Re: How's the weather?

andrew Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:20 am

Still very dry in Western KY!!! Temps in the mid-90's. Storm came thru last evening, some rain, wind (lost power for a short time) and hail. Luckily, mostly dime sized, but there had been predictions for up to 2".

HalfaDave Tue Jun 27, 2023 3:42 pm

Hi All, (from just west of Toronto,Canada)
Local 'pop up' thunderstorms here. Humid. Hot for end of June.
Weird how the ' potential thunderstorms' just evolve, dump rain, and somehow 'evaporate', go on their way.
Form again.
The usual Jet Stream is missed here, so far...
Here is the latest smoke map:
https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
Hope you are well,
Where you are,
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave
P.S. Tomatoes are looking good... Smile

HalfaDave Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:42 am

Hi All,
Nice day here, but more smoke warnings...
Latest smoke map:
https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
Stay safe,
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave

akjgardner Thu Jun 29, 2023 5:21 pm

had a hickory tre fall on the house taking out the rail of my new deck and doing some damage to the roof. Had some really high winds do a lot of damage in the county today

Oldenginerod Thu Jun 29, 2023 5:33 pm

Not really "weather" as such, but my wife & I were awoken at around 1:30am this morning with the house rattling on its foundations. Turns out to be a 4.6 quake centred around 40km away from us. Special new bed we got must have soaked everything up because I felt nothing, but the doors were doing a merry old dance and the iron roof was creaking. No obvious damage here and it seems that everywhere else escaped, but it was certainly disconcerting. I went straight back to sleep, but it was the end for my wife. She was awake all night after that.

Rod.

GallopingGhostler Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:52 am

Past week, the temperatures here have been hovering around 100°F (38°C), highest 103°F. Today was a little cooler.

Rod, it is good you were not near the epicenter. I see that it spooked your wife, though.

It was around 1987, (a little lazy to look it up), we experienced the Whittier Narrows Earthquake, was around 6.1. We were 30 miles from the epicenter. It cracked the plaster in several interior walls. My wife and son, a toddler were at home. I was at work 12 miles away. A little further from the epicenter, my desk was sliding back and forth for a couple inches about 10 seconds. (Can't say for sure, but since building was 4 stories, has some type of shock resistant foundation.)

After, we evaculated the building. Fire department did a quick inspection before we went back in. In the stairwells had a few gypsum board cracks.

What was even freakier was in the early 1970's, still in college. The sky was smokey (like Los Angeles smog haze) filled with a wierd soot that looked like burnt newspaper ash strings. Kilaeua Volcano had erupted on the Big island of Hawaii, spewing ash. We were about 300 miles away from that Island being in Honolulu on Oahu island.

GallopingGhostler Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:33 pm

Today we got a little rain of 4 inches, 4 inches between drops. Doh!

crankbndr Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:14 pm

I live in the devils armpit, yesterday AC went out. Murphys Law!! They never falter in winter, mine runs year round.
Waiting on service now, lucky got scheduled so soon the way service co. are booked up.
Play me some violins please!!

HalfaDave Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:27 pm

Hi All,
Condolences about the weather you are enduring...
Tough, when the tough have to get going...
Hope you are all well... Cool

Here,
On Canada Day, we like firing off Fireworks...a long Tradition.
The weather here July 1st at 10PM is calm....
I wonder if they will let off the fireworks...
The barge off Bronte harbour is moored. So I'm guessing yes.
Not sure why, but a slight wind shift will cover our town with sulfur/etc more dust. (rather than dumping in Lake Ontario)
Along with the 'Canadian smoke' we breath and have tried to avoid the last weeks.
I'll be there,
Who does not like fireworks?
It is a fallen tree. Burst into flames.
Just like the Canadian wildfires...
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave
P.S. Good luck on July 4th. All of our good fireworks, come from China.

GallopingGhostler Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:48 pm

HalfaDave wrote:On Canada Day, we like firing off Fireworks...a long Tradition.

Wife & I got married 38 years ago in Winnipeg on Canada Day. Then I heard fireworks. Very Happy

andrew Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:26 pm

Currently 80° and 83% humidity at 11:30 pm central. Still very dry, but hopeful of some rain.

getback Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:16 am

I am with you my main AC went out 4 days ago Sad

Bed room good ! got it cleaned good after having to get out of window carriage and outside ( kids complaining about having to DO SOMETHING ,, got inside on table yesterday and will try again to day (fingers crossed ) In the hi 80s today 90F next couple still need to plant okra DAMMIT!

Oldenginerod Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:46 am

Winter time here. Cold

Nowhere near as cold as it gets for a lot of you, but 5ºC is pretty darn cold for us. Wife and I went for a drive last weekend in a mountain tourist area. Lots of nice cafes and antique shops etc. As we entered one shop we made a comment to the shopkeeper about how cold it was. She explained that she'd just had a guy in there from Alaska who thought it was quite a mild day. "This isn't cold!!" He was more accustomed to 30º below. Laughing

You can keep that!

Ken Cook Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:41 pm

The smoke from Canada was so bad on Thursday in Philly that visibility was less than a mile. It was far worse Thursday opposed to a few weeks ago.

HalfaDave Tue Jul 04, 2023 12:55 am

Hi All,
The heat/humidity is coming here.
The smoke map is real:
https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
Odenginerod,
At -30C I wear winter boots/gloves/coats. Smile

At +30C , I go naked.
The reason I am not allowed out of Canada... Very Happy

Stay safe,
Use sunscreen,
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave

GallopingGhostler Tue Jul 04, 2023 1:00 am

HalfaDave wrote:At +30C , I go naked.

Too much information, dude! Doh!

HalfaDave Tue Jul 04, 2023 5:56 am

GallopingGhostler wrote:
HalfaDave wrote:At +30C , I go naked.
Too much information, dude!

Hi gg,
If I had typed:
I wear, the skimpiest clothes I have.
Would that be better?
Smile

Humour is fun. Very Happy

Take care,
Have fun,
Dave

GallopingGhostler Tue Jul 04, 2023 11:46 am

HalfaDave wrote:If I had typed: I wear, the skimpiest clothes I have. Would that be better?

The only strings I care to see Doh!

are Dacron lines on half-A C/L planes! lol!

rsv1cox Tue Jul 04, 2023 3:08 pm

"I like to go swimin' with bare nakid' women." Quint (Robert Shaw) in Jaws the movie.

GallopingGhostler Tue Jul 04, 2023 6:35 pm

HalfaDave Wed Jul 05, 2023 6:58 am

Hi gg,
I guess the word 'naked' means rude things to others...? Smile

But, it is just a word.
Here are the Bare Naked Ladies, covering Bruce Coburn on their first video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsDlb2ziAk
Had fun.
They made millions, from a song, "If I had a Million Dollars"

That, is the naked truth. Smile

Take care,
Have fun,
Dave

P.S. Stinking hot/humid here, on this computor too much...

GallopingGhostler Wed Jul 05, 2023 1:08 pm

HalfaDave wrote:I guess the word 'naked' means rude things to others...? But, it is just a word.

Appropriate use of nekkid is with motorcycles. Wink

Return of the 500 cc Kawasaki Eliminator: Very Happy

https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/motorcycle/eliminator/Cruiser/Eliminator/2024-eliminator

(Sorry, just messin' with you, Dave.) Wink

Actually, when it comes to people in general, unless clarified like nekkid in an uncowled engine on an aircraft or vehicle, the word nekkid always implies a delving into the dark side beyond Cox engines and general hobby interests. It implies more than just words. Sometimes, what appears as non-thought provoking humor can be a turnoff to further productive discussion in a thread. Hence, this is why I refrain from using it in other contexts.

Popcorn

GallopingGhostler Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:17 pm

Found the following to be an interesting read:

Now it's 93°F (34°C) and cloudy with 8 MPH (13 km/h) wind from the west. According to you CEF climatologists, Laughing

how's the small engine flyers and fryers (some like to fly hot, really cooking ---> fast Wink

) and builders / restorers Smile

doing today?

GallopingGhostler Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:19 pm

GallopingGhostler wrote:
Found the following to be an interesting read:

Now it's 93°F (34°C) and cloudy with 8 MPH (13 km/h) wind from the west. Temperatures have been bouncing up and down highs between 85°F (29°C) and 106°F (41°C, as they have for the past 20 years in July).

According to you CEF climatologists, just curious. How's the weather in your locales?

And for the small engine flyers (fun flies) and fryers (hot pedal-to-the-metal speedsters, really cooking, boiling that Castor and combusting that synth ---> fast ) and builders / restorers doing in your weather today?

GallopingGhostler Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:37 pm

Got a little bit of rain tonight, roared for may be 20 minutes while at a worship band rehearsal for a 6 church local singing get together tomorrow. Tooted on my soprano sax, had an old Gospel tune done to blues (can't remember name now) that I got to wail a solo on.

Temperature is now 75°F (24°C). Rain helped to cool things a little.

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