gravitylover Posted Sunday at 03:00 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:00 PM Looks like I went below freezing early this morning for a few minutes, it went to 31°! My growing season continues Tomatoes and strawberries are still flowering and the bees came out to play a little while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted Sunday at 04:21 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 04:21 PM Whatever rain it is can't get here fast enough with the region burning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted Monday at 12:00 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:00 AM 7 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Whatever rain it is can't get here fast enough with the region burning. So far the rain is very light. Only a trace here so far as of 7pm. The fire at Greenwood Lake had me smoke and some light ash. A far cry from folks living in that region. 3,000 acres burned so far with 10% containment and 1 loss of life from a firefighter . Thoughts and prayers and hopefully some desperately needed rain. https://www.facebook.com/NJForestFireService/posts/pfbid05iNfd4FWprJdQ3HCdBcSyY27Ka9efCdLiTaCvLQE9c3234Qct6TzwfHXEmXWpDD5l?__cft__[0]=AZWDDsHVPLbd3-nWn3Q0SOEjTjQFwEFkMRGBce6SeZHEQzVbHLCZgD_DF5e4Ex63WyX0Q-qhB-qpJYteb_9MWvA0lyqkWv_d4zRKhodoQGdUG-4z46QqhjwdDzTy2HL3X6IlFj5Cv992BbHVPJNLz_DkT9xgANWNaNEqEceMiTmwQEHQgvFmNEyt5Pq1jf9SoZVQaPs93R_r11hULdwlVbI_JhVXuejKihV6cLrQ0Da3BQ&__tn__=-UK-R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted Monday at 12:01 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:01 AM Half of rockland sent engine companies up to greenwood lake tonight. The rain is so close but even then prob not enough, would slow it down though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted Monday at 12:06 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:06 AM 6 minutes ago, BxEngine said: Half of rockland sent engine companies up to greenwood lake tonight. The rain is so close but even then prob not enough, would slow it down though. Yup with the rockland companies covering for structure protection. Every Orange County department has been requested to send available manpower and equipment. Everyone is stretched thin currently. Hopefully the rain can knock down some tonight before the wind shift tomorrow and forecast winds to be 10-15. https://www.facebook.com/FDWCompound/posts/pfbid04yZfZcPruTDnsgTVTiSkrWCtUMVnDDLqaMm5LGG6h4pAUGS9N6u4n137JsDNqKGPl?__cft__[0]=AZVfJZ6ILcPRXS9hdXWROTwGicNTKxhH887DRP822S7eLotd1JJXhp5rD1a8QY9yDmdGUil2agt5oS803RYLoK8X6he8V-LSZxKWuHkNmZXR2gAeY8FmKDLgNI3TeHe6_AeaWvbF_sBjP2loNjtEKd53euPEnVuFNr0KRQSrmdTVxmYJmyZ-bufIy53ojHQjAZXLJfQtTfzeWGwJR7T_w7fWyw_xvQ4W99w_H8WpYMRQ_A&__tn__=-UK-R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted Monday at 12:36 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:36 AM 34 minutes ago, BxEngine said: Half of rockland sent engine companies up to greenwood lake tonight. The rain is so close but even then prob not enough, would slow it down though. Was just there about an hr ago, fire is really close to the houses now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted Monday at 01:20 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:20 AM Mere drops so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted Monday at 01:41 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 01:41 AM .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted Monday at 01:41 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:41 AM Millbrook had a pretty good brush fire a couple miles up the road from me today. The smoke got quite dense for a while at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted Monday at 01:45 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:45 AM All 11 drops I got evaporated in minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted Monday at 02:00 AM Share Posted Monday at 02:00 AM Radar looks real spotty take the under on .25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted Monday at 02:31 AM Share Posted Monday at 02:31 AM .01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted Monday at 03:00 AM Share Posted Monday at 03:00 AM Same here. Woohoo! Way to get off the schneid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted Monday at 03:46 AM Share Posted Monday at 03:46 AM Up to .07” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted Monday at 10:59 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 10:59 AM .31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted Monday at 11:19 AM Share Posted Monday at 11:19 AM Was enough to knock down most of the heavy fire, and will stop the nuisance runs from idiots accidentally setting fires for a day or two. Under that first layer in the woods still bone dry though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted Monday at 11:40 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:40 AM 19 minutes ago, BxEngine said: Was enough to knock down most of the heavy fire, and will stop the nuisance runs from idiots accidentally setting fires for a day or two. Under that first layer in the woods still bone dry though. Tomorrows strong winds and dropping dews won't be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted Monday at 12:43 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:43 PM .2” here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted Monday at 01:09 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:09 PM .09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted Monday at 02:58 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 02:58 PM I looked at a couple Davis weather stations at Greenwood Lake. Both reported 0.00…it’s the season for clogged tippers. I have a debris screen in mine but it can still get fouled up, I cleaned mine out yesterday morning. The Meso location in Warwick reported .20. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted Wednesday at 03:24 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:24 PM On 11/11/2024 at 9:58 AM, IrishRob17 said: I looked at a couple Davis weather stations at Greenwood Lake. Both reported 0.00…it’s the season for clogged tippers. I have a debris screen in mine but it can still get fouled up, I cleaned mine out yesterday morning. The Meso location in Warwick reported .20. I always feel bad about evicting the spider in the tipper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted Wednesday at 04:54 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 04:54 PM 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: I always feel bad about evicting the spider in the tipper I'm always amazed at how the spiders love my weather station, and work really fast! I had .31 in the Stratus too the other day. There's always the debate on how accurate the tippers are but I think I've found a case where the Stratus can be off. I've notice in heavy downpours, which were a thing until recently, if I have the internal measuring tube with funnel inside the "bucket" it can under report. When I've taken the inner tube out ahead of heavy downpours and then measured after the fact both the Davis tipper and the Stratus were much closer in rainfall totals. I think the funnel can cause some of the heavy drops to splash out. That's my news. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted yesterday at 11:45 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:45 AM 24f here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted yesterday at 12:16 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 12:16 PM 21 for the low here, 19 at KMGJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago @BxEngineI read yesterday that there are smoke jumpers from Colorado and Montana heading to the Jennings Creek/Greenwood Lake fire. That's impressive IMO but maybe has happened in the past more often than I realize? Any ideas? I thought the same thing about the air tankers heading in to drop retardants, clearly an all out blitz this weekend to put this thing down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said: @BxEngineI read yesterday that there are smoke jumpers from Colorado and Montana heading to the Jennings Creek/Greenwood Lake fire. That's impressive IMO but maybe has happened in the past more often than I realize? Any ideas? I thought the same thing about the air tankers heading in to drop retardants, clearly an all out blitz this weekend to put this thing down. Its been done before, i just dont know about in orange or rockland. A bit further up its happened, and a few years ago near high point as well. As far as i know they are considered the foremost experts on backburning and such, and with everyone using federal ICS and NIMS codeword command bullshit, they can fit right in to the ongoing operation without too much work. Even the regular helicopter drops are kinda terrifying, dealt with that last year when the old celery fields in congers and haverstraw burned when a train started a bunch of spot fires. Sounds like a tsunami falling from the sky lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted 4 hours ago Author Share Posted 4 hours ago 7 minutes ago, BxEngine said: Its been done before, i just dont know about in orange or rockland. A bit further up its happened, and a few years ago near high point as well. As far as i know they are considered the foremost experts on backburning and such, and with everyone using federal ICS and NIMS codeword command bullshit, they can fit right in to the ongoing operation without too much work. Even the regular helicopter drops are kinda terrifying, dealt with that last year when the old celery fields in congers and haverstraw burned when a train started a bunch of spot fires. Sounds like a tsunami falling from the sky lol Everything I’ve read and seen on smoke jumpers confirms your thoughts, they’re the best around. I remember a book in my grade school library ‘Smoke Jumpers’ that I would check out on a regular basis. I can only imagine being out there for water drops, I bet it made the ground shake! I’ll be interested to see photos/videos of the fire retardant drops this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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