Winter isn’t what it Used to Be
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under This Town, Weather | Leave a Comment
When I was a kid we actually had winter. Snow would start in November and last until March usually, and it wouldn’t just snow one day and melt away the next, it came and it stayed. There were huge snow drifts all over the place, the outer banks by the road were a [...]
Read More..>>Finally Some Snow
Posted on February 7, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Weather | Leave a Comment
I was beginning to wonder where winter was hiding, but I found out this morning. We woke up to over 6 inches of the white stuff on the ground and it was still coming down. This was the first time this year that I actually had to shovel the driveway, and hopefully it’s [...]
Read More..>>Draft Stopper
Posted on December 15, 2007 - Filed Under Weather, building | Leave a Comment
One of the biggest problems we have with this house in the winter is that all the interior doors have a large gap at the bottom of almost an inch. So even if we try to keep the heat down in most of the house, whichever room we are currently in always has a [...]
Read More..>>No Fiery Planes Here..
Posted on December 11, 2007 - Filed Under News, Weather | Leave a Comment
Last night some people around here thought they saw a small plane on fire in the sky and called 911. Turns out it wasn’t a fiery plane though, it was just a rocket booster from a missile that had been launched from Cape Canaveral re-entering the atmosphere. Add to that a meteor shower later in [...]
Read More..>>Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it… D’oh!
Posted on December 3, 2007 - Filed Under Life, Weather | Leave a Comment
I hate shoveling. Woke up this morning to the first real snow of the year. We had a bit a few weeks ago but it didn’t amount to anything, melted as fast as it landed. This time it’s here to stay from the looks of it. I’ll spend half the day outside keeping the sidewalk [...]
Read More..>>The storm has passed
Posted on November 4, 2007 - Filed Under News, Weather | Leave a Comment
The remnants of Hurricane Noel have passed us by with little damage in the town itself. Residents in the surrounding areas are without power however, as falling trees and branches took out some power lines along the way. It could be as late as Tuesday morning before power is restored to some of [...]
Read More..>>Some Bad Weather Coming
Posted on November 2, 2007 - Filed Under Travel, Weather | Leave a Comment
Looks like the remnants of a hurricane are headed our way but most likely will be downgraded to just a ‘bad fall storm’ with winds gusting up to 100 km/h starting tomorrow afternoon. Lots of rain and possible thundershowers as well. That sucks, it looks like we’ll have to cancel our trip if that’s the [...]
Read More..>>Chair protection
Posted on September 18, 2007 - Filed Under Weather, review, shopping | Leave a Comment
Patio furniture can be quite an investment. Even if you get lucky and find a set on sale, chances are it would still cost several hundred dollars by the time you get a table, several chairs and an umbrella. It can be a hassle to bring in the cushions every night or during bad weather, [...]
Read More..>>Another summer gone
Posted on September 11, 2007 - Filed Under Business, This Town, Weather | Leave a Comment
Summer isn’t officially over yet, but it’s already getting pretty chilly around here especially at night. Even though our winters have been getting milder, it seems that our summers are getting cooler and shorter. Isn’t that the opposite of global warming? I always figured it should get warmer over the whole year as opposed to [...]
Read More..>>Keep it Cool
Posted on August 21, 2007 - Filed Under Weather, review | Leave a Comment
The hottest days of summer are soon to be behind us but it’ll be a couple months yet before I put my fans away. On a nice day with no wind it can get pretty toasty, especially in our computer room, so fans are definitely a must. Being in a sea-side town, we [...]
Read More..>>Surge protectors
Posted on August 21, 2007 - Filed Under Business, Weather, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
Since so many people around here have have had various computer parts fried in the recent thunderstorms I figured it was time to track down some decent surge protectors to keep in stock. Although I make more profit by selling people new parts than I will by selling them a surge protector, I realize that [...]
Read More..>>Thunder storms are good for Business
Posted on August 18, 2007 - Filed Under Weather, computers | Leave a Comment
Last night we had quite a thunder & lightning storm here. Today we had lots of computers coming in for repair. 2 with dead motherboards, 1 with a burnt out power supply and another with a dead network card. Yep, storms like that are good for business, especially in a small town where not many [...]
Read More..>>White Juan - The Blizzard of ‘04
Posted on July 23, 2007 - Filed Under This Town, Weather | Leave a Comment
It’s been 3 years now but I can still remember it, as I’m sure anyone around these parts can, as the biggest snow storm I can remember. Gator Byte was closed for 2 full days because of it, while waiting for the plows and trucks to remove the tons of snow from all the [...]
Read More..>>Seafest - Fireworks
Posted on July 21, 2007 - Filed Under Fun, This Town, Weather | Leave a Comment
The weather ended up being decent today, well aside from being cloudy all day. The wind even died down as the sky grew dark, but then as per usual, they waited so long to start the fireworks that the fog had rolled in, so the majority of people saw the same thing we did… [...]
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