The Weather is Crazy

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:30 am

Damn. Wish I was in Bisbee. I'll be staying there over Valentine's/Presidents/30th bday weekend. Hope I get some snow then!

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:21 am

scumdevils86 wrote:Damn. Wish I was in Bisbee. I'll be staying there over Valentine's/Presidents/30th bday weekend. Hope I get some snow then!

Bisbee is a really cool progressive city. One of my favorite places in Arizona.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:43 am

Bisbee is full of hippies and artists according to my dad.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:47 am

Meanwhile our chances of getting a White Christmas pretty much fell to nil. Supposed to be in the mid-50s to near 60 on Christmas Eve.

I'm dreaming of a green Christmas...
Just like the ones I used to know.
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear the grass continue to grow.

I'm dreaming of a brown Christmas
With every Christmas shot I down
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be brown.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:13 am

Looks like I picked the wrong Christmas to ask for:

Maybe they can sit in the closet for some other year.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:26 pm

Im freezing my dick off in my office and I paid an unreasonable delivery fee and tip to avoid going outside to get food.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:36 pm

delivery fees and tips for delivery drivers aren't unreasonable. they are the ones out there in the cold making shit money to bring you the food! tip 10% every time! i've never worked food service but I always will tip delivery guys. they don't get any of the fee.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:55 pm

I'd always assumed I didn't need a second refrigerator for all the holiday food because I could just fill the big cooler and set out in the cold outdoors. I guess I'd always assumed wrong. #smallerfoodspreadthisyear

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 4:13 pm

Come back home Longhorned!

Event: Freeze Warning
Alert:
...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

.A DRY AND COLD AIR MASS WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER COLD NIGHT
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH SEVERAL AREAS LIKELY SEEING COLDER
CONDITIONS THAN LAST NIGHT AND TEMPERATURES AROUND OR BELOW
FREEZING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD INCREASE A FEW DEGREES WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BUT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE
AGAIN IN THE OJAI VALLEY.

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST
WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...SEVERAL HOURS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32DEGREES
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO CROPS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION IS LIKELY.
OUTDOOR PETS AND LIVESTOCK ARE AT RISK FOR HYPOTHERMIA.
Instructions: A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES 29 AND 32 FOR TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS ARE IMMINENT. PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO SAVE CROPS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION SHOULD BE TAKEN. VULNERABLE ANIMALS AND PETS SHOULD BE KEPT INDOORS IN A HOUSE OR BARN.
Target Area:
San Luis Obispo County Central Coast
Santa Barbara County Central Coast

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 10:50 am

It's like my sex life outside, gray and bleak.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:02 am

Dark, warm, and rainy. Pretty much the worst.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:11 am

Longhorned wrote:Dark, warm, and rainy. Pretty much the worst.

In champaign? It's 40 there

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:22 am

It's supposed to be in the mid-60s here tomorrow.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:26 am

ASUHATER! wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Dark, warm, and rainy. Pretty much the worst.
In champaign? It's 40 there

Like Chicat said. But what's not warm about 40 in December in Champaign?

pokinmik · Post by **pokinmik** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:27 am

Forecast for DC showing 75 degrees for xmas eve and 71 degrees on xmas day! Too bad it's also an 8/10 day stretch with rain or else I'd be getting some more golf in.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:30 am

Longhorned wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Dark, warm, and rainy. Pretty much the worst.
In champaign? It's 40 there
Like Chicat said. But what's not warm about 40 in December in Champaign?

For late December, 40 is definitely warm for the upper Midwest. Average high in Champaign is the low 30s. We're not even hitting that with the lows this year. El Nino is real.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:37 am

Chicat wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Dark, warm, and rainy. Pretty much the worst.
In champaign? It's 40 there
Like Chicat said. But what's not warm about 40 in December in Champaign?
For late December, 40 is definitely warm for the upper Midwest. Average high in Champaign is the low 30s. We're not even hitting that with the lows this year. El Nino is real.

It is supposed to be colder in Tucson on the 26th/27th than in your neck of the woods. El Nino is indeed real!

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 10:04 am

Warm, windy, and thunderstorms. Under Tornado watch until 5 PM. Tornado already hit outside Chicago.

Merry Christmas.

I can't go run Christmas errands because it isn't safe to be out, and have to stay home ready to take the parrot to the basement. My wife has a basement at work to take shelter in.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 2:39 pm

Least you're not in NYC. Average December temps are 15 degrees above average. Going to be 72 and raining in NYC on Christmas Eve.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 3:29 pm

58 degrees at my house here in central coastal CA. Almost thinking about putting long pants on, but won't.

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 3:55 pm

its frickin cold down here too

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:59 pm

carolinacat · Post by **carolinacat** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 12:55 pm

Just read that Christmas Eve in 1955 was warmer than this year. They had 90's in the midwest that year. Crazy.

It's been in the mid-70's all week in the Carolinas and I had to hit the A/C last night just to cool things off upstairs.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 1:28 pm

My furnace just kicked on right now. Usually our windows are all open by now.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 1:31 pm

carolinacat wrote:Just read that Christmas Eve in 1955 was warmer than this year. They had 90's in the midwest that year. Crazy.

Hundreds of records either have been broken or will be broken yesterday, today, tonight, and tomorrow. Saw some records from '55, '64, '87, and '08. But this is the most widespread warmth for the 24th, 25th, and 26th of December since official records have been kept (around 130 years).

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 3:11 pm

Technically snowed this morning. Technically.

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 3:11 pm

Longhorned wrote:Looks like I picked the wrong Christmas to ask for:

Maybe they can sit in the closet for some other year.

Niiiiiiiiice boots.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 6:12 pm

Tornadoes are ripping through the Dallas metro area. Stay safe everyone.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:56 am

Still 26 degrees at my house in Tucson at 8 am.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:17 am

AMERICATUCSON

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:20 am

36, feels like 32 at 8:19am.

54 in NYC

CBCat · Post by **CBCat** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 12:20 pm

meanwhile if I have to hear in the Los Angeles CB household one more time, "I'm Cold" .... oh vey

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 5:31 pm

Rain started several days ago and never stopped. Woke up to a flooded house this morning. Been in crisis management all day. Exhausted.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 6:30 pm

Longhorned wrote:Rain started several days ago and never stopped. Woke up to a flooded house this morning. Been in crisis management all day. Exhausted.

Damn, that sucks (total understatement). If you need anything, just let me know.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:07 pm

Thanks, Chi. I'd ask you for another million dollars all in crisp 5-dollar bills again, but it turns out I just needed these after all:

Except I've been wearing them inside my own house.

My pregnant wife hauled everything that could be salvaged upstairs while I, slowly but surely, sucked it all up batch-by-batch with this...

And dumped it load-by-load into the drain of the downstairs shower.

Then I went to Lowes and bought one of these dehumidifiers:

But got it out of the box discovered that, for mysterious reasons, it was filled with what appeared to be wet, raw sewage. So I returned it to Lowes and got a new one. It's running now. Hopefully all the damage is limited to to the baseboards.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:26 pm

I miss the quiet of winter.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:27 pm

I hope everything goes sell LH.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:51 pm

Shit that's awful. Best of luck professor.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:04 pm

LH, if any water got up onto the walls, rip out the drywall immediately because mold is already growing.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:13 pm

That's awful professor. Won't insurance take care of the emergency work required?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:37 pm

Chicat wrote:LH, if any water got up onto the walls, rip out the drywall immediately because mold is already growing.

I hope not. Doesn't look like it. We have tall baseboards and some paint kind of peeled on part of them. But nothing up to the wall above the baseboards.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:39 pm

Merkin wrote:That's awful professor. Won't insurance take care of the emergency work required?

Wouldn't that be considered flood-damaged? No flood coverage. We got talked out of that one. This was caused by a poorly installed sump pump. The tether got caught on some wiring down in the crawl space, so stopped pumping the water out during the night.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:55 pm

I wouldn't consider that flood insurance which is an "act of God", but looking it up:

http://money.usnews.com/money/personal- ... e-coverage" target="_blank

If your sump pump backs up and your house floods as a result, will your homeowners insurance policy reimburse you for the damage?

Despite the fact that most people believe the answer is "yes," it is unfortunately not the case. That means homeowners could have to shell out cash for costly repairs, unless they specifically added (and paid extra for) coverage for sump-pump failures.

I have no earthquake or flood insurance. I'll just wait for the FEMA trailers.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 11:22 pm

I actually do have earthquake insurance. My insurance agent thought it would be more valuable than flood insurance.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 8:31 am

The neighbor's entire 90' length of 8'-tall fence blew into our yard. I guess the ground just got too wet to hold the foundations when the wind sheers came overnight.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 8:42 am

Heavy sleet and freezing rain right now. It actually looks like snow on the ground, even though it's ice pellets. Driving is treacherous...

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 8:44 pm

Spent today cleaning everything up, throwing stuff away, and assembling nursery furniture while watching the very swift moving creek level rise all the way to the top. It kept rising and rising and I basically lost hope. It didn’t overflow the banks, but if it had, crap, hard to imagine.

It felt absurd to be putting our house together while not knowing whether the whole thing would be in ruin anyway tonight. Surreal and very stressful.

In the end, I think we got away with spending a ton of money and losing a bunch of stuff and damaging baseboards and things like that, but otherwise fine. That new airtight floor we put in downstairs seems to have held it all in check. Glad I didn’t do that job myself.

Daryl Zero · Post by **Daryl Zero** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:11 pm

Longhorned wrote:I actually do have earthquake insurance. My insurance agent thought it would be more valuable than flood insurance.

I would like to sell you some comet insurance. I can include asteroids. Exclusion for terrorist comets and asteroids. Only pays if there is an extinction event.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:23 pm

Daryl Zero wrote:
Longhorned wrote:I actually do have earthquake insurance. My insurance agent thought it would be more valuable than flood insurance.
I would like to sell you some comet insurance. I can include asteroids. Exclusion for terrorist comets and asteroids. Only pays if there is an extinction event.

It made sense to me because, being from California, I just couldn't imagine a world without earthquakes. I moved here and was woken up by an earthquake shaking my apartment in 2008, so I was convinced.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:24 pm

Longhorned wrote:
Daryl Zero wrote:
Longhorned wrote:I actually do have earthquake insurance. My insurance agent thought it would be more valuable than flood insurance.
I would like to sell you some comet insurance. I can include asteroids. Exclusion for terrorist comets and asteroids. Only pays if there is an extinction event.
It made sense to me because, being from California, I just couldn't imagine a world without earthquakes. I moved here and was woken up by an earthquake shaking my apartment in 2008, so I was convinced.

And yet you live next to a creek and were somehow talked out of flood insurance......

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