6/13: Ice on Mt. Washington cat

Undertoad · 06-13-2001, 10:54 AM

Last fall we went to the observatory at the top of Mt. Washington (New Hampshire, highest mt. in the Eastern US) and they offer this image as a poster there. It's a great image though, and I've selected it even though it will load pretty slowly on modems. It's worth the wait in high resolution I think.

The weather conditions at the top of the mountain are often bizarre and quite different from conditions at the base. There can be snow in May and September (and they've recorded snow even in July and August). There can be wind gusts over 100MPH; the record recorded there is 231, which is also the world record for wind recorded anywhere! The average wind speed is about 40.

The people at the observatory have cats as companions, and this one happened to be caught outside during a condition where water droplets freeze instantly on cold surfaces.

Katkeeper · 07-04-2001, 07:48 PM

I just hate seeing zero responses to one of my favorite pictures.

jaguar · 07-05-2001, 04:59 AM

I would have but i couldn't think of an entertaining quip at the time =)

If its any consolation i saved this and gave it to my girlfirend who loved it (bigtime animal lover, 6 cats, 2 dogs and +100 fish)

And it has had well over 600 views...

Katkeeper · 07-05-2001, 06:51 AM

Glad to hear it is getting good circulation! I first saw the image last year in the gift shop on the top of Mt. Washington. I show it to my cat to let him know that things could be a whole lot worse. I have given it to cat loving friends as well, all of whom love it.

footfootfoot · 01-29-2009, 08:40 PM

Wow. Holy spammer batman!

Shawnee123 · 01-29-2009, 08:44 PM

I don't know...I think it's just a person using a great opportunity to make the connection, for us, about cats and hotels.

Wait, what?

Oh Alan, we barely knew ye.

footfootfoot · 01-29-2009, 08:47 PM

Mt. Washington
Washington DC
Rump Roast
it all makes sense!

Shawnee123 · 01-29-2009, 08:48 PM

Well duh Dr Massuess.

SPUCK · 01-30-2009, 04:25 AM

Quote:

will load pretty slowly on modems.

What's a modem?

LOLOLOL

TheMercenary · 01-30-2009, 10:45 AM

Frigid pussy.

Cloud · 01-30-2009, 11:31 AM

cool cat!

Flint · 01-30-2009, 11:47 AM

i can has freezburger

Shawnee123 · 01-30-2009, 12:16 PM

baaahaaaaaa!

Icicle your jokes, man.

TheMercenary · 01-30-2009, 05:30 PM

Yur katz is outside, yur dogz is inside. Why?

hampor · 02-02-2009, 04:28 PM

Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina is a bit higher, but not nearly the same weather.

07-05-2001, 04:59 AM	#3
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I would have but i couldn't think of an entertaining quip at the time =) If its any consolation i saved this and gave it to my girlfirend who loved it (bigtime animal lover, 6 cats, 2 dogs and +100 fish) And it has had well over 600 views... __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain Last edited by jaguar; 07-05-2001 at 05:02 AM.

01-29-2009, 08:40 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Wow. Holy spammer batman! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-29-2009, 08:44 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I don't know...I think it's just a person using a great opportunity to make the connection, for us, about cats and hotels. Wait, what? Oh Alan, we barely knew ye. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-29-2009, 08:47 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Mt. Washington Washington DC Rump Roast it all makes sense! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-29-2009, 08:48 PM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well duh Dr Massuess. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-13-2001, 10:54 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Last fall we went to the observatory at the top of Mt. Washington (New Hampshire, highest mt. in the Eastern US) and they offer this image as a poster there. It's a great image though, and I've selected it even though it will load pretty slowly on modems. It's worth the wait in high resolution I think. The weather conditions at the top of the mountain are often bizarre and quite different from conditions at the base. There can be snow in May and September (and they've recorded snow even in July and August). There can be wind gusts over 100MPH; the record recorded there is 231, which is also the world record for wind recorded anywhere! The average wind speed is about 40. The people at the observatory have cats as companions, and this one happened to be caught outside during a condition where water droplets freeze instantly on cold surfaces.

07-04-2001, 07:48 PM	#2
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I just hate seeing zero responses to one of my favorite pictures.

07-05-2001, 06:51 AM	#4
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	Glad to hear it is getting good circulation! I first saw the image last year in the gift shop on the top of Mt. Washington. I show it to my cat to let him know that things could be a whole lot worse. I have given it to cat loving friends as well, all of whom love it.

01-30-2009, 10:45 AM	#10
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Frigid pussy. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-30-2009, 11:31 AM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	cool cat! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-30-2009, 11:47 AM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	i can has freezburger __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-30-2009, 12:16 PM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	baaahaaaaaa! Icicle your jokes, man. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-30-2009, 05:30 PM	#14
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Yur katz is outside, yur dogz is inside. Why? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-02-2009, 04:28 PM	#15
hampor Colloquialist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SiliValley Posts: 75	Highest in Northeast US Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina is a bit higher, but not nearly the same weather.

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