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TroyFish
18-06-2010, 09:25
Anyone from CT see this? Anyone know where in CT this is?
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/troyfish101/ATT2270423.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/troyfish101/ATT2270424.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/troyfish101/ATT2270425.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/troyfish101/ATT2270426.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/troyfish101/ATT2270427.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/troyfish101/ATT2270428.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/troyfish101/ATT2270429.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/troyfish101/ATT2270431.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/troyfish101/ATT2270432.jpg
BIGGEST LOL EVER! It's been cold, but not THAT cold. I doubt that this is true... Where did you get this from...? The first few look a bit like seapoint, but the second lot are not anywhere that I recognize. interesting pictures though.
TroyFish
18-06-2010, 09:37
By email from my mothers sister down in the cape. The waves arnt frozen as it might appear.
You can never trust pics these days so i cant say.
Have seen these photo's before. Definitely not by us... altitude isn't right for the ocean to freeze down here. There's no more snow on TM either so I highly doubt there'd be any snow lower down on the ground.
Wish it was true though... I'd go buy a pair of iceskates right now :D
TroyFish
18-06-2010, 09:45
Did some research. Its fake IMO
http://esquaredfashion.co.za/2007/08/07/the-sea-frozen-in-cape-town/ Shows August 7th, 2007 and said 4 or so weeks ago
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=22250 shows 20-07-2007 and said 2 weeks ago
The email i got said it was yesturday morning. Just another dum chain letter/email story
These pictures have been doing their rounds for a few years now. Every time CT get's a little bit of snow they send these pics out to make us think it's cold there. What CT don't realise that even if they have snow, their temps still remain above 0 and go up to 15 of higher. It's just the wind that makes it colder.
In Jhb, in NO WIND we have down to -7 (as per this week).. and the highest we've had this week is 6 degrees. (Granted today is probably 11)
Needless to say... the pictures are fake..
Henk Hugo
18-06-2010, 13:38
donno zoom.... i think its 20 or so atm. sitting in the sun eating a magnum :D
It is pretty warm in CT today. Henk you lucky fish! Share please ^^,
I see the snow is melting on the ceres mountains :( and they say we're in for rain this weekend
Gert Combrink
18-06-2010, 13:45
donno zoom.... i think its 20 or so atm. sitting in the sun eating a magnum :D
... in your speedo?
TroyFish
18-06-2010, 13:59
... in your speedo?
Lol Gert, you and speedos! How was the beach on....wednesday by the way? Hot?
Dirk Bellstedt
18-06-2010, 14:23
Guys this is not ice, its foam. When we have these storms Moullie Point always has this foam, that looks like ice, all over the place.
Keep your fires burning and make the circle bigger.
Kind regards,
Dirk
TroyFish
18-06-2010, 14:28
What about the poles?
Dirk Bellstedt
18-06-2010, 15:12
I think the foam hangs there and looks almost like ice, or someone has used paintshop pro very carefully......
You guys should try to find some pics of when the ship the Seafarer went aground there about 40 years ago. I was there as a young boy and the sea was absolutely vicious in the same sort of winter storm. It broke up this large ship in two or three days and this type of foam was everywhere.
Kind regards,
Dirk
TroyFish
18-06-2010, 15:19
Something like this?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/2234894252_697d225611.jpg
Source: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/2234894252_697d225611.jpg&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/8270787%40N07/2234894252&usg=__-g6XieaYD7l5rt11vLpiw57FseY=&h=329&w=500&sz=127&hl=en&start=14&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=a5VAzTDk1l_M8M:&tbnh=86&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSeafarer%2Bcapetown%26um%3D1%26hl%3De n%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-za:IE-ContextMenu%26rlz%3D1I7GPEA_en%26tbs%3Disch:1 lol
Dirk Bellstedt
18-06-2010, 15:23
Yes, spot on, you can see that the hull is cracked in the middle, that was because of the seas pounding against the ship. There are pics of the waves breaking right over the ship, so you must know how large they were and the sea looked like Cappucino.
Kind regards,
Dirk
Thanks for the pic Troy... I'm also searching for it at the moment.
Must've been quite scary to watch Prof.
WOW
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2358/2234106047_c45c9414ee.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2856353820_3828c34965.jpg?v=0
TroyFish
18-06-2010, 15:29
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2770942408_87492c94cb.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2856353820_3828c34965.jpg?v=0
Hectic stuff right there!
Sorry i quit the page, didnt get the source!
P.S Proff i sent you a PM
Edit: Lol linxie looks like you beat me to it:p
Dirk Bellstedt
18-06-2010, 15:38
Well, as a young boy, I thought this was rather exciting. I was holding onto those railings with the rain pouring down my face and this crazy sea in front of me. Can't remember much more, but those waves going right over the ship are etched in my mind. By then they had fortunately pulled the poor suckers off the ship, but that ship took an absolute hammering and it showed how powerful the seas of the Cape of Storms were. You do not mess with Cape Town sea in these sort of storms, I think some folks were rescued off a yacht a few days ago.
Takes me a few years back this does....
Kind regards,
Dirk
PS: I think the open land on the first of Linxie's pics is where the WC stadium is now positioned, if I am not mistaken, WOW!
I can just picture it. Makes me think of Wolraad Woltemade for some reason.
Very true, one should not mess with our waters period. Nothing wrong with going into the ocean, but one should always be careful. I nearly lost my life to the Milnerton Lagoon when I was 6.
LOL Troy, you beat me too ;) :D
Professor, I think it is :) We have an ooooold photo of Table Mountain and surrounds in our reception area and that space doesn't even have the old greenpoint stadium yet.
thanks guys now I feel home sick ... I am soooooo missing CT right now.
donno zoom.... i think its 20 or so atm. sitting in the sun eating a magnum :D
Mowed the lawn this afternoon,no shirt ,only shorts.Nothing like a winter tan.:cool:
Dirk Bellstedt
18-06-2010, 19:44
Henk,
You naughty boy, you know that you are not allowed to eat any more magnums......
Rudi,
You need to have you mind read, or was the missus watching your six-pack......
f-fish,
Die kaap is lekker man, but you must earn a lot of cash in Gauteng before you can come back, the more the better because you can then come back and settle down, it is an old syndrome. Sterkte boet.
Kind regards,
Dirk
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