Well Chuck, I wish I could send you our weather. It rained here off and again today. My side yard is all mushy, and there is a puddle in the groundhog hole under my barn. I really need to trim my weeds, but I am not going to try using the electric hedge trimmers when its this wet.
Well yesterday in beautiful temperate N. Idaho we hit officially 102 and today it is supposed to be 106. Record highs for June. It’s supposed to get to cold to work in my shop in the winter not to hot to work in it in the summer. So my modeling is taking lace inside.
We’ve never needed AC here in beautiful Deer Park, except for a few days in August/September. I’m beginning to reassess that position. However, I am also certain that as soon as I pull the trigger on AC, the temps will return to a normal high 70s.
Ray Dunakin said:
What I don’t get is how they can say a 100% chance of rain and then either we don’t get it or they change the forecast to some lesser percentage. Either way, it clearly was not a 100% chance.
Just a little note on weather forecasting and the “percent precipitation” if folks don’t already know how it works. This confused me for a long time and then was explained to me by a meteorologist. When they say 100% chance of rain it does not mean it will rain 100% of the time. It means that there is a 100% chance that during the forecast period rain will fall. I believe he said typically a forecast period is 12 hours typically but don’t hold me to that. So 100% chance means that in that 12 hour period it will rain at some point. So even if it rains for 1 min in that 12 hour period he is right. Once viewed from that perspective they are more accurate than we give them credit for.
Now don’t get me wrong I am not defending them. They are the only people that I know of that can consistently have mediocre to poor results for their work and still have a job.
I want someone to explain seasonal hurricane forecasting. They are the only ones that can start with a prediction and revise that prediction right up to the end of the season and then say “see we got it right” even though the final forecast which comes basically after the season is 2/3 over doesn’t even resemble the original.
Steve Featherkile said:
We’ve never needed AC here in beautiful Deer Park, except for a few days in August/September. I’m beginning to reassess that position. However, I am also certain that as soon as I pull the trigger on AC, the temps will return to a normal high 70s.
I bought a snow blower about 10 years ago and never used it because it didn’t work on my gravel driveway. We got lots of snow. I paved my driveway two years ago and haven’t needed the snowblower. That’s just how it works Steve.
David Maynard said:
Steve I lived in Spanaway for a while. There was a lot of farmland out there back then. Beautiful country in the Pacific Northwest. But when I lived there, we did have that thing with the area being covered in a layer of volcanic ash.
A minor inconvenience those pesky volcanos are. Nothing like digging out the snow shovel in May. And where do you put it, it doesn’t melt. That was a fun experience thank God I was 300 miles East.
Greg Elmassian said:
Vic:
Yes they do allow xeriscape, but it has to look very fancy, and most of the neighbors do not like it at all. My neighbor has it and many people are up in arms.
His yard is like an exotic desert, beautiful specimens and the decomposed gravel is raked to a point that the owner of a zen garden would be proud.
All of the other guys:
I have to apologize, I was just pulling your leg because I am embarassed about where I live. It’s really hot, dusty, there really is no ocean, beaches, beautiful girls walking the streets in bikinis.
It’s an awful place to live and please be forewarned in case you even think of moving here, I would not want you to be disappointed!
Please ignore all my comments about mild temperatures, beautiful sunsets, cooling breezes, etc. It’s just awful here, and exactly the same climate as 50 miles inland, really no difference from the desert itself. There’s absolutely no cooling influence from the Pacific Ocean, no breeze, and it really does not look like the pictures you have seen, they are all fake.
Greg
LOL don’t worry Greg. Next earthquake we’ll all be at the bottom of the sea anyways. You saw San Andreas didn’t you, the Rock wouldn’t lie would he? LOL
Like that song from my youth, after California slides into the ocean, we’ll tie up the boat in Moscow (Idaho).
Devon, there wasn’t that much ash. Maybe 1/4 of an inch if that. We were far enough west that we didn’t get buried. After a few good rains, it was all gone.
David Maynard said:
Devon, there wasn’t that much ash. Maybe 1/4 of an inch if that. We were far enough west that we didn’t get buried. After a few good rains, it was all gone.
There was a quarter inch of ash in Beaufort, SC, too, after St Helens blew its top. Beautiful sunsets, too.
Steve Featherkile said:
David Maynard said:
Devon, there wasn’t that much ash. Maybe 1/4 of an inch if that. We were far enough west that we didn’t get buried. After a few good rains, it was all gone.
There was a quarter inch of ash in Beaufort, SC, too, after St Helens blew its top. Beautiful sunsets, too.
We had 6"-8" in Coeur d’Alene, ID
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Lol its fun seeing pictures from all over the country. I still love the scenery along the Appalachian Mountains. Everything is so lush looking compared to the west. Even if its either snowing or raining all the time here… If any state gets looked down on its NJ because everyone things of the turnpike etc… when NJ actually has a lot of open space. This is all from my area in Sussex County.
Off the beaten path in Stokes SF
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Delaware River
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Mt Laural On ridge in High Point SP
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View along he Kittatinny Ridge in High Point
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Quiet creek in High Point
Just went I thought things could not get worse I was wrong. 105 with 98% humidity. Talk about heavy air.
At least when we have 100+ its dry.
Still just awful here, got so hot (78 degrees) had to sit in the shade. Terrible.
Greg Elmassian said:
Still just awful here, got so hot (78 degrees) had to sit in the shade. Terrible.
Thats one thing about San Diego it has fairly temperate climate if I remember. My grand parents lived in San Marcos which could get hot but t seemed ike when we retreated to San Diego it was always cooler. We live in Norco and that was hot in the summer.
We all develop loyalties to wherever we call home, and in spite of, sometimes; heat, rain. snow, ice, humidity, dryness, earth quakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, race riots, guns, or governments…we find a lot of things we like, and grow to appreciate. We as human beings, seem to adapt to just about anything.
Some are born and raised in a town, find employment, and are held there, for various reasons, whether they want to be there or not.
The great thing is to be able to call some small patch of ground, “HOME”…home where family, friends, and neighbours, all blend in to offer the opportunity to make a great life.
With the freedom to travel, either on the Internet, or in reality; we get to see all parts of the World, and share our part with others.
Here at Large Scale Central, through the common interest in Model Railroading; we share how we adapt our hobby to where we live, and at the same time make friends, and neighbours, all over the place.
Thank you everyone for contributing; each in their own way, and making us all richer for it.
Now…I’ll get back to enjoying the wonderful weather, here in the GREAT OTTAWA VALLEY, where I live…and end my sermon, from the Starwood Abbey…
Fr.Fred
Yes, it’s funny Fred, the discussion is not unlike battery vs. track power.
Devon, I was born in Fallbrook, a bit further inland, and further north.
At this time of year, San Marcos is anywhere betwen 10 and 15 degrees hotter than Carlsbad.
In San Diego, you can pick your climate by the number of miles inland. The further inland you go, the more like Bakersfield it becomes (truly), near the coast, even 2 miles difference makes a significant difference in your yearly weather. (This is why most people prefer the coast)
But Fred is right, people defend their choice as “best”, which may be true for them, but when you start calling out “facts” about weather because you lived somewhere in the huge county (it’s big) or 10 year old traffic information, then you are not talking personal choice. People love to put California down because of their perception of too many laws, earthquakes, etc. It’s boring… I don’t like alligators, hail, tornados, hurricanes which common in many places that “put down” California.
Greg
I don’t put down anyone’s choice of place to live. I wouldn’t trade where I live for nothing (except maybe the San Jaun Islands in the Puget Sound). I love my four seasons and winters aren’t harsh nor are the summers for the most part. But that is what I like. Some prefer the desert we each have a personal taste and it is a big and diverse country. Even So. Cal. has its good points.
I remember as a kid going to San Marcos and it being just 1 or 2 degrees cooler than the pit of Hell and Grandma and Grandpa would take us kids to the beach usually Oceanside and it would be cooler, breezy, and water was nice. Some of my best memories are body surfing with and even on grandpa.