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July Banter Thread

George BM

By George BM,
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showmethesnow

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18 hours ago, Sparky said:

Geez, that is a good price.  I have Xfinity for cable tv and internet too but I am paying $192 monthly.

We were paying around $170. We finally decided to drop xfinity and go with other options. Wife called in to cancel and they hooked us up with a plan that they don't advertise for $90 which was actually a better deal. Guess they didn't want to lose us after so many years. Wife is a beast when it comes to negotiating with these companies though. Each year with Sirius radio when it's time for renewal she gets them to drop the plan's rate by almost half. The secret she tells me is to get transferred over to the customer retention department.

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MN Transplant

MN Transplant

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2 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said:

That's great and all, but again it was a narrow area in LWX forecast area.  It was a much bigger deal for us in PA and NY.  Rainfall map shows that narrow stripe better:

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I'm almost certain that this map goes to the morning of the 8th.  Later it the day on the 8th is when the western DC burbs got annihilated.  Yoda's last map is better, but even that underestimated by a bit IMBY.

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mattie g

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18 hours ago, MN Transplant said:

I'm almost certain that this map goes to the morning of the 8th.  Later it the day on the 8th is when the western DC burbs got annihilated.  Yoda's last map is better, but even that underestimated by a bit IMBY.

Exactly. You can’t underestimate the crushing some of us got on the 8th. I’ve honestly never experienced rain like what we had that evening. Multiple inches per hour for a few hours straight. Absolutely relentless.

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87storms

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i just wanted to point out that i'm consuming eagle rare right now.  yes, i still like it.  1792 surprised me too.  bit of a sleeper pick.  i still want to try to blanton's.  they're another one that goes quickly when moco gets them in.

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psuhoffman

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On 7/19/2018 at 2:58 PM, JWilliam9830 said:

This is just speculation, but we will be totally crushed by the winter of 2018-19. All my hopes are up for a big winter and a west based weak to moderate El Nino.

I have a feeling it's likely to bring several significant snowfalls from juiced up miller a gulf systems to the majority of our area. The only exception would be the far eastern areas of this forum. If I lived in Delaware and southern NJ I would be depressed.  I think those storms will likely be mostly rain there. So the few people that live there will be disappointed. But for most of this forum it will be a good winter. 

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psuhoffman

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1 hour ago, WxWatcher007 said:

We have to figure out this whole BBQ thing. I’d still love to attend.

Definitely and I really hope you're able too. It seemed the majority wanted to do it in the fall. With the exception of a couple saturdays for debate (unfortunately the schedule isn't out yet) I am available. So we just have to figure out when works best for most. 

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Eric

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Saw this posted on Mount Vernon's Facebook page.  It's George Washington's diary entry of a hurricane that impacted the Mid-Atlantic on July 24, 1788.

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0004-0007-0024

[Diary entry: 24 July 1788]

Thursday 24th. Thermometer at 70 in the Morning—71 at Noon and 74 at Night—A very high No. Et. Wind all Night, which, this morning, being accompanied with Rain, became a hurricane—driving the Miniature Ship Federalist from her Moorings, and sinking her—blowing down some trees in the groves & about the houses—loosning the roots, & forcing many others to yield and dismantling most, in a greater or lesser degree of their Bows, & doing other and great mischief to the grain, grass &ca. & not a little to my Mill race. In aword it was violent and severe—more so than has happened for many years. About Noon the Wind suddenly shifted from No. Et. to So. Wt. and blew the remaining part of the day as violently from that quarter. The tide about this time rose near or quite 4 feet higher than it was ever known to do driving Boats &ca. into fields were no tide had ever been heard of before—And must it is to be apprehended have done infinite damage on their Wharves at Alexandria—Norfolk—Baltimore &ca.

At home all day.

The sudden shift in wind direction indicated the passing of the eye of the storm. GW’s apprehension about the damage done elsewhere was well founded. This hurricane ravaged Bermuda on 19 July, and after sinking many vessels on the North Carolina coast, it struck Norfolk about 5:00 P.M. on 23 July. There, according to a newspaper account, the storm “continued for 9 hours—wind at start from NE—at 0030 [hours] it suddenly shifted to S and blew a perfect hurricane—tearing up large trees by the roots, removing houses, throwing down chimneys, fences, etc., and laying the greatest part of the corn level. . . . Only two ships in Hampton Roads survived the gale” (Phila. Independent Gaz., 8 Aug. 1788, quoted in LUDLUM [2], 30–31). At Alexandria the storm was reported to have “brought in the highest tide that was ever known in this river, and the damage done to Tobacco, Sugar, Salt, &c. in the Warehouses in this town, is computed at five thousand pounds. Several inhabitants on the wharves were obliged to retire to their chambers, and some were taken out of their houses in boats. . . . The damage in the country to the wheat, growing tobacco, Indian-corn, &c. is beyond description; and many planters and farmers, who flattered themselves with much greater crops than have been known for many years past, had their hopes blasted by the violence of the storm” (Md. Journal, 5 Aug. 1788). The center of the hurricane skirted Annapolis, causing little or no damage despite an unprecedented high tide (Md. Gaz., 31 July 1788). However, at Baltimore this evening “The Wind . . . blew with unabated Fury, (accompanied with heavy Rain) for upwards of Twelve Hours, which occasioned a most dreadful Inundation of the Sea, that deluged all the Wharves, Stores, and low Grounds near the Bason and at Fell’s Point, producing a Scene of Devastation and Horror not to be described. . . . Immense Quantities of Sugar, Rice, Salt, Dry Goods, and other valuable Merchandise, were entirely ruined” (Md. Journal, 25 July 1788). North of Baltimore the storm apparently diminished rapidly, possibly exhausting itself in the Appalachian Mountains to the northwest (LUDLUM [2], 30–31).

 

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