin Hoods bay north yorshire, it is still there this day 42 years hence. Yes I can relate to the crew and their capability, but with the radar and the magnetic compass gone there is not much one can do but pray to the gods that we survive. As it happens we were lucky, all we had to do was jump ashore in Robin Hoods bay and wait for the dawn.

By the way, we were carrying wood pulp from Norway when it happened, as this was dry you can imagine what happened when this got wet!

Spencer.

Thank God you survived, what would we do on CR4 without you?!!!

Do you ever go and look at the wreck? Can you post us a picture?

Hi Andy.

Yes I have have been back several times, the last time was last year but I have never taken a photo of the wreck, I will though the next time. I have never owned a camera until now, I have always said that I would like my memories in my head, not on film! I also recognise you apreciation of me here on CR4.

But I wish that I was back at sea now, there is nothing like it in the world come shine or storm, I miss the camaraderie of my fellow shipmates. In fact, I always loved the storms, to me it was always man against nature and all it threw at us, don't you agree?

By the way I know quite a bit about Frankfurt am Maine, when I lived in Norway I had first to drive down to Dusseldorf, pick up eqipment and take it to Frankfurt to the power station near there.

Spencer.

I agree entirely about the sea BUT, we were much younger then. Average age on a Guided missile destroyer was 20 - 21 years old, on sweepers 18!!!! We are old Farts now......

Yes we do appreciate you on CR4.....if you were at sea, you could not log in as easily!!!!!

Hi Andy.

I am not an old fart! I am only 62 years old, but thankyou for the rest.

Spencer.

Young F***?

On a film that I can't remember, the cargo was rice grain. It got wet......

You guys must have watched 'Deadliest Catch' on TV. Great programme -those fishing dudes have some balls and stamina.

Hi Kris.

I sailed out of Grimsby on deep sea trawlers in the 1960s, not like the British fishermen today, we went out into the Artic Circle north of Norway to catch fish! We would be away for between 4 weeks and 6 weeks.

Of course today we havn't got a decent fishing fleet thanks to Ted bloody Heath.

Spencer.

Too bloody right Spencer. Did you get involved with the 'Cod war' with Iceland ? It got pretty nasty. I'm still not sure about the rights and wrongs of it, but when you get military ships nudging each other it's got to be scary. Don't think I've got the nuts for that stuff.

Silly anecdote : While walking along the local fisherman's beach, I commented how much 'pinchable' gear was about. Bro in law replied " You can bet they know where every single bit of gear is". Those folk know exactly what is where, and justice will be met out swift to anyone who messes with it. No need for police intervention etc. Just straight on " You don't mess with our gear" stuff. The place isn't built where you could hide from such people. Good for them I say. They work damn hard, screwed by all sorts of regulations, and often for little reward. I have total respect for those who earn their living at sea, whether fishing or military.

Hi Kris.

We experience something much more scary than that. During the Cuba crisis we were surrounded by Russian trawlers, we were 5 trawlers fishing in a bunch when they surrounded us one night. Against international law the did not show their running lights, but we knew they were there as they appeared on the radar screen. They stayed there for 4 days and nights, and as we were expecting a nuclear holocaust at the time due to the Cuban crisis, we were shitting ourselves, but we still kept on fishing.

And yes, I was caught up in the cod war with Iceland. That though was not as hairy as the Cuban crisis.

Spencer.

...and the fact that overfishing has ruined the stocks.....lets hope that they recover in what time we have left!

Current Conditions for: Kiefer, OK (74041)

Rain and Freezing Rain

32F

Tomorrows Sunrise Sunset
7:24 AM / 5:10 PM


Severe Weather Alert:
ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL MON DEC 10 2007 06:00 PM CST
MORE DETAILS Temperature: 32F Feels like: 32F Humidity: 93% Dew Point: 30F Wind: 1 mph NE UV Index: 1Low Visibility: 4.0 mi Pressure: 30.25 in and steady Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 5:10 PM Observed 12/10/07 1:45 PM CST

I'm in the midst of an ice storm. Trees and overhead cables are coated with ice, numerous accidents, hundreds of thousands without power in Oklahoma. The city of Tulsa has already used all of the portable 4-way stop signs used when the traffic signals go out at major intesections.

I haven't yet gone outside, need to clear off my porch.

It's the end of my workday here, just finished my extra duty as Saint Nick (Toys for Tots toy drive leader - took delivery of today's batch of toys from co-workers), but I wanted to give this morning's weather report. Just as I was about to leave the house, I looked at our atomic clock, which gives time, date, temperature, etc. 10th Dec., 0530 hours, 70 deg. F. Supposed to be the same the rest of the week. Not to make anyone jealous, but I thought to myself, "what is wrong with this picture?" and the only answer I could come up with was, "not a doggone THING!" 8o)

Cheers, y'all

Whether where I am now?

Hi vermin.

I have just sent Del the Cat your address just so he knows where he can find his Christmas dinner.

Spencer.

We have two days without rain, just windy and uncomfortable.....

-6degC and a heavy hoar frost Wednesday night that came on about 7:30pm. I saw a brass monkey wandering around Nethermayne looking for a blowlamp; there isn't one in my skip....<wheeze>.

Bluewater should be warm this time of year. A little busy, but McD's have some nice 'bathroom' facilities. I've just got my central heating back on line, and so am laughing like a pig in clover ! All I need now is a working bath, shower, and wash-basin. My electronic weather station is now working but currently resides in Kris-res 2 so I can't quote figures. It's getting colder by the day and I forecast snow this X-mas. Frost on the pavement each morning seems to be happening all the time. I'd like to see snow on my roof so I know my insulation is working.

We've got frosts and grey skies, in fact everything outside is grey, I hate this weather....

Hi Andy.

It's the same here, and we have been promissed snow for christmas.

Spencer.

Snow would be a slight improvement I feel......when it comes!!

Yes it would, then I can get my Ski's out.

Spencer.

Skis - bah! You can get mine out here, too, but they're water skis. That, surfing, snorkeling, fishing, those are what I call winter sports. Snow skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing, etc., those aren't sports, they're LUNACY! Snow - humbug!

Here, it is 79 degF at noon and partly cloudy, 20% chance of showers this afternoon and tonight. I wasn't born where the winters are decent, but I got here as fast as I could!

Wish you were here, glad I ain't there!

Wish I was there TOO!!!

You lucky Spaniard, It's been pouring constantly here for three weeks

Yuval, If I could put some in a box and post it to you, I would!

Thanks.

"Everything you can imagine is real" - Pablo Picasso

Hi Yuval.

Is she for sale? She would most certaily keep me warm on a winters day!

Spencer.

I got the impression 'she' was a 'he'

I'm sure by now you know...but when was the last time you had your prescription updated at the optometrist, old chap?!?

About 34 years ago - maybe it's time for another visit!

I'm not sure you'd still be interested: The picture was taken in 1977, and she's now 51 years old, with two daughters...

Hi Yuval.

I am 62 with 1 daughter and 4 grandaughters, and I am still interested?????

Spencer.

So?

I can't pimp my friends. I'm trusted for that...

It's the remains of what's left of my previously so-called "dignity"...

A stunning beauty she was back then. Kudos for your taste.

Much better angle - sorry about that !!

Boxing day - annual walk to collect car from inlaws' place (5 or 6 miles).

About 12°C (having dropped to near zero last night). Very little wind - dry with overcast sky. Some photos I took on the way (Kennet & Avon Canal, near Burghfield):

Big bugger coming, but it's OK 'cause Santa's in charge ...

... had about 9" each side ...

... but got through OK.

JohnDG,

Isn't there a whole community/culture that lives on canal boats in England?

vermin-