Holston_River_Rambler Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 For those who imbibe and are interested, Burial Beer in Asheville is now shipping to TN. The shipping cost isn't too bad ($14 for 70 bucks worth, cheaper than gas to drive there for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bob Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Let's drop the politics and side commentary before I have to start swinging the ax.....we have a forum for that you can go sign up for it. It has no place in here. I remember going to Burial last time I was in Asheville! Good stuff! In the meantime, if someone would start up a Spring Summer Fall type forecast discussion thread....I would be most grateful! I fear I will cause a massive heatwave if I start it.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I don't make the rules, but my two cents...I personally don't mind the COVID19 talk as that is just part of our lives. We have a great forum, even though many of us are on opposite sides of the aisle. This is one place where we can drop the politics(admittedly difficult sometimes to separate politics from the issues at hand) and be somewhat united in our enjoyment of the weather. I do think it is entirely possible that COVID19 and the weather are likely linked, even if loosely. The other families of corona viruses do not like late spring and summer weather. It is entirely possible that it returns during the fall with the first cold snap or two if that is the case. What we do here might have particular significance if that is the case. I just think we can have those discussions without being overly partisan. I do realize for many that these are stressful times. Some are out of work. Some are about to be. Many are stuck at home. I think discussion is healthy, but let's just remember that we were friends well before this virus came upon us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 @Greyhound thought of you when I saw this video this AM Pretty high water at the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyhound Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Holston_River_Rambler said: @Greyhound thought of you when I saw this video this AM Pretty high water at the end. The "end" is where most people start. The last time we did it the water was pretty high also. You should see the wave that we create just going through....even at slow speeds!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspeed Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Hahaha Reed Timmer Ric Flairing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 I miss classic wrestling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Was it 1955-56 we were looking at late last fall into winter comparing similarities to this year? I was looking at record lows for each month and it appears June, August and September of 1956 all had monthly record lows for here. June 1956 - 33 degrees August 1956 - 41 degrees September 1956 - 31 degrees. 1961, which doesn't have the record coldest May day here, did have the end if month freezes. 1961 also has the record low for July of 45 degrees. We've been close to that one a few times since 2009 here with several July nights in the 40s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Looks up May and June 1956 in the Plains, lol! Nah with covid-19 and that awful cut-off low in Texas, I think no Plains chase trip this year. No way to manage the covid-19 risk without camping in the car and eating tuna fish and crackers. When I chase I like my breakfast buffet and evening drinks - both part of the experience. Just can't do it! Meanwhile it's gonna get hot here next week. Frankly I enjoy MBN temps because it delays that awful, hot, humid, sticky, hazy, disgusting SER. I'll miss the deep emerald skies this spring. Even with lower pollution, that goes bye-bye in summer! So next week we have a SER but no Plains severe. Texas cut-off low. It is a terribly bitter pair of pills to swallow. Thanks for reading me vent. In lighter news Korean baseball is on ESPN overnights. They don't tape delay so I guess DVR for sports. English Premiere League starts June 1. Not sure if fans or not, but all we care about this side of the Pond is sports on TV. Cheers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 17 hours ago, nrgjeff said: Looks up May and June 1956 in the Plains, lol! Nah with covid-19 and that awful cut-off low in Texas, I think no Plains chase trip this year. No way to manage the covid-19 risk without camping in the car and eating tuna fish and crackers. When I chase I like my breakfast buffet and evening drinks - both part of the experience. Just can't do it! Meanwhile it's gonna get hot here next week. Frankly I enjoy MBN temps because it delays that awful, hot, humid, sticky, hazy, disgusting SER. I'll miss the deep emerald skies this spring. Even with lower pollution, that goes bye-bye in summer! So next week we have a SER but no Plains severe. Texas cut-off low. It is a terribly bitter pair of pills to swallow. Thanks for reading me vent. In lighter news Korean baseball is on ESPN overnights. They don't tape delay so I guess DVR for sports. English Premiere League starts June 1. Not sure if fans or not, but all we care about this side of the Pond is sports on TV. Cheers! Yeah its a suck time to do anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 3:20 PM, nrgjeff said: I miss classic wrestling. I once walked into the old House of Ribs in Johnson City and saw Nikita Koloff and Lex Luger eating dinner together after a match, and having a great time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 According to TVA social media, new trails are open at South Holston Reservoir. It is a new multi-use trail system. Weekend should dry out but it'll be hot! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I’m at N Myrtle and thought I was seeing a water spout forming but it never tightened up. Couple of pics I took. Could have been a scud but there was already 2 water spouts confirmed about 30 min up the road. With this low pressure spinning in central SC I am on the good side to see a spin up. . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKnox Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Caught this shelf cloud in Hilton Head Island, SC last week. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Caught this shelf cloud in Hilton Head Island, SC last week.Got this shot yesterday . 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I think that was trying @PowellVolz from the clouds. Spouts go on shear lines, not really sups as you know. You bet I'm always checking at the beach, lol! Another take-away here, looks like beaches are not too crowded. My odds of taking the family later this year just increased. Thanks both also @EastKnox for some ground truth. Both took excellent pictures too! I love a good storm after my beach time. IMPORTANT UPDATE: Chattanooga FC will be on the CW Saturday night. Believe that's just in Chatty but maybe some other CWs will carry it. No fans at Finley, but we got soccer again!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Caught this shelf cloud in Hilton Head Island, SC last week.This is a beautiful pic. Did you use an iPhone? I have an iPhone 11 Pro but I haven’t figured out all the camera options yet. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I think that was trying [mention=14393]PowellVolz[/mention] from the clouds. Spouts go on shear lines, not really sups as you know. You bet I'm always checking at the beach, lol! Another take-away here, looks like beaches are not too crowded. My odds of taking the family later this year just increased. Thanks both also [mention=15168]EastKnox[/mention] for some ground truth. Both took excellent pictures too! I love a good storm after my beach time.IMPORTANT UPDATE: Chattanooga FC will be on the CW Saturday night. Believe that's just in Chatty but maybe some other CWs will carry it. No fans at Finley, but we got soccer again!!To be honest where I’m at in the Windy Hill area of N Myrtle which is directly across from Barefoot Landing the beaches were more crowded than I expected. Today we had perfect weather, upper 80’s and a very slight breeze. We went out around 9ish this morning and we actually had to look for a spot on the beach to sit down. It’s not exactly packed but we had to look around for a spot that was 6 foot or so away from people. Here’s a pic I took and the majority of the time the beaches were about 50% more crowded than this pic. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Thank you @PowellVolz for the recon. That's great we also stayed at Bearfoot on the golf course, though I don't golf in summer there. It's nice rentals and near good restaurants. Not quite as touristy as the heart of MB. South Carolina was smart to put in that express way so one can get to other parts of MB quickly. We'd probably go to the Gulf Coast in fall. Always playing games with the tropics that time of year. However I love the weather. It's not as hot. Sun is lower so less sunburn. Still warm enough and the ocean is plenty warm. Years past fall is not as crowded as summer. We'll see if everyone else is thinking the same thing. Only trouble is fall is past spout season. I'll pass on tropical. Just give me general thunderstorms, lol! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Throwing this pic in here of me and my son who had a great time. I wasn’t really fired up about coming here with everything that’s going on in our upside down world but I just couldn’t tell him we wasn’t going to the beach. We just did carry out most nights when we didn’t eat in. We did go to the outlets one day but they were not all that crowded and we obviously had on masks. I’d say 90% of the people we saw in public had on masks. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Thank you [mention=14393]PowellVolz[/mention] for the recon. That's great we also stayed at Bearfoot on the golf course, though I don't golf in summer there. It's nice rentals and near good restaurants. Not quite as touristy as the heart of MB. South Carolina was smart to put in that express way so one can get to other parts of MB quickly. We'd probably go to the Gulf Coast in fall. Always playing games with the tropics that time of year. However I love the weather. It's not as hot. Sun is lower so less sunburn. Still warm enough and the ocean is plenty warm. Years past fall is not as crowded as summer. We'll see if everyone else is thinking the same thing. Only trouble is fall is past spout season. I'll pass on tropical. Just give me general thunderstorms, lol!Our neighbors have their own house on Cape San Blas and we usually do fall break there. There it’s very easy to social distance because it’s not crowded at all. I love that place. They were very lucky that hurricane Michael didn’t destroy that whole peninsula, considering it protects parts of Mexico Beach. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Stovepipe said: 2020 FTW!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKnox Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 6:25 PM, PowellVolz said: This is a beautiful pic. Did you use an iPhone? I have an iPhone 11 Pro but I haven’t figured out all the camera options yet. . I used the panoramic mode on an iPhone 10. Most of the "skill" involved was just luck in timing with the sunset shining on the upper level clouds. Funny thing is...the storm never made it to me. It fell apart and ended up as a light drizzle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PowellVolz Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 What in the world. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Fingers of Death! Stranger Things! Nah I see that often when storms approach ridges. I think it's the extra lift in a humid airmass, added condensation. Harmless but very neat to film. They move. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 Took a socially distant camping trip to finish some writing work to the CO, UT, and NM Rockies. https://imgur.com/a/E4bDAlg Some low humidity and cool night vides to help get through the humidity these days 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Oh wow that's beautiful! We hiked a short stretch of the Cumberland Trail with rock houses and water in which to wade. Oh but I miss the Rockies! Would love to go out there when the Aspens are glowing - never been that time. Maybe pull a fall Plains trip with Aspens on the down days. I don't know. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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