Ping Helen M

Have you been affected by the storms today? I thought of you when I saw the
news. I was also wondering about Gordon (Exocat) I haven't seen a post from
him for some time.
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Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
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On Mar 10, 5:31*pm, "Adrian" wrote:
Have you been affected by the storms today? I thought of you when I saw the
news. I was also wondering about Gordon (Exocat) I haven't seen a post from
him for some time.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your hearthttp://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

No. It's a bit windy and the odd fence down, but nothing of
significance. The mogs have it sussed.... they're all in bed!!!

Helen M

wrote:
On Mar 10, 5:31 pm, "Adrian" wrote:
Have you been affected by the storms today? I thought of you when I
saw the news. I was also wondering about Gordon (Exocat) I haven't
seen a post from him for some time.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your
hearthttp://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

No. It's a bit windy and the odd fence down, but nothing of
significance. The mogs have it sussed.... they're all in bed!!!

Helen M

Glad to hear it.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Adrian wrote:
Have you been affected by the storms today? I thought of you when I saw the
news. I was also wondering about Gordon (Exocat) I haven't seen a post from
him for some time.

They showed some alarming footage on the news here yesterday. What
struck me as funny in it all was people carrying umbrellas that had been
turned inside out by the wind. Who takes an umbrella into that kind of
weather? :P

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

"Marina"
Adrian wrote:
Have you been affected by the storms today? I thought of you when I saw
the news. I was also wondering about Gordon (Exocat) I haven't seen a
post from him for some time.

They showed some alarming footage on the news here yesterday. What struck
me as funny in it all was people carrying umbrellas that had been turned
inside out by the wind. Who takes an umbrella into that kind of weather?
:P

Hoomins in Seattle :b
Kyla

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Kyla =^..^= wrote:
"Marina"
Adrian wrote:
Have you been affected by the storms today? I thought of you when I saw
the news. I was also wondering about Gordon (Exocat) I haven't seen a
post from him for some time.
They showed some alarming footage on the news here yesterday. What struck
me as funny in it all was people carrying umbrellas that had been turned
inside out by the wind. Who takes an umbrella into that kind of weather?

Anyone who hopes to stay dry? (The trick is to hold it so the wind
blows against the top, not beneath it.)
:P

Hoomins in Seattle :b
Kyla
--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Anyone who hopes to stay dry? (The trick is to hold it so the wind
blows against the top, not beneath it.)

On a normal, slightly windy day, yes, but in record-breaking storm
winds? Even if the umbrella stayed itnact, the wind would blow the rain
under it. And there are few umbrellas sturdy enough to withstand that
kind of wind, even if you hold it against the wind.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

"Cheryl P." wrote in :

Marina wrote:
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Anyone who hopes to stay dry? (The trick is to hold it so the wind
blows against the top, not beneath it.)

On a normal, slightly windy day, yes, but in record-breaking storm
winds? Even if the umbrella stayed itnact, the wind would blow the
rain
under it. And there are few umbrellas sturdy enough to withstand that
kind of wind, even if you hold it against the wind.


It doesn't even take a record-breaking wind around here to turn an
umbrella inside out or risk hauling it out of your hands entirely. And
either the wind or you change directions, so you have to move the
umbrella around and it inevitably ends up directly in front of your
face
(because of the nearly horizontal rain being propelled by the winds) so
you can see even fewer of the objects and people in your way than you
can when squinting out through the opening in your hood.

Not long ago - last fall, I think, or last spring - I carelessly tried
to use an old umbrella, which was quickly destroyed by the weather and
didn't keep me particularly dry most rainy days because of the speed of
the wind and the fact I wasn't always walking into or against it. For
some reason, I got a new one. I know the local climate, so I knew this
wasn't a good idea; I can only assume that I was led astray by the
appeal of a bright and cheerful umbrella. It lasted less than a month,
what with being constantly flipped inside out by wind gusts, and I was
no dryer than I had been without it.

I wear clothes I can dry out. People who seriously want to stay dry
around here wear rain gear, head to foot (I find it a nuisance and some
materials don't breathe well enough.) Very few people use umbrellas.

Cheryl





You just have to make sure the umbrella is between the "source" direction
of the wind and your head and even if it is srtaight out next to you it
keeps you dry. In my experience a smaller umbrella works best. I tried
a vented one but the wind where I am is too much even for that.

Andy

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in
:



Anyone who hopes to stay dry? (The trick is to hold it so the wind
blows against the top, not beneath it.)
:P



When I walk across campus where I work I know all the wind patterns; I know
just where to spin the umbrella around the other way and know how to see
under and around it when it has to be in front of me. It is the top of a
hill and windy all the time.

Andy

Marina wrote:
Adrian wrote:
Have you been affected by the storms today? I thought of you when I
saw the news. I was also wondering about Gordon (Exocat) I haven't
seen a post from him for some time.

They showed some alarming footage on the news here yesterday. What
struck me as funny in it all was people carrying umbrellas that had
been turned inside out by the wind. Who takes an umbrella into that
kind of weather? :P

Ii made me laugh when the television news was saying don't go out unless
it's really nesscessary, then send their reporters to the worse affected
places.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
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