Thread: Weather Joke

petal · 20-07-2007, 07:22 PM

Top 10 reasons the weather satellite map isn't working.
Background: With the earlier floods in California, and in parts of Sonoma county in particular, everyone was paying close attention to the satellite weather maps that are transmitted on the Internet. Unfortunately since the recent heavy rain storms, the US satellite weather picture had had the clouds shown as smeared white horizontal stripes, and the white outline markings for the US, Canada, and Mexico is badly shifted about 2000 miles to the east.

From the local news group:

Howard wrote:
= So, nu, what's happened to the weatherroot? My screen shows white lines
= all throughout and the boundary overlay has shifted tremendously...

It will help if you've seen a recent satellite 'weatherroot' picture. (Having just finished a Togo's sandwich helps also ;-):

Top 10 reasons the satellite picture isn't working:

#10. During the flood, water got into the satellite.
#9. During the flood, water got into the satellite receiver.
#8. So much rain fell during the flood, the planet shifted.
#7. The picture is fine, its the planet that's messed up.
#6. The high winds are blowing the clouds REALLY REALLY HARD.
#5. Its finally happened, but not to California (as had been predicted): The East Coast has fallen into the ocean.
#4. California politics have shifted to the center (of the country).
#3. The Peso has fallen so low that Mexico is at the bottom of the ocean.
#2. When it flooded, the satellite ended up being washed. Now the satellite's on "spin cycle".
#1. The satellite has to spin all the time in order to make the picture, and its dizzy.

Flood · 21-07-2007, 03:51 PM

Pmsl@Mary, very funny! I like the one about the high winds.

20-07-2007, 07:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,512 Total Awards: 5	Weather Joke Top 10 reasons the weather satellite map isn't working. Background: With the earlier floods in California, and in parts of Sonoma county in particular, everyone was paying close attention to the satellite weather maps that are transmitted on the Internet. Unfortunately since the recent heavy rain storms, the US satellite weather picture had had the clouds shown as smeared white horizontal stripes, and the white outline markings for the US, Canada, and Mexico is badly shifted about 2000 miles to the east. From the local news group: Howard wrote: = So, nu, what's happened to the weatherroot? My screen shows white lines = all throughout and the boundary overlay has shifted tremendously... It will help if you've seen a recent satellite 'weatherroot' picture. (Having just finished a Togo's sandwich helps also ;-): Top 10 reasons the satellite picture isn't working: #10. During the flood, water got into the satellite. #9. During the flood, water got into the satellite receiver. #8. So much rain fell during the flood, the planet shifted. #7. The picture is fine, its the planet that's messed up. #6. The high winds are blowing the clouds REALLY REALLY HARD. #5. Its finally happened, but not to California (as had been predicted): The East Coast has fallen into the ocean. #4. California politics have shifted to the center (of the country). #3. The Peso has fallen so low that Mexico is at the bottom of the ocean. #2. When it flooded, the satellite ended up being washed. Now the satellite's on "spin cycle". #1. The satellite has to spin all the time in order to make the picture, and its dizzy.
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

21-07-2007, 03:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Flood AA SUPPORTER Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: A great place in Devon called Tiverton. Posts: 4,802 Total Awards: 4	Re: Weather Joke Pmsl@Mary, very funny! I like the one about the high winds.