Something I've not seen before here in AZ...

Looking out, I noticed the pool looked odd this morning, went out
(7:40AM, presently 30°F)...

A thin skim of ice on the eastern half!

...Jim Thompson
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
Something I've not seen before here in AZ...

Looking out, I noticed the pool looked odd this morning, went out
(7:40AM, presently 30°F)...

A thin skim of ice on the eastern half!

...Jim Thompson
I heard that they had significant ice storms in Texas that brought down
power transmission lines. There was one account that South Texas was getting
electric power from Mexico till the lines were fixed.
Oppie

On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:44:06 -0500, "Oppie"
wrote:



"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
Something I've not seen before here in AZ...

Looking out, I noticed the pool looked odd this morning, went out
(7:40AM, presently 30°F)...

A thin skim of ice on the eastern half!

...Jim Thompson
I heard that they had significant ice storms in Texas that brought down
power transmission lines. There was one account that South Texas was getting
electric power from Mexico till the lines were fixed.
Oppie

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We lost phone service in Austin, on Wednesday, and had to patch into
the Mexican phone company, Taco Bell, for a while.

---
JF

On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:08:38 -0600, John Fields
wrote:

On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:44:06 -0500, "Oppie"
wrote:



"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
Something I've not seen before here in AZ...

Looking out, I noticed the pool looked odd this morning, went out
(7:40AM, presently 30°F)...

A thin skim of ice on the eastern half!

...Jim Thompson
I heard that they had significant ice storms in Texas that brought down
power transmission lines. There was one account that South Texas was getting
electric power from Mexico till the lines were fixed.
Oppie

---
We lost phone service in Austin, on Wednesday, and had to patch into
the Mexican phone company, Taco Bell, for a while.

---
JF

Sno-o-o-ort ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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On 04/02/11 14:41, Jim Thompson wrote:
Something I've not seen before here in AZ...

Looking out, I noticed the pool looked odd this morning, went out
(7:40AM, presently 30°F)...

A thin skim of ice on the eastern half!

I've heard the Romans and Arabs used to make ice by exposing water to
the desert sky at night, covering it in the day. After a few days'
cycling it had radiated enough heat into the clear desert sky to freeze.
Doesn't work in areas where there are clouds at night.

John Fields wrote:

On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:44:06 -0500, "Oppie"
wrote:



"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
Something I've not seen before here in AZ...

Looking out, I noticed the pool looked odd this morning, went out
(7:40AM, presently 30°F)...

A thin skim of ice on the eastern half!

...Jim Thompson
I heard that they had significant ice storms in Texas that brought down
power transmission lines. There was one account that South Texas was getting
electric power from Mexico till the lines were fixed.
Oppie

---
We lost phone service in Austin, on Wednesday, and had to patch into
the Mexican phone company, Taco Bell, for a while.


That joke has no meat to it. ;-)


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You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a band-aid on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

flipper wrote in
:

Yeah, the whole rolling blackouts and power from Mexico thing is
becoming a scandal because there were a large, currently unexplained,
number of generating plants down state wide.



Hmm....wonder how many of South Carolina's control rods are above 50% out?

Only a hurricane puts us in the dark......
Idiots still don't get the idea of burying the wires.

"Nemo" wrote in message
...
I've heard the Romans and Arabs used to make ice by exposing water to
the desert sky at night, covering it in the day. After a few days'
cycling it had radiated enough heat into the clear desert sky to freeze.
Doesn't work in areas where there are clouds at night.

Earth gives off heat at night. Clouds reflect the heat back so it will not
cool down as fast. Clear skies allow the earth to radiate its heat more
readily.

Desert nights can get exceedingly cold with their cloudless skies. (this
according to an Egyptian friend and neighbor).

flipper wrote:

On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:08:38 -0600, John Fields
wrote:

On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:44:06 -0500, "Oppie"
wrote:



"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
Something I've not seen before here in AZ...

Looking out, I noticed the pool looked odd this morning, went out
(7:40AM, presently 30°F)...

A thin skim of ice on the eastern half!

...Jim Thompson
I heard that they had significant ice storms in Texas that brought down
power transmission lines. There was one account that South Texas was getting
electric power from Mexico till the lines were fixed.
Oppie

---
We lost phone service in Austin, on Wednesday, and had to patch into
the Mexican phone company, Taco Bell, for a while.

---
JF

LOL

Hey, better be nice to Mexico, and Canada too, because after Obama and
his companion progressive/socialist loons in Congress get finished
decimating every economically viable energy source in this country
we'll be begging them both for power.

We may have a better chance with Mexico since 2/3's of their
population will be up here by then and we can appeal on the grounds of
servicing their own nationals.


We'll need a lot more grease racks to service them. I hope we have
enough spare parts! ;-)


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You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a band-aid on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

"Jim Thompson" wrote
in message ...
Something I've not seen before here in AZ...

Looking out, I noticed the pool looked odd this morning, went out
(7:40AM, presently 30°F)...

A thin skim of ice on the eastern half!

...Jim Thompson

I was out last nite and seen a sheen on the snow in front of the house.
Rain saturated snow, now frozen.
Stepped on top and walked around on 3' of snow. The last winter that
was like this was many moons ago.

Cheers

Oppie wrote:
"Nemo" wrote in message

I've heard the Romans and Arabs used to make ice by exposing water to
the desert sky at night, covering it in the day. After a few days'
cycling it had radiated enough heat into the clear desert sky to freeze.
Doesn't work in areas where there are clouds at night.

Earth gives off heat at night. Clouds reflect the heat back so it will not
cool down as fast. Clear skies allow the earth to radiate its heat more
readily.

So why is the Church of Warmingism so obssessed with CO2? Are they afraid
they won't be able to tax clouds?

Desert nights can get exceedingly cold with their cloudless skies. (this
according to an Egyptian friend and neighbor).

Well, it's just been corroborated by someone who lives in the LA area -
it's actually desert, it's just heavily irrigated.

Cheers!
Rich

Fred wrote:
flipper wrote in

Yeah, the whole rolling blackouts and power from Mexico thing is
becoming a scandal because there were a large, currently unexplained,
number of generating plants down state wide.

Hmm....wonder how many of South Carolina's control rods are above 50% out?

Only a hurricane puts us in the dark......
Idiots still don't get the idea of burying the wires.

In 1969/1970 (or so), I was stationed at Shaw AFB, SC, near Sumter, which
the locals call "Scumter," about 50 mi. east of Columbia. We got TWO INCHES
of snow, and the whole state was virtually paralyzed. The other guys in the
shop mentioned all the cars in the ditch. Evidently, SCians dosn't have
much experience driving in snow.

I grew up in Minnesota, and I've had a front-wheel drive car; I laugh at
6" of snow[1], unless, of course, it's on top of an inch of black ice, and
the road slopes downhill. =:-O

Cheers!
Rich

[1] Shoveling out from under 2' of snow, however, is no laughing matter.