The Weather Thread - Page 9

Butterfield · May 16th, 2007, 04:32 AM

It's just a bonus when it's sunny in the mountains.

Rain makes mountains look even more impressive in a way, just so different to when it's clear. It also keeps the people indoors which makes you feel like you're the only person for miles and miles. And the waterfalls are bigger.

I'm just describing my perfect day in the Lake District or Highlands of Scotland. Or Austria when I finally get there!

eusebius · May 16th, 2007, 04:36 AM

I would assume you'd appreciate the roman/Italian parts of Switzerland better. Austria is more convenient as it's flatter. Switzerland is like the Lake District, yet with far steeper valleys and mountain ranges.

Butterfield · May 16th, 2007, 04:41 AM

I just want to go somewhere with mountains where the people speak German - a mild obsession of mine.

How is Austria "flatter"? I've been to Leukerbad in the German-speaking part of Switzerland on a day trip from Chamonix. I soooooo want to go back to the Alps.

eusebius · May 16th, 2007, 04:55 AM

Austria's Tirol mountain range is in the south-west. Yet apart from that area, Austria is flatter.

No worry! Switzerland's main tongue is German, or to be correct schwyzerdütsch. Nothing to do with Dutch. Just more proof of the idiocy of the word Dutch as it exists in the English language.

Kara · May 16th, 2007, 05:25 AM

Butterfield, you should come to America. Here in Tennessee we have mountains and good weather and we obviously speak English (but it's a little different so that makes it kind of exotic, right?). One of the days I'm really, honestly going to post my photos of the mountains. Who knows when though? I'm a busy (read: lazy) girl.

Noostairz · May 16th, 2007, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JackSwan

i love dancing naked in the rain!!

fucking hell! bit too much information there jacky boy!

Butterfield · May 16th, 2007, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kara

Butterfield, you should come to America. Here in Tennessee we have mountains and good weather and we obviously speak English (but it's a little different so that makes it kind of exotic, right?). One of the days I'm really, honestly going to post my photos of the mountains. Who knows when though? I'm a busy (read: lazy) girl.

Well Kara, it's been one of my ambitions for years now to see some American mountains! When me and my brother visited New York in 2003 I was desperate to drive somewhere to see at least a few hills in the countryside but as it turned out we were unable to rent a car so we were a bit stuck in the city.

I've actually looked at the mountains of Tennessee in the past, around the area where the infamous Dollywood is!

It does look nice round there though. I'm no mountain climber as such, I just love the scenery and the beautiful walks.

Kara · May 17th, 2007, 05:06 AM

Funny you mentioned Dollywood. As I was just telling a friend, Dolly Parton is giving a concert at the minor league baseball stadium about five minutes from my house in a few days.

Noostairz · May 25th, 2007, 01:41 AM

disgusting, muggy, sticky, still, cloudy, miserable weather. can't sleep - sweating my nads off. who wants a fight?

edit: according to the bbc it'll be 23 tomorrow in london, then 18 on saturday, 13 on monday, and 13 on tuesday. so from unseasonably warm and stuffy to actually quite cold for the time of year. interesting. not as interesting as pornography though.

Noostairz · May 25th, 2007, 02:08 AM

and in (HMP) sydney, "'straya", where they're just about to enter winter, the forecast is for crisp, chilly sunny days, with temperatures only getting as high as the low twenties celcius this weekend - let's just hope they remember to wrap up warm and throw a few extra blankets on the bed.

seriously, no one up for that fight?

JackSwan · May 25th, 2007, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edennewstairs

all this sticky weather makes me want to engage in my forbidden pleasure: sniffing grannies! that slight waft of disinfectant...ohhh, baby.

you disgust me.

Noostairz · May 25th, 2007, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JackSwan

you disgust me.

NothingBetterToDo · May 25th, 2007, 03:00 AM

Tis' quite muggy tonight - gonna be another uncomfortable night i think

Erebus555 · May 25th, 2007, 01:24 PM

I realised why it was so hot last night for me, I left the radiator on at full blast

up the tigers · May 26th, 2007, 12:30 PM

Much more comfortable now though but i suppose we have to pay for it with the much cooler days. Especially when the rest of eastern Europe is having a heatwave. By Wednesday Helsinki is forecast 25 and Moscow a scorching 38. Back home we could struggle to get out of single figures tomorrow.

Erebus555 · May 26th, 2007, 03:32 PM

We've got some mammatus clouds here at the moment. Very impressive and spooky.

Erebus555 · May 26th, 2007, 04:21 PM

I took some pictures. It really was a beautiful sight and they are quite rare to see around my area. Right now, in the distance, is an absolutely massive cumulonimbus cloud as well but it is too far to get something good out of it.

Anyway, here are the pictures, some have been 'enhanced' using Picasa to give them that eerie effect. I'll separate the two lots so you can tell the difference.

Original photographs:

Enhanced versions (very noisy):

Beautiful clouds, eh?

***Medo*** · May 26th, 2007, 04:47 PM

If I ever saw clouds like that in real life I would dig a hole in the ground and hide in it until they pass.

Erebus555 · May 26th, 2007, 04:50 PM

Well, apparently, they usually form before a tornado forms, so maybe digging a hole is the best idea. But they also form for no known reason at all.

Noostairz · May 26th, 2007, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erebus555

We've got some mammatus clouds here at the moment. Very impressive and spooky.

mammatus clouds over nebraska:

May 16th, 2007, 05:25 AM	#165
Kara fight for your mind Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tennessee (bah!) Posts: 3,699 Likes (Received): 0	Butterfield, you should come to America. Here in Tennessee we have mountains and good weather and we obviously speak English (but it's a little different so that makes it kind of exotic, right?). One of the days I'm really, honestly going to post my photos of the mountains. Who knows when though? I'm a busy (read: lazy) girl. __________________ "I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it."

May 17th, 2007, 05:06 AM	#168
Kara fight for your mind Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tennessee (bah!) Posts: 3,699 Likes (Received): 0	Funny you mentioned Dollywood. As I was just telling a friend, Dolly Parton is giving a concert at the minor league baseball stadium about five minutes from my house in a few days. __________________ "I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it."

May 25th, 2007, 03:00 AM	#173
NothingBetterToDo Better To Do Nothing Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 10,536 Likes (Received): 1	Tis' quite muggy tonight - gonna be another uncomfortable night i think __________________ My Pictures: London - Amsterdam - Copenhagen - Berlin - Oslo - Bergen - Prague - Dublin

May 25th, 2007, 01:24 PM	#174
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	I realised why it was so hot last night for me, I left the radiator on at full blast __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

May 26th, 2007, 03:32 PM	#176
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	We've got some mammatus clouds here at the moment. Very impressive and spooky. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

May 16th, 2007, 04:32 AM	#161
Butterfield lime-hating shrublet Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Leyland Posts: 18,542 Likes (Received): 218	It's just a bonus when it's sunny in the mountains. Rain makes mountains look even more impressive in a way, just so different to when it's clear. It also keeps the people indoors which makes you feel like you're the only person for miles and miles. And the waterfalls are bigger. I'm just describing my perfect day in the Lake District or Highlands of Scotland. Or Austria when I finally get there!

May 16th, 2007, 04:36 AM	#162
eusebius BANNED Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Trumpton-upon-Ravon Posts: 7,752 Likes (Received): 0	I would assume you'd appreciate the roman/Italian parts of Switzerland better. Austria is more convenient as it's flatter. Switzerland is like the Lake District, yet with far steeper valleys and mountain ranges.

May 16th, 2007, 04:41 AM	#163
Butterfield lime-hating shrublet Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Leyland Posts: 18,542 Likes (Received): 218	I just want to go somewhere with mountains where the people speak German - a mild obsession of mine. How is Austria "flatter"? I've been to Leukerbad in the German-speaking part of Switzerland on a day trip from Chamonix. I soooooo want to go back to the Alps.

May 16th, 2007, 04:55 AM	#164
eusebius BANNED Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Trumpton-upon-Ravon Posts: 7,752 Likes (Received): 0	Austria's Tirol mountain range is in the south-west. Yet apart from that area, Austria is flatter. No worry! Switzerland's main tongue is German, or to be correct schwyzerdütsch. Nothing to do with Dutch. Just more proof of the idiocy of the word Dutch as it exists in the English language.

May 25th, 2007, 01:41 AM	#169
Noostairz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Transatlantic Posts: 10,012 Likes (Received): 1	disgusting, muggy, sticky, still, cloudy, miserable weather. can't sleep - sweating my nads off. who wants a fight? edit: according to the bbc it'll be 23 tomorrow in london, then 18 on saturday, 13 on monday, and 13 on tuesday. so from unseasonably warm and stuffy to actually quite cold for the time of year. interesting. not as interesting as pornography though.

May 25th, 2007, 02:08 AM	#170
Noostairz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Transatlantic Posts: 10,012 Likes (Received): 1	and in (HMP) sydney, "'straya", where they're just about to enter winter, the forecast is for crisp, chilly sunny days, with temperatures only getting as high as the low twenties celcius this weekend - let's just hope they remember to wrap up warm and throw a few extra blankets on the bed. seriously, no one up for that fight?

May 26th, 2007, 12:30 PM	#175
up the tigers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kingston Upon Hull Posts: 3,291 Likes (Received): 0	Much more comfortable now though but i suppose we have to pay for it with the much cooler days. Especially when the rest of eastern Europe is having a heatwave. By Wednesday Helsinki is forecast 25 and Moscow a scorching 38. Back home we could struggle to get out of single figures tomorrow.

May 26th, 2007, 04:21 PM	#177
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	I took some pictures. It really was a beautiful sight and they are quite rare to see around my area. Right now, in the distance, is an absolutely massive cumulonimbus cloud as well but it is too far to get something good out of it. Anyway, here are the pictures, some have been 'enhanced' using Picasa to give them that eerie effect. I'll separate the two lots so you can tell the difference. Original photographs: Enhanced versions (very noisy): Beautiful clouds, eh? __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

May 26th, 2007, 04:47 PM	#178
*Medo* Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London Posts: 18,436 Likes (Received): 108	If I ever saw clouds like that in real life I would dig a hole in the ground and hide in it until they pass. __________________ If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. -Voltaire

May 26th, 2007, 04:50 PM	#179
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	Well, apparently, they usually form before a tornado forms, so maybe digging a hole is the best idea. But they also form for no known reason at all. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

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