I'm at -11F (-24F WC). It was nice and clear last night though, when I was clearing snow off of my driveway and putting the trash out. Now I have to bask in the glory of public transportation waiting for my bus in this cold.
We finally hit freezing last night; the mountains in the distance and our local volcano are all topped with snow. Some of the locals will probably stuff the kids in their cars Saturday morning to drive into the mountains to let them play with snow for the first time.
It was 10F with windchill around zero this morning, won't get above freezing until Sunday. The coldest day in years here (NC) according to the local weatherman.
Our pipes still froze even though there is a pipe heater and insulation on the line coming from our well, plus we left a faucet running over night.
It's 7pm, dusk is setting in, I'm sitting outside, wearing a shirt and shorts. 26degC and about 80%+ humidity. Usually rains a bit in the afternoon. That's what it's like here on latitude 3 deg N...
We finally hit freezing last night; the mountains in the distance and our local volcano are all topped with snow. Some of the locals will probably stuff the kids in their cars Saturday morning to drive into the mountains to let them play with snow for the first time.
Sounds beautiful. I'd like to visit Japanese volcanoes topped with snow some day. Only been to Osaka briefly on transit from Australia to the USA.
London UK is even more grim than normal. Wet, windy and under 0 degrees C. The sky is perpetually grey. Miserable.
The Underground is too hot though.
MacMad is upset that interest rates will probably drop to 0 soon in the UK, yet Apple continue to want 18% for a MacBook Pro on finance. He's read the consumer reviews, is keen but too skint and disciplined to take the hit. And it's cold. Oh well.
Cold, spotty rain, a few flurries, enough for everybody to bundle up like their on an adventure to the South Pole... then they go in to shops and restaurants where the staff are wearing T-shirts and sweating because the heat is set so bloody high.
MacMad is upset that interest rates will probably drop to 0 soon in the UK, yet Apple continue to want 18% for a MacBook Pro on finance. He's read the consumer reviews, is keen but too skint and disciplined to take the hit. And it's cold. Oh well.
Hey, I've got £3,500 I'm willing to lend you at 8%. Maybe with the collapse of the institutional and business2business financial system, new consumer-to-consumer lending will start to happen, with the collateral and assurances driven by governments.
Interesting isn't it? If on one hand governments continue to clear the rubbish in the banks and financial institutions, they start to tap into consumer to consumer lending to keep things flowing again.
Say I lend you £3,000 at 8% over a period of 12 months. If you default on payments, the Govt. is responsible for collecting that back but the Govt will pay me my principal + however many months interest you were able to give me.
Consumer to consumer microloans with 100% capital recovery backed by Govt reserves. Could this be a radical idea that will get the West back on track?
Finally a clear day (wasn't in the forecast), but late in the afternoon the sky darkened suddenly and there was a slight pitter-patter of not rain, but volcanic ash. Our local reminder that Mother Nature is the ruler of the planet coughed a little this afternoon. Destroys the wipers on the car, itches like mad and leaves a fine grey over pretty much everything, but can be a sight to behold.
We're been remarkably mild this winter. It's in the teens overnight and right around freezing during the day. Nowhere near as much snow as last winter (I'm really not sure how much we got, total, but I'd guess about 3 feet was on the ground at any given time...including the compressed snow from earlier storms). We got 21 inches overnight in January last year. Only about 6 inches on the ground right now because we had a January thaw.
But it's been snowing for two days now.... I'll be happy when my snowshoes get in tomorrow.
As for the air...my beard has ice in it when I come back from walking the dog at 6:30 am.
Our local volcano spewed major ash clouds at least seven times that I know of... just today during the daylight hours. Things are getting interesting but life goes on as normal and no warnings have been posted.
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Our pipes still froze even though there is a pipe heater and insulation on the line coming from our well, plus we left a faucet running over night.
We finally hit freezing last night; the mountains in the distance and our local volcano are all topped with snow. Some of the locals will probably stuff the kids in their cars Saturday morning to drive into the mountains to let them play with snow for the first time.
Sounds beautiful. I'd like to visit Japanese volcanoes topped with snow some day. Only been to Osaka briefly on transit from Australia to the USA.
The Underground is too hot though.
MacMad is upset that interest rates will probably drop to 0 soon in the UK, yet Apple continue to want 18% for a MacBook Pro on finance. He's read the consumer reviews, is keen but too skint and disciplined to take the hit. And it's cold. Oh well.
Cold, spotty rain, a few flurries, enough for everybody to bundle up like their on an adventure to the South Pole... then they go in to shops and restaurants where the staff are wearing T-shirts and sweating because the heat is set so bloody high.
MacMad is upset that interest rates will probably drop to 0 soon in the UK, yet Apple continue to want 18% for a MacBook Pro on finance. He's read the consumer reviews, is keen but too skint and disciplined to take the hit. And it's cold. Oh well.
Hey, I've got £3,500 I'm willing to lend you at 8%. Maybe with the collapse of the institutional and business2business financial system, new consumer-to-consumer lending will start to happen, with the collateral and assurances driven by governments.
Interesting isn't it? If on one hand governments continue to clear the rubbish in the banks and financial institutions, they start to tap into consumer to consumer lending to keep things flowing again.
Say I lend you £3,000 at 8% over a period of 12 months. If you default on payments, the Govt. is responsible for collecting that back but the Govt will pay me my principal + however many months interest you were able to give me.
Consumer to consumer microloans with 100% capital recovery backed by Govt reserves. Could this be a radical idea that will get the West back on track?
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Finally a clear day (wasn't in the forecast), but late in the afternoon the sky darkened suddenly and there was a slight pitter-patter of not rain, but volcanic ash. Our local reminder that Mother Nature is the ruler of the planet coughed a little this afternoon. Destroys the wipers on the car, itches like mad and leaves a fine grey over pretty much everything, but can be a sight to behold.
But it's been snowing for two days now.... I'll be happy when my snowshoes get in tomorrow.
As for the air...my beard has ice in it when I come back from walking the dog at 6:30 am.
Highs in the low to mid 60s, all winter long. With the occasional week of mid 70s.
Check back with me when the fog has rolled in in July.
Cleared the drive way of snow today. At least it's not cold enough to induce nose bleeds.