SubjectRe: [dq] Weather chart in Air college
Fromstephen_martin@clear.net.nz
DateTue, 22 Oct 2002 12:05:05 +1200
Wicca can alter rainfall with their control weather ritual, not sure about Air
mages but I assume their Control Weather can too.
And yes it is scary.  A few years ago I had a Wicca cover a mountain with a
couple of yards of snow in spring/summer for their convenience, when it melted
it caused flooding in the local area destroying crops, livestock, some immediate
loss of life, then there were the longer term effects.
Fortuantely for the locals it was accidental, a malicious Wicca would summon
the heaviest rainfall they could to accompany the snow melt and cause even more
devastation.
The best part of this is that with a bit of advance planning you can cause damage
100 miles away a day after you were there, like spring floods in Australia -
they can have flooding when they never even saw the rain that caused it.

This is all just taking the weather gauge at it's descriptive levels.
As far as fixing the numbers... halve them and change the scale to inches per
day?

Warning of the day - don't mess with Wicca if you own any land.  Curse Crops/Livestock,
Control Weather for alternating  weeks of baking hot arid weather and flooding.

And if you're marching an Army anywhere take your own Wicca to ensure the weather
stays on your side.

>
>hi there,
>
>Can anyone alter amount of rain falling on the Degree Table in the Air
>college ? I would scared of anyone who can cause or increase rainfall using

>that chart...read on to find out why...
>
>I was looking through these tables (18.9, Page 67), for reference purposes,

>and I noticed that either Alusia is wetter than I thought, or there has been

>a reporting error in the Degree table (copied below, comma delineated for
>those with spreadsheet access):
>
>Degree, Cloud, Precipitation
> , ,(Inches / Hour)
>0, Clear, Dry; high fire danger, 0
>1, Clear, Dry; fires easy to start, 0
>2, Clear, Comfortable, 0
>3, Sparse, Humid; uncomfortable in high temperature, 1
>4, Light, Damp, 2
>5, Cloudy, Drizzle; fog in cold conditions, 3
>6, Overcast, Showers, 4
>7, Heavy Cloud, Light rain; leaves move; fires difficult to start, 5
>8, Dark Cloud, Average rain, 10
>9, Low black cloud, Heavy rain; small branches move; small fires doused, 20

>10 *, Oppressive, Torrential rain; river rise; large fires doused, 40
>11 **, Oppressive, Flood warning; rivers burst their banks, 80
>12+***, Oppressive, Flash floods, 160
>
>Were these meant to be in mm/hour?
>
>***Reasons for my astonishment***
>The NZ Met Service issues a heavy rain warning if there is likely to be more

>than 50 mm in 24 hours.
>
>Fiordland is one of the wettest places on earth, receiving 21 feet, or 252

>inches of rain in a year. That is about 90 minutes of rain at Degree 12, 3

>hours at Degee 11, 13 hours at Degree 10 etc.
>
>By this logic, Fiordland must never experience Opressive rain, so as long as

>your campfires are large, it will not be rained out. And even low black
>clouds would be rare.
>
>I tell you, I am going to pay more attention to the predict weather talent

>in future...
>
>Ian


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SubjectRe: [dq] Courtier amendment proposal
Fromdawnhaven@xtra.co.nz
DateTue, 22 Oct 2002 20:39:57 +1300
----- Original Message -----
From: <martin.dickson@peace.com>
> dawnhaven@xtra.co.nz wrote:
> >...it also showed off his fine calves (the male equivalent of breasts
> >those days).

> That is one of the oddest -- and most strangely disturbing -- things
> I've seen written on this list.
>
> Well done.  :-)
>

Thank you.

a woman could annul her marriage if she could show that a man had padded his
calves.

And a man could annul his marriage if he could show that the wife had padded
her breasts.

Still, it doesn't explain the victorian habit of hiding table legs, because
they were too explicit. "I annul this feast because the table has padded
legs?"

Of course men were greater peacocks than the women, if they could afford it,
and I assume courtiers know how to dress, pose, stand, walk, dance etc to
show off their comeliness to best advantage - and how to ensure others fail
to do so. Or dare not.

oh well, still only Tuesday, sigh...

Ian
>


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