And speaking of races, while Mah*Sweetie and Root*Center*Son were on Malletts Bay in a sailing race tonight, I happened to see an Alert from the National Weather Service about a line of rain and wind (30+mph) that was making its way across Lake Champlain at 40mph! After two text message and 5 phone call tries, I finally reached Mah*Sweetie! He had never before heard me say, "Get off the Lake!" with such conviction. He in turn alerted the person in charge of the race. She took a look at the doppler radar and heartily agreed. We'd had clear blue skies all day and no hint of concern before then. So she had to row back and get the Whaler (motorised boat) as none of the boats sailing have motors. They all raced the storm instead of each other and got into the mooring area safely, but just barely. =Whew!= I'm so glad I happened to see the Alert, and three cheers for the NWS for being on top of it!
Indeed, Cat. Mah*Sweetie said that standing on the boat waiting for the ride in and watching that shelf cloud advance toward them was one of the more memorable moments he's had on the Lake! (Right up there with grazing a yacht!)
"The Supreme Court has ruled against the Koch-backed plaintiffs. Obamacare subsidies will be upheld. It's a huge win for President Obama and the nation! "
I will be interested to read their reasoning. My take on it would be that "state" has been, and continues to be, understood as "nation state" despite being used for a political subdivision of same, and the law requires the most generous reading.
Cat--thanks for the wine-whine input; now I know the eggheads aren't funning' me! [grin] If one doesn't grow up hearing a particular sound, it is exceedingly difficult to recognize, much less emulate it. Are R's a little scarce in your neck of the woods? I can't do a convincing non-rhotic accent; at best I sound like a comic opera southerner or a Boston gangster--never an upper-crust fossil. "The aahs juhst disappeah and ahn't theah ennymoah." Adding terminal R's (e.g. "idear") seems to follow some sort of rule that escapes me; not that I have worked on learning it.
puddle--U of U? Oh--Utah. But oh, my--whorsewipped! One of my college roommates was from Ohio and told of a couple of times he had problems with communication because to him "far" and "fire" were homonyms. "The forest fahr was fahr away."
listener--if storms can blow up so fast there (I remember another story of a wedding reception that was wrecked by a sudden violent windstorm), shouldn't there be an emergency bell or whistle or klaxon or siren (hopefully one of the old-fashioned mechanical ones--they sound SO good) to call boaters in? The cost would be trivial; one could probably get a surplus air raid siren, pole and all, for the asking (and transportation). Come to think of it, there could well be a disused air raid siren in the area that could be reactivated. Here in Fresno they were disconnected because pranksters would set them off from time to time, but were left in place because it was not economical to remove them. Look around--they can fade into the background and go unnoticed. Inquire at the city hall and the civil defense office. The sirens often had different warning signals depending on the danger.
Dean knows a thing or two about races!
ReplyDeleteMy original post out front said something about racing, hence the wording of my Firstie.
DeleteAnd speaking of races, while Mah*Sweetie and Root*Center*Son were on Malletts Bay in a sailing race tonight, I happened to see an Alert from the National Weather Service about a line of rain and wind (30+mph) that was making its way across Lake Champlain at 40mph! After two text message and 5 phone call tries, I finally reached Mah*Sweetie! He had never before heard me say, "Get off the Lake!" with such conviction. He in turn alerted the person in charge of the race. She took a look at the doppler radar and heartily agreed. We'd had clear blue skies all day and no hint of concern before then. So she had to row back and get the Whaler (motorised boat) as none of the boats sailing have motors. They all raced the storm instead of each other and got into the mooring area safely, but just barely. =Whew!= I'm so glad I happened to see the Alert, and three cheers for the NWS for being on top of it!
ReplyDeleteExciting to read about but, my goodness, it must have been scary to participate in!
DeleteIndeed, Cat. Mah*Sweetie said that standing on the boat waiting for the ride in and watching that shelf cloud advance toward them was one of the more memorable moments he's had on the Lake! (Right up there with grazing a yacht!)
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ReplyDelete"The Supreme Court has ruled against the Koch-backed plaintiffs. Obamacare subsidies will be upheld. It's a huge win for President Obama and the nation! "
I will be interested to read their reasoning. My take on it would be that "state" has been, and continues to be, understood as "nation state" despite being used for a political subdivision of same, and the law requires the most generous reading.
--Alan
Good news!
DeleteAwh, jees, just what they need up there along with all their wildfires.
ReplyDeleteGut flora and psychiatry [Click] I've seen some mention of this before.
ReplyDelete--Alan
Cat--thanks for the wine-whine input; now I know the eggheads aren't funning' me! [grin] If one doesn't grow up hearing a particular sound, it is exceedingly difficult to recognize, much less emulate it. Are R's a little scarce in your neck of the woods? I can't do a convincing non-rhotic accent; at best I sound like a comic opera southerner or a Boston gangster--never an upper-crust fossil. "The aahs juhst disappeah and ahn't theah ennymoah." Adding terminal R's (e.g. "idear") seems to follow some sort of rule that escapes me; not that I have worked on learning it.
ReplyDeletepuddle--U of U? Oh--Utah. But oh, my--whorsewipped! One of my college roommates was from Ohio and told of a couple of times he had problems with communication because to him "far" and "fire" were homonyms. "The forest fahr was fahr away."
listener--if storms can blow up so fast there (I remember another story of a wedding reception that was wrecked by a sudden violent windstorm), shouldn't there be an emergency bell or whistle or klaxon or siren (hopefully one of the old-fashioned mechanical ones--they sound SO good) to call boaters in? The cost would be trivial; one could probably get a surplus air raid siren, pole and all, for the asking (and transportation). Come to think of it, there could well be a disused air raid siren in the area that could be reactivated. Here in Fresno they were disconnected because pranksters would set them off from time to time, but were left in place because it was not economical to remove them. Look around--they can fade into the background and go unnoticed. Inquire at the city hall and the civil defense office. The sirens often had different warning signals depending on the danger.
--Alan