File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_1999/anarchy-list.9912, message 155


Date: 03 Dec 1999 23:57:00 +0200
From: ASWAD-AT-anarch.free.de (catkawin)
Subject: weather talks!



Alright, with a few people discussing the weather again, this was bound to  
happen:

After it had been relatively nice for quite some time, it's fuckin pissing  
down with rain the third day in a row now! To make matters worse, the  
rainfalls are mixed with snow and hail, and a few lightnings and  
thunderbolts every other hour or so. The water is simply standing in the  
streets, with gutters being blocked by leaves, and I sufficiently got me  
feet and socks washed twice yesterday (outdoors, that is) because there  
was no way to get around some of these huge puddles - err: ponds? lakes?  
oceans?
A neighbour slipped on the mix of rain, hail, and snow on the ground and  
not only nicely bruised her buttocks, but also had to walk home with a  
thoroughly wetted pair of trousers. As she managed to slip with both feet  
at the same time, she also skidded across the pavement well enough to hear  
a few cheers from passers-by and ratings were given in the 9.5 - 9.8  
range. What is it again they say about adding insult to injury?

A fierce gale also has been building up over the last days which made  
periods of hail really interesting - it's great to have hail blown into  
one's face almost vertically at about 100 kms/h and more. Tends to  
contribute to a literally frozen grin, believe me.

Now today after all we managed to get a gale and flood warning here  
(Hamburg's the largest sea-port in Germany, for the geographically  
challenged among you). Gale is said to get up to 120 kms/h, with gusts up  
to 180 kms/h. It was bad enough, anyway, I ruined an umbrella after a walk  
of about 100 ms when I went - no: flew to do some shopping.

With all the rain pouring down, local news reported that the book "Easy  
Ark-Building" is completely sold out, and you should see the queues  
outside dyi shops. Those among us of more modest means have turned to  
check twice per day whether there's any chance we start to grow these  
skins between our toes which make ducks swim so well. Public transport  
will sell all buses and acquire boats instead, and city council announced  
that one must carry a pilote's license in order to be allowed to go out  
with an umbrella starting tomorrow.

Not only humyn lives but also blinds were highly endangered today: at my  
local greengrocer's, both shop owner and one employee desperately clung to  
the blinds in front of the shops to prevent it from being blown away. That  
was a good chance for a nice comment - since the German equivalent for  
getting fired from one's job is one "flies", I asked the employee whether  
this was going to happen to him today, and the owner said: yep, if he  
doesn't watch out, that'll happen any minute now.

There's ambulance, police, fire brigade passing by here every 15 minutes  
or so - we're living at one of the main roads connecting several  
neighbourhoods.

So please, can you do me a favour and stop talking about the weather for a  
few days?

catkawin





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