We spend most of our lives inside artificial shelters that are climatized to our liking, lit to our liking, and free of wind and precipitation. Inside our buildings, it’s always summer, and the "suns" are on whenever we wish.
Yet, when the outside we only see sporadically through window panes, and experience even more sporadically when sprinting from one building to another, is blustery and cold, it seems to depress people severely. "What do you say about that weather" we exclaim. Why do we? Who are we foolong, we know perfectly well we’ll only need to put up with it when we make the 30-second leap from the office to the car door.
Is there something else at work here, a weird, psychological hangup of some kind?
Based on historical hurricanes and the cost of gas prices fluctuating, I was noticing that gas prices had never gone up or gas supplies so diminished as they have been these last 4yrs. I feel that it is a way to "gouge" the consumers in this country by the big oil companies to make a bigger profit in this unstable economy. Also, the big ploy to voters is the push for more off shore drilling. We actually drill off shores in hundreds if not thousands of places just off our coasts now. I have a friend that works on one in the gulf and he has said that even though we pull it from American waters it is shipped on boats not of American owned companies. We even have stock piles of oil already refined that can be used to lower prices and extend our supplies in this unstable economy that we are not using.In the past 50 yrs we never saw a huge gas price surge from any hurricanes. Most of them have been due to politics, but never weather related. Does anyone else feel this is a ploy for us to make us pay the higher prices to make their bottom line look good to investors in this economy more than it is caused by "weather"? You can look at the hurricane tracks for the past 50 yrs and recall the economy at that time.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml
What have you heard or what is your theory?
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I am considering staying at the Barceló Maya Colonial and Tropical Beach on the Riviera Maya (an all inclusive resort), but my window of time to travel is from September 1st till October 31st.
My questions are:
1. This is a fairly new resort and I am having trouble finding any reviews by other people who have stayed there. Has anyone been there? Is it nice and worth the money? If you haven’t been there, do you know of any really good review websites?
2. Is the time frame that is available (September and October) hurricane season? What kind of weather can I expect from this area of the world at this time of year?
Footage from the April 26, 1991 Red Rock, Oklahoma tornado as it crosses Interstate 35, destroying a house and wedging a cow beneath a guardrail. Format: Betacam SP. Photographer: Martin Lisius. Available for license from StormStock. Copyrighted. Do not copy.
Is skittishness even a word? On February 28, 2009, my husband and I adopted a chocolate lab mix from the humane society. She was 6 months old then (8 months now). They found her on the side of the road when she was 6 weeks old. She was very sickly when we got her. She had been up for adoption for several months and no one wanted her. She was living in a "foster home" with about 20 other dogs, 10 cats, and one eccentric hoarder (female). That woman was the only person my dog (Maddie) had ever been around prior to us.
The first time we met her, she walked right up to my husband and started wagging her tail and playing with him. She loved him right off the bat. But she’s very shy around other people.
We walk her several times a day and take her to the park at least 2x a week (if the weather is decent). We let her meet as many dogs as she possibly can & she’s very friendly with them. She’s VERY sweet with us and warms up pretty quickly to people who own dogs. But she’s very shy around everyone else. She rears away with her tail between her legs or sits and won’t budge.
Should we take her on errands with us whether she likes it or not? Last night, we took her to an ice cream/show cone stand that was really busy and all these little kids wanted to pet her, but she was absolutely frightened.
I noticed that sometimes because she’s shy, people back away from her thinking she’s going to lash out at them. I honestly don’t blame them. But I know she’s a sweet dog who just happens to be shy. She’s great around our friends and family. She just has a phobia of strangers.
The humane society here is run by volunteers. They do not have enough room on the premises for all the dogs that are brought in, so they let some of their volunteers raise them in their homes. This woman was single and she was a nurse, so she told us herself that she’d be gone for 3 days, home for 4. Her house was DISGUSTING. All those animals, their deification all over the floor and furniture, rotten sandwiches and other food, dishes, and garbage completely covering her counter-tops and kitchen table. It was disgusting. I’m not lying or exaggerating when I say she was a hoarder. We told the humane society and they let it go on.
I didn’t ask you guys to judge me for getting my dog there. My lord. Get over yourselves.
Like I said, she’s completely fine with my husband and I….. that wasn’t my question.
From an early age I have been a devoted storm chaser. Yes, if there’s threatening weather happening and I can get to it you can bet some pictures will taken of the atmospheric event. Makes no difference, lightning, thunder tornadoes, hail storms etc. I’m always outside with camera in hand to catch the action.
In the year 2008 while visiting the small town of Adrian Michigan a severe thunderstorm struck from out of nowhere thus, propping me to instantly go to the car for my digital camera. I took 20 or more pictures of this stormy sky quite unaware that I had accidentally caught something supernatural that would surprise the most skeptic critic.
It’s obvious that these letters or numbers? Were not met for only my interpretation therefore I chose to share them with the entire world. Too answer this question please review the photo on my Yahoo pulse homepage (Adrian Michigan 2008 letters in the sky) and tell me truthfully what you really think it could possibly all mean. Be honest thus remember, that any editing in a digital format (fraudulent computer enhancements) leaves undesirable signature distortions behind it. Therefore, it is next to impossible to modify a digital image without causing noticeable distortions in that same image.
From an early age I have been a devoted storm chaser. Yes, if there’s threatening weather happening and I can get to it you can bet some pictures will taken of this so-called atmospheric event. Makes no difference, lightning, thunder, tornadoes, hail storms etc. I’m always outside with camera in hand to catch the action.
In the year 2008 while visiting Adrian Michigan a severe thunderstorm struck from out of nowhere thus, propping me to instantly go to the car for a digital camera. I took 20 or more pictures of this weird looking stormy sky quite unaware that I had accidentally caught something of a supernatural nature. Something, that would surprise the most skeptic critic.
It’s obvious that these letters or numbers? Were not met for only my interpretation. Therefore, I chose to share them with the entire world tonight.
Too answer this question please review this photo on my "Yahoo pulse homepage) - (Adrian Michigan 2008 storm, letters in the sky) and tell me truthfully what you think it could possibly all mean. Now as God is my witness be honest when viewing the image. Thus, remember that any editing in a digital format (fraudulent computer enhancements) leaves undesirable signature distortions behind it. Therefore, it is next to impossible to modify any digital image without causing noticeable distortions in that same image.
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S, I’m buying a new house and it has a barn. There aren’t any stalls in there right now but there is a lean to for the horses. My issue is that it gets mighty cold here at times. Today it is -25F. My horse was outside yesterday for five hours in similar weather and he darn near jumped outta his skin to get to the barn.
So my question is basically I had planned on just sectioning a part of the barn off so I can put my horse and ponies in there but without stalls. What issues might I face with this set up? What flooring should I have down? Where can I obtain cheap bedding? Or what does it cost?
Do I need to worry overmuch about the flooring if it’s only for the very cold days and nights throughout the winter?
Thanks!!
That could be the issue…the food. He’s boarded right now as I’m not moving until the 30th. They feed twice a day so he has nothing to do and no shelter…not even trees.
This is the ONLY barn within a 50 mile radius. I have several issues with them. I am not allowed to PAY for the extra electric a water heater would cost so he cannot have one and I’m not allowed to give him extra hay even if I pay for it. They are beyond WEIRD. I have been at this place for 11 months and in that time I have been so upset by them that I am BUYING my own property to properly care for my horse. I do take him seriously, so you WILL have to take my word that I have done everything in my power to care for him. Thank goodness they listened to me and kept him in today though his stall is almost as cold as outside. no wind though.
Channel 7 News Coverage of Tropical Cyclone Yasi as it heads for the Queensland Coast. *UPDATE: Winds expected to be above 300kph. The weather station out at Willis Island was knocked out at 9AM AEST. Tropical Cyclone Yasi is a strong Category 5 Cyclone*
Okay, so there are freaky weird snowstorms, they say they are historic. Then, a HUGE cyclone is hitting Australia, with them leaving because all shelters are packed up, then there was a flood in there too, and a threat of the California ‘Super Storm’/ And just now i n yahoo news, they have pics of Lightning and a volcano and stuff. No they said in 2012 when the world is supposedly supposed to end, they said freaky weather would pop up! What do you think of this?
i work at a zoo. the zoo director got 25 ponies in for future pony rides. these guys have been here for three months and some mares are expecting babies. no shelter from the weather and they basically live in their own shit. who can i contact to file a complaint?
Hurricane Katrina NOAA archive footage of the satellite data from the visable satellite , IR satellite , RGB satellite and Water Vapor satellite images showing katrina making land fall in South Florida and the Mississippi Gulf Coasts. This satellite archive covers both landfalls of Hurricane…
I drive myself crazy worrying about animals being out in this freezing weather. Tonight it is going to be -20 degrees. Some don’t have shelter for there dogs or cats. I am sure if they don’t worry about there pets being warm they sure aren’t going to go out and feed them or give them water. How do I learn to cope? Is there anyone else out there that feels this way too?
As many of you already know, the weather here in NYC is getting dangerously cold, the past few days.
I know there are homeless shelters, but there are many who don’t go there. I know about 3 homeless guys in my neighborhood alone, who are ALWAYS outside (even in the 18 degrees Fahrenheit weather). I know another homeless guy near my job, but i think he’s mentally ill, I still don’t understand how he can manage the FREEZING weather while pushing his shopping cart back and forth!??
I remember about 2 years ago, a homeless guy got drunk and died in the cold. Why would today’s homeless take that risk?
american consumers have no idea the cost financially or mentally that farmers endure every year with the weather and rising cost of fuel ,fertilizer labor,chemicals and seed. nobody forces us to do it year after year with chance of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars overnight in a freeze, hailstorm or hurricane katrina that hit us in 2005 ,but we must be able to make a profit to stay in business and grain prices are where they need to be for that to happen. we can continue to provide a safe abundant supply of food for america, but we can’t grow food below the cost of production without government support if prices fall back to lows we’ve been seeing for 20 years. if american farmers can’t stay in business then our food will have to be imported in from other countries and if your one of those people who likes imported oil, then your really going to love imported food.
Roger Hill and crew put a camera in the path of an oncoming cow, and a tornado. Roger’s incredible book “Hunting Nature’s Fury” is available at www.wildernesspress.com.
Here is some footage of waves crashing ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. These waves were generated by long period swells from Hurricane Earl, a Category Four Hurricane well to the south at the time.
Here is additional footage of the wave action from Sandy Hook, New Jersey. The waves were being generated by swells from Hurricane Earl, which at one point on Thursday morning, had winds of 145 mph, and a minimum central pressure of 932 millibars. Earl has since weakened to a Category Two Hurricane as it moves up the Eastern Seaboard.
As many of you already know, the weather here in NYC is getting dangerously cold, the past few days.
I know there are homeless shelters, but there are many who don’t go there. I know about 3 homeless guys in my neighborhood alone, who are ALWAYS outside (even in the 18 degrees Fahrenheit weather). I know another homeless guy near my job, but i think he’s mentally ill, I still don’t understand how he can manage the FREEZING weather while pushing his shopping cart back and forth!??
I remember about 2 years ago, a homeless guy got drunk and died in the cold. Why would today’s homeless take that risk?
Here is some more footage of the wave action from Sandy Hook, New Jersey. This is the third and final installment of the video taken. The waves were being generated by swells from Hurricane Earl, which at one point on Thursday morning, had winds of 145 mph, and a minimum central pressure of 932 millibars. Earl has since weakened to a Category Two Hurricane as it moves up the Eastern Seaboard.
Footage of the April 26, 1991 Red Rock, OK tornado as it passes near Highway 77, east of I-35. At this point, it was a very intense F5 tornado with exceptionally fast motions. Our photographer is struck from the west by very strong RFD (rear flank downdraft) winds and hail as the tornado passes to the north. Format: Standard-def video. Copyrighted. Do not copy.