Sunday, May 16, 2010

Snow in NYC?

I'm planning on moving to NYC in June 2008 and I'm wondering what the weather is usually like during the winter. I know there is no EXACT answer but if any of you live there what is your opinion? When does it start snowing and how long does it last? Do you think global warming is going to change the cold weather in NYC forever? I hope not! That's one thing I'm looking forward to about moving there!

Snow in NYC?
Well, it doesn't snow in New York City until January or February, and with it snow, this city gets dumped. Last winter, this city go almost 2 feet of snow. And just last week, this city go only 1 to 3 inches of snow. It gets cold after Christmas, and when it cold, you better dress warm. What I mean is dress in layers. Sweater, warmers, knit cap and gloves.





Good Luck
Reply:Well the past couple of winters its been getting colder later in the year. I remember last year, it was after xmas and I was out with flats and a light sweater. That has never happened before. But it still gets really cold and it can stay cold as late as April. January and February are the worst because there is pretty much no release with the coldness. But after that the weather starts to vary. One weekend, it can be freezing and snowing and the next it can be in the 50's.





But if its cold weather that u are looking forward to, you definitely wont be disappointed.


How can I earn $214 by June [I'm 16]?

I thought of getting a part time job but in my city, no one hardly ever hires a 16 year old. I have shoveled snow and cut grass, but I never made much money. I recently gave up a baby sitting job because I was only getting paid 20 bucks for working over 15 hours a week, watching my little cousin and he has mental disabilities. I have been searching for a job for over a month now. I make a great baby-sitter but a lot of people I know do not have kids. How can I earn $214 by June? Please help!


Ps. My mom does not give my money for chores, and that is out of the question.

How can I earn $214 by June [I'm 16]?
Put flyers up for babysitting and give out cards. Talk to anyone your parents know that may have children, or anyone that is in your neighborhood. You could also try dog walking. You just have to show that you are open and available and don't be afraid to talk to people that you don't know that you know have kids or animals.
Reply:Walk Dogs. Find local neighbors %26amp; do chores for them they will pay for. Pass our fliers for local businesses. Run errands for 'at home' mothers to free up some "me" time for them.
Reply:Just cause your 16 and no-one hires 16 year olds, doesn't mean they won't. Just show that you are enthusastic, mature and ready to work and they will most likely hire you. Just try anything to earn money. But most of all save. Don't spend a cent you don't have to. Don't turn any money down. If you see a phone, check it for loose change, look for work, offer to do other peoples work, like mowing the grass, pruning trees. Prove yourself as a capeable money earner and money you shall earn. People want to hire people who are willing to work, and no matter how hard the job is, if your willing to do it you will most likely get it....if you want it!


LOL good luck on your search, here's a star to get you started!
Reply:Waltmart


target


anywhere at the malll


payless


fast food joints


ask a friend


work for a friends parents....


GOOD LUCK
Reply:Get a job.


Go to a fast food restaurant, they'll hire you.





what do you need the money for?
Reply:If you can't get a job, then what about selling stuff you don't need on EBay?





= )
Reply:I would try and do odd jobs for those people that don't happen to have kids, like painting a fence, cleanin out a garage, helping an older person go grocery shopping, stuff like that. There are plenty of odd jobs someone would love to pay you for so that they don't have to do it... and you will have the money you need in no time.
Reply:babysit. $214 isnt that much and babysitting regularly will get you that and then some in no time.
Reply:mcdonalds..burgerking.. burger flippers are usually teens..
Reply:places that hire 16 year olds


any fast food place


aeropastle


target


walmart


grocery stores
Reply:I hate to be "that" person but be persistant. Keep looking for a job. I had to apply to a lot of places before I even got an interview. But the nice thing is, if you have a job that pays alright, you can make $214 in just a few weeks. I make $7 an hour and I work about 25 hours a week (I home school so I can work a lot). I know it's tough to get a job. Just keep with it. My friend put in 47 applications before he found a job (poor guy).
Reply:Wow, you're lucky you're 16. I'm 14 and I have a job in the city, and my next paycheck is gonna be for about 300$. I can't wait until I'm 15 though since then I can get a job at a clothes store. Basically any place in the city hires a 16 year old. And you should at least try since you never know.


My boyfriend & I are going on a holiday to Christchurch, New Zealand in the middle of June.?

What is the weather like then %26amp; what should I pack? What are the best places to visit and things to do and what are the best places to eat at? Especially on the cheap. Has any one been on the TranzAlpine and is it worth it? Does it snow then? Is there nightlife there? What do you all recommend?

My boyfriend %26amp; I are going on a holiday to Christchurch, New Zealand in the middle of June.?
June is cold, although still alot of sunshine - so bring lots of jumpers!





I found this site good - http://www.chchattractions.co.nz/index.h... - go on the Gondola http://www.gondola.co.nz/index.html


http://www.christchurchnz.net/visitchch





The International Antarctic Centre is great also - near the airport http://www.iceberg.co.nz





Doesn't' snow in the city (although it did in 1990 when I lived there)





Not sure on the nightlife - am too old for that %26lt;grin%26gt;





For ski fields in the area go to http://www.snow.co.nz/areas/area_index.a...





Have fun








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I have just read "sebcue's" response below - and all i can say is what a load or BS - he is misinforming you big time, take no notice.
Reply:Kiwis are VERY friendly people dont listen to what other people say... go visit Pancake island and queenstown and june is a good time if u like snow then if u end up going in june then u can go up the mountain and go skiing but if u like fishing n stuff then go in december.. Report It

Reply:Hello, it will be cold here so pack some winter woolies! I can't believe those comments about new zealanders! I am an aussie living here and i love it here! truly the best country ever





Have loads of fun!
Reply:I have been to NZ for 5 years...I have some advice.....be very careful..although it looks safe you still need to be wise....do common sense....kiwis are very good at ripping off your money....because they have many years of experience doing this....as a small country their number one source of income is from tourists...foreigners and those ones who are not mainstream New Zealanders.....so try not to show that your are not a kiwi....do not simply let them to take advantage of you...their main characteristics are that they bring you down and show off themselves..because they have a green beautiful country and lab lab lab...there are lots of things for them to show off...don't get too impressed and do not participate in those kind of conversations.....lots of people will ask you where are you from? to you it means...where are you from but this question actually means...is the door open for ripping off or not?although it looks nice on the surface you need to live there to see deep inside....be careful not to get sick....their hospitals and health system is really bad....because of poor work conditions they do not have enough nurses and doctors...all hospitals are public and you will be treated by poorly paid overworked new graduates.....so in general be very careful not to mix up with them as such...you will be beaten but otherwise enjoy your trip.
Reply:June in NZ is the worst time of year! Come here in January when its summer time. Otherwise the country is kind of backwards. The road are pitifully bad. Even their best roads are not much more than gravel roads. Go to Austrailia instead, you'll have a better time. NZ is so over priced it's crazy. Service sucks. I am an American workig here on contract and have been here for two years, I can't wait to leave.
Reply:The weather will be cool with frosty nights. But Christchurch has low rainfall. The Tranzalpine is one of the world's great rail experiences. Pity they commercialised it and jacked up the prices. You used to get the same experience for next to nothing. Christchurch now has some interesting eating places; every cuisine you can think of. When I first went there you only had NZ and Cantonese. There's a good chance you'll get some snow in June. Take warm clothes. There's now some decent nightlife. Take a ride on the gondola. Visit the Antarctic Centre. Hire a car and drive to Akaroa, 50 miles away. It used to be a French settlement. I disagree with sebcue about our health services; every time my family has needed treatment it's been good. Costs? the NZ$ is exceptionally high at present, and top end of the market places are expensive at any time, but there's plenty of reasonably-priced accommodation. Compared with North America or Europe, NZ is reasonably priced.
Reply:hear it is very cold at that time.
Reply:Hi,





It will be very cold so pack lots of winter woollies and a hat and scarf as the southerly winds can be icy. I lived in Christchurch during the winter a few years back and it did snow while I was there. You don't get that much snow in the city but the Port Hills and the Banks Peninsula, which are the surrounding areas, and both very beautiful, get lots of snow.





You should definitely visit the Botanic Gardens and Hagley Park as they are stunning and go to the hothouse while you're there to warm up and see the exotic trees. There's a pub/restaurant nearby called the Dux Deluxe, which does really good pizza and makes it's own ginger beer, that's not too expensive. That whole area is worth a visit as it has lovely architecture, a market selling local arts and crafts, a plethora of cheap food stalls selling foods from around the world, and the art gallery (http://www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz... which is a must see.





Go on the gondola for amazing views out to sea and across the plains to the mountains. (http://www.gondola.co.nz/) but don't eat in the cafe there as the food is not very good and its very expensive. Sumner is a beach suburb that is definitely worth a vist: the beach is stunning and Sumner itself is a cute little village with some really nice, relatively cheap cafes. For a really cheap eat buy fish and chips and share them with the seagulls on the beach.





For a great breakfast go to Under the Red Verandah on Worcester St just outside the city centre. For great Turkish food go to Topkapi on Manchester St (http://www.topkapi.co.nz/); for delicious Thai food go to Manee, also on Manchester St; and for good Indian food go to the Tandoori Palace in Cathedral Square.





Definitely take a trip out to the Banks Peninsula and visit Akaroa (http://www.akaroa.com/fpnew/fastpage/fpe... if you're not hiring a car then you can get the bus from the centre of Christchurch (Ph: 0800 800 575 or Email: akaroabus@xtra.co.nz for details).





Nightlife is mainly centred around bars rather than clubs and there are a number of them gathered together along the banks of the Avon, as well as the Cashel St/Manchester St intersection. These bars have DJs and mainly attract a younger crowd. For a bar with a difference though, catch a bus to Lyttleton, which is just on the other side of the Port HIlls, and go to the Wunderbar (http://www.wunderbar.co.nz/) its really funky and different and gets a really laid back friendly crowd in there. Often there's also live music.





I never went on the TranzAlpine but some visiting family did and they loved it. (http://www.thetranzalpine.com/)





If you do hire a car then Cave Stream Scenic Reserve is definitely worth seeing (http://www.newzealand.com/travel/sights-... if the weather permits.





Hope this helps. Enjoy your holiday!
Reply:Christchuch can be pretty cold...but I would say the coldest days are 3 or 4oC..but thats not that often...


I would defeinately pack a jacket, scarf and gloves as it gets pretty crisp.


Best places to visit...well the Antarctic Centre, gondola has great views, the canterbury museum maybe....There is a new maori attraction...I am not sure where it is and I know its around $100 so its not cheap and probably too much?? I would say that there are things just outside of Chrsitchurch that are worth looking at too eg skiing...you can go reasonably cheaply.


Places to eat....well there are bar meals in some places worth eating...look out for signs in some pubs/bars. I guess it depends on what you like....my absolute favourite resteraunt is Kannigas Thai Resteraunt (there is 2 or 3 now...2 are close together on Papanui Road/Bealey Ave corner and the other about 100m away on Victoria street.....fantastic food around $13-15 for a main meal each. Love it.


There are food courts in malls which have some good deals for dinner...for lunch I guess its either buying it in supermarkets or looking out for those bar meals.


Tranz Alpine is pretty nice. I went in July when it had snowed. When we were coming back from Greymouth there is a tunnel just coming into Arthurs Pass...it was green forest when we went in and snow at Arthurs pass..the whole carrage went "ohhhh ahhhhhhh" very funny but it was a surprise....we had some fun throwing snow as they stop there for a few minutes. Its pretty dry chch side of arhurs pass and green on the other side...I would take it....I am not sure if they have a "backpackers" carrage..I know they have it on the Coastal Pacific (Picton-Christchurch) and its cheaper...so ask!!!


It does snow...I have lived there for about 10years on and off and it has snowed several times in the city..eg enough to build snowmen, but its usually gone the next day.


Nightlife...well there is one...with clubs (eg "the Strip") pubs and bars everywhere..I would recommend the strip....its off Cashel and Woster(shire)??/Gloster(shire) St near the Avon river..ask and it will be pointed out to you.


I'm actually pretty shocked that people say tourist are ripped off!! I agree that tourist shops are overpriced...if you want some cheap places to shop for things eg clothes..go to the warehouse (a large red shed style shop). I love meeting people from all over the world and I would say the majority of people are friendly and welcoming....some people...well you just can't help them!!


Have a great time!!


Warmer winters and cooler summers effects of global warming?

In the past couple of years, in the northeastern United states, I've noticed that we will have temperatures in the 70s in October and November, and temperatures below freezing in March-April. Is this an effect of global warming? I don't know how it is in the Southern Hemisphere but could they be getting colder during their summer months and warmer during their winter months? In a hundred years could it flip flop and see snow in June and "summer" vacations in January? Or is there just some weird weather patterns associated with el nino/nina, ect...?

Warmer winters and cooler summers effects of global warming?
That is just weather. If that pattern was part of climate you would be seeing it all over the northern hemisphere and it would be indicated that we were entering an Ice Age. Other parts of the U.S. are following different weather patterns that give the cold winters and warm summers.
Reply:Most of the temperature increases anticipated from global warming are from raising the coldest days by a couple degrees. There is more warming on the colder days and nights. Global warming alarmists seldom admit this because obviously that turns their theory into Global Moderation and their purpose is to propose gloom and doom and blame it on human activity.
Reply:Mostly it's just weather.





You can't say much about global warming by looking at "the past couple of years" in a relatively small location. You need to analyze many years of data over a widespread area.





That said, weather systems are fueled by heat. More heat means stronger weather systems of all kinds.





"Impacts due to altered frequencies and intensities of extreme weather, climate, and sea level events are very likely to change."





With more detail on pages 16-17 of this report.





http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM6avr07.pdf

shoe horns

Hank Snow Trivia?

name these songs by Hank Snow


1 where the whipporwills sing me to sleep every night


2 That long train is rolling going somewhere


3 My ship set sail to-------


4 You sent me there where sadness starts


5 sweet wedding bells will ring in June for us , she said

Hank Snow Trivia?
1 where the whipporwills sing me to sleep every night... Away Out On The Mountain





2 That long train is rolling going somewhere ... Big Wheels





3 My ship set sail to------- .... Bluebird Island





4 You sent me there where sadness starts ... Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts





5 sweet wedding bells will ring in June for us , she said .... Wedding Bells
Reply:1... Way out on the mountain


2..?


3..Bluebird Island


4..Down the trail of aching hearts


5...?
Reply:Away Out On The Mountain


Big Wheels


Bluebird Island


Down The Trail Of Broken Hearts





Don't recall this one


Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Why are the seasons reversed below the equator?

south of the equator, i heard that it's summer there right now and during june/july, it's winter there and it snows. why is that?

Why are the seasons reversed below the equator?
because the earth is tilted
Reply:Because of the axis of the earth not the rotation but the axis





example put a pole through the earth so as to make a top as the top spins it will woble as it wobbles the northern hemisphear is further away from the sun than the southern being further away we get less light and there for we have winter the exact opisite goes for the southern hemisphere
Reply:Because when the northern hemishere is angled towards the sun, the south pole is angled away from it, and vice versa. This 23.5 degree inclination of the planet relative to the plane of the orbit around the sun is the cause of the seasons. All the extra light the north gets in the summer is light the south does not get, so north has a summer when the south has a winter.


The charts in the attached link are quite descriptive.
Reply:it is winter because when the earth is tilted away from the sun, the rays are not as concentrated and so the hemisphere is colder...





the other end of the earth is thus tilted toward the sun, and the rays are more concentrated and the earth is warmer.
Reply:the tilt of the earths axis... its 23.5 degrees i believe. Right now though they are getting the direct rays from the sun and we are not... Did you know the sun is actually closer to the earth when its winter here.... The earth's axis will shift and then we will have the direct sunlight when its summer here.
Reply:tilted axis of earth


If your landlord is forced to sell house in divorce, does the tennant have any rights and what are they?

Our landlord tells us we have nothing to worry about but he then brought a realtor to the home in question, along with his soon to be ex wife, and later told us that he has to put the house on the market for 90 days to appease his wife and then he will buy her share out. I do not want to be surprised with a 30-day notice in December and be forced to move in the snow and ice. What are our rights as our lease is good through June of 2007. If the house is placed on the market, does that void the lease so we can move if we choose to with no repsonsibility for remainder of the lease? Can we get our deposit back?

If your landlord is forced to sell house in divorce, does the tennant have any rights and what are they?
Check your lease and see what the early termination is on your landlords side. If there isn't anything, which more than likely there isn't then you should be good until June of 07. However if he really has no choice but to sell it, not just put it on the market, then you should be compensated for breach of contract. Call a real estate attorney in your area and see what the law is in your state. They will be better equipped to answer this question for you.
Reply:Yes you are in trouble, ask to landlord to place in the sale your right o continue under the lease. If the house is on the market in 90 days it ,may be 6 month sto a year unil the sale is final





How long is your lease anyay?
Reply:First of all you have a contract that is good until June of 2007 you are protected under contract law and under your state's landlord tenant act. Providing that the lease does not cancell upon the sale of the propery, when and if they sell the house whomever buys must be disclosed to of the fact that the property comes with a tenant and a contract and such a contract must be assigned by the seller to the new buyer or the seller must make a deal with you to either buy you out or notify you that he/she is assigning the lease to a new owner (if allowed on the lease) You need to go to your state's web site and check under Landlord tenant laws so that you can see all the rules and regs that apply in your case and if the state offers any assistance to you in the event of a dispute.


Buena Suerte
Reply:the landlord is entitled to sell the property. when the property sells so does the existing lease on the property, so your lease would transfer to the new owner. The new owner or current owner can still give you a 30 day notice to vacate prior to the expiration of your lease. If you are looking for security I would go ahead and move, and absorb the fees for opting out of my current lease. more than likely you will not get your deposit back
Reply:If the lease says he can give you 30 day notice to move for what reasons set out in the lease there's your answer...





Ever thought about becoming a Home Owner? Might be a good time as your already in the home and know all the problems it has etc????
Reply:I don't know about your state, but in California, the new owner has to honor the lease. Spend a few bucks and record the lease at the county clerk's office so that it is public knowledge and it shows up in a title search.





Regards
Reply:go to your local library and check out a book on "tenant -landlord rights" for your area. The book should answer all your questions and have forms you can copy and instruction on how to file them Good Luck
Reply:Once again, NewMexico is right. Usually, if the house is placed on the market or sold, that is not enough to void the lease. You have a contract that runs with the land. That means that the new owner can't kick you out and your obligation to the new owner is the same as it would have been to the old owner.





Your state's landlord/tenant laws will describe how to get your deposit back. Either the sale of the property will include a transfer of your deposit to the new owner or the old owner will return your deposit when the property sells and the new owner will demand that you pay him a deposit. Either way, don't expect to spend the money until after you move out.
Reply:Check out your contract. The deposit is yours as long as rent was always on time and there was no damage. He can't hold your responsible since he's breaking the agreement on his end.





(Unless the new owner is allowing your stay)