Weather Acting Funny in Your Neighbourhood?

[jazzcyclist]

I now have cell phone service but still no power.

[bad hammy]

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES 1:08 PM
All of South Lake Tahoe ordered to evacuate as Caldor Fire runs over Echo Summit
A large area around Lake Tahoe was ordered to evacuate Monday morning, including Emerald Bay and Pope Beach as well as those west of the airport, South Lake Tahoe High School and near Heavenly Ski Resort.

https://firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.go...120.1,38.8,11z

[lonewolf]

Balmy boring late August sunny, mid to high 90s summer in Okieland.

[wamego relays champ]

https://firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.go...120.1,38.8,11z

As best as I can tell (from the GPS coordinates of the California Historical Landmark marker), the site of the 1968 Oly Trials is not yet in the orange or red zone on that map.

[jazzcyclist]

New Orleans faces a bleak future over the next month or so.

https://www.wwltv.com/video/news/inv...35?jwsource=cl

But at least the flood gates and levees held.
Here's a good video of the flood gates being closed.

https://youtu.be/eu3hEtCiUOU

[wamego relays champ]

As best as I can tell (from the GPS coordinates of the California Historical Landmark marker), the site of the 1968 Oly Trials is not yet in the orange or red zone on that map.

Well, that didn't take long. The site is part of the red zone now, as the fire continues up Hwy 50 and gets closer to the Lake Tahoe Airport.

[tandfman]

Headline - Farmer's Almanac says we're in for one of the coldest winters in 'years.' Should you trust it?


https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/to...?ocid=msedgntp

[jc203]

Interesting quote at the end of this glacial melt video. We are encountering weather conditions outside those which saw the development of our species....https://news.google.com/articles/CCA...S&ceid=US%3Aen

[26mi235]

Well my eldest made it to Madison late yesterday afternoon. A lot of uncertainty from Tulane about how long they will be gone: 2 weeks, 6 weeks. Will it be virtual for a while or all in person (if 6 weeks, starting virtual I think). Jazz was quite helpful for us getting through this!

[jazzcyclist]

I'm glad to see things turned out alright. I just got electricity a couple of hours and now the only thing I'm waiting on is internet service. I feel lucky because if I was 40-50 miles east, not only would I be without electricity for at least another month, but I would also be without water and sewer.

[NotDutra5]

Meanwhile my sisters in NJ and NY respectively have some interesting flooding stories to tell.

[jazzcyclist]

It's amazing that after Ida wreaked havoc in Louisiana the way it did it still had enough juice to do major damage in the Tri-state area. Has there ever been a hurricane in the U.S. with this much reach?

[gm]

It's amazing that after Ida wreaked havoc in Louisiana the way it did it still had enough juice to do major damage in the Tri-state area. Has there ever been a hurricane in the U.S. with this much reach?

Katrina gave the Northeast and parts of Canada a pretty good pop, too.

[DrJay]

Hurricane Camille, 1969, continued to drop heavy rain on up through the Ohio Valley and into Virginia, the latter receiving anywhere from 8" to 20", possibly as much as 31" in one location. Some 150 people died in Virginia, mostly from blunt trauma from landslides. NYC is another 350 miles NE from western Virginia, so Ida's distance reach is pretty impressive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurric..._West_Virginia

[gh]

...Has there ever been a hurricane in the U.S. with this much reach?

Canadians well remember Hurricane Hazel of 1954, which did significant damage in Toronto (and in Haiti at the other end). They retired the name after that one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect...azel_in_Canada