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 (DIR) Post #AHyVWGFUX0ykU902ds by arlequin@fosstodon.org
       2022-03-31T04:05:10Z
       
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       There happened a storm in my hometown yesterday afternoon. A dozen of minutes of rain and winds at 120 kilometers per hour were enough for unleashing 'monzonic' havoc in a subtropical climate unaccustomed to this kind of phenomena.Thanks God no one was injured.#climatechange #wearethesouth #stopit
       
 (DIR) Post #AHyVWGnWUUCWBgvDge by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-03-31T14:44:18Z
       
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       @arlequin In my subtropical climate of inland Texas, that would be completely normal weather ; but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the effect on people who aren't used to it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AHyqtv8EnGd8ymjIo4 by arlequin@fosstodon.org
       2022-03-31T18:43:53Z
       
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       @publius do you have cyclones in inland Texas? We don't. It just happens this isn't a norm for our weather. It is eventually _becoming_ a norm. And that's not a good thing for everybody not just for us.
       
 (DIR) Post #AHyxdz1NGULo5Urohs by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-03-31T19:59:28Z
       
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       @arlequin We have tornadoes, which are small cyclonic storms. And sometimes we get weather which used to be a hurricane (tropical cyclone). But we also routinely have 100+ kph straight-line winds, as well as rain at a rate of 20―50 mm/hr, sometimes even more, for fairly brief periods.
       
 (DIR) Post #AHyyDaQWBSpAEabYo4 by arlequin@fosstodon.org
       2022-03-31T20:05:51Z
       
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       @publius Thanks for being so illustrative. I am learning. That's not common in our geo/climatic zone. No tornadoes and no windws above 100 kph are usual here.That's why I point to Climate Change (with capital letters) and not to isolated phoenomena. They are getting more and more common here in Uruguay.
       
 (DIR) Post #AHzD3ygscCLHu78NmK by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-03-31T22:52:14Z
       
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       @arlequin I have heard that Uruguay is a lovely country. As a coin collector, I know it mostly through its coins, such as the beautiful 1000 Pesos of 1969. Certainly the coinage is much to be preferred to that of Paraguay (which is almost non-existent).
       
 (DIR) Post #AHzWWYEPxzBDMz9xMu by gemlog@tilde.zone
       2022-04-01T02:30:16Z
       
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       @publius Oh, I've noticed!And when I combine that info with knowledge of the exclusive Lone Star Grid... I'll just park my butt where it is! :-) @arlequin
       
 (DIR) Post #AHzc3SaUTH9jByzmOu by gemlog@tilde.zone
       2022-04-01T03:32:16Z
       
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       @publius Nice! Canada has interesting 25 cent pieces sometimes.@arlequin
       
 (DIR) Post #AI0XfFow581HzHukWO by arlequin@fosstodon.org
       2022-04-01T14:17:46Z
       
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       @publius collecting coins (and stamps) is called 'numismática' in Spanish and is cool.Didn't know those coins, but the 20 centésimos one resembles a 2 Nuevos Pesos from the eighties when I was a kid because of the wheat drawing.And yes, the one thousand Pesos is a beauty. And a treasure, indeed. Congratulations for your collection!
       
 (DIR) Post #AI0XqcyuJJtX0N0ARU by arlequin@fosstodon.org
       2022-04-01T14:19:48Z
       
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       @publius I may say the reason why Paraguay's coins are difficult to find is because devaulation of the Paraguayan currency. See, you need a bunch of Guaraníes to buy a candy so it might be difficult to divide one Guaraní given the value of one unit is almost zero. But I really don't know and maybe I am wrong.