.... The Fireball is acoming ..... Drumcondra 6.00am - 6 January 2018






ROCKMAN

Jeez...if we could just split the difference it would be luvly!

..... No No..... we don't need no stinking snow



ROCKMAN

Hey! We’d both be at 21C. I’m pretty sure there would be beer ...

mmmmmmmmmm .... in that case i'll mention it to the leader....



ROCKMAN

I think that’s the official symbol for ‘It’s too cold for this shite.’

Allansford -- 9.15pm ----- 6 January 2018



ROCKMAN

^^^^^ THAT is gorgeous! ^^^^^

It's considerably warmer here today...
but lighting with snow just so we don't get too comfortable yet.

We're a balmy 18 degrees and climbing. Should be in the low 40's later this week with rain. It's good things will melt off a bit, but with rain comes refreeze at night and the wonderful black ice. Have to sneak in a car wash before we get another Artic Blast!

These are required, under law, between December first
and March last here in Sweden. Winter tires:

These things comes in handy too: Engine- and cabin heaters:

Not to forget this one:

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Stoneage
These are required, under law, between December first
and March last here in Sweden. Winter tires:

We get a fine if we're using them in Norway

So, you have to use these instead?
They can't be very effective north of Oslo?

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Stoneage
So, you have to use these instead?
They can't be very effective north of Oslo?

They're all right. Requires a different driving style, though..

-10,5 C. Half a meter snow depth. Snow crystals shining on top. Just beautiful. Like winter should be in this part of the world (Northern Sweden).

Peace and calmness ..... Stingaree Bay -- 5.45am -- 11 January 2018



ROCKMAN

Somebody is messing with the thermostat. Six days ago, we hit a record low temperature for that date of -23C. Today we have hit a record high of +12C. Lovely cold drizzle on top of the snow and ice and salt. Make up your mind! (C’mon, spring!)

After last months massive Thomas Fire - which eventually became the largest wildfire in California history - there was a deluge of rain the other night...up to 10 inches in an hour!!!
The heavy rain took it's toll on the burned out mountains, and disaster struck in Montecito about 20 miles north of where I live.
Up to 17 people have perished and there's still some missing in the aftermath...very sad.

From the L.A. Times: Death toll rises to 17 in Montecito; 100 homes destroyed by mudslides

From the Daily Mail: Seventeen dead, 24 missing

From CNN: California mudslide survivors recall when the 'mud came in an instant'

Yesterday and today the weather has been as beautiful as can be (warm and sunny), and will stay this way for the next week or so with the possibility of more rain coming after that.

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Highway 101 (Ventura Highway) linking Ventura to Santa Barbara - a main scenic coastal thoroughfare for commuters and tourists - has been flooded and closed until Monday:

Pacific Ocean to the right:




What looks like a river below is actually the freeway:


Videos from KSBY News:

Highway 101 shut down by mudslide in southern Santa Barbara County




Highway 101 closure adds hours to drivers' commutes




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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......



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Devastating stuff Hairball. It’s been a bad couple months down there. Hang tough.

at 6 a.m. in Brooklyn, CT it was 61, at 11 a.m.the temp was 34 brrrr.

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Thanks for the forecast - I'll be in Ventura tonight for the Waddy show!

It sure been a cold, cold winter...

Freezing rain, sleet and snow expected today along the Gulf Coast.

This has been a horrible winter - and we're only halfway through January.

Sunday it will be 70F.

At least a METEOR brightened things up around here last night.
This morning:

50 cm snow yesterday, and it keeps snowing. People went cross country-skiing to work yesterday

~original

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Thanks to all for your encouragement,good vibes and thoughts,see you on the other side of this mess,as soon as we have internet will let you know how we fared,Peace and Love to all..Roland
And please also keep our brothers and sisters in Mexico in our thoughts,is pretty bad over there also...................

[iorr.org]

Hey ROPENI,
we are still holding your seat and keeping your beer cold for you... come back soon!

Good thoughts and positive vibes still being sent you way... and to everyone in PR

Today in Holland.......................

[www.youtube.com]

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Today in Holland.......................

[www.youtube.com]

Wow!!! So that is real?
I saw on another website several posts and images/footage and decided it had to be the joke dujour... it is kind of a silly website that focuses on silly stuff and then builds on it, so I have learned to ignore some of it as BS... but DAYAM!!!

If this is real... what in the world is going on?
I saw one picture of roof flapping and then blowing off, an old old roof...
all several other freeky things, almost unreal.

But looking at Windy https:/ /www.windy.com if it was real... it seems to have calmed down.


Dang internet, there is no telling what is real or not these days
(e.g. according the internet it is a good idea to eat laundry detergent) so... who knows...



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