Weather Acting Funny in Your Neighbourhood?

[user4]

Sally continues to be problematic:Extreme rainfall from Hurricane Sally could trigger 'historic flooding'https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurri...looding/812752

Im watching countless arbovitae die a parched death. It is really discouraging to see other areas of the country awash in rainfall and floods while New England continues a bone dry summer into September. Usually it is the other way around, we get excessive rainfall and flooding while we hear of drought in the southwest and midwest.

[jeremyp]

Sally continues to be problematic:

Extreme rainfall from Hurricane Sally could trigger 'historic flooding'

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/extreme-rainfall-from-hurricane-sally-could-trigger-historic-flooding/812752

We got 5 inches from the outer bands as it went west of us in S.W. Florida. A few miles west received 10 inches, plus a tornado (siting). Reminds me of Katrina. It skimmed us with heavy rain and then went on to wreak havoc in N.O.

[NotDutra5]

We got 5 inches from the outer bands as it went west of us in S.W. Florida. A few miles west received 10 inches, plus a tornado (siting). Reminds me of Katrina. It skimmed us with heavy rain and then went on to wreak havoc in N.O.

We haven't seen the sun in a number of days in the Tampa Bay area but, while it has been rainy and heavy for short periods, I'm far enough inland to avoid the heavy rains closer to the Gulf.

[bambam1729]

I don't think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for some time yet. I'd keep playing.

[Atticus]

Scientific American breaks its 175-year-old political silence!

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-receives-endorsement-scientific-american-magazine-s-first-175-year-n1240134

Video with Editor:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...k-in-politics/

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Scientific American breaks its 175-year-old political silence!

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and that is fine as a bit of news, but has no place for further discussion here.

[user4]

We haven't seen the sun in a number of days in the Tampa Bay area but, while it has been rainy and heavy for short periods, I'm far enough inland to avoid the heavy rains closer to the Gulf.

wishing we would get such a good drenching soon !!!.. please wind , blow that storm right over New England!!!

[bad hammy]

Hard to know whether this belongs here or on the Darwin Award thread: 7,000 acre fire started by two people too stupid to be allowed to procreate. Unfortunately they did and blew off fireworks in the wilderness at the 'gender reveal party' . . .

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-official-says-family-responsible-for-gender-reveal-party-that-triggered-el-dorado-fire-could-be-liable-to-foot-entire-bill

And now a firefighter has died fighting this fire: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/u...alifornia.html

[gh]

2020 has been teaching me no end of new words:

'Medicane,' a rare, hurricane-like storm in the Mediterranean, makes landfall in Greece

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/weather/medicane-ianos-mediterranean-hurricane-greece/index.html

[tandfman]

Sounds like a U.S. government program for the distribution of walking sticks to those who need them.

[jeremyp]

and that is fine as a bit of news, but has no place for further discussion here.

It was the P word wasn't it!

[NotDutra5]

Hard to know whether this belongs here or on the Darwin Award thread: 7,000 acre fire started by two people too stupid to be allowed to procreate. Unfortunately they did and blew off fireworks in the wilderness at the 'gender reveal party' . . .

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-official-says-family-responsible-for-gender-reveal-party-that-triggered-el-dorado-fire-could-be-liable-to-foot-entire-bill

Didn't see that this was followed up on that a firefighter died fighting this fire recently. That could raise the ante with whatever responsibility the state decides the couple has.

[user4]

Hard to know whether this belongs here or on the Darwin Award thread: 7,000 acre fire started by two people too stupid to be allowed to procreate. Unfortunately they did and blew off fireworks in the wilderness at the 'gender reveal party' . . .

Note to self: dont forget to google search: "gender reveal party" so that you understand the world you live in!

[bambam1729]

Note to self: dont forget to google search: "gender reveal party" so that you understand the world you live in!

I had to look that up myself a few days ago

[gh]

I had to look that up myself a few days ago

me too! when I first saw the phrase I assumed it referred to people changing orientation