The Ongoing Super Mega Weather Thread v3

[Locke]

If I throw a shovel-full of snow at someone walking their dog while I'm trying to clear my sidewalk...where do we stand on this sequence of events both legally and ethically?

[Fuzz]

You mean when the dog mauls you while the owner stands by watching, and enjoying popcorn?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

You mean when the dog mauls you while the owner stands by watching, and enjoying popcorn?

There is no one else here and I've got a shovel. I wouldn't recommend it.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Locke

I've been watching youtube videos of living in Yakutsk, it makes me feel warmer.



I think I'll plan a Christmas vacation there.

I've read a bit about Yakutia; was neat to see it.

The https://www.accuweather.com/en/ru/yakutsk/290150/weather-forecast/290150"]forecast[/URL] is hilarious. Highs from -39C to -45C for the next 10 days, but they have a dozen ways to describe the cold, from very cold to frigid to bitterly cold to not as cold to quite cold to seasonably cold:

Spoiler!

Very cold with clouds and sun


Partly cloudy and very cold

Hazy sun and bitterly cold


Partly cloudy and frigid

Hazy sun and bitterly cold


Clear and frigid


Bitterly cold with hazy sun


Some clouds; very cold

Cloudy and frigid


Cloudy and quite cold

Cloudy and frigid


Cloudy and not as cold

Bitterly cold with low clouds


Cloudy and seasonably cold


Bitterly cold with low clouds


Cloudy and seasonably cold


Low clouds and bitterly cold


Partly cloudy and cold


Cloudy and cold

Overcast and cold

[Locke]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

I've read a bit about Yakutia; was neat to see it.

The https://www.accuweather.com/en/ru/yakutsk/290150/weather-forecast/290150"]forecast[/URL] is hilarious. Highs from -39C to -45C for the next 10 days, but they have a dozen ways to describe the cold, from very cold to frigid to bitterly cold to not as cold to quite cold to seasonably cold:

Spoiler!

Very cold with clouds and sun


Partly cloudy and very cold

Hazy sun and bitterly cold


Partly cloudy and frigid

Hazy sun and bitterly cold


Clear and frigid


Bitterly cold with hazy sun


Some clouds; very cold

Cloudy and frigid


Cloudy and quite cold

Cloudy and frigid


Cloudy and not as cold

Bitterly cold with low clouds


Cloudy and seasonably cold


Bitterly cold with low clouds


Cloudy and seasonably cold


Low clouds and bitterly cold


Partly cloudy and cold


Cloudy and cold

Overcast and cold

Its madness. They have car-tents and they cant turn their cars off or they freeze...its very interesting, the only thing I cant determine is 'why.'

Why do people live there? It seems like misery. Is there a gold mine there or something? What keeps people there.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Locke

Its madness. They have car-tents and they cant turn their cars off or they freeze...its very interesting, the only thing I cant determine is 'why.'

Why do people live there? It seems like misery. Is there a gold mine there or something? What keeps people there.

Yes abundant resources. Most notably diamonds. Russia is the biggest diamond producer in the world and 99% of their diamonds come from Yakutia.

Mirny is a town of about 40k people and one big ass hole full of diamonds 800 kms west of Yakutsk

[Locke]

Thats a big hole...