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Precipitation!
General Omega:
So you like it when it rains clay?
Regulith:
--- Quote ---What kind of weather-related precipitation do you prefer?
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Revised specially for Muffinmix.
Muffinmix:
--- Quote from: General Omega on July 28, 2009, 07:05:07 PM ---So you like it when it rains clay?
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Hell yeah
--- Quote from: Robo Noob on July 28, 2009, 07:04:40 PM ---Hail ftw. I've only seen it two times in my life, but hell it's awesome.
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I was swimming in a pool once and it started hailing, it was wicked
Rughugger:
--- Quote from: Muffinmix on July 28, 2009, 07:04:00 PM ---Still requires a minimum energy to kick start the reaction, plus it's excessively slow unless it's kick-started via a radical chain reaction or something. That's why the Hindenburg didn't suddenly explode while they were filling it up due to a tiny microscopic leak somewhere.
Also for LDHs water's involved, kind of, but it's got more to do with metal hydroxides forming clay layers.
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Well that was kinda my point. The Hindenburg had a lot of contributing factors that caused it to go up, a leak and flying through thunderstorm clouds being the resulting catalyst. The combination of using Hydrogen and super flammable paint on the skin akin to rocket fuel was a massive error on their part. But then again, the US was already on a helium embargo, so the Germans had no choice but to use Hydrogen.
Muffinmix:
--- Quote from: Rughugger on July 28, 2009, 07:16:22 PM ---Well that was kinda my point. The Hindenburg had a lot of contributing factors that caused it to go up, a leak and flying through thunderstorm clouds being the resulting catalyst. The combination of using Hydrogen and super flammable paint on the skin akin to rocket fuel was a massive error on their part. But then again, the US was already on a helium embargo, so the Germans had no choice but to use Hydrogen.
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Yeah, the Hindenburg really was a flying bomb. And you were completely correct, I just added that bit.
Anyways my favorite weather related precipitation is probably rain.