Not a problem - down here we know rain

Post #239,934 by Andrew Grygus 12/31/05 12:43:51 PM Reply	Not a problem - down here we know rain As a commedian once answered when asked about his visit to Los Angeles, "In Los Angeles they get only 14 inches of rain a year. They get it all on one day. That's the day I was there". So far all I see is what we call "Low clouds and heavy fog" - I think they call it "drizzle" on the East Coast. I suspect we may get "showers" later on. One year, about 10 years ago, I got up at 2:00am and went out on the back porch to watch. It was stunning. There were no rain drops, it was like someone dumped a swimming pool. The noise was deafening. The following day kids were skateboarding down the street out front, throwing up rooster tails - their skateboards submerged to above the ankles. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #239,937 by Andrew Grygus 12/31/05 4:01:13 PM Reply	Fairly damp now but visibility still supports . . . . . beyond legal freeway speeds so I wouldn't call it real rain yet (real rain visibility supports 20 mph or lower freeway speeds). [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #239,940 by jbrabeck 12/31/05 6:02:24 PM Reply	legal speeds When I was stationed in Germany, there were times when the fog was so dense (around the Rhein) that I could just see to the next stripe on the road. Germans, of course, maintained normal breakneck speed. Visibility has no relationship to speed. A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Post #239,958 by Andrew Grygus 12/31/05 10:27:10 PM Reply	Rain all gone now . . . . . we'll see if it rains on the Rose Parade tomorow as scheduled. They've been very lucky over the years, so maybe they'll be lucky again. There was just a tiny sprinkle last time I saw it, but that was 1958 I think. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #240,012 by Andrew Grygus 1/1/06 3:11:17 PM Reply	Parade JuJu works again. Obviously someone in this corner of Pasadena is praying to the right gods/godesses, and for sure it isn't usual one - that guy hasn't been willing/able to fix the weather for generations. Actually, it's probably the ghost of Jack Parsons, founder of the JetLab (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) down the street here - and [link\|http://www.bariumblues.com/jpl.htm\|dedicated occultist] - still got his fingers in the old magic he has. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #240,019 by Andrew Grygus 1/1/06 5:59:33 PM 1/2/06 11:58:26 AM Reply	WHAT! They didn't have the parade on New Years Day? It's the Christians and their Sunday thing isn't it? Well hell, the dry slot was all set up for Sunday morning and now they're getting soaked. Serves 'em right - shows ya what good their God is with the weather. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx] Edited by Andrew Grygus Jan. 2, 2006, 11:58:26 AM EST Expand All History
Post #240,128 by Ashton 1/2/06 3:33:53 PM Reply	Yup, ol Loki has a sliding scale for weather interventions..

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