Luftwaffles Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Shorts and t-shirt weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Snow day! Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 You might get another one next week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) Snow day yesterday and tomorrow! Which means I just have to work from home. Having a job that's mostly research and writing sucks sometimes. Edited February 4, 2014 by Mr. GOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Ordinarily I wouldn't have the day off really, but I had the whole day marked out for a hearing and the court's closed. And knowing I had the hearing scheduled I got everything else I might have needed to do done yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 What sort of hearing? I have never had an entire day cleared for a single hearing (unless trials are considered hearings). I mean, the weather forecast for tomorrow prompted adjournments of two federal conferences and a state court hearing, all of which I was scheduled to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) Well I actually just had the afternoon cleared for the hearing itself (preliminary hearing), I had the morning for preparing for it (reviewing the security video evidence, police reports, talking with my client, etc). The videos are the main thing, they're quite lengthy, and the prosecutor here likes to play the entire things. *Edit* - And I actually did go in to work for a couple hours this morning, but left at about 10. No one else was there, including the secretaries. Edited February 4, 2014 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Ah, didn't realize you do crim law. Lengthy hearings and review makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yeah, on the civil side I almost never have a hearing that takes more than a few minutes, though sometimes I have to wait around for awhile before the judge gets to my case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 How's the weather? Astronomical. http://www.johnloganphoto.com/out-and-about/shooting-the-northern-lights/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26378027 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Fucking beautiful sunny winter day in Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mal Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Guess the weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 LA drivers are psychotic in the rain, and the roads drain like a toilet after a mega-turd and a full roll of TP. Glendale has the worst of them, though. They are maniacs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) Well I was going to guess the weather was "car accident", but based on Rev's comment I guess it's rain? Why would rain cause so many wrecks? I get that it makes the roads a little slicker, but it's not like it's ice or anything. Here it's been raining almost continuously for about two weeks now, with at least another 10 days to go according to the forecast. I'm ready for the dry season. *Edit - By "almost continuously" I mean almost every day, not literally continuously. This isn't Rock-a-Doodle. Edited May 15, 2015 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 I think there are more accidents not because cars are literally falling off the road, but due to reduced visibility and miscalculating increased stopping distances etc. Somewhat related a moment of wonder re: Weather/Climate. In a word... Energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yeah, it's not that there are more wrecks, it's that there are apparently SO MANY. Although I guess LA has millions and millions of people, so it's really not all that many now that I think about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Last year's winter was forecast to be a really wet one due to El Nino. It didn't pan out... until this year. I haven't seen consistent rain (at least weekly) in 5-7 years and I'm currently in So Cal. Central and Northern California is getting hammered by ~weekly atmospheric river fed storms. So Cal just gets the edge of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Is the drought only in the south or all of California? Is this enough rain to help or I guess it would need to be more long-term. Speaking of weather*, we had what would charitably called snow on Christmas Day. The thing is I did really want it to be snow. I guess everyone thinks of snow as Christmassy because of Christmas cards and films etc. but I wonder if the UK is one of the few places that wishes for it. Most places won't have a chance and many others get a load of snow all winter so it's just the same as every other day around it. I think it's the rarity/uncertainty/hope that makes it a big deal here. *though I wish this thread was still alive for chit chat rather than random thoughts, random things which I feel has a more specific purpose than that even though it's random Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 As of the new year, it's predominately in Central to Southern California. All this rain helps refill reservoirs outside the Sierra (everywhere other than eastern most California) but as you can see in advisory, the snow level with the current storm is high and with a lot of rain. It can melt a lot of the Sierra's snow which stores all the water for the summer months for farming and other uses. Could mean bad business if next winter is dry or if all the storms dry up for the rest of this winter. As of right now, the government is concerned with major flooding. Doesn't help there's another atmospheric river (AR) system on the way... For reference, a normal storm is kind that comes with the kind of storm fronts you get in the UK, just out here in the western United States. Fun fact: This sort of system has a bigger brother where multiple strong storms (like the current storm) stall out and dump rain for over a month. It's referred to an ARkStorm scenario. It would essentially turn the Central Valley into a big lake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 It's referred to an ARkStorm scenario. It would essentially turn the Central Valley into a big lake. Well at least then the drought would be over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Hey guys, want to see a modern dam failure in the US of A looks like? Even if the dam holds till it's drawn down enough, we got another round of storms coming Thursday till about Sunday. The emergency spillway is on its knees right now and the coming storms might blow it out. The damaged spillway can be used since the core of the hill is rock but that too can erode when you have to blast water out at max. What cannot happen is that the main dam being over topped. Allowing that to happen would be... bad. You'd get the worse case scenario as outlined in the maps in the article. 100+ feet of water at deepest. And the river it goes to connects to the Sacramento River and all of its levees. Heh. STAY FRESH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 Might as well show the aftermath. https://imgur.com/gallery/mpUge(Before, the beginning and aftermath of the problem till Feb 28th) https://imgur.com/gallery/6IyCi(March 1st Update) I would embed but they're mp4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 Oh fuck. I opened them up back to front, damage already looked in the "oh fuck" levels, but then seeing the humans for scale against the main spillway and it's "oh....that's...not good at all". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 26, 2017 Report Share Posted May 26, 2017 It's hot guys. It's gotten too hot too fast. I am not prepared. Already had the fun "oh yeah, warm weather means more water" headache yesterday. I can see a large blue thing above me. It's unnatural! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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