("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.
funny about this quiz ... just 2 days ago Sarah told me I had a Minnesota accent - I don't remember why she said it but strange that my 15 yr old brought it up.
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.
("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.
More of the same may happen later today, as another system of strong storms comes through.
If so, I will have to get down by the lake and see if I can see it happen. Unless its supposed to hail - then I want my car inside the garage!
It sounds like such a fascinating weather phenomenon. There have been seiches here that have changed the water level, temporarily, as much as ten feet in just minutes.
We just got back from Albuquerque, NM a couple of weeks ago (youngest sister's wedding), we spent 9 days there and the weather was awesome. I thought I was going to hate the heat there, but it's so dry that you don't even feel it. 98 degrees there is more comfortable than 82 degrees here. The weathermen actually apologize if the humidity gets above 15%. I couldn't believe that the day of the wedding it was 104 and the reception was outdoors. It didn't feel like 104. The sun could kill you though... the UV index is much higher there because of the elevation. Only affected me a couple of times.
Of course we got back to MN on July 2, the MUGGIEST day of the year. :angry:
This is a cool animated radar from 2004. Check out how the rain changes to snow as the year progresses. Kinda fun. I was watching it like watching a lava lamp
I just wasnt used to it - besides the straightline winds in 1998-99 (I think thats when that happened)... we haven't had a 'tornado' come through here since 1904.
Closest to St. Paul was in Minneapolis in the early 50's (I think they had one in the early 80's too) otherwise Roseville in the 1960's.
Now Anoka and Tornado or Wizard of Oz and Tornado make way more sense.
I wonder if this flooding and tornado thing means anything when it comes to their winter? They have some cool & interesting yet aweful winters in NYC -
story claims: Storms kill one, disrupt travel around New York City
I looked it up.... Tornados in NY ----
The risk of death in any one year is 1 in 39,088,695
I was wondering last week and then I forgot to follow up... remember during 9/11 there was a satellite that went over and caught the smoke billowing from the towers? I wondered if there was something like that for the 35w bridge. just a thought
There was a bad tornado in the summer of 1981 that tore up Har Mar Mall pretty bad. I remember it because we were having a graduation party for my oldest at the time and drove out there later that evening and there was debris from it all along highway 36.
My then-inlaws were at Roseville Target, just getting into their car when it hit. They were all injured with flying glass and had to go to the ER, which made them late for Mags' birthday party, which is how I remember the date so clearly. They were all OK, but their kids were pretty freaked out everytime it stormed after that.
see where it says cloverdale and all the little spots around it - north of santa rosa?
I'm about 15 minutes southeast of cloverdale.
we are about 30 mins from the geysers - which get them all day long. stuff rattles around here and we never know if it's a tremor or if someone just ran into something with a forklift downstairs.
yes. i could have prolly looked back in my scrapbook for an article and had a date on it too - cause i was enthralled with tornados then.
after that day, everytime the sky would cloud I'd ask my gran if it was time to go sit in the basement and eat beef jerky.
thinking back.. maybe I just really loved beef jerky and it seemed like a really good excuse to get some.
The thing I remember the most was - it dropped a bunch of the debris in the lake behind our house and the water line rose a bit with crap floating around in it.
fond crazy memory - going into grandmas creepy cobwebby damp basement with the canning jellies and rusty outdated cans of veggies on the shelves. The terrier would never come down the steps. we had the old am radio and flashlight-the tornado always let us down :wink:
Midland
("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.
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Northern
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.
I speak ghetto suburban white-boy gangsta
North Central
What people call the "Minnesota accent." Sounds almost Canadian. You may have even been asked if you were from Canada before.
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funny about this quiz ... just 2 days ago Sarah told me I had a Minnesota accent - I don't remember why she said it but strange that my 15 yr old brought it up.
http://freeshells.ch/~xavier/survey.html
Northern
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.
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Midland
("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.
I can fake an accent fast if i'm talking to somebody that has a bad one...
my favorite saying...
'gawhat now??
kinda a catchall phrase
"Do you want black or refried beans?" "Do what now?" "Black or refried beans?" "Oh, I'll have black."
It's changing fast though.
we are on 'brown out' today at work
sooo its dark in here
dismal looking out the window but I dont see a storm coming quite yet.
didn't bring an umbrella- kitch forgot the raincoat in his truck.... it rained on us :neutral:
however, it didn't seem to damper our nice time out :smile:
joe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiche
More of the same may happen later today, as another system of strong storms comes through.
If so, I will have to get down by the lake and see if I can see it happen. Unless its supposed to hail - then I want my car inside the garage!
It sounds like such a fascinating weather phenomenon. There have been seiches here that have changed the water level, temporarily, as much as ten feet in just minutes.
http://henrykisor.com/blog/2006/12/15/todays-mystery-writing-term-seiche/
thats pretty interesting
and I like the cool breeze layout
Of course we got back to MN on July 2, the MUGGIEST day of the year. :angry:
Can you say urban heat island? Boy, is it hot out.
it was the first thing I heard this morning -
Tornado & New York City -
thats like hearing Tornado and St. Paul
I just wasnt used to it - besides the straightline winds in 1998-99 (I think thats when that happened)... we haven't had a 'tornado' come through here since 1904.
Closest to St. Paul was in Minneapolis in the early 50's (I think they had one in the early 80's too) otherwise Roseville in the 1960's.
Now Anoka and Tornado or Wizard of Oz and Tornado make way more sense.
WoW- all those trees :frown:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/08/nyc.weather/index.html?iref=newssearch
I wonder if this flooding and tornado thing means anything when it comes to their winter? They have some cool & interesting yet aweful winters in NYC -
story claims: Storms kill one, disrupt travel around New York City
I looked it up.... Tornados in NY ----
The risk of death in any one year is 1 in 39,088,695
http://www.disastercenter.com/index.html
and the earthquakes listed:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/
and Minnesota Earthquakes!
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states.php?regionID=23
I love this $#!^
My then-inlaws were at Roseville Target, just getting into their car when it hit. They were all injured with flying glass and had to go to the ER, which made them late for Mags' birthday party, which is how I remember the date so clearly. They were all OK, but their kids were pretty freaked out everytime it stormed after that.
see where it says cloverdale and all the little spots around it - north of santa rosa?
I'm about 15 minutes southeast of cloverdale.
we are about 30 mins from the geysers - which get them all day long. stuff rattles around here and we never know if it's a tremor or if someone just ran into something with a forklift downstairs.
Something I won't ever forget - that is forsure.
26 years ago + 6 years old + however old I was when he was born = ODT (older than dirt!)
psst, Vino remembers it too. :pbpt:
after that day, everytime the sky would cloud I'd ask my gran if it was time to go sit in the basement and eat beef jerky.
thinking back.. maybe I just really loved beef jerky and it seemed like a really good excuse to get some.
The thing I remember the most was - it dropped a bunch of the debris in the lake behind our house and the water line rose a bit with crap floating around in it.
For some reason I can buy that you're one from the older generation :wink:
my parents used to own this building...can you imagine the basement in that???
scary stuff...when you like 6...
oh ya...and my mom owned a taxidermy biz....so there was stuffed animals all over the place...well...half done ones...
yep..my dad took me to the woodshed a few times...
picturing stuffed goats
yep... some proof...my grandpa's book