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You may have missed out on the storms, but it was one epic sunset.

Hermano! We share a common bond. I sweated and grunted for two hours this morning pushing a beat up old mower with a spark plug in serious need of replacement. Man was it hot.

Yeah it looked impressive from afar.

Nice looking cell up towards RI.

Never at Fishers. heat is rarely bad enough that a fan can't ameliorate it. Do have a dehumidifier, but it can only do so much.

Good. This fog needs to disperse. My whole house is damp.

Hailers.

Man it is pouring with intermittent rumbles. Btw, did anyone in SE CT hear an explosion a few hours ago? Deep concussion rattled my windows and paintings. Maybe a military jet going supersonic?

Downpours thundering off the roof.

I think it was about this time last year that the GFS started printing out like 29C 850s and 110+ surface temps in the mid-range. A fail in that regard, but still an epic heatwave.

Oh how we pray.

What the heck is that icon Ryan used a week from Thursday? I assume that's supposed to be fireworks, but looks more like rimed flakes or perhaps a psychotropic herb.

What a stellar day for all things outdoors. I got out on FI Sound for a few hours this afternoon. The water is brisk, but does not take the breath away like last week. The moorings and IODs are out in West Harbor, American flags are flying high all over the island as the summer crowd trickles in, and stiff cocktails are getting knocked back on many a deck/porch. Gotta love summer.

On an unrelated note, I finally got a chance to go do an informal survey of the FI tornado path. Interesting stuff. That spot where the road turns towards the waterworks took a pretty solid smack.

Agreed. Horrendous few days.

My uncle's mother contracted eastern equine encephalitis and was left a vegetable in days. Rarely contracted by humans but very scary.

Sorry to hear about the Lyme disease. My cousin contracted it years ago, but thankfully it was caught early and he hasn't had any recurring symptoms. The Plum Island facility I believe worked with anthrax and small pox. I doubt Fishers hosted any biological testing, given the large civilian population. The only military facility left out here is an underground bunker that once stored shells and powder during the days of Fort H.G. Wright and was later employed as a sonar monitoring station during the Cold War. And I think that has been abandoned for quite some time as well. Actually can fit the whole island in the event of a major hurricane, nuclear meltdown/attack etc.

Another morning, another downpour.

Tippy might argue Valentine's Day is when they're thirstiest.

Not ideal out on Fishers today. Foggy and cool, everything feels damp. Golf courses are in great shape, however.

Man, I miss Bon Me. Used to hit them up all the time when I was in Boston.

Yup. I think Koepka's gonna do it again. Dude is a beast.

Sad. Too many people either don't know about the weather extremes or just don't respect that mountain. Last time I climbed it was in early September a few years back. I checked the conditions when I left town at 3 a.m. for the drive up and it was clear and calm on the mountain. When I got to Pinkham and checked in a few hours later it was blowing 70 sustained with a negative windchill and freezing rain at the summit. By the time I got to the base of Tuckerman it was a beautiful day. But coming down that afternoon I passed a group of hikers (I'm assuming from Quebec since they were speaking French) climbing in nothing but tshirts and, in one case, sandals. They apparently were unaware of the highly changeable weather conditions.

Absolutely spectacular day. Wowsa.

Nice! The Cuillin hills region is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Really the whole west coast of Scotland was awesome.