I guess so... but it wasn't a difficult decision, watching all those people trying to push their way into a train that was packed to the doors. If someone looses their footing and slips down between the train and the platform edge, the train might start to move and nobody would be able to hear them screaming. I'd call it the day of a dozen Darwin award contenders.
Uncanny, eh? I wonder if the heat was causing some of the problems...
Any idea if there are any clouds nearby for seeding to work on? Heaven knows you guys need the rain.
When I've take classes at the farther campus from me, I've needed to take the SkyTrain to and from, and we have two classes of cars as well. (you know, ones with and without air conditioning. Remind me never to take summer courses on the farther campus... >.<)
The older cars are from Expo 86 and while they've held up quite well for being this old, they're less well liked around here. (they're also more likely to be the ones at fault when a train malfunctions, forcing all other trains to wait at stations thrice as long...)
carlfoxmarten said:"I wonder if the heat was causing some of the problems...", Very likely yes. It's blowing whole power substations apart in South Australia. Now I'm glad I didn't move to Adelaide when I wanted to in 2006-7. Melbourne is also having difficulty; their whole railway network has shut down at least once during this heatwave
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Good question, I haven't checked the dam levels recently. Here: (http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/dams-and-water/weekly-storage-and-supply-reports/2009/water-storage-and-supply-report---29-january-2009). We've enjoyed some good rainfall up until near the end of November. Now the clouds are appearing but drifting away without any precipitation. The dams are at roughly 50%. We can manage for a while, but there is still a desire by the State Government to build a desalinisation plant. Adelaide is screaming for one. They're probably bringing water into that city via road & rail. I'd been thinking of how a good rainfall might bring temperatures down, but I suppose the extra humidity wouldn't help too much either...
Done! Ask your expert (me) on what NOT to do in summer :P Basically anything! I'm regretting that I agreed to have my shoulder operation in February.We're kind of fortunate
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carlfoxmarten said:"I'd been thinking of how a good rainfall might bring temperatures down, but I suppose the extra humidity wouldn't help too much either... ", Oh the humidity comes from the Harbour. There's not a great deal of difference when the rain comes. A decent downpour WOULD cool things, especially the brickwork of my apartment building.
carlfoxmarten said:"However, with the cold weather we're having right now, I'm wondering just how hot next summer will be...", Probably not so severe. I've noticed that the weather tends not to be able to swing completely from one extreme to the other. We've had stinking hot summers lately, and especially mild winters.
carlfoxmarten said:"SkyTrain is a "heavy" rail system that runs on two rails with a third rail used for magnetic propulsion and a set of other rails on one side for power and communication
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I wonder if the heat was causing some of the problems...
Any idea if there are any clouds nearby for seeding to work on?
Heaven knows you guys need the rain.
When I've take classes at the farther campus from me, I've needed to take the SkyTrain to and from, and we have two classes of cars as well.
(you know, ones with and without air conditioning. Remind me never to take summer courses on the farther campus... >.<)
The older cars are from Expo 86 and while they've held up quite well for being this old, they're less well liked around here.
(they're also more likely to be the ones at fault when a train malfunctions, forcing all other trains to wait at stations thrice as long...)
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carlfoxmarten said:"I wonder if the heat was causing some of the problems...", Very likely yes. It's blowing whole power substations apart in South Australia. Now I'm glad I didn't move to Adelaide when I wanted to in 2006-7. Melbourne is also having difficulty; their whole railway network has shut down at least once during this heatwave ( ... )
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Good question, I haven't checked the dam levels recently. Here: (http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/dams-and-water/weekly-storage-and-supply-reports/2009/water-storage-and-supply-report---29-january-2009). We've enjoyed some good rainfall up until near the end of November. Now the clouds are appearing but drifting away without any precipitation. The dams are at roughly 50%. We can manage for a while, but there is still a desire by the State Government to build a desalinisation plant. Adelaide is screaming for one. They're probably bringing water into that city via road & rail.
I'd been thinking of how a good rainfall might bring temperatures down, but I suppose the extra humidity wouldn't help too much either...
Done! Ask your expert (me) on what NOT to do in summer :P Basically anything! I'm regretting that I agreed to have my shoulder operation in February.We're kind of fortunate ( ... )
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carlfoxmarten said:"I'd been thinking of how a good rainfall might bring temperatures down, but I suppose the extra humidity wouldn't help too much either...
", Oh the humidity comes from the Harbour. There's not a great deal of difference when the rain comes. A decent downpour WOULD cool things, especially the brickwork of my apartment building.
carlfoxmarten said:"However, with the cold weather we're having right now, I'm wondering just how hot next summer will be...", Probably not so severe. I've noticed that the weather tends not to be able to swing completely from one extreme to the other. We've had stinking hot summers lately, and especially mild winters.
carlfoxmarten said:"SkyTrain is a "heavy" rail system that runs on two rails with a third rail used for magnetic propulsion and a set of other rails on one side for power and communication ( ... )
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