Cyclones! Bah!

[Jan]

We had a cyclone (upside down hurricane :p) go through overnight and I've only just got power restored :devious2:

What do you guys do to amuse yourselves when you have no power. Assuming you don't have a generator that it ;)

[sep]

When we don't have power, we chase the cat until he climbs a tree or something.

[Jan]

The cat's still up there from last time :devious2:

[Johnson]

Why are you still admin? I thought you were going normal member.

[Jan]

Keep up!

I am a normal member, well as normal as most :p

[Johnson]

But your name is red and your user title is "Administrator". You can see how I'd make that mistake. I'm not trying to start a fight, just curious.

[Matt8]

She may be an administrator (http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showpost.php?p=945488&postcount=108), but she is quite normal.

Is one of your Australian cyclones the same as tornado's [as we call them in the states]

[Blank Verse]

When I have no power....I fear.

[Jan]

Is one of your Australian cyclones the same as tornado's [as we call them in the states]
Hurricane or tornado. Do you get warned a tornado is approaching like hurricanes and cyclones?

[themoose]

Masturbate.

[Robert]

Hurricane or tornado. Do you get warned a tornado is approaching like hurricanes and cyclones?

Depends on the State. In Georgia, a State prone to tornados, they would turn on the sirens to warn of a possible tornado.

Here in Florida we get warned by the hurricane days ahead of time through the news.

[BananaMaster]

I England we hardly get anything like that :)


But when there's no power I cower in the corner saying "It's all a dream the powers realy here I can go into the internet when ever I want"

[Gayowulf]

I light some candles, put on my headlamp, get out the camp stove and make something delicious to eat.

[Blank Verse]

Something delicious? Do go on.

Are we talking like...s'mores, or more of a hearty caribou burger?

Or is it people?

[bigperm]

Back in `97 or so we had an ice storm to end all ice storms. The news casters saw it coming and we knew we were going to be in for a week of solid ice everywhere you look.

My Mom being the protective and caring person that she is, packed up the whole family and took us to my Grandma's house. Grandma lived back in the woods you see, and I guess my Mom figured that if were weren't going to have power we might as well be somewhere with a wood stove.

So, about 18 people crammed into Grandma's house, although it's not a small house that's still a bunch of people, for an entire week. Melting snow on the wood stove to flush the toilet, chopping wood in the freezing cold... It was tough.

The ice melted and we returned home to find that not a single clock was blinking. We never lost power and stuggled for a week and didn't have to.

Looking back it was fun though.

[Canuckkev]

For reference...

Hurricanes, Cyclones, Typhoons are all the same weather phenomenon. They are large scale rotating masses of air that develop over warm ocean water, and can have wind speeds up to 300 km/h. Hurricanes are in the Atlantic, Cyclones in the Indian Ocean, Typhoons in the Pacific. Though "Cyclone" is generic, and it seems Aussies use that term as well. Wikipedia says that someones people use "cyclone" to describe a tornado.

A tornado is a small scale phenomenon, but interestingly can have wind speeds of up to 500 km/h. And, since the force of wind is proportional to the square of the windspeed, a tornado can have MUCH more force.

Trivia: Due to the Coriolis effect, it is impossible for a cyclone/hurricane/typhoon to cross the equator.


Umm...stuff to do. Cards in the candlelight is always good. Natural disaster sex is probably fun. OR, here is a neat little game that I picked up from a book once. It is called Coffee Pot. It tests your skill with homonyms. One person says a sentence that contains a pair of homonyms, but replaces the words with "coffee pot". The other person then has to guess what the words are.

Example: "I am so coffee pot; this game is as exciting as hammering nails into a coffee pot."

It's true, I read about this game in a book.

[stuffradio]

(upside down hurricane :p)

Told you Australia was backwards, you said so your self!

[sep]

Masturbate.

Not really a group activity.

[Jan]

Depends on the State. In Georgia, a State prone to tornados, they would turn on the sirens to warn of a possible tornado.

Here in Florida we get warned by the hurricane days ahead of time through the news.

Yeah we knew this was coming for days, which is why I asked. Some states here have "mini" tornados but they don't get any warning.

It is out of our state now and heading for QLD :eek3:

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDD65011.shtml

[iBrightDev]

good ol' AZ doesnt get ---- like that.

[DavidsAwesome]

We have 3 generators... but we used to listen to radios, and go out to restaurants and stuff. In bad weather though, with no power... life sucks.

[Jan]

All the pubs and clubs etc were ordered to close early :p

[DavidsAwesome]

That sucks.... Then I guess you just do what Colin said. :P

[Blank Verse]

All the pubs and clubs etc were ordered to close early :p

Didn't they ever see Shaun of the Dead? Get a good pub with thick doors and storm shutters and everything works out great!


...except for Zombie attacks. Is that a common precursor to Cyclones?

[Jan]

The were a few floating around next morning :p

[utcrazy]

Told you Australia was backwards, you said so your self!

I brought up the point of toilets flushing the wrong way though.

[TSO]

What do you guys do to amuse yourselves when you have no power.

Seriously? I piss and moan, hoping that will make it come back on faster. :P

Honestly, I thought I was the only one who's power went out all the freakin' time - it's nice to know there's someone else out there who experiences the same thing.

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The were a few floating around next morning :p


Those were probably just teenagers, Jan. In the mornings, they very much resemble zombies.

[Gayowulf]

Something delicious? Do go on.

Are we talking like...s'mores, or more of a hearty caribou burger?

Or is it people?

Last time I made sloppy joes with a can of Manwich. Never eat that. it tastes queer.

Usually I just start the stove and pretend to cook because it tends to attract the neighbours, and they usually bring beer.

[Ben]

Not really a group activity.

That's what you think.

[Blank Verse]

Last time I made sloppy joes with a can of Manwich. Never eat that. it tastes queer.

Usually I just start the stove and pretend to cook because it tends to attract the neighbours, and they usually bring beer.

I like your neighbours. And beer. Which is why I like your neighbours.

But seriously though, Mamwich? That stuff tastes like leftover burnt -------, and I question the motives of anyone who actually buys the stuff. That was meant for some sort of practical joke, but then you were forced to survive of of it, am I right?