--- On Sun, 3/31/13, Erik Christiansen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Danke, gleichfalls! > > Happy Easter from down under, where the end of a week and a > half between > 30°C (86°F) and 36°C (99°F) here in the middle of the > first month of > autumn (fall) was pretty much welcome. (Easy for me to say. > With 12 cubic > metres of firewood stacked under cover, I'm even ready if > some of that > northern hemisphere snow finds its way down here. Though I'd > race for > the camera if it ever did snow here, even at 600 ft > altitude.) Here in Weiser, Idaho, we had three weeks this winter where it didn't get up to freezing. When the 'high' is 23F and it feels warm... The electric bill was extra high that month because there was nothing for the heat pump to wring out of the air so the emergency backup resistance (which wasn't futile) heater ran almost constantly. The last time we had such a cold spell was 1996. It finally broke on January 1st, 1997 with a sudden warming and lots of rain in the mountains. Warm temps + rain plus a confluence of two frozen rivers (the Weiser and the Snake) = really big flood. Fortunately my place is on the high side of the river. If the water ever gets this high, everything from here to Ontario, Oregon would be under water and I'd be looking for an ark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Own the Future-Intel(R) Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/12124-176961-30367-2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
