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Post by ragdall on Feb 12, 2018 2:15:36 GMT
But I'm not. My husband and I were hit hard with a flu virus in January and are still working at recovering. Even though he had the flu shot, (I didn't), it's hit him far worse, his cough drags on and on. Neither of us has much appetite.
I'm mostly better now. I think it will just take more time for him to recover. He does seem to slowly be improving.
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Post by maeve on Feb 12, 2018 13:36:58 GMT
Oh rags, I'm so sorry you and your husband have been ill! Influenza is nasty stuff. Some folks here are developing pneumonia followed occasionally by sepsis after the 'flu subsides. I was interested in a recent report strongly suggesting that a humidity level of about 50% in a room/building can almost immediately break down the 'flu virus.
Thank you for taking time to let us know.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Feb 13, 2018 1:59:45 GMT
wishing you both a steady (& faster!) recovery. A couple of years ago I had the flu & had not had a dose for decades (dunno why I hadn't had it for decades AND why really I finally caught it!) & I remember how ill I felt. So I had the flu injection last year. Here in the southern hemisphere it's high summer - nasty humidity & heat & I'm slowed down & missing activities cos of my reaction to the weather. I'm a life-long shallow breather & get knocked about by heat & humidity. And Sydney gets humid, not as bad as places further north. and is getting hotter - BOM annual climate statement shows 2017 was Australia's third-warmest year on recordsandra
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Post by meganl on Feb 13, 2018 7:42:29 GMT
Hope you and husband continue to improve Rags. Sandra sounds like a tough time for you
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Post by sandrainsydney on Feb 15, 2018 1:50:55 GMT
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Post by ragdall on Feb 17, 2018 3:30:47 GMT
Thank you all for your good wishes. Sandra, I hope the temperature and humidity will improve soon for you. Maeve, thank you for the information about humidity. We have a humidifier attached to the furnace that has never seemed to do much. I've been running a steamer in the bedroom where my husband sleeps twelve hours a night/day. It seems to be helping a little with the cough. We got almost three feet of snow the week that I was most ill. My son, who had moved his family back to our town in this past summer, managed to come by to clear the driveway for us, sometimes several times a day, until our road became impassable for his small car. I couldn't have managed without his help. At that point, I was feeling well enough to get out, start our big snowblower with the gas engine and clear snow myself. We had to wait a couple of days for a snow removal crew to reach us and give us back a road we could use. This was taken while the crew was digging us out. Every house has a huge pile of road snow on the front lawn. If we get much more snow, I don't know where they can put it. More photos here: flic.kr/s/aHsmcw2tDt
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Post by sandrainsydney on Feb 17, 2018 14:35:18 GMT
rags, I feel cooler looking at your pictures
at 1.20am on Sunday 18th it is 23.8 with 71% humidity. I'm not long home from a concert & the first thing I did was remove not just my going-out clothes but all of 'em, cos the lower layers were soaking wet! My wet hair is sticking on my neck even to it is in a small piny tail & ticked above my neck
did I mention I hate Sydney's summer humidity ...
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Post by ragdall on Feb 18, 2018 10:10:13 GMT
Sandra, do you have an electric fan to cool you with moving air at least? Wouldn't it be nice if someone could find a way to share opposite weather conditions to make both places more pleasant?
We're expecting -22 C Sunday night. I am very grateful to have a secure, well heated house to live in. We'll be comfy cozy.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Feb 18, 2018 11:11:00 GMT
I have a fan in my bedroom, living room & kitchen & the breeze is very pleasant,
24.6C at 10pm Sunday, 72% humidity
one of my best summer memories is walking up to a friend's house & as I walked in the door, he turned the air conditioning down to 19 - wonderfully cold ...
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Post by ragdall on Feb 26, 2018 13:45:48 GMT
It's nice that you can create your own Breeze indoors, Sandra. You'd love our house at night. It's kept at -19 C.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Feb 26, 2018 23:48:49 GMT
excellent!
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Post by sandrainsydney on Dec 20, 2018 12:58:38 GMT
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Post by ragdall on Dec 23, 2018 0:57:44 GMT
Fascinating shapes, Sandra. I can imagine stones that size would be able to do a lot of damage. Weather seems to becoming more and more extreme, everywhere. We have been experiencing very powerful winds, but haven't had much damage. Further south, the Southern British Columbia coast, and islands to the west of there, were badly battered by wind on Thursday (Dec. 20). globalnews.ca/news/4780352/ferry-cancellations-bc-wind-warning/ There are more photos here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-powerful-wind-storm-in-pictures-1.4955342Here in the "North", we have been having warmer weather than usual, making snow removal from our driveway very difficult for this elderly woman. My snow blowers cannot do much with heavy wet snow/ slush and I'm no longer able to do much lifting. Leaving it on the driveway was not an option because the weather is unpredictable. If the messy lumps were to freeze, I'd have to deal with that surface until the next thaw. Temperatures dropped to -8 C yesterday. The wet snow that had turned to slush froze into whatever shapes it had formed, making very uneven footing in parking lots and exposed walkways. ckpgtoday.ca/article/548733/residents-wake-treacherous-conditions The thin layer of white remaining should still be there on Tuesday for the always hoped for "White Christmas". As long as temperatures during the day remain below freezing, any snow we get from now on will be dry, light, and easy to remove.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Dec 23, 2018 22:50:37 GMT
amazing pics - especially that giant tree in Vancouver, & those icy sidewalks!
wishing you a white christmas!
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Post by ragdall on Dec 27, 2018 6:35:13 GMT
Thank you, Sandra. The Gulf Islands nestle close to the south end of the east side of Vancouver island. Those islands sustained much damage from last Thursday's storm. Thousands of homes were without electricity and hydro crews were unable to reach some of the areas where poles and wires had broken because so many large trees had fallen across roads. It is almost a week later and some are still without power. My 81-year-old brother and his wife live on one of those islands. Luckily they have an old fashioned phone that doesn't need an electrical connection to power all the extra gizmos. It will function on the electricity in the telephone lines. When I called them on Sunday they were still in the dark, my brother was setting up a candle. They have a wood burning stove in the basement that was keeping the house warm and said they had propane for their BBQ which they were using for cooking. Without electricity the pump on their well wasn't running and the water level in the storage tank was low, but they would manage for a few days if they rationed water, no baths or showers, no laundry, toilet flushing only if necessary. The next day, Christmas Eve, an email message came from them saying their power had been restored. We had a lovely white Christmas with a thin layer of clean white snow. Christmas night was foggy and -7 C. we woke to a winter wonderland today with frost on everything.
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