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Post by Doug T. on Dec 13, 2013 10:02:23 GMT -5
When it gets really COLD outside, nothing is better than dreaming about April in Paris  Doug |
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 13, 2013 11:37:13 GMT -5
"ONE MORE TIME !" I would go out in a blizzard to hear them. Real musicians playing Real music with Real instruments. Thank you. Mickey  |
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Post by Peltigera on Dec 13, 2013 11:56:02 GMT -5
"ONE MORE TIME !" I would go out in a blizzard to hear them. Real musicians playing Real music with Real instruments. Thank you. Mickey My friends have always thought me mad because I would rather listen to third rate musicians live than a first rate recording (not that I am suggesting Count Basie was third rate!). |
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Post by lloydy on Dec 14, 2013 16:34:06 GMT -5
I've just skype'd with my brother who lives in Nova Scotia, it's snowing like hell and the wind chill takes the temp' down to -37, and he's just setting off to drive to Prince Edward Island to see his son - in a Honda Civic! I drive a Toyota Landcruiser here in the UK and we don't get that kind of weather. I guess it's something you get used to and just deal with.
If I was him, I'd stay at home and turn the stereo up, with a warming single malt in hand.
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 14, 2013 16:52:35 GMT -5
I've just skype'd with my brother who lives in Nova Scotia, it's snowing like hell and the wind chill takes the temp' down to -37, and he's just setting off to drive to Prince Edward Island to see his son - in a Honda Civic!...... I hope, for his sake, he is wise enough to check if the Confederation Bridge is still open for traffic. It often must shut down in foul weather. I certainly would not want to be on it in s strong crosswind and the snow could freeze on the pavement. Skype him and tell him to stay home. That way he will be certain of seeing his son again. Mickey |
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Post by Doug T. on Dec 14, 2013 17:14:24 GMT -5
Hi All! We've got a major snow event moving in, 1 to 2 feet by tomorrow morning. Here in upstate New York, if the car starts to slide while we're driving, we very carefully place our coffee in the cupholder (don't want it to spill!), and get ready for some real fun  Doug BTW, if anyone is interested, I've found a nice piece of music titled "Snowfall" by Claude Thornhill from 1941. I'll post it if anyone would like to see it. |
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 14, 2013 18:16:30 GMT -5
I am interested hearing in "Snowfall".
Around here when the going gets rough we hold the cuppa out the window for a few seconds until it freezes. It is guaranteed not to splatter.
Mickey
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Post by Doug T. on Dec 14, 2013 20:44:18 GMT -5
Hi Mickey! Here you are I prefer Henry Mancini's version, but this is the original. Enjoy!! Doug |
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 15, 2013 1:03:02 GMT -5
Moody but beautiful - both versions.
A very welcome change from today's furious, fanatic frenzies.
Mickey
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Post by lloydy on Dec 15, 2013 4:49:42 GMT -5
I've just skype'd with my brother who lives in Nova Scotia, it's snowing like hell and the wind chill takes the temp' down to -37, and he's just setting off to drive to Prince Edward Island to see his son - in a Honda Civic!...... I hope, for his sake, he is wise enough to check if the Confederation Bridge is still open for traffic. It often must shut down in foul weather. I certainly would not want to be on it in s strong crosswind and the snow could freeze on the pavement. Skype him and tell him to stay home. That way he will be certain of seeing his son again. Mickey He arrived with no problem at all, he uses the ferry as well as it's less driving and operates until the sea freezes, and they close the Confederation Bridge in real bad weather. I guess driving in those conditions is something you get used to, and winter tyres make a difference. |
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Post by mickeyobe on Jan 10, 2014 11:59:59 GMT -5
FROST QUAKES
I counted 18 of them one night. Unfortunately there is nothing to see or photograph. Perhaps when the snow is gone.
Mickey
“Frost quakes” shake Ontarians out of bed
By Daniel Fish
For the last two weeks, loud booming sounds—likely caused by “frost quakes”—have jolted southern Ontarians out of their slumber in the middle of the night.
These tremors, also known as cryoseisms, occur during sudden, drastic drops in temperature—in recent weeks, by the way, temperatures across Ontario have dipped below -20 degrees Celsius.
At such low temperatures, deep groundwater starts to freeze and expand, causing the ground to crack.
“And it seems like the cracking occurs very explosively, very suddenly. And when it does so, it can actually cause the ground to vibrate (and) cause a loud boom,” says John Ebel, professor of geophysics at Boston College.
Because temperatures are coldest at night, the loudest cracks have occurred in the early hours of the morning. Some have even compared the sound to that of an “explosion” or a “distant bombing.”
While cryoseisms can cause thunderous sounds, they are local weather events that are far weaker than traditional earthquakes, according the Maine Geological Survey. “In some cases, people in houses a few hundred yards away do not notice anything.”
Consequently, the instruments at Earthquake Canada are not sensitive enough to detect “frost quakes.” So, it can only assume that’s what people are hearing based on reports from the public.
And there have been plenty of those—so many, in fact, that a Toronto-based graphic designer decided to create an interactive map that shows where people have been hearing these explosions from the ground.
The mapmaker, Ashley King, asked people on Twitter to send her their postal codes if they’d heard a quake.
While most incidents have occurred in large cities, possible “frost quakes” have also been heard in rural Ontario, including one report from just outside Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park and another as far north as Parry Sound.
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Post by Randy on Jan 11, 2014 0:24:52 GMT -5
I think it's related to the salt mines under Lake Erie. We hear the cracks over on this side of the lake also Mickey.
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Post by mickeyobe on Jan 11, 2014 9:27:36 GMT -5
I think it's related to the salt mines under Lake Erie. We hear the cracks over on this side of the lake also Mickey. Randy, I should have thought of that. With all the ice and snow we have been treated to the salt miners are furiously setting off underground charges to extract as much salt as possible to meet the unexpected need and market demand. They are doing their patriotic and financial duty. Good for them. Unsung heros. Mickey |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2014 15:15:04 GMT -5
50F here today. But the highs next week are supposed to be only in the 30s.
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Post by daveh on Jan 11, 2014 21:51:09 GMT -5
Driving on British roads in icy conditions is always worse than most other places because of the alternating freezes and thaws we usually get. In the winter of 1981-2 we had a prolonged cold spell of several weeks: driving became easier and was further helped by the council gritters being on strike. Incidentally we have salt mines quite near to us, perhaps about 30 miles away.
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