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By wiredog (Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 11:53:33 AM EST) (all tags)

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1006 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TUESDAY...PROVIDING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. HIGH TEMPERATURES BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES. THIS COMBINED WITH A HUMID AIR MASS WILL ALLOW HEAT INDEX VALUES TO REACH UP TO 105 DEGREES.

So, of course, the A/C feeding the server and switch rooms died over the weekend.

It was 100°F in the server room. At 7 AM. 90° in the switch room.

We got the switches back up, at least to the point where we can get e-mail and web. But the servers are still down. Possibly permanently. Oh, and we have a VOIP phone system, so no phones.

Not sure why I'm still here today.

Something to think about when it's hot.

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I'm having trouble tracking down Global Warming by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #1 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 11:56:17 AM EST

deniers at another site I frequent.

I went through 5 air conditioner implacements this weekend, tried to fix a broken one, bought a new one, and may move the new one as it's creating interference with our satellite dish.

Interference? by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #2 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 12:23:23 PM EST

Hmmm. I thought AC units had to meet specs that prevented electrical interference.

Earth First!
_{(We can strip mine the rest later.)}
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: tons of pixelation and slow video when running by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #3 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 12:26:53 PM EST

I'll do some more testing tonight.
I'm thinking of wrapping the whole thing in flashing to see if the interference goes away.

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In all fairness by theboz (4.00 / 1) #10 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 01:23:47 PM EST

Now, I'm obviously not one of those flat-earther anti-science people that deny manmade climate change is real. However, just as I scold those people whenever they get a day of cold and smugly say "See? There is no global warming!" the same applies to this. A hot day, a hot week, a hot month, or a hot year is not enough. You have to look at at least decades, often longer, to be able to see the trend. Obviously, the heat being experienced up there can possibly be attributed to climate change, but it could have happened without it too.
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Weather != Climate by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #13 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 06:26:37 PM EST

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The three things that make a diamond also make a waffle.
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That's a foolish straw man by debacle (2.00 / 0) #14 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 10:52:09 PM EST

Propped up by idjits on either side. The terms are used somewhat interchangeably, and with addition of phrases like "over time" and "long term" it's easy to tell which is which.

"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie

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: Nevertheless by ad hoc (4.00 / 2) #15 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 11:11:12 PM EST

weather != climate
I can't answer for what words the popular press or whatnot decides to use. The fact remains they are not the same thing and the terms are not interchangeable. Not even with qualifiers.
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The three things that make a diamond also make a waffle.
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Pickle != Douche by theboz (2.00 / 0) #18 Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:29:01 AM EST

I'm aware of the fact that climate and weather are two different things, although they are related. Global climate change does impact the weather, obviously. It's just that too many stupid people attribute individual short term weather trends with climate change. Of course, you could be just agreeing with what I previously said and putting it in simpler terms.
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Look no further - I'm a denier . . . by slozo (2.00 / 0) #16 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 11:24:39 PM EST

. . . of anthropogenic global warming - where do I sign up to get crucified?

If you've got a hammer and nails, I've got a tree!

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I saw something recently by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #19 Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:29:32 AM EST

that said the average amount of vegetation per acre across the whole planet has been going up dramatically over the past few decades. (true fact).

Thus, global warming has clearly been caused by the increase in green plants which absorb the light instead of reflecting back into space.

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: Thanks for leaving out . . . by slozo (2.00 / 0) #21 Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:38:26 PM EST

. . . the obvious 'false facts' and leaving in the true ones. Priceless.

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that's nothing by StackyMcRacky (2.00 / 0) #4 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 12:28:46 PM EST

back when i worked at a crappy place, the server room was 140F by the time they discovered the a/c was broken.

servers were fried.

best part: the dude who ended up being my boss was in charge of backups, but he didn't like changing out the tapes in the jukebox...he just let the incremental backups overwrite themselves. dead servers + no backups! YEAH!

he threatened to quit when they went to fire him and reminded them that he was the only one with the firewall passwords. they promoted him to manager!!!

: woooo by gzt (2.00 / 0) #5 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 12:32:13 PM EST

Well, at least as a manager, he wouldn't be the one making the decisions about changing the tapes, right?

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: Our IT guys are competent. by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #6 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 12:34:20 PM EST

We have backups to tape, and NAS devices. Weeklies and nightly incrementals.

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There's by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #7 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 12:55:11 PM EST

this too, which does not allow for humidity.
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We got them beat. by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #8 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 01:04:10 PM EST

King Fahd International, Saudi Arabia
95 °F / 35 °C
Blowing Widespread Dust
Humidity: 14%

Dulles, Virginia
94.5 °F / 34.7 °C
Partly Cloudy
Humidity: 48%

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: You're in the wrong part of the peninsula. by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #12 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 02:01:56 PM EST

See my comment above.
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There is no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Khanyou
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The appropriately named by blixco (2.00 / 0) #9 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 01:05:03 PM EST

Bahrain (Bah! rain). Highs in the 100s this week, and I understand that some folks have seen temps hit 140 in the passenger compartment of a C-130.
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: Bahrain is by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #11 Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 01:56:23 PM EST

right next to Dammam. The humidity off the "Arabian" gulf is spectacular. I lived right here in Dammam for about a month. And I was detained by security right here on the AFB.
Good times. Good times indeed.

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There is no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Khanyou
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Did they close the schools? by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #17 Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:26:41 AM EST

They've gone to half-day sessions all over our area because the schools don't have AC. I can't remember them ever doing that before.

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: Some are closing by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #20 Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:50:42 AM EST

I remember in 79 we had so many snow days that we went so far into summer that schools were closing due to high heat. Eventually they gave up, and we ended up not getting the required number of school days in that year.

Earth First!
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