Weather where you are?

[Dellortoman]

This is my area. We were ready to evacuate but the river stayed within the banks here. Major flooding a few kilometers up the valley. No phones or internet for nearly a week in the district and roads closed in all directions. Cash only for supplies and fuel.

I'm really glad you're OK and still have a house Andy. Those mud images are truly distressing. I can only try to imagine the trauma of those poor buggers who whose lives are buried under a million tons of mud. Water damage is bad enough, but water eventually recedes and you can begin to re-claim your life. Being buried under sediment is a whole different level of awfulness. Shifting of that much sediment is a massive geological event. It's a permanent change to that part of the country.

 

[helicopterjim]

Was just watching a news report that the Vancouver area of BC has been colder and has more snow than average. Somehow this translated into a result of global warming. Didn't even try to pawn it off as climate change.

Oh well ..... what do I know?

Jim

 

[Andy J]

cracking weather today, not too cold or warm!

 

[helicopterjim]

cracking weather today, not too cold or warm!

Just like home!

Jim

 

[78jotadave]

The California Blizzard of 2023, no this is not a Hollywood disaster movie.

 

[Alzero]

I read that the Donner has gotten 50+ feet of snow this year, still short of the record of 67 feet!

 

[chrisk]

I read that the Donner has gotten 50+ feet of snow this year, still short of the record of 67 feet!

Frozen kebabs anyone?


The Kiwis are copping it bad.

I have been listening to Kiwi radio, their Aussie cousins have no idea how bad it’s been (Unless they tune into ‘Trucking Radio 24/7’)

Crop farmers in Australia are burning off, ready to plant again. Those Kiwis better get their clothes off the line, the smoke is heading east.

 

[Dellortoman]

The California Blizzard of 2023, no this is not a Hollywood disaster movie.

Check out the dimwits at 21:00 in the video. They're trying to tow a car out of the snow, but they hitched the tow strap to the spokes in the car's rear wheel, apparently unaware that the wheel would spin as soon as the car driver put his foot on the go-fast pedal. They were lucky not to bust the spokes out of the alloy wheel or damage the car's rear suspension. Perhaps they did later on. We didn't see the conclusion to their antics.

 

[Alzero]

It was 37.5 in Buenos Aires yesterday, fortunately we were down 1100km south where it was comfortable. Today we are heading north to the wine country and the heat in Mendoza.

 

[chrisk]

Today we are heading north to the wine country and the heat in Mendoza.

How can you be sad about that?

Wine regions are gods country, keep the faith brother.

 

[Alzero]

Wine tasting at the winery is a different sort of affair here in South America.

You need to make a reservation and the tasting can be expensive since it always includes a grilled lunch with the same thing at every place: a couple different cuts of overcooked stringy grass fed beef and a few vegetables along with a cheese board and a super sweet Dulce de Leche dessert. It gets old fast after the third or fourth day in a row.

Luckily the tourist dollar rate here cuts the price by 40% and the wines are invariably excellent although the pours are often skimpy. I don’t drink anymore, although I still taste everything but just a tiny sip of each and I often spit, this lets me be the chauffeur for my wife who does enthusiastically indulge.

I suffered from IBS for over a decade which necessitated frequent treatment with a specialized antibiotic at over $600 a course, but on a whim I eliminated alcohol several years back and it has never returned. Now I wonder if the fact I did not drink while taking the meds was the real cure and if I was wasting all that money! And who knew that drinking beer everyday for 50 years could be bad for you?

 

[helicopterjim]

I thought I would go for a bit of a ride yesterday. The snow is starting to melt and the temperature is up to +6 degrees. Driveway was a bit snotty but I knew the highway a kilometer away is bare so I gave it a try. Didn't get very far as the road in front of my place was slicker than snot. Managed a couple of donuts just because ..... but donuts on a bike with floorboards is just ..... weird.

Anyways ......... here's my little ride and I dedicate it to the memory of Paul Marx's 3C which has left us for Valhalla. I'll call it Valle di Bella Moto.

Jim

 

[Alzero]

This is how I spent my afternoon, it was 33/34* today and humid:

That’s a huge waterfall under the mist in the background. We took a narrow gauge train to the other side of the valley and walked all the way out to the drop off on an elevated path over the river. That’s Brazil on the left bank.

 

[Andy J]

Wine tasting at the winery is a different sort of affair here in South America.

You need to make a reservation and the tasting can be expensive since it always includes a grilled lunch with the same thing at every place: a couple different cuts of overcooked stringy grass fed beef and a few vegetables along with a cheese board and a super sweet Dulce de Leche dessert. It gets old fast after the third or fourth day in a row.

Luckily the tourist dollar rate here cuts the price by 40% and the wines are invariably excellent although the pours are often skimpy. I don’t drink anymore, although I still taste everything but just a tiny sip of each and I often spit, this lets me be the chauffeur for my wife who does enthusiastically indulge.

I suffered from IBS for over a decade which necessitated frequent treatment with a specialized antibiotic at over $600 a course, but on a whim I eliminated alcohol several years back and it has never returned. Now I wonder if the fact I did not drink while taking the meds was the real cure and if I was wasting all that money! And who knew that drinking beer everyday for 50 years could be bad for you?

40 years of moderate beer drinking apparently was, according to my neurologist and then toxicologist, the most likely cause of my nerve damage. I now only have an alcoholic drink on ‘special’ occasions, which suits my wife and friends as they have a designated driver whenever we go to the pub etc.
Interestingly, I recently read two longitudinal studies found that moderate consumption of red wine improves your gut biome and therefore is ‘good’ for you. My missus said she would drink to that.

 

[Paul Marx]

40 years of moderate beer drinking apparently was, according to my neurologist and then toxicologist, the most likely cause of my nerve damage. I now only have an alcoholic drink on ‘special’ occasions, which suits my wife and friends as they have a designated driver whenever we go to the pub etc.
Interestingly, I recently read two longitudinal studies found that moderate consumption of red wine improves your gut biome and therefore is ‘good’ for you. My missus said she would drink to that.

As in all things, we are very unequal re alcohol consumption. Some get through unscathed, most don't to varying degrees, some leave the race early.
Paul

 

[Eurocycleguy]

Actually feels like an early day of Spring fingers crossed.

 

[Steve G.]

1st day of spring here, 15c (61), bright sunshine. My little spring wild snowdrop flowers in my shrub garden are at
Least 2 weeks late this time around, but everything is going overtime now. Even my beer hops are going!

 

[helicopterjim]

Almost 7 degrees here but nice and sunny so the snow is actually starting to melt a wee bit.

Dropped a tree that was dying and made a nice mess on the snow. Final cleanup in a month or so.

Lily and Charlie doing site inspection before cleanup.

My back aches.

Jim

 

[Steve G.]

Almost 7 degrees here but nice and sunny so the snow is actually starting to melt a wee bit.

Dropped a tree that was dying and made a nice mess on the snow. Final cleanup in a month or so.

Lily and Charlie doing site inspection before cleanup.

My back aches.

Jim

Outside cats???

 

[helicopterjim]

Outside cats??

Only when the weather is nice ........ there is a cat door into my workshop.

Jim