Crazy Weather Photos Thread

[Michel]

 Sportsdude wrote:
The first one is real its a picture of the saint louis arch.
 

 
 
 [/div]    [div]Saint-Louis Arch ? No, it's a rocket or a missile test, taken with long exposure. Probably from Cape Canaveral as the palm trees in the foreground makes me think about it... If not, it's from French Guyana.

[kitten]

 [TABLE borderColor=#000000 height=400 width=350 border=1] [TBODY] [TR bgColor=#ffffff] [TD colSpan=3 height=306][!-- #BeginEditable "photo" --][img height=306 alt="Noctilucent Clouds by Danny Beath" src="vny!://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/weather/gallery/images/winter_weather_pop_up_40.jpg" width=350][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE].  

[Gopher]

weird al wrote:
 Yeah, check out the site. Used to see these in Sask., but not this pronounced (nor R-rated).[/DIV]....
 Oh, Saskatchewan! Where were you?

[Orca]

Ice storm (undated).

 

[weird al]

Gopher wrote:
....
 Oh, Saskatchewan! Where were you?

   Big River.( It's just under the K in Saskatchewan.)
 

[Sportsdude]

Flood of '93

 

 

 

 

  Here's what the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers looked like after the flood from Space:

  [img height=558 src="vny!://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/stlouis_l5tm_19aug93_30m.jpg" width=558]  

[Sportsdude]

More flood space images:

 Before the Flood of the Mississippi River in Southern Illinois:

 [img height=524 src="vny!://www.dgorton.com/farmsite/Illinoismaps/before-during-after/before_1993_flood.gif" width=288 border=0]

 

 During the flood:

 [img height=541 src="vny!://www.dgorton.com/farmsite/Illinoismaps/before-during-after/during_1993_flood.gif" width=288 border=0]

 After:

 [img height=523 src="vny!://www.dgorton.com/farmsite/Illinoismaps/before-during-after/after_93_flood.gif" width=288 border=0]

[Gopher]

weird al wrote:
Gopher wrote:
....
 Oh, Saskatchewan! Where were you?

   Big River.( It's just under the K in Saskatchewan.) ........

 Just under the K in Saskatchewan has so far been off my route, nearest I've been to it are Weyakwin and Prince Albert.


 
 

[Sportsdude]

West Texas Sand Storm - 2002

 

Sand Storm in Iraq

  [img height=408 src="vny!://www.roguer.com/modules/gallery/albums/news-sandstorm/image003.jpg" width=544]

  [img height=408 src="vny!://www.roguer.com/modules/gallery/albums/news-sandstorm/image005.jpg" width=544]    

[weird al]

"Just under the K in Saskatchewan has so far been off my route, nearest I've been to it are Weyakwin and Prince Albert. "



 Yeah, it's about 130k north of PA.

[Gopher]

Is Big River worth a visit next time I'm in the area? I.E. What other towns can you compare it with?

[weird al]

 I really don't know. I haven't been there since John A. was P.M. The roads were dirt. The highway was dirt. So, yeah, it was kinda cool. Rough and ready town. Some quite nice people there. Recent highway report:

   [FONT size=2]Hwy 55

[/FONT][FONT size=2][/FONT] - Vicinity of 7 km W. of Red Earth Access to 18 kilometers east of Jct Hwy 123 : Surface breaks
- Smeaton to Meath Park : Reduced speed required, Loose stones
- 15 kilometers north of Debden to 14 kilometers south of Big River : Seal Coating, visibility reduced in dust , Reduced speed required, Fresh oil, Loose stones, One lane traffic, Watch for equipment and persons working, Flagpersons in attendance, Be prepared to stop

 

 Except for some land cleared for farming and a few natural meadows, the town is surrounded by the Northern Boreal Forest and hundreds of lakes from "pond" to "you can't see the far shore" in size. See the [A href="vny!://www.brsk.net/map/localmap.htm"]local map[/A] to examine some of these features in relation to Big River.

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[Gopher]

Thanks for the information.  I see what you mean, but may give it a try even so (maybe next year).