They should be relocated at Sen. Jim Inhofe's expense since he believes climate change is such a hoax. I was going to say they should be relocated to Oklahoma at his expense but they'll already have suffered enough.
Wow rain finally! Here's hoping that this winter brings megatons of snowfall to those empty mountains.
The NWS Weather gurus say that my region will have a very quiet December and January, but February will be brutally cold with massive snowfall events. I'm beginning to stock up now, on essential supplies and practice the tire chain routine.
So warm yesterday I let the companion creatures hurl themselves into the water numerous times, as they will. This never happens here after October, for hypothermia reasons.
Inexperienced swimmers were warned to stay out of the water.
No kidding. I saw those waves on the news yesterday and they gave me the willies.
Don't forget a can opener in your essential supplies, OK? That would be really embarassing.
I drove down early Saturday to take a look (along with several hundred other people) it was about an hour after high tide and probably not as dramatic as Friday (they let people on the beach, after all) but still, incredible damage. The surfers were clearly loving it, though.
That would be embarrassing. I wouldn't want to be all "Burgess Meredeth sitting in the post-apocalyptic library with broken glasses". People would laugh.
I've recently come to the realization that, if you're fortunate enough to have a Beach House these days, don't keep anything in it that you can't afford to lose. I took a ride around the NJ beach towns by Asbury Park area that December after "superstorm" Sandy hit. The destruction was unbelievable – huge piles of lumber, empty flooded houses, giant tub grinders spilling out 2-story piles of mulch. My friend said that New Jersey was suddenly the mulch capitol of the world and I don't think she was kidding. There was a 100 year old Coast Guard house on the beach that was carried away – no one found a single board. The high water mark was way inland and plastered with wood, furniture, boats, surfboards, you-name-it.
None of the coastal towns were accessible – they were still under police lockdown with no power or utilities, and coastal highway 32 was cut by a brand new inlet in Mantoloking. Worst I've ever seen, by far.
I don't think these communities have much time left and it really grieves me. If I had my Druthers, I could easily have become a character in Henry Beston's |"The Outermost House. There's a fine book to read on a cold winter's eve. when it gets cold.
Dayton
Tonight
A chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
There's a Wunderground station here that's recorded gusts of 34-40 mph today (mine is safely within the wind shadow of some huge Loblolly pines so I don't get a true reading. Gust readings of 14 mph means it's really blowing out here). Temperature's still 65, but by Thursday the second front is supposed to come through and temps will drop to 29 F. at night, supposedly. Still gonna be a Green Christmas 'round here, I'm afraid.
About what we're expecting here too. A high of 33 on Saturday but should go right back up over that. It's never snowy for Christmas despite every commercial ever!
Got to meet another one of our local weatherbabes the other night. She's actually somewhat respectable in that she supposedly is one of a few women in the world with a Certified Broadcast Meteorology accreditation from the American Meteorological Society. I was impressed anyways…
Pretty much every station around here brags about anyone who is certified. It seems like things are heading toward actually needing to know things to get on air, which is quite a good thing!
so is that certification anything special for women or just PR?
It's basically a certification they give out to those who pass a test, have at least a B.S. in meteorology or equivalent, and have on-air presentations reviewed. Apparently about 500 nationwide have it. I think they advertise it to sound like they're more experienced, but to be fair, you do seem to have to be quite good to actually get one.
Cool. I've been generally impressed with the local TV meteorologists on the main stations here. They work hard & really know their stuff – forecasting wide areas from the mountains to the city to the bay and out to the Atlantic – correctly – ain't an easy thing.
I think that AMS accreditation is a big deal, though I don't know what's involved. One of our |local weather folks| is certified – on a station I watch all the time – and she's a genuine science nerd.
No, it's not the Marshall Islands and yes, it can happen here.
Here's the | USACE report | referenced in the article.
They should be relocated at Sen. Jim Inhofe's expense since he believes climate change is such a hoax. I was going to say they should be relocated to Oklahoma at his expense but they'll already have suffered enough.
|Could be worse if they were stuck in a hair band video |
That's more hair than Tangier Island's ever seen.
btw 52, windy drizzle here
68 F now, with rain on the way. | 72 degrees in Baltimore yesterday.| We're all acting like nothing's wrong.
52 here also too, and incredibly windy. We got a little rain last night, I was so excited I went for a walk in it.
|Also too, on Friday, there was some pretty rough surf near here, damaged a pier.|
Suddenly I wonder wtf those piers are for. Lake Erie had similar growing up.
|Back in the 1800s boats would moor there. There's no natural harbor in Ventura.|
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Wow rain finally! Here's hoping that this winter brings megatons of snowfall to those empty mountains.
The NWS Weather gurus say that my region will have a very quiet December and January, but February will be brutally cold with massive snowfall events. I'm beginning to stock up now, on essential supplies and practice the tire chain routine.
So warm yesterday I let the companion creatures hurl themselves into the water numerous times, as they will. This never happens here after October, for hypothermia reasons.
Inexperienced swimmers were warned to stay out of the water.
No kidding. I saw those waves on the news yesterday and they gave me the willies.
Don't forget a can opener in your essential supplies, OK? That would be really embarassing.
I drove down early Saturday to take a look (along with several hundred other people) it was about an hour after high tide and probably not as dramatic as Friday (they let people on the beach, after all) but still, incredible damage. The surfers were clearly loving it, though.
That would be embarrassing. I wouldn't want to be all "Burgess Meredeth sitting in the post-apocalyptic library with broken glasses". People would laugh.
I've recently come to the realization that, if you're fortunate enough to have a Beach House these days, don't keep anything in it that you can't afford to lose. I took a ride around the NJ beach towns by Asbury Park area that December after "superstorm" Sandy hit. The destruction was unbelievable – huge piles of lumber, empty flooded houses, giant tub grinders spilling out 2-story piles of mulch. My friend said that New Jersey was suddenly the mulch capitol of the world and I don't think she was kidding. There was a 100 year old Coast Guard house on the beach that was carried away – no one found a single board. The high water mark was way inland and plastered with wood, furniture, boats, surfboards, you-name-it.
None of the coastal towns were accessible – they were still under police lockdown with no power or utilities, and coastal highway 32 was cut by a brand new inlet in Mantoloking. Worst I've ever seen, by far.
I don't think these communities have much time left and it really grieves me. If I had my Druthers, I could easily have become a character in Henry Beston's |"The Outermost House. There's a fine book to read on a cold winter's eve. when it gets cold.
That book. Bookmarked.
It's a Good Read.
Tucson
Tuesday Night
Clear, with a low around 23.
cover your pipes!
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54 right now in PHX, with a low of 31 coming. 32 now in Duluth, MN, with a low of 30 tonight.
What is happening?!
Remember when people told you how cold it could get in the desert and you laughed at them?
I camped in Yellowstone the third week of September one year. Learned a whole lot about radiative cooling those nights.
"Don't worry. It's a dry cold."
not here, been drizzling off and on all day
Dayton
Tonight
A chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
This is 18 degrees colder than last night too.
There's a Wunderground station here that's recorded gusts of 34-40 mph today (mine is safely within the wind shadow of some huge Loblolly pines so I don't get a true reading. Gust readings of 14 mph means it's really blowing out here). Temperature's still 65, but by Thursday the second front is supposed to come through and temps will drop to 29 F. at night, supposedly. Still gonna be a Green Christmas 'round here, I'm afraid.
About what we're expecting here too. A high of 33 on Saturday but should go right back up over that. It's never snowy for Christmas despite every commercial ever!
Got to meet another one of our local weatherbabes the other night. She's actually somewhat respectable in that she supposedly is one of a few women in the world with a Certified Broadcast Meteorology accreditation from the American Meteorological Society. I was impressed anyways…
Pretty much every station around here brags about anyone who is certified. It seems like things are heading toward actually needing to know things to get on air, which is quite a good thing!
so is that certification anything special for women or just PR?
It's basically a certification they give out to those who pass a test, have at least a B.S. in meteorology or equivalent, and have on-air presentations reviewed. Apparently about 500 nationwide have it. I think they advertise it to sound like they're more experienced, but to be fair, you do seem to have to be quite good to actually get one.
Cool. I've been generally impressed with the local TV meteorologists on the main stations here. They work hard & really know their stuff – forecasting wide areas from the mountains to the city to the bay and out to the Atlantic – correctly – ain't an easy thing.
I think that AMS accreditation is a big deal, though I don't know what's involved. One of our |local weather folks| is certified – on a station I watch all the time – and she's a genuine science nerd.
heh, yours is cute, also too