From the Royal Meteorological Society, article by Kirsty McCabe, FRMetS -
Dubai floods and cloud seeding
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- Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:45 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Rainmakers in Dubai
- Replies: 26
- Views: 603
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:21 am
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: New Zealand
- Replies: 625
- Views: 35890
Re: New Zealand
Ngāi Tahu Tourism has apologised for operating the Shotover Jet boat service during the Anzac Day service on the famous Edith Cavell Bridge. Locals complained the performance of Last Post was drowned out by the tourist jet boats on the river below yesterday morning. Business manager for Tumu Pākihi...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:24 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Delta flight makes emergency return after exit slide separates from Boeing aircraft
- Replies: 6
- Views: 99
Re: Delta flight makes emergency return after exit slide separates from Boeing aircraft
Seems like one darn thing after another...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: New Zealand
- Replies: 625
- Views: 35890
Re: New Zealand
Radio NZ: Free speech vs hate speech: Victoria University postpones debate after student backlashVictoria University has postponed a planned debate on freedom of speech after concerns the event could become a platform for hate speech. ...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19775
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Well lookit, we have had a little frost, can see a rime on the cars parked across the street and a tinge of frost on the lawn.
Has been -0.3°C, above freezing now, expecting 17°C and a very clear sunny day (sun not yet in sight).
Has been -0.3°C, above freezing now, expecting 17°C and a very clear sunny day (sun not yet in sight).
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
- Replies: 18
- Views: 718
Re: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
I like the mom's soft little cluckings as she feeds her babies.
Hope the little guy facing the wrong way turned around and got his share.
Hope the little guy facing the wrong way turned around and got his share.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 4:06 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: What Song Is Your Current Soundtrack?
- Replies: 6541
- Views: 206942
Re: What Song Is Your Current Soundtrack?
Mexico - James Taylor
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19775
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Just one more Anzac Day report, rather a touching video at this one from Wanaka:
ODT: Anzac crowds brave the rain and cold in Wanaka
ODT: Anzac crowds brave the rain and cold in Wanaka
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:04 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Douglas DC-4 crash near Fairbanks, Alaska
- Replies: 0
- Views: 89
Douglas DC-4 crash near Fairbanks, Alaska
At 10:03 AM on April 23, 2024, Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks received reports of an aircraft crash around seven miles south of the Fairbanks International Airport on the Tanana River. A preliminary investigation revealed that a Douglas DC-4 crashed into the Tanana River after taking off from F...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:59 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19775
- Views: 1063502
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Gore, Southland: pop. 8,240 as of June 2023About a thousand people attended an Anzac Day dawn service at the Gore Cenotaph. ...
ODT report with brief video
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:25 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: What Song Is Your Current Soundtrack?
- Replies: 6541
- Views: 206942
Re: What Song Is Your Current Soundtrack?
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:16 am
- Forum: The Antipodees.
- Topic: The Cook Islands
- Replies: 13
- Views: 411
Re: The Cook Islands
... Remember the memorial to the men who went to the Great War. Very poignant to think how they came from such an idyllic place to die for their "King and Country" in the trenches of France. Scroll down at this link to learn about Auckland Museum: Manava Toa: the Cook Islands in WWI and Christchurc...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19775
- Views: 1063502
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
^ thank you, Opsboi.
I see #1 tracked flight just now on Flightradar24 is PDN01, RNZAF Poseidon.
Just north of Christchurch at the moment.
She flew by me but downwind and I never noticed, botheration!
I see #1 tracked flight just now on Flightradar24 is PDN01, RNZAF Poseidon.
Just north of Christchurch at the moment.
She flew by me but downwind and I never noticed, botheration!
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:04 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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- Views: 1063502
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
^ The full Moon was setting as I attended the Anzac Day Dawn Service this morning: very moving as always to be part of a large, silent, and utterly respectful crowd awaiting the commencement of the service. Wore my father's medals, carried my grandfather's; held some sprigs of rosemary for loved one...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:32 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
I knew that All good.ExSp33db1rd wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:51 am!!! Sorry, brain drain, was replying to Hydromet.Karearea - Hardware Hell ?
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19775
- Views: 1063502
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
... My day started sunny, but as soon as I switched on the washing machine the sun decided to turn off and hide behind clouds, what am I doing wrong? I just said aloud to myself, Oo, that'll be finished, I'd better go and peg it out. ... No, it was sitting in a sodden heap, the load having become u...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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- Views: 1063502
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Good morning, 12.6°C on the way to 20°C. Moon will be Full in a little under 3 hours, at 11:49am NZST, 23:49 GMT. Very bright moonlight last night. Gardener-man comes soon, swingin' his little axe, I have a list of instructions. Ambulance went along my street, siren operating, earlier. They usually ...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:11 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19775
- Views: 1063502
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
^ Best wishes to the Wodricks.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:19 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19775
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Greetings on St George's Day.
Now 15°C and climbing; clear skies.
Now 15°C and climbing; clear skies.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:06 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: My first car
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1110
Re: My first car
My first car belonged to one of my airline-captain cousins, who had left it with me to use occasionally unless he happened to be in the country again. It had a personalised number-plate, with the name of one of his children. So many strangers would read it and beam at me, and say archly, "I know wha...