LibertyBell
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we have sprinklers for that too lol. I do a combo of manually watering plus using sprinklers.
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But we're used to watering here on the south shore. I don't see a problem with it-- plus my best season for vegetables and flowers (summer squash, zucchini, okra, potatoes, carrots, corn, eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, green beans, sunflowers, roses, etc.) was 1993 which was a super hot summer with around 2 inches of rain each month of the summer. I think they need sunshine a lot more than they need rain. 1993 was my favorite summer for growing.
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I don't know why so many people complain about watering. Not you specifically, but just in general. If people want to garden or do agriculture they should expect to spend at least an hour a day watering (especially during the summer.) I really enjoy watering, it's good exercise and gives you a hands on experience, rather than being lazy and relying on nature.
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this is a good excuse to spray pesticides, lanternflies are absolutely disgusting.
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we need more woodpeckers! I've only seen one here over the last few years, they will help control these weed trees and the lanternfly.
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omg two pests, this explains why I saw so many lanternflies here last summer. One even got inside my house (I killed it immediately), but I see many of them flying around outside.
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Still cloudy today, I hate it when fronts lag like this.
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And also with more rainfall the winds required to topple over trees is less. Now we're seeing trees come down in 40 mph gusts, which used to need 60 mph gusts to bring down.
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Yes! I call them the Tree from Hell.
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I wonder how much tree loss there was in September 1998 in Lynbrook when we had that severe wx outbreak on Labor Day and an F2 tornado directly hit Lynbrook. That was our biggest severe wx outbreak for this area that I can remember.
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We have these giant invasive trees here (I'm not sure what they are called) that are spreading like wildfire. Completely cut off the sun and it's affected my planting. Thinking of trimming the top off or just hiring someone to cut it down.
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I've read about male trees being a big problem because people are too lazy to plant female trees because they don't want to clean up after them.
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yes this is just the rogue off mark day, however I see central NJ has already made it into the 60s.
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I hate pesticides, but as for excessive pollination, it's no longer natural because of our warming climate, we've made it much worse. =\ Also, the things that give us allergies and breathing problems aren't really essential to our environment.
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The sun is starting to come out here and I see large patches of blue skies everywhere.....
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Chris have you noticed the chronological progression here too? It actually seems to be getting worse with time! It was shorter from the 40s through the 60s and beginning with the 70s the gaps have been getting wider. The turning point was after 1966.... that was one GREAT summer going by the numbers. 2010-2013 was a hot island in a vast sea of mediocrity!
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Maybe one day we'll figure out plant birth control and be able to spray something that will limit pollenation. It gets worse every year.
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Back to bright and sunny on Sunday One day of rain is fine, multiple days is a bad pattern.
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a new record for Central Park too Chris?
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yes, average vs absolute.
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no NYC plus JFK Real feel aren't actual temperatures any more than wind chill is though. It's just a subjective measure of how people feel. I get a kick out of seeing my digital thermometer hit triple digits or go below zero. The only time I saw it go below zero was in January 1994. (I didn't have one in January 1985 and we didn't go below zero here in February 2016.) We need these westerly winds to continue. 2010 and 2011 back to back were just so epic.
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70.2 degrees here at 5:06 pm
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we have a record drought of 100 degree highs. The last time we hit 100 here was 2013. The last time we had a 20 inch snowstorm was 2016
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wow the top 3 had some great winters after they happened 2010-2013 was such an epic period for heat and snowstorms, I don't think we'll see either of those for a long time to come.
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2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season
LibertyBell replied to BarryStantonGBP's topic in Tropical Headquarters
the only reason it became a problem though was because it stalled. it had nothing to do with strength. There are other types of storms that have stalled out and produced catastrophic consequences, for exampled stalled thunderstorms and stalled fronts. we seem to get more of these every year =\
