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Finally some good news.......
by epicure3- 28 replies
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1040 MB HIGH OVER UTAH WILL LIKELY CAUSE WIND ADVISORY NORTH WINDS INCANYONS MONDAY. OFFSHORE FLOW UNDER THE 578 RIDGE TUE THRU THU OF NEXTWEEK FOR WARM AND FAIR CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70SCOASTS AND VALLEYS. Nice :cool:
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Why I got hammered
by osideterry- 2 replies
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I'm not going to post photos of my sick collection of toasted palms. Plenty like them on this site. What's been bugging me is how I got hit so much harder than other yards in my own neighborhood. I decided to hit the topos, and then made this lil' show-and-tell map. The San Luis Rey River is at 90ft above sea level at it's closest point to my house. I filled in all land below 100ft above seal level in blue. My yard is the red dot near the center of the map. Imagine a river of cold air coming out of that narrow channel to the northeast, and then spreading west and south. After winter lows of 28F, 28F and now 26F, I'm conceding to Zone 9B. (By the way, my map is…
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photos of damage
by STEVE IN SO CAL- 20 replies
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Here's some shots...I'm in a hurry, so no blow by blow. Included are: Rav Glauca(looks happy for now), ensetes w/rhopies, jubaeopsis, tupidanthus,paratortor,unk livistona,dyp decipiens,arc.beatrice,wee hedyscepe that was ice covered from irrigation.
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June is right around the corner...more good news
by SubTropicRay- 7 replies
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From the Florida Daily Weather Discussion Page "Historically Florida has been very prone to hurricane strikes. Due to very unwise coastal over development, the Tampa Bay area megalopolis of 3+ million people will eventually become victim of the worst hurricane disaster in the history of the U.S., with dreadful loss of life of up to 20,000 due to drowning and up to $100 billion in property damage. In 2004 Hurricane Charlie almost became the storm for Tampa Bay." I thought I was gloomy.
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The carnage will continue...
by epicure3- 28 replies
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Got down to 29 again. Same temp at Sunday morning.
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At what Temp is it Safe
by RadPalms- 4 replies
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I am still getting 31F morining Temps with frost on the roofs and grass....At what temps would it be safe to migrate my palms from garage back into the yard..They have been in a closed garage now since Sunday with no light... Thanks Curt
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Snow in Malibu?
by tropical1- 4 replies
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These pics are from a news station in LA with user uploaded photos. I hope the cold weather has come to an end for all of those in california. http://knbc.nbcweatherplus.com/weathernews...559/detail.html
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weather stations
by JBa3Fan- 0 replies
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I have been looking into buying a weather station and I am not really sure what is a good one or bad one ... I am looking to buy this. http://www.lacrossetechnology.com/3610ch/index.php I would be glad to hear from anyone on how this one compares to what you are using now. I am looking to track long term history and probably hooking up to weatherunderground too. I figure there are a bunch of ya'll with allot of experince using them . thanks Jim
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Freeze Durations
by ZoneTenNut- 10 replies
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Scanning through all the SoCal freeze threads, I'm just blown away by the number of hours below freezing many are experiencing and how this will affect their palms. What are your experiences and how cold for how long? What kind of damage did you receive from it and what made it and what didn't? What did you do to protect your stuff, if anything? What microclimates helped (ie. southern side of house)? Windbarriers? Here in West Palm Beach, Florida, we hit upper 20's in the 89 arctic blast, but temps quickly rebounded, so the duration wasn't long. As such, many things got burned, but survived. Curious to know what others experiences have been, on a prolonged cold sna…
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So very tired...
by tropicalb- 18 replies
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10 pm here Monday night and it's already down to 34F...i really can't stand a whole lot more of this...it's getting very bothersome. I asked Bo to talk to Pele for us and to have her send us some warm winds.... He's on the case.
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Freeze 2007
by happ- 9 replies
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This morning was a somber awakening for many palm gardeners in California In-fact, only Pacifica [near San Francisco] recorded a minimum above 40F & many areas normally considered frostless dropped perilously close to freezing w/ many broken records. Was this arctic event worse than Dec 1990? Personally, I don't think so when all the data is collected. But that's no solace for those who lost a fortune in plants. Hopefully most palms will recover It is still cold though the NWS has cut back on freeze warnings in most of SoCal though a frost advisory is still in effect in San Diego/Orange counties & freezing conditions will likely occur in much of No…
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You've got to be kidding...
by STEVE IN SO CAL- 1 reply
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Just posted on the NWS site... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL CAUSE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND MAY HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR WILL CAUSE LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MAINLY THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN CANYONS AND PASSES. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. THERE COULD ALSO BE LOCAL STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS AGAIN DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEE…
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Crazy LA Weather-2
by NM_PALM_BOY- 5 replies
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Howdy ya'all, Ok...what the %#$@ is going on here in So. Cal! A few days ago we were discussing record heat...NOW record cold! 35 F here in Westwood (W. LA) this morning. Not bad compared to some of you folks inland (although my basil growing on the patio looks a bit squirrelly). What were some of your lows this morning? Doug
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Texas Ice Storm
by NBTX11- 4 replies
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I woke up this morning to a quarter inch of ice on my car, roof, and of course on the palms. It's over now. It never dropped below 30F, it just hovered around 30-32 for 2 days. 2 degrees higher and it would have been all rain. I spent 15 to 20 minutes banging ice off the cars, and knocking ice off palms. House and car looking like an ice cube Washys looking sad queen looking sad
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Cold Blast no1 for Texas 1 2
by steve 9atx- 73 replies
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Just in time for MLK day, we're supposed to have lows in the "low 30's". I have a King, Triangle, S. uresana, and A. micrantha pushing spears and two Queens starting to bloom! I don't know if it'll do any good, but I broadcast muriate of potash and epsom salts and watered them in. It's probably not soon enough for them to absorb the anitfreeze. Steve
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Storm tonight ?
by Exotic Life- 20 replies
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Hi, Last night was a windy night with a lot of wind, but the expect the wind get more speeds in the night ... The last weather report say for here a possible heavy storm with wind speeds the can go to 110 km/u = 68 Mph It's a small quick moving storm, but the don't know with way he goes, so i can be that the north of the country get the most wind or maybe the south ... The say also that big damage to forest and houses is possible ??? The orange places must be carefull ... Oke will see Robbin
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hoop house
by JBa3Fan- 6 replies
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here is a link to the hoop house I put together today I hope it does good for me this winter http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/683850/ http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q19/JBa3Fan/P1131205.jpg
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Canopy is key
by tropicalb- 4 replies
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well...it seems Dr. Darian was right. Start with a big canopy. After going through all the threads concerning the damage done during this freezing weather, one fact rings true: Palms located underneath canopy for the most part escaped major damage, while those left out in the open were decimated. (I can already hear the "duh's!!!, but how many people actually heed what they already know to be true and plant the canopy trees first?) Had I known that the 80+ year old Pepper tree at my Dad's house with it's thin leaves would have provided SO much protection over the last few nights, I would have drug all the plants over to that area a LOT sooner. I really didn't …
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Say hello to my little friend.
by epicure3- 19 replies
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......first you get the warmth, then you get the power. I'm not giving in without a fight. Imported from the sidelines at Lambeau Field, Green Bay. 250 000 BTUs of power baby.
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California freeze data
by STEVE IN SO CAL- 13 replies
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Comments and info are spread all over the place here on this board. I'm proposing a specific thread that we can share data re location , elevation, duration, lows/highs, wind/no wind, as well as effects, good or bad. We need to learn from our losses..share what worked and what didn't. Also visit freinds garden who aren't PalmTalkers, and gather info. Kinda like CRDB, but Calif specific. Lets share ideas on this thread, and maybe post the DATA thread as a sticky once we figure out format..thoughts? PS..sorry I let you guys down with no 'Countdown to disaster...Trilogy' last night...I just didn't want to play anymore
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Are the zones still the same?
by Palmy- 11 replies
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As many of you know, there has been a very cold freeze in the west. My question is do zones change becuase of it getting so cold. After this freeze am I still zone 9b, considering it was 21f? I hear it was in the mid/upper teens in the 1990 freeze and the zones did not change. As much as I would love to say Im 9b, its very hard to grow 9b species here. Still 9b? 4 days of under 25F, 3 just recently and 1 earlier this year.
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Monday "mourning" quarterbacking
by tropicalb- 15 replies
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6:30 am and it's 33F in the coldest part of my backyard. Going over to Dad's place a little later to uncover the damaged kings, and hope not see any more newly damaged plants, given the effort put forth to protect them last night...I can bet you that it got down into the low 20's over there again last night. I'll post photos on this thread later. due to a combination of location and cold-hardiness I believe, species there that showed only slight damage as of yesterday include : Brahea armata Brahea nitida Livistona chinensis Livistona decipiens Livistona australis Dioon spinulosum Cycas taitungensis Cycas revoluta Trachycarpus fortunei Chamaerops humilus v…
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Weathermen do have a sense of humor
by galveston1602- 1 reply
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While reading through the local discussion I came across this and thought it was worth posting.... needles to say it was a long discussion and pay attention to the last sentence Problem 3: one of the very few times I hope a forecast busts...but it appears southeast Texas could see some significant ice problems early in the week as colder air filters in and overrunning moisture and disturbances prolong the precipitation into midweek. Threat appears to begin late Monday afternoon across northern portions of the County Warning Area as temperatures fall below freezing. Then as the remainder of the area falls below freezing Monday nt...threat expands to almost …
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Pics of cold
by STEVE IN SO CAL- 26 replies
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Those of you in tropical areas may wish to avert your eyes. I turned my avocado irrigation on about 2230 last night. These are some pics of ice that formed, and this is up near the house, on top of the hill... Ph Rupicola Para Tortor seedlings (rabbit wire solid ice)
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Countdown to disaster 1 2
by STEVE IN SO CAL- 43 replies
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1715...35 degrees, down from 41 degrees 30 min ago. Hold on to your fur lined underlovelies again, this one's gonna get bad...
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