Pear Earth Weather Thread

[Prince Humperdinck]

Originally Posted by Jerome

Hey, so how do we see these stars so far away when if our sun was a fraction further away we could not see it.

FM

[MondoVman]

lol, Fucking Magic

[Magicziggy]

Originally Posted by Jerome

At 8 light minutes away, our sun is small in the sky, doing the math, at a light month it would be invisible, yet you all believe stars many light years away, at the same size, can be seen by the human eye.


Science debunks the vast universe theory.

How about you do the maths..

[borealis]

Have just lit the first woodstove fire of the season.

It was 2 when I got up this morning. Toughed it out until half an hour ago. At least it was sunny and got up to 13C.

[gib]

4C when i got up, by the time i went out this afternoon it was full sun and 18C


the heating went on today

[Imp]

I wish it was just cold. Having to switch the AC in my car from hot to cold and back again every day is just so inconvenient.

[oblivion]

92F/33C here today. There have been two hillside wildfires in a nearby* town so far this week. At least one (and I think both) involved evacuations and a multi-firedept response as well as the state fire fighting org.

*nearby as in holy shit that was about a mile from where I live. Given how fires have spread rapidly and aggressively this year a mile-ish is WAAAAAAY too fucking close.

[Prince Humperdinck]

Originally Posted by borealis

Have just lit the first woodstove fire of the season.

It was 2 when I got up this morning. Toughed it out until half an hour ago. At least it was sunny and got up to 13C.

Hhahaha, the guys from Dallas were whining about how hot & humid it was in the warehouse today. It was actually quite pleasant compared to the last several weeks. First time I've spent significant time out there without complaining.

[borealis]

Originally Posted by oblivion

92F/33C here today. There have been two hillside wildfires in a nearby* town so far this week. At least one (and I think both) involved evacuations and a multi-firedept response as well as the state fire fighting org.

*nearby as in holy shit that was about a mile from where I live. Given how fires have spread rapidly and aggressively this year a mile-ish is WAAAAAAY too fucking close.

A mile is definitely way too damn close.

[MSG]

burning embers can be carried on the wind much further than that. that is definitely not in the comfort zone

[MSG]

for anyone wondering what Timewave looks like - image from southeast Queensland

[Imp]

Amber warning for rain.

[borealis]

It is sunny and the dusting of snow has not melted yet. This is not good.

[longhair75]

We have a respite here today. It is supposed to get to 60f (15c) and then drop like a rock tonight. The high tomorrow is forecast as 20f (-7c)

[ffejrxx]

its been under 30f for the last few days here

no snow yet

[Imp]

So the ski marathon got cancelled. Thanks Australia.

[Timewave]

Originally Posted by Imp

So the ski marathon got cancelled. Thanks Australia.

you're welcome

[Timewave]

Do you want it on fire?
We are good at burning things.
Coal, gas, countries.

[borealis]

Maybe just a little bit on fire? All we've had this winter is snow immediately followed by cold icy rain like right now. It's all ice and water and no fun snow.

[Timewave]

Originally Posted by borealis

Maybe just a little bit on fire? All we've had this winter is snow immediately followed by cold icy rain like right now. It's all ice and water and no fun snow.

Snow would be a lot better than ice!
Didn't you burn your tree's a year or two ago?

[borealis]

Well... trees around here, particularly conifers (spruce, fir) grow really fast after a fire or a clearcut, intermixed with maple and birch and poplar saplings which mature as the conifers begin dying of old age. We have only a few vestigial old growth forests, mostly protected in national parks. We don't have any of the longest lived tree species either, so 'old growth' here means 150 to 200+ years old. Our climax forests are mostly hemlock, white pine, beech, birch and sugar maple.

The hemlock stands are the most impressive.



There is one really old spruce on our property. I call it a grandmother tree. It still produces tons of cones and is surrounded by younger trees it likely is the ancestor of. It's about a metre in circumference and is twice as tall as any other tree. It's an anomaly because most spruce trees die before getting that big and old.

[borealis]

Sunset was at 5:45 this evening. Thanks, pear earth, for slowly rolling towards the sun!

[borealis]

freezing rain and high winds yesterday has left us with trees down and no power. My phone shows one bar.

Just managed to start generator and trying to charge all the things.

Bro D may be in similar situation, though he is living closer to civilisation and may be up and running.

[Mantisdreamz]

Yikes, we got the rain that turned into snow, but thankfully it wasn't freezing rain. Bit of winds, and some snow. 15 minutes worth of shoveling the car out - which is not too bad.

Hope your power comes back up soon!

[MondoVman]

Warning: Every 405,000 years the Earth will experience both the most extreme cold and hot weather, because Earth's elliptical orbit will be the most elongated (whereby the northern hemisphere's winter and summer positions respectively will be furthest from and closest to the sun). Scientists blame Jupiter.

Earth's current elliptical orbit is almost circular, so both our winters and summers are quite mild, by comparison.