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Post by Scott on Jul 26, 2009 13:42:21 GMT -8
Here was the view last night from Capitol Hill in Burnaby.
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Post by FNS on Jul 26, 2009 14:49:09 GMT -8
Interesting pictures of your storm up there. There were some strikes around some places here last evening. Not at our house, though.
Ever heard of the term "Don't rain on my parade"? It did for about the first half hour on the Torchlight Parade in Seattle last night.
While on the westbound Empire Builder train passing through eastern North Dakota several years ago, we had a good old fashioned Midwestern prairie light show. Couldn't really hear the thunder in my sleeper cabin as the Superliner train sets are built heavily with thick glass. This was my first train ride through that kind of stuff, and it was pretty neat. We left this all behind after leaving Grand Forks. I asked the engineer, when there was an exchange in Minot, how he dealt with this. He said he loves railroading through that kind of stuff.
By the way, how do you get lightning pictures?
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Post by Scott on Jul 26, 2009 16:06:16 GMT -8
I'm sure there are some good technical ways of getting lightning shots. I put it on "no-flash" mode, put it on a solid, flat surface, and held the button down;) It kept taking photos.. probably exposed for 3-4 seconds at a time. Thank goodness for digital photography... I took about 60 or 70 but only about 20 or 30 had lightning in them;)
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jul 26, 2009 16:09:57 GMT -8
My brother is in Vancouver on business and said it was quite the light show, akin to a big storm in Ontario. He said the people around him at the hotel reminded him of going to fireworks. They were ooo-ing and awe-ing and gasping almost in unison. He was enjoying the weather otherwise not finding it as hot as you guys are. That brother is now disinherited because he called me at 3pm Pacific to tell me he was the first person in line in the spook cafeteria from TSW to SWB, telling me he was about to order his clam chowder and Triple O Original as soon as they started taking orders. My response was that I was praying to the ferry gods that a seagull would sign the back of his shirt with a souvenir of the trip. One and a half day in Victoria and then back home. He is planning on taking the CCel back. If his pics are worthwhile I will post some.
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Post by Kam on Jul 26, 2009 19:40:43 GMT -8
I just posted a few of my lighting shots in the "Assorted Photography" thread. Got a good one over downtown Nanaimo. All are here: www.flickr.com/kams_world/
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Post by Mill Bay on Jul 26, 2009 20:50:37 GMT -8
I just posted a few of my lighting shots in the "Assorted Photography" thread. Got a good one over downtown Nanaimo. All are here: www.flickr.com/kams_world/Kam, what's your method for getting such a good shot of the lighting strike.? I wasn't in a good spot to catch any cloud-to-ground lightning last night, but I saw same chain lighting running underneath the clouds directly overhead that was really quite impressive.
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Jul 27, 2009 8:40:36 GMT -8
I just posted a few of my lighting shots in the "Assorted Photography" thread. Got a good one over downtown Nanaimo. All are here: www.flickr.com/kams_world/Kam, what's your method for getting such a good shot of the lighting strike.? I wasn't in a good spot to catch any cloud-to-ground lightning last night, but I saw same chain lighting running underneath the clouds directly overhead that was really quite impressive. The best way is to use a tripod (or something really solid to rest your camera on), and manual focus. Focus the camera at infinity, and like John did, set your camera shutter for at least 3-4 seconds. Mine will do a longer exposure, and the longer you hold the shutter open, the better the chances of catching a bolt. If you are worried about camera shake, use the timer to give the camera a few seconds to settle down before it takes a picture...hope this helps Edit...lol...oh yeah, like John said above...no flash. Oh, kam, are you using a star filter or were you standing behind glass that just happened to give you that effect?
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Post by Mike C on Jul 27, 2009 10:56:01 GMT -8
I had my shutter speed set to 2 seconds and they came out mediocre. I had my camera set up on my window sill (solid, level surface) and on full manual mode, as per usual... There's no real method of warning for Lightning shots, you just gotta do the best method of photography possible:
Press the shutter button down and hope for the best.
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 28, 2009 16:54:44 GMT -8
Or just how hot is it where you are? This is a photo of my indoor - outdoor thermometer taken at about 5:30 pm today. The red line indicates the outdoor temperature at just a shade over 38 oC. The blue is the indoor temp. The goal is to keep the inside temperature from getting any higher. We have about 3.5 hours til the sun sets. The current official temperature at Terrace airport is 36, while at Prince Rupert it is 17. At my place of work, when I left at 4:45 pm, the official temperature was reported at 37.5. This is a mercury thermometer in a stevenson screen 4 feet above ground level - in short a 'real' temperature. These temperatures are, I am fairly sure, new all time records for Inland areas of the North Coast.
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Post by Ferryman on Jul 28, 2009 18:13:01 GMT -8
Pretty intense heat everywhere indeed.
I was in Downtown Nanaimo today, and right on the water front at the intersection of Stewart Ave and Nicol St, was a digital sign stating it was 100 degrees F. That's right on the waterfront! No breeze at all, or at least not a very cool one.
Looking forward to a Ferry ride tonight to Horseshoe Bay, so I can cool down and prepare for a very hot day on the roofs of Squamish tomorrow...
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Post by Mike C on Jul 28, 2009 18:15:04 GMT -8
I walked off my air-conditioned bus about an hour ago, and it was clocked at about 36-ish C? I was very happy to only have to do all my commuting today on air-conditioned transit vehicles... thank you A/C on SkyTrain. The forecast for Metro Vancouver indicates north of 35 C. My dad who is in Kelowna currently is indicating temperatures 40+ C. However, I was at Tsawwassen Beach this evening laying in the shade, doing some photography and ferry spotting, and the cool ocean breeze dropped the temperature there to about 20-25 C, which was VERY nice...
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Post by BreannaF on Jul 28, 2009 21:57:48 GMT -8
Since it's too hot to even try to think about sleeping right now, just thought I would use the opportunity to whine about having to be out running a bunch of errands today while it was 106F/41C here in Portland. Tomorrow it's expected that we will beat the all-time-high of 107F here.
Actually, the tidbit of information that interested me more was the fact that our expected low temp tonight of 75F, if it works out that way, would set a record for the highest overnight low temp ever for here. I guess I never paid much attention to that bit of info before.
Mrs. K thinks I should have foreseen this and picked this week to take off and ride around on ferries all week. Alas......
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Post by Scott on Jul 29, 2009 16:01:52 GMT -8
Wouldn't it be nice to head down to SanFrancisco or Los Angeles this week to cool off? Only mid-20's there;) Even Mexico City is only at 26C.
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Post by Barnacle on Jul 29, 2009 20:06:36 GMT -8
It's about 86 degrees (F, of course) inside our humble abode on the hill, but dropping steadily.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Jul 29, 2009 20:24:39 GMT -8
It reached a record 103 in Seattle today, only the second time it's reach triple digits (previous time was 07/20/1994 when it hit 100) since the reporting station was moved to Sea-Tac Airport in 1945 (it did reach 100 on 07/16/1941 when the reporting station was at the Downtown Federal Building). It's supposed to be 99 tomorrow, then it cools down to 86 on Friday.
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Post by Balfour on Jul 29, 2009 20:40:45 GMT -8
This is the hottest it's ever been in Vancouver, our daytime high hit 34 C today!
I'm glad I didn't have my usual commute to Burnaby to deal with. An assignment to the downtown office came at the perfect time which means a quick trip on the SeaBus as opposed to a 3 bus trip that takes an hour.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Jul 29, 2009 21:15:12 GMT -8
38 C suckers! It was a roaster today! We cooled off a whole 8C in about 2 hours but it still feels like a sauna in my upstairs. Oh well, another day of basement sleeping and hopefully some marine air tomorrow night. NOAA better be right with that one!
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 29, 2009 21:34:36 GMT -8
On my front porch here it reached 39+ oC. Apparently the 'official' Kitimat temperature, measured at the fire hall, was 41, beating our previous all time record by several degrees. We apparently were, along with Bella Coola, the hottest in Canada, or at least that is what Global BC reports.
The Wett Coast is hot & dry, and the Wett Coast Kidd is dripping!
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Post by Neil on Jul 29, 2009 21:49:26 GMT -8
Yes, quite the day, with a new all time record, both in Vancouver and Seattle. Here at our house in Noth Delta, we have an accurate thermometer in a shaded spot without reflected heat from any pavement, and it was nearly 38C, or exactly 100F. Never thought I'd see that. In our previous 22 years here, it never got above 34, before this week.
We're being told that this current heat wave is only the third or so event of its kind since 1880. This last winter, we were told that the amazing snowfall was a 'once in a lifetime' event. We're seeing more wind storms, more extreme rain (although not more over all), and generally an altering of our once very unremarkable weather patterns. Climate change is a reality, despite what the increasingly forlorn little group of pseudo-scientific deniers try to maintain.
Problem with the heat is that, in this part of the world, just when we start getting a bit acclimatized to it, it's gone.
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Post by FNS on Jul 31, 2009 14:08:24 GMT -8
We briefly rewind our calendar dates to last weekend. While looking for some news stories of the telegraphs being set to "FINISHED WITH ENGINES" for the final time aboard the Albion ferries, I came across this raw video from Global of your storm on the 25th of July. This 25 minute video shows Vancouver fireworks concertizing with lightning. Rather interesting to see. www.globaltvbc.com/video/index.html?releasePID=ck09bcSnI9FWUWnbx1ZBMRSLoKZhiOPs
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Post by Mill Bay on Jul 31, 2009 23:09:17 GMT -8
We briefly rewind our calendar dates to last weekend. While looking for some news stories of the telegraphs being set to "FINISHED WITH ENGINES" for the final time aboard the Albion ferries, I came across this raw video from Global of your storm on the 25th of July. This 25 minute video shows Vancouver fireworks concertizing with lightning. Rather interesting to see. www.globaltvbc.com/video/index.html?releasePID=ck09bcSnI9FWUWnbx1ZBMRSLoKZhiOPsThat is great!! I also have to say that the particular song 'Who wants to live forever' was especially well suited to this kind of presentation and, although the coreography was a slight bit off in some spots, the song radiated an incredibly powerful brilliance when set against the background of both brilliant fireworks and lighting flashes.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 3, 2009 11:43:25 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 6, 2009 14:38:23 GMT -8
August 6, 1945. 64 years ago today. An important date in the history of humanity.
No matter what you think about war and weapons and the specific historical context of that event, you'll likely agree that it is reason to pause and give some thought to what it means.
I'm not looking to incite nuclear debate here, I'm just suggesting that you pause and consider that today's date has some heavy history attached to it.
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Post by Curtis on Aug 6, 2009 17:00:05 GMT -8
Indeed it does Flugel. It can never be denied that the destructive power of the Atomic Bomb changed the way people viewed the world. The Cold War that followed for sure proved that mankind as we know it could be turned from a prosperous race to nothing within a day.
I have my opinions and you have your own. But this topic can be argued forever and still come up with the same answers. It was either necessary or it was unnecessary.
But to this day the Earth can only hope that the events that took place on this day in Hiroshima and three days later in Nagasaki are the first and only time that weapons of mass-destruction are used in any type of International situation.
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Post by Mike C on Aug 8, 2009 10:46:24 GMT -8
and I would like to know why the sky is NOT blue here in Comox, BC. Using the wifi on the deck is nice... until the wind picks up...
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