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Title: Rain go away
Post by: Oldman on August 02, 2007, 09:22:53 AM
The quote below is off of another site (gaming) I go to.

QuoteQUOTE 
It usually gets all the way up into the mid 30s%.

Heh, we whine here when the humidity gets up over 40%
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You poor babies....

I've seen Dew point hit at 72 -74 F. Now we are talking HUMIDITY!! I've seen Rh at 99 plus % on a clear day.

As for the rain, it has not stopped here yet. It comes several times per day. Each time it is a downpour.

The dogs created a path down to the soil in my backyard. These became a channel for the water. Due to the "mini" fast moving flooding my years of building up the soil are now gone. I use to have several inches of good top soil I created by composting. Now I have a huge area of nothing be white sugar sand. The water has been running so fast (my back yard slopes downward) it has under minded my grass and it just floated away.

This year is unlike any year I can remember. I asked mother if it ever rain like it has lately when I was a boy. She said no. At times the air (no joke) feels funny to Susan and myself. We live at the tail end of this peninsula and normally the clouds move quickly. As of late there are times when nothing is moving.

Strange... damn strange indeed. Wow as I'm writing this out our 3rd rain for the day just started and it is coming down in buckets.

As I said...."Strange... damn strange indeed."
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: cingnut on August 02, 2007, 09:50:49 AM
Michigan hasnt had 3 days of rain all summer I dont think.  My horse pastures are ike a desert, not to mention my grass is all dead!
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Carter on August 02, 2007, 09:53:59 AM
It's been hot here in Ontario as well.  Sounds like they're just barely holding off the Grasshopper invasion in the Prairies.

Where are you Olds that the weather is so rainy?
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Oldman on August 02, 2007, 02:03:48 PM
QuoteWhere are you Olds that the weather is so rainy?
ST. Petersburg Florida USA.
(http://www.susanminor.org/Rayeimages/ST-Pete.jpg)

What is so nuts-o is after a rain the sun comes out for an hour or so, then we get another rain. This has been going on for days. Also the rains have been coming in from the Gulf (West) which is very strange. Normally our afternoon thunder showers come from the East.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Wildcat on August 02, 2007, 03:42:20 PM
Rain here as well Olds.  You forgot to mention that when the sun comes out between storms that you can actually see the steam rising.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: MWS on August 02, 2007, 07:45:59 PM
Don't mean to rub it in....but....for once our Pacific Northwest is sunny and hotter than your Southeast. Actually, I do mean to rub it in.... ;D :P
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: LilSmoker on August 03, 2007, 01:19:11 AM
England has been much the same, i can't ever remember such a wet summer  :'(
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Malc on August 03, 2007, 09:23:29 AM
I haven't cut my grass since the 4th of july.  When I water the plants, I can actually hear the grass go "Ahhhhhhhh!"
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Carter on August 03, 2007, 09:32:10 AM
Well, come December, I'll be wishing I was down your way.

I've been coming down there since I was a kid with my parents.  St Pete's Beach was always where we went.  Now my wife and I have driven down a couple of times and as soon as my son is travel worthy, we'll probably start doing March Breaks down there again.  I still get excited every time I see the Don Cesar for the first time in a couple of years.  It brings back all sorts of great memories.

As I was saying to Wildcat on Tuesday's Chat, I love to be down there for Grapefruit League Baseball.  March Break wouldnt' be the same without a trip to Dunedin to see the Toronto Blue Jays.

My parents will be down there for November and then January through March.  They're big into the Lawn Bowling these days so they like the idea of playing all winter as well.

Anyways, not a lot about Smoking or the weather, but I just wanted to say that you've got a great city there.

Carter
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: La Quinta on August 03, 2007, 11:03:14 AM
God, I wish it would rain here!!! 
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Oldman on August 03, 2007, 12:12:55 PM
Carter, the next time you come here E-mail me... Lunch or dinner is on me.
Olds
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Carter on August 07, 2007, 08:58:12 AM
Sounds great Olds.  I'll let you know when we're coming down.

Carter
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: IKnowWood on August 07, 2007, 06:26:17 PM
Olds & Wildcat, send some rain up north to Maryland.  We are in another bad drought since 2002.  this year was bad enough I had my well pump dropped another 30 feet on Monday.  We were drawing air at 110 feet.  The well is 380 feet down but the pump was at 110 feet, now its down to 140 feet.  When we had the house built 10 years ago is was 30 under the water table back then.

We have not seen rain in a long time.  What we get just adds surface level benfit.  We had one cut in late June, another mid July to take care of the edges looking scraggely.  (and help the lawn guy pay bills)  next cut late August maybe.  Most of the grass is brown and mostly dead.

Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Wildcat on August 08, 2007, 04:35:26 AM
Most of the rain has left my area.  Temps climbed into the upper 90's and with the humidity level, the heat index was 108F yesterday.  All of this with no breeze.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Gizmo on August 08, 2007, 10:28:16 PM
Sounds like time to take a vacation Wildcat.  Weather has been pretty darn good here.   :)
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Wildcat on August 09, 2007, 09:59:51 AM
Would love to Giz, but wife is a teacher and she goes back to work Monday and I have surgery scheduled for Thursday.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: iceman on August 09, 2007, 12:06:06 PM
Quote from: Wildcat on August 09, 2007, 09:59:51 AM
Would love to Giz, but wife is a teacher and she goes back to work Monday and I have surgery scheduled for Thursday.
Good luck on the surgery. Give the wife a hug for me and Ann for being a teacher. The world is certainly a better place because of teachers. They just never seem to get the credit they deserve for all the hard work the put in. ;)
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Wildcat on August 09, 2007, 01:24:27 PM
Thanks and will do Ice.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Gizmo on August 09, 2007, 07:12:29 PM
Good luck on the surgery Wildcat.  Extra prayers for ya and the docs  ;).
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Oldman on August 16, 2007, 01:10:54 PM
Quote from: iceman on August 09, 2007, 12:06:06 PM
Quote from: Wildcat on August 09, 2007, 09:59:51 AM
Would love to Giz, but wife is a teacher and she goes back to work Monday and I have surgery scheduled for Thursday.
Good luck on the surgery. Give the wife a hug for me and Ann for being a teacher. The world is certainly a better place because of teachers. They just never seem to get the credit they deserve for all the hard work the put in. ;)

Ya what he said~~!
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Wildcat on August 17, 2007, 05:37:35 AM
Thanks guys.  Surgery went fine yesterday.  On crutches today.  Took delivery of a new truck suitable to pull my fifth wheel day before yesterday.  She is a beautiful.  Wife has more competition now.  ::) May have to hide the keys.  ;D
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Carter on August 17, 2007, 09:36:07 AM
Glad to hear you're up and around Cat.

Carter
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Tiny Tim on August 17, 2007, 09:44:43 AM
Can't keep a good cat down...glad to hear surgery went well.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: iceman on August 17, 2007, 10:23:28 AM
Them ole cats always land back on their feet. :D :D :D Glad to see it went okay.
Just don't go and over do it for awhile. ;)
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Wildcat on August 17, 2007, 10:40:07 AM
Thanks folks.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Habanero Smoker on August 17, 2007, 02:20:46 PM
Glad your surgery went well.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: HCT on August 17, 2007, 02:36:09 PM
Good to see you back cat. I hope the surgery reults are a success.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Gizmo on August 17, 2007, 05:32:37 PM
Nice to hear from you Cat.
I agree with Ice,
Take it easy for a while before you go getting Wild again.   Just be a cool 8) cat for a while.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Wildcat on August 17, 2007, 05:39:20 PM
Thanks all.  That's what the Doc said as well.  Not allowed to put ANY weight on it yet.  Follow-up on Monday afternoon.  With school back in, the wife will be working and Jr will be gone as well.  Kinda hard to load/unload and monitor the old BS with only one leg.  :'(
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Gizmo on August 17, 2007, 06:09:37 PM
How about an accessorized power chair.  One with a built in Cooler.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Habanero Smoker on August 18, 2007, 02:45:25 AM
Wildcat;
This my be helpful for you at this time. FTCing on the move.
http://www.baronbob.com/motorized-cruzincooler.htm
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Wildcat on August 18, 2007, 03:40:05 AM
 ;D  ;D  ;D Now THAT is what I call a redneck wheelchair.  Hmmm - you know, that just might work.  ;D
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: NePaSmoKer on August 18, 2007, 03:55:06 AM
Quote from: Gizmo on August 17, 2007, 06:09:37 PM
How about an accessorized power chair.  One with a built in Cooler.

nepas deliverin smoked goodies.
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nepas
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Oldman on August 18, 2007, 03:58:57 AM
Now that is just to funny....  ;D :D :)
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Habanero Smoker on August 18, 2007, 02:16:04 PM
Quote from: Wildcat on August 18, 2007, 03:40:05 AM
;D  ;D  ;D Now THAT is what I call a redneck wheelchair.  Hmmm - you know, that just might work.  ;D

I like that term "redneck wheelchair". ;D

Every year I go to a festival, and we have to lug our coolers a long ways. I always wished that I had one of these.
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: iceman on August 20, 2007, 01:31:30 PM
Hope they come out with a 4 wheel drive version soon for my neck of the woods. :D
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Gizmo on August 21, 2007, 09:27:08 PM
With snow chains, studs, snow shoes or mukluks?
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: NePaSmoKer on August 22, 2007, 07:53:17 AM
Been raining for 2 days here in nepas area  :o
Our hills are still in the clouds.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/stlthy1/PICT0220.jpg)

nepas
Title: Re: Rain go away
Post by: Oldman on September 05, 2007, 03:34:14 PM
Hey can I order one of those with a SuperCharger?