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| From | T <T@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: OT -- Re: Fixed a wild one! |
| Date | 2026-07-07 02:14 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <112ig2i$2o75a$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 7/7/26 1:20 AM, 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
> "doesn't make sense". When my sister has a -40C day,
> 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.
> The growing season is short, but you can still grow stuff outside.
>
> Her weather can be +1C on one day ("Chinook") and -40C the next.
> There can be a larger variation than in the arctic circle.
>
> But places like the Yukon can still set a good cold for you, like
> -60C last winter for a stretch. The pictures they take up there,
> their external thermometer cannot read any lower than that.
>
> And in the Arctic now, they can be wearing short sleeve shirts
> this week. They can take a boat out to their "fishing camp" (ice free),
> they can fish and set up drying racks for dried fish. Make no
> mistake, the water is cold and you don't want to fall out of the boat.
> Because the North is known for food-insecurity (food is more expensive
> there), you can't afford to get all your food from the "General Store".
>
> The Arctic has had more temperature shift and change than
> other areas due to climate change. In the summer, they would
> have been wearing long sleeved shirts and staying out of the wind :-)
> On our East Coast, it can be like that too. It's strange what I'd
> pack for a trip there. Sure, it can be blazing hot there, but
> there can also be days where all exposed skin is covered too.
>
> 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.
>
> On the East Coast, if you travel through the woods (on the way to your
> secret fishing spot), you can still find the odd snow drift still
> hasn't melted (in June!). It takes a pretty big drift to last that
> long, and the woods in that case are "heavy". It may have started
> as a ten foot drift, and there were still a few feet of it left.
> I had to get on hands and knees and use a rabbit trail, to get
> through one section near there. To fish there, departure time is 3AM.
> That's when you're climbing into the car, to head out. That's so
> you can fish at dawn or thereabouts. That's "technical" fishing,
> as only the "quiet people" get a fish, for lunch (trout). You can't
> fill your boots with fish, on a trip there. You need a lake to
> fill your boots.
>
> 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 :-)
>
> 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
You do realize I was pulling your leg?
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