Well I could not sleep well last night and watched new documentary about the magnetic pole and what consequences it can have on everything, it was a little scary ,if it switching , number one was heavy radiation on life forms , extinctions. of some species, muttations , cancer and other stuff , they said it happen 40.000 years ago believing it may be one of the reason why Neanderthals and other animal species perishes , as with each event there was mass extinction back in times that matching the evens .I am not worry . Anyway, something which I can not avoid, should not worry me. Poisson just my daily live. The climat we can anyway not control. No matter what some people say. This is such a complex system, which you can not break down to co2.
The solar flare is something different. 2012 we miss a huge one. Hope we will be still on the safe side.
What annoy me is the weather. We have now from the morning till the evening storm. 4-5 times per day. Very strange. Yesterday the first at 8.30 and during the day 2-3 more. Short, 10-15 minutes lasting, but heavy. From beautiful sky to dark Apocalypse in minutes.
Unpredictable. Big walks, hikes, not possible .To dangerous here in the Jura mountain.
no other weather event kills more people than heat , 63 people is a lot for so short event... so sadThere was a report today that 63 people in Oregon died from the heat! No details yet.
Monday back to heat again , scenario changed .. hopefully cooling of at last for the weekend, rain or not rainGeeze, and I thought it was hot as blazes here on the East Coast. Thank goodness the temp is due to drop for a while, but they're expecting lots of rain tomorrow and, I believe, a couple of days after, so "hopefully" the humidity will drop too. For me high humidity's worse than high temps.
That's how you can tell bad weather. If a dog isn't up for walking in it, it's miserableWe had yesterday hot, wet again. Made a short walk to the lake, through the forest, feel like in the Rain Forest. Very uncomfortable.
It is just 4km walk around from home and back, but i was wet like after a 15 km hike up. Even Maiko had no fun and after he cool his self down, he want to go home.
Found also some very beautiful flowers. They call Pyramid Orchids.
Easier to warm: entropy is on your side. You can start a fire and it self sustains. You can't start a colder and get that.All that said, I rather agree with it's easier to cool off than to stay warm. I will also say that for either, it depends on the day. A cool breeze or stream on a hot day does wonders. You can find a warm spot on a cold day, or duck under a shady tree on a warm day.
Reminds me. I've had a UPS sitting next to the desk for months, But I was too busy to shut everything down to hook it up. Then I forgot about it. And there it is. Tucked away and doing nothing for me. Can you spell "IDIOT"?Better than the surge protectors are their UPS units! There are stories of people experiencing a direct lightning strike to their house, but the APC UPS clamped down on it and protected their computers. The UPS was fried, but it didn't get to the computer. Plus, for something as short as a brownout, it can damage your computer's hard drive. It happened to me once. The head bounced right on the boot sector of the drive, and damaged it. couldn't boot up. I could boot from an emergency disc and could read files on that drive, but it couldn't boot because the boot sector was damaged. I found out why and ever since I've always had an APC UPS for my computers.
They make special UPS units for home theater media. I imagine they are also top quality.
Dana
Given our species, I'm pretty sure we'll off ourselves before nature does it. But... we're part of nature, too. So killing ourselves off will just be another act of nature. Albeit, an ironic one.If the pole switched completely, it would affect our technical aspect of life , compass, plains etc.. and issues for some animals that relays on magnetic fields for navigation .
The Earth axis tilts very slowly and will not reach its final destination in our lifetime , not much to worry about that .
I would be more concern about the solar flares as they can blast out our atmosphere and ends everything ..and also control our climate , not much about that we can do .
Let's move everyone to Equator they have always the same weather no matter the tilts of the Earth axis lol
that was nothing Dana , but a lot of flashes indeed last evening , I was expecting more rain and much longer, but I see more is on the way as we got some flash flood warning for the afternoon until tomorrow 2am .Severe thunderstorm passed through here a little while ago. Flashes every 2 to 3 seconds. But counting the seconds, they were almost all at least 2 miles straight up. But they lit up the sky like daylight! Poured like hell for a couple minutes. Calm now. Don't know if it will stay that way.
Dana
Eep! Hotter than here!Hit 94F here today, feels like temperature was 105F.
Dana
I hope that was the last hot day for you.They say today the last day ,
today not as much humid but hot as hell , my home still over 82F and both AC running 24h and I am melting , did not did any work for 2 days
thankfully this weekend we get some relief....