Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
Sep 16th 2011, 2:01 am
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Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
I hope you two are getting ready for a big blow and a lot of rain.
Best of luck to you and everyone else on eastern side of The Rock.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...ia-ac-916.html
Best of luck to you and everyone else on eastern side of The Rock.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...ia-ac-916.html
Sep 16th 2011, 2:12 am
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Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
Latest word is that the system is moving so quickly that rainfall amounts will top out at 50mm. Going to be windy though. Don't think it will be as bad as Igor last year. We'll see...
Sep 16th 2011, 4:50 am
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Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
Doesnt seem to be as bad as most were forecasting up to now 
Schools etc closed at lunchtime so took the afternoon off myself
Schools etc closed at lunchtime so took the afternoon off myself
Sep 16th 2011, 10:29 am
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Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
I hope you're both managing.
I googled Hurricane Mary Newfoundland and came up with this astonishing mangle of the English language from a US site called OnlineTV. Can you believe this?
"Hurricane Maria picked up pace weekday on its artefact to the ocean shore of Newfoundland, transfer 80 indication (130 kph) winds and the existence a peak of threesome inches of fall for the river domain windy and rainy."
Jesus.
I googled Hurricane Mary Newfoundland and came up with this astonishing mangle of the English language from a US site called OnlineTV. Can you believe this?
"Hurricane Maria picked up pace weekday on its artefact to the ocean shore of Newfoundland, transfer 80 indication (130 kph) winds and the existence a peak of threesome inches of fall for the river domain windy and rainy."
Jesus.
Sep 16th 2011, 10:39 am
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Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
Sep 16th 2011, 11:32 am
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Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
I didn't know Jesus was doing the weather forecasts now. You'd think he'd be more accurate. And articulate.
Sep 16th 2011, 12:09 pm
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Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
Didnt come to very much at all to be honest around St Johns - Not sure about further South but basically we had a few mm's of rain and it was a bit windy. Seems like the wicked forecasts and shutting all the schools etc was a massive over reaction - I have been known to play golf in worse back in the uk 
Sep 16th 2011, 9:19 pm
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Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
'Twas all a bit of an anticlimax I agree. Tough call for the School Board etc though, if they hadn't closed the schools early & conditions had been worse, the kids would have been travelling home in the worst of it which wouldn't have been pretty. Damned if you do, etc etc.
I walked the dog last night just as the eye had moved over. At one point, he stopped and looked at me with a "wtf are we doing" expression on his face. That's quite amusing on a spaniel.
I walked the dog last night just as the eye had moved over. At one point, he stopped and looked at me with a "wtf are we doing" expression on his face. That's quite amusing on a spaniel.
