It's not snowing!

[Courk]

I haven't seen much rain here, more of a it-just-rained look.

[alphatango]

*steals MattV's rain and dumps it on bushfires*
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[Mackay]

[Jedo the Jedi]

Mattv, I think all the Texas people need it most. The entire state is under a burn ban. Could we have that please?

[Quailman]

81 deg. F on New Year's Day. I can't believe I had to run the AC.

[Samadhi]

You know it's because of global warming caused by those bastards making PVC pipe.
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[Jedo the Jedi]

Hey! PVC pipe is extremely necessary for shooting fireworks at each other!

Er, pretend you didn't read that.

[Courk]

Mackay, I don't think you understand what 3+ weeks of rain really is. It's not like "Oh, it rained this morning, now it's sunny." No. It's gray outside all day. The sun never comes out. Nothing ever dries. Day and night practically blend into each other.

[Chuck]

It hasn't rained in the Phoenix area for the last eleven weeks. But it's a burning desert so no one is surprised.

[wordcross]

She lived in a subtropical climate for a few months. She's knows about endless rain, ultra-high humidity, and what it's like to live in a very wet environment.

Seattle will probably feel like a somewhat colder home away from home to her
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[Courk]

rain + humidity is the endless rain in summer. Matt's talking about endless winter rain. There is no humidity, everything just feels colder. Summer rain is preferable to winter rain.

[MatthewV]

Schweeeet! Macky is moving to Kodiak!

Interestingly enough, it wasn't raining when I got up. There were stars out tonight! Woohooo!

And it got cold and the roads now have a thin glaze of ice covering them. Eeeek.

[MatthewV]

The weather in Kodiak moves slowly (sometimes). Sometime we can have a few weeks of sunny days when a high pressure zone is stuck over out heads. Sometime we get weeks of rain with the low pressure stuck over our heads.

This batch wasn't directly annoying or anything. It was just dreary. The sun sets at about 5:00 pm (dark at 5:40) but even the daytime was very bright. Everything blended together into "Yeah, I want to stay inside. Again.". Just listen to Courk.

The only thing truly predictable about our weather is that it will snow during spring break

[Samadhi]

[MatthewV]

I don't think it got about 45°F during those weeks. That is part of the difference.

[Samadhi]

I'm not sure what your point is. Raining? 45F? Much better than raining and 45C.
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[Courk]

No. It's not. Summer rain - you can do stuff. Winter rain - OMG, it's still raining.

[worm]

holy crap 45C and raining? when does that happen? i think that sounds worse than winter rain, courk. and go to bed:)

[MatthewV]

I think -45°C and raining would be worse and almost as unlikely.

[Samadhi]

It was a nice juxtiposition. It would rain all the time in Pensacola and especially Guam when it was 35-40 C. Even if the rain doesn't hit you, you're soaked. Courk, that just sucks sucks sucks. Whereas in winter rain, hello, umbrella.
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[MatthewV]

I will agree that a cold rainy day isn't bad in itself. However, a long stretch of this type of weather (like three weeks) really wears people out. It no longer is a physical problem of "this isn't pleasant" to wearing out the mind.

I need a "white post" because of the way I set up things.

[MatthewV]

See? See? My made up data says it all.

[alphatango]

[Mackay]

[MatthewV]

[alphatango]

*nods in agreement with Mackay*

Right. Backup plan #41283 for world domination: Build weather machine, make it rain at around 2°C for a month, wait for population to kill themselves. Use army of zombies to kill any of these "error margin" people who refuse to acknowledge my purple monstery supremacy.
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[Courk]

Hot and humid still means you can swim and be outside. I guess we'll just have to disagree on this point.

[worm]

[Mackay]

[Mackay]

I still don't get why rain is considered depressing. I love it.

worm, I would not trust myself with sleeping pills or nightly alcohol, for fear I would become reliant upon them to help me sleep. My family has enough drug addicts and alcoholics as it is. =)

In any case, there are two things near-guaranteed to help me sleep without help from any substances. The sound of rain outside my window is one of them. =)

[worm]

depends on the rain. it can be very refreshing, especially if you don't get it that often. and yeah, it's good for sleeping. thunderstorms and lightning are fun to watch.

but grey skies and rain for days on end can be pretty depressing.

there are other, more natural and healthier ways than pills and drinking...they were just the first that came to mind go get some valerian root or ask aga.

[Samadhi]

I'm with you mackay. I love rain....when it doesn't make everything miserably muggy. I don't see how anyone can say they prefer 90F+ with 95+ humidity unless they've never experienced it.
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[worm]

[Samadhi]

Dry heat is much more tolerable than wet heat. I grew up in Fresno CA and it easily gets over 110 in the summer. Hot but you can sweat and actually accomplish something. However, I'd rather have a month of rain than a month of 100-110 heat. I can see that coming down to personal preference, but not the mugginess/rain debate.
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[Jedo the Jedi]

The thing about Amarillo is that it's a desert. The same is probably true for where Chuck is at. It can be 100+ degrees here during the day, but it's dry and there is a lot of wind. Then, come night time, it's down to 60 degrees. Pretty nice exchange compared to the muggy east Texas.

[Chuck]

I've gone jogging on days when it was 110°F and the humidity was under 10%. I have a 2 mile limit on those days, though. If I try to go much farther I start to feel lightheaded and sometimes mildly nauseous.

[wordcross]

my preferences in order:
1) Mild and Dry
2) Cold and Dry
3) Mild and perpetually rainy
4) Hot and Dry
5) Mild and humid
6) Cold and perpetually rainy
7) Cold and humid
8) Hot and perpetually rainy
9) Hot and humid

If you cannot tell, i despise humidity.
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[Jedo the Jedi]

What about wind? You didn't factor that in there. For myself, I'll take hot or cold dry, but if there is wind during the cold time, give me humid.

[Keenan]

spam

[alphatango]

Spam in a current thread? Keenan obviously has no respect for the grand traditions of GL spam.
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