Standingstones
Celestial
We had a few brief showers last night. It is a beautiful 79 degrees at 2:30pm now. However we are looking at 91 degrees tomorrow according to Weather Underground.
nivek
As Above So Below
Hurricane Idalia is undergoing 'explosive' strengthening to 125mph Category Three storm with 15 FOOT surges - but Disney World vows to stay OPEN and morons take selfies at Key West live cam
The tempest now has maximum sustained winds of up to 85 mph with even stronger wind gusts, according to the National Hurricane Center. Currently the hurricane is a Category 1 storm, but forecasters are expecting it to become an extremely dangerous Category 3 by landfall in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The intensity is expected to reach 125mph by landfall - which is only 5mph below Category Four strength - and hurricane force winds will extend 15 miles outwards from teh centre. Tropical storm-force winds will extend outwards up to 160 miles, with landfall expected in the Big Bend area of Florida near Steinhatchee. The National Hurricane Center has warned that there will be a 'life-threatening storm surge' of 10 to 12 feet across Tampa Bay and the Big Bend region of Florida..https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...Hurricane-Idalias-wrath-Evacuation.html#video
nivek
As Above So Below
Idalia is now 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 Hurricane: Florida braces for 'catastrophic' 16ft storm surges and 156mph 'life-threatening' winds and tornados: Rain lashes Big Bend and thousands are without power
Hurricane Idalia is expected to make landfall later today as a Category 4 storm, with 16ft of storm surges. Evacuation orders were in place in 30 of Florida's 76 counties. By 1am on Wednesday, rain was lashing the coastline and the winds were picking up speed. The storm is expected to make landfall between 6am and 9am near Perry, south of Tallahassee. Those who chose to stay and ignore the mandatory evacuations have been warned that emergency services may not be able to reach them for several days. Florida is not alone in bracing for the storm: the governors of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia have all issued declarations of emergency. Help has been sent from as far afield as California and New York in advance of the expected search-and-rescue and cleanup operations.
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nivek
As Above So Below
Although fall is still two days away, snow is already piling up at Snowbasin Resort, Utah.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM2B0EE9
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM2B0EE9
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pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
If anyone of the North American continent wakes up tomorrow and finds a mile high glacier in their back yard that one is on me, sorry.
I pulled my snow thrower up into the garage which will undoubtedly cause another Ice Age. Never even needed it last year and it's a roll of the dice yet as to what we'll get but it'll be something other than nothing.
I cleaned up the property yesterday, blew all the leaves away, mowed and trimmed it all, drained all the fuel and oil out of the machines and pressure washed all the gunk and grass off of them - which is why I make them last so long. They rarely die from engine failure it's the decks that rot. No wonder I konked out for almost twelve hours straight.
Incidentally, this is probably a repeat but when my gas leaf blower died I replaced it with this. The price has gone up 25% or more in the last couple of years - Go Brandon - but this thing is absolutely hands down the most powerful blower short of a commercial backpack I have ever seen and it's super light weight. Electric Tyhoon.
PowerJet F700
I pulled my snow thrower up into the garage which will undoubtedly cause another Ice Age. Never even needed it last year and it's a roll of the dice yet as to what we'll get but it'll be something other than nothing.
I cleaned up the property yesterday, blew all the leaves away, mowed and trimmed it all, drained all the fuel and oil out of the machines and pressure washed all the gunk and grass off of them - which is why I make them last so long. They rarely die from engine failure it's the decks that rot. No wonder I konked out for almost twelve hours straight.
Incidentally, this is probably a repeat but when my gas leaf blower died I replaced it with this. The price has gone up 25% or more in the last couple of years - Go Brandon - but this thing is absolutely hands down the most powerful blower short of a commercial backpack I have ever seen and it's super light weight. Electric Tyhoon.
PowerJet F700
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
About the same here - warm and foggy. A fox was out there suddenly vocalizing so loud in the darkness so close to me it startled the bejeezus out of me this morning. Got me thinking that if I heard a Bigfoot howl and some tree knocking for real out in the woods I'd **** myself 
Spaceman spiff
Noble
Finland is colder than usual, especially in the south, near Helsinki now. But at least we got a white christmas this year.
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
I service my snow thrower in the summer. I did that in July 2022 and it's still sitting there waiting to be used, all I have to do is put gas in it. Despite the dire warnings for other parts of the state we aren't having a white Xmas and I begin to doubt the rest of this winter.
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
There is some talk of 6-7" of snow Saturday night into Sunday morning. There was a light dusting out there this morning. I put fuel in the snow thrower for the first time since I serviced it in August of 2022. Fired right up, no problem. Just had to make some fine adjustments to the box a with a 3lb sledge, I took al the non-rectangularness out of it. We're not going to get away with no snow again this year, although personally I wouldn't mind. Been clearing snow here for almost 27 years and you might say I get a little sick of it.
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
We're getting rain and maybe high winds later. Supposed to creep up into the high 50s tonight - weird - and that'll make for a foggy morning. The local power company sent out warnings, which is unusual for them. All the snow we just had has saturated the ground and with more rain I imagine there'll be trees flopping over taking out utilities. My generator's all set, I just ran it the other day to check. The chainsaw has a nasty leak - have to get around to that.
nivek
As Above So Below
Speaking of tornadoes, had one touch down 6 miles from where I was working yesterday...It crossed the main highway nearby and killed a couple people...The wind yesterday was the strongest I've seen in these parts...
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