Never say that we don’t promote edumacation around here at DWR. It’s always important to know when you’re about to expire due to environmental conditions.
Progressive Bloggers
Your opinions…
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- What is the Bishnoi gang and how could it be linked to Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing?
- Drought signs raise fears of another fish die-off in B.C. rivers
- Polyamorous relationships are on the rise in Canada. The law is still catching up
- Vancouver announces Canucks viewing parties with memories of past playoff riots still fresh
- Federal unions file complaints over increase to office time
- In budding battle over lab-grown meat, Florida takes opening stab
- First Nation protest camp in northern Alberta served with court injunction
- Hundreds of charges laid in OPP investigation into online child sexual abuse, exploitation
- SNOLAB workers at world-renowned dark matter research facility in Sudbury, Ont., on strike
- Hours on hold and long queues: Canadians still grappling with poor passport service
Blogs I Follow
bleatmop
Mystro
Dead Wild Roses 
5 comments
December 27, 2013 at 6:54 am
myatheistlife
That is a very ‘cool’ way to look at the different scales….
LikeLike
December 27, 2013 at 6:55 am
myatheistlife
Reblogged this on myatheistlife and commented:
And now… some science for 50 year olds
LikeLike
December 27, 2013 at 6:55 am
john zande
Got it :)
LikeLike
December 27, 2013 at 6:57 am
myatheistlife
You might have to adjust the descriptions for places like Texas or Arizona: 0C should be ‘really cold outside’, 0F should be ‘Stay in bed, nothing will be open anywhere’ and 100F should be ‘Good day to mow the lawn’
LikeLike
December 27, 2013 at 7:38 am
tildeb
This is really along the same lines as the F scale (F stands for Fujita) for tornadoes:
F0: light damage
F1: moderate damage
F2: significant damage
F3: severe damage
F4: devastating damage
F5: incredible damage
If a 64-116 Km/hr wind (F0) blows through an open window and flicks the curtain that then snags on an poorly balanced wall unit and tears (F1), then as the wall unit topples over and smashes the coffee table (F2) sending a large wooden chunk through the hanging Rembrandt and a large book flying into the aquarium knocking it to the ground, smashing it open releasing a torrent of water across the floor, killing the fish and flooding the room (F3), pouring through a crack and flooding the basement wall where the electrical panel sparks and shorts out, first wetting and then electrocuting the sleeping dog and setting the blankets next to the gas furnace smoldering, which asphyxiates the people sleeping in the adjoining basement bedroom (F4), then we won’t be surprised that the embers produced just enough heat to warp the the gas line, cracking a seal in one of the lines and fills the room with gas. The resulting explosion levels the neighbourhood (F5).
What a handy scale. So what which F ranking was that gust of wind?
LikeLike