What a storm!!

[begreen]

old Cosby line.

 

[Ehouse]

old Cosby line.

Just watched that classic 2 min. ago.

 

[johneh]

1 English cubit =1.5 ft.or if you prefer 18 in. or 47.5 cm.
So are we any the wiser

 

[Fi-Q]

Oh yeah, wind was like 10 BF

I once was working on a major project in colorado. One of my co-worker was a proud to be redneck from oklahoma, a pretty good guy, we were playing with a hand held anemometer. Going thru the sertings there was all kind of speed unit availabe:

Mph, fps, mps, kmh,.... And there was BF....

So we were wondering what the heck BF means !!???

And when on the BF settings, the scale was barely moving between 5 & 6 and it was quit windy.

So all naturally, without over thinking it, my red neck friend answer was;

I got it It surely means that the wind is blowing Bery Fast

I am still laughin at it years after .....

 

[coaly]

Billy Joel; Storm Front "There's a Force 9 blow'n on the Beaufort Scale"

And I thought that was French !

 

[Laurent Cyr]

Hey, Swedish chef, Ottawa also got 2 feet of snow..

 

[johneh]

No the new ottawa foot ball club Mascot just left his feet outside to cool

 

[TX-L]

Snow, you say? Here is a driveway in the Tug Hill region, east of Lake Ontario.

 

[Ashful]

Going to be cleaning up more of the ice storm damage today.

 

[Warm_in_NH]

Tree fell on the stacks?! Like shooting a deer and having him run to your truck before dropping!
Perfect!

 

[Ashful]

Yeah, but it was a cedar, so really only half credit for being a "tree."

There was one other wrinkle: poison ivy, maybe 3" diameter. I had axed it off at the ground a year ago, when clearing that area for stacks, but it had not yet dried out / fallen from the tree. It was wrapped around the trunk (and grown into it) quite well.