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[rootofnewt]

woohoo! weather and geographical geekery meme from joedecker:

have i seen:

a sandstorm: no.

a drought: yes

a heat wave: yes

dewfall above 86 F (30 C): i'm pretty sure, yeah.

a chinook: no.

a forest fire: no, just prairie burns

a dust storm: yes, and wee little dust devils.

a thunderstorm: mmm, yes.

a lightning strike: not within 100 feet. and that was plenty painful... my ears are still ringing, it seems.

ball lightning: yes.

a flood: yes

a flash flood: yes

a thundersnow storm: yes

a hailstorm: yes

an ice storm: yes

a blizzard: yep

"tree-cracking cold": no, but i've seen healthy trees felled within the first half hour of an ice storm.... and i've experienced vinyl-cracking cold.

a lake frozen hard enough to walk on or drive on: yes

ice out (ice breakup) in the spring: yes

an iceberg calving: no

a tornado: yes

a blowdown: (powerful straightline winds that can topple part of a forest): no, but i've seen the results of one.

a typhoon: no

a hurricane: no

a waterspout: no

St. Elmo's fire: yes

a squall: yes

a full gale: yes

seiche: no

a tsunami: no

an earthquake: yeah, but i'm pretty sure the minor tremors one feels a few times a year in the eastern half of the states don't count. ;)

a sinkhole opening: yes, but i grew up in swampland. ;)

a landslide: no.

an avalanche: no

mudslide: no

a volcanic eruption: no

an ash fall: no

a lava flow: no

pyroclastic flow: no

jokulhlaup: no

a meteor strike: no, but i've seen shadowcasters.

intense fog: yes, so intense, i couldn't see my feet, nor my hand held out a foot.

the midnight sun: well, it was almost twilight around midnight when i was in st. petersburg one april.

the noon moon: i doubt seeing the moon in daylight counts. ;)

sundogs: no.

northern lights: no :( though if it stays clear tonight, i might have half a chance.

snow glittering in the night like diamonds: yes

a double rainbow: yes

a triple rainbow: yes

other stuff i've seen. green flash, zodiacal glow, wil o'th'wisp, total solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, various astronomical delights, moonbow, venus during daylight, starlight capable of casting shadows, miniature dirt devils (6-8' tall) on clear days.l

Comments

[absinthea.livejournal.com]

A chinook wind isn't exactly something you *see*, but growing up where you did you more than likely experienced at least a wee bit.
And are you SURE you haven't seen a sundog?? After my high school bio teacher pointed one out to the class, I thought "so *THAT* is what you call that funky-kewl thing!!!" I bet you have seen several, but just don't realize it.

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

technically, the chinook is a rockies or pacific NW specific phenomenon. yes, i've experienced warm winter winds (to the tune of 70+F in january)--who in indiana hasn't? but i've never experienced any foehn winds, simply because i grew up very far from any mountains, as you well know.

and no, i've never seen a sundog. i've seen parhelic circles, but never any sundogs.