Re: heat and water

Pam, We call that a freezing rain here. Sleet is like wet miniature hail,
comes down hard, usually with a fierce wind. Stings, gets you wet and very
cold, very quickly.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] heat and water


> Sleet is nasty stuff.  Wet little drops of ice from the sky.  Coats
> everything in ice.  Roads, roofs, vehicles, power lines, trees.
> Damages most and is sheer h*** to drive on.  We get that verrrrryyyy
> rarely thank goodness.  You haven't missed a thing.
>
>
> On 8/8/05, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
wrote:
> > What's sleet?
> > (Okay, I know what it's supposed to be, I've just never seen it.)
> > I grew up where frost is an experience you got the camera out for. About
> > broke my heart to move here where it happens every winter. I think real
snow
> > would kill me. Of course, you've got all those months in which you don't
> > have to feel guilty about not weeding. Hmmm.
> > On second thought, I experienced Minnesota this June. I'll stick with
the
> > desert.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> > Of kmrsy@netzero.com
> > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:58 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] heat and water
> >
> > It does rain in Indy in the summertime.
> >
> > and re> > It rains in the winter.
> > Nope, it sleets in winter; it snows in winter. It can get downright
> > crappy in winter, precipitationally speaking. But you can dance in it if
> > you want.
> >
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> >
> > -- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Indianapolis.
> >
> > On Aug 8, 2005, at 11:25 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR wrote:
> >
> > > I was born in Los Angeles. I remember when I was little, and on the
> > > radio
> > > was playing that syrupy song "Little Green Apples". I was old enough
> > > to know
> > > that the singer was saying things that weren't supposed to be true,
> > > but the
> > > part about "it don't rain in (wherever) in the summertime" baffled me.
> > > Because I knew even then, you see, that it DOESN'T rain in the
> > > summertime.
> > > It rains in the winter.
> > > And here I am, mumble years later, and when we get a summer
> > > thunderstorm all
> > > us desert rats go out to watch, and stand in rain if we can. It's a
> > > rare
> > > treat. Although this summer has been a little odd - we've had
> > > thunderstorms
> > > pretty frequently over the past month. Last week we had lightning
> > > warnings
> > > almost every day and they are supposed to continue this week. On
> > > Saturday it
> > > did rain a little at my house.
> > > So I went out to stand in it, of course!
> > >
> > > Cyndi
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > > Behalf
> > > Of David Franzman
> > > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 8:28 PM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: [CHAT] heat and water
> > >
> > > Hi folks
> > >
> > > Just thought of an addition sparked by Pam's comment about how hot it
> > > gets
> > > here.  In northern Ca. it doesn't stay as hot as Texas that's for
> > > sure.  We
> > > have the cool ocean breezes that come in in the form of fog that keeps
> > > us in
> > >
> > > a perpetual heat wave.  But many folks in the Sacramento and San
> > > Joaquin
> > > Valleys experience that kind of heat and then some.  That's not to
> > > mention
> > > southern Ca. in the desert regions where those are the normal type of
> > > temps.
> > >
> > > My friend in Phoenix hasn't had a drop of rain since January where
> > > they got
> > > so much it almost flooded them out of house and home...but none since
> > > then.
> > >
> > > Again, we're set up for that and I think that's the difference.
> > > Mentally we
> > >
> > > don't expect any rain and so it's not depressing when it doesn't come.
> > >  I
> > > remember when we went through a decade long drought in the 80's and it
> > > sucked.  You would see the clouds come over and break up before it
> > > dropped
> > > anything.  I know what it's like and I hate droughts so even though
> > > I'm a
> > > smart--- I do feel your pain Pam.
> > >
> > > David
> > > http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> > >
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > Hardiness Zone 10
> > Heat Zone 10
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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