Playa Climate Prediction Center

[theCryptofishist]

Just want to thank everybody for participating on this, my current favorite thread.

And offer up this correction:

Wino has destroyed some of camp a few times.

That's why being homeless is so hard.

[CrispyDave]

Bevmore now has a sale on Wino in a Box.

He is homeless no more and making money as well.

[theCryptofishist]

Well, I hope he can get an occassional shower, too.

[Oldguy]

That's what she said ! ba-dump-dump

[RedHeaven]

Pretty much wino every day

[weather man]

It was so windy last weekend, the top of the man base blew off!
Last I heard, they were looking for a couple dozen guys with milkcrates to try and heft it back on....

[CrispyDave]

It was so windy last weekend, the top of the man base blew off!
Last I heard, they were looking for a couple dozen WINOS with WINO Boxes to try and heft it back on....

[ZaphodBurner]

Just be sure to wear your pith helmet when sleeping. It helps ward off flying coolers and such...

Absolute fact. I'm bringing a spare helmet in case somebody forgets theirs. The AC unit on mine failed but this year I'll have a CO2-powered heat exchanger.


PS, if you sleep naked, don't forget your butt-plug. Nobody likes farting playa dust.

[DustyBubbles]

I completely disagree with this statement. Telling the truth for 16 straight pages is letting the newbies know this isn't always a picnic, and that they need to have their shit prepared. The ones who heed it & set up their camps better than they would have otherwise will definitely think it's positive when they get hit with their first white-out and don't have any major failures.

Not all good advice has to be delivered like we're talking to children, and snark is part of the playa.

Man...how did i know i was going to get shit for this?? That's really not what I meant. I agree with you actually. I meant that, for someone new to this forum, reading this thread for the first time, I can see how they would think "ohhh, these cranky vets are just trying to scare us!" It's so over the top at points that I almost started tuning out. Thankfully, there are a few people on here that can convey the seriousness of the situation...and all the while without having to deliver it like they're talking to children. Imagine that, there's a middle ground.

[maladroit]

I've found the line between serious advice and silly hyperbole to be quite clear, actually.

[MacGlenver]

I've found the line between serious advice and silly hyperbole to be quite clear, actually.

If not exhausting & worn.

[theCryptofishist]

Perhaps more adroit than advertised...

[pink]

I completely disagree with this statement. Telling the truth for 16 straight pages is letting the newbies know this isn't always a picnic, and that they need to have their shit prepared. The ones who heed it & set up their camps better than they would have otherwise will definitely think it's positive when they get hit with their first white-out and don't have any major failures.

Not all good advice has to be delivered like we're talking to children, and snark is part of the playa.

Man...how did i know i was going to get shit for this?? That's really not what I meant. I agree with you actually. I meant that, for someone new to this forum, reading this thread for the first time, I can see how they would think "ohhh, these cranky vets are just trying to scare us!" It's so over the top at points that I almost started tuning out. Thankfully, there are a few people on here that can convey the seriousness of the situation...and all the while without having to deliver it like they're talking to children. Imagine that, there's a middle ground.

Where do you see over the top in statements like "part of our camp got destroyed a few times" and "50mph winds"? This is da TRUTH!. It's pretty difficult to get across just how bad conditions can be, especially to virgins or to people for whom last year or even 2010 was their first year.

Veteran see things like this and think 'I'd better get more/longer rebar'. When we see newbs posting about tent stakes or like the thread, asking us for videos of disasters so he can convince his friends that their shade structure, which worked fine last year, isn't going to hack it this year?

We don't want to see your camp fly off. We don't want to be downwino of your camp flying off. We might joke, we might snark (actually we will joke and snark) but the intention is to convey to each other just what is happening out there. Weather is supposed to get a bit better next week when I'm heading out. But the 10 day forecast doesn't say anything about wino.

If you ask childish questions, you will be talked down to. If you ask these questions without doing a bit of self-reliant research, you will get snark.

[maladroit]

Mmm mmm, deep-fried snark and waffles.

[nilasnake]

i wonder if that is the pier crew working in the background..if that's 4:30.

[theCryptofishist]

I don't think Pier II has the same placement as last year.

On the other hand, you know someone on the crew, so why listen to me?

[AntiM]

Did someone order a box of wino?

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[Galaxo Magic]

It was so windy last weekend, the top of the man base blew off!
Last I heard, they were looking for a couple dozen guys with milkcrates to try and heft it back on....

This picture is looking southwest. The main street (spoke) behind the Manbase is 5:30 where the heavy equipment camp is. The path lead up and to the right of the ManBase leads to Center Camp. This picture was taken in the morning.

[Galaxo Magic]

I don't think Pier II has the same placement as last year.

On the other hand, you know someone on the crew, so why listen to me?

The Pier 2 is at 4:30/Esplanade, I think it was at 3:30/Esplanade last year,right?

[theCryptofishist]

Maybe it's because I think of it as "right outside Fandango". Isn't Fandango on the Tokyo side this year?

[lucky.bastard]

[weather man]

I don't think Pier II has the same placement as last year.

On the other hand, you know someone on the crew, so why listen to me?

The Pier 2 is at 4:30/Esplanade, I think it was at 3:30/Esplanade last year,right?

Plus or minus.
I just hope the winds winos don't blow any ships or anything into it.

[theCryptofishist]

Any more ships onto it.

[knowmad]

I don't think Pier II has the same placement as last year.

On the other hand, you know someone on the crew, so why listen to me?

The Pier 2 is at 4:30/Esplanade, I think it was at 3:30/Esplanade last year,right?

Plus or minus.
I just hope the winds winos don't blow any ships or anything into it.

They are doing Fine. The Ship is Something Else!
There hasn't been Much wind since Wednesday, but crappy weather from the Smoke of a near by wild fire. blech.

[theCryptofishist]

But Knowmad, where's the doom? We've been having Schadenfreude over the image of sparkleponies blowing all the way to the Mississippi, and now you're saying the weather isn't that bad?

You've broken the hearts of at least a hundred eplayans...

[knowmad]

oh no fishy. the winds on sunday and monday was crazy 60-90mph winds for two hrs. sideways mud bullets from rain. the windward side of everything was plastered. lots of crazy stories.

Sparke pony kite flying is a Go.

[FIGJAM]

Instant stucco?

[knowmad]

Instant stucco?

Like popcorn ceiling spray. crazy mess.

[Foxfur]

Did someone order a box of wino?

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OMG OMG OMG!!!
I'm in LOVE!
I'm gonna crawl inside and drink my way out.
See you next month.

They are doing Fine. The Ship is Something Else!
There hasn't been Much wind WINO since Wednesday, but crappy weather from the Smoke of a near by wild fire. blech.

Things have changed.
Get used to it.

[BoyScoutGirl]

Wow: 79.9°F at midnight in Gerlach. So much for the desert cooling off in the evening. Though, I suppose eighty degrees is certainly cooler than 100°+


Rant: Any other pedants out there irked that this thread has "climate" in the title but is actually a discussion of weather?