Subj : Re: Do Not Call To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Aug 26 2019 20:33:20 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 13-Aug-2019 19:55 <=- BM>>> OTOH if looking rather nasty outside will probably go to Weather BM>>> Underground to look at what's going on - can 'pull back' and look at BM>>> the bigger picture - and mostly admire all the pretty colours! NB>>> Oh, that's right, you're looking at the graphic version on the NB>>> website, as opposed to the text version via telnet like I do... :) BM>> As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words! ...Reading " a BM>> giant blob of yellow, orange and red is coming your way!!" just BM>> doesn't have the same impact. NB>> Generally it's far less graphic even than that... "90% chance of NB>> thunderstorms early afternoon" is probably the most likely... BM> Like here yesterday? Supposed to have been severe thunderstorms, BM> etc., yesterday late afternoon and all evening -- turned out to be a BM> little bit of rain and showers locally. Don't know where the storm BM> went or if it just fizzled. And I'm sure you weren't complaining... ;) NB>> Things got stuck again on Wednesday, so there've been no updates on NB>> conditions, or even the forecast, since early morning that day... NB>> hopefully things will be fixed soon.... I did send off an email to NB>> Jeff Masters again... :) BM> Good. He's either tired of hearing from you or glad you're taking the BM> interest and time to tell him of the error. Hasn't specifically responded to these later emails, but I did see things getting fixed... so hopefully he's glad I'm letting him know... ;) BM> ...I'll admit to having forgotten about most of the weather utilities BM> except ansiweather; rainmaker was working at the time I looked a few BM> minutes ago (early evening, August 13th) so that was fixed again. BM> ...Might have to dig into my notes to get the local/outside temperature BM> here: the 'weather station' sensors using 433 MHz just don't seem to BM> work due to some sort of interference - even when within a foot of each BM> other. Half-considering using an old Raspberry Pi to collect and BM> display the data from various sources. Another project for the queue... Richard taught me how to find a couple other weather sources... one is to go to the weather.gov website, the other is to finger a website in Norway for our local weather... that last gives a graph of the predicted temps by hour for about 24 hours, and also shows predicted rain/snow in mm and wind speed/direction also by hour... pretty neat... :) BM> Right. The good news is the street I went transitions from well-lit BM> in-city to just streetlights at major intersections (though four-lane BM> all the way) so everyone's eyes should be adjusted by the time it came BM> to driving over the hill and into darkness. Still a little strange BM> driving because one is expecting lights. Car lot essentally at the BM> base of the hill and that is normally super-bright but instead was BM> pitch black. Throws one's bearings off a little: am I in the right BM> place?? I could see that... ;) Sort of a timewarp feeling... ;) BM>> ... Prepositions are not a good thing to end a sentence with. NB>> ("..........up with which I will not put") BM> Speak proper English and no one will understand! Quite likely.... ;) BM> ... Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. That's one way to look at it... ttyl neb .... "A cat is only domestic so far as suits its own needs." - Heinlein --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .