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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2004Floods and Earthquakes
We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a foot. People have been evacuated out of houses and kids are paddling their boats along some streets. The power went off nearby and the water pumps in certain areas were overloaded. I've never seen such lightning, it seemed the thunder broke right over our heads. We had an earthquake too, though fortunately not a big one. Our house is OK but I notice this morning there is a water mark on the lawn of the house across the road. More rain is expected to-day. Will keep you posted. Bev  SignatureThe email of the species is more deadly than the mail. > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bev Hope it's okay for you. We're getting similar weather in the UK. Floods etc. It rained *again* today. Tweed >> We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at >> 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> I notice this morning there is a water mark on the lawn of the house >> across the road. More rain is expected to-day. Will keep you posted. > Hope it's okay for you. We're getting similar weather in the UK. Floods > etc. It rained *again* today. OK, you guys are scaring me. I just watched "The Day After Tomorrow" on DVD last night. If you haven't heard of it, it's a disaster film (with truly awesome effects, and I'm not a nut about effects, but these were quite impressive) about the world's weather going bonkers because the polar ice caps melted. Hail in Tokyo, tornados in Los Angeles, superfreeze in Scotland, gigantic storm systems that cover whole continents. And now I'm reading about weird weather for real. Hope everyone's OK! Joyce > > "Bev" <bevdun@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message > > news:4172E8C8.94E3887F@xtra.co.nz... [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Joyce I saw The Day After Tomorrow and it sure unnerved me!!! I think we are being picked on by The Gods because we are just a little, itty bitty country and are easily bullied! Bev SignatureThe email of the species is more deadly than the mail. > I think we are being picked on by The Gods because we are just a little, > itty bitty country and are easily bullied! Or maybe Earth is being picked on because we're an itty bitty planet and easily bullied! :-O I'm glad your house is OK. I can't believe you had all that rain *and* an earthquake. Joyce Bev <bevdun@xtra.co.nz> had some very interesting things to say about Floods and Earthquakes: >We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at >1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I notice this morning there is a water mark on the lawn of the house >across the road. More rain is expected to-day. Will keep you posted. Uh, WHAT did you people in NZ do to tick Someone off? ;-) Seriously, I hope things settle down for you VERY soon. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL Must be something to do with how they treat cats? SignatureChristopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com "Seanette Blaylock" <seanette.spammers.drop.dead@impulse.net> wrote in message Uh, WHAT did you people in NZ do to tick Someone off? ;-) Seriously, I hope things settle down for you VERY soon. -- Bev <bevdun@xtra.co.nz> skrev i diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:4172E8C8.94E3887F@xtra.co.nz... | We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at | 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] | I notice this morning there is a water mark on the lawn of the house | across the road. More rain is expected to-day. Will keep you posted. Purrs and headbutts from T&B! -I can see Thea is concentrating real hard on your problem right now, lying on the top shelf of the cat tree with her chin hanging over the edge (so she had dinner not that long ago ...) hugs - be safe! Lena -- lewe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se | cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi lewe <nolucksprmrs@nonews.net> skrev i diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:2tgbosF1ukpd9U1@uni-berlin.de... | Bev <bevdun@xtra.co.nz> skrev i | -I can see Thea is concentrating real hard on your problem right now, lying | on the top shelf of the cat tree with her chin hanging over the edge (so she | had dinner not that long ago ...) well I have to amend that, just after I posted Thea jumped down on the desk and is now purr'n and butt'n her head off right here on the keyboard - just so you don't think she doesn't care that much ... =) -- lewe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se | cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi ...>> hugs - be safe! > Lena I know that Sweden had an unusually wet and cold summer. Did it ever warm up there? In the U.S., Florida was not the place to be. Then, there is the volcano sputtering in Washington State. Hmmm. It sounds like something's up. Annie Annie Wxill skrev i meddelandet ... >...>> hugs - be safe! >> Lena [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Annie Hi Annie, yes August was better, more like an ordinary summer. We don't have volcanoes, hurricanes or earthquakes here in Sweden. Cheers, Elisabet ...> Hi Annie, yes August was better, more like an ordinary summer. > We don't have volcanoes, hurricanes or earthquakes here in Sweden. > Cheers, Elisabet Sweden definitely is a beautiful and charming place to be. It just makes you feel good to be there. Annie > ...>> hugs - be safe! >> Lena [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Annie Now all we need is an asteroid to hit the earth. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >> ...>> hugs - be safe! >>> Lena [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Now all we need is an asteroid to hit the earth. ;-) Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my house by 5 miles. Does that count as scary weather? Tweed > Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my house by 5 > miles. Does that count as scary weather? > Tweed It certainly would get my attention! Annie >> Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my house by >> 5 miles. Does that count as scary weather? >> Tweed > > It certainly would get my attention! > Annie It seemed to be centred almost over one house, ripped the roof off, dropped it on a couple of nearby cars, smashing them to bits..and away. We get about 30 tornados a year here, apparently, but mainly not serious. I had a relative killed by one in the 70's or 80's, but that's very unusual. He was on a bus. Tweed >It seemed to be centred almost over one house, ripped the roof off, dropped >it on a couple of nearby cars, smashing them to bits..and away. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Tweed There was a funnel cloud in Norfolk on Sunday. On the journey home from Nathan's time trial, the skies were *interesting* but I didn't see the funnel - obviously because I had my camera with me! Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > It seemed to be centred almost over one house, ripped the roof off, > dropped it on a couple of nearby cars, smashing them to bits..and away. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Tweed It's amazing how selective those tornados can be. They can totally destroy a building and not touch the one next door. We live in a hurricane prone area on the Texas coast. When we first moved here, the people told us about how they evacuated for a hurricane and found out that the tornados in the so-called safe area were bad. So, they packed up again and came back home. Fortunately, the hurricand did not land here after all. Annie > It's amazing how selective those tornados can be. They can totally > destroy [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Annie My dad grew up in Illinois and told us about a tornado that had gone through a neighborhood and destroyed every other house on either side of the street leaving the rest untouched. Scary! SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) dragonandthistle at snet dot net >> It seemed to be centred almost over one house, ripped the roof off, >> dropped it on a couple of nearby cars, smashing them to bits..and away. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > land here after all. > Annie I don't envy them trying to claim on their insurance. "A tornado ripped off the roof of our house and totalled two cars with the debris" "What other damage was done in the neighbourhood?" "None" "Oh, yeah? Do we seem like we're idiots? A tornado in Britain and it only damaged *your* house? Get lost, good try." Tweed >I don't envy them trying to claim on their insurance. "A tornado ripped off >the roof of our house and totalled two cars with the debris" [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Tweed Tornadoes are a regular happening in Britain, if not on the scale of bigger ones in the States - the insurance companies know tornadoes occur in Britain and how narrow & specific the zone of damage can be. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >It's amazing how selective those tornados can be. They can totally destroy >a building and not touch the one next door. Years ago, when I was stationed at Ft Campbell, Kentucky, I was taking a nap on my bunk in the barracks. I halfway woke up when a train went by, then rolled over and went back to sleep. Later on, when I really woke up, I found out that the "train" was actually a small tornado. Luckily (especially for me) the tornado was only a the ground a very short time, touching down in a parade field across the street from any buildings and then lifting back into the clouds. Oh, and BTW, there were no train tracks anywhere near the barracks >We live in a hurricane prone area on the Texas coast. When we first moved >here, the people told us about how they evacuated for a hurricane and found >out that the tornados in the so-called safe area were bad. So, they packed >up again and came back home. Fortunately, the hurricand did not land here >after all. >Annie SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html "Christina Websell" <spamfree@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Floods and Earthquakes: >Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my house by 5 >miles. Does that count as scary weather? I'd say so! [We've had rainy, windy, nearly-cold conditions here for a couple of days.] Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my house > by 5 miles. Does that count as scary weather? > > Tweed Scary enough for me. I'm very glad it missed you. Are you seeing more post now you're using news.individual? SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >> Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my house >> by 5 miles. Does that count as scary weather? >> >> Tweed > > Scary enough for me. I'm very glad it missed you. Me too! > Are you seeing more post now you're using news.individual? I am now running two newsreaders to try and compare them. So imagine keeping up with rpca times two, plus my other two groups!!! I haven't seen much difference up to now. I have still seen posts quoted on both nr's that I never saw the originals of. So, until now, I am missing posts still. If someone doesn't quote them, I never knew that I missed them... Tweed >> Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my house >> by 5 miles. Does that count as scary weather? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Are you seeing more post now you're using news.individual? I forgot to say in my previous post, that there seems to be a disadvantage to news.individual.net My original news server downloads posts to me automatically every few minutes. N.I.N. has to be synchronised each time. Tweed >>> Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my >>> house by 5 miles. Does that count as scary weather? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Tweed If you go to the properties for N.I.N and check the box, Include this account when checking for new messages. I think that should do it. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >>>> Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my >>>> house by 5 miles. Does that count as scary weather? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > If you go to the properties for N.I.N and check the box, Include this > account when checking for new messages. I think that should do it. YAY! Thanks, Adrian, I did what you said and sure enough the box wasn't checked so I did it. I'll wait for results in the morning, I shall know immediately as I'm still running two newsreaders side by side. If they match up then it worked! Fantastic advice Tweed >Did have a tornado in Leicestershire last Friday that missed my house by 5 miles. Does that count as scary weather? >Tweed In 1980 a tornado passed over my apartment building after tearing up downtown Kalamazoo (yes its a real place.). Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") "Adrian" <anca@bigfoot.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Floods and Earthquakes: >> I know that Sweden had an unusually wet and cold summer. Did it ever >> warm up there? >> In the U.S., Florida was not the place to be. Then, there is the >> volcano sputtering in Washington State. >> Hmmm. It sounds like something's up. >Now all we need is an asteroid to hit the earth. ;-) [swat] Bite your tongue! :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > "Adrian" <anca@bigfoot.com> had some very interesting things to say > about Re: Floods and Earthquakes: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > [swat] Bite your tongue! :-) OUCH! SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >Bev <bevdun@xtra.co.nz> skrev i >diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:4172E8C8.94E3887F@xtra.co.nz... [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >lewe >------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purrs from New England USA too. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bev Oh, no, Bev. Purrs and prayers for your family's safety. > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I notice this morning there is a water mark on the lawn of the house > across the road. More rain is expected to-day. Will keep you posted. Smack Huey, and tell him he missed! That rain was supposed to be for the country to the left! We Aussies are still in drought. Yowie Yow, that sounds miserable. Can you swim? SignatureChristopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a foot. People have been evacuated out of houses and kids are paddling their boats along some streets. The power went off nearby and the water pumps in certain areas were overloaded. I've never seen such lightning, it seemed the thunder broke right over our heads. We had an earthquake too, though fortunately not a big one. Our house is OK but I notice this morning there is a water mark on the lawn of the house across the road. More rain is expected to-day. Will keep you posted. Bev SignatureThe email of the species is more deadly than the mail. Goodness! I hope that doesn't happen again, and your house stays intact. -- Joy "You can never do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > The email of the species is more deadly than the mail. > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a > foot. ... > Bev I'm glad you are O.K. I imagine kitties are blaming you for the weather. We're sending good vibrations for a nice sunny day to dry up all the excess water. Annie Wowser, Bev, hope you are all okay! Sending warming and drying purrs from us! Christine > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bev 55 mm is roughly two inches. I believe the conversion factor is 25.4 mm = 1 inch. Sorry to hear that you are having the problems though. It can get unnerving when there is an over abundance of water. Been there done that. 300 mm of water in the front room. The front room is 1.02 meters above the ground outside the house. And yes the water was at the same depth outside as it was inside. The basement was, needless to say, full to the ceiling. Good luck and keep looking for the rainbow. And to Australia, hope your climate turns around soon. > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bev Yikes! Here's hoping for fairer weather and geothermal activity soon! Ack Bev, sounds awful. Having a stream at the end of the garden, I understand the scariness of floods. Thankfully I haven't been flooded *yet* but having a stream at the end of the garden It's a matter of *when* and not *if*. Stay safe. helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > Ack Bev, sounds awful. Having a stream at the end of the garden, I understand > the scariness of floods. Thankfully I haven't been flooded *yet* but having a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Thanks for the comments gang, sun is out this morning. They do say more rain is coming :( Bev SignatureThe email of the species is more deadly than the mail. > Thanks for the comments gang, sun is out this morning. They do say > more rain is coming :( We're purring for the sun to keep shining. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bev > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bev Better-days purrs are heading out! ------ Krista > We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at > 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bev I hope you all stay safe. |
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