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DJT · Post by **DJT** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:24

Heya jee!

UrBaN, you still alive I see

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:24

UrBaN wrote:Yes, you're from the south, no?

Eish.

Yes I am, it is stormy here tonight.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:26

I'm always alive bruva, just not always visible

I'm a southie too Stig, hence my question and dialect.

In Midrand now though - definitely got some weather outside.

SykomantiS · Post by **SykomantiS** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:38

THE_STIG wrote: at least my PC has a surge/lighting protection plug .

Famous last words...

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:41

UrBaN wrote:I'm always alive bruva, just not always visible

I'm a southie too Stig, hence my question and dialect.

In Midrand now though - definitely got some weather outside.

That is why you were speaking southie, why are you in the Midrand and not here.

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:42

SykomantiS wrote:
THE_STIG wrote: at least my PC has a surge/lighting protection plug .
Famous last words...

Well yes, I think I spoke to soon.

KatrynKat · Post by **KatrynKat** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:44

SykomantiS wrote:
THE_STIG wrote: at least my PC has a surge/lighting protection plug .
Famous last words...

yeah... it can also jump from an open plug to your computer...
your just come through the phone lines

Post by **Ron2K** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:45

Fortunately, lightning is an extremely rare occurrence down here.

Although, we get persistent rain and an icy cold wind during winter...

KatrynKat · Post by **KatrynKat** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:47

Ron2K wrote:Fortunately, lightning is an extremely rare occurrence down here.

Although, we get persistent rain and an icy cold wind during winter...

and that is the reason for my project...
as lightning occurs more on the highveld, the NE parts of SA why don't the people there pay more for insurance than the people in the SW, who get less lightning....

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:49

KatrynKat wrote:
SykomantiS wrote:
THE_STIG wrote: at least my PC has a surge/lighting protection plug .
Famous last words...
yeah... it can also jump from an open plug to your computer...
your just come through the phone lines

That has happened to me before, but because I had a Giagabyte mobo it lived on even though the LAN port and controller chip were fried from the encounter.

Post by **Ron2K** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:50

Actually, it depends where in the Western Cape you are - the far Karoo interior does the whole lightning thing. Admittedly, they get a lot less rain than the Highveld does.

(And for the uneducated, the Western Cape is not just mountains and fynbos. Anyone who has driven the N1 between Laingsburg and Three Sisters (the Western Cape/Northern Cape border) knows exactly what I'm talking about here.)

KatrynKat · Post by **KatrynKat** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:54

yes, i was talking about your area....
sometime next year, as soon as i get the data from SAWS who are a stingy lot, i will show you all exactly where the most lightning occurs in RSA

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:55

I moved from the South some years ago stig...still miss it though

KatrynKat wrote:
Ron2K wrote:Fortunately, lightning is an extremely rare occurrence down here.

Although, we get persistent rain and an icy cold wind during winter...
and that is the reason for my project...
as lightning occurs more on the highveld, the NE parts of SA why don't the people there pay more for insurance than the people in the SW, who get less lightning....

You forget the fact that in Gauteng, not everything is rusted. Whereas on the coast, even the plastic rusts, hence the insurance

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:56

KatrynKat wrote:yes, i was talking about your area....
sometime next year, as soon as i get the data from SAWS who are a stingy lot, i will show you all exactly where the most lightning occurs in RSA

That will be interesting, please send that to us when you get it.

Post by **KALSTER** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:57

as lightning occurs more on the highveld, the NE parts of SA why don't the people there pay more for insurance than the people in the SW, who get less lightning....

I suggest signing on to a forum that has a few actuaries as members. They are the ones who work these things out.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:59

@Kalster: This is the spam thread. Logic and actuaries are unwelcome here.

Besides...

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 27 Oct 2010, 20:59

@UrBaN I lived at the cost for 7 years and even my pc case rusted, and if you dont use your PC for to long the insides corode into a pile of green mess.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 27 Oct 2010, 21:00

That sounds expensive and horrible dude.

You should have just washed the components more often to get rid of the salt water...

Post by **KALSTER** » 27 Oct 2010, 21:01

Logic and actuaries are unwelcome here.

Huh? You're weird man..

KatrynKat · Post by **KatrynKat** » 27 Oct 2010, 21:02

i first gotta do the whole analysis of the data, and draw up the maps and find out why more lightning occurs on the highveld than the cape, and then present it to the insurance companies...

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 27 Oct 2010, 21:03

UrBaN wrote: That sounds expensive and horrible dude.

You should have just washed the components more often to get rid of the salt water...

It does not matter what you do it will still corode if you dont use it, and you car will too especilay if it is an old Mazda.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 27 Oct 2010, 21:07

KALSTER wrote:
Logic and actuaries are unwelcome here.
Huh? You're weird man..

That may be so.

But, do you have proof?

Post by **KALSTER** » 27 Oct 2010, 21:08

and draw up the maps and find out why more lightning occurs on the highveld than the cape

Will you be using topographical maps? Because maybe part of the reason is because it is closer to the clouds? Jo'Burg is 1753m closer to the clouds on average than Cape Town is as an example..

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 27 Oct 2010, 21:08

THE_STIG wrote:
UrBaN wrote: That sounds expensive and horrible dude.

You should have just washed the components more often to get rid of the salt water...
It does not matter what you do it will still corode if you dont use it, and you car will too especilay if it is an old Mazda.

I was kidding Stig - the water would add to the corrosion and rusting...

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 27 Oct 2010, 21:09

Wouldn't the fact that it is less humid here, thus more static have something to do with it too?

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