Posts by George Darroch
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I remember reading about two years ago (forgive me, I can't find the citation) that climate change would put more energy into Antarctica, move its winds north, and increase the likelihood of severe polar blasts heading north. So, warmer for us, apart from when it isn't. Niwa is fairly confident about stronger winds, but consider that evidence is unclear about storminess itself.
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We are stranded at home today in Wellington. Can't drive or walk outside on our mildy hilly street.
There have to quite a lot of Wellingtonians in similar situations. I hope they're all okay (especially those with particular needs, and the less robust).
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Hard News: When the Weather is the News, in reply to David Haywood,
The four-year-old is sick, and the seven-month-old fractious (possibly getting sick). The road is 30 cm deep in snow and quite undrivable.
I’m extremely worried that the electricity might cut out – or that we might have another big quake.
In other circumstances I would be loving this snow; not so these days of living in post-apocalypse Avonside.
Like Giovanni said, intense. Hope you're as okay as you can be.
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-1 celcius in the roof of my house this morning. First time the HRV has shown a negative reading. Inside, 16. No heating was on. We had the place insulated this year. It really works. Big power saver.
As soon as we get every house in the country insulated, we'll all be toasty and warm, save on power, avoid new generation needs, and cut greenhouse gases significantly. What's not to like?
The wheels of progress turn slowly.
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I do love the fluttery white stuff that falls from the sky, I should say.
Things did actually look pretty dicey in Wellington last night though. People stranded, buses off the road, the electricity flickering on and off. Brrr.
Is this simply a result of building systems around temperate weather assumptions? I don't begrudge Wellington this once, since it literally happens a few times in a century. But other parts of the country seem to fall into helplessness, despite snow being an occasional occurrence.
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It's been cold a few times this year. What made yesterday different was the reckless humidity and torturous wind. It was a bonesoaking day.
Nevertheless, I do find it amusing that the slightest flurry sends great parts of the country into apoplexy, and people start acting as if a disaster is befalling the nation. It's NZ, people. It snows, occasionally.
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seems to have survived the experience
Yes, but I'm quite enjoying a thread where I don't hear a word of other such things.
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Posting this video here, because all the other threads are just a little too political.
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As for Serkis, I’d argue he’s worthy of a simple nomination in the lead or supporting categories. The Academy is a strange beast however (and I don’t hold much stock in their awards as indicative of anything, outside the technical categories).
(all of which could have been a single post, but whathaveyou.)
ETA:
God’s approval rating is languishing at 52 percent
Needs new branding. His Christian and Islam brands are market leaders, but they’re losing their shine. If he could engineer a takeover by Apple, his stakes would rise considerably.
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So glad Love Story http://vimeo.com/27049545(trailer, Vimeo)has gone general release for those of us who inexplicably missed it in Auckland. Now I really have no excuse.