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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Admiral Nelson on January 05, 2008, 04:26:59 pm
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This is what passes for winter where I live. Waves a plenty:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3505.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3553.jpg)
So much for keeping my feet dry:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3609.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3662.jpg)
"Welcome to this tour of the Bay. I hope everyone ate a nice hearty breakfast this morning."
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3676.jpg)
One hopes the pilot boat can navigate....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3734.jpg)
Watch it.... watch iiit....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3739.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3752.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3766.jpg)
Run for it!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3813.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3851.jpg)
Rain now so heavy I have to beat a retreat...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/StormyWaves/Storm-3938.jpg)
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wow
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Nice pictures...but thats not winter! :)
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I hate to rain on your parade ( :lol: :lol: :lol: see what I did there!) but that's just bad weather with some big waves. And I hear big waves aren't all that uncommon in oceans...
And IceFire is quite right... Somehow it seems so ridiculous when its above zero and now snow and people go "nasty winter we have boy howdy" :rolleyes:
And in the movies people are dressed like Michelin men and are shivering all pale, "OMG it must be ten below in here!". It makes me throw bottles at the screen. And then I'm depressed that I didn't cause any pain to them.
But I guess all people can't have real winters... I hate being cold. But there's just something refreshing in having a walk outside when its > -20. The sun shines and gets amplified by the snow. And everything is dead quiet. Only your boots churning on the snow, and your wheezing breath... Too bad this winter sucks. We have barely had little under -15 here so far. And no snow. God damn global warming...
Anyway. While those are impressive waves, the pictures make me feel incredibly uncomfortable. They are just reeking of "miserable". But since the gulls are still flying, the weather can't be too bad...
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Ah, but I said "This is what passes for winter where I live." :) This was actually a very damaging storm, with 70 knot winds and very heavy rains. Some major bridges (though not the Golden Gate seen here) closed as the wind was powerful enough to flip over trucks crossing them.
I grew up in Boston, anyway. I deliberately moved away from there to escape winter. Boston can sit at -20C for weeks. Not for me, thanks. :) Now I get to call Bostonians when it is -20 there and +15 here and tell them how nice out it is. ;)
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Some of those pictures are really good. Congratulations to the cameraman, places well chosen.
Mika
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Don't let my initial comment detract from the superb photography. Brilliant shots! Particularly given how quickly waves like those come and go. 70kts is 130kph roughly which is pretty strong.
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I would actually be interested in the F/# and the exposure time of these shots, along with the ISO sensitivity. Would you happen to remember?
Mika
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I'm from Edmonton. Let's not talk about winter, alrighty? =)
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ISO 400, f8, exposure time varying around 1/320.
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Here in NS we've had -15 or below for the last week.
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It is only going to be +11 here the next two days... BRRRRR.... ;)
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Here in NS we've had -15 or below for the last week.
It is only going to be +11 here the next two days... BRRRRR.... ;)
Pussy...
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I remember it was like -8 in Korea and the teacher made the kids go outside. ****ing A. We were huddling up together like penguins and trying not to die of cold.
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I thought you said you were from Singapore?
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Here in NS we've had -15 or below for the last week.
It is only going to be +11 here the next two days... BRRRRR.... ;)
Pussy...
Well said :). Come to Canada and see how well you last :P. Not Calgary though, the chinok these days has gotten our temperatures pretty warmer.
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You're from Calgary? Heh.. we spent the past 5 days at the better half's parents' place there =)
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Ha ha ha, I grew up in such conditions, Boston is just as cold and awful as Canada; I just knew to GET THE HELL OUT!!! :D
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lol.
You're from Calgary? Heh.. we spent the past 5 days at the better half's parents' place there =)
Yeah. I have an uncle in Edmonton. He's the only redshirt Calgary flames fan in the see of blue oilers :lol:
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Ha ha ha, I grew up in such conditions, Boston is just as cold and awful as Canada; I just knew to GET THE HELL OUT!!! :D
Until you have experienced -58°C WITHOUT the windchill, you do not know cold, Boston or no Boston :P
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I live near Toronto, and it hasn't been very cold recently. We had tons of snow a month ago, but now barely anything.
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I met someone from Yellowknife once, does that count?
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Notice how everyone with ****ty weather is north of the border?
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I thought you said you were from Singapore?
And I have never actually gone anywhere other than Singapore?
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Just sayin'...
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Until you have experienced -58°C WITHOUT the windchill, you do not know cold, Boston or no Boston
Though -50 temperatures tend to minimize the windchill as a side effect, not counting polar regions. Usually -25 degrees with strong wind has proved to be much worse than -40 degrees with no wind. Add some humidity by the seashore and it's also pretty cold. There are people who came from the place that usually has this -40 degrees of cold, recent minimum was -52, and they say this is worse since in their place there was no wind and the air was dry.
And speaking of feeling cold, I think even a better version is marching with the full gear in the moderate between rain and snow (I always forget this word in English, sleeze?). Then make sure temperature drops below -25 degrees in a moderate windchill in the evening after having marched the whole day and start putting up the tent. And finding some dry wood by which the heater could be warmed is always a positive thing in wet, cold and dark night...
And when you finally get to the sleeping bag in a warm tent (though windchill tends to blow still to your face - even if you are in sleeping bag), somebody wakes you up and tells its your time to go guarding. And of course the guarding persons cannot stand up, they lie on the ground. That was the night when I learnt what "cold" means. I wonder how I never got any frostbites to skin, though I suppose it came pretty close by times. The skin on the finger tips cracked several times during the service.
Ah, memories.
Though someone could write here the opposite stuff, like hell it was like +50 degrees the whole day and that was really ****! That would be something to read also.
Mika
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(I always forget this word in English, sleeze?)
Sleet.
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Aye a -25c degree day with a -45c windchill is far worse than just -45c. The difference is with -45c you CAN stay warm with the right sort of clothing (layers!) and moving around allot. Its still brutally cold but you'll feel it less because the air immediately around your body is not -45 and is being warmed by your body heat. With a windchill that layer of slightly warmer air is blown away and it makes you feel worse.
My favourite winter days are actually the decently cold -15c ones where the sun is out and the sky is a crystal blue clear color that you only get during really cold winter days. Those are the best you can hope for in my opinion. Failing that the +14c we managed here today was pretty awesome...most of the snow melted. I think next week we'll be in for a rude awakening.
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What passes for winter where I live:
25 degrees Farenheit at the coldest during the day...
Perhaps one major snowfall... :sigh:
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I almost had to put on a windbreaker today. That's kinda cold. :)
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My favourite day is between -7 and -3. Perfect for skiing.
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Ditto.
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Are you in a hilly part of Alberta? I'd love to ski at Whistler or St. Annes.
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Like i said above, i'm just outside of Calgary, so it's parries, but towards the west you get foothills, and the Canadian Olympic park. It's a really small hill that nobody likes, and it's only good for newbies and freestylers(due to the "boneyard", which just has some jumps and a half-pipe). I only skii for the speed, so i would prefer somewhere like lake Louise in the mountains.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/8Fp3fzRfp98&rel=1
(http://www.youtube.com/v/8Fp3fzRfp98&rel=1)
And a worse one hit this Christmas...
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I just ski. I do some stunts, but yeah, speed is the main draw.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/8Fp3fzRfp98&rel=1
(http://www.youtube.com/v/8Fp3fzRfp98&rel=1)
And a worse one hit this Christmas...
Your house? Either way, you are a lucky bastard. I want 2 feet of snow. :(
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Lol, yeah. what he got was nothing. I actually remember half my door covered snowed down once...
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Your house? Either way, you are a lucky bastard. I want 2 feet of snow. :(
No, not my house. IIRC, we got about that much in '06, but this year was a little more lean. Enjoyable, not the blizzard of '82 (unfortunately wasn't around then), but enjoyable. Who wants a blizzard anyway?
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Who wants a blizzard anyway?
Everyone who doesn't drive...
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I almost had to put on a windbreaker today. That's kinda cold. :)
It was a beautiful 74 F today. :D
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Are you in a hilly part of Alberta? I'd love to ski at Whistler or St. Annes.
You do know Whistler is on the west coast of BC, right? =)
Lake Louise and Sunshine are really the only worthwhile ski resorts in Alberta, and they're covered in tourists. Kicking Horse, Red Mountain, Fernie, and Whistler in BC are considerably better, though expert skiers are better off at less developed but more technical ski areas like Red and Kicking Horse... though I hear Kicking Horse has done some major infrastructure work, so the tourist floods will undoubtably follow.
Your house? Either way, you are a lucky bastard. I want 2 feet of snow.
Trust me, you don't.
One of the few things I like about Edmonton: I don't have to shovel 3 feet of snow accumulation from a single night anymore.
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Fog is the issue here. Some curious lighting effects, though:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/Random/TAP-2390.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/Random/TAP-2890.jpg)
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It hit 80 F (26.7 C) in Corpus Christi yesterday, and I am totally fine with that. I tried the whole "real winter" thing from 2000 to 2002 and have never come closer to actually contemplating arson (without leaving the building) just to finally be warm again. Temperatures in Illinois didn't actually get that low compared to what most of you guys are boasting, but it was wet. This was not the nice fluffy snow you can play in or sculpt with. This was slush that was always hovering near the phase transition point just so it could suck that extra bit of warmth out of you.
Between the cold and the sun rising and setting while I was stuck in a lab with no windows (and therefore not seeing the sun for months on end) I was rapidly becoming a prime candidate for the loony bin. You can keep your "real winter." If I can't feel the sun burning my skin, I'm too far north.
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Wow, great photography Nelson. The building looks familiar, but where are you?
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It is the Transamerica Pyramid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transamerica_Pyramid) in San Francisco. I live 10 minutes walk from it.
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Who wants a blizzard anyway?
Everyone who doesn't drive...
Everyone who doesn't want school.
Lol, yeah. what he got was nothing. I actually remember half my door covered snowed down once...
I'm doing a project on the worst storms in the Atlantic provinces, and apparently Newfoundland got 3.5 metres of snow in one day in '01!
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lol, sweet.
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Wow, great photography Nelson.
+1
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It hit 80 F (26.7 C) in Corpus Christi yesterday, and I am totally fine with that. I tried the whole "real winter" thing from 2000 to 2002 and have never come closer to actually contemplating arson (without leaving the building) just to finally be warm again. Temperatures in Illinois didn't actually get that low compared to what most of you guys are boasting, but it was wet. This was not the nice fluffy snow you can play in or sculpt with. This was slush that was always hovering near the phase transition point just so it could suck that extra bit of warmth out of you.
Between the cold and the sun rising and setting while I was stuck in a lab with no windows (and therefore not seeing the sun for months on end) I was rapidly becoming a prime candidate for the loony bin. You can keep your "real winter." If I can't feel the sun burning my skin, I'm too far north.
The lack of sun is a problem. More so for some than others. If the sun is every out on a weekend in the winter I intentionally go out and make sure I get a few minutes of it...it does wonders. Its also the only time I can go out and enjoy the sun without worrying about getting a burn :)
But yeah aside from one or two days in the last 30...haven't seen the sun. If it did come out I was at work and would never get to see it.
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Where at?