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Question for the East Coast members

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hey_moe

Retired SOH Administrator
I done just about had enough of this rain not let's not forget the mosquitoes problems.We just installed a pool and just about every night it has either rained,cloudy or just a bit to chilly.On the mosquito problem, Langley has sprayed the area. I have sprayed,fogged, spread out all kinds of mosquito killing stuff and they just sit on the limbs of trees and laugh at me..lol. I have lived here all my life and haven't seen this type of weather as long as I can remember:frown: So far this year I think I have seen maybe a total of five 90 deg days...waaaaaaa. Last night again we had fast moving storms,rain and hail. Suffolk also had another tornado touch down and damage another 65 homes with plenty of down trees again.They say with all this cold front that has hung around from Canada all summer it should stop the amount of hurricane activity we usually receive in August and September.But I really miss the hot dry summer we always seem to get.Even we Linda and I went to Nags Head for some vacation time, five of the seven days were crappy weather.
 
Global Warming in these here parts is resulting in lower than normal day time temps and night time temps that are low enough to see your breath. Deb and I have taken to shutting the windows and grabbing a light blanket for the bed at night. The ferrets have taken to sleeping in a pile in one hammock and the dogs press refuse to get out from under the covers.

Skeeters are pretty nasty here too. We have a fairly large pond and an equally large marsh on the property, lots of tall grass off in the side yard....and those skeeters love it when the dogs insist on walking into the "wild" to do their business....I have skeeter bumps like crazy!

OBIO
 
I'm surprised to hear so much discussion about it being a year without a summer.
It doesn't compare remotely to the true year without a summer, 1816.
There was another cold summer in 1936 when it snowed on my birthday, June 12.
Low temps are also the effect of the lack of hot air from Al Gore.
 
Helldiver said:
Low temps are also the effect of the lack of hot air from Al Gore.
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The truth hath been spoken! :engel016:

I'm also wondering what happened to global warming. This morning it was COLD outside, around 50 degrees. Northern parts of the state got into the mid 30's! It's JULY, not OCTOBER!

This summer has been cool and dry compared to "normal" (whatever that is...).
 
Count yourselves lucky team, it is now Mid-Winter in Victoria (Australia) and our water catchments are at 28% capacity.............and that doesn't bode well for the approaching Summer and the 'Fire Season'.
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Hey Moe, put up some bird and bat houses.It's pretty crappy up here too. I live on a salt marsh and I can make it from the house to the marsh with just a couple of slaps. We have lots of birds and bats doing their job on the insects. I can see the Atlantic ocean from my house and I swear it looks nice and sunny 10 miles out. We are surrounded by woods with a lot of dead fall from a hurricane a few years back, so I don't mind the rain. We like it 65-70 degrees, 90 would kill most fo us!
 
Kiwikat said:
The truth hath been spoken! :engel016:

I'm also wondering what happened to global warming. This morning it was COLD outside, around 50 degrees. Northern parts of the state got into the mid 30's! It's JULY, not OCTOBER!

This summer has been cool and dry compared to "normal" (whatever that is...).
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global warming is the wrong name really, but from what i gather:-

sun melts ice caps
ice caps melt
cool water gets into gulf stream
gulf stream cools
bye bye warm air
hello cold air

It also seems to change depending where you are, this year we had our worst (most fun :engel016:) snow fall for a good 10/20+ years and were currently haveing the hottest summer so far :blind:
 
As Stitz mentioned it is all to do with the polar ice melting.

Global warming is a misnomer, it should be either polar warming or global climate change. As the poles warm up, the ice melts and the world's weather patterns change.
 
sorry, i don't worship at the church of gore

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Here in southeast TN, we haven't had that much rain. But I will never complain about too much rain again. Not after the drought we went through a couple summers ago. Wells were going dry all around us. Thankfully, ours did not, but so many folks were having to redrill. Awful. So let it rain....HERE at least!

NC
 
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Up here in Toronto Canada we're having the coolest summer that I can remember during my 52 years. Daytime highs in the 21C range (70F) whereas the normal temp should be about 27C (86F)

Nights are about 11-15C (50-60F) Great weather for sleeping but lousy for "skinny dipping" & outdoor "horizontal recreation" :eek: (you know what I mean eh? :kilroy:)

On the upside I've only had the A/C on a few times (saving lots of $$) but I need to run the furnace on some nights. I have NEVER had to run my furnace during July before .... EVER!!!!

Mosquito's? ..... I haven't even seen one yet! I'm pretty sure "Immigration Canada" deported all of them to Obi & Moe's neighborhoods! - so do say we never give yaz anything eh!!!

But they don't seem to bother with me ..... probably not enough blood in my alcohol system....

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Vermont weather: Possible snow on Mt Washington today. Weather Person said that that is not unusual. :pop4:

David
 
Stiz,
The cooling of the Gulf stream is going to affect Northern Europe more than North America. As the Tundra melts fresh water flows into the North Atlantic and being less dense than salt water, forces the warm Gulf Stream deeper, hence cooling it. It's weird and has nothing to do with Al Gore. It's climate change, good for some, bad for others.
 
Dirtman said:
Mosquito's? ..... I haven't even seen one yet! I'm pretty sure "Immigration Canada" deported all of them to Obi & Moe's neighborhoods! - so do say we never give yaz anything eh!!!
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We've seen a few skeeters down here in Canada's 'Banana Belt' and they have been bigger than usual too and bite like buggery! :isadizzy:

Our temps have been lower this year too (which is nice) as we have only been in the 90's a few days and it's been mostly in the low 80's. Thankfully the humidity has been kept at bay too and that's usually the big problem down here. This county is surrounded on three sides by water (Lake St.Clair to the north, Detroit River to the west and Lake Erie to the south) which really adds to the humidity problem and believe me 95+ F with 95% humidity is extremely unpleasant! It feels like you can almost wring the water out of the air.
 
I'm just a little south of you Moe....
We got some good rain last night and we're all jumping for joy. Things were getting pretty dry around here !!! Have yet to swat a skeeter this year...
 
Dirtman said:
Up here in Toronto Canada we're having the coolest summer that I can remember during my 52 years. Daytime highs in the 21C range (70F) whereas the normal temp should be about 27C (86F)



On the upside I've only had the A/C on a few times (saving lots of $$) but I need to run the furnace on some nights. I have NEVER had to run my furnace during July before .... EVER!!!!

Mosquito's? ..... I haven't even seen one yet! I'm pretty sure "Immigration Canada" deported all of them to Obi & Moe's neighborhoods! - so do say we never give yaz anything eh!!!



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ha! cool deal, i'm here in toronto as well. (upper beaches) it is a cool summer, isn't it? and your right about the skeeters. i've not gotten a single bite so far this year.
 
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