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In the last one, while the temperature is way below absolute zero, at least the wind speed is not too high, so hopefully the buildings will not be damaged.
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Looking at the image, I'd say that it's because the whole speed is being shown, but the parts outside the circle are displayed in white-on-white
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The range of wind speeds, from 11 to 6, makes my teeth itch.
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It must be in Canada! Visiblity is not too bad either.
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Google Maps says that 44.05, -79.46 is Newmarket, Ontario.
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And in the last one, I also doubt the visibility. 1609 metres, sure. But all the way to Nova Scotia?
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The visibility on that last one isn't possible on Earth at altitudes below ~200km. Or the distance to horizon calculator I found got its math wrong.
So I'm guessing somewhere got abducted by aliens.
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On a clear day you can see forever, or at least 1609 kilometers. Flat earth, anyone?
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It just says that you can see stuff that's a thousand miles away, not that you can see stuff that's on the ground a thousand miles away. Presumably that would mean you could see satellites near the horizon and stuff like that.
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Why are you surprised? As we all know, the earth is flat and on a clear day, you can see other provinces.
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Now I know where the Who got the line "I can see for miles and miles."
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There certainly are some provinces in Canada that are extremely flat. I don't think Ontario is one of them.
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On a clear night with dark skies, you can see 2.5 million light-years.
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The BBC problem actually made the news. They apologized for it on BBO World Radio, which is broadcast by many NPR stations.
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That last one shows the location as Newmarket. Newmarket, Ontario (Just north of Toronto) is close to those coordinates. They had a frost warning last night (air drops below 0C, 32F), but I have not heard of them having a total energy removal. You can not have any wind at temperatures approaching that as all the air freezes out. I should probably check if the people I know from there are all right. I suspect someone needs to replace a thermometer.
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[quote]There certainly are some provinces in Canada that are extremely flat. I don't think Ontario is one of them.[\quote] Ontario, where I live, is nowhere as bumpy as Alberta (west side) and British Columbia, but we are a lot bumpier than the prairies (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta (east side) ). As you travel further east, we have more hills and even really old mountains, so the bumpiness continues.
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Another look at the Newmarket data, I think Visual Crossing got their visuals crossed. 539 C at 1000% humidity? Was the weather station on fire? That would explain some things. The 1000% humidity would happen while the fire department was hosing the place down. Last I checked, Newmarket is still standing. Those sunrise and sunset times would indicate this was taken during the summer.
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I thought it was "on a clear disk you can seek forever."
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That 211° wind will warm you up a little.
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I find that on a clear day I can't see much further than about 149,600,000 km. Much further at night, though.
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exactly so, Nutter. Or: replace the cable to the temperature sensor! Reality WTF: a few years ago, a marten bit through the cable that led from the temperature sensor of the solar system to the control system. The old control system reported error code 999 to the heating control system. The heating control system was glad to activated the pump to make use of the wonderful free heat from the sun, and pre-heat the tank that was also connected to a oil burner. What shall I say? We heated the sun collectors with oil, for a fee months. Then, the tank was nearly empty....
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Sorry, spell correction misspelt your user name, Nutster. Rare name. Challenges AI. Proven by science: https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3688007
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