T.D. Posted October 21, 2017 Report Posted October 21, 2017 Super Typhoon Lan heading for Japan. Center looks to pass almost directly over Tokyo, according to this diagram as a Category 2 (possibly low-end Category 3) hurricane. Stay safe, kinuta. Quote
kinuta Posted October 21, 2017 Report Posted October 21, 2017 It's been raining nonstop for the last five days. Even a trip to the shops requires full waterproofs. The typhoon is the final coup de grace. It should clear up from Monday afternoon. Thanks for your concern. Quote
sidewinder Posted October 22, 2017 Report Posted October 22, 2017 Similar conditions here for much of yesterday - severe Atlantic storms. Clear skied though this morning, a welcome change. Hope it clears soon kinuta ! Those conditions sound as if they would even beat my Japanese umbrella - still in use and bought at the 7/11 in Tokyo in 2014 ! Quote
kinuta Posted October 22, 2017 Report Posted October 22, 2017 5 hours ago, sidewinder said: Similar conditions here for much of yesterday - severe Atlantic storms. Clear skied though this morning, a welcome change. Hope it clears soon kinuta ! Those conditions sound as if they would even beat my Japanese umbrella - still in use and bought at the 7/11 in Tokyo in 2014 ! Brollies are sod all use in a typhoon. They quickly blow inside out. Full waterproofs , the only show in town. A baseball cap under the hoodie will keep the rain out of your eyes. Typical typhoon rain. Quote
kinuta Posted October 22, 2017 Report Posted October 22, 2017 As a postscript, I've just had a mobile phone evacuation preparation alert for three nearby neighbourhoods. Nothing to worry about as are on quite high ground. Quote
kinuta Posted October 28, 2017 Report Posted October 28, 2017 Typhoon # 22. Meaning this is the 22nd typhoon this year. We don't use names, just numbers. Quote
optatio Posted December 3, 2017 Report Posted December 3, 2017 First Sunday in Advent with s n o w in Göttingen! Quote
mikeweil Posted December 3, 2017 Report Posted December 3, 2017 Same here in Wiesbaden, 300 km south. There was some snow in the Taunus mountains yesterday but this is the first time it snows at ground level. I can't find my box with Xmas CDs in the basement ..... Quote
kinuta Posted December 4, 2017 Report Posted December 4, 2017 Blue skies, sunny, about 10C. Very pleasant. Quote
mjazzg Posted June 26, 2018 Report Posted June 26, 2018 Heatwave confirmed. No rain in Manchester!! Quote
BillF Posted June 26, 2018 Report Posted June 26, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAwUrDf2__s&t=60s Quote
sidewinder Posted June 26, 2018 Report Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: Heatwave confirmed. No rain in Manchester!! Official Northern definition - No rain in Manchester plus no rain Leeds/Bradford.. Not a comfortable night’s sleep, with worse to come ! Edited June 26, 2018 by sidewinder Quote
BillF Posted June 27, 2018 Report Posted June 27, 2018 I checked out the evacuated area on Street View. Very recently built. The locals say that moorland fires are almost a yearly occurrence, though not as serious as this, of course. Just another case of present-day house building in areas (cf. flood plains) that the "ancients" in their wisdom wouldn't touch? Quote
BillF Posted June 27, 2018 Report Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, rdavenport said: Manchester bus drivers complaining at not allowed to wear shorts is now a Manchester Evening News headline. I should think not! Quote
BillF Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 This morning's Stagecoach driver was suitably shorted, so perhaps the battle has been fought and won. Quote
Brad Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 Saturday through next Friday are going to be dreadful in the Northeast US: in the 90s. Quote
sidewinder Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 On 27/06/2018 at 5:20 PM, rdavenport said: Was just about to post that Sidewinder. Sounds fairly grim, described on Manchester Evening News website as the "biggest fire in living memory" Biggest fire since ‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’. Incredible weather we are having down here - just too bad that work coincides with it.. Quote
BillF Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 Now Winter Hill's burning as well, so we're ringed by fire! Now playing: Quote
BillF Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 2 hours ago, sidewinder said: Biggest fire since ‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’. Apropos of nothing in particular: Arthur Brown went to the same school as me, as did The Magnificent Goldberg. I knew Arthur Brown at school, but didn't know Goldberg. Just thought you'd like to know. Quote
sidewinder Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Arthur Brown and Ed Dipple..(but not MG) Pretty amazing ! incidentally - that AB ‘Fire’ performance when broadcast on Top Of The Pops (1967/68?) scared the beejeesus out of me, back in the day Edited June 28, 2018 by sidewinder Quote
BillF Posted June 29, 2018 Report Posted June 29, 2018 9 hours ago, sidewinder said: Arthur Brown and Ed Dipple..(but not MG) Pretty amazing ! incidentally - that AB ‘Fire’ performance when broadcast on Top Of The Pops (1967/68?) scared the beejeesus out of me, back in the day Ed Dipple was a few years later - university, not school (along with Brian Priestley). Now playing: Quote
erwbol Posted July 7, 2018 Report Posted July 7, 2018 8 minutes ago, rdavenport said: Still shmokin' hot here in Manchester. Still allowed to wear shorts at work, England still in the World Cup. We have entered a parallel universe One where the Belgians become world champions before the Dutch. Quote
JohnS Posted July 8, 2018 Report Posted July 8, 2018 Even the usually cooling sea breeze here is hot. Quote
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.