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One meter (3 ft) of hail in Eritrea
BBC News ^ | 16 March 2014

Posted on 03/16/2014 1:01:58 PM PDT by Errant

The storm lasted just 90 minutes, but afterwards parts of Asmara, capital of Eritrea, were completely blocked by ice, government-run newspaper Hadas Eritrea reports.

A freak rain storm has dumped as much as 1m (3ft) of hail on Asmara, capital of Eritrea, in what appears to be the heaviest rainfall ever recorded there.

This week's storm lasted just 90 minutes, but afterwards parts of the city were completely blocked by ice, government-run newspaper Hadas Eritrea reports. Footage on local television shows streets running with water, and vehicles buried under the hail.

It is by far the heaviest rain ever recorded in the Eritrean capital, the newspaper says. A BBC Monitoring journalist in Nairobi adds that while hail is not unknown in Asmara at this time of year, this week's storm has surprised residents with its intensity.

Eritrea, situated on the Horn of Africa, experiences a short rainy season between February and April, known locally as the "belg" or little rains, followed by a main rainy season between June and September. Average annual rainfall is 61cm (24 inches).

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: eritrea; hail; weather
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To: Errant

The anchor dude and dudette are color coordinated, but I don’t like that color green for the tie. Almost looks like those nasty peas we had slopped on our plate in grade school (for the vegetable). It also resembles the ‘farting slime in a plastic cup’ that my kids had.


41 posted on 03/17/2014 4:39:10 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: machogirl
Only one thing holding the economy back is the trash in Washington, the biggest pile of it occupying the White House.
42 posted on 03/17/2014 4:41:47 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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To: machogirl

Lol, check out the water in the glass. It almost sloshes out during the second jolt.


43 posted on 03/17/2014 4:42:43 PM PDT by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)
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To: Errant

I was watching the water the second time I watched it. One big Jolt then not much after. I want to look at the data. I think I will.


44 posted on 03/17/2014 4:46:28 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: The Cajun

yep, I have never seen an Administration like this.


45 posted on 03/17/2014 4:48:23 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: machogirl
I have not had a sufficient answer from ANY climate-change-con support as to how the Earth warmed from the Ice Age when Man wasn’t around to exhale CO2, Man’s machines weren’t around to exhale CO?

The answer is related to ice ages it seems to me. We get the same Co2 spike around the time we enter one, as ice core sampling data indicates for the last 400K+ years. I attribute a possibility to warming of seas and volcanic activity increasing. Increased moisture, SO2 in the atmosphere and decreased radiation from ol' sol, all combine to throw us into another iceage, IMO. ;)

Funny, but this increasing seismic activity seems to be pointing to the same point in time that prophecy is pointing to...

46 posted on 03/17/2014 4:50:24 PM PDT by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)
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To: The Cajun; machogirl
Maybe next year :)

I hear ya... lol A "white Christmas" is one of those items I have yet to check off on, that's in my "bucket list". :)

47 posted on 03/17/2014 4:52:36 PM PDT by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)
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To: Errant

seems like it. seems like time is going faster. i think art bell called it, “the quickening”.

i guess like a train gathering speed toward the rock wall that it will inevitably strike.


48 posted on 03/17/2014 4:53:54 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Errant

For some reason when I did a google for the pasadena webicorder to look at the data, it took me to the page and the latest data was on the 9th of march?


49 posted on 03/17/2014 7:43:51 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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Strange, this link includes the 9th. Have they started delaying release of the data?

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/webicorder/

50 posted on 03/17/2014 7:50:54 PM PDT by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)
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To: Errant

i found this. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/sca/

apparently they have redone their site. i’m old school. i prefer the webicorder stuff that i can eyeball.


51 posted on 03/17/2014 7:57:24 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Errant

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/sca/research.php
http://www.strongmotioncenter.org/cgi-bin/CESMD/iqr1.pl
http://www.strongmotioncenter.org/cgi-bin/CESMD/iqr_dist_DM2.pl?iqrID=encino_17mar2014_15476961&SFlag=0&Flag=1


52 posted on 03/17/2014 8:00:17 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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