hat tip = FB pal Bill D
Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Sunday, June 04, 2017
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Get Ready For It
Storm comin'. Time for the waves of panicked humanity to start crashing thru the walls of the neighborhood grocery.
hat tip = FB friend MM
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Winter Sucks Now
I'm thinkin' I might hafta skip Leg Day tomorrow.
And Cardio on Tuesday? Yeah - that's lookin' a little iffy too.
And Cardio on Tuesday? Yeah - that's lookin' a little iffy too.
Monday, April 07, 2014
Rain
It started raining very early this morning. And from what I understand, it's raining all over the place.
It's raining on very rich people, and it's raining on very poor people, and it's raining on everybody in between.
How long must we endure the monstrous tyranny of this evil socialist rain!?!
Friday, February 14, 2014
Friday, April 08, 2011
Drought
When we moved to Virginia 23 years ago, we were amazed at how lush it was. Of course, that could've been due simply to having grown up in the west where it's amazingly dry and airy, so by comparison, just about anywhere is going to seem wetter. But over the years, it's gotten drier - until it seems like we're always under some kind of drought condition now.
Take a look at February vs April 2011 via Drought Monitor, Univ of Nebraska:
They caution against reading these things "too literally", but this doesn't look like a happy trend, especially for the South Central states.
Take a look at February vs April 2011 via Drought Monitor, Univ of Nebraska:
They caution against reading these things "too literally", but this doesn't look like a happy trend, especially for the South Central states.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Big Storm III
The latest Big Storm didn't quite measure up. Looks like we got 2-3 inches over night, tho' there was some pretty good wind, which is supposed to continue thru today and tomorrow. So the probability of losing power again is still high.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Saturday, February 06, 2010
The Big Storm II
As of about 1:30 pm Saturday Feb 6:
It's been snowing since yesterday at about daybreak.
Lost power at 6:30 last night.
Probably close to 20 inches on the ground so far, expecting another 3 or 4 through tonight at about 10.
I bought a second power inverter last week, so this time we can run the WiFi and one laptop, the phones and the TV and satellite receiver.
If the official total snowfall is over 18 inches, it sets the record for most snow in a season.
All for now.
It's been snowing since yesterday at about daybreak.
Lost power at 6:30 last night.
Probably close to 20 inches on the ground so far, expecting another 3 or 4 through tonight at about 10.
I bought a second power inverter last week, so this time we can run the WiFi and one laptop, the phones and the TV and satellite receiver.
If the official total snowfall is over 18 inches, it sets the record for most snow in a season.
All for now.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Winter Wonderland IV
We lost power last nite around 630. Luke was stranded at a friend's house; Irene Nick Sadie and I sat around the kitchen table playing Yahtzee and Monopoly and poker under candle and glow-stick light til close to 1AM. Everybody wore many pounds of clothing to bed.
This morning the temp inside the house was 52, but the skies had cleared overnite, so at least we had the sun while we did the shovel work necessary to get the driveway passable for the Durango. Took us close to 3 hours to move the 50 feet or so from garage to street (and our street has still not been plowed as of 8:15 PM).
We hooked up my little power inverter so we could watch some football, and pretend things were more or less normal for a while. At about 3 PM, the power company called to tell us the problem had been fixed and that our lites should be on now - they weren't. About this time Luke's friend's mom delivered Luke to the house (giant Suburban 4x4) and we decided to try to make it out for some dinner. Encountered one of the neighbors trying to get back home after almost 3 days on shift at UVa hospital. Fatigue must've clouded his judgement, as something possessed him to try driving his Lexus sedan down the unplowed road. Anyway, there he was blocking our egress not more than 100 feet from the intersection with the main road. Fortunately, a couple of guys in Jeep CJ's from the Earlysville Fire Dept (right around the corner) had been working on it for a while and they winched his dumb ass out so we could escape.
We made it out toTGI Friday's (1st place we found that was open) and had a fine meal. Trip back home was uneventful and when we got here the power had returned. A big win. Many thanks to all the people who know how to fix stuff.
I'm going to bed.
This morning the temp inside the house was 52, but the skies had cleared overnite, so at least we had the sun while we did the shovel work necessary to get the driveway passable for the Durango. Took us close to 3 hours to move the 50 feet or so from garage to street (and our street has still not been plowed as of 8:15 PM).
We hooked up my little power inverter so we could watch some football, and pretend things were more or less normal for a while. At about 3 PM, the power company called to tell us the problem had been fixed and that our lites should be on now - they weren't. About this time Luke's friend's mom delivered Luke to the house (giant Suburban 4x4) and we decided to try to make it out for some dinner. Encountered one of the neighbors trying to get back home after almost 3 days on shift at UVa hospital. Fatigue must've clouded his judgement, as something possessed him to try driving his Lexus sedan down the unplowed road. Anyway, there he was blocking our egress not more than 100 feet from the intersection with the main road. Fortunately, a couple of guys in Jeep CJ's from the Earlysville Fire Dept (right around the corner) had been working on it for a while and they winched his dumb ass out so we could escape.
We made it out toTGI Friday's (1st place we found that was open) and had a fine meal. Trip back home was uneventful and when we got here the power had returned. A big win. Many thanks to all the people who know how to fix stuff.
I'm going to bed.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Winter Wonderland III
It's still coming down, but it's a lot lighter now. Trying to figure out how to post some video.
Winter Wonderland
The snow started last nite (Friday 12-18) at about 5 or 530. This morning, it was up to 19 inches. We don't get much of this kind of weather, so nobody is very knowledgable about how to cope. Usually the first thing that happens is that everybody flocks to the grocery stores to lay in the emergency stocks. Then they either forget how to drive altogether, or they think there's nothing you need to do to compensate for the conditions. So today, on the main drag thru town (US29), there are hundreds of abandoned cars - to the point that the emergency responders are having a hard time getting thru the snarl.
Nick managed to get Haley (gf) back to her house in good shape; Sadie stayed home, and it took me a little more than 2 hours (to make a trip that should take 35 minutes) delivering Luke to his friend's house for a sleep-over.
It's still snowing now at noon on Saturday. It's getting lighter, but the newsies are telling us we can expect "another few inches".
Sadie on the front stoop this morning:
Nick managed to get Haley (gf) back to her house in good shape; Sadie stayed home, and it took me a little more than 2 hours (to make a trip that should take 35 minutes) delivering Luke to his friend's house for a sleep-over.
It's still snowing now at noon on Saturday. It's getting lighter, but the newsies are telling us we can expect "another few inches".
Sadie on the front stoop this morning:
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