3 posts tagged “rain”

April 24th.  It rained all day and when the gray haze went down to night the rain turned to sloppy wet snow.  And while this is not unprecedented for the area it still makes you stop dead when you look out the window.  No chance of accumulation but it's still unpleasant to see this late.  Someone needs to tell the magic weather fairy to ease up.

The weather was a reflexion of my inner corruption.  Rotten day.
Watched a horror movie called "The Mist".  I wish I hadn't.  Just not in the mood.  And the best part of the whole thing was when they shot the religious zealot in the head.

Can you imagine sitting around thinking about all the possible ways you could die and wondering which one will get you?  Well that's what my day was like.  I need a mental vacation.

It's been a while since I have posted but I have a moderately good excuse. Not long after my last post my hard drive decided to join my little friend Bandit but in a much more dramatic fashion. In other words it died a horrible death taking everything with it in a final act of revenge against me.
Being a serious technophile and part time web developer I had a large amount of pertinent data stored on my system. Now before the more cynical among you snicker and comment that anyone with a brain would have that much data backed up, let me say that I did have a backup. Unfortunately it was from two month ago so it does not contain any of the most recent additions. Ok. Now you can laugh.

It took me about two solid days before I was able to come to grips with the loss. I am Bandit's recent loss along with my still painful memories of losing everything in a robbery increased the emotional impact of the HD crash considerably. Since then it has been a slow march back to the point where I even wanted to look at this blog. However since I seem to be back again I guess I can conclude that I have recovered from the shock.

Valentine's day has come and gone. The celebrated day that was once a pagan fertility festival, was unsuccessfully usurped by the catholic church, and remains today as a staple in the marketing calendar for debeers and hallmark. Given the fact that Valentine died as a martyr to the supposed sanctity of marriage you'd think the homophobic fundie right-wing nut-jobs would adopt him as their figurehead for their march against progress.
I would like pause here and note that I use the term "homophobic" under protest and only because the dull nature of the public mind has accepted the bastardized meaning of the word. If you trace the etymology of the term you will discover that it actually means "An irrational or unreasoning fear of other people" For a further explanation of what I am talking about go here. Also suggesting someone is 'homophobic' sounds so passive and harmless. Like the poor dear needs to be helped because they've got this terrible fear of homosexuals. If you want to be more precise in your designation you need to start calling them 'Anti-gay' or the equally apt 'hate mongers'.

In other news we appear to be one of the only places in North America that has avoided being buried under a blanket of ice and snow. I watched the forecast for days as the mass of heavy weather roiled across the continent waiting for the inevitable pounding we would receive. But it was not to be. In spite of the size of the storm and the frigid temperatures locally the weather remained calm and clear. The forecast continued to push the chance of snow ahead day after day until finally the possibility of precipitation was upon us.
It did snow. For about half an hour. Then it turned to freezing rain. The winds were extremely high last night. The power went out locally but was almost immediately restored. And in the end the day dawned cloudy but clear. Another storm had hit the coast and fallen apart leaving us with some slush and the longing for a much needed snow day. The good news is the roads are mostly clear and the snow we did have is almost gone. I only wish it was a little warmer. I cannot wait for the return of spring..

Well it's Friday and the weather guy did not disappoint me. The rain has arrived. Unfortunately the temperature while certainly higher than it's been all week is not the originally promised high of 5°. It's actually only 1°. Which is certainly better than the -20° it was yesterday evening but it's not nearly high enough to assist the rain in melting the snow.
Well, most of the snow. Anything near a street has already been turned to a nasty brown soup of snow, ice and dirty water. Slush. Yet another of the many joys of winter.
I guess I shouldn't complain. It's melting although not nearly as quickly as I'd like. The good news, depending on how you look at it is that the forecast is calling for heavy showers over night. Meaning that most of the snow will be gone tomorrow... replaced by flooded sidewalks, slushy roads and swampy back yards. Not exactly the most ideal situation but as long as the end result is a significant lack of snow, I'll be happy.
It's not going to last though. I noticed that the long range forecast is calling for clear skies until next Wednesday at which time we're going to have a storm of freezing rain and ice pellets.
Hoorah.
It's at this point that my hopes lean in to the possibility that the weather guy is smoking crack and we're actually due for another stint of unseasonable warmth. Hey I can dream can't I?
In the mean time I guess I can enjoy the slightly melty weather we're having. Besides the horrible mess it makes of the roads it does create some extremely interesting ice art.  Icicles.  Which while fun to look at for everyone else speaks of a heat loss problem for the home owner in question. A common issue with the older homes in the area. They're all so large that most owners have cut them up into apartments. They add mini kitchens and new entrances but do nothing about the sinking floors and ancient roofs. The end result is a really nice little apartment with lots of character on the inside and something that looks like the picture on the right on the outside.
My next door neighbors. I can only imagine the size of the icicles hanging on this place. I may go out and check later just to take some pictures. But then again that would require going out into the mess and I'd rather avoid that if I can. One of the few perks of being a hermit.