Stormfly

Doundounba snow dance?

So much for lion/lamb March proverb!

Rime central this AM!

35/33 Light rain/snow mix.

Nasogastric tube insertion is up there too!

1993 was memorable here. Record low pressure of 966 still stands. If we didn't get pummeled with hours of sleet it would have been in the top 5 for snow easy.

We get those all the time here. Enough to make everything pretty including the pine forests as long as it's not too windy. Very little stickage to the lanes/walks and even if it does the sun this time of year torches it through the clouds.

Last night's wind snapped off a dead tree. Now it's a climb job! :|

Think of it like this. You need a trash can! Without it, the rubbish would just pile up making your domicile very unkempt! And the smell! So with that said, that place is like the wastebasket and it keeps places outside of it in order. Generally speaking. After all, sometimes we miss!

You like winter? This place knows how to do winter! https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/ca/whale-cove

Yep we got in on the action about 13 min ago here. Power out and back on a few times. Just before that the rain just came so suddenly it was like a firehose across the skylights. Freaked the cat out which got my attention!

I don't think that is valid just a marker for svr criteria? This is/was a wind risk event. It blew through here like a bat out of hell. Sounded like a firehose on the skylights, sent the cat scurrying across the floor which startled me!

We just got warned for severe thunderstorm warning (aka gusty shower)! Guess I should be heading downstairs!

Not here yet.

Mine too, just like being there! No talking, annoying music, etc. Just the action.

Breezy is a good description of today. When I think windy or very windy, it's more like this!

Stink bugs survive well below freezing. I remember a few years ago filling up and a damn stink bug was on the filler cap. It was in the mid teens. Surely it was dead I thought. Nope, touched it and its legs moved, albeit very slowly. This winter experienced many more morning lows well below that of last winter. Hopefully that does result in less insects but I doubt it. If my wife gets stung by a wasp it's a death sentence so I have to seek and destroy nests in the spring. Particularly paper wasps and yellow jackets. Fortunately I'm not allergic but their stings, especially getting dozens of them when trying to get away from a ripped up nest on a tractor is not fun.

When they issue severe thunderstorm warnings with no lightning it sure does confuse people. Perhaps they need to come up with a different name for it. Any takers? I'm thinking today we'll just have some gusty showers.

Looks like a big barracuda with Annapolis in its mouth!

2018 redux?

Archie Bunker of course! I guess I'm getting too old.

Me 2! Last time that happened here was March 01, 1980. 6" that Sat and by next Sat we hit 76F and had legit severe. Back when bow echoes marched from due west to east...

When/where is that? That reminds me of 01/23/16 here! I did not even have to use the (snowblower) ONCE this winter. ONCE! Last winter I used it at least four times. I did run the salt spreader down the lane to prevent the clueless Amazon drivers from turning their vans into dangerous snowmobiles, however.

They died by toilet flush!

I was referring to the guy that goes "woof woof" when there's a (weather) threat or strong signal. But if you want to discuss the sound/music aspect of it, sure I'm game over in the banter thread!