On Thu Sep-03-2015 09:34, Holger Granholm (2:20/228) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    HG> In a message dated 09-02-15, Roger Nelson said to Holger Granholm:    
      
    HG> Good morning Roger,   
      
   Good evening Holger,   
      
   RN> This is an interesting, yet unpredictable area to live in.  When the   
   RN> weather is nice, it makes the great food we have here taste even   
   RN> better.   
      
    HG> This again is an area where we can count four weather seasons,   
    HG> winter, spring, summer and fall. The winters may be so and so due   
    HG> to the sea water temperature but they will at least try. The fall   
    HG> is the period I like the least becuse of the rain and temperatures   
    HG> falling.   
      
   It is like that here, most of the time.  We are not out of danger yet until   
   the middle of next month, but I don't foresee anything terrible happening this   
   year.  After all, back in 2005, we had enough to last anyone a lifetime.   
      
    HG> Yesterday we had rain from morning to night and even today is   
    HG> murky.    
      
   It just drizzled here off and on.   
      
   RN> I was chilled to the bone in the winter of 1995 here, but then I   
   RN> lived about 136 kilometers northeast of where I am now.   
      
    HG> Usually we have a couple of cold winters at the sunspot minima.   
    HG> They give us up to 2 feet of snow and cover the sea with ice so   
    HG> thick that it's possible to drive your car to Finland on the ice.   
    HG> In 1967, I think it was, we even were able to drive to Sweden on   
    HG> the ice.    
      
   Wow!  I'm glad I wasn't with you.  Years ago, I would have liked that.  (-:    
   Did you return the same way?   
       
    HG> The difference is due to the archipelago between �land and Finland   
    HG> that keeps the ice from moving, while we have only an open sea to   
    HG> Sweden.    
      
   I didn't know that.  Thanks.   
      
    HG> colder climate so we may forget the global warming for a while.   
      
   RN> That's supposed to go on for about 10 years.   
      
    HG> Well, the two previous minima we know of lasted 70 and 40 years.    
      
   RN> Last month there was a most interesting article that described   
   RN> lightning travelling upward from a cloud.  That was a new one on me.   
      
    HG> That of course is possible but lightning between clouds is common   
    HG> here.    
      
   I've seen cloud-to-cloud lightning, but never saw any that travelled upward.    
   Downward, yes, but never upward.  Below is the article:   
      
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    Space Weather News for Aug. 20, 2015   
    http://spaceweather.com   
      
    This month, astronauts onboard the International Space Station have   
    witnessed exotic forms of lightning that reach up from thunderclouds near   
    Earth's surface all the way to the edge of space.  Their photographs of   
    "sprites" and "trolls" dancing over Mexico are a must-see.  These forms can   
    been seen from Earth's surface, too.  Observing tips and more information   
    are available on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com    
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    HG> We are expecting a rain front, either this afternoon or night and   
      
   RN> How did that turn out?   
      
    HG> See above, .   
      
   (-:   
      
    HG> IBM laptops are nowadays made and sold under the name Lenovo.    
      
   RN> Chinese, isn't it?   
      
    HG> Correct but under quality control of IBM.   
      
   Uh-huh.   
      
   RN> I never saw them that small.  The ones I have are in the 4-8GB   
   RN> range.   
      
    HG> Same here, the ones I have now are 4-16 Gb.   
      
    HG> Have a nice afternoon,   
      
   Et tu, Holger.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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