Apparent Wind Puns

We had Winds up 35 mph last night and at around 2 am we heard this constant cacophony of what I can only describes as the entire roof flapping on top of the rest of the house. Early in the morning we noticed some shingles missing by our bedroom window. Took a look around just now and there clumps of missing shingles all over the house and some pieces of gutter and gutter guards are either missing or not where they should be. Our inspector did tell us that the roof was older (~15 years) and needs replaced within the next few years. We JUST bought in June and money is tight as we also have noticed our water heater acting up and we know that needs replaced within the next year (I believe that is also ~15 years, previous owners were old and only lived on the property for about 8 years)

What to do?.... replacing the roof is obviously the best long term option but I don't see us being able to get it done this season for several reasons (out of season in our area as bad weather season has started, money is tight, high demand and low supply of contractors because covid). We can probably do the gutters ourselves but the roof so pitched that I don't trust my bf to replace the all the shingles by himself (cuz ain't no way I'm getting my butt up that ladder). We live in a snow belt and we just had our first frost so lake effect snow is right around the corner. I fear what troubles lie ahead.

We haven't called our insurance yet (I fear they'll tell us to kick rocks), but for now I'm going to reddit to see what short term ideas y'all had.

I've been sailing a long time, but I've often wondered exactly when is the boat on a beam reach? Is it when the true wind is at 90° and the apparent wind is forward of that, or is it when the apparent wind is at 90° and the true wind is aft of that?

Since I've mostly done dinghy sailing, I always referenced apparent wind, but every definition of beam reach seems to ignore the distinction...

hey guys, I've sailed quite a lot but there's one piece of advice i cannot understand. whilst crossing from Sardegna to Sicily, a family friend who happens to be a captain stresses on setting the sails on the apparent wind which I cant understand... I normally use true wind, take into account my direction and trim sails accordingly; cant understand how to adjust sails best on apparent... please explain as if you're speaking to a baby thanks

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Earth Facebook page linked this video showing the storm sitting there not moving, and then suddenly there is a channel created leading the storm up to Ireland, and almost looks like it is pulling the storm up. Picture of channel here.

What is happening here? Is this normal, or a rare occurrence? Is it something that is predictable or a case of waiting until it starts to form before we know it's there?

Is this what some places feel like at 14°? Places where 'apparent' temp is closer to 'actual'? If so, no wonder they think we're fucking sooks, this is beautiful! But to them I say: This is not what 13° (actual) feels like! This isn't even what 18° often feels like! It's the wind, the wind I say! They all said I was crazy... I'll show them who's crazy. Nyahahahahahahaha!!!!

What I'm looking to get across is it's benifits, how it comes to be and its affects up and down wind. If anyone could post any help I'd be very thankful! These kids speak a fair bit of English by the way.

Edit: Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions! Now I have a variety of methods to add to my teaching. I tried one today and I'll try more in the comming weeks! Thank you all again.

Also, If anyone is interested in teaching abroad or would like to know anything at all please pm me, I'd love to get to know the fellow sailors of reddit!

Hi all, I have a question I hope you windsurfers can answer.

I'm doing a University research project with the aim of helping Steve Thorpe break the windsurfing speed record.

On fast windsurfing runs, he sails with a true wind bearing of 140 degrees relative to his direction of travel. This gives an apparent wind speed less than the true wind speed.

My question is, why does a speed sailor not sail more into wind? This would give a bigger apparent wind velocity, which would provide more lift over the sail, and presumably a faster speed.

If anyone is interested, my research at the moment is regarding using transition fixing to change fluid flow over Steve into a turbulent regime, reducing pressure drag.

Here is a video of one of Steve's runs at Kirby Marina, NW England, with GPS results, if you have a program to view them.

http://vimeo.com/81409088

Thanks in advance for any help.

(FYI: This is a review of the english sub version of the film and I am fluent in Japanese)

Being a huge Ghibli nerd, it was an absolute privilege and joy to be able to grow up watching Miyazaki's films. I loved the sincerity of the characters, the themes and stories that stuck with me ever since I was a kid. If you were to ever meet me in person, I can bore even the biggest ghibli fans by talking about my views and opinions of Miyazaki's films. I love what Miyazaki has brought to my world, even to the point that I have dated girls just because they remind me of the female characters in ghibli.

Miyazaki has always been intrigued by the idea of flight; many of his films have some kind of flying element in them and The Wind Rises is no exception. The idea of flight has been working beautifully throughout his entire career and The Wind Rises may be the most masterfully crafted of them all. However, as good as The Wind Rises was, it was also a showcase of Miyazaki's inevitable decline as a writer and director.

Story (8/10): This film is definitely one of the more mature films of Miyazaki. The theme of to live and to dream is beautifully depicted throughout the film. The progression of the story going from in and out of imagination and real life really brings back the magic Miyazaki has brought me all throughout his career. The pacing of the film were a bit slow, especially the beginning and some parts in the middle, but it was a necessary build up for the climax at the end, which I believe was the best part of the movie. As with most of Miyazaki’s works, the message that the film conveys is very deep and it would probably take me another 2-3 watch to fully grasp the story and the messages in its entirety (I also need to read the manga).

Docked one points off because I can’t figure out why Miyazaki decided to animate an autobiography of Jiro Hirokoshi. Imo, as far as I understand from my research, it was way too loosely based on Mr. Hirokoshi’s life. I feel like the film would have been equally great had Miyazaki just created something completely from his own imaginations because the historical context in the film did not have much of an impact as the fictitious part of the film.

Docked another point because the romantic element in this film was rather flat and too cliché for my own taste. Miyazaki is a great write but he does not excel when it comes to romantic connection between characters. This would not be as a big of a problem if the romance b

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My husband worked at a franchise-owned domino's for 12 years. He was the assistant manager and was only making $14.25, working 35-45 hrs a week. For over a decade of loyalty, and he could count all the days he'd called in in one hand, including the day of his mother's death. Whereas I have always been a "job-hopper". He had no benefits, and the stores owner is a giant conservative with a gambling addiction and a history of being garbage with finances. The job was ruining his mental health, I watched him go from optimistic and easygoing to jaded and depressed over a period if seven years. I encouraged him to gtfo, so did his family, but he was pretty hesitant because he didn't want to get trapped in another job he would hate. He finally quit back in october of 2021. He did the 'right' thing and put in his two weeks and had a decent-ish-but-not-really job lined up. He starts the new job, is happier than I've seen him in years, excited to be moving into a hopefully better role. New job is with Geek Squad, making 16.25/HR to install appliances. This isn't what he wants perse, but he knows that with only food/customer svc experience, he probably can't jump straight into tech like he wants. I encourage this, as its a sensible start and the hiring manager of new job says that after a few months he might be able to move departments. Little did we know that he'd get screwed into moving fridges that weighed up to three times his body weight and they weren't even allowed to use dollies BECAUSE THEY COULD SCRATCH THE CUSTOMERS FLOORS. (I'm still mad about it) For reference here, my husband is on the smaller side and has asthma. He had been assured he wouldn't be moving any of the larger stuff upon his hiring so he accepted the job under that pretense. So two weeks of this, his coworkers literally shoving all of the hardest jobs off on him because the manager works off-site an hr away and husband comes home covered in bruises, distraught, and in horrible pain feeling like a failure even though he did everything he was 'supposed to do'. This time he quits with no notice and no backup as he had no choice unless he wants to end up hospitalized and we havent been able to afford any kind of health insurance for four years now. When I tell you my husband was wrecked after this I do mean wrecked. The shoulder pain still hasn't completely gone away.