Without power for 4 days in this cold? How did they survive? If you know, and if it's any of my business of course.
Her partner, anticipating the storm, went out and bought a generator. But I don't know how the rest of the population managed. I did hear there were warming centres set up, like one at the neighborhood Walmart.
From this I've learned that everybody dreams of a white Christmas, but can be particular about how they get it. It was -2 degrees F here in western Pennsylvania when I got home from vacation late Friday night. Made the 56 degrees I'd set the furnace back to feel warm.
17 dead, more than 90 injured in heavy snowfall in the central and northern parts of Japan. A lot of people were killed or injured when masses of snow slid off the roof onto them. Just kinda cold here in Osaka though, so I'm all good. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/26/heavy-snow-in-japan-kills-at-least-17
I've been pissin' and moaning about the weather, then see those poor souls up in the N.E. Sometimes being able to complain is a true gift.
That's terrible. I've been seeing the disaster and the ruins this earthquake left behind. Greece is also very prone to earthquakes and since childhood, I've always feared buildings collapsing and me being trapped inside of them. We get earthquakes, sometimes very strong ones, but not quite this. I can't even begin to imagine what these people are going through. I still remember my very first experience in one when I was little and in my early years of elementary school. We were in the classroom, and all of a sudden, my body started violently rocking back and forth on its own. When I looked around, the same phenomenon was happening to everything. It was such a weird day, we rushed out the building and were dismissed early to go home. We even had a seismologist come inside our house to assess whether it got damaged. Earthquakes are a true nightmare. The whole ground starts to move, and nothing standing on it is truly safe. It can happen at any hour, at any day, and at any magnitude. For all I know, tomorrow the same thing will happen to Greece, and the city I spent my whole childhood on will just collapse within a single minute. Terrifying, but it's a bit like death, you can't worry about it until the time to do so comes.
If the Yellowstone Caldera blows there aren't going to be enough people left in the continental US to do the memorializing. Good thing many of our staff live elsewhere. The reason I mentioned the Nankai Trough is that, per google-sensei: "The probability of a major Nankai Trough earthquake is now estimated at around 30% within 10 years, 70% to 80% within 30 years, and around 90% within the next 40 years" with 320,000 casualties.
Dozens of wildfires are burning across Northern Ontario and Quebec, and the smoke has reached us here in Southern Ontario. The sky is a weird pale grey colour, and if you go outside, you can smell smoke. Some outdoor activities have been cancelled, like soccer games for kids. Tomorrow is supposed to be the worst day for air quality, with a "high risk" forecast. http://www.airqualityontario.com/aqhi/
It's getting bad in New York City and surrounding areas. They've closed LaGuardia and Newark airports to takeoffs and landings because of diminished visibility.
We got our share of smoke from poor Rocky Mountain Canada in early May. Normally that kind of smoke doesn't drift in until late summer.
I wasn't sure if you were joking, so I googled. Sure enough, it was. Poignant, this year. https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/campaigns/canadian-environment-week/clean-air-day.html
Well, it depends on how the word Clean is used. If it's a verb, then it still works. Because somebody needs to clean the air.
Somebody done pointed a typhoon pretty much straight at me. Winds are kicking up but the real fun won't start for a few hours, in the middle of the night. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/central-japan-braces-typhoon-lan-arrival-with-air-rail-cancellations-2023-08-14/
All good, was just gusty enough to unbrella a few umbrellas and take down some leaves and twigs. Also the spiders that lived by the lights in the elevator lobby are now in Oz or Kansas, whichever is closer.
