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[astrosammy]

The extreme heat today had caused the first fatality: The Autobahn A8. The concrete plates, that formed this autobahn had expanded so much in the heat that they uplifted and broke, leaving centimeter high sharp steps behind.

Happens every other year here, but is pretty messy. Usually the concrete is heat resistant, but under such extremes, they can fail. Took the repair teams one night to fix.

Yes, summer in Germany does not only mean that US presidents hold short speeches.

Tomorrow will see likely extremely strong thunderstorms passing from west to east. Conditions are pretty fine for some tornadoes here, the CAPE values are already skyrocketing here thanks to the extreme moisture everywhere.

Ouch, poor Autobahn.

http://sat24.com/de/de
There's a cell building up in the west, should be here soon, I hope there will be some rain... We already had a nice thunderstorm this morning.

 

[Urwumpe]

Ouch, poor Autobahn.

http://sat24.com/de/de
There's a cell building up in the west, should be here soon, I hope there will be some rain... We already had a nice thunderstorm this morning.

The south east one in France looks more interesting, much bigger and has an overshooting top. Also it was a right-mover during its early development, which means a higher chance for being a strong storm.

 

[Mojave]

He could be Kahn for all we know.

Has anyone suggested that Urwumpe might be HAL 9000?

 

[TMac3000]

I'm sorry Sam, but he can't do that.

 

[Athena]

"Hello, I'm right out of jail after having killed a teacher asking me to introduce myself."

Actually, he missed my name so. I could give it a try. :dry:

Has anyone suggested that Urwumpe might be HAL 9000?

:rofl:

 

[PennyBlack]

Has anyone suggested that Urwumpe might be HAL 9000?

:lol:

The world ends... But deep in a bunker somewhere in what used to be Europe, sits a man, also known as Deep Thought.

Status... ONLINE

 

[astrosammy]

Hail hail!

Traffic is diverting: http://www.flightradar24.com/52.03,8.77/8

http://fr24.com/BER8218
http://fr24.com/BAW11
http://fr24.com/BOX110

 

[Urwumpe]

Hail hail!

Traffic is diverting: http://www.flightradar24.com/52.03,8.77/8

http://fr24.com/BER8218
http://fr24.com/BAW11
http://fr24.com/BOX110

Not really... looks still pretty normal, but soon the corridor will be cleared

EDIT: Now I see the holding pattern there, didn't see it at first glance

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

So, there was a beautiful B-25 Mitchell flying around here around last Saturday. Turns out it was from a group that restores and flies various World War II era combat aircraft from most of the major players in the war. I found out that on the 29th, they're going to be flying F6F Hellcats and A6M Zeros to commemorate the Pacific Air War. I might try to grab some photos if they do any close flyovers. Anyway, it is pretty awesome to see those old birds still flying.

Nice :thumbup:

I think I saw a SBD Dauntless do a buzz over the landing strip at the airport recently. The restored Lancaster was probably in the area for the airshow too, but getting there was impossible unfortunately.

 

[Codz]

Nice :thumbup:

I think I saw a SBD Dauntless do a buzz over the landing strip at the airport recently. The restored Lancaster was probably in the area for the airshow too, but getting there was impossible unfortunately.

Awesome. I also just found out the group that I mentioned also apparently owns and flies a MiG-29UB trainer as well. It'd certainly be great to see one of those do some low level passes!

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Awesome. I also just found out the group that I mentioned also apparently owns and flies a MiG-29UB trainer as well. It'd certainly be great to see one of those do some low level passes!

MiG 29 Fulcrum Taxi, Takeoff, Flyover, Landing---Everett, Wa Historic Flight Foundation - YouTube

Actually, I think I also saw a CF-18 buzz our house a few months back. That was cool.

 

[mojoey]

Nothing'll ever be cooler than watching five Apaches fly overhead...except maybe the shuttle landing at Edwards when I was a wee lad.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Power went out during dinner. Automated call system claims power will be restored within the hour. But we've had quite a few shorter losses of power over the last couple weeks. Not sure what's up.
Glad it's at sunset though. Shouldn't get too absurdly hot.

Welp, it's two snapped poles.

 

[Urwumpe]

THAT is sexy:

:lol:

---------- Post added at 10:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:59 AM ----------

The heatwave now caused a first casualty: A motorbiker died on the Autobahn A93, after suddenly the concrete plates uplifted in front of him. four cars literally jumped at high speed (130 km/h is only recommended speed) over it and got damaged before the motorbiker lost control and collided with the guardrail.

Such damages appear also on A3, A7, A92 and A94.

 

[Codz]

I'm partial to the B-47 myself. Gotta love those GE J47 turbojets!

 

[Urwumpe]

OK, first tornado warning of the day for the region around Bad Kissingen here, together with a warning of 5 cm hail.

EDIT: Now in the latest radar scan, you can see a clear V-Notch, definitly a supercell on its way.

A large group of thunderstorms passing North-East over Germany right now.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." Nixie Pixel

Some of you might know of Nixie Pixel (geek girl and foxy redhead), anyway, I'm not a coder myself, but I'm slowly trying to learn in my copious spare time... I figure they were some words of wisdom there?

 

[TMac3000]

"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." Nixie Pixel

Some of you might know of Nixie Pixel (geek girl and foxy redhead), anyway, I'm not a coder myself, but I'm slowly trying to learn in my copious spare time... I figure they were some words of wisdom there?

YESSSS!! Another Nixie fan:woohoo:
Smokin' hot and wicked smart:thumbup:

 

[astrosammy]

Ouch, there's a horizontaly rotating cloud right above us. I've never seen something like this... Camera is recording...

 

[Urwumpe]

Ouch, there's a horizontaly rotating cloud right above us. I've never seen something like this... Camera is recording...

I also want to see it I just prepare for ending work here and drive home before it hits us. Could be sooner than planned, a big one has suddenly formed over Goslar.