Your summer weather report - Page 4

jinx · 06-26-2010, 10:53 AM

I'd do it again, too.

lumberjim · 06-26-2010, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Nah, we were very nearly unscathed.

Yeah, i was gonna say.... if any luck got used then, it was good luck. Glad the tree limbs didn't cause you to crash, or hit the windshield or something.

:: knocks on wood ::

jinx · 06-26-2010, 06:47 PM

Roads that were open yesterday were closed today. Power is still out all over. Tons of lines still down, no one working on them.

I was able to get thru here yesterday, and earlier today, but not on my way home tonight.

I'm gonna get jim to video some of our commute tomorrow.

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-26-2010, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Did you catch the full moon last night ?
We've had only a couple of cloudless nights all year and it was a treat.

And the partial eclipse, about 4 a.m. Clapped the binocs on it, admired the sooty-dark limb of the obscured moon through them -- there was enough refracted Earth-light you could pick out the rest of the disc.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-26-2010, 11:03 PM

Temp near 100 and very humid, forecast for Sunday... 20,000 homes still without power in SE PA and 13,000 in south Jersey.

lumberjim · 06-26-2010, 11:09 PM

my mom just got power at 7:30 tonight. I almost had to clean my whole house so she could come over and take a shower.

phew!

Lamplighter · 06-26-2010, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

And the partial eclipse, about 4 a.m. Clapped the binocs on it, admired the sooty-dark limb of the obscured moon through them -- there was enough refracted Earth-light you could pick out the rest of the disc.

Good for you UG. I didn't know it was coming and so I missed it.

There was one a couple of years ago that my grandson and I stayed up to see, and it was well worth while. We both enjoyed the time waiting for it.

casimendocina · 06-27-2010, 06:29 AM

Incredible pics.

Gravdigr · 06-27-2010, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tulip

Hot and humid...humid and hot...

And not in that good way.

sad_winslow · 06-27-2010, 04:41 PM

the tornado pics remind me of my time living in Kansas. Saw some wild weather there for sure. Once I remember standing out on the back porch of my apartment talking on the radio(ham radio) and I said "Hey, i don't mean to.. alarm anybody, but.. I see this.. skyhook coming down right here, I mean it's RIGHT here!" I was scoffed at, because there were no warnings or watches. Turns out, the NWS "forgot" to issue the county the warning. What I saw was, in fact, a skyhook - right over the hospital three blocks away. Luckily, as it started twirling down to the ground, it suddenly caught a powerful gust of wind and just.. blew away.

jinx · 06-28-2010, 07:10 PM

Holy carp I'm sick of the roads being closed, seemingly at random.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2010, 08:42 PM

I saw a PECO crew with 5 trucks today, a quarter mile from my house. They were pulled over chatting where there was no damage, in fact there were no power lines along that road. Now it was very hot and humid, and they've probable been putting long hours, but it was mid-afternoon and it looks bad. Just sayin'.

Happy Monkey · 06-28-2010, 09:50 PM

Heavy rain and thunderstorms today. By the time I left work, all the rain had gotten off the ground and back into the air.

glatt · 06-30-2010, 12:50 PM

Just got back from a lunchtime walk. It's pretty nice out there. Low to mid 70's. Partly sunny. Low humidity. It could use a gently breeze, but I'm not complaining.

classicman · 06-30-2010, 12:57 PM

welcome back - how was your trip?

OH and today is freakin gorgeous - mid 60's, sunny and sweet.

06-26-2010, 10:53 AM	#46
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I'd do it again, too. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-26-2010, 06:47 PM	#48
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Roads that were open yesterday were closed today. Power is still out all over. Tons of lines still down, no one working on them. I was able to get thru here yesterday, and earlier today, but not on my way home tonight. I'm gonna get jim to video some of our commute tomorrow. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-26-2010, 11:03 PM	#50
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Temp near 100 and very humid, forecast for Sunday... 20,000 homes still without power in SE PA and 13,000 in south Jersey. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-26-2010, 11:09 PM	#51
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	my mom just got power at 7:30 tonight. I almost had to clean my whole house so she could come over and take a shower. phew! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-28-2010, 07:10 PM	#56
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Holy carp I'm sick of the roads being closed, seemingly at random. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-27-2010, 06:29 AM	#53
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	Incredible pics.

06-27-2010, 04:41 PM	#55
sad_winslow Big McLargeHuge Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: california, USA Posts: 203	the tornado pics remind me of my time living in Kansas. Saw some wild weather there for sure. Once I remember standing out on the back porch of my apartment talking on the radio(ham radio) and I said "Hey, i don't mean to.. alarm anybody, but.. I see this.. skyhook coming down right here, I mean it's RIGHT here!" I was scoffed at, because there were no warnings or watches. Turns out, the NWS "forgot" to issue the county the warning. What I saw was, in fact, a skyhook - right over the hospital three blocks away. Luckily, as it started twirling down to the ground, it suddenly caught a powerful gust of wind and just.. blew away.

06-28-2010, 08:42 PM	#57
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I saw a PECO crew with 5 trucks today, a quarter mile from my house. They were pulled over chatting where there was no damage, in fact there were no power lines along that road. Now it was very hot and humid, and they've probable been putting long hours, but it was mid-afternoon and it looks bad. Just sayin'. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-28-2010, 09:50 PM	#58
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Heavy rain and thunderstorms today. By the time I left work, all the rain had gotten off the ground and back into the air. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-30-2010, 12:50 PM	#59
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Just got back from a lunchtime walk. It's pretty nice out there. Low to mid 70's. Partly sunny. Low humidity. It could use a gently breeze, but I'm not complaining.

06-30-2010, 12:57 PM	#60
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	welcome back - how was your trip? OH and today is freakin gorgeous - mid 60's, sunny and sweet. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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