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Post by Ratty on Nov 26, 2014 22:23:00 GMT
... or the Karri: Karri TreeWon't be planting one of those in my back yard either.
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Post by douglavers on Nov 27, 2014 2:53:13 GMT
I am into bragging rights as well.
At the end of the 19th Century, there was a mountain ash growing in a Tasmanian valley.
It was very tall.
To find out how tall, a local farmer cut it down.
160 metres.
That was the story I was told, anyhow.
Currently the tallest moutain ash in Victoria [eucalyptus regnans ] is about 125 metres.
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Post by slh1234 on Nov 27, 2014 6:22:18 GMT
I loved seeing the Sequoias when we lived in California. I loved the coastal redwoods, too. Washington state is full of tall, tall firs, and it was pleasant living among them, but they are not nearly as large as the sequoias. Here's a bit of trivia since we're talking about bragging rights and things we're proud of. The name "Sequoia," although spelled variously throughout the US comes from the name of the man who invented the Cherokee Syllabary. So far as I know, the Cherokee language is the only North American Native language that is written. Other spellings you see include Sequoyah, Sequoya, and so on, but they all refer to the one Cherokee scholar who gave the Cherokee people literacy in their language. Some other things that affected in history: The story of the Navajo code talkers in WWII is probably the most famous story of the North American languages being used in more modern times. However; a number of other languages were also used. In Oklahoma (Two Choctaw words that mean "Red People") where many tribes were removed as white people expanded, there have been people featured on the news as recently as 2004 who claimed to be code talkers using Comanche in Europe during WWII. However; it goes back farther than that. The Choctaws claim to have been the first code talkers going back to WWI when the program was first begun. Cherokee was never used as a code language because one of the requirements the military had for code languages is that the language could not be a written language. Thanks to Sequoia, the Cherokee language is a written language. If you go to Talequah, OK today, you can see signs written in Cherokee. I'm 1/4 Cherokee, and grew up in Cherokee country in NE Oklahoma, and that's why the name Sequoia meant something to me. .
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Post by slh1234 on Nov 27, 2014 6:25:46 GMT
What I started to post when I came here was a quick update on our weather in Korea. Unlike you folks in parts of the US, we're warmer than normal. In the last 24 hours, there have been 5 locations that have reported highs of 17 C. One of them is here in Busan - it's quite pleasant to get outside right now ... in long sleeves, that is. There has been only one location in the last 24 hours that has reported a freezing temperature, and that freezing temp was actually only 0 C - so not a "hard freeze." I usually compare Busan with Seoul since I have to go to Seoul frequently and Seoul has the reputation of being much cooler, but Seoul is only 15.5, so it's not cold, either.
I looked at weather across the yellow sea and Beijing currently is reporting 6.7 C, so it gets cooler quicker when you move that direction, it seems.
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Post by nonentropic on Nov 27, 2014 7:09:11 GMT
Have a look at New Zealand Kauri for large volume trees.
Most are now visible in boats and furniture but there are remnants of forest out there.
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Post by scpg02 on Nov 27, 2014 15:56:56 GMT
Have a look at New Zealand Kauri for large volume trees. Most are now visible in boats and furniture but there are remnants of forest out there.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 27, 2014 16:18:07 GMT
In the upper Midwest of the USA, we are having a pleasant Thanksgiving Day. Temps hovering around -15F, but light wind. Had to get pallets yesterday, and what I noticed is how fast folks have climatized. Light fall jackets were the norm, air temp was -4F.
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Post by nautonnier on Nov 27, 2014 19:34:44 GMT
In the upper Midwest of the USA, we are having a pleasant Thanksgiving Day. Temps hovering around -15F, but light wind. Had to get pallets yesterday, and what I noticed is how fast folks have climatized. Light fall jackets were the norm, air temp was -4F. Much the same down here Sig, people in light fall jackets and some fleeces - after all the temperature has plunged after a cold front went through (7" of rain in 24 hours) and now its barely making 65F.
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Post by acidohm on Nov 27, 2014 20:05:24 GMT
7" of rain in 24 hrs! If that happened where I am we'd be swimming!
Bit colder then last couple of years here in UK....metcheck is hinting easterly winds may drop the temps next week, so we shall see.
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Post by Ratty on Nov 27, 2014 20:41:02 GMT
What I started to post when I came here was a quick update on our weather in Korea. Unlike you folks in parts of the US, we're warmer than normal. In the last 24 hours, there have been 5 locations that have reported highs of 17 C. One of them is here in Busan - it's quite pleasant to get outside right now ... in long sleeves, that is. There has been only one location in the last 24 hours that has reported a freezing temperature, and that freezing temp was actually only 0 C - so not a "hard freeze." I usually compare Busan with Seoul since I have to go to Seoul frequently and Seoul has the reputation of being much cooler, but Seoul is only 15.5, so it's not cold, either. I looked at weather across the yellow sea and Beijing currently is reporting 6.7 C, so it gets cooler quicker when you move that direction, it seems. Looks like there is a positive SST anomaly near you: Unisys
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Post by glennkoks on Nov 28, 2014 15:15:06 GMT
In the upper Midwest of the USA, we are having a pleasant Thanksgiving Day. Temps hovering around -15F, but light wind. Had to get pallets yesterday, and what I noticed is how fast folks have climatized. Light fall jackets were the norm, air temp was -4F. I spent many months in your part of the world and I never "climatized". Perhaps it is at the chromosomal level? And if I did not know better I would say you were fibbing. In all the time I spent up there I don't think I ever experienced "light wind". More often than not they were tropical storm force or stronger out of the north.
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Post by nautonnier on Nov 28, 2014 16:22:02 GMT
I once did some work at Goose Bay in Labrador the temperature was -37C for the time I was there which was on the chill side. I flew out from there to an intermediary airport at a place called Deer Lake. As the Dash 8 descended toward Deer Lake, the pilot made the standard announcement about the weather:
"Ladies and Gentlemen we are just starting our descent into Deer Lake, there are some snow showers, the wind is from the North at 15 miles an hour and the temperature is a pleasantly warm minus 10 degrees Centigrade."
When we left the aircraft the ground crew were in shirt-sleeves with the sleeves rolled up as they unloaded the baggage.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 28, 2014 18:46:45 GMT
In the upper Midwest of the USA, we are having a pleasant Thanksgiving Day. Temps hovering around -15F, but light wind. Had to get pallets yesterday, and what I noticed is how fast folks have climatized. Light fall jackets were the norm, air temp was -4F. I spent many months in your part of the world and I never "climatized". Perhaps it is at the chromosomal level? And if I did not know better I would say you were fibbing. In all the time I spent up there I don't think I ever experienced "light wind". More often than not they were tropical storm force or stronger out of the north. Ok, light wind means less than 20mph winds?....
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 30, 2014 17:01:29 GMT
An Alberta Clipper has shown up. Highs today approx 3F, with a forecast low tonight of -18F, or accuweather at -28F. That has to be a misprint. IF it gets that cold, (-28F), I do believe it would be another cold record.
At least the sun is shining brightly.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 30, 2014 22:16:36 GMT
Yep. It is cold down thatta way too.
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