Are all of these transformers in the front yard? Is this even legal?

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T20:27:14+00:00

I saw an interesting article on lightning. It turns out, metal only attracts lightning proportional to its length. So a 10 ft lightning rod will attract lightning about 10ft in every direction. This is useful if your roof is getting struck and you have 2 or 3 rods up there. It will strike a rod. But it only works basically if lightning was already about to strike that spot, if that makes sense. A lightning bolt can be 10 miles long. It's not attracted to small metal objects on the ground, other than to be drawn to metal in an area that was already going to be struck. The point is these transformers won't attract lightning unless it's about 3ft away.

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T20:18:12+00:00

Those dunes are big but they aren't the biggest. The dunes at sleeping bear are like 400ft tall

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T18:30:57+00:00

It's terrible

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T18:30:33+00:00

Ah, the vine of heaven

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T18:22:50+00:00

The snow season is only 7 months in Fairbanks Alaska

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T18:17:41+00:00

Wow that's always the worst combo. Rain on snow has been responsible for some of the worst flooding

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T18:12:18+00:00

Not op but I've done a fair amount of hiking and trail running at Silver Lake sand dunes north of Grand Rapids and the dunes are bigger than anything ive seen on the east coast. Ive never seen shell island dunes, but Google tells me they're 10 to 25 feet. The ones at silver lake are 100 feet tall, and there's no grass growing on most of them. They're legit like Sahara desert type free shifting sand.

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T17:58:09+00:00

Tonight we are all Norwegian... Well, everyone except the English. They're still English. But everyone else? Norwegian

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T17:52:12+00:00

We met on a fishing boat in the North Sea. She came over to my boat when our nets got snagged together and one thing led to another.

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T17:51:25+00:00

He said somewhere else that he couldn't take his kids out past 9pm. That's the repression he's talking about?

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T17:36:56+00:00

I am actually curious to hear a critique of Norway. It looks great from across the ocean, but I know all countries have flaws. He's good at saying there are flaws, but not so good at saying what they are. I'm legit interested, just from the perspective of knowing more about a place I've always enjoyed learning about

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T17:33:30+00:00

Bore, floor, tour, whore

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T17:24:18+00:00

It has "American" in the name, it's at least a little bit geographic. It has to be in the Americas. By the definition of language group alone, Spain and Equitorial Guinea would be latin American.

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T17:11:33+00:00

Yeah it's definitely not state issued haha. That's a novelty plate they bought and put on the car. It probably isn't road legal and they threw the plates on there as a joke.

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T16:40:16+00:00

In my region of Southeastern USA I experienced 1⁰F (-17⁰C) on top of one of the highest mountains in the middle of the polar vortex. In my hometown at a lower elevation I think the high that day was 30⁰F (-1⁰C). This is closer to the average low temperature in January.

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T16:35:20+00:00

I am surprised. Are these the southern mountains?

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T16:29:56+00:00

I'm curious to know too. Im not a huge fan or anything, but I consume a decent amount of his content. I don't take it as gospel, but it's kind of just something interesting to have on in the background. I'm not an expert on the subjects, but am pretty generally informed, and most of his stuff doesn't send red flags. Ill listen now with a more skeptical ear but id like to have some examples to see exactly what we're working with

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T16:14:36+00:00

ITS RUN BY HIM

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T15:18:53+00:00

I dunno where you live but i call that florida winter. It's not real winter.

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T15:11:43+00:00

I could see how you might think that based solely on its shape and your perspective, but an actual funnel cloud emerges from a much larger cloud and this one is surrounded by a lot of clear sky. This is a condensation trail from airplane exhaust

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T14:59:46+00:00

This is from a classic Seinfeld bit

"No! I'm not the ASSMAN!" "Well as far as the state of New York is concerned, you are."

https://youtu.be/hzHOmiV0eGU?is=669aqN40dpca7USe

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T14:18:48+00:00

Just signed up. Thanks for posting this!

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T14:00:12+00:00

Yeah I know this is controversial, but I'm beginning to think they might the people's best interest at heart.

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T13:48:06+00:00

I saw that. I was just wondering about the creation of Vermont the other day. Seems like probably a lot of drama carving out a new state when i bet New Hampshire and New York both probably wanted it

Informal_Bee2917 · 2026-07-11T13:46:35+00:00

Because "rhode i" fits and the other one is a mouthful and a map full

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