Thanks, Claes. Would it be bad for the computer to be plugged in, but not turned on? I'm a complete technical ignoramus.
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Thanks, Claes. Would it be bad for the computer to be plugged in, but not turned on? I'm a complete technical ignoramus.
I think it is dangerous if the computer is on...though I suppose if the socket got damage, it could at least damage the plug. The main problem with us is that we have brown outs during storms, and that isn't too healthy for a computer.
It may depend on where you live on how dangerous the weather is. Lightening does touch down frequently here. In fact, there is spot in the road in between my house and a neighbor's where the lightening frequently hits. We do have several cases a year of people getting struck by lightening.
For myself, I was scared from the thought of "singing in the rain" by all the tales of tales I heard growing up about how lightening just loves to smote fair-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian children...particularly girls.
I'd never heard the term "brown out" for a power failure.
Well... okay. How strange is that? But my mother generally keeps me indoors during storms, or I would be striding the fields (no moors here) like Lokessnna.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
I love the rain and cold weather, I always go outside to play with my son or just to sit in the pouring rain. there hasn't been a real storm with thunder and lightnings for years now I think.. (but I think our new years eve gets really close to it though)
Just make sure you have it plugged into a power strip with a surge protector built in rather than straight into the wall. The only time I had a bad surge, it melted the strip, but all my electronics were fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by L.M. The Third
Brown outs aren't power failures exactly. It is a power hiccup. It doesn't go off totally, but it dims or fluctuates. That can actually be worse for electronics sometimes than it going off totally.
Mid-September and it's still 96F.
It's about 10-12C today - not too bad :)
Cold and cloudy
It finally stopped snowing, we only got like 6 cm thankfully!
I can't wait for the winter to be over so I can start complaining about the heat and waiting for winter to arrive again.
It's rainy and gross, but at least it's warm.
It's been actually pleasant today, for a change. So very tired of cold and snow.
Cloudy and cold. it seems to have been cloudy and cold for the past two months. Yet the birds were singing in the trees today - it was a veritable symphony of tweeting. Yes, Spring is around the corner.
Freezing, -33. Could be worse though, it's supposed to get to -47 this week which is insane. That's arctic circle temperatures.
It was actually somewhat nice. You know it's bad when you think 40 degrees Fahrenheit is warm...I'm so ready for spring. I just checked the weather, and it says snow showers on Sunday :(
Goodness, snow is so depressing.
What a blessing is the Gulf stream, or else we'd be in the same boat. We're on the same latitude as part of Canada, but get much milder weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
It's been raining here all day - rubbish.
Seriously, I can't believe we haven't got a weather thread. What do you talk about when you have nothing else better to say?
It has been unseasonably warm in Montreal lately, still floating above 0 most days.
The wind has not been kind this fall. I live on a tree-loaded street, and when there's a heavy wind blowing mostly south to north (especially with a lean toward east), most of the leaves end up by me. I've now filled 20 bags this season thanks to a few especially windy periods, and the last couple of days have left another load waiting for me to buy more bags. Only plus: Sandy's winds blew north to south, so the folks down the block got those.
Been raining all week here, but it always does. Damp and cold and no heating anywhere. Most people live their daily lives wearing jackets everywhere, including in their own homes. I am not yet accustomed to this.
It's horrible, I mean how much rain is there up there?
In the South East of England we have had masses of rain and recently some terrific winds but we are relatively fortunate weather wise compared to other parts of the country where flooding has been a major preoccupation this year. Temperature wise it's not too bad at the moment but the population, including myself, has switched to wearing black which is traditionally associated with Winter and seems to automatically happen round about mid November. It never occurred to me before but I wonder if other parts of the UK also wear dark clothing during the wintertime.
Unfortunately, it's dry and wonderful here, point being, we recently went through a drought that is one for the history books (summer of 2011) and so far the only significant amount of rain we received was this past spring. Typically October and November are wet months for us, but not this year.
I worry about the trees even though they are tolerant native species, I am seeing the signs of stress.
Maybe December will prove to be a wetter month.
It’s cold and a fine drizzly evening here.
We're two days away from summer but had a freak storm come through yesterday. Winds were in excess of 125km. Trees, roofs and fences came down and approx 50,000 people are without power. Amazing Mother Nature. This morning, she's still blowing a gale and lashing rain like it was the middle of winter. While the rest of the country is jumping into their swimming pools, I'm digging out my winter woolies! Freaky.
70 degrees in Chicago in December. Only the third time that's happened since record-keeping started in 1871.
37c today with thunderstorms. tomorrow 20c. Phenomenal drop in temperature here in Western Australia since the raging storm swept through last week.
26c and blowing a gale. We had a drop in temp here as well from the 35c on the weekend New South Wales weather for you.
Snow, snow, snow!!!!!
:willy_nilly:
This thread made me think of the weather forecast when they come out with warning signs like:
DANGER: SNOW
or
DANCER: ICE
and so I wondered is the weather dangerous or is it the people that are?
The answer to the OP:
''how is the weather''
appropriately might be:
''the weather is dangerous''. :smilewinkgrin:
Minus 9
79 F and sunny
the weather is asleep haha.
About -2 and snow....
why does it always greys in London. It muse be to do with the amount of radiation in the atmosphere.
Indeed.
I'm sick of the weather this year, totally sick of it. Can't get out of the house to bike ride or play tennis. Heavy snow predicted for tomorrow and Saturday too.
Hi Neely. I brave it all come rain or sun. my bike takes it all and I enjoy it. if the weather can't come to us one must go to it. It could only love us for it,Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
I shan't shunt from the weather and it will not shunt from me come rain or sun. it should throw surprises too if we upraise it too:)
We are quite lucky with regard to snow down here as the South East, although not immune , does manage to avoid the worst of it. But the rain and constant grey skies week in and out are immensely depressing. That's why I tend to hibernate in winter by sleeping as long as possible. If I were rich enough I would have houses in different parts of the world and follow the sun with the intention of never spending a single day under cloudy skies. That's why I could never understand why very wealthy people stay here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Why be miserable when you could be contented?
Yes I said the same thing this morning in the staff room with my back pressed against the radiator. I would be off for five month of the year at least. It just seems to have been the longest winter this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
It is a noble attitude Cacian and probably better than moaning, however last week I took my new bike out for a ride and was absolutely freezing. I had two pairs of gloves on and four layers including two coats and couldn't feel my hands. That's not fun. Tomorrow's snow means that I'm walked to work again and walking back, no doubt dodging snowballs each way. It's supposed to be spring. This time last year it was 20 degrees, this week has been down to -5 at times. We are coming up to about 6 months solid of grey skies, rain, snow, ice, cold etc, etc and I'm just really sick of it. I forgot what the sun looks like.
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Originally Posted by Neely
One of the reasons why it seems so long is because, apart from about 3 weeks, we didn't get any sun last summer and suffered the wettest one on record.
If people don't get enough sunshine in the summer months it lays them low for the rest of the year.