Weird weather
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GasBandit
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AITA if I can't keep a certain Bad Religion song out of my head these last few days?Can't embed Bluesky, but this video of palm trees burning in high speed winds in front of a McDonald's in California.
figmentPez
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Drone collides with firefighting aircraft over Palisades fire, FAA says
“We hit a drone this afternoon — first one,” said L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone. “Our Super Scooper hit a small drone.”
He said the incident occurred over the Palisades fire Thursday. He didn’t have details on who was flying the drone, but said the drone was destroyed and the Super Scooper — a massive fixed-wing plane that can drop large amounts of water — was damaged.
“It put a hole in the wing,” he said. “It’s grounded now.”
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One Of Just Two CL-415 Super Scooper Planes Taken Out Of Palisades Fire Fight By Drone
A drone’s collision with a water-dropping aircraft fighting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles caused temporary grounding of all aircraft working that fire and took out one of just two amphibious planes capable of repeatedly scooping 1,600 gallons of water from the ocean and delivering it onto nearby flames, Cal Fire told The War Zone.
“We hit a drone this afternoon — first one,” said L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone. “Our Super Scooper hit a small drone.”
He said the incident occurred over the Palisades fire Thursday. He didn’t have details on who was flying the drone, but said the drone was destroyed and the Super Scooper — a massive fixed-wing plane that can drop large amounts of water — was damaged.
“It put a hole in the wing,” he said. “It’s grounded now.”
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One Of Just Two CL-415 Super Scooper Planes Taken Out Of Palisades Fire Fight By Drone
A drone’s collision with a water-dropping aircraft fighting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles caused temporary grounding of all aircraft working that fire and took out one of just two amphibious planes capable of repeatedly scooping 1,600 gallons of water from the ocean and delivering it onto nearby flames, Cal Fire told The War Zone.
figmentPez
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It makes perfect sense, but I was not expecting to see a hole the shape of a flying toaster.
--Patrick
figmentPez
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figmentPez
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So weird to see all this covered in snow.
You guys got more down there than we did 120 miles north. I was hoping to allow our pup out in the dog park to enjoy a few inches of snow. It’s just mostly sleet pellets.
I only got sparse coverage. It was really supposed to be socked in this morning. Looks like I could drive.
My son has a remote learning day today - it's currently -4 degrees F (-20 degrees C), feeling like -28 degrees F (-33 degrees C) and I'm not even in the coldest sections that are further north of me.
figmentPez
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It's almost noon and there is still snow on the ground! It's kinda freaking me out.
It’s snowing. In South Carolina.
No, no, no, you don’t understand… It’s snowing in South Carolina. Like actual snow. Not sleet, not freezing rain, but snow.
I’m not sure you fully grasp the situation. Usually, they call for snow and nothing happens. My brother, who lives in Texas, gets more snow than we do. My sister near Atlanta gets way more. I’ve lived in SC most of my life and I can probably say that I have seen less than a foot of snow cumulatively over 40 years or so.
But it’s snowing, here. It’s currently pretty sparse, but it’s happening.
No, no, no, you don’t understand… It’s snowing in South Carolina. Like actual snow. Not sleet, not freezing rain, but snow.
I’m not sure you fully grasp the situation. Usually, they call for snow and nothing happens. My brother, who lives in Texas, gets more snow than we do. My sister near Atlanta gets way more. I’ve lived in SC most of my life and I can probably say that I have seen less than a foot of snow cumulatively over 40 years or so.
But it’s snowing, here. It’s currently pretty sparse, but it’s happening.
Lots of earthquakes in the news recently.
The ones in the Sea of Crete really caught my attention.
Until I really looked at the area, I didn't realize just how much the area between Turkey and Greece with all of its islands looks like the two landmasses were forced apart at some point in the distant past as though a giant balloon were inflated beneath the area, kind of like the toppings on a pizza getting pushed aside by a giant cheese bubble. Especially since the island of Santorini, which is right near the center of this hypothetical ancient bubble, has that very classical "I used to be a volcano, but then I collapsed" look to it.
Well ok then. There have been nine earthquakes over the last 24hrs. All were magnitude 4.0-4.5, all were just NE of Santorini, with one of them happening during the time I was typing up this post.
I guess I'm saying I'm kinda glad I'm not one of the people living in that area right now.
--Patrick
The ones in the Sea of Crete really caught my attention.
Until I really looked at the area, I didn't realize just how much the area between Turkey and Greece with all of its islands looks like the two landmasses were forced apart at some point in the distant past as though a giant balloon were inflated beneath the area, kind of like the toppings on a pizza getting pushed aside by a giant cheese bubble. Especially since the island of Santorini, which is right near the center of this hypothetical ancient bubble, has that very classical "I used to be a volcano, but then I collapsed" look to it.
Well ok then. There have been nine earthquakes over the last 24hrs. All were magnitude 4.0-4.5, all were just NE of Santorini, with one of them happening during the time I was typing up this post.
I guess I'm saying I'm kinda glad I'm not one of the people living in that area right now.
--Patrick
NWS is predicting potential rain/snow mix for Wednesday. Hopefully we won't get a ton of ice accumulation.