Batbreath, please come get your weather

[Mont]

geeze, it's after 10 and it's a mere 37 degrees outside. Even RebaB wouldn't go out this morning, except long enough to take care of business and then it was back on the couch.

[Bryan/BC]

Nope-- that aint my weather..... It must belong to the blue haired French- Canadian ladies from Quebec. that plug up Gregs roads in the winter :D

We are back to normal-- snow is almost all gone. Raining heavily and about 45F. Now where did I put that fungus spray?????:cool:

[Joe/GA]

Yup. It's cold here, too! It was 31 degrees this morning about 0700 and it is about 38 degrees now at 1900. They expect it to hit a low in the upper 20's! BRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek: :eek:
Where ever it is coming from, I wish it would stop!

[Jack Hexter]

44 here at 10:15. Don't think it will freeze,(at least my plants hope it wont:) but it will come close

[Zane]

:D Balmy 48 degrees, light overcast and no rain. Makes me want to put on a tee shirt and shorts and maybe play a round of golf. Did batbreath get a sunburn:cool: down in god's country?????:D :D

[Bryan/BC]

Nope-- not really-- but I got a real neat windburn from the day on the MadSon!!! :D


I have to admit I was suprised by the thin blooded young kids wandering around Mickeys place with jackets on as the day was ONLY 74 f in the morning... Got to wonder how they would make out if it got REALLY cold????!!

[SpeckTackler]

74f is not really cold??? The cold weather here has been welcome.I had a fire in the fireplace, my old chessie by my side, and we watched the Spurs kick butt last night. A week of winter is enough.Life is Good! Rusty

[Bryan/BC]

Aw crap-- just when I was getting smug aboput the weather, I get whacked!

Day three running the generator. 70mph winds hitting rainsoaked trees gets you a LOT of damage. Over 130,000 without power, mainly near where I live.

Now down the 30K without juice. We have a big fir tree hanging on the hot power and telephone lines, the ground line snapped when the tree hit it. The top of one power pole has been smashed too. Lots of next years firewood down on the property too. Had another one come down last night and graze the deck.

Given the extent of the area damage, I expect it will be another couple of days before we are fixed up.

Really love the woodstove, barbeque and the generator when this happens..

Could be worse....:cool:

[Mont]

dang, that sounds rough. That storm is supposed to hit here next week and really cool things off. It's sunny and 75 here today.

[~~Snakeman~~]

On the way to visit our daughter in Tennessee last Thursday, we stopped in Tifton, south Georgia for the night. Coldest couple of nights there in two years. Just above ten degrees. First couple of nights in Tennessee were bitter as well. We actually threw snowballs at each other Saturday morning in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Icicles were hanging off the mountainsides, & there was a half inch of ice on most of the creeks. Pretty scenerey, especially for this flatlander, but I don't do cold real well. That mountain air is too dry for me. Back here at home, it's at or near 80*. Much more to my liking.

Tried to get my son-inlaw logged on to the GG board. He was slow getting okayed. Duff? You there?

~~Greg~~

[Mont]

he should be in now, unless I mistook him for a spammer. Tell him to check his email, Greg.

[Joe/GA]

Gee whiz, Bryan. That doesn't sound good at all. However, look at the bright side. Now you'll have something to do with all of your spare time. :D You retarded guys have a lot of spare time and, if you're not careful, you'll end up taking a lot of cruises and wearing Penguin suits!:D :D :D

[~~Snakeman~~]

Thanks, Mont. He just went up to White Plains, New York to swap out an engine on a plane. (Talk about cold.) I'll talk to him tomorrow.

~~Greg~~

[Bryan/BC]

Penquin suits sound pretty good right now-- A hydro crew got to our place last night about 9pm-- promtly got stuck turning around around on the grass. The company is sending a landscaper out today to fix the lawn-- but the hydro crew has been redeployed out of the area, so it will be Sat at the earliest before we get power back--- I am the only one left in our area without power..:(

But still minor in the big scheme of things.

[Zane]

Bryan, did you get re-hit with that one that went through last night?? They were forcasting 80-90 mph gusts for us. Luckily we only got 65 mph gusts:confused: Steady 35's this morning. Hope you get back to normal soon.

[Bryan/BC]

Yup-- things got tense about 2 am... but nothing came down on any wires, so no big deal for us. A couple of boats in the marina went down however. Dont understand how anyone who ownes a boat can just assume everything will be OK without going to look! :confused:

[Bryan/BC]

Unreal-- here we go again: :mad:

Todays forecast for the west side of Vancouver Island.

West Coast Island North





Environment Canada Weather Forecast

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Marine Forecast issued for West Coast Vancouver Island North.
Issued: 10:30 AM PST Friday 22 December 2006 for the period ending 10:30 AM Saturday with an outlook for the following 24 hours.
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Synopsis:
A 965 millibar low will move well offshore towards the northern gulf of Alaska this afternoon. The associated front lies in a north south line 100 miles west of Langara Island late this morning and will move eastward today reaching Cape Scott overnight and the Lower Mainland Saturday morning. A second low and front will quickly Follow the first later Saturday.
Over northern and central waters storm force southeasterlies ahead of the front ease to strong to gale force west to southwest winds in its wake.
Storm to hurricane force southeasterlies near Vancouver Island ahead of the front will ease to strong to gale force northwesterlies in its wake.
Elsewhere over southern waters moderate to strong southerlies will rise to strong to gale force southeasterlies today or this Evening ahead of the front and will ease to moderate to strong northwesterlies in its wake.

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Forecast:
Hurricane force wind warning continued.
Winds storm force 50 knots rising to storm force 55 to hurricane force 65 this afternoon. Winds easing to northwesterly gales 35 overnight and to westerly 25 Saturday morning. Rain beginning near noon. Seas 3 to 5 metres building to 5 to 7 metres this afternoon And to 8 this evening then subsiding to 4 Saturday morning.
Outlook. Moderate westerlies backing to gale force southerlies then rising to gale to storm force southeast.




And 8 meter seas too-- anyone for surfing???

[~~Snakeman~~]

You picked the wrong week to spend in Florida, my friend. Her's hoping you get thru this crapola alright.

~~Greg~~

[Zane]

I'm sure glad we are in an el ninio year and that we are going to have a drier, warmer and calmer winter.:mad: :mad: 35 and 40 mph winds seem to be the norm and then we get storms. We have been lucky, no damage and only lost power for three hours. There are places in the urban area around Seattle that still do not have power back on from the storm eight days ago. Metropolitain hospitals have treated over 200 (mostly imigrant) people for carbon monoxide poisioning. The nighttime temps have been hovering at freezing or below since the storm and bbqs and brickettes are the main problem although some people are getting in trouble from running their genorators in attached garages.:(

[Bryan/BC]

This just in-- the Big fat guy in the red suit has been diverted to Mexico--- all landing approaches in BC have been closed---- :(

Marine Forecast issued for West Coast Vancouver Island North.
Issued: 10:30 AM PST Sunday 24 December 2006 for the period ending 10:30 AM Monday with an outlook for the following 24 hours.
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Synopsis:
A 945 millibar low near 50N 143W late this morning will track northwards into the northern gulf of Alaska tonight. A leading front lying in a northwest southeast line just southwest of cape St James late this morning will move rapidly across the north coast today And will reach the Lower Mainland early this evening.
Over northern waters and near northern Vancouver Island storm to hurricane force southeast winds ahead of the front ease to gale Force southerlies as the front passes. Winds will rise tonight to gale to storm south or southwest with near hurricane force winds West of the Charlottes.
Elsewhere over the south coast strong to gale force Southeasterlies will rise to gale to storm force ahead of the Front and will ease to moderate to strong southerlies as the front passes.
Seas of 10 to 14 metres are forecast to build from the Southwest as the low approaches and will affect the west coasts of the Charlottes and Vancouver Island tonight and into Monday.

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Forecast:
Hurricane force wind warning continued.
Winds southeast storm force 60 to hurricane force 75 knots easing to southerly 30 to gales 40 early this afternoon.
Rain tapering to showers this afternoon. Seas 8 to 10 Metres subsiding to 6 this evening then building to near 10 metres overnight.
Outlook. Strong southwesterlies easing to moderate then becoming moderate northeast.



I REALLY wanted a feed of fresh prawns -- they beat the h#ll out of turkey..:(


But then again-- I could be living in Denver!!!