An example of Regina weather!
May 19th 2007, 10:11 pm
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An example of Regina weather!
Our pool sprang a leak over the winter. I was going to say "to heck with it" but after consideration decided that as its my grandaughter and friends and me who use the pool and I enjoy it, I would get a new liner for the thing. The pool people came and ripped out the old liner and told us to cover the pool so the base didn't get damaged if it rained.
As we couldn't find a tarp big enough to go down the sides and along the bottom of a pool that is 9.5 feet deep in the deep end, my husband made some 2 x 4 beams and we put the regular tarp across the top. However, this is a new tarp and it's not very substantial. We had reckoned without the usual gale force winds here and yesterday I had to spend the whole afternoon fighting to stop my tarp ending up in Winnipeg. It's now tied to the wrought iron fence!
My sister in Vancouver said they never get winds this strong in Vancouver.
Take a look - this is quite normal for Regina. Don't worry about the talking. I can't understand what I was saying! I was on the phone to my sister at the time!!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v7...t=DSCN4533.flv
As we couldn't find a tarp big enough to go down the sides and along the bottom of a pool that is 9.5 feet deep in the deep end, my husband made some 2 x 4 beams and we put the regular tarp across the top. However, this is a new tarp and it's not very substantial. We had reckoned without the usual gale force winds here and yesterday I had to spend the whole afternoon fighting to stop my tarp ending up in Winnipeg. It's now tied to the wrought iron fence!
My sister in Vancouver said they never get winds this strong in Vancouver.
Take a look - this is quite normal for Regina. Don't worry about the talking. I can't understand what I was saying! I was on the phone to my sister at the time!!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v7...t=DSCN4533.flv
May 20th 2007, 4:35 pm
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Re: An example of Regina weather!
It was certainly windy here too yesterday, strapping the kid into the car seat I nearly cut my own leg off when the door blew shut on it
Not sure I could have caught your tarpaulin for you with that injury!
May 21st 2007, 4:56 pm
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Re: An example of Regina weather!
It has been very wild and windy over here in Scotland too, not as bad as you in Regina though I dont think.
May 21st 2007, 7:27 pm
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Re: An example of Regina weather!
Our pool sprang a leak over the winter. I was going to say "to heck with it" but after consideration decided that as its my grandaughter and friends and me who use the pool and I enjoy it, I would get a new liner for the thing. The pool people came and ripped out the old liner and told us to cover the pool so the base didn't get damaged if it rained.
As we couldn't find a tarp big enough to go down the sides and along the bottom of a pool that is 9.5 feet deep in the deep end, my husband made some 2 x 4 beams and we put the regular tarp across the top. However, this is a new tarp and it's not very substantial. We had reckoned without the usual gale force winds here and yesterday I had to spend the whole afternoon fighting to stop my tarp ending up in Winnipeg. It's now tied to the wrought iron fence!
My sister in Vancouver said they never get winds this strong in Vancouver.
Take a look - this is quite normal for Regina. Don't worry about the talking. I can't understand what I was saying! I was on the phone to my sister at the time!!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v7...t=DSCN4533.flv
As we couldn't find a tarp big enough to go down the sides and along the bottom of a pool that is 9.5 feet deep in the deep end, my husband made some 2 x 4 beams and we put the regular tarp across the top. However, this is a new tarp and it's not very substantial. We had reckoned without the usual gale force winds here and yesterday I had to spend the whole afternoon fighting to stop my tarp ending up in Winnipeg. It's now tied to the wrought iron fence!
My sister in Vancouver said they never get winds this strong in Vancouver.
Take a look - this is quite normal for Regina. Don't worry about the talking. I can't understand what I was saying! I was on the phone to my sister at the time!!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v7...t=DSCN4533.flv
May 22nd 2007, 11:40 am
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Re: An example of Regina weather!
Well you must have forwarded the wind halfway round the world to us....here in Sydney my washing was wrapped around the clothes line today because it was so windy!
By the way, we had our first official snowfall of the season here in the Oz snowfields...going down there in July to climatize ourselves for when we get to Toronto....eventually!!
By the way, we had our first official snowfall of the season here in the Oz snowfields...going down there in July to climatize ourselves for when we get to Toronto....eventually!!
