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07-26-2021, 02:53 PM | #1 |
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Poor Visibility
On top of all the rain and cool days, we are now contending with terrible air quality thanks to what I believe is smoke in the atmosphere from the fires out west. As I look across Meredith Bay toward the Weirs, visibility seems to be about one mile on what should be a beautiful sunshiny day.
If there isn't some major rain/snow over vast areas of the west over a multi-year period, we'll be seeing more and more of this. |
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It makes one wonder what would happen if the volcano under Yellowstone ever erupts...
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We came up yesterday and noticed that the closer we got the smoke was heavier. Burned our eyes and throat. Getting here it was impossible to see Meredith from the Weirs. This was better later as the lights in Meredith were visible.
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I know someone who looked at a property to buy in the California Sierras, around Grass Valley...Single family house.
They went so far as to contact insurance companies for a quote on fire insurance. AAA said they would not insure anything in that, nor surrounding, zip codes. Another insurer quoted them $14,000/year. The house was less than 100' from a hydrant and was in town...1/2 acre... They stopped looking. Here, the rains have sprouted mushrooms all over the place. I wish I knew which ones you could eat...A mycophagist I am not!
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When did a tidal wave start becoming a tsunami? lol The Japanese have their own word, we have our term. I suspect they don’t borrow our words.
(Same with flabbergasted. The British can keep gobsmacked. Never the Twain shall cross.) Now that’s off my chest … ha Sent from my iPhone using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app |
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Very Good Police Work...Arson is Hard to Prove in Court...
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He's a college professor! https://amp.sacbee.com/news/local/article253403045.html He joins 44 other California arsonists who've set this year's fires! |
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Five years in prison and a $250k fine is way too lenient. A severe example in punishment for Mr. Maynard should be a deterrent for other arsonists. I know this part of California well. These fires sadden me greatly and has caused fire insurance, in those areas, to rise to levels that are affecting home sales...Would you be willing to pay $14k/year just for insurance to live in "Paradise"?
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Hurricane and flood insurance in FL ain’t cheap either.
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Like, what is the English word/phrase for schadenfreude? You'd have to say, "person who takes pleasure in others' misfortunes." How lame. And, in the case of similar words—tsunami and tidal wave—one is going to lend itself much better to creativity and tone. Artistic license is where banality ends and craft begins. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk |
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Is this fog or lack of sun each morning still from those fires?
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Well, the fog is due primarily to the very high humidity in the present air mass. As I write this, Accuweather reports the Moultonborough dew point as being 75 F, which is considered "oppressively humid" up here (although perhaps "a nice summer day" on our gulf coast!). Still, cloud formation and ultimately rain or snow does depend strongly on atmospheric dust, particles of which serves as nucleation sites for condensation as the humid air cools as it rises high up. Plenty can be found on this. One piece is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02105-5
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For fog, the temperature and the dew point have to be the same, or pretty damn close, independent of whether or not it’s humid. Sent from my iPad using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app
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This morning's haze.
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That was my point Think. We don’t have a word for schadenfreude. We already have words for tsunami and gobsmacked. I think most people use the foreign words to sound like they’re “hip” as opposed to linguistic license. I think it also applies to fad words in English. That’s why (in my opinion) adults started saying awesome and cool no matter how ridiculous it sounded the first time.
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Well that’s just fab!
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haha I suppose back in the day it was swell and neato.
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