IrishRob17 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: Which towns have the best fireworks for the 4th? No such thing as bad fireworks but a lot of the shows I've seen in recent years have been a little pedestrian. Orange County has theirs in the 15th literally in my back yard here in the park. Friends who come to watch them seem to like them but part of that could be the very up close view my yard provides. PM me if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Hey Julian did you/are you getting hammered by storms this afternoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Threadin' the needle I had to run out and 1 mile north of my house it was pouring and that line moved east and missed us entirely, just a few drops. Now it's hammering Danbury and Ridgefield just east of me. It looks like the next blob will slide just south and get Westchester and miss me. That's alright, I'm over dealing with mud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 That storm near Andes looks good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 On 6/29/2017 at 6:22 PM, IrishRob17 said: Orange County has theirs in the 15th literally in my back yard here in the park. Friends who come to watch them seem to like them but part of that could be the very up close view my yard provides. PM me if you like. Awesome, thanks! I may take you up on that. It's long past time I started meeting up with my friends here in person, in any case. 1 hour ago, gravitylover said: Hey Julian did you/are you getting hammered by storms this afternoon? Really nothing special unfortunately. I dropped and shattered my rain gauge the other day (go me) so I'm not sure how much rain I got, but I'd guess something like half an inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Well, didn't stay dry It's pouring and has been for a few minutes now. Looks like some pretty serious returns still to my west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I had a rotten tree fall and take out tthenpower and phone on the winds before the storms even got her. .67 in the gauge with the power restored but not the phone or water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: Awesome, thanks! I may take you up on that. It's long past time I started meeting up with my friends here in person, in any case. Sure. To be fair, the best over all photo ops may be from the hill with the crowd as you kind of look down or even with the fireworks. That said from my yard we've had ash and sparks rain upon us, it's an experience LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 30 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: I had a rotten tree fall and take out tthenpower and phone on the winds before the storms even got her. .67 in the gauge with the power restored but not the phone or water Had two rounds here and that put 1.10 in the rain gauge. The blue angles were practicing and the storms cut it short. Had them fly right over the house a few times. They were flying about 2 hours yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, hudsonvalley21 said: Had two rounds here and that put 1.10 in the rain gauge. The blue angles were practicing and the storms cut it short. Had them fly right over the house a few times. They were flying about 2 hours yesterday. I heard them yesterday but not today for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 18 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: I heard them yesterday but not today for some reason They were up around 3:00 today. Yesterday they were up around noon. The F-35 looked pretty cool, it was up around 2:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 49 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: Sure. To be fair, the best over all photo ops may be from the hill with the crowd as you kind of look down or even with the fireworks. That said from my yard we've had ash and sparks rain upon us, it's an experience LOL Being bombarded with smoldering debris is half the fun. I used to shoot some fireworks professionally with one of the local companies, and it only took a few burning embers down the back of the neck before I learned to wear a hoodie when standing at arm's length from a roaring 8" mortar. At one show, the fire commissioner called us off halfway through because the wind was carrying tons of hot crap toward the meat of the crowd. They really do make quite a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Microburst in Cornwall yesterday I see. I couldn't believe the amount of damage the one I had on 9/8/14 did IMBY https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OKX&product=PNS&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 We had a rotten tree come down too but not on my property and it managed to bounce off the power line for the street. I live on a dead end and it blocked the street right by the corner though and none of us that were home had a working chainsaw so the street stayed blocked for about 5 hours. As people got home from work and couldn't get onto the street they had to leave because there isn't any place to park on the cross street. We couldn't even get the town highway dept to come deal with it because they were already out of the office for the day so nobody was answering the phone. Finally a couple of us got out there with hand saws and dealt with it, took about 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Oh heheh, I stopped in to complain about how soggy it is this morning It's been raining lightly on and off and then the sun comes out and it gets downright steamy. Ick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 On 6/27/2017 at 10:08 AM, IrishRob17 said: I have to crunch my own numbers for the month but this could be close to spot on for me, I was surprised at how dry my flower beds were yesterday while watering them. Finished June -.49" but stil +2.81" on the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 ...and pouring again. I was out doing yardwork and sweating my butt off, sky got dark, air went dead and poof - raining again. #bringbackthedrought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Rain mostly missed us at the air show. Complete ****show though, those in charge should be hung by their nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 38 minutes ago, BxEngine said: Rain mostly missed us at the air show. Complete ****show though, those in charge should be hung by their nuts. It's the New York Airshows show, complain to them, not Orange County although I'm sure the airshow will throw OC under the bus. I've been pulled into the meetings in the past but have been fortunate to stay directly out of it lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 47 minutes ago, BxEngine said: Rain mostly missed us at the air show. Complete ****show though, those in charge should be hung by their nuts. At least the F-35 was out there for some time. Flew over my house a few times. Hope they give you some sort of rain-check and let you come back tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 All that said @BxEngine, what was the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: All that said @BxEngine, what was the issue? Give me a few hrs, headin home lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Over 30 minutes of near constant thunder now. Pretty rare around here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 hey snow weenies. QVC is getting ready Enjoy the photos. I am heading out to the NW mountain.....big mountains across the Sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 On 7/1/2017 at 4:38 PM, IrishRob17 said: All that said @BxEngine, what was the issue? Busy weekend, sorry lol. the show itself was great. But the parking/shuttle situation was a complete disaster. They had us park on the unused runway, which was basically within walking distance of where we had to go. But because we had to cross over a taxiway to get to it, they wanted everyone on shuttles instead (understandable). Because it was such a short ride (less than 2 minutes), they clearly didnt plan for enough buses, and to get on and off the shuttles had zero plan, direction, or help. We had to wait for over an hour just to get on the bus at the end of the show, fights broke out everywhere with people cutting the lines (they had no ropes or barriers set up to direct people at all, it was a free for all), pushing, etc. not to mention they told everyone to bring their own chairs. Now all of us carrying the chairs had to fight to get on these buses made for children. Last year we had parked in preferred parking, way over on the western end of the airport runways. To walk out of the show to our car and drive home took a total of 90 minutes (including a few minute walk and the roughly 50 minute drive). This year it took us 2 hours just to get out of airport property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 56 minutes ago, BxEngine said: Busy weekend, sorry lol. the show itself was great. But the parking/shuttle situation was a complete disaster. They had us park on the unused runway, which was basically within walking distance of where we had to go. But because we had to cross over a taxiway to get to it, they wanted everyone on shuttles instead (understandable). Because it was such a short ride (less than 2 minutes), they clearly didnt plan for enough buses, and to get on and off the shuttles had zero plan, direction, or help. We had to wait for over an hour just to get on the bus at the end of the show, fights broke out everywhere with people cutting the lines (they had no ropes or barriers set up to direct people at all, it was a free for all), pushing, etc. not to mention they told everyone to bring their own chairs. Now all of us carrying the chairs had to fight to get on these buses made for children. Last year we had parked in preferred parking, way over on the western end of the airport runways. To walk out of the show to our car and drive home took a total of 90 minutes (including a few minute walk and the roughly 50 minute drive). This year it took us 2 hours just to get out of airport property. Ouch! I heard that yesterday EMS had its hand full with over 100 affected by the heat and humidity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Sure did turn out to be a nice day. Looking forward to a cool night and cooler day tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Boy I tell ya, just getting a simple yes/no/most likely answer on the main forum is a pita Thoughts on early tomorrows weather are dry or moistening up quickly? To me it looks good until early afternoon here and near sunset in eastern CT. Sound good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 1 hour ago, gravitylover said: Boy I tell ya, just getting a simple yes/no/most likely answer on the main forum is a pita Thoughts on early tomorrows weather are dry or moistening up quickly? To me it looks good until early afternoon here and near sunset in eastern CT. Sound good? I haven't seen any model show rain tomorrow morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 2 hours ago, gravitylover said: Boy I tell ya, just getting a simple yes/no/most likely answer on the main forum is a pita Thoughts on early tomorrows weather are dry or moistening up quickly? To me it looks good until early afternoon here and near sunset in eastern CT. Sound good? I would say you're thinking too early by almost 12 hours... most models don't get rain into the HV in earnest until 4-6z Friday morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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