We Could Talk About The Weather

[K7SGJ]

It's a molecular threesome between two hydrogen atoms and one very lucky oxygen atom.

Must be one of those menage a trois?

[N2NH]

I'd rather the sky dump Dihydrogen monoxide.

[W5BRM]

I'd rather the sky dump Dihydrogen monoxide.

Just be careful. That stuff can be fatal if inhaled enmasse!

[N2NH]

Just be careful. That stuff can be fatal if inhaled enmasse!

Wetter is better.

[n2ize]

Wow, this is some crappy weather. It's hot and humid and uncomfortable as hell out there. This weather is not fit for human habitation. Thank God the days are getting shorter and we only have around 2.5 - 3 months of this crap to go through.

[KG4CGC]

Pretty mundane and normal pattern here. Hot, humid with afternoon pop up showers. Nights in the 70s. Better than many Summers with nights in the 80s and 90s.

[VE7DCW]

Our Canada day today was a good one.......breaking a lot of old temperature records around the province of British Columbia that stood around the low 30 degrees Celsius mark (88-91 degrees Fahrenheit for those Americans who never seem to know of any units of measurement besides imperial measures used outside the United States)..... and in other news...... :-D

[KG4CGC]

Let's keep this thing handy.

http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/temperature/

[N2NH]

The calm before the storm. They think the Arthur, the tropical storm will pass a bit out to sea. But, if it sneaks in behind the front, it will come inland and we'll get a double whammy. We could use some rain here. We haven't had any for over 2 weeks. An interesting thing I saw on a accuweather. The Atlantic Ocean off of Long Island is very hot. The hottest in the entire ocean, which is strange, but if this storm hits that, it could re-engergize it.

[K7SGJ]

The calm before the storm. They think the Arthur, the tropical storm will pass a bit out to sea. But, if it sneaks in behind the front, it will come inland and we'll get a double whammy. We could use some rain here. We haven't had any for over 2 weeks. An interesting thing I saw on a accuweather. The Atlantic Ocean off of Long Island is very hot. The hottest in the entire ocean, which is strange, but if this storm hits that, it could re-engergize it.


No rain for 2 weeks?

Ya pussy......

[NQ6U]

No rain for 2 weeks?

Ya pussy......

Yeah, really.

When was the last time it rained in New River, Rata? I think it was early April here.

ON EDIT: Last rain was a big, big 0.16" on April 26.

[K7SGJ]

Yeah, really.

When was the last time it rained in New River, Rata? I think it was early April here.

Substantial? Probably February. Other than that, we've seen some virga a few times, and gotten wind, dust, and a few sprinkles here and there that was just enough to FU the windows.

[VE7DCW]

Substantial? Probably February. Other than that, we've seen some virga a few times, and gotten wind, dust, and a few sprinkles here and there that was just enough to FU the windows.

Eddie....... you're capable of FU your own windows in the desert?? ......... :mrgreen:

[NA4BH]

The couple of times you got Viagra, how'd it work for you?

[NQ6U]

The couple of times you got Viagra, how'd it work for you?

It gave him a stiff upper lip. No one told him he wasn't supposed to chew the tablet.

[NA4BH]

I was sorry to hear his little friend petered out on him.

[K7SGJ]

The couple of times you got Viagra, how'd it work for you?


I hated it. Kept me up all night.

[NA4BH]

Up all night, I'll bet you were beat by morning.

[K7SGJ]

Up all night, I'll bet you were beat by morning.

Down right whipped.

[n2ize]

The calm before the storm. They think the Arthur, the tropical storm will pass a bit out to sea. But, if it sneaks in behind the front, it will come inland and we'll get a double whammy. We could use some rain here. We haven't had any for over 2 weeks. An interesting thing I saw on a accuweather. The Atlantic Ocean off of Long Island is very hot. The hottest in the entire ocean, which is strange, but if this storm hits that, it could re-engergize it.

Perhaps as it passes the hot ocean waters around Long Island it will become a full category 5 hurricane turn inland and wipe out all; of NYC and the surrounding regions. Ad just think, if it becomes a huge storm like Sandy was or even bigger it may hit the entire state very hard, from the Long Island shores through upstate NY for the Canadian borders and West out to Buffalo and well beyond. Imagine everything wiped out for hundreds of miles.

[N2NH]

No rain for 2 weeks?

Ya pussy......

Going on three! :lol:

Up here that's very unusual at this time of year. We usually get a storm every day or two with thermals coming off the Catskills and Gunks. That has been true since pre-colonial times. So... nearly 3 weeks may not be Southwestern drought weather, but it's long for us. Look at it like this, the last drought we had up here lasted a decade. Because of its effects on the region, particularly in the Eastern 2/3rds of New York State and Eastern Pennsylvania, it is one of the worst droughts in recorded history.

I think the Southwest gets droughts like this on a cyclical basis. The Arizona cliff dwellers were thought to have to abandoned their homes because of drought.

[W5BRM]

Perhaps as it passes the hot ocean waters around Long Island it will become a full category 5 hurricane turn inland and wipe out all; of NYC and the surrounding regions. Ad just think, if it becomes a huge storm like Sandy was or even bigger it may hit the entire state very hard, from the Long Island shores through upstate NY for the Canadian borders and West out to Buffalo and well beyond. Imagine everything wiped out for hundreds of miles.

:pray: :pray: :pray: :lol:

[NQ6U]

I think the Southwest gets droughts like this on a cyclical basis. The Arizona cliff dwellers were thought to have to abandoned their homes because of drought.

Although we are currently in a drought, it's normal for us to go from late May through October without any rain at all.

[N2NH]

Perhaps as it passes the hot ocean waters around Long Island it will become a full category 5 hurricane turn inland and wipe out all; of NYC and the surrounding regions. Ad just think, if it becomes a huge storm like Sandy was or even bigger it may hit the entire state very hard, from the Long Island shores through upstate NY for the Canadian borders and West out to Buffalo and well beyond. Imagine everything wiped out for hundreds of miles.


:pray: :pray: :pray: :lol:

Yeah. Me too. :twisted:

[K7SGJ]

Going on three! :lol:

Up here that's very unusual at this time of year. We usually get a storm every day or two with thermals coming off the Catskills and Gunks. That has been true since pre-colonial times. So... nearly 3 weeks may not be Southwestern drought weather, but it's long for us. Look at it like this, the last drought we had up here lasted a decade. Because of its effects on the region, particularly in the Eastern 2/3rds of New York State and Eastern Pennsylvania, it is one of the worst droughts in recorded history.

I think the Southwest gets droughts like this on a cyclical basis. The Arizona cliff dwellers were thought to have to abandoned their homes because of drought.

When I was a kid, we used to get thunderstorms almost daily this time of year, too. My mom used to let me go out and ride my bike in it, as long as I held a nine iron up in the air.

[N2NH]

When I was a kid, we used to get thunderstorms almost daily this time of year, too. My mom used to let me go out and ride my bike in it, as long as I held a nine iron up in the air.

Maybe that's what happened to the Arizona Cliff Dwellers.

[NQ6U]

Maybe that's what happened to the Arizona Cliff Dwellers.

Don't be absurd—the nine iron hadn't been invented yet. They used a Niblick.

[N2NH]

Don't be absurd—the nine iron hadn't been invented yet. They used a Niblick.

A Mashie Niblick? They were very advanced. Personally I'd use my woodie.

FER DOOMSAYER IZE:


Hurricane Sandy's waves, driving rain and wind weren't the only things doing damage to the New York region last October: Researchers say that the hurricane was strong enough to register on seismometers—which are used to measure earthquake magnitudes—as far away as the West coast.
"We detected seismic waves created by the ocean's waves both hitting the East coast and smashing into each other," Keith Koper, director of the University of Utah's seismograph stations, said in a released statement. According to Koper, the so-called "microseisms"—small waves of seismic energy—were strong enough to register as about a magnitude 3 earthquake.


Koper said that Hurricane Sandy did not register as an "earthquake," but that its waves was powerful enough to shake the ground, much like an earthquake does. Koper and his colleague, Oner Sufri, presented preliminary findings of their research at the Seismological Society of America's annual meeting in Salt Lake City Thursday.

Think of this in advance of Arthur. ;)

LINKINATION (http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/18/hurricane-sandy-created-seismic-activity-as-far-away-as-the-west-coast)

[n2ize]

:pray: :pray: :pray: :lol:

It's no joke. Imagine a massive Cat 5 hurricane wiping out not just an entire coastline but wiping everything out up to several hundred or even a thousand miles inland. Nothing spared. It would take decades to recover. Most places along the coast would have to be abandoned permanently. It would change the way we live in the entire country. The scary part is, it can happen, and climate change is making it likely it will become the new normal.

[W5BRM]

It's no joke. Imagine a massive Cat 5 hurricane wiping out not just an entire coastline but wiping everything out up to several hundred or even a thousand miles inland. Nothing spared. It would take decades to recover. Most places along the coast would have to be abandoned permanently. It would change the way we live in the entire country. The scary part is, it can happen, and climate change is making it likely it will become the new normal.

And it cant happen soon enough! Once/if that happens, all the problems like political fighting, gay bashing, religious hysteria and all the inane bullshit that people use to justify behaving badly goes away for a little while and the human race can once again act like like humans.

We need a wakeup call. 9/11 was a glimmer of one but not enough to get the job done. Haiti was the same as was Japan. Once again not enough to take attention away from the total bullshit that humanity's existence has become.

And its not my intention to derail the thread . Just posting my true opinion. Feel free to make another thread if anyone wants to debate. I probly wont participate cuz my opinions are that and not subject to change... Lol

[W5BRM]

And in other on topic related info. Sitting in Robinson Illinois and the just had a public test of their weather warning system. The acoustics were waaay weird on their sirens and public address system.

There was no real classic siren. It sounded like they were playing an mp3 of the various siren effects over a PA system. Then the computer voice states the test is complete.

Never heard anything like that in my entire life! Creeepy effects and computer voices but effective as it gets the warning out i suppose

[K7SGJ]

Nothing will ever compare with the twelve o'clock whistle of my childhood.

Duck and cover.

[K0RGR]

I suspect that even if hurricanes became a fairly common thing, people would not abandon the Atlantic seaboard - they'd eventually learn to build so that the hurricanes weren't so big a problem. It's a little hard to imagine New York City built on stilts, but that may be the eventual result. Maybe they can replace the submerged subways with gondolas or L trains.

We have some concrete dome buildings around here that I think would be an attractive alternative in hurricane country. The doors and windows could be made watertight fairly easily, and the building is aerodynamic enough to survive almost any imaginable wind.

[NQ6U]

A Mashie Niblick? They were very advanced.

No, a Mashie Niblick is more the equivalent of a 5 iron. The equivalent of a 9 iron would be the Mashie. More info here (http://www.golftoday.co.uk/golf_a_z/articles/old_golf_club_names.html).

[K7SGJ]

No, a Mashie Niblick is more the equivalent of a 5 iron. The equivalent of a 9 iron would be the Mashie. More info here (http://www.golftoday.co.uk/golf_a_z/articles/old_golf_club_names.html).

A long time ago, I was trying to hit on this chick and she called me a mashie. Or was that a masher?

[N2NH]

Since 2:15 PM EDST, we've been hit with massive thunderstorms in the area. It sounds like we're being shelled by a battleship. Got a stray here and it shut off the A/C. At 3PM it looked like 8Pm. NWS issued an emergency flood warning, status: imminent over the cellphone.
At the peak, winds were aroung 60 MPH. I think these storms are worse near the top of the mountain where we are, but it does make life interesting. Still hearing loud booming thunder from the North and Northeast right now. It's strong enough to shake the ground.

[PA5COR]

Stay safe there, hope you can swim....

[n2ize]

Yeah, looks like the same thing is about to happen here. Bluish-black coulds moving in from the west, street lights coming on, etc. looks like we are going to get doused. Maybe even some hail. The thunder is getting LOUD !!

[NA4BH]

Yeah, looks like the same thing is about to happen here. Bluish-black coulds moving in from the west, street lights coming on, etc. looks like we are going to get doused. Maybe even some hail. The thunder is getting LOUD !!

Just looked at your radar, you're in for a heap-o-sheet. Time to unplug some stuff.

[N2NH]

Thanks Cor. Looks like it's over here, with much of the same forecasted for tomorrow. Flood watch continues until Friday the 4th, when Arthur passes by. Thankfully being on the mountain we're not prone to flooding. The valleys on the other hand...

Good luck NYC. This was a big one here.

[n2ize]

Nothing will ever compare with the twelve o'clock whistle of my childhood.

Duck and cover.

Yeah, we had that here in NYC. Every day at exactly 12 noon they would start up "Big Joe"... the massive siren powered by a Chrysler V8 engine and it would give one loud rise---fal blast and then shut down. And at least once a month they would give "Big Joe" a full workout test... a lengthy steady tone (alert warning) and then a minute or two of the infamous rise---fall (under attack) tone and then they'd shut Big Joe down. Big Joe's were mounted on public buildings, apartment buildings, school buildings, and other strategic locations. They had a huge chopper that was powered by a big V8 engine and the whole shebang was mounted on a rotating turntable.

Here is an example of a restored "Big Joe" in action...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCivOpWhOP0

[K7SGJ]

Yeah, we had that here in NYC. Every day at exactly 12 noon they would start up "Big Joe"... the massive siren powered by a Chrysler V8 engine and it would give one loud rise---fal blast and then shut down. And at least once a month they would give "Big Joe" a full workout test... a lengthy steady tone (alert warning) and then a minute or two of the infamous rise---fall (under attack) tone and then they'd shut Big Joe down. Big Joe's were mounted on public buildings, apartment buildings, school buildings, and other strategic locations. They had a huge chopper that was powered by a big V8 engine and the whole shebang was mounted on a rotating turntable.

Here is an example of a restored "Big Joe" in action...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCivOpWhOP0

I've seen those before, although not in person. I can only imagine how loud they are. The ones we had, were probably like the ones at every grade school in America. Big yellow horn, mounted up about 40 feet or so on a pole, and motor driven. They did have some pretty good range. The only ones left that I know of, are in the neighborhoods around the nuke plant Southwest of Phoenix.

[KG4CGC]

No, a Mashie Niblick is more the equivalent of a 5 iron. The equivalent of a 9 iron would be the Mashie. More info here (http://www.golftoday.co.uk/golf_a_z/articles/old_golf_club_names.html).

Loooseeeeeeeeeeeee!

[N2NH]

No, a Mashie Niblick is more the equivalent of a 5 iron. The equivalent of a 9 iron would be the Mashie. More info here (http://www.golftoday.co.uk/golf_a_z/articles/old_golf_club_names.html).

And all these years I thought my Jewish friends were talking Yiddish.

[KG4CGC]

I thought it was from I Love Lucy.
Advance video to 6:19 or 7:00.

http://www.tv.com/shows/i-love-lucy/the-golf-game-17133/

[n2ize]

I've seen those before, although not in person. I can only imagine how loud they are. The ones we had, were probably like the ones at every grade school in America. Big yellow horn, mounted up about 40 feet or so on a pole, and motor driven. They did have some pretty good range. The only ones left that I know of, are in the neighborhoods around the nuke plant Southwest of Phoenix.

Yeah, there were also plenty of the yellow horn sirens around too. Most of the public school buildings had the smaller yellow ones on top. My high school has one on the roof back in the early 70's and it was still functional. Nowaday's it appears to be gone. While they were not as loud as "Big Joe" they were still quite loud. Most of them (including Big Joe) have all gone to the scrapyard. A few might still be rusting away on some old towers or rooftops. And a few have been salvaged and rebuilt...mostly by nostalgic farmers who have enough wide open space and clear land to test the things.

[n2ize]

Just looked at your radar, you're in for a heap-o-sheet. Time to unplug some stuff.

Looks like we are in for round 2 today. Looks like a lot of activity coming west. And then tomorrow we will be getting clobbered by Arthur. A 1-2-3 punch.

[N2NH]

Sat TV is in and out and it is dark as night with distant thunder. Just got home ahead of this one and after an earlier storm.

I wonder how things will work out when Arthur passes tomorrow...

[n2ize]

It's right on top of us now.

[n2ize]

Sat TV is in and out and it is dark as night with distant thunder. Just got home ahead of this one and after an earlier storm.

I wonder how things will work out when Arthur passes tomorrow...

At the minimum probably very severe flooding in lower Manhattan. Will probably shut the subways down for a few days. If the storm intensifies as it passes Long Island it could swing westward and clobber everything well into upstate New York. This could end up making Sandy look like a joke. It it stays on the expected course it good take out much of Boston.

[N2NH]

At the minimum probably very severe flooding in lower Manhattan. Will probably shut the subways down for a few days. If the storm intensifies as it passes Long Island it could swing westward and clobber everything well into upstate New York. This could end up making Sandy look like a joke. It it stays on the expected course it good take out much of Boston.

Hype?

[n2ize]

Hype?

No, i wouldn't call it hype. The ocean is very warm off Long Island and warm water is what fuels hurricanes. There is a good chance we'll see a rapid intensification as it passes east of the tri state area and at a Cat 3 - Cat 5 intensity if it turns westward.... well, all I can say is...lookout !!!

There is a good chance it may pass us without too much impact but until it does we are in very grave danger from this hurricane.

We already had 2 straight days of severe thunderstorms making our skies dark as night. So at this point I'd say be prepared for the worst.

[KG4CGC]

Pretty average Summer this year. Can't say the same for some other places.

[N2NH]

We were above 90 here for the first time since last year. The record is 7/15 IIRC from sometime in the mid-1980s.

Did get a small earthquake in the area last week. A 2.4 felt by 2 people but it was on the fault line that the nuke plant is on, so some are getting the jitters over it.

[VE7DCW]

Summer is in swing in a big way again this year.....weather people talking about perhaps breaking high temperature records this weekend into the low 30 degrees Celsius! ........ overnight low temperatures are not going down to where they should be for summer,prompting a a couple of the climatologists around here that the local climate is behaving quite tropical and our local climate here is heading for a type of mediterranean climate after patterns following 5 years in a row...... and it looks like it's going to be an El nino winter......which for around here means warmer, no snow and slightly more precipitation. :-?

[n2ize]

Summer is in swing in a big way again this year.....weather people talking about perhaps breaking high temperature records this weekend into the low 30 degrees Celsius! ........ overnight low temperatures are not going down to where they should be for summer,prompting a a couple of the climatologists around here that the local climate is behaving quite tropical and our local climate here is heading for a type of mediterranean climate after patterns following 5 years in a row...... and it looks like it's going to be an El nino winter......which for around here means warmer, no snow and slightly more precipitation. :-?

I have given up on trying to predict the seasonal weather based on El' Nino or La Nina. Some say for us it means a mild winter with lots of rain. But I have seen the opposite happen, very cold weather and lots of snow along with an el' nino. And I have seen years with no el' nino that have been very mild. I am beginning to think that nobody really knows for certain what actual effect it will have during any season.

[PA5COR]

Sunny, 26.8 C now, humid after yesterday's rain.
Already had the 6 hottest months in a row ever measured here since January.

[N2NH]

Sunny, 26.8 C now, humid after yesterday's rain.
Already had the 6 hottest months in a row ever measured here since January.

Wish it were hot here. Only hit 90F (33C) for the first time a few days ago. Now the weather service is predicting that overnight temperatures will be near or at record lows thanks to ... the Polar Vortex. The temps are supposed to get down to 50F or 10C. This is turning out to be the summer that sucks.

Interestingly, the gulf states and the Southwest are going to be higher than normal. Interesting how that works out. For the most part it's vote red and temps go up.

Mid-July Is Looking More Like Mid-September (http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/10/polar_vortex_weather_mid_july_will_be_as_cool_as_m id_september_in_east_and.html) (Wx Blog)

http://i57.tinypic.com/euqxwk.gif

[PA5COR]

Another 29 C day today, sunny, almost no wind.
Every hot day here is followed by thunderstorms and deluges of rain in parts of the country and Germany/Belgium/France.
Caused some flooding damage in our country and one person killed, tree fell on him.

Nothing of that here, closer to the sea here so the storms are more inland.
Getting warmer there as well as here 30+ C...
Watching Discovery with a documentary about superstorm Sandy as I type..

[XE1/N5AL]

Typical weather day for our rainy season: high of 81F (27C), with low of 59F (15C) tonight. Scattered thunderstorms. Nice weather, as most houses here have neither heating, nor air conditioning -- they are not really necessary.

[NQ6U]

Rather pleasant here lately. Summers on the Islets of Langerhans can be hot, but it's been relatively mild so far.

http://i.imgur.com/c49fveu.png

[n2ize]

Wish it were hot here. Only hit 90F (33C) for the first time a few days ago. Now the weather service is predicting that overnight temperatures will be near or at record lows thanks to ... the Polar Vortex. The temps are supposed to get down to 50F or 10C. This is turning out to be the summer that sucks.


Good. I hope the polar vortex stays with us all summer and through the rest of the year. Anything to cool things down even a little bit is welcome. It's been hot and humid as hell here. The cooler the better. We are already almost halfway through July. Not much longer to go before the days start getting shorter and cooler. I won't miss summer when its over.

[VE7DCW]

Today, in my location,we hit a new record high temperature ever!! ......... we hit a bloody high 36 degrees Celsius!!!(that's 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit for those not used to that form of measurement) other parts of the province of British Columbia hit record highs of 40 degrees!! ....... in those places they have never seen it that warm!
Environment Canada says we've passed the peak high temperatures for this current warm spell but we will continue to be 5 to 10 degrees above average for the rest of this week....... damn..... it's almost like what those climatologists were suggesting: It's almost like we are slowly going tropical or at least Mediterranean..... :dunno:

[N2NH]

Today, in my location,we hit a new record high temperature ever!! ......... we hit a bloody high 36 degrees Celsius!!!(that's 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit for those not used to that form of measurement) other parts of the province of British Columbia hit record highs of 40 degrees!! ....... in those places they have never seen it that warm!
Environment Canada says we've passed the peak high temperatures for this current warm spell but we will continue to be 5 to 10 degrees above average for the rest of this week....... damn..... it's almost like what those climatologists were suggesting: It's almost like we are slowly going tropical or at least Mediterranean..... :dunno:

That's beginning to sound like a heck of an El Nino event. I like warm weather. Watch the women dress in skimpy clothes while they get crazier by the day. Great entertainment considering they're usually the ones driving us crazy. That was the one great thing about Florida. The women were insane there. Nothing like a decent heat wave to stir the pot. And with the weather getting warmer every year... ;)

[n2ize]

Well, in the midst of all this heat it will be refreshing to know that Barrow Alaska is a comfortable 32 deg Fahrenheit today and will reach a high of 35 deg F. Of course this is normal of Barrow AK at this time of the year. Canadian Yukon territory is a bit milder at 55 deg F in Whitehorse. Good to know there is some cool air on the planet. Wish I was up there for the summer instead of down here in this infernal hot & humid hell hole.

[n2ize]

That's beginning to sound like a heck of an El Nino event. I like warm weather. Watch the women dress in skimpy clothes while they get crazier by the day. Great entertainment considering they're usually the ones driving us crazy. That was the one great thing about Florida. The women were insane there. Nothing like a decent heat wave to stir the pot. And with the weather getting warmer every year... ;)

That's about the ONLY thing I can think of that summer is good for,

[N2NH]

That's what the locals tell me. We went to town and the cabbies, who drive everywhere within about 100 miles, told us we had 3 likely tornadoes yesterday into early this morning (unconfirmed but from what the road crews are saying). Some are still without power, trees are down and crews are scurrying from one area to another making repairs. A tree fell down while we were out and crews were re-opening the road when we returned. One small tornado went north of here, maybe a mile away, two to the south. Thankfully there are no reports of anyone being killed or injured. There are a number of houses and cars damaged though.

Hope they get NOAA to look at it so they can get help for those affected.

[PA5COR]

Back just 22 C which is normal here close to the sea, going back up to 32 C in the weekend....
Cooling down the inside of the house now open windows, doors etc...

[NQ6U]

Trace of rain here over the past half-hour. Very uncommon here in July.

[n2ize]

That's what the locals tell me. We went to town and the cabbies, who drive everywhere within about 100 miles, told us we had 3 likely tornadoes yesterday into early this morning (unconfirmed but from what the road crews are saying). Some are still without power, trees are down and crews are scurrying from one area to another making repairs. A tree fell down while we were out and crews were re-opening the road when we returned. One small tornado went north of here, maybe a mile away, two to the south. Thankfully there are no reports of anyone being killed or injured. There are a number of houses and cars damaged though.

Hope they get NOAA to look at it so they can get help for those affected.

Typical summer. Wouldn't be surprised. Could have been a mesocyclone or maybe a weak twister or even straight line winds. Just another one of the joys of summer. Black clouds showed up here around 7;))pm but not much came out of them.

It was so humid here today I was drenched from head to toe by the time I got home. It was like walking through a ultra humid steambath. doG Damned this weather I can't wait for it to end. Summer can go....

[KG4CGC]

Got a little rain today running down 88 but it was the wind that was really getting me on 178. I pulled off for a minute and let the traffic pass so I could go slower.

[KG4CGC]

Realtime lightning map.

http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en

[N2NH]

The storm that hit on the 14th made it's presence known. We got hit by an indirect lightning strike which fried one of the electric lines into the apartment. Just got it fixed. Wires were burnt and an outlet was missing some parts as it got fried by the strike. Thankfully that was the limit of the damage, if it got past that, we would've had a fire. Seems that being this high up, strikes are not uncommon, especially since the mountains are mostly iron.

[n2ize]

The storm that hit on the 14th made it's presence known. We got hit by an indirect lightning strike which fried one of the electric lines into the apartment. Just got it fixed. Wires were burnt and an outlet was missing some parts as it got fried by the strike. Thankfully that was the limit of the damage, if it got past that, we would've had a fire. Seems that being this high up, strikes are not uncommon, especially since the mountains are mostly iron.

Think that's bad ? You should see what happened around here one time. A massive bolt of lightning struck nearby. It blow a 6 foot crater into the street. The power surge came down the wires and into the outlet and into the TV set. The TV set literally exploded. Tiny fragments of it were everywhere. When I looked outside every telephone pole on the block was on fire. Took about 2 weeks to get everything fixed.

[wa6mhz]

A very strange thing happened to me while driving in Conneticut last week!!! For some reason water came out of the SKY!!! That just doesn't happen here in San Diego!

[K7SGJ]

A very strange thing happened to me while driving in Conneticut last week!!! For some reason water came out of the SKY!!! That just doesn't happen here in San Diego!

Connecticut? What did you do, make a wrong turn in Rancho Cucamonga?

[KG4CGC]

Connecticut? What did you do, make a wrong turn in Rancho Cucamonga?

Albuquerque.

[N2NH]

Albuquerque.

Damned Albuquerque triangle.

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/07/08/pointer_alaska_aground_wideweb__470x311,0.jpg

[K7SGJ]

Damned Albuquerque triangle.

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/07/08/pointer_alaska_aground_wideweb__470x311,0.jpg

I hate it when that happens.

[PA5COR]

Another sunny day with 30 C in the making.
Since December last year every month was a record breaking warm month including July now.

[XE1/N5AL]

Damned Albuquerque triangle.
I have a cousin who lives in Albuquerque.

[n2ize]

If Global warming continues ebay may get flooded...Hah

[W5BRM]

Damned Albuquerque triangle.


I have a cousin who lives in Albuquerque.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxMAiRGg98

[XE1/N5AL]

If Weird Al were a ham, he'd be right at home, here on The Island. :)

My Albuquerque cousin is the only literate member of our family. He's an author/playwright. Towards the end of the 90's, he made the national news when he brought suit against Paramount Pictures. The matter was settled out-of-court and my cousin is not permitted to share the details.

My cousin had pitched a movie idea, to Paramount execs, based on one of his plays. The play had already been performed off-Broadway. The studio people turned down the idea; but a few years later, Paramount came out with Jim Carrey's "The Truman Show". Suspiciously, the movie was very similar to my cousin's work:

12773

[NQ6U]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WaEyCCWW-I

[NQ6U]

T-storms here at the moment, an uncommon occurrence here in July. We mostly get them in the spring. No precip as of yet, but a lot of electrical activity.

[N2NH]

T-storms here at the moment, an uncommon occurrence here in July. We mostly get them in the spring. No precip as of yet, but a lot of electrical activity.

Is that common with el Niño?

[wa6mhz]

T-storms here at the moment, an uncommon occurrence here in July. We mostly get them in the spring. No precip as of yet, but a lot of electrical activity.

WE did get actual water falling from the sky here in El Cajon!!! It was a MIRACLE!!!!. Turned the dirt on my Town car into MUD!, but not enough to wash off the mud! We are not allowed to wash cars here in SoCal due to water regulations, so I hafta wait til the next rainstorm (probably next JANUARY) before the mud is washed off!

[K7SGJ]

T-storms here at the moment, an uncommon occurrence here in July. We mostly get them in the spring. No precip as of yet, but a lot of electrical activity.

Up in Prescott, 60 or so miles north, it's 77° and thunderstorms. Here, it's 110, down a few points, and not a cloud in the sky. Think I'll go to the airport and kick the NOAA meteorologist in the stones.

[W5BRM]

Silt CO has 90 and showers coming thru. Almost done work and taking tomorrow off in Mesa CO. Hopin i get some monsoon rain today and tomorrow

[K7SGJ]

Silt CO has 90 and showers coming thru. Almost done work and taking tomorrow off in Mesa CO. Hopin i get some monsoon rain today and tomorrow

I love to stream fish in that kind of weather.

[W5BRM]

I love to stream fish in that kind of weather.

You couldn't have fished that today. Silt is just past the end of Glenwood Canyon. If you had tried, you would have gotten paddled and not in a fun sensuous way...lol. That canyon is about 20 miles end to end. You could have walked the center of the river end to end and not gotten your feet wet! There must have been 200 river rafts on that water. All blue and yellow.

[NQ6U]

Is that common with el Niño?

No, an El Niño has little effect on summer weather in Southern California. The big high pressure area that typically settles in for the summer months overpowers the more subtle effects of the ocean warming. What we have here today is the result of monsoonal moisture coming up from tropical Mexico.

BTW, we did get a little rain, but not enough to measure with my primitive rain gauge.

[K7SGJ]

No, an El Niño has little effect on summer weather in Southern California. The big high pressure area that typically settles in for the summer months overpowers the more subtle effects of the ocean warming. What we have here today is the result of monsoonal moisture coming up from tropical Mexico.

BTW, we did get a little rain, but not enough to measure with my primitive rain gauge.

The soup can and popsicle stick?

[NQ6U]

The soup can and popsicle stick?

Two components? That makes it more sophisticated than mine, which is a clear plastic tube with a decimal inch scale printed on the side.

[K7SGJ]

Two components? That makes it more sophisticated than mine, which is a clear plastic tube with a decimal inch scale printed on the side.

Actually, I just use a paper towel with a rock on the corner it. Still two components, huh?

[n2ize]

It's been "cool" for summer here for the past couple of weeks or so. A few hot/humid days sandwiched in here and there but highs have been mostly in the 70's to low 80's and nights down in the low 60's. In fact right now its cloudy and only 66. So, so far so good. Very little of that blazing hot 90's - 100 degrees crap. Already its clearly noticeable that the days are getting shorter and the angle of the sun is changing. But, we still have at least a month to go before it's over but right now we are heading towards third and getting ready to round third and head for the final stretch home..

[N2NH]

Why would anyone want to head towards turd?

http://i57.tinypic.com/119m0es.png

[KG4CGC]

Pretty average Summer. A little cooler at night than I remember. Most nights I turn the fan away from me while I sleep this season.

[NQ6U]

Why would anyone want to head towards turd?

http://i57.tinypic.com/119m0es.png

Don't forget that John's from Noo Yawk. You should have said "Why would anyone want to head towards thoid?"


And, yes, I can assure you that he really does talk that way; we once had conversation via Echolink.

[KG4CGC]

And, yes, I can assure you that he really does talk that way; we once had conversation via Echolink.

I remember listening in on that. It was during the NYS AR Sale.

[N2NH]

Don't forget that John's from Noo Yawk. You should have said "Why would anyone want to head towards thoid?"


And, yes, I can assure you that he really does talk that way; we once had conversation via Echolink.

So, it should be Toidy-turd and turd. At least in Brooklyn. Dunno what they sound like in Westcrester. Thoidy-turd and turd?
;)

[K7SGJ]

Big storm came through last night around midnight. UHF/VHF antenna which is mounted on a 20 foot ground mounted mast (set in concrete) now has 45 degree polarization. I guess I'll have to put the auger on the tractor and dig another hole to re-set it. It also appears some sealing around the French doors in the master bedroom failed somewhere, and the wood flooring is twisting and warping. I wish I had started at the other end of the room when I laid the floor so pulling it up in the damaged area would have been very easy. Who Gnu? I'm not sure what I'm going to do here. The first order of business is to seal the shit out of the doors. Then, I guess I'll try to surgically remove the damaged section of flooring and see what kind of creative patchwork I can do. If push comes to shove and it doesn't look right to me, I guess I'll rip up the whole floor and start over. Pisser.

[VE7DCW]

So, it should be Toidy-turd and turd. At least in Brooklyn. Dunno what they sound like in Westcrester. Thoidy-turd and turd?
;)

That's got to be some mystic new 'merican dialect script......I couldn't understand a word of it! :mrgreen:

[VE7DCW]

We were up into the high 20's today going to be that way all week with highs going into the low 30 degrees Celsius by tuesday...... the weather people say the effects of the impending el nino may be setting in..... their was no el nino last year and we are experiencing the same above normal temperature pattern we had then! Climate change? ...... who knows.... :dunno:

[NQ6U]

Eddie: Cut out the bad flooring and put tile in to replace the area by the door. That takes care of the warped flooring and keeps you from having the same thing happen again in the future.

[NA4BH]

As warped as Eddie is, I wonder how he can tell the floor is screwed up

[NQ6U]

As warped as Eddie is, I wonder how he can tell the floor is screwed up

Oh, that's easy—his wife told him.

[NA4BH]

She's gotta be a great woman, I don't see how she puts up with does it

[K7SGJ]

Eddie: Cut out the bad flooring and put tile in to replace the area by the door. That takes care of the warped flooring and keeps you from having the same thing happen again in the future.

That's what I did before I put down the wood floors. I wish I'd have left the tile in place, but the main thing I need to do now, no matter what flooring there is, is to locate the source of the leak. I think I may have found it today, but won't know till the next storm; or short of that, the pressure washer.



She's gotta be a great woman, I don't see how she puts up with does it

She's never had it so good. Just today, I let her outside in the sunlight for a little bit. I may do it again in a few weeks if she is a good girl.

[N2NH]

We were up into the high 20's today going to be that way all week with highs going into the low 30 degrees Celsius by tuesday...... the weather people say the effects of the impending el nino may be setting in..... their was no el nino last year and we are experiencing the same above normal temperature pattern we had then! Climate change? ...... who knows.... :dunno:

Can it be long b4 LAF graphs AND natural cycles?

[PA5COR]

Lower parts of the Netherlands got some serious thunderstorms and lots of torrential rain 180 mm or 7+ inches in a few hours, flooding highways, streets, houses and took some time to clear up.

Here we just has a few mm rain the last night, some clouds and sun, 24 C here. normal for this time of the year is 22 - 23C.
Back to summer for the rest of the week.

[K7SGJ]

Lower parts of the Netherlands got some serious thunderstorms and lots of torrential rain 180 mm or 7+ inches in a few hours, flooding highways, streets, houses and took some time to clear up.

Here we just has a few mm rain the last night, some clouds and sun, 24 C here. normal for this time of the year is 22 - 23C.
Back to summer for the rest of the week.

I hope there was a little Dutch boy around in case the dike needed a finger in it.

[NA4BH]

I hope there was a little Dutch boy around in case the dike needed a finger in it.

I MUST NOT REPLY TO THIS.....................

[K7SGJ]

I MUST NOT REPLY TO THIS.....................

Please don't. We know your mind is gutter-warped.

[KK4AMI]

Lower parts of the Netherlands got some serious thunderstorms and lots of torrential rain 180 mm or 7+ inches in a few hours, flooding highways, streets, houses and took some time to clear up.

Here we just has a few mm rain the last night, some clouds and sun, 24 C here. normal for this time of the year is 22 - 23C.
Back to summer for the rest of the week.

Pull Up! Pull Up! How can there be lower parts of a country that is basically below sea level?:lol:

[n2ize]

Still comfortable here. High school only in the 70''s. 10-15 definitely cooler and we'd be having a Yukon summer.

[NQ6U]

It's hot here. I left a one-pound roll of 50-50 solder out in the sun today and it melted.

[VE7DCW]

It's hot here. I left a one-pound roll of 50-50 solder out in the sun today and it melted.

It's a little after 5 pm here and it's 32 degrees Celsius! ..... one of the several warmest days we've had this summer.... but I will never claim it's hot enough to melt 50-50 solder! :mrgreen:

[NQ6U]

17:15 local time and it's 98°F (36.6° C).

[N2NH]

17:15 local time and it's 98°F (36.6° C).

And you have that high sun, nearly as high a Florida. That makes 98°F (36.6° C) feel a lot hotter. A thermometer set in the sun would probably go over 150°F (66° C).

[NQ6U]

And you have that high sun, nearly as high a Florida.

San Diego is at almost exactly the same latitude as Charleston, SC: 32.7833° for Charleston vs. 32.7150° for San Diego.

[PA5COR]

Back to sunny weather after the deluge.
25 C today and the rest of the week at Breedtegraad, 53.0333333. Lengtegraad, 5.6666667 ;)

[wa6mhz]

we are still having EAST COAST Weather out here! Hot and Humid. El Cajon will be up in the high 90s today and the rest of the week!! I can't wait till October to get here, then it will start cooling off! (and it will be time for OKTOBERFEST!!!)

[XE1/N5AL]

Local time: 1:21 PM and its 73 F (23 C).

[K7SGJ]

we are still having EAST COAST Weather out here! Hot and Humid. El Cajon will be up in the high 90s today and the rest of the week!! I can't wait till October to get here, then it will start cooling off! (and it will be time for OKTOBERFEST!!!)

And you can play with your pumpkins.

[n2ize]

we are still having EAST COAST Weather out here! Hot and Humid. El Cajon will be up in the high 90s today and the rest of the week!! I can't wait till October to get here, then it will start cooling off! (and it will be time for OKTOBERFEST!!!)

Don't know about east coast weather. I'm on the east coast and it's been quite "cool" here for summer. Night time temps have been in the 50's - low 60's and highs only in the upper 70's. Rest of this week into next week calls for daytime highs only around 80 and night time temps in the low 60's. I'd still prefer it cooler but I'll take this over high 80's and 90's any day. Hottest day forecast is for 86 deg next Tues. Yeah, we have had some hot & humid weather but nothing nearly as bad as last summer.Maybe the el' nino is cooling things down here.

[N2NH]

That is what this summer is. Lame. It's not hot. It's barely warm. It's not even... summery. This is what usually passes for late April weather.

If I wanted weather like this, I'd have moved to some Godawful place like SoCal. :twisted:

[K7SGJ]

That is what this summer is. Lame. It's not hot. It's barely warm. It's not even... summery. This is what usually passes for late April weather.

If I wanted weather like this, I'd have moved to some Godawful place like SoCal. :twisted:


You want summer? There is plenty of summer out here.

[VE7DCW]

You want summer? There is plenty of summer out here.

I agree with Eddie.....it's going to be another above normal day for warmth in B.C. today...but not as warm as yesterday or the day before.The people in the know are saying it's one of the worst forest wild fires seasons ever seen! ...... the south western and north western U.S. states seem to in the same boat.....one of the commentators on an U.S. network news program described it as being "in the front lines of climate change" :-|

[NQ6U]

Been hot here, just shy of 100° F (38° C) and humid too thanks to tropical moisture coming up from Mexico. Looks like we're getting a break today, though; at 9:56 AM PDT, it's not even 80° (27° C) F yet.

[n2ize]

That is what this summer is. Lame. It's not hot. It's barely warm. It's not even... summery. This is what usually passes for late April weather.

If I wanted weather like this, I'd have moved to some Godawful place like SoCal. :twisted:

Well if you like blazing hot summers you moved in the wrong direction. You should have at the very least stayed in NYC. Of better yet moved south / southwest. As for me I prefer lame summers. As a matter of fact I hope the rest of this summer gets even lamer. I can deal without the blazing heat and extreme humidity. I can also deal without the air conditioners having to run constantly 24/7 day and night and the huge consumption of electricity and very high electric bills that go along with it. Nothing pleases me more than to hear the air conditioner shut down and be able to remain shut down for hours, knowing the electric meter downstairs is not gobbling up kilowatt hours. If this is the effect of an el-nino summer then i say bring us an el nino every summer. :)

[K7SGJ]

It's after 2100 MST and it's still over 100 F outside.

[n2ize]

It's after 2100 MST and it's still over 100 F outside.

Wow!!! How hot was it during the daytime ?

[K7SGJ]

It wasn't all that hot. It only got to 111F during the day. It just didn't cool down very fast last night. It's about 93F right now. We just don't get big swings between the highs and lows this time of the year.

[N2NH]

It wasn't all that hot. It only got to 111F during the day. It just didn't cool down very fast last night. It's about 93F right now. We just don't get big swings between the highs and lows this time of the year.

That's impressive. We were 49 a few nights ago and are about 55 usually going up to the mid 70s. It IS hot in the sun, it feels much hotter than it should be for the mid-70s when the sun hits you. But that's why this is turning out to be a crap summer.

[VE7DCW]

It wasn't all that hot. It only got to 111F during the day. It just didn't cool down very fast last night. It's about 93F right now. We just don't get big swings between the highs and lows this time of the year.

Damn!!! Eddie ......desert living at it's best? yikes!! :yuck:

[n2ize]

That's impressive. We were 49 a few nights ago and are about 55 usually going up to the mid 70s. It IS hot in the sun, it feels much hotter than it should be for the mid-70s when the sun hits you. But that's why this is turning out to be a crap summer.

It started out as a crap summer. But it has taken a turn for the better the past week. Again, if you like long blazing hot (or hot humid) summers then why in tarnation did you move north to the Catskill mountains, a place known where people go to retreat from the heat ? My brother doesn't even live that far up (only about 45-50 minutes from here) and it's generally much cooler than it is here. Specially in August, even on hot days the nights up where he is always cool down a lot more than down near NYC where I am.

Sounds to me like you would prefer the southwest as opposed to the mountains of the North.

[n2ize]

Damn!!! Eddie ......desert living at it's best? yikes!! :yuck:

Ah, just a cool, comfortable 111 deg F... :)

[K7SGJ]

At least we don't have to worry about sharknados out here.

[NQ6U]

At least we don't have to worry about sharknados out here.

Or, in fact, anything else involving large amounts of water.

[K7SGJ]

Or, in fact, anything else involving large amounts of water.

Just septic backups

[NQ6U]

Just septic backups

With arsenic.

[n2ize]

Or, in fact, anything else involving large amounts of water.

Well, the southwest does have a natural abundance of Uranium. Much higher uranium ore deposits than anywhere else in the country.

[PA5COR]

July ended too hot 2 degrees Centigrade, 40 hours more sun as the long years average and the 8th consecutive month breaking warm records in the Netherlands...

[N2NH]

It started out as a crap summer. But it has taken a turn for the better the past week. Again, if you like long blazing hot (or hot humid) summers then why in tarnation did you move north to the Catskill mountains, a place known where people go to retreat from the heat ? My brother doesn't even live that far up (only about 45-50 minutes from here) and it's generally much cooler than it is here. Specially in August, even on hot days the nights up where he is always cool down a lot more than down near NYC where I am.

Sounds to me like you would prefer the southwest as opposed to the mountains of the North.

You would be surprised at how hot it can get up here. For every 250 feet above sea-level, in the summer, you can add 1ºF. Some mountains are 3,000+ feet high in the area, so add 12ºF (7ºC) to the temps at sea level (or 10ºF [6ºC] in the valleys). At night we usually get below 60ºF and I've seen places in New England that went as low as 15ºF in mid-July - but that was before all the record highs, so that might not be happening anymore. In 2012, we were about 12ºF over the highs in NYC. Not so much this year.

Winters are definitely colder, but Summers also tend to be hotter. Except for this crap Summer.

[n2ize]

You would be surprised at how hot it can get up here. For every 250 feet above sea-level, in the summer, you can add 1ºF. Some mountains are 3,000+ feet high in the area, so add 12ºF (7ºC) to the temps at sea level (or 10ºF [6ºC] in the valleys). At night we usually get below 60ºF and I've seen places in New England that went as low as 15ºF in mid-July - but that was before all the record highs, so that might not be happening anymore. In 2012, we were about 12ºF over the highs in NYC. Not so much this year.

Winters are definitely colder, but Summers also tend to be hotter. Except for this crap Summer.

Oh, trust me. I know the catskills can get pretty hot in the summer. So can the Adirondacks. But the average temps are moderated by cooler night time temps, where as near the ocean here they tend to be more consistent. As you go inland the day/night temps tent to be more extreme. Still, if you like blazing heat you moved in the wrong direction. For me blazing heat just means more sweat, discomfort, and high electric bills. But don;t worry. I am sure you'll get some sweltering heat to enjoy before the summer is soon over. And then you'll have the colder winter to contend with. Move south young man. :)

[NQ6U]

T-storms again. Very unusual to have any rain at all here from June through November, let alone twice in less than ten days.

[K7SGJ]

Odd afternoon here, today. Had a bit of a storm move in, and the temp went from 108F to 72F in less than 15 minutes. Got windy as hell for a bit, but it has settled down to a nice breeze and a gentle rain. Something we can definitely use around here. Kind of reminds me of fall San Diego weather, with zonies messing up the traffic, too.

[KG4CGC]

Been cool and wet.

[NQ6U]

80° and 77% humidity. Sounds more like your neck of the woods than San Diego, Charles.

[KG4CGC]

80° and 77% humidity. Sounds more like your neck of the woods than San Diego, Charles.

California needs rain and Texas needs a brain.

[VE7DCW]

Good Gawd!! .......it was sunny, hot and a ridiculous 34 degrees Celsius on what the weather people who know now say this is one of,if not,the warmest and driest summers so far on record! ....... my window air conditioner is going full bore..... 10 years ago we thought it was a waste of time even considering putting in air conditioning around here...... not any more! damn it's hard getting a good nights sleep when it's this hot ......:fever:

[N2NH]

Good Gawd!! .......it was sunny, hot and a ridiculous 34 degrees Celsius on what the weather people who know now say this is one of,if not,the warmest and driest summers so far on record! ....... my window air conditioner is going full bore..... 10 years ago we thought it was a waste of time even considering putting in air conditioning around here...... not any more! damn it's hard getting a good nights sleep when it's this hot ......:fever:

That sounds like NYC weather at night. Hot, murky, humid. Just add the noise of people, trucks, cars, subways and planes landing and you'd have my childhood neighborhood.

[PA5COR]

Had the remains of tropical cyclone Berta pass over, some needed rain, wind and temps dropped from 27 C back to 20 C..
Sunny again today, temps expected to rise again later this week.

[n2ize]

Good Gawd!! .......it was sunny, hot and a ridiculous 34 degrees Celsius on what the weather people who know now say this is one of,if not,the warmest and driest summers so far on record! ....... my window air conditioner is going full bore..... 10 years ago we thought it was a waste of time even considering putting in air conditioning around here...... not any more! damn it's hard getting a good nights sleep when it's this hot ......:fever:

Sounds more like down here. We regularly see triple digits and 100% humidity here.

[K7SGJ]

I think we are about to get hammered. Table Mesa Mtn, about 5 miles north has disappeared in the clouds, and the lightning is the flash boom at the same time. Very close. The weather radar shows some interesting conditions in the area. We could sure use a drenching, although a long slow drizzle would be more useful. The way it's coming down at the moment, I expect most of it will end up in Yuma, along with a lot of my driveway.

The radar shows some turbulence down Kevin's way, too. He's liable to end up floating away to Douglas or Nogales.

[W5BRM]

yikes be careful. Dont YOU wind up in Yuma along with everything else

[K7SGJ]

yikes be careful. Dont YOU wind up in Yuma along with everything else

They won't let me in. Man, this has really gotten hairy. It was daylight just a bit ago, and now it's like midnight out. Kinda eerie, but very cool. We used to get storms like this every afternoon or night this time of year when I was a kid, but now, they are very rare. I can't believe all the close lightning. One right after the other for the last 20 minutes or so.

[VE7DCW]

I think we are about to get hammered. Table Mesa Mtn, about 5 miles north has disappeared in the clouds, and the lightning is the flash boom at the same time. Very close. The weather radar shows some interesting conditions in the area. We could sure use a drenching, although a long slow drizzle would be more useful. The way it's coming down at the moment, I expect most of it will end up in Yuma, along with a lot of my driveway.

The radar shows some turbulence down Kevin's way, too. He's liable to end up floating away to Douglas or Nogales.


You can see Yuma as well as Tucson Eddie? ......that desert isn't as big as you make it out to be! :mrgreen:

[n2ize]

You can see Yuma as well as Tucson Eddie? ......that desert isn't as big as you make it out to be! :mrgreen:

And sarah can see Russia from her kitchen window, regardless of where she is. :snicker:

[W7XF]

Not too bad here, Eddie. Still on my own lot.

[K7SGJ]

You can see Yuma as well as Tucson Eddie? ......that desert isn't as big as you make it out to be! :mrgreen:

That's why it's called the high desert; for the view, not the euphoria.

[K7SGJ]

Not too bad here, Eddie. Still on my own lot.

Good to hear.

Do you keep an ear on any of the 2m repeaters on Lemon?

[KG4CGC]

Summer returns!

[K7SGJ]

Summer returns!


Just in time for Fall.

[n2ize]

Summer returns!

Not around here it hasn't. This has been one of the "coolest" summers we have had in a while. We rarely got up to 90 and for the past several weeks we've been down in the 60's to low 80's at most. looks like its going to stay that way for at least the rest of this week. Now I'm not complaining. I prefer a mild summer to a blazing hot one.

[W7XF]

Hey, Raton....how did ya hold up yesterday with that instant reservoir refill????

[N2NH]

We've had a perfect summer. Highs in the upper 70s to low 80s, nights in the upper 40s to low 50s. Humid only in the early morning when the dew falls otherwise incredibly dry. WTF? Is this San Diego? Where's Summer???

[K7SGJ]

Hey, Raton....how did ya hold up yesterday with that instant reservoir refill????

It was crazy. We got 4.87 inches here. It was coming down at close to 2 inches per hour for awhile. I couldn't see 50 feet away. The flag pole broke, the vhf/uhf antenna mast bent, again, and just a shit ton of water everywhere. All the washes were running like I haven't seen in 20 years. There was a time before all the MF bridges were built over the washes, that with a rain like that, we would be stuck here for several days. Actually, it was a nice change.

[NQ6U]

The NWS activated Skywarn for the area today due to anticipated t-storms and possible flash flooding.

[K7SGJ]

The NWS activated Skywarn for the area today due to anticipated t-storms and possible flash flooding.

Keep low, and have the kayak close by. Or the Hayek as the case may be. The stuff headed your way, is the disturbance that is supposed to help channel all the moisture from Mexico up through Arizona and points north. If it goes down that way, we'll get another gully washer, and with the ground over saturated as it is, more flooding will occur. We got 1/2 of our annual fall in one day yesterday. I don't think that is the way it's supposed to work, but who am I to bitch?

[WØTKX]

The Hayek rising tide does not float more boats. Just sayin'. ;)

[NQ6U]

The Hayek rising tide does not float more boats. Just sayin'. ;)

No, but I suspect she'd make a pretty good PFD (Personal Floatation Device).

http://i.imgur.com/m8ZZaOb.jpg (http://imgur.com/m8ZZaOb)

[K7SGJ]

Buoy oh buoy.

[VE7DCW]

No, but I suspect she'd make a pretty good PFD (Personal Floatation Device).

http://i.imgur.com/m8ZZaOb.jpg (http://imgur.com/m8ZZaOb)

Yup......a Selma a day,would keep the flooding away......... :yes:

[KG4CGC]

Typical Summer pattern. Hot. Humid. Afternoon thunder bumpers.

[N2NH]

Yep. Snow. In August.


So much for summer: Snow set to blast Scotland as forecasters warn of 'coldest August spell in a century'

They're expecting the nearly record cold, temps that haven't been seen in nearly a century. That's almost as bad as Colorado.

Snow for Scotland (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2727734/Wet-cold-bank-holiday-way-forecasters-warn-two-weeks-bad-weather-ahead.html)

[W2NAP]

we have had anywhere from 3 to 10 inches of rain in the last 24hrs... and its still raining.

[PA5COR]

Here we have the same blocking as the USA had for months, the Jetstream is blocked and sending air from the northpole over the ocean to us and Schotland.
Pissing down 12 degrees C while it should be 23 C and sunny.
Nights 2 to 3 C north westernly wind over the North Sea that still is quite warm giving lots of rain.
110 mm from August now, notrmally 60 mm over the whole month.

[N2NH]

The Old Farmer's Almanac has just come out with the forecast for the Northeast. More of last winter this winter. (http://wrrv.com/farmers-almanac-predicts-another-severe-winter-for-the-northeast/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=referral)

Endless storms with arctic cold courtesy of the Polar Vortex...

Oh, well, hope the heater (which isn't working yet) holds out...

[NQ6U]

The Old Farmer's Almanac has just come out with the forecast for the Northeast. More of last winter this winter.

Given the historical accuracy of Old Farmer's Almanac weather predictions (around 50%, same as random guessing), I wouldn't sweat it.

[n2ize]

Given the historical accuracy of Old Farmer's Almanac weather predictions (around 50%, same as random guessing), I wouldn't sweat it.

yep, the old farmers almanac's predictions don;t stand up any better than random noise. Still, I hope they are correct. We can use another cold long winter this year.

[n2ize]

We've had a perfect summer. Highs in the upper 70s to low 80s, nights in the upper 40s to low 50s. Humid only in the early morning when the dew falls otherwise incredibly dry. WTF? Is this San Diego? Where's Summer???

Coming to an end. Sounds typical for the mountains of upstate NY.Warm days, cool nights. My brother lives 45-50 minutes north of me (technically he's not even in the mountains) and that's typical for summer in his area. While we are having blazing heat and humidity down here he's having much cooler and dryer weather up there. If you love hazy hot humid summer weather you moved to the wrong place. You should have gone further south.

[N2NH]

Given the historical accuracy of Old Farmer's Almanac weather predictions (around 50%, same as random guessing), I wouldn't sweat it.

From the article:

Just how accurate are te Almanac’s past predictions? Over 80 percent.

But I believe you're right Carl. If El Niño ever gets off of it's arse and does it's normal gig, we should be A-OK this Winter. Highs in the 40s with some snow but manageable. Back in '12, we were in the upper 90s and lower 100s up here. That was summer. Hurricane Sandy FUBAR'd everything with a late October snowstorm. I hope Scotland is the exception and not the rule...

[n2ize]

When I was living in Brooklyn a normal summer was in the 100's. My friend up in the Adirondacks has been seeing temps in the 100's to 120's this year. We have been having average temps 30+ degrees lower down here this summer. Strange that this summer the north was much hotter than the south. We haven't even had a severe thunderstorm warning or a tornado watch this summer. However, I am expecting a very severe hurricane to hit Eastern NYC at the very beginning of November. It will be twice the size of Sandy and at least a category 5 or 6.

[N2NH]

Leaves started falling from one of the trees here today. Brown ones. Does this mean fall is arriving? In August?

[n2ize]

Given the historical accuracy of Old Farmer's Almanac weather predictions (around 50%, same as random guessing), I wouldn't sweat it.

At best they are about as good as a coin flip. Actually a coin flip would be an improvement.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/winter-forecast-part-iii-the-old-farmers-almanac.

[n2ize]

Leaves started falling from one of the trees here today. Brown ones. Does this mean fall is arriving? In August?

Could mean the tree is sick or dying. Happened here twice. next season the tree had to be cut down.

[K7SGJ]

Leaves started falling from one of the trees here today. Brown ones. Does this mean fall is arriving? In August?

It might be that you and the dog need to find something else to piss on.

[N2NH]

It might be that you and the dog need to find something else to piss on.

Leaves aren't bad. They make that ssssssissss sound when you pee on them...

[n2ize]

Hey John, your in luck. Summer finally returned. At least till the end of this week.

[K7SGJ]

Leaves aren't bad. They make that ssssssissss sound when you pee on them...

I tried that once, but had a bit of trouble. Maybe I should wait until they fall on the ground. eh?

[N2NH]

I tried that once, but had a bit of trouble. Maybe I should wait until they fall on the ground. eh?

:rofl:

My aim isn't that good but I scared my next door neighbors last week anyway. The woodchucks keeps watching my door to see if I'll pop out. We need a few dogs here to keep them honest.

Summer! YAY!

[W7XF]

Leaves aren't bad. They make that ssssssissss sound when you pee on them...

Ratón.....you sure you weren't pissing on a snake??

[WØTKX]

The leaf color on the small (altitude challenged) maple in the front yard has started to turn.


Snow making equipment is being moved around at the ski areas. :agree:

[K7SGJ]

Ratón.....you sure you weren't pissing on a snake??

Grandma always said, if the stick moves, don't pick it up. But she never had any advice on urinary tactics.

[W5BRM]

Excited! Tomorrow is only supposed to be 79f! Since I've been home it's been like 96-101 every day. Gonna enjoy the cooler weather even if it's only for a day or 2. We SHOULD begin dropping slowly over the next few weeks though but this is a welcome break. Just wish it rain more then a few drops at a time.

[N2NH]

At 9AM it was 75°F with an expected high of 88°F, more like 91°. Summer is finally here! Better yet, kids are in school so it's also a lot quieter.


http://youtu.be/4DComGO8JYo

[n2ize]

Excited! Tomorrow is only supposed to be 79f! Since I've been home it's been like 96-101 every day. Gonna enjoy the cooler weather even if it's only for a day or 2. We SHOULD begin dropping slowly over the next few weeks though but this is a welcome break. Just wish it rain more then a few drops at a time.

Well, Point Barrow has a high of 31 deg F today and Whitehorse is 46 deg F. So Hopefully some of that cooler aire will work its way down, might create some rough weather in Southern Canada and down here in the United States.

[W7XF]

Ya still above the water line, Eddie????

[NA4BH]

http://rollonfriday.com/Portals/0/images/rats_sinking_ship.jpg

[K7SGJ]

Ya still above the water line, Eddie????

We sure are, Kevin. Actually, the storms we had a couple of weeks ago were way worse. We were pretty well stuck from going out of the area for a half a day or so. We only got around 3 inches over last night and this morning. The one a couple of weeks ago we got that much in just over an hour and a half or so.

[K7SGJ]

http://rollonfriday.com/Portals/0/images/rats_sinking_ship.jpg

We learned well from our training on sinking ships.

[KG4CGC]

How's the Papal weather? Carl?

[NQ6U]

How's the Papal weather? Carl?

Meh. Hot, overcast and humid thanks to Norbert but no precip west of the mountains.

[NA4BH]

Whiney bitch

[W7XF]

I got 1.78" at the Casa de Shady....but just up the road they got ~4". Fortunately, it hit Phoenix early enough so PHX-Tucson commuters got turned around/didn't leave home...I heard I 10 was a clusterfuck and a half at the I-8/I-10 split...as they were routing truck traffic into the truck stops. Tucson didn't get off easy, either. 2 fatalities due to cars being swept into washes. And then this....


https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152360121662849&set=vb.104129837848&type=2&theater

Yes...a city bus driver driving into a flowing intersection...in full view of media cameras!!! You know that driver doesn't have a job (and HOPEFULLY has a revoked CDL) tonight. Fortunately, no one injured in that stunt.

[K7SGJ]

I got 1.78" at the Casa de Shady....but just up the road they got ~4". Fortunately, it hit Phoenix early enough so PHX-Tucson commuters got turned around/didn't leave home...I heard I 10 was a clusterfuck and a half at the I-8/I-10 split...as they were routing truck traffic into the truck stops. Tucson didn't get off easy, either. 2 fatalities due to cars being swept into washes. And then this....


https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152360121662849&set=vb.104129837848&type=2&theater

Yes...a city bus driver driving into a flowing intersection...in full view of media cameras!!! You know that driver doesn't have a job (and HOPEFULLY has a revoked CDL) tonight. Fortunately, no one injured in that stunt.


I wonder if he got hit with the "stupid motorist law"? The fine/bill can be in excess of $2000. And rightfully so.

What are do you live in, Kevin? Are you near any of the Wong farms?

[N2NH]

Aridzona looks really swamped on the evening news.

Leaves are still falling here. Dunno, but that's usually the sign of a cold winter... Lows are in the low 50s, high today in the valley was 68.

EDIT:

Alex and I spent a good bit of time putting out fires on Monday. A website called Empire News, that puts out satirical news stories, put out a winter outlook (https://www.facebook.com/HudsonValleyWeather/photos/a.131383016924479.23678.131370496925731/757906840938757/?type=1&theater)calling for 5 to 10 times as much snow as last year. Poughkeepsie had 59 inches of snow last winter… so based on the article, they were projecting somewhere between 300 and 600 inches of snow for the coming winter… which would mean that we’d need to track down Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid…

The Day After Tomorrow

So we had a little fun with that… seeing how their winter forecast was effectively calling for the Hudson Valley to experience it’s next ice age. But we wanted to squash the rumors and fears quickly… because it was very easy to think it was a legitimate winter forecast. With social media being what it is… things get out of control in a hurry… and by mid day on Monday, many readers were sweating bullets.
If nothing else, this article made fans want the HVW winter forecast even more. Alex and I will be putting together the HVW winter outlook as soon as we can. We had originally it targeted for late September / early October… but with numerous dramatic outlooks being put forward so early, by everyone from internet websites to The Farmer’s Almanac, we’re going to try and get it out sooner. We appreciate your patience… and while we don’t want to give much away… the terms “mild” and “warm” likely won’t be part of it.

From Hudson Valley Weather... (http://hudsonvalleyweather.com/#alert-nav)

[N2NH]

I got 1.78" at the Casa de Shady....but just up the road they got ~4". Fortunately, it hit Phoenix early enough so PHX-Tucson commuters got turned around/didn't leave home...I heard I 10 was a clusterfuck and a half at the I-8/I-10 split...as they were routing truck traffic into the truck stops. Tucson didn't get off easy, either. 2 fatalities due to cars being swept into washes. And then this....


https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152360121662849&set=vb.104129837848&type=2&theater

Yes...a city bus driver driving into a flowing intersection...in full view of media cameras!!! You know that driver doesn't have a job (and HOPEFULLY has a revoked CDL) tonight. Fortunately, no one injured in that stunt.

Best imitation of the Titanic by a bus.

[KG4CGC]

Cloudy. 85º and a slight bit muggy.

[W5BRM]

97 at this moment in OK. Tomorrow supposed to be 100. Then tomorrow night, big cold front begins approaching the area with storms beginning around 11pm. Thursday supposed to be 80 for high and Friday only 68! 30 degree drop in 3 days! Hope it holds true! Don't know how much rain we'll get but any would be appreciated!

[N2NH]

We learned well from our training on sinking ships.

Was that a Hurricane that hit Aridzona and Nevada? The news is saying it was (LINK) (http://canadajournal.net/world/a-hurricane-washed-away-i-15-in-nevada-video-14416-2014/), but that would mean California, which is never supposed to get a Hurricane, got it too.

[NQ6U]

Was that a Hurricane that hit Aridzona and Nevada? The news is saying it was (LINK) (http://canadajournal.net/world/a-hurricane-washed-away-i-15-in-nevada-video-14416-2014/), but that would mean California, which is never supposed to get a Hurricane, got it too.

No, the Canucks got it wrong. What hit was the remnants of a tropical storm that was the remnants of hurricane Norbert. And there are several mountain ranges between Arizona and California that funnel monsoonal moisture up into Arizona, which is why they got hit and we didn't, other than some t-storms in the mountains and deserts.

Last hurricane to hit California was in 1858.

[N2NH]

No, the Canucks got it wrong. What hit was the remnants of a tropical storm that was the remnants of hurricane Norbert. And there are several mountain ranges between Arizona and California that funnel monsoonal moisture up into Arizona, which is why they got hit and we didn't, other than some t-storms in the mountains and deserts.

Last hurricane to hit California was in 1858.

Aha! Makes sense. I think a few more decent sized storms and Calif might have what it needs for the next (winter?) growing season in the Valley.

[W5BRM]

Was 98 degrees 2 days ago. Now it's 57 and dropping. Cold and Rainy! Expecting 51 by sunrise tmw! Thought I woke up in Seattle this morning...lol. Enjoying it immensely!

[WØTKX]

First snow last night. :monkeydance:

[K7SGJ]

Snow? WTF is that? It was 110 here today, down to high to mid 80s at night.

[NQ6U]

Snow? WTF is that? It was 110 here today, down to high to mid 80s at night.

Only 90°F here but it's supposed to hit 100° by Monday.

[n2ize]

First snow last night. :monkeydance:

Awesome !!!!

[n2ize]

The weather has finally taken a change for the better round here. It's only 50 degrees outside at 11:38 am. I have the windows open and it's a comfortable 65 deg inside. Air conditioners are off, fans off, nice northwesterly wind ushering in cooler air. No high heat, no high humidity, most comfort I have felt in months.

[N2NH]

First snow last night. :monkeydance:

We're catching up to you. It was in the mid to upper 40s here last night. Another 15 degrees and we would've had a hard frost. Leaves are now falling all over the area. No red or orange, just turning brown and hitting the ground. C'mon El Niño.

[kb2vxa]

So the only color is in your avatar, false advertizing is illegal. Just cold here, when we eventually get color it'll be just the usual dull orange and brown... bleh. When the frost is on the pumpkin 'tis the time for Dicky Duncan.

Well, Tommy the Yo Yo Man doesn't rhyme and Smothers Brothers branded yo-yos by companies such as Hummingbird, Playmaxx and Tom Kuhn really louses it up.

Hey, what's with the board making the image so small you can't read the balloons?

[n2ize]

We're catching up to you. It was in the mid to upper 40s here last night. Another 15 degrees and we would've had a hard frost. Leaves are now falling all over the area. No red or orange, just turning brown and hitting the ground. C'mon El Niño.

Actually the el nino doesn't guarantee you a mild spring-like winter in the northeast. There are a lot of other factors involved such as the NAO. I remember several winters we've had in the past where there was no el nino and it was very mild and a few where we had an el nino and it was very cold. One thing the el nino does tend to do is pump up more moisture. So of we end up getting a cold winter it is possible we might see even higher snow amounts and more major snowstorms than last year. If the winter tends to the milder side we may see a lot more rain, sleet, wet snow, frozen slush and ice. By sometime in late February or March 2015 we'll know for sure how it turned out. The primary area that is most affected by a strong el nino is on the West Coast as it tends to bring in more moisture which eventually falls as rain. Right now they need it to mitigate drought conditions. Unfortunately for the folks out west that need the rain it seems less probable that there will be a strong el-nino, or perhaps any el-nino this fall/winter than it did earlier in the season.

As for me today is the first day the air conditioning didn't have to run all day. It kicked on only once or twice for about 5 minutes. And the less the air conditioner runs the slower the electric meter spins, and the lower is my bill at the end of the month and the less money I fork over to Con Ed the better I feel. :)

[kb2vxa]

"By sometime in late February or March 2015 we'll know for sure how it turned out."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtx4ZJ1cwI0

[n2ize]

"By sometime in late February or March 2015 we'll know for sure how it turned out."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtx4ZJ1cwI0

In the meantime can you rig me up a gas air conditioner ?

[NQ6U]

Hottest September 14th on record here today.

[VE7DCW]

Today September 14th it was 26 degrees and sunny not a cloud in the sky! ....... the el nino forecast seems to be coming to pass for this part of Canada.....we are a full 10 degrees above normal for temperature and dry as hell....although signs are showing it will change by Thursday....... that will be getting close to the official first day of fall..... :chin:

[n2ize]

Today September 14th it was 26 degrees and sunny not a cloud in the sky! ....... the el nino forecast seems to be coming to pass for this part of Canada.....we are a full 10 degrees above normal for temperature and dry as hell....although signs are showing it will change by Thursday....... that will be getting close to the official first day of fall..... :chin:

Actually it was cooler here in NY this morning than up in Whitehorse YT.

[N2NH]

[QUOTE=kb2vxa;606356]So the only color is in your avatar, false advertizing is illegal.../QUOTE]

Just a pic from the Catskills last fall. Who knows maybe this time we'll have a NYC fall where the leaves just turn brown and drop. So far that's what we've had since there's been no frost here. We also had fewer birds, fewer insects and fewer animals around than last year. Seems that the culling of the herd took place with last two years cold and snow. We could use another warm one like 2011-12 was. Nobody is looking forward to another 7½ months of snow and cold like we got in 2012.

[n2ize]

[QUOTE=kb2vxa;606356]So the only color is in your avatar, false advertizing is illegal.../QUOTE]

Just a pic from the Catskills last fall. Who knows maybe this time we'll have a NYC fall where the leaves just turn brown and drop. So far that's what we've had since there's been no frost here. We also had fewer birds, fewer insects and fewer animals around than last year. Seems that the culling of the herd took place with last two years cold and snow. We could use another warm one like 2011-12 was. Nobody is looking forward to another 7½ months of snow and cold like we got in 2012.

I prefer a prolonged winter to a prolonged summer. Perhaps if I could spend my time at the beach or in an air conditioned house I might not mind the summer heat & humidity. But when you've got to be out in the sun and traveling around in that heat and you are constantly sweating you can;t wait till its over. Parts of the Adirondacks have already had a frost but they're much further north and higher elevation.. It's still a bit early for the Catskills. I assume you actually live in the Catskill Mountains ? My aunt lives pretty far into the Catskills. Generally when its mild and raining in winter down here its cold and snowing up where she is. I generally don't recommend the Catskills to those looking for long spells of Miami - like weather. :)

[n2ize]

[QUOTE=kb2vxa;606356]So the only color is in your avatar, false advertizing is illegal.../QUOTE]

Just a pic from the Catskills last fall. Who knows maybe this time we'll have a NYC fall where the leaves just turn brown and drop. So far that's what we've had since there's been no frost here. We also had fewer birds, fewer insects and fewer animals around than last year. Seems that the culling of the herd took place with last two years cold and snow. We could use another warm one like 2011-12 was. Nobody is looking forward to another 7½ months of snow and cold like we got in 2012.

You kidding, NYC has some very beautiful fall colors. Ever been to the Bronx Botanical gardens in the fall ? And in my area, just a wee 10 minutes north of the Bronx we get some incredible fall colors here. Rich reds, yellows, oranges, etc.
Manhattan may be different because the only trees growing there are what the city planted (mostly Ginko trees it seems) . But I hear that Central Park can be quite spectacular in the fall. Also, when I was in Brooklyn, Arlington Ave right down the block from me had a lot of old big suburban like private homes and the street was lined with lots of old trees and I remember the fall colors were stunning. Also, Highland Park, right down the other end of my street was absolutely beautiful in the fall. People used to go for walks there and up to and around the Ridgewood Reservoir to enjoy the fall colors. May not be as spectacular as upstate NY or New England but for a crowded city with limited green space it puts on quite a display of colors in the fall.

[K7SGJ]

Well, it looks like Kevin and I are in for some more of that wet stuff for a few days later this week, thanks to Odile. I imagine we will get some more flooding if we get much more than a couple of inches over the duration. If it is heavy, like the last two times, it will be a certainty that more flooding will occur up here as well as in Phoenix. It was around 104 degrees today, so either this will cool things down a bit, or it will be like the jungles of Ecuador around here.

We were going to make a trip to Yuma in the near future to drop off some thing for some friends of ours, but I guess I can just stick it in the wash out front. I'm sure it will get there a hell of a lot faster than UPS or USPS. Unless some rotten bastid hijacks it as it passes through Gila Bend.

[KK4AMI]

Well, it looks like Kevin and I are in for some more of that wet stuff for a few days later this week, thanks to Odile. I imagine we will get some more flooding if we get much more than a couple of inches over the duration. If it is heavy, like the last two times, it will be a certainty that more flooding will occur up here as well as in Phoenix. It was around 104 degrees today, so either this will cool things down a bit, or it will be like the jungles of Ecuador around here.

We were going to make a trip to Yuma in the near future to drop off some thing for some friends of ours, but I guess I can just stick it in the wash out front. I'm sure it will get there a hell of a lot faster than UPS or USPS. Unless some rotten bastid hijacks it as it passes through Gila Bend.

I hear Odile is a crock!

[VE7DCW]

I hear Odile is a crock!

Hmmm....... not according to my XYL's aunt.....her and her hubby were staying at a resort in Cabo san Lucas Mexico when the full impact of Odile hit! .......she had posted previous on her Facebook page the bravado stuff of literally having a drunk up with a hurricane party to celebrate! ......we got a hold of her yesterday afternoon and she was definately singing a different tune....... she posted a cell phone video with some of the extreme damage to a lot of the resorts done by that hurricane.....she said they claimed it was a Category 3 storm hitting that part of Mexico......:shock:

[W5BRM]

Only the lucky get to learn the lesson about staying in a hurricane's path. I went through Andrew in '92. I wasn't in the direct path but up north in West Palm. Some hams and I stationed at Palm Bch Intl fire station 61 with KD4LWW and Mike KD4GEH. After the 'cane went by we all went to help down in Kendall. I'll never forget the devastation down there. Words can't describe it. The highest piece of debris was no more the 5ft high. No appreciable homes left anywhere. Just piles of sticks, wrecked cars, palm trees and concrete slabs

I went down with Mark KD4LWW (no longer a ham according to the fcc DB) and Herbert KD4OZY sk. Herb became sk while we were helping provide backup comms to Dade County EOC from the Kendall area. He was coordinating unloading a NG helicopter when lightning struck a fence post about 300ft from the copter. Bolt traveled down the fence and jumped into Herb then into the copter as I remember. Pretty much killed him instantly. They evacced him to the local hospital where he was officially pronounced. Some ham in Michigan made a memorial with his and others names on it. It was posted in QST Dec 2002.

Here is a link to the article.
http://www.michiganpropertytax.com/articles/QST2002.pdf

[NQ6U]

98°F (37°C) and overcast with drizzle. Lovely weather.

ON EDIT: Turned out to be more than a bit of drizzle:

http://i.imgur.com/T1JNBgo.jpg

No damage at the QTH but things got pretty exciting in other areas around the county.

[NQ6U]

http://i.imgur.com/NbPrIgB.png

[K7SGJ]

http://i.imgur.com/NbPrIgB.png

With all the fires in the state, you could use a bit, and I hope you get some. I also hope it rains.

[PA5COR]

23 Celcius, sunny, rest of September will be about the same.
Hoping for a repeat of last winter no snow, no frost super low heating bill no scraping of car windows in the morning too ;)

[K7SGJ]

Looks like the worst of the storms are going to just skirt us, but Kevin may still get pretty wet. At least it cooled off a bit around here. I guess I'll put the Hayek away, and pull out the boogie board. Kowabunga and Ho Daddy.

[W7XF]

Imma gonna get damp xD
13064

[K7SGJ]

Imma gonna get damp xD
https://forums.hamisland.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=13064&stc=1

Well, it a well known fact that you're all wet; so what's the diff?

[W7XF]

Well, it a well known fact that you're all wet; so what's the diff?

Ratón......Dinner is served!

13067

[K7SGJ]

Ratón......Dinner is served!

https://forums.hamisland.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=13067&stc=1


Ha! I huff that stuff out of an old sock.

[KK4AMI]

Looks like the worst of the storms are going to just skirt us, but Kevin may still get pretty wet. At least it cooled off a bit around here. I guess I'll put the Hayek away, and pull out the boogie board. Kowabunga and Ho Daddy.


If you are not going to use Selma Hayek, may I borrow her?

[K7SGJ]

If you are not going to use Selma Hayek, may I borrow her?

Sorry, you'll have to paddle your own canoe. Besides, she likes the way I paddle.

[NA4BH]

Does that make her an oar?

[K7SGJ]

Does that make her an oar?


Arrrrr Arrrrrrr Arrrrrr