26 November 2006

Where am I: USA - Gulf of Mexico (offshore). Sunny, 26C.

It's weekend :-) Nothing much here though, just worked the whole day and tomorrow as well.

Things i have been thinking of today:
- nothing
- absolutely nothing.

The weather in The Netherlands has been very warm this year, as last year. Today they had a record max temperature of 19C in the south. Don't forget, it's the autumn season now and it shouldn't be warmer then 8C. Meteorologists think it's because of the continuous winds from the South, warmer sea temperatures because of the hot summer, and of course the greenhouse effect. Why don't they just say they don't know?
Whatever it is, it is great isn't it?
In Thailand they are expecting a very dry season for the South. This again due to the El Nino effect which is simply said a warmer then usual water current in the Pacific Ocean. El Nino also caused the fact that there were hardly any Hurricanes in the Atlantic this year, as opposed to last year. El Nino originates at the North West of South America and causes strong upper level winds over the Atlantic Ocean, thus creating unfavourable conditions for hurricanes to develop.

In Chiang Mai they have some kind of Flora expo. The Tulips that are shown there come from Holland, at least the bulbs are. These bulbs were flown from Holland to New Zealand, grown there in the cool mountains, and then flown to Thailand. There they were put temporarily in airconditioned areas other they would have died too soon.

Now I have no more nonsense to share, so i am off.