Why does it rain so much in Seattle?
It really doesn't rain that much. Half the year it hardly rains at all. For most of the summer, say May through August, it sometimes does a not rain a single drop. The weather here is close to perfect for that half year. No rain, bright sun but moderate temperatures — weather you typically find high up in tropical mountains. The temperature won't often crack 80 degrees in the middle of summer and even then low humidity means it stays real comfortable. If you move here from most anywhere east of California you'll soon be climatically spoiled.But not totally. The other half a year (roughly mid October to mid April) it's horrible. It still isn't SO rainy as much as it is just WET. WET and chilly. It doesn't downpour, but it drizzles all the time. Your face and neck get a rain sheen in them. Your shoes and the cuffs of your pants are constantly wet. And it is DARK! Man is it dark. Its dark when you wake up and barely gets light all day. The sky gets dim by early afternoon, clouds cover 98% of the sky and it's dark, nighttime long before you get home in your soggy shoes. It is depressing and turns your solar panels into pathetic shades of their summertime selves. It seems endless.But the incessant spritzing and occasional blast of normal rain washes the whole world, flushing tons of gunk and detritus from loogies to litter right out to sea. Then it swells the rivers to welcome returning salmon to your plate. Then the sun comes back and shines Prozac directly into your brain.Compare Seattle's annual rainfall with wherever you're from and you'll probably be surprised how un-rainy it is, even considering it's concentrated into about half the year.I think the bit about “it rains all the time” may come from back when Washington state had a general policy of discouraging people from coming here even as tourists! That was awhile back and didn't continue much past the 70s and early 80s.There ya go. C'mon out. Bring all the money you can possibly get because it's outrageously expensive now.
Is there any vampires in Jackson, Michigan? Who are they? How do I become one?
yeah, you might need to leave michigan for that... it was as if you turned yourself in to the cops whe you wrote "i'm 11" oh, the young people nowadays with their pop culture and their twilight and their vampire diaries and their saggy pants and their hip hop music.
Why does UPS not specify what time end of day delivery is?
I've wondered that myself. I can see that there are GPS antennas on the trucks. And given the precise way they handle every other aspect of their business, I find it impossible to believe that they don't know where their trucks are at any given moment. But for whatever reason, they won't supply this to their customers. That means residential customers are left having to basically stand by the door for up to 14 hours a day if signature is required. What's doubly frustrating is that, in my area, the drivers rarely actually bring the package to the front door; instead, they pre-fill the "missed you" tag, run up the door and stick it on the glass while simultaneously ringing the bell. More than once I've had to run out the front door and flag down the driver.I realize that residential delivery is not a big ticket item for them, that their bread and butter is corporate deliveries. That's fine. It's just confusing as to why they won't make data they already have, available to their users. Waiting for 14 hours within five feet of the front door is just not a reasonable request.
Why doesn't Niagara falls run out of water?
Niagara falls is like the never ending supply of dumb question on yahoo answers
If it rains in 30 days, what will happen to the world?
Do you mean if it rains in 30 days or for 30 days ? God made it rain for forty days and forty nights thus flooding the world and drowning everyone except NOAH AND HIS FAMILEY AND THE ANIMALS .SEE GENESIS CHAPTER NINE VERSES 1–17. This explains the COVENANT that God made with all mankind never to flood the world and destroy all living flesh . God put the RAINBOW IN THE SKY AS A REMINDER OF HIS COVENANT…..And just think how the lesbians adopted the rainbow as there sign . OOOME OR OOOMY COME JUDGEMENT DAY ,This is GODS SIGN. THINK about that . So 30 days of straight rain would definitely bring mass flooding in many places and someone would definitely die from it but the rains , floods, and deaths would not be so massive as in NOAHS DAYS . Remember when New Orleans was flooded .
How many innings are in a baseball game?
In Little League Baseball, there are 6 innings in a regulation game.In High School baseball in the US, there are 7 innings in a regulation game.College baseball has 9 inning games, although doubleheaders are sometimes 7 innings.All levels of Professional baseball have 9 inning games.No level - other than possibly Little League - allows ties, so tied games continue indefinitely until someone has a lead at the end of a full inning.Ties may be allowed at all levels if a game is interrupted by rain, darkness, or goes too late into the night, can’t easily be “made up” at the end of the season, and the game doesn’t “matter” to playoff standings.Each level has differing rules for games shortened by rain, darkness, or other factors; in the pro game, 5 visitor innings are required to constitute an official game, or five innings for both sides if the home team is behind.
Do silver maple tree leaves really "turn over" before it rains? Is there a scientific reason why?
Sho'nuff they do, Dave. So do poplar leaves and other species. And the dandelions close up. As the old sayng goes: "When leaves show their undersides, a sure thing the rain betides" Or something like that. One of the most accurate means of short term and local storm forecasting, the leaves are actually reacting to sudden changes in humidity which typically run in advance of the storm itself, the rain, thunder and lightning. Maple, poplar and other species with soft stems to the leaves become a bit more limp under the quick change in humidity, and therefore the wind flips the leaves over -exactly as you, I, and, and all those "old wives" who give us tales have noticed. While were at it, the wood of some species of trees makes an excellent forcaster. Willow is a classic example. Cut a small branch off a willow tree -one that's about an inch thick or so. Now cut from that a section of the branch that has a smaller branch tapering to just a small tip running from it. You want to end up with roughly a 3 inch long section of branch, with the 10-12 inch smaller branch running from it. Scrape off the thin bark. Now whittle away the thick branch so the side opposite the small branch is somewhat flattened. Nail the thick branch part to a tree trunk, flat side toward the truck, with the smaller, tapering branch pointing out and either up or down (not left or right) so it looks like you've added a small branch to the tree. Now observe what it does when the weather changes. If it droops down when the weather gets bad -you got it nailed on right; if it points up when the weather is getting bad, reverse it. When you've finally configured it properly, the onset of bad weather will be predicted by that small, tapering branch pointing down; when good weather is coming, it will bend up. And not just a little -it will appear as though someone came along and deliberately bent it one way or the other -as much as a foot or more. Combination of humidity and air pressure. Very cool. Here's some Q&A between the Weather Channel's Nick Walker and folks with weather questions: http://www.wxdude.com/Jobs.html Enjoy.
How long can California last without rain?
Not to be pedantic, but California doesn't need rain as much as it needs snow. I only mean to point out that by far our greatest reservoirs are snow covered mountains. California's water delivery system ( the largest in the world BTW) to a great extent is gravity based. Water comes down from the mountains where no one needs it, to lower elevations where people do. That means it's cheap; no trucks with expensive gas, no pipes that can break. I'm not good at predicting things (especially the future), and I don't really know what you mean by "last". No one is going to die of thirst because of the draught. And many parts of California are well on their way to a "Haves and Have Nots" sort of scene, but not because of water. One thing that is vulnerable though, is the economy. Without cheap water most of the big money makers in CA become uncompetitive. People don't buy our oranges, almonds, lettuces, and pretty much any produce you can think of, because it makes them think of movie stars. They buy it because it's cheap. And it's cheap because of cheap water. If we have to truck it in, that costs money. If we have to desalinate and pump it, that costs money. Same goes for Silicone Valley and L.A. Those places are sand dunes without water from further north. I can promise you too, there is nothing keeping Hollywood where it is, except the ability to produce its product cheaply. The big fear is that once those become uncompetitive California experiences a stagnation or even shrinkage of its economy. So much of our economy is based on its own expansion, which has been almost nonstop since the Gold Rush, that it's hard to tell what would happen. We could end up like Michigan when the cars left, or we could retain some viability through our universities, tourism and other things that don't require lots of cheap water. I guess we'll see. Bottom line though, the worst case scenario is something like Detroit, not people rioting because they're thirsty. Things can't expand, so people stop building. Values go down, so people stop coming here. Everyone buys fruit from Chile and they make movies in North Carolina. Like I said, we'll see.