NortheastPAWx Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 My mom's parents had their house broken into after the flood. Her dad didn't even care, most of the stuff was damaged, lol. Local television special here Saturday night. In more current weather it's 85.1° here already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 It's going to be 95-98 and people are flipping out. WTF. It's summer, it gets hot every year - it is supposed to. My parents had 49 straight days of 103+ last year, something like 65 in total. Yeah it's hot but you don't need to freak the f out when it's hot for two days and will get back into the 60s in a day or two. when its 95 and my beer is 33, mmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvingtwosmokes Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 It's going to be 95-98 and people are flipping out. WTF. It's summer, it gets hot every year - it is supposed to. My parents had 49 straight days of 103+ last year, something like 65 in total. Yeah it's hot but you don't need to freak the f out when it's hot for two days and will get back into the 60s in a day or two. Imagine them trying to make it for just a week in La & TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 WOW - 40 years, where does the time go. We lived along the Little Conestoga at the time. Ended up with 54" of water in the basement. Couple of memories... - The produce market upstream (Boas) was flooded. My brother waded out and snagged like 10 watermelons plus cantelope. We had quite the feast. Of course now we know how dangerous it was for him doing that plus eating fruit that was floating in who knows what...but hey, we were young. - Once the water receded, the basement mud was brutal. Probably 2 inches at least and really stank. There was a huge carp flopping around as well! He must have swam in under the garage doors which had floated upward. - My folks tell me I was thinking we would have to evacuate so I had packed my toys in a pillowcase ready to go. I don't remember that part but it seems they were amused. - The water rose SO FAST. My dad pulled the old Lincoln out the garage to higher ground with the water already up to the frame. My brother lost a 396 SS Chevelle race car that had the engine pulled for rebuild. Just didn't have the time to push it out. Anyone else have some Agnes stories to share? thanks for sharing! I have a rough idea of where you grew up. Boas' is in a pretty poor location, isn't it? I remember touring Safe Harbor hydro when I was in Boy Scouts. They have the Agnes high water level painted 20-30' up on a wall in the main generator room. lol...yeah, I bet he was bummed. Hope we get some rain tomorrow and next week. Starting to get a bit dry. Agree. I was out watering the flowerbeds at 1 am last night. Things were starting to wilt when I left for work yesterday afternoon, so I came home and gave everything a good soaking. So far, so good today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 thanks for sharing! I have a rough idea of where you grew up. Boas' is in a pretty poor location, isn't it? I remember touring Safe Harbor hydro when I was in Boy Scouts. They have the Agnes high water level painted 20-30' up on a wall in the main generator room. Agree. I was out watering the flowerbeds at 1 am last night. Things were starting to wilt when I left for work yesterday afternoon, so I came home and gave everything a good soaking. So far, so good today. Yeah, we watered heavy last night too. As hot as it is, probably hit them again tonight. Softball practice should be interesting this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 It's going to be 95-98 and people are flipping out. WTF. It's summer, it gets hot every year - it is supposed to. My parents had 49 straight days of 103+ last year, something like 65 in total. Yeah it's hot but you don't need to freak the f out when it's hot for two days and will get back into the 60s in a day or two. Imagine them trying to make it for just a week in La & TX Yeah this weather has actually been good conditioning for me, haha gotta get acclimated to the furnace temps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 It's going to be 95-98 and people are flipping out. WTF. It's summer, it gets hot every year - it is supposed to. My parents had 49 straight days of 103+ last year, something like 65 in total. Yeah it's hot but you don't need to freak the f out when it's hot for two days and will get back into the 60s in a day or two. Eh...I feel the same about southern transplants who whine up here when it gets to 40. They seem to forget that in the summer when they are laughing at people complaining about heat. It's fun to remind them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Eh...I feel the same about southern transplants who whine up here when it gets to 40. They seem to forget that in the summer when they are laughing at people complaining about heat. It's fun to remind them. funny related story. All relatives on my moms side are from the south. After my dad passed away, my aunt and uncle would come visit my mom a week at a time in the summer. One year my aunt thought it would be nice to come for a week in the winter in hopes of seeing a snow storm over 3" (biggest she ever saw) the year................................1996. She couldn't wait to get the hell out of Pa. and their trip lasted a lot longer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Well, don't the long range just have everything. Mother of god cold front. TC into TX. Polar Bear migration. ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 TC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 TC? Yeah, I don't know where in TX your family is but go check out the tropical threads on it. Looks pretty legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 funny related story. All relatives on my moms side are from the south. After my dad passed away, my aunt and uncle would come visit my mom a week at a time in the summer. One year my aunt thought it would be nice to come for a week in the winter in hopes of seeing a snow storm over 3" (biggest she ever saw) the year................................1996. She couldn't wait to get the hell out of Pa. and their trip lasted a lot longer.. lol....careful what you wish for. One observation I've made around campus - I can tell the foreign students from warm climates. They are the folks who have scarves, etc. wrapped around their face and all you see are two very, very freaked out looking eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Not sure if you guys have seen, but the MARFC has been doing a day by day thing for the 40th Anniversary of Agnes. I especially like the daily satellite images they have for each day. I've never seen Agnes imagery as it was on the approach. It was a certainly a pretty mean looking storm coming up the East Coast. June 20th entry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Yeah, I don't know where in TX your family is but go check out the tropical threads on it. Looks pretty legit. I didn't recognize the abbreviation.My brother lives on the coast near Galveston (Baytown). His home was destroyed in Ike and had the roof ripped off in Rita. That area was devestated and no one even knew it because the media ignored it completely. Go figure, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I didn't recognize the abbreviation. My brother lives on the coast near Galveston (Baytown). His home was destroyed in Ike and had the roof ripped off in Rita. That area was devestated and no one even knew it because the media ignored it completely. Go figure, huh? Wow, Baytown. The media coverage there actually was pretty heavy because they got hit so hard. I remember some CNN reporter walking on that highway, I think 124, full of boats. And the refinery took such a bad hit, plus if I remember correctly one side of town was flooded especially bad. Has he recovered yet? The other thing that I remember from that is that moronic Galveston mayor telling people that Ike wasn't going to be that big of a deal due to weather forecasters always being wrong. Talk about negligence through stupidity. Rescuers had to do a lot of last minute rescues due to her, although I can't work up a helluva lot of respect nor sympathy for anyone who ignores weather warnings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Wonder if we see any storms in UNV? Cleared up nicely but front is closing in. Radar is quite meh at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 He and his family (includung 4-month old son) were stuck on I-45 for 60 hours leaving Ike. He will never evacuate again, ever. His boat was one if those you saw off 124, it was on top of a storage unit place. Yeah they built a new house in Pearland, a bit away from the water. Ike was worse than Katrina by a mile, devestated far more people. But yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Looks like some decent storms North? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr5001 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0417.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Nothing really special here...just some rain and thunder and top gust to 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Radar looks like Wilkes Barre is getting Rocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 We missed all the rain today. Sucks, we need a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 He and his family (includung 4-month old son) were stuck on I-45 for 60 hours leaving Ike. He will never evacuate again, ever. His boat was one if those you saw off 124, it was on top of a storage unit place. Yeah they built a new house in Pearland, a bit away from the water. Ike was worse than Katrina by a mile, devestated far more people. But yeah. Ike was certainly a good example at how the Saffir Simpson scale is not necessarily the defining measure of how devastating a hurricane can be. After Ike emerged in the Gulf, it was a fairly low category 2 in terms of winds, but maintained a really low 945-955ish pressure until landfall. Instead of a tightly wound small hurricane that would've made for at least cat 4 winds but a smaller impact area .. you had a ridiculously large hurricane with associated wind field that was able to move a ton of water and also make an impact wind wise deep into the US. I always like the example of the classic buzzsaw that was Hurricane Andrew where you look at downtown Miamis archived obs and see the gusts to 120mph but with the lowest pressure coming in at 992mbs. So your talking a roughly 75mb pressure drop from Miami to Homestead. Ike was just a freak of nature in its own right with the widespread devastation it caused along the Gulf Coast and its ability to maintain very strong damaging winds all the way up through western PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Apparently MDT measured 2-3" rain today, while I around 10 miles west haven't received a drop. Reverse of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 We missed all the rain today. Sucks, we need a little. Same. I've only received .22 in the last 11 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Yea the two week departures are pretty dry. Good thing is the 1-3 month departures are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Currently having our second thunderstorm in 2 hours here in Bellefonte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Yea the two week departures are pretty dry. Good thing is the 1-3 month departures are not. It almost seems like we may see a repeat of last summer. Currently having our second thunderstorm in 2 hours here in Bellefonte. Ended up with .35. Not bad given I was expecting nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Flirting with the 40's in late June. Sign me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Flirting with the 40's in late June. Sign me up. Enjoy it while it lasts. Euro is pretty aggressive with the heat for Friday into the weekend as the upper ridge builds in. 25°C at 850mb would mean surface temps in the 90s with dew points in the low 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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