{"id":672,"date":"2006-02-15T20:45:14","date_gmt":"2006-02-15T20:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.specr53.com\/blog\/?p=672"},"modified":"2006-02-15T20:45:14","modified_gmt":"2006-02-15T20:45:14","slug":"weather-control-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/mini\/weather-control-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Control Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Original Post: January 21, 2006. Given the unseasonably warm temperatures of the last few days, I thought I would try a little weather control experiment. I got out the hose and Mr. Clean Auto Dry kit and decided to wash the MINI. Imagine that: the 21st of January in Maryland and I&#8217;m outside in a T-shirt washing my car. If my calculations are correct, this should have a direct impact on the jet-stream and divert an unplanned Nor&#8217;easter our way within days. Stay posted for unusual weather patterns&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Update: January 26, 2006. Success. For the first time in several years, we had a brief period of snow-thunder this evening. Sort of an odd experience to see lightning and hear the thunder while it is snowing. I think that\u2019s about proof positive of the effectiveness of my weather control experiment so I decided to cancel future cold weather tests. I put the wheels with the all-season tires back on the MINI and will attempt to reach temperatures into the \u201960\u2019s again in February.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/snowmini2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-674 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/snowmini2.jpg\" alt=\"snowmini2\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/snowmini2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/snowmini2-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/thermoFeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-685\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/thermoFeb.jpg\" alt=\"thermoFeb\" width=\"100\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>Update: February 15, 2006. Any wonder why we keep getting sick? On Sunday, we got almost 16 inches of snow. Three days later, it&#8217;s almost 60 degrees outside. Maybe if this were April, I&#8217;d understand, but the second week of February? That&#8217;s nuts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/FebSnowMini.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-686 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/FebSnowMini.jpg\" alt=\"FebSnowMini\" width=\"400\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/FebSnowMini.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/FebSnowMini-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Post: January 21, 2006. Given the unseasonably warm temperatures of the last few days, I thought I would try a little weather control experiment. I got out the hose and Mr. Clean Auto Dry kit and decided to wash the MINI. Imagine that: the 21st of January in Maryland and I&#8217;m outside in a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/mini\/weather-control-experiment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weather Control Experiment&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[178],"class_list":["post-672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mini","tag-mini"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/janwash.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}