Back in the Cold War my dad use to say “The Russians are controlling the weather.”
Now a days, I think it’s a drunken monkey on crystal meth.
Now a days, I think it’s a drunken monkey on crystal meth.
Going to be an interesting couple of days of weather
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Shows that any monkey who can use a blue screen is qualified to be a weather person.
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You'd think.... But we have one for the local CBC-BC, Joanna Wagstaffe, who is actually a qualified meterologist
...She graduated with an honours degree in geophysics from The University of Western Ontario. She was first exposed to weather forecasting as a summer intern at the Environment Canada Severe Weather Centre, then obtained her post-graduate meteorology certificate from York University...
...She got her pilot's license when she was 17 years old and still flies with her father in a 1943 Aeronca on the weekends...
...She got her pilot's license when she was 17 years old and still flies with her father in a 1943 Aeronca on the weekends...
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As the old song goes: Don't know why / There's no sun up in the sky / Stormy weather!
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LVSteve
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WINNIPEG? Let's hope she doesn't have an entry visa or Cdn. passport
OTOH, we could sure use a good dribbling out here.
The southwest should be O K unless Jim Cantore starts his spiel.
It has already been said that the southwest is unique when it comes to large volumes of rain. When we lived in Arizona volumes of rainfall running down from the mountains was always a risk. I am not sure what the situation is today, but mud slides can be a problem including damaged roads and sink holes.
If the power remains on during the storms and heavy rains, it will give residents an important edge to avoid these risks.
Bill
It has already been said that the southwest is unique when it comes to large volumes of rain. When we lived in Arizona volumes of rainfall running down from the mountains was always a risk. I am not sure what the situation is today, but mud slides can be a problem including damaged roads and sink holes.
If the power remains on during the storms and heavy rains, it will give residents an important edge to avoid these risks.
Bill
You'd think.... But we have one for the local CBC-BC, Joanna Wagstaffe, who is actually a qualified meterologist...She graduated with an honours degree in geophysics from The University of Western Ontario. She was first exposed to weather forecasting as a summer intern at the Environment Canada Severe Weather Centre, then obtained her post-graduate meteorology certificate from York University...
...She got her pilot's license when she was 17 years old and still flies with her father in a 1943 Aeronca on the weekends...
(And yes, she's married...)
Reminds of the days way back when Kristina Abernathy was on the Weather Channel.
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LVSteve
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There's a blast from the past. My father had the hots for Cheryl Lemke.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Rookies.......
This thing when it hits ain't even gonna be a hurricane just a tropical storm.
A few things. First you'd better start practicing your hurricane drinking.
Next you should get a six pack of vienna sausages and some salted snacks of your choice. Last, when it's all over send your wife out first to make sure it's safe.
This thing when it hits ain't even gonna be a hurricane just a tropical storm.
A few things. First you'd better start practicing your hurricane drinking.
Next you should get a six pack of vienna sausages and some salted snacks of your choice. Last, when it's all over send your wife out first to make sure it's safe.
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LVSteve
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Rookies.......
This thing when it hits ain't even gonna be a hurricane just a tropical storm.
A few things. First you'd better start practicing your hurricane drinking.
Next you should get a six pack of vienna sausages and some salted snacks of your choice. Last, when it's all over send your wife out first to make sure it's safe.
Here at my house the biggest issue has been one mean hummingbird chasing all the other hummers away when they come to eat in this cooler weather. It's either a young male Rofous (AKA) Ruthless) Hummingbird or a hyper-aggressive juvenile male Anna's. It's got so bad I've had to put a third feeder out on the side of the house, out of sight of Mr Mean.
Yup. My gf has numerous hummers at her place and they WON'T share a feeder.... unless it is really cold. Otherwise it's continual aerial combat. (Don't they realize they waste a LOT of energy doing that?)
I made thermostatically-controlled feeder warmers for her so she can have food fo them in winter. A couple of winters ago it was so cold that she suspects they were sheltering under her ground-level deck! I'm working on designing some sort of warming area near the feeders for next winter.
Very unsettled weather here in the Sierras. Normally hot & dry this time of year. Had .3 inches rain last night with more due in the next two nights. Good for our gardens & lawns but not for the fruit growers down in the valley. Lightning coming with the rain may start some fires. Keep tuned for more later.
Chubbs103
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Wind was never the concern for us. We had a little blow last week that was over 50mph.
We usually get 4-5 inches of rain per year. That's about what we have gotten so far today.
The ground does not absorb it. We had to sandbag the garage and run the black accordion drain pipe to the downspouts to get the water away from the house.
The road out front is a fast flowing river about 1.5ft deep.
All combined, I've got a decade living in Florida. I've seen plenty of tropical systems. This one rates pretty high up on the suck factor.
We usually get 4-5 inches of rain per year. That's about what we have gotten so far today.
The ground does not absorb it. We had to sandbag the garage and run the black accordion drain pipe to the downspouts to get the water away from the house.
The road out front is a fast flowing river about 1.5ft deep.
All combined, I've got a decade living in Florida. I've seen plenty of tropical systems. This one rates pretty high up on the suck factor.
Who would have thunk......
...that the West was going to have to brace for a hurricane? The West just gets wilder.
...that the West was going to have to brace for a hurricane? The West just gets wilder.
Is Lake Mead fulled up yet?
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LVSteve
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You've heard that thing about the drop and the bucket, right?
Hilary has turned out to be a damp squib in Vegas. It seems that early Sunday evening the center of circulation took a hard left towards the coast instead of tracking straight North as expected. This pulled a lot of precip West away from the Vegas valley. Apart from some street ponding and the flood basins catching the runoff from the mountains, there's little to report here.
To the West the town of Mt Charleston has taken a hit. Eight inches of rain in 48 hours will do that. Even so, no lives in serious peril, but plenty of property damage and roads washed out. The further West you go, the more rain fell, as reported above by Chubbs103. I'd wager the roads in Death Valley are toast. Word this morning on the TV was that the road North out of Baker CA was closed, as is Highway 190 giving access to Death Valley.
