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I love points 2a, and 3. 😆 Where can I get the ‘cheapest’ tricorder?
I would assume it’s the ground, since I take it Snap’s area had been free of snow for a little bit.
Snapdragon wrote:And now it’s gone, but yet it’s -1 out. Please explain how snow melts when it’s below freezing. Weeeeee
The ground temperature is above freezing so the warm ground melts the snow.
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Snapdragon wrote:And now it’s gone, but yet it’s -1 out. Please explain how snow melts when it’s below freezing. Weeeeee
A few possibilities come to mind:
1) The ground is warmer than the air. We talk about inches of frost as when not only is it freezing on the surface, it’s also freezing to a depth of x”. Normally the cold doesn’t go very deep (at least out here in West Texas) because there’s a lot of warm ground below, radiating upwards, but after a long cold spell the cold begins to win the fight against the warmth and we get freezing below ground. That’s when our water pipes burst because we only bother to put heating coils on the ones above ground. Presumably where you are, you are still at a negative value of inches of frost.
2) Where you are is under tremendous atmospheric pressure. Even at -1 the ice will melt if it’s pushed hard enough. Of course, that kind of pressure isn’t normal, and would probably show up as a gravitational anomaly on even the cheapest of tricorders.
2) The salt fairies have been out with their packets of magical “salt” dust.
3) God has suspended the normal rules of physics preparatory to wiping the slate clean and starting over.I like some of your theories 😆 better.
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Sun Dragon Koi #3Snapdragon wrote:And now it’s gone, but yet it’s -1 out. Please explain how snow melts when it’s below freezing. Weeeeee
Mine still isnt all gone 🙄 😡 .
ruffian wrote:Snapdragon wrote:And now it’s gone, but yet it’s -1 out. Please explain how snow melts when it’s below freezing. Weeeeee
Mine still isnt all gone 🙄 😡 .
There was still snow in Vegreville at 8am this morning. By the afternoon it was gone and nice and warm outside…. not like 20*C out but still alot better then -5.
It’s still cold, dark, dreary, I’m at work, and Dave went 1,2,2,3.
Snapdragon wrote:It’s still cold, dark, dreary, I’m at work, and Dave went 1,2,2,3.
I was one of the best at math as a kid, but when it came to exams I always only did so-so because although my theory was exemplary, my execution was appalling. I could rework all kinds of algebraic equations and be within a hair’s breadth of getting the right answer, but then I’d add 7 to 5 and get 13. It was in Math class that I first learned the concept of “I’m giving you points for having spelled your name correctly at the top of the paper.”
Actually, my numbering could be correct if the next number in the sequence is 3, and the one after that is 3. Each of these similar numbers is numerically the same, but is differentiated by its position within the sequence. My own feeling is that we are way too free with our numbers; we use them as though there were an infinite supply. My numbering system makes the bigger numbers work harder for their keep, thereby making them more valuable.
Looks like SLOP outside.
Hey that looks like my forecast, only Sunday is supposed to be 36ºF… >_>
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My art: featherdust.comSnapdragon wrote:Looks like SLOP outside.
Typical may 24 weekend… beats me why people want to camp in that.
Dammit Snap you shoulda warned me before I went to work. Literally drove to work in a freaking snowstorm, couldn’t see 100ft in front of my face (and on a 1hr drive….).
I get to work and the director tells my carpool person “You’re here? Really you should have called in – we would have understood bad weather excuse”. Her response? “It wasn’t snowing when we left….” 🙄
Thanks for giving me a reason to count my weather blessings, Snap. We’ve been having rain off and on, but at least it’s warm.
We’re looking at flooding here…again. We had some really nasty storms blow through over the weekend. It filled my garbage can up at least half way…and I have some really big cans. But I think I’ll keep our warmer weather because it would still flood w/ all the rain even if it was frozen, then it would be just icy and flooded 😮 . Which basically sucks.
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