What's more current than the weather?

[DanaC]

That's lovely. Very evocative of the country round here.

[footfootfoot]

He was your countryman, Dana.

@ Ortho, I've put some of his songs on that disc for you...

[DanaC]

Aye. I love Jake Thackray. I think I may have posted the odd toob clip on here.

He always reminded me of my English teacher at high school. Different accent, but similar manner.

Couldn't find a vid of him performing North Country Song, but a kind toob person has uploaded the song from the album:



Always better to see him perform though. There's just something about the guy.

This is one of my favourites:

Molly Metcalfe



And on a lighter note, but also a favourite:

The Bull

[DanaC]

I just realised something. He looks like someone merged Rowan Atkinson and Peter Capaldi.

Also: cultural note - the Yan Tan Tethera counting system exists in slightly different forms in many areas of the country.

Yan Tan Tethera is a sheep counting rhyme/system traditionally used by shepherds in Northern England and earlier in other parts of England and the British Isles.[1] Until the Industrial Revolution, the use of traditional number systems was common among shepherds, especially in the dales of the Lake District. The Yan Tan Tethera system was also used for counting stitches in knitting. The words derive from a Brythonic Celtic language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan_tethera

[BigV]

blocked in my country, darn you EMI

[DanaC]

Blast!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Just the first video, the other two play.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by DanaC

That's lovely. Very evocative of the country round here.

Just to clarify: the country round here meaning within easy distance from my village. I'm in West Ridings of Yorkshire, and Swaledale is in the North Ridings. Slightly more uncompromising countryside as you move further North. Though the moors near here are pretty bleak (Wuthering Heights country).

[Griff]

2+ inches of snow!

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Just to clarify: the country round here meaning within easy distance from my village. I'm in West Ridings of Yorkshire, and Swaledale is in the North Ridings. Slightly more uncompromising countryside as you move further North. Though the moors near here are pretty bleak (Wuthering Heights country).

And the home of the original "Frog and Peach" restaurant.

[orthodoc]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

@ Ortho, I've put some of his songs on that disc for you...

Thank you, foot!

[Lamplighter]

The Baltimore/Chicago football game at Soldiers Field, Chicago,
has been delayed due to a lightning storm.
All the fans in the seating are were asked to move under cover,
and everyone on the field left for locker rooms, etc.

The squares on this radar map were lightning strikes...

[Lamplighter]

The above map of lightning strikes shows both positive and
negative strikes. Here is a brief explanation...

NOAA
National Weather Service

The Positive and Negative Side of Lightning

The previous section describes what is called "negative lightning",
because there is the transfer of negative charge from the cloud to the ground.
However, not all lightning forms in the negatively charged region under the thunderstorm base.
<snip>
Positive lightning makes up less than 5% of all strikes.
However, despite a significantly lower rate of occurrence,
positive lightning is particularly dangerous for several reasons.
Since it originates in the upper levels of a storm, the amount of air
it must burn through to reach the ground usually much greater.

Therefore, its electric field typically is much stronger than a negative strike.
Its flash duration is longer, and its peak charge and potential can be ten times greater
than a negative strike; as much as 300,000 amperes and one billion volts!

Some positive strikes can occur within the parent thunderstorm and strike the ground
beneath the cloud. However, many positive strikes occur near the edge
of the cloud or strike MORE THAN 10 MILES AWAY, where you may not perceive
any risk nor hear any thunder.

Also, positive flashes are believed to be responsible for a large percentage
of forest fires and power line damage. Thus, positive lightning is much more lethal
and causes greater damage than negative lightning.

[Pico and ME]

We got hit with something in Kokomo. I had just picked up my prescription at the Walmart pharmacy, when they started telling customers to go to the back of the store. About 10minutes later we lost the lights and the wind was roaring like a freight train. I left as soon as the tornado warning expired and I saw a lot of damage...roofs and porches blown off, power lines and some trees down and lots of damage to commercial buildings. It seemed the damage followed a path, but it looked really scattered, not as if a tornado blasted through.

[orthodoc]

Glad you're all right, Pico! That line of storms is incredible. I'm sitting in a small hotel near the Pittsburgh airport, waiting for the storms to come through. I just hope M'town doesn't get hit too hard - my cats are there. I know, small concern in the scheme of things, but they depend on me.