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--- Quote from: Saskia on July 18, 2022, 09:20:41 pm ---umm, if you experience a Texan Mega Tunderstorm there is a certain probability that that cell will start to rotate. When it does you have a very high probability of it developing vorteces that would suck stuff up. Like in a tornado. I have a very healthy respect for such weather, and I have seen a sufficiently hideous storm just outside of Neo-Mogadischu (Minneapolis). We had a pretty nasty storm (well, 3 consecutive storms) with up to 100 mph winds coming thru in february. The storms took the roof of my garden shed. Approx. 4k in property damage, me being somewhat unhappy with the situation as the bloody insurance stated that we could reuse some of the damaged and torn up roof ... yeah right ... --- End quote --- Who said anything about rotation being required? If the storm winds are linear, and not rotational, it is known as a Derecho. I did not know of this terminology or storm type until May this year: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/derecho-causes-havoc-in-canada-1.6464409 I heard what sounded like a fleet of turbofans over my head. I ordered the family into the basement. We came upstairs after and our place was fine. One of the places half a kilometer down the street was not fine in any way whatsoever. That weekend in May I helped a buddy replace his roof. This is the buddy that helped finish my garage and kennel roof replacments following the 2019 tornado. The Mother-in-laws farm (over 100km from the main storm track) is still missing the tin roofing from the workshop, and the barn roof structure has created a double-roof on top of the chicken coop... |
| cyclin_al:
--- Quote from: TERRA Operative on July 19, 2022, 12:32:11 am --- --- Quote from: Vince on July 19, 2022, 12:04:33 am --- --- Quote from: mnementh on July 18, 2022, 11:53:19 pm --- --- Quote from: Vince on July 18, 2022, 11:29:26 pm ---And a cockroach just landed on my desk !! :palm: --- End quote --- Teach him how to solder and hold probes in tight places for you!!! :-DD mnem or you could do that... *hands you a paper towel* :o --- End quote --- Yes I opt for the second solution. No paper towel, but I have used old sticky notes that I recycle as cockroaches annihilators. I flattened the one I mentioned in my previous message. 2 minutes later another one landed on my forearm, I managed to get that one as well. 2 minutes later a third one again on my desk... but I failed to catch this one sadly * These buggers run SO FAST, can change direction so fast, and hide anywhere, under the computer case, under the printer, under the monitor stand, inside my wallet, under the keyboard, between paper documents, underneath my calculator, speakers.... it's difficult to get them ! :rant: It's the first time in my life that I see these bloody insects.... I guess that's what you get for living in the country side. I see them only during very hot summer nights, when I stay up late at night with the light on and all windows opened. Then I will se 2 or 3 per night. Drives me nuts. I can cope with flies and mosquitos, but somehow these cock roaches, I find them disgusting, I can't stand seeing them... :-- EDIT : finally managed to got that third bastard in the end, a second ago ! It was hiding under the K/B.... now it's flat and immobile, just like his 2 brothers. I wonder if there is some chemical or other way to trap these bastards, so that I can attract them all in one place, so they don't run all around the house... There are electrified UV lights to get the flies.. maybe there is something to get rid of cock roaches... I hate these things so much that I am willing to spend some time researching the subject on the web, and maybe even fork out a few dollars to buy whatever product or apparatus that might help me get rid of them... --- End quote --- If you see one cockroach, there are many more hiding in the walls.... You saw 3, time to go thermonuclear. You got a nest of them somewhere......... --- End quote --- Are we actually talking about the same insect here? I live out in the country and have never seen a cockroach here. :phew: Back in the day, it was common to find cockroaches in large city apartment buildings where the population had little interest in cleaning chores (ie. large apartment building full of university student accommodations). That is one thing I do not miss from those days... EDIT: +1 for diatomaceous earth for any insect of that sort. As the dwagon indicated, it is also my understanding that it is mechanically injuring/killing the insects. Not poisonous. Then again, do take care with the stuff since I do believe that asbestos is bad in much the same way. |
| Saskia:
--- Quote from: grizewald on July 18, 2022, 11:22:57 pm --- --- Quote from: tautech on July 18, 2022, 10:34:27 pm ---After signing out last evening a toddy of vodka and dry was the plan and a few minutes in front of the goggle box before retiring however there was Callahan from '76 with his 44 Mag and not to watch it would've been plain rude. So Monday nights are Dirty Harry nights for a few weeks here, ain't watched that stuff in years. :) --- End quote --- The .44 Magnum. A truly insane cartridge. Having shot them from a genuine Dirty Harry S&W Model 29 revolver with the 8 inch barrel, I wouldn't think of using just one hand when firing it. The recoil is like stopping a train! It's quite easy to be accurate with it though, as long as you take single shots to allow some time to recover your senses before the next deafening explosion! :-DD The contrast when shooting .45 ACP cartridges with the classic Colt M1911 pistol and its comparatively stubby 5 inch barrel couldn't be more striking. I could get good groupings at 25 metres standing with the Model 29. Hitting anything smaller than a barn door at 25 metres with the M1911 was a real challenge. Partly because of the short barrel, but also because despite the fact I'm right handed, I shoot left handed which means I end up dodging the cartridges as they get ejected from the side of the Colt and fly past dangerously close to my eye. :) --- End quote --- well, hubby and me used to double tap with the .44 Mag. I did sell my .500 S&W (the one with a 2.75" barrel, no comp, cuz nobody would let me try it on their range. |
| Saskia:
cockroaches ? Nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to make sure ... |
| BU508A:
Please, could we stop discussing those off-topic things and going back to more on-topic subjects? Thank you. |
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