FallsLake Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I had it, my whole family got it, it was awful. It took 3 weeks to get over, we all went on antibiotics for some ailment because of it, I was on 2 inhalers too. I think my family also had it(or something) for the last couple of weeks. My youngest kid (21 months), is the last one to get sick. He's doing ok but he did get a rash yesterday(gone today) that tells me this is the virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 1) When are we going to hit up Angus Barn? 2) Are you in on the D^2 trip? 1) Always up for a good steak. 2) Maybe. Being a mod has taken the luster off of dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 1) Always up for a good steak. 2) Maybe. Being a mod has taken the luster off of dumb. 1) We will seriously have to do that sometime. 2) Haha! I imagine so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I just got nipped by a seagull. Yikes! Glass you guys are ok. Hopefully Brick doesn't have that. Dude! Turn off your autocorrect, CR. It's not helping. I had it, my whole family got it, it was awful. It took 3 weeks to get over, we all went on antibiotics for some ailment because of it, I was on 2 inhalers too. Sorry to hear about that, packbacker. It sounds rough. Glad your family is now recovering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 The GGEM is still keeping our storm next week close to the coast and wrapped up. Looks like this one has some potential. Meanwhile, the GFS is keeping this suppressed, but I mark that up as the GFS' suppression bias. The NAVGEM doesn't go out far enough to check it yet. GGEM: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 What's the JMA showing and who's staying up for the Euro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 What's the JMA showing and who's staying up for the Euro? I'm hedging my bets on the KMA to show a cat 3 into ILM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm hedging my bets on the KMA to show a cat 3 into ILM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 10 day 6zGFS shows a landfalling tropical low in the gulf coast states. Time for a Kevin Martin WAC Hurricane Watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 6z also says it's supposed to be raining here right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 From an online friend... UPDATE:Weather Channel has named enormous solar flare "Apollo."DEVELOPING... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 From an online friend... UPDATE: Weather Channel has named enormous solar flare "Apollo." DEVELOPING... The 6z NAVGEM has the solar flare engulfing the Earth in a massive fire storm tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 From an online friend... UPDATE: Weather Channel has named enormous solar flare "Apollo." DEVELOPING... Maybe I don't miss the weather channel ! #stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 The 6z NAVGEM has the solar flare engulfing the Earth in a massive fire storm tomorrow. I saw that. wow. probably a little south though atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Folks, It is time for my annual Savannah webworm report. There are ZERO webworms where I live. Zero! This comes exactly one year after the record high webworm infestation of 2013! The trees had then looked like they had been invaded by webs associated with these webworms. Almost all of the leaves were brown way before the normal autumn leaf change. That infestation had been caused by an abnormally wet early summer followed by a sudden turn to an abnormally dry late summer. Currently, all of the leaves are healthy green. Since a connection was found between high webworm activity and a cold winter, things are currently not looking good for the next winter. Please put the guns and knives down. I'm just a friendly messenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Folks, It is time for my annual Savannah webworm report. There are ZERO webworms where I live. Zero! This comes exactly one year after the record high webworm infestation of 2013! The trees had then looked like they had been invaded by webs associated with these webworms. Almost all of the leaves were brown way before the normal autumn leaf change. That infestation had been caused by an abnormally wet early summer followed by a sudden turn to an abnormally dry late summer. Currently, all of the leaves are healthy green. Since a connection was found between high webworm activity and a cold winter, things are currently not looking good for the next winter. Please put the guns and knives down. I'm just a friendly messenger. I'm going to withhold comment on these thoughts until I consult a few wooly worms ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Folks, It is time for my annual Savannah webworm report. There are ZERO webworms where I live. Zero! This comes exactly one year after the record high webworm infestation of 2013! The trees had then looked like they had been invaded by webs associated with these webworms. Almost all of the leaves were brown way before the normal autumn leaf change. That infestation had been caused by an abnormally wet early summer followed by a sudden turn to an abnormally dry late summer. Currently, all of the leaves are healthy green. Since a connection was found between high webworm activity and a cold winter, things are currently not looking good for the next winter. Please put the guns and knives down. I'm just a friendly messenger. You damn worms. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm going to withhold comment on these thoughts until I consult a few wooly worms ! Don't expect to get a lot out of them, they're pretty tight lipped! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm going to withhold comment on these thoughts until I consult a few wooly worms ! I've had quite a few orange striped oakworms fall out of the trees recently. I've captured one that was in the middle of the driveway a few days ago. He's already eaten through 6 full size oak leaves I've given him. I'll take that as a good sign. Plenty of webworms as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 I've had quite a few orange striped oakworms fall out of the trees recently. I've captured one that was in the middle of the driveway a few days ago. He's already eaten through 6 full size oak leaves I've given him. I'll take that as a good sign. Plenty of webworms as well. I actually had a pretty bad infestation of green maple worms. They were ugly creatures with red heads and some black spikes. They ate two entire branches of leaves down to only the harder " rib" areas! Nasty buggers, supposedly harmless, upon Internet reasearch, but tell that to the branches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 There are plenty of webworms in the pecan trees around Raleigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 If anyone here has an Acu-rite home weather station, would you be kind enough to post your thoughts on it over in the "Weather Marketplace forum? They have a sale on them right now... $149 marked down to $114. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 If anyone here has an Acu-rite home weather station, would you be kind enough to post your thoughts on it over in the "Weather Marketplace forum? They have a sale on them right now... $149 marked down to $114.I have not had good luck with their products. Had a digital rain gauge from them and it lasted about two weeks and crapped out. Their small weather stations , seems like the batteries are constantly being drained and if I recall, fairly hard to set and did not have the atomic clock automatic setting . I still like La Crosse and Oregon Scientific products better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 My bit of advice is get a Davis station, you'll be a LOt happier in the end. And even if your budget is low, you can get a Vantage Vue (which is what I'm still running, at least through the end of the year) for less than $300 (you will also need one of their data-loggers). You're best bet to to talk to people here: http://www.wxforum.net/index.php?action=collapse;c=7;sa=collapse;e89067d127=314b51f7baff03c21b304ddc83e0a34c#c7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 If anyone here has an Acu-rite home weather station, would you be kind enough to post your thoughts on it over in the "Weather Marketplace forum? They have a sale on them right now... $149 marked down to $114. I am 100% satisfied with my Davis Vantage Vue (4 years old and running well). I strongly encourage you to go in that direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Later this year, I'm going to be purchasing a VP2+ with a wireless anemometer to replace my Vue. But the Vue isn't going away, it's getting sent back for a refurb and I'll take it with me when I go racing or on vacations. It will become my portable weather station. :-) Mine's been running almost 6 years now with no issues and only one battery replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I recently built a new weather computer using a Mini-ITX format box and I absolutely love it. I did a blog post about it a couple of months ago. http://northgeorgiaweather.weebly.com/weather-blog/time-for-weather-equipment-upgrades-060614 Basically, it's a dual Atom motherboard with 4GB of RAM running Win7 professional. It uses a 64GB solid state hard drive for storage. I use to use two computers to do all my weather stuff, and combined, the whole setup pulled about 150-180 watts of power. With this one computer doing all the work, my power consumption has dwindled to 12-13 watts. The computer is totally silent and for all practical purposes has no moving parts. There are two very small fans that spin when the computer begins to boot, but they don't run after that, it's all passive cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I recently built a new weather computer using a Mini-ITX format box and I absolutely love it. I did a blog post about it a couple of months ago. http://northgeorgiaweather.weebly.com/weather-blog/time-for-weather-equipment-upgrades-060614 Basically, it's a dual Atom motherboard with 4GB of RAM running Win7 professional. It uses a 64GB solid state hard drive for storage. I use to use two computers to do all my weather stuff, and combined, the whole setup pulled about 150-180 watts of power. With this one computer doing all the work, my power consumption has dwindled to 12-13 watts. The computer is totally silent and for all practical purposes has no moving parts. There are two very small fans that spin when the computer begins to boot, but they don't run after that, it's all passive cooling. What is it showing for the upcoming winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I wish it had that kind of power. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I recently built a new weather computer using a Mini-ITX format box and I absolutely love it. I did a blog post about it a couple of months ago. http://northgeorgiaweather.weebly.com/weather-blog/time-for-weather-equipment-upgrades-060614 Basically, it's a dual Atom motherboard with 4GB of RAM running Win7 professional. It uses a 64GB solid state hard drive for storage. I use to use two computers to do all my weather stuff, and combined, the whole setup pulled about 150-180 watts of power. With this one computer doing all the work, my power consumption has dwindled to 12-13 watts. The computer is totally silent and for all practical purposes has no moving parts. There are two very small fans that spin when the computer begins to boot, but they don't run after that, it's all passive cooling. Steve, I just got done reading your blog post, and you have a fantastic setup there. I wish I had the technical know-how and monetary freedom to do something similar. I think I'm probably going to have to wait until the kids grow up and move through college, before I can do something at this level. For some reason, my wife doesn't have the same priorities that I do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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