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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in
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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

"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

"Ann"
I see that all the time on the news here, too.

News reporter standing out in storm " The snow is changing over to
freezing rain. Stay off the roads unless it's an emergency. And now to
Brad reporting from_( fill in town)."

I don't need to see news broadcasters all over the state telling me to
stay home. They should be in the studio where it is safe not out on the
bad roads.

No kidding...geez.
Kyla
--and wierd Clowder

--
Ann
in Connecticut

read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/
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"Adrian" wrote in message
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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
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Outsider wrote:


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

That never worked for me, between me and the wind changing direction.

Cheryl

Outsider wrote:

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

If visibility is a problem, how about a clear plastic "see through"
umbrella?

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in
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Outsider wrote:

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

If visibility is a problem, how about a clear plastic "see through"
umbrella?



They seem good. I will consider one when my old standby breaks.

"Cheryl P." Outsider wrote:


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

That never worked for me, between me and the wind changing direction.

Cheryl

LOL, I hear that, being from near Seattle, where it rains over 150 days a
year.
Oh, this is funny..a few years ago, well, about 8 or 9 years ago, we lived
over
on the other side of Puget Sound and commuted by the ferry, (1 hour ride
each direction) I was taking a shortcut thru a bank lobby and I went into
the revolving door and my umbrella, 'floomped' open in my small space I was
in and I was LOLing so hard it took me 8 turns to finally get out.
Seattle is so famous for our rain, we have an annual festival called
Bumpershoot, which can be alot of fun
It got cancelled, twice IIRC in the 31 years I've lived here, due to heavy
rain LOL..
Go figure. G
One day, after getting off the ferry, it was windy and raining and I was
crossing 1st ave and halfway across, the wind turned my umbrella, which had
a duck on the end of the handle, inside out. So, here I was, stuck in the
middle of the street, fighting this stupid umbrella, all the cars were
stopped in all directions, and I looked around, while fighting the wind, and
people were laughing SO hard that it made me start laughing as well. I
finally made it safely across the street, wiped off my hair , which was
soaked, and got a few car horns and Woo Hoo's from passersby. LOL..
Ii waved at my 'fans' and then jumped on the bus for a 5
block ride to the deli where I worked.
Anyhooo
Kyla
--who thinks wet cats smell wonderful