Aw, sh**, here we go again.

[Dan Luke]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/205300.shtml?5day

Ok, do I have to call Pat Robertson to find out what we did in Mobile
to attract three major hurricanes in two years? As far as I know, we
didn't have Gay Pride floats at Mardi Gras.

Oh, well; maybe I can get the line guys to put Delta in the bizjet
hangar again. Otherwise, it's off to Houston to sit it out at Mom's.

Damned freakin' hurricanes.

--
Dan
C172RG at Hurricane Playground

[Montblack]

("Dan Luke" wrote)
[snip]
> Oh, well; maybe I can get the line guys to put Delta in the bizjet hangar
> again. Otherwise, it's off to Houston to sit it out at Mom's.
>
> Damned freakin' hurricanes.


Have you ever looked closely at a snowflake? Quite beautiful, actually :-)

Say "Hi" to Mom from the Minnesota members of the group.


Montblack
We get an inch of gently falling fluffy snow in January and they call it a
"storm" on the TV news!!

[George Patterson]

Dan Luke wrote:
>
> Ok, do I have to call Pat Robertson to find out what we did in Mobile
> to attract three major hurricanes in two years?

According to National Geographics, weather in the south follows certain cycles.
There have been relatively few hurricanes every year since about 1980. Things
are heating up again, and you can expect seasons like this for at least ten years.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

[Dan Luke]

"Montblack" wrote:

>
> Have you ever looked closely at a snowflake? Quite beautiful, actually
> :-)
>
> Say "Hi" to Mom from the Minnesota members of the group.
>
>
> Montblack
> We get an inch of gently falling fluffy snow in January and they call
> it a "storm" on the TV news!!


Hah! I worked for Honeywell for 13 years, so I've been to Frostbite
Falls (aka Minneapolis) many times. "inch of gently falling fluffy
snow" my ass.

A foot of snow would look pretty good right now, though.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[Dan Luke]

"George Patterson" wrote:

> According to National Geographics, weather in the south follows
> certain cycles. There have been relatively few hurricanes every year
> since about 1980. Things are heating up again, and you can expect
> seasons like this for at least ten years.

Well, yeah, I know it's normal for the the seasons to have cycles.
What's damned unfair is to have three major storms come ashore in the
same place in the space of a year. *That's* unusual, to say the least.
Statistically and historically, such events are usually separated by
decades at any one spot on the coast. I lived in Houston for 43 years
and saw only one direct hit by a major hurricane.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[BTIZ]

and people wonder why I live in the desert..
I've put up with New England winter snows and Bermuda High humidity
I've lived in Texas and Louisiana, cold wet winters and even worse summer
humidity..
North and South Dakota winters and wind.. 9 months of winter and 3 months of
tough sledding.. so the story goes.. but I don't need the -45F temps with
50knt winds, -95F Wind Chill
But even in summer, it was 95 and sticky humid

But here in the desert, it's a dry heat, no hurricanes, no tornados, no
blizzards and ice storms.
Just great soaring weather. Ok, winters get down to the 30s, and I can see
the snow on the local 10,000ft peaks if I want, but I can still wear a "new
England summer jacket" all winter.

Ok, so the ground shakes once in a while.. but you hardly feel it.

BT

"Dan Luke" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/205300.shtml?5day
>
> Ok, do I have to call Pat Robertson to find out what we did in Mobile to
> attract three major hurricanes in two years? As far as I know, we didn't
> have Gay Pride floats at Mardi Gras.
>
> Oh, well; maybe I can get the line guys to put Delta in the bizjet hangar
> again. Otherwise, it's off to Houston to sit it out at Mom's.
>
> Damned freakin' hurricanes.
>
> --
> Dan
> C172RG at Hurricane Playground
>

[Jim Herring]

You're too close to the Hurricane Hunters at Keesler AFB in Biloxi. The
hurricanes are getting revenge for those WC-130's poking holes in them. :)

[Flyingmonk]

The price one pays to live in paradise... Some days you get sun, some
days you get rain, lots of rain.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

[Dan Luke]

"Flyingmonk" wrote:

> The price one pays to live in paradise... Some days you get sun, some
> days you get rain, lots of rain.

I'd call Mobile a lot of things, but "paradise" isn't one of them.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[Darrel Toepfer]

Dan Luke wrote:

> Otherwise, it's off to Houston to sit it out at Mom's.

Drop off the old XM gear (4R7), pick it up on your way back, if it
doesn't get bought...

Or stay here, 30kw NG/LP generator keeps things comfortable...

[Darrel Toepfer]

Jim Herring wrote:

> You're too close to the Hurricane Hunters at Keesler AFB in Biloxi. The
> hurricanes are getting revenge for those WC-130's poking holes in them. :)

Actually they are trying to save money on fuel...

[Mike Weller]

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:00:02 -0500, "Dan Luke"
> wrote:

>
>"Flyingmonk" wrote:
>
>> The price one pays to live in paradise... Some days you get sun, some
>> days you get rain, lots of rain.
>
>I'd call Mobile a lot of things, but "paradise" isn't one of them.

I lived for a year in Biloxi while in training at Keesler. One of the
good things there was that I was in a "self pacing" program for the
first part of the year. The only requirement was that you had to
pass two weeks class in one week. Pretty neat. I spent most of my
time over at the flying club.

In the summer time, I had to get into a parade formation and march
across the flight line to get to class. This was for my class from 3
in the afternoon to midnight. We got rained on every day at exacly
the point where we were half way across the runway.

The worst part about Biloxi was that I had to go through that tunnel
in Mobile to get back to Tennessee. I decided one time to not spend
the $0.25 and take the free route past the paper factory. Wrong!

Good wishes to you from Huntsville Alabama for the hurricane. You can
leave your airplane here and drive my car back to Mobile. 6 hours,
minimum with a couple of speeding tickets thrown in. Back then, I
would just show them my Air Force ID and they'd give me a warning.

Mike Weller

[Dan Luke]

"Mike Weller" wrote:

> The worst part about Biloxi was that I had to go through that tunnel
> in Mobile to get back to Tennessee. I decided one time to not spend
> the $0.25 and take the free route past the paper factory. Wrong!

There used to be a toll for the tunnel? That must have been before I
got here.

> Good wishes to you from Huntsville Alabama for the hurricane. You can
> leave your airplane here and drive my car back to Mobile. 6 hours,
> minimum with a couple of speeding tickets thrown in. Back then, I
> would just show them my Air Force ID and they'd give me a warning.

Thanks, Mike: that's a hell of a nice offer. If I have to leave I'll
fly to Houston & stay at Mom's.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[Peter R.]

BTIZ > wrote:

> But here in the desert, it's a dry heat, no hurricanes, no tornados,
> no blizzards and ice storms.

Sand storms?

My father lives in Palm Springs, CA, and talks of large sand storms every
two to three years. Sprinkle in a couple of 5.0 or larger earthquakes and
several weeks of 115 degree F (46c) or greater heat...

I won't even mention the issue of scorpions, fire ants, black widow
spiders, and other nasty insects.

Winter doesn't seem so bad. :)

--
Peter


















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[Dylan Smith]

On 2005-08-27, BTIZ > wrote:
> But here in the desert, it's a dry heat, no hurricanes, no tornados, no
> blizzards and ice storms.

Ah. A dry heat.
Dry heat for me is *awful*. My lips chap, my nose dries out, my skin
feels awful.
Recently I was in Salt Lake City. When I got back to my friend's place
in Houston, 100 degrees and 90% humity felt GREAT! Instantly, my skin
felt better, and my dried mucous membranes recovered in a day.

But then again, I have always lived in a maritime climate. I've never
lived more than about an hour's drive from open sea.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

[Dan Luke]

"Dylan Smith" wrote:

> in Houston, 100 degrees and 90% humity

No way, Dylan--at least not simultaneously.

Summer dew points in Houston max out in the high 70's. At 100 deg. dry
bulb, that produces about 50% RH.

http://www.connel.com/freeware/psychart.shtml

That's miserably hot and humid, of course, and many people assume the RH
is much higher than it actually is.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[Flyingmonk]

I was down there for a week once many many moons ago, I was maybe
fifteen, maybe thirteen. I remembered it as being very laid back,
fishing, swimming, floating down the river on tubes, slow paced... This
is my definition of paradise. he he... Yours maybe more like the
Caribbeans or Hawaii.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

[BTIZ]

Palms Springs is farther South.
we get dust devils,, gusts fronts from thunderstorms..
but not the full blown out "sand storms"
don't feel to many 5.0 quakes..
there is a heat alert out for today.. 107F
but we have A/C in cars, homes and shopping areas..
just not to many in the planes..
BT

"Peter R." > wrote in message
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> BTIZ > wrote:
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>> no blizzards and ice storms.
>
> Sand storms?
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> My father lives in Palm Springs, CA, and talks of large sand storms every
> two to three years. Sprinkle in a couple of 5.0 or larger earthquakes and
> several weeks of 115 degree F (46c) or greater heat...
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> I won't even mention the issue of scorpions, fire ants, black widow
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> Winter doesn't seem so bad. :)
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[John]

Dylan Smith wrote:

> On 2005-08-27, BTIZ > wrote:
> > But here in the desert, it's a dry heat, no hurricanes, no tornados, no
> > blizzards and ice storms.
>
> Ah. A dry heat.
> Dry heat for me is *awful*. My lips chap, my nose dries out, my skin
> feels awful.
> Recently I was in Salt Lake City. When I got back to my friend's place
> in Houston, 100 degrees and 90% humity felt GREAT! Instantly, my skin
> felt better, and my dried mucous membranes recovered in a day.

Try drinking more water. A lot of water. It's amazing what hydration can do
for dry skin/lips.