The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Goofyernmost]

Happens in Maryland on a fairly regular basis, thanks to our lovely rain snow line. It'll be 40 something with snowflakes, but as I said, ground is too warm, so it instantly melts.

Better than hail or freezing rain, which is also what we get a lot of in winter.

NC, at least central, is somewhat on that line. I came down here for Christmas of 2010. I had already retired and decided to move, but hadn't yet. If I remember correctly, the day after Christmas, Cary, which is were I was, got hit with around 10 inches of snow. Everything was stopped in it's tracks. I had 7 lane highways all to myself that day, because I was one of very few that had been driving in snow for the previous 50 years. It melted within two days and all was back to normal. Since that time I can remember a few days were we would have 1 to 3 inches (which also shut every thing down). After that 2010 biggy, and the few small ones, what we did have is freezing rain, which is worse than just snow. However, in the last three or four years there has been nothing. Maybe a flurry or two, but nothing of any concern. We keep thinking were due. I already have enough bread and milk to cover the worst (by which I mean normal supply) and I have no place I have to be so I'll be able to just look and laugh.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Rain here.

Yes, it's raining pretty steady as I type this and the temperature is a cool 65 degrees.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

She's letting me use her as a pillow.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Yes, it's raining pretty steady as I type this and the temperature is a cool 65 degrees.

And now it's thunderstorming here.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Glad this didn't happen when I went on this last month...

Riders stuck in midair for over 2 hours on Knott's Berry Farm ride

A Knott's Berry Farm spokesperson says more than 20 riders were suspended in midair for hours after a Southern California theme park ride malfunctioned.

apnews.com

More background on this ride (I am planning on doing a trip report...at some point).

It wasn't crowded the day I went to Knott's. Like, at all. I walked right up to this ride and was the first one on.

I tried going into an outer seat. For those who don't know, I'm only five feet tall and all of my very limited height is in my torso; I hav very short legs.

I can normally hoist myself up onto ride seats like this one. However, I quickly discovered that it was wayyyy too high up for me. So I went to another seat. Still could not get in.

I ended up crawling into a seat that was the furthest in. And by crawling, I mean I crawled in like how a toddler gets into a car seat. I had the row to myself, and I'm fairly certain the only person who saw this was the ride operator, who was definitely laughing about it.

Then to get out, I also had to do the toddler crawl out of the seat.

 

[MinnieM123]

Rain here.

We're also getting rain here today, some tomorrow, and even some on Sunday. All this is great, as it will help alleviate some of the drought (and brush fires).

 

[Songbird76]

I'm hoping it will start snowing here soon. We've gotten snow for the last two days, but it doesn't stick. Today is the last day it's supposed to have a chance of snowing, so I hope it does.