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Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one!

From T <T@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one!
Date 2026-07-08 18:06 -0700
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On 7/7/26 1:31 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> (_Very_ OT)
> 
> On 2026/7/7 9:20:24, Paul wrote:
>> On Mon, 7/6/2026 4:11 PM, T wrote:
>>
>>> Floods from broken ice dams can be a total disaster.
>>> Pretty blue water though.
>>>
>>> It is my recollection that our esteemed neighbor to the
>>> north has five distinct climate zones:
>>>
>>> 1) cold
>>> 2) colder yet
>>> 3) really cold
>>> 4) arctic
>>> 5) DAMN!
>>
>> This may be true, but the temperature distribution
>> is not monotonically-falling as you go North. The pattern
> 
> Even if it did, there are parts of Canada well south of parts of the USA
> (and I'm _not_ talking Alaska).
> 
>> "doesn't make sense". When my sister has a -40C day,
> 
> When you're talking about -40, you can leave off the C.
> 
>> it can be warmer in the arctic, and she is well below the arctic circle.
>>
>> I think my sisters place, it starts to snow around end of September.
> 
> (Where I am - mid-Kent, which is SE England - we sometimes have a
> snow-free winter. OK, we nearly always get some snow, but some years it
> never lies.)
> []
>> And in the Arctic now, they can be wearing short sleeve shirts
> 
> Ah, the only "right to bare arms" I accept :-)
> []
>> The Arctic has had more temperature shift and change than
>> other areas due to climate change. In the summer, they would
> 
> You do realise that by using those two words, a fair proportion of your
> US readers will ignore you :-(
> []
>> Even perception of temperature is weird. I went out to Cali on business,
>> and on weekend, I decided to go to the beach. I was wearing shorts and
>> Tshirt. Well, people there, are riding horses along the beach, they're
>> wearing jeans and heavier clothing up top. And I'm thinking "you must
>> be boiling in that outfit", for as an East Coaster, the day was plenty
>> warm and no complaint.
> 
> Yes, I'm a northerner (by English standards) - I wear shorts and sandals
> all year round; the locals here ask me if I'm not cold (which is an odd
> question; if I was, I'd wear more!). The amount of wind is also
> significant, and - at least in the case of hot weather - the humidity.
>>
>> On the East Coast, if you travel through the woods (on the way to your
> 
> Look out for one of these - just 27 seconds, and pure internet:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Pv4c4Qz9w
> []
>> If you live in Newfoundland, snow can cover one or both doors on
>> your house. If you buy or build a house, make sure the second floor
>> window opens big enough so you can jump out :-) Then you have to
>> shovel your way back through the drift, to get back into the house.
>> For anyone who jumps into snow like that (I've done this a few times),
>> you have to be careful where you're jumping. You have to know
>> where the hard pack is, where the soft snow is. You can't just
>> jump any old place, or you'll hurt yourself. I've done a lot of
>> tunneling in snow, never had a collapse or come near suffocation.
>> I'm pretty proud of my safety record in snow :-)
> 
> Here are a couple (10 and 12 seconds) of how that looks/feels:
> https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2006361007451672999
> https://x.com/SallyBourliakas/status/2004904639741968572
>>
>> So that's a quick trip around the country. There were no snow drifts
>> in BC, in the place that got the 47C heat dome. I consider that to
>> be one "anomalous" temperature record. That's just not normal.
>>
>>     Paul
> 
> (Currently getting too much heat here (UK); we haven't reached +40C here
> yet, but I suspect we will before summer's out. (Currently 26 outside
> according to my in/out, at 21:31.)


Dudes!  I was giving Paul a bad time.  Nothing was serious.

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                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-05 14:38 +0100
                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-05 18:35 -0700
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                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-08 23:12 -0700
                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-07-09 07:35 -0700
                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-10 00:42 +0100
                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-09 17:00 -0700
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                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-07-07 15:29 -0700
                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-08 23:15 -0700
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                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-09 18:00 -0700
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                OT: Britain (was: Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one!) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-10 16:24 +0100
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                Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-05 20:17 -0700
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