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Floods in the are man made.
by Explorer- 1 reply
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Maybe an off topic here. but people should know that the current floods in Europe are manmade. Farmers have destroyed the upland moors and vegetation because they want dry land. As a result villages and cities downstream get flooded! And the drainage was even subsidized by taxmoney! A bloody shame! And destruction of upland native vegetation by man is also a problem in other parts of the World. Where upland native vegetation gets destroyed by man, sooner or later there is a price to pay... http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/29/deluge-farmers-flood-grouse-moor-drain-land?CMP=share_btn_tw Alexander
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Just Remember
by NBTX11- 2 replies
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Winter is nearing an end. My average temp of about 63-64F will become 70F in a few weeks, by late Feb and nearly 80F by late March. We add another degree (F) every 4 days, sometimes 3. In TX spring time heats up fast, fast, fast! Can't wait for the real heat to begin.
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Whoohooooo! High of Only 85 on Wednesday
by _Keith- 6 replies
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Fall is around the corner. High of 96 today, but I can't wait till Wednesday. Even tonight there is an eerie coolness in the air. At 85 I may just shiver.
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Warming Up!
by PalmTreeDude- 1 reply
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The lows and the highs are finally starting to rise in temperature as spring approaches! Today it was 81 degrees F and was sunny, a few of my (non palm) plants are starting to come up. Now the lowest lows are in the high 20s and low 30s. How is your weather?
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Disaster in Paradise
by amazondk- 9 replies
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The rains have been hitting the southeastern coast of Brazil especially hard this year. The the southern coastal area of Rio de Janeiro and northern São Paulo is one of the most beautiful tropical places on the planet. The mountains drop into the blue ocean from 3 to 4 thousand feet covered in the last remnants of the Atlantic Coast rain forest. For the most part the forest is quite well preserved and the area is dotted with beautiful small resorts with beautiful tropical architecture that blends into the surroudings. Unfortunately the very marraige of buildings and nature set the stage for a local disaster which has killed at least 60 people who were buried alive in…
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arizona monsoon in place horray!
by sonoranfans- 3 replies
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All my palms are loving it, the monsoon is here in force. Humidity has been above 50% every morning for a week and we even got a little rain(0.6 inch), the first accumulation near my house since march. this years dry/hot season was a long one. Without supplemental watering(other than drip system), I would have alot of cooked fronds now. I have 2 butias showing 4-5 burned lower fronds(they see late day sun). Our temps have dropped 10 degrees to 97-100 range for the daytime high, perfect palm growing weather. As a verification, my bizzies started to open up new spears -that were just sitting there for the past month- almost simultaneously. The braheas are positivel…
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Cool Drone Video of Frost In Florida!
by PalmTreeDude- 0 replies
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I just happened to find this on YouTube and I thought it was really cool to see. Look at the water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcY_OXMHdRE
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Our Irma Evacuation
by IHB1979- 4 replies
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Thursday morning, days before a Florida landfall, Irma was being forecast to hit SE Florida and exit around the Cape Canaveral area, then a Charlston, SC landfall. We live on the barrier island south of Cape Canaveral and we knew a mandatory evacuation order was imminent. My family and I buttoned up the house and decided to evacuate. We couldn't find any hotels in the central FL area. So I decided to make the best out of having to evacuate and headed northwest to the panhandle. Traffic was horrendous and gas was in short supply as we made our way from the Melbourne, FL area to Orlando. We were going to take the FL turnpike to get to I75 but it was a parking lot. Instead o…
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Lovely Rain this morning
by Walter John- 2 replies
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Woke up to the sound of thundery rain, the rainwater tank overflowing and the sounds of palm fronds pushing up and some opening, the sounds of bamboo culms breaking through, the sounds of cycad flushes flushing, the sounds of daylillie buds forming, the sounds of clumping palms clumping, the sounds of the clock ticking, reminding me I have to leave this paradise at home and go to work !!!
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Cats and Dogs and the Devil Beating his Wife
by Alicehunter2000- 5 replies
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We are going through some pretty extreme weather right now. It's literally dumping rain right now....no hail in my location but I'm not so sure about areas surrounding me. Lightning and thunder popping all over...suprised I havn't lost power. Tornado watch in effect all morning. Winds are gusting 30 plus..........nasty, nasty weather...........soon to be at a location near you (if you live east and south of me)
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Thunderstorm in Ellesmere Port, northwest England.
by cheshirepalms- 3 replies
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Here are a few videos from my garden today during a rare thunderstorm, with hail and thunder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCgY2DH-wFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT4MWj1uNp8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1s9U0PP2xQ
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Wind storm headed to socal
by STEVE IN SO CAL- 4 replies
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Just heard...70 mph gusts in the mtns and dsrts, up to 50 mph gusts at the coast. Not a Santa Ana event...coming from the west. Jeez...
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A rare sight out west... Hurricane Kay
by Silas_Sancona- 22 replies
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With the worst of the heat looking to back off a bit across the west over the next few days, attention turns to potential impacts from a rarely experienced weather phenomenon along the west coast of the U.S. While remnants of dying storms do spread clouds and higher humidity levels, the occasional, brief tropical shower / Dry / high-based thunderstorm outbreak across the state from time to time through the summer and fall months almost each year, significant effects from Tropical systems that manage to reach near shore waters of California are extremely rare. While it has happened, direct hits from legit Tropical storms / Hurricane strength systems are noted in Cali…
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heat wave coming to southern cal.....
by trioderob- 5 replies
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we are now about to get an extended "heat wave" with very warn and dry conditions. you may need to start watering again..................
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30 years later...
by Silas_Sancona- 11 replies
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Not sure how I'd forgotten about it but an article released on the subject today reminded me of one of the craziest events I have witnessed / experienced thus far in my time on this planet. 30 years ago, I was sitting in the house going thru my backpack while awaiting the start of the World Series. Mom was at work up in Redwood City, sister was at her job several miles from the house. Little would I know that in just a couple minutes, the movement of ground just a few miles south of me, up in the Santa Cruz Mountains would unleash chaos, or that the start of that game would become an iconic moment, both in the sports world, but in history. I remember sitting there…
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La Nina or not?
by happ- 2 replies
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A strong/persistent westerly flow in the upper atmosphere has delayed/sheared tropical activity [even at the equator Good news for hurricane weary & drought concerns. Excerpt from WxAmerica Also of interest is the Madden Julian Oscillation, which could have impacts on both extent of hot air in North America (unlikely) and tropical cyclone development (possible). In summer, the effects of the MJO are usually most pronounced in the southern hemisphere. But if a Kelvin wave is strong enough (and the signature most recently seen along the eastern coast of India and Sri Lanka certainly is), two shifts in the atmosphere can occur above the Equator. One is str…
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What does this winter have in store?
by _Keith- 6 replies
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These folks make a credible case for knowing, or at least educated guessing. http://www.weathertrends360.com/Blog/Post/Long-Range-Weather-Forecasting-The-2014-2015-Winter-Outlook-1935
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The big Chill
by Palmlover_78- 2 replies
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Hey You guys have nothing on me when it comes to erratic weather and temps. In the winter here it can be as high as -10 and at night down to -36, The worse is usually the last week of October and end of November, very erratic temps, cold, snow, ice, rain, sunny and somewhat warm . Who wants to experience a winter in zone 3b
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Big Island Rain
by Wai`anae Steve- 3 replies
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Bo, How is it going w/rain from that tropical depression? Steve
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Here we go again, but with less enthusiastic models
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Summer drought see some rain today.
by Palm crazy- 0 replies
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After two months of no rain we finally got 7 hours of rain today with 1.26 inch. Going to be balmy this weekend with the return of the sun. Long range looks like no rain till mid or late September. High yesterday was 85F, today 63F and rainy, lovely rain that will surely give all the plants a nice boost of new growth. Could be a drier warmer winter ahead if everything lines up for a supper El nino especially warmer Dec and Jan. for the PNW.
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Somebody sure pi$$ed off The BIG GUY!
by Gonzer- 4 replies
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Fire behind us, to the left, to the right...all over!!!! tain't never seen so many fires in one day.
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Sept. 22, 2007
by DoomsDave- 3 replies
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Howdyall: Put on my red shoes and did a rain dance. The BEST torrential rain pelted La Habra, and I actually stuck out my tongue, and it tasted sweet. My inner child definitely came to the fore. If I was 6, I'd have ripped off my clothes and ran around the block . . . . Ahem. Last year was SO DRY. (Last year as in Rainy season.) An Inch and a half fell, enough that I don't have to water this weekend, for the first time in Heaven only knows how long. How about the rest of you? How much did you get?
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Here just northeast of Pensacola, FL, i am very impressed with how winter 2019-2020 turned out. Our lowest low was 23 degrees based on data from NAS Whiting Field. We did have several nights in the low to mid 30s with some nights dipping into the upper 20s, only one time did it ever drop below 25 degrees. The average minimum temp for the month of January was 45 degrees, and the average maximum temp for the month of January was 64 degrees. Correct me if im wrong but we had a 9a winter up here this year!
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The Caribbean gets in on the action
by SubTropicRay- 5 replies
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You know it's bad when you see this sort of thing. http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/weathermatrix/story/43104/florida-and-caribbean-low-temperature-records.asp
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