mackerel_sky Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Close enough to July, one month closer to winter, one month closer to summer of '93 redux, happy 4th of July , shout out to Metal, banter away, yo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 GFS way out in fantasy land shows 50s dew points in the middle of July. Would be nice.. http://www.twisterdata.com/index.php?prog=forecast&model=GFS&grid=3&model_yyyy=2015&model_mm=06&model_dd=30&model_init_hh=06&fhour=372¶meter=DPTF&level=2&unit=M_ABOVE_GROUND&maximize=n&mode=singlemap&sounding=n&output=image&view=large&archive=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 GFS way out in fantasy land shows 50s dew points in the middle of July. Would be nice.. http://www.twisterdata.com/index.php?prog=forecast&model=GFS&grid=3&model_yyyy=2015&model_mm=06&model_dd=30&model_init_hh=06&fhour=372¶meter=DPTF&level=2&unit=M_ABOVE_GROUND&maximize=n&mode=singlemap&sounding=n&output=image&view=large&archive=false Good post! Any GFS map past day 3, should be put in banter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Good post! Any GFS map past day 3, should be put in banter! Thanks, and I agree. I tend to use the day 7 and under mark for anything posted in the pattern discussion; thou I may post something farther out(say to day 10) if there's a focus on the general pattern setup (say a possible eastern trough). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 After today, forecast is calling for a 50% chance or better for the next 7 days. Need to get my lawn cut before tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 It's officially July, which means we've finally made it to the hottest month of the year !!! If only we get can through this month, then it will start cooling off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 I think June will end up being our hottest, detest month, imby, when all is said and done! But this wetter pattern is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Pre season football starts next month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 High school football practice starts in 27 days. CAN'T WAIT! I have had 3 different hail storms in June For you severe fans. Lost 2 trees as well due to wind damage. I'll pass on anymore for mby. Cleaning up in 90 degree heat is for the birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 The drought started in May, imby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklecity Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 The NAM is on the good stuff again. This is so ridiculous I had to put it in banter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Another possible shark attack today in Ocracoke. If so, this would be the 3rd one in a week at the OBX, and the 7th one this summer at NC beaches. http://wavy.com/2015/07/01/possible-shark-attack-in-ocracoke/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Another possible shark attack today in Ocracoke. If so, this would be the 3rd one in a week at the OBX, and the 7th one this summer at NC beaches. http://wavy.com/2015/07/01/possible-shark-attack-in-ocracoke/ I'm heading for Kitty Hawk the end of next week. I'll try to stay neck deep and do a lot of splashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 This is unheard of. Something has to be happening at the NC coast to cause this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklecity Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I'm heading for Kitty Hawk the end of next week. I'll try to stay neck deep and do a lot of splashing. Don't forget to slather yourself in rancid chicken fat and cows blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 This is unheard of. Something has to be happening at the NC coast to cause this. Brody: Is it true that most people get attacked by sharks in three feet of water about ten feet from the beach? Hooper: Yeah. Brody: And that... and that before people started to swim for recreation - I mean before sharks knew what they were missing - that a lot of these attacks weren't reported? Hooper: That's right. Brody: Now this shark that... that... that swims alone... Hooper: Rogue. Brody: What's it called? Hooper, Brody: [together] Rogue. Brody: Rogue, yeah. Now this guy, he... he keeps swimmin' around in a place where the feeding is good until the food supply is gone, right? Hooper: It's called "territoriality". It's just a theory that I happen to... agree with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazdaddy Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 This is unheard of. Something has to be happening at the NC coast to cause this. They are hungry. Bait fish have been over harvested for years.Add that to a lot more people splashing around in the water imitating injured baitfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 This is the first one that was further south than the previous attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Is that $3000 bounty on the shark in cash or check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 This is unheard of. Something has to be happening at the NC coast to cause this. Well, they have started doing this now. WASHINGTON (March 5, 2015)—Leading ocean scientists from the U.S. and around the world today urged President Obama to halt a planned oil and gas exploration program off the Atlantic coast involving millions of underwater sound blasts that would have “significant, long-lasting and widespread impacts on the reproduction and survival” of threatened whales and commercial fish populations. In a letter to the President, the 75 scientists from Cornell, Duke, the New England Aquarium, Stanford, the University of North Carolina and other U.S. and international institutions say that the seismic blasts, from high-volume airguns that fire every 10-12 seconds, are nearly as loud as conventional explosives and have “an enormous environmental footprint.” Experts say airgun noise is loud enough to mask whale calls over thousands of miles. The letter is the first time that a group of prominent scientists has said that the harm from seismic blasting will be significant and long-lasting for entire populations of marine life off the U.S. coasts. Because whales depend on sound waves to communicate, feed, mate and travel, the blasting can disrupt the reproduction and feeding of blue whales and other endangered whales “over vast ocean areas,” the letter says. It expresses special concern for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, of which only 500 remain. The blasts also “could have potentially massive impacts on fish populations,” according to the letter. In some countries seismic testing has driven away commercial species, resulting in dramatic drops in catch rates. Studies also show the airguns could kill fish eggs and larvae, interfere with breeding and make some species more vulnerable to predators. “People are rightly concerned about the dangers of offshore oil spills, but seismic blasting is likely to have a terrible impact on Atlantic sea life before the first well is even drilled,” said Michael Jasny, Director of NRDC’s Marine Mammal Protection Project. The seismic surveys, used by oil companies to locate oil and gas deposits below the ocean floor, were evaluated last year by the Department of the Interior and would result in more than 20 million seismic “shots” over a multi-year period. “The Interior Department itself has estimated that seismic exploration would disrupt vital marine mammal behavior more than 13 million times,” the letter says. Nine applications for seismic blasting have already been filed, covering most of the Atlantic Ocean continental shelf from Delaware to Florida along with deeper waters further out to sea. The issue assumed new urgency earlier this year when the Obama administration announced plans to allow, for the first time in more than 30 years, offshore oil and gas drilling in the region. The Interior Department has scheduled “open houses” next week in Annapolis, Md., and Charleston, S.C. to receive comments from the public on the proposed drilling leases; additional hearings will take place in Atlantic City, N.J., and Savannah, Ga., and on the Outer Banks of North Carolina later this month. Separately, Interior says it will hold another series of open houses focusing specifically on the seismic survey applications, beginning on March 31, in Norfolk, Va., Annapolis, Md., Dover, Del., Wilmington, N.C., Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. The Interior Department is still processing the seismic applications, but the scientists urge President Obama to step in now. “Opening the U.S. east coast to seismic airgun exploration poses an unacceptable risk of serious harm to marine life,” they write, asking him to reject Interior’s decision to allow the blasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amos83 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Well, they have started doing this now. WASHINGTON (March 5, 2015)—Leading ocean scientists from the U.S. and around the world today urged President Obama to halt a planned oil and gas exploration program off the Atlantic coast involving millions of underwater sound blasts that would have “significant, long-lasting and widespread impacts on the reproduction and survival” of threatened whales and commercial fish populations. In a letter to the President, the 75 scientists from Cornell, Duke, the New England Aquarium, Stanford, the University of North Carolina and other U.S. and international institutions say that the seismic blasts, from high-volume airguns that fire every 10-12 seconds, are nearly as loud as conventional explosives and have “an enormous environmental footprint.” Experts say airgun noise is loud enough to mask whale calls over thousands of miles. The letter is the first time that a group of prominent scientists has said that the harm from seismic blasting will be significant and long-lasting for entire populations of marine life off the U.S. coasts. Because whales depend on sound waves to communicate, feed, mate and travel, the blasting can disrupt the reproduction and feeding of blue whales and other endangered whales “over vast ocean areas,” the letter says. It expresses special concern for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, of which only 500 remain. The blasts also “could have potentially massive impacts on fish populations,” according to the letter. In some countries seismic testing has driven away commercial species, resulting in dramatic drops in catch rates. Studies also show the airguns could kill fish eggs and larvae, interfere with breeding and make some species more vulnerable to predators. “People are rightly concerned about the dangers of offshore oil spills, but seismic blasting is likely to have a terrible impact on Atlantic sea life before the first well is even drilled,” said Michael Jasny, Director of NRDC’s Marine Mammal Protection Project. The seismic surveys, used by oil companies to locate oil and gas deposits below the ocean floor, were evaluated last year by the Department of the Interior and would result in more than 20 million seismic “shots” over a multi-year period. “The Interior Department itself has estimated that seismic exploration would disrupt vital marine mammal behavior more than 13 million times,” the letter says. Nine applications for seismic blasting have already been filed, covering most of the Atlantic Ocean continental shelf from Delaware to Florida along with deeper waters further out to sea. The issue assumed new urgency earlier this year when the Obama administration announced plans to allow, for the first time in more than 30 years, offshore oil and gas drilling in the region. The Interior Department has scheduled “open houses” next week in Annapolis, Md., and Charleston, S.C. to receive comments from the public on the proposed drilling leases; additional hearings will take place in Atlantic City, N.J., and Savannah, Ga., and on the Outer Banks of North Carolina later this month. Separately, Interior says it will hold another series of open houses focusing specifically on the seismic survey applications, beginning on March 31, in Norfolk, Va., Annapolis, Md., Dover, Del., Wilmington, N.C., Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. The Interior Department is still processing the seismic applications, but the scientists urge President Obama to step in now. “Opening the U.S. east coast to seismic airgun exploration poses an unacceptable risk of serious harm to marine life,” they write, asking him to reject Interior’s decision to allow the blasting. My sister is a marine biologist in Wilmington and we were just having a conversation over the weekend about how she thought the blasting could be a major reason we are seeing an increase in attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Man in his late 50s. Pulled under the water by a grey shark, 6 to 7 feet long. Suffered several bites to his rib cage, hip, lower leg, and both hands. www.hydecountync.gov/PN_7_1_15...coke_Island.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Man in his late 50s. Pulled under the water by a grey shark, 6 to 7 feet long. Suffered several bites to his rib cage, hip, lower leg, and both hands. www.hydecountync.gov/PN_7_1_15...coke_Island.pdf 3rd one in a month in SC yesterday as well. http://wncn.com/2015/07/01/boy-bitten-by-shark-in-sc-10-in-carolinas-3rd-in-sc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 They are hungry. Bait fish have been over harvested for years.Add that to a lot more people splashing around in the water imitating injured baitfish.Save the Mullet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Sparklecity and jshetley never get any rain. That's kind of sad. I hope you guys get some rain soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklecity Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Sparklecity and jshetley never get any rain. That's kind of sad. I hope you guys get some rain soon. Woe is me Sprinkler has been running everyday for over a week now and the yard still looks like crap. Bermuda and weeds invading the zoysia all over. Wish I wouldn't have planted so much stuff this summer. Sick of having to water everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazdaddy Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Save the Mullet! I had a mullet once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 I had a mullet onceI bet Shetley still has one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Woe is me Sprinkler has been running everyday for over a week now and the yard still looks like crap. Bermuda and weeds invading the zoysia all over. Wish I wouldn't have planted so much stuff this summer. Sick of having to water everyday.It's better to water deeply and longer oncer or twice a week, that to water a little everyday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklecity Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 It's better to water deeply and longer oncer or twice a week, that to water a little everyday! I do that, just alternate areas I water. It would take me 24+ hours to water the entire yard at one time. So I'm stuck with doing 4 hours of watering every evening. Eventually I'm just going to say eff it and let everything die. At least the tomatoes are sweet and not watery like they were a couple years ago from all the rain. It would be nice to get an inch of rain so I wouldn't have to water for a week. I had a good laugh when I went out to weed some and even the weeds were wilting and dying. Should have planted cacti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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