57º with extreme dense fog in the AM. 52º with heavy rain in the PM. I think I'll go plant some palm trees.
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57º with extreme dense fog in the AM. 52º with heavy rain in the PM. I think I'll go plant some palm trees.
Don't count your chickens yet, tomorrow night gets cold and snow through Sunday, Mother Nature just got a hot flash and she's cranky.
LOL! Been hearing that one all week. Mother Nature's menopause.Quote:
Originally Posted by kb2vxa
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Originally Posted by kb2vxa
Mother Nature? Hot flash? Menopause? Could this be the real reason behind global warming?Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
WV is still getting nailed.
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WOWK 13 NEWS
Bryan Hughes is reporting the following: "Haddad River Front Park in Charleston, WV will be flooded by this afternoon and continue through Friday night."
We'll continue to monitor other rivers as they crest today through Saturday!
It was coming down almost as bad as Sandy last night. 55º right now, plunging to 25º tonight. Well, it's still winter but this letdown is as bad as wife #1.Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
I was in Brooklyn earlier this evening and it was very bad. Extremely heavy winds, probably well in excess of 80 or 90 mph with intense blinding rain the likes of which even I have never seen along with strong thunderstorms.. I think the worst is over but Brooklyn is going to get hit hard again when the cold northwest wind starts ushering in the next bout of frigid air. I remember when I lived in Brooklyn, that northwest winter wind was severe. Never felt it that bad anywhere else, even in the far north.
That's a big probably, with wind that strong you'd see flying debris. Heh, you've never seen blinding rain like I have, just as I pulled the car off the road I lost ALL visibility like I parked under a waterfall. Poor Brooklyn, they get the worst of everything including tornadoes like this one filmed from Gerritsen Beach.
Hey wait a minute... GERRITSEN Beach??? Not surprisingly across the Belt Parkway is Dead Horse Bay. (;->)
I love hot weather. I can go to the flying field and fly RC, go to the gun range and shoot, and sit on the deck and drink cold beer. Ahhh..Quote:
Originally Posted by n2ize
Four seasons is nice. Missed the snow in Florida. I also like when it gets hot and the women start trying to get cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by ka4dpo
I think we've had about 20" of snow so far this winter. About 17" more than last year, but still much less than normal for around here. So I'm told.
I can do all those things in very cold weather. My ancestry goes back to Siberia and the Yukon territories of Canada. I inherited a strong tolerance for cold weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by ka4dpo
Oh there was flying debris. Some of the gusts were as bad or worst that Sandy. I nearly got hit twice with wind blown debris. Brooklyn is well known for very severe weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by kb2vxa
Punxsutawney Phil or Staten Island Chuck?
Groundhog Day: What will unpredictable Phil forecast?Quote:
The world's most famous furry forecaster, Punxsutawney Phil, will pop out of his burrow Saturday morning to tell the nation what our weather will be like for the next six weeks. Will we have an early spring, or will winter dig in its heels until mid-March?According to folklore, if it's cloudy when the groundhog emerges from its burrow Saturday, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If, however, it's a sunny day, Phil will supposedly see his shadow and, frightened, retreat back into his burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks.
The current forecast from the National Weather Service is for a cloudy, snowy day, but Phil is a fickle fuzzball, so it's hard to know what he'll do.
I wonder if he'll take the traditional bite out of Mayor Mikey?Quote:
A famous Staten Island resident starts each day at 8 a.m. training for a yearly event that often draws hundreds of people from the five boroughs and New Jersey. To prepare for this program, he works out with a personal trainer and focuses on eating a healthy diet, rich in vegetables and protein.
After his work is done, he gets to spend some time with his girlfriend, with whom he'll share dinner and some quality R&R.
However, this Staten Island celebrity isn't human.
It's none other than Charles G. Hogg (aka Staten Island Chuck), an 8 1/2-pound groundhog who resides in a custom-built log cabin with a retractable roof and solar panels that power a functioning weather station at the Staten Island Zoo. The entire metropolitan area looks to Chuck's annual prediction.
Chuck and his galpal, Charlotte, are the only genuine groundhogs in any of the city's zoos.
Each year on Feb. 2, Chuck predicts whether spring will come early. "Over 31 years, he has been right 25 times," said Kenneth Mitchell, the Zoo's executive director. That's an 80 percent success clip.
The prediction is simple: If Chuck sees his shadow, we'll have six more weeks of winter. If not, we'll have an early spring.
Take that Phil. SI Chuck raring to go.
Then there's Groundhog Day: The Movie.
And 12 Things You Probably Don't Know About Groundhog Day The Movie.
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That's cool. My ancestry hails from Arthritis so I have a deep seated hatred of cold weather. I thought seriously about moving to Hawaii but I know i would go nuts there after a year, Oahu is the most affordable but small, the Big Island is incredibly expensive and a lot of it is off limits. The rest of the islands are really small and not very populated.Quote:
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Your post reminded me that you should move to Iceland. It's relatively cold there in winter and they are a lovely people who take you to court to use your own name. Swell place that Iceland.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/...-wins-18363562
Got into the car this morning and thought of Three Dog Night when I saw the temperature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKcd7yPLdU
The Scots-Irish side of my genes are apparently not dominant enough to make me feel that I can just ignore the cold. The Russian side of my genes are also not doing their job. I hate cold.
I am thinking of eventually heading up to Alaska or the Canadian Northwestern or Yukon territories where although summers are short they can be quite warm.Quote:
Originally Posted by ka4dpo
Alaskan summers also the best time for watching the mosquitoes feed.Quote:
Originally Posted by n2ize
"Some of the gusts were as bad or worst that Sandy."
Now is that wind in Brooklyn or Crestwood? Brooklyn got clobbered but not so bad inland to the north. It's like New Jersey, the shore was completely wiped out in places while where I sheltered in Burlington County there was very little damage.
"Brooklyn is well known for very severe weather."
Brooklyn is well known for severe, period.
"I wonder if he'll take the traditional bite out of Mayor Mikey?"
So Chuck doesn't like Mikey either, I remember when Phil bit the mayor of Punxsutawney. He's worn heavy leather gloves ever since, could be Mikey's a slow learner? They're big, have powerful rodent teeth and are mean tempered and don't like to be messed with especially by the likes of Manic Mikey.
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Originally Posted by kb2vxa
Isn't that messing with tradition? Would Rudy have given up? Heck, would Mayor Lindsay have given up?Quote:
The mayor does not plan to attend the annual Groundhog Day event at the Staten Island Zoo Saturday morning, in what would have been the last chance to mend his tumultuous relationship with the furry forecaster while still in office and presiding over the ceremony.
In 2009, Chuck chomped Bloomberg's finger as the mayor tried to coax him out of his winter nest.
Since then, the pair's relationship has been cool — though Staten Island Zoo director Ken Mitchell said he thought a final meeting would have gone by without incident.
“[The bite] was just a minor misunderstanding," he said.
"I’m sure that won't happen again.”
A Bloomberg spokesman did not reveal the mayor's reason for not attending the Groundhog Day event this year but said he has sometimes chosen not to attend in the past.
Groundhogs are generally not known for having sparkling personalities, but Mitchell said Chuck, who’s full name is Chuck E. Hogg, generally has a good temperament.
Bloomberg likely disagrees. In 2011, he refused to reach after the rodent, instead using a plunger to help get him out of his home.
"I love the plunger," Bloomberg said on the video, originally posted by the Daily News. "That was so much better than having to reach in and let the son of a b—ch bite you."
During last year’s prediction, the mayor even vowed to retaliate if Chuck took another bite at his finger.
"If I get bit again," the mayor said before picking up Chuck, "I have actually promised my girlfriend I would bite back."
Staten Island Chuck Won't Get Last Chance to Bite Mayor Bloomberg
Punxsutawney Jerry.Quote:
Originally Posted by N2NH
2 Feb, 1400Z-2100Z, K3HWJ – Commemorating Groundhog Day: The Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club will be operating a Groundhog Day special event station on or near 14.330, 7.138, and 3.845 as well 147.390 PL 173.8 if you’re close by. QSL for certificate via Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 3, Punxsutawney, PA 15767. Website: www.punxyclub.com
LO firkin L! If Mindless Mikey bit Chuck he'd be in for retaliation he'd NEVER forget!
I'm looking at the live feed from PA, it's pretty hokey. A guy in pajamas is MC'ing. Just before at 6:45 EST, two people were jumping around to "Stayin' Alive" while a third did CPR to a CPR training dummy.Quote:
Originally Posted by wb5ydk
7:20AM or so PA does its thing with the Phil.
7:30AM or so, SI does its thing with their Chuck.
EDIT: Both agree, Spring is here. Now would someone tell the weather that?
Snow tonight, gone tomorrow.
looks like that snow blower might pay off after all.
We had a couple of inches of show overnight and since it was in the mid teens while it snowed, the snow was dry and light. With no more shoveling than what I had to do, I cannot see the value of a snow blower for this area of town where we just have a few places to shovel. Having to go out and drag a snow blower and then push that heavy thing with very cold handles, just doesn't appeal to me. My shovel is lighter to push than a blower and the handle is plastic so it is not so cold. I don't have to fight to get it started in the cold, and it is easy to store and pull out.
Okay. Yeah. I'm cheap.
Understand but I have a half acre corner lot with a whole lot of sidewalk so I got a blower with 4 forward speeds, two reverse speeds, electric start, and electric hand warmers. You gotta love technology. PS, the city makes every homeowner clear the snow from walks and driveways or get a ticket.Quote:
Originally Posted by X-Rated
No doubt, you are better off with one. We are looking for a bigger place and we are looking at our options for snow removal.Quote:
Originally Posted by ka4dpo
How do I know? Those furry groundhogs sez so.
General Beauregard Lee? Anyway... seems that the present weather trends where the South is getting a lot of Winter is gonna continue for awhile. I guess it's gonna be awhile before you can have Sassafras.Quote:
Saturday morning, a crowd of about 20,000 people roared as Punxsatawney Phil, Pennsylvania's famous groundhog, foretold an early spring when he didn't see his shadow.
Three hundred miles to the east in Staten Island, NY, Staten Island Chuck also didn't see his shadow, encouraging the crowd which was standing in single-digit wind chills, that the warmer season was near.
A third groundhog, Ohio's Buckeye Chuck, also delivered news that winter would wrap early.
But Atlanta's General Beauregard Lee disagreed with his furry pals to the north. Lee says six more weeks of winter is ahead.
Groundhogs prognostication.
Our next option for snow removal is going to be San Diego.:yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by X-Rated
"Understand but I have a half acre corner lot with a whole lot of sidewalk so I got a blower with 4 forward speeds, two reverse speeds, electric start, and electric hand warmers."
You call that a snow blower? Now THIS is a snow blower.
Good plan; the last time there was measurable snowfall in town (it snows up in the mountains every winter) was over thirty years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by ka4dpo
In southern CA, spring begins in February. It's already happening in my back yard, as a matter of fact.
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Heat wave next Friday immediately followed by the arrival of a cold front :)
Huh, looks like we really do have a cold front headed this way. No precip, though, which is bad news. It's been way too dry here this winter.
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Snow. 4 days in a row. Maybe an inch total. Until this morning. It looks like we are having yet another flurry fest.
But we now have almost 10-½ hours of daylight.
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Yeah, same crap here just to make life interesting.
I've been trying to find snowfall totals over the years for my city. Anyone have a good, tabulated source?