+Graham Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) It has now been raining pretty much constantly since Sunday. Ok some of it has been light but last night made up for those times with a vengeance. All the drainage for roads in the town cried enough and by the time I went to work at 5 30 am this morning there was flood water covering the black stuff. In places by the docks it was up to the sills on my motor and I have a freelander. Which takes me back to the title. Hell Suffolk is supposed to be one of the driest counties. What is going on. Edited January 11, 2018 by Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I think you must have Derbyshires share added into it. I wouldn't say we've been dry here, but certainly this week we've not had much of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Well, I live in the aptly named village of RAINWORTH, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 I think that name would have put me off moving there straight away. fwm891 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Watson Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 That leads me to a conversation I was having with my six year old the other day about water. Given that (I would suspect) the majority of the water in the Solar System, if not Universe as a whole is ice, is not the default state of water a solid and not as we experience it on the Earths surface the anomallous liquid? And most other things we experience as gasses (methane and whatnot) in fact liquid. And don't start me on hydrogen and helium (plasmas). Note, I say default! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I think most of it is in gaseous forms in large molecular clouds etc , vacuum in space makes it "boil", not the right word really but you know what i mean. Think right word is outgas, but not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Would it not sublimate? That is go directly from a frozen state, ( at around -270° would do it!) to a gaseous one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) Not sure in space whether it would ever be In The form of ice cos of the zero pressure. beyond my pay grade I think. Edited January 12, 2018 by Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 A fascinating subject. Did some googling and this seems to cover it nicely... https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/12/23/water-in-space-does-it-freeze-or-boil/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Watson Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 19 hours ago, Sheila said: Not sure in space whether it would ever be In The form of ice cos of the zero pressure. beyond my pay grade I think. Saturns rings... comets, etc. Also surface of Europa (probably to a fair depth) and other moons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 On 12/01/2018 at 11:55, Sheila said: I think most of it is in gaseous forms in large molecular clouds etc , vacuum in space makes it "boil", not the right word really but you know what i mean. Think right word is outgas, but not sure 22 hours ago, Sheila said: Not sure in space whether it would ever be In The form of ice cos of the zero pressure. beyond my pay grade I think. I think Sheila is on the right pay grade for this. Ice or water contained in solar system objects would probably be a drop in the ocean compared to this particular cloud, and there are probably many others similar... https://www.fastcompany.com/1769468/scientists-discover-oldest-largest-body-water-existence-space Sheila 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I haven't been able to see anything for over a week. Finishing work late with no time to observe doesn't help either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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