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Post by Peter on Nov 20, 2018 21:23:05 GMT 10
This was inspired by a link to a shipping supplier on another thread...
Who knows how to use a barometer? How are your weather predicting skills? What are some of the ways this will be useful in a grid-down scenario? Is it a worthwhile skill to have?
Not so much a pop quiz as a discussion topic...
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Post by Peter on Nov 20, 2018 21:32:44 GMT 10
For that matter, how good are you at seeing the signs in your area? Can you see/feel/sense the weather changing? Not being judgmental, but I'm genuinely curious.
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Post by Joey on Nov 20, 2018 22:12:57 GMT 10
A long time ago back in high school, I used to be called the weatherman.
I would just look at the sky and accurately predict the weather for the arvo.
I could even guess the approx time that rain would drop.
I could look up say say "we'll have a late arvo storm today" or "na that dark cloud will blow over and it'll be sunny all day"
Stuff like that and got it right 9/10 times.
These days not so much lol
Being in a place where we just got our first rain in 9mths a couple weeks ago sort of ruins it lol.
Although I can still tell when soemthing is brewing up just watching the wind and cloud behaviour as well as the ambient temps rising or falling.
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Post by SA Hunter on Nov 20, 2018 22:34:27 GMT 10
I think after being in an area for a while, you can get the gist of what the weather will do.
The type of clouds, wind direction, humidity etc.
Oh, and the knees and metal in the shoulder too!
But, for expert forecasts (well, as expert as can be), ABC rural radio works for me.
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Post by Pion on Nov 20, 2018 22:40:12 GMT 10
You guys are full of the proverbial...its always fine here! Theyre getting snow, flooding, tornados and hail the size of tennis balls at home...and its Spring! lol
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Post by Pion on Nov 22, 2018 0:58:45 GMT 10
Incidently theres a thread on weather glasses on PrepNZ...they work in a preppy kind of way...well they wont fail during EMP anyway lol
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Post by Peter on Nov 22, 2018 21:30:53 GMT 10
I think John has the right idea...  |
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Post by Pion on Nov 22, 2018 22:08:01 GMT 10
Thats very silly Peter...lol...
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Post by evilwookie on Dec 16, 2018 20:21:06 GMT 10
In NZ there's no such thing as bad weather , it's just wrong choice of clothing haha as its nearly impossible to predict here on an Island with coasts either side within spitting distance (Auckland anyway)
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Post by spatial on Dec 17, 2018 18:49:59 GMT 10
Barometer is the go, it was the essentially item prior to satellite,and radar. I have priced a few for BoB that also has altitude and temp. I have small cheap Bunnings weather station and a few large stand alone barometers. One can download like 200years of weatherand compare barometric pressure to rain and big storms.
Imagin a cyclone hitting without any warning, or you are bugged out and go hunting a low pressure systems comes through, you ade trapped behind rivers etc.. I have done a lot of reading of people going to remote areas and living isolated they all take barometers.
Weather stations make good Christmas gift.
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