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NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Weather Thread

jsk1983 said:
To be fair we do have flowers blooming too... Might have to look to find them, but they are out there.
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The azaleas here started blooming saturday and will probably all be opening by tomorrow. Then we've got a two weeks of color before they're just another bush.
 
We got about 6" on Friday evening. I went for a walk around 3:00 and we hadn't yet gotten a flake. About a mile and a half into the walk (around my turn around point) it started coming down and within a few blocks the ground was completely covered.

The snow was HEAVY and wet and around 7:00 p.m. it stated coming down really hard and I could hear trees and branches snapping outside and we ended up losing power about an hour later. We didn't get our power back until Sunday afternoon. Thankfully it was not very cold outside so the house stayed relatively warm. All this was on top of us losing power for more than 48 hours due to an ice storm just 9 days earlier - some neighbors had just gotten their power back on Friday morning before the snow hit and then lost it again. Sunday morning I went for a walk and stopped in the Starbucks nearby (they had power!) for a hot drink. It wasn't even 7:00 a.m. yet but the place was packed with what looked like a bunch of power-outage refugees. Every seat in the place was taken and every outlet was in use. Somebody had brought in a couple of surge protectors/power strips so people could plug a bunch of stuff in. There were a couple of especially exhausted looking parents in there with small kids huddled around iPads or computers trying to watch a cartoon and just occupy them or a bit.

There is still a pocket of houses a block away that had no power as of this morning but there were about a dozen line crew trucks and a whole bunch of people working over there so there's hope.

I went to a spinning class at my gym this morning and one woman in the class has not had power at their house since the ice storm on February 22nd. Thankfully, they were able to borrow a portable generator from somebody and have had that for a few days.
 
It's been cold enough the last several days that a couple inches of the 6 inches or so of snow we got last week still remain on the ground. I was hoping later this week to sow peas but not if there's still snow on the ground.
 
We finally had some snow flurries for a couple of hours. Nothing stuck though but the wind has kicked up. This winter has mostly been a bust. The maple tree has flowered and I have some daffodils, crocus, and creeping phlox also in bloom
 
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TOFB said:
55 now but rain changing to snow tomorrow. As far as weather goes, I hate March.
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(Roughly paraphrasing John Belushi.)
"March goes in like a lion & out like another lion. One has a mane, the other doesn't have mane."
 
Seeing the pictures from Mississippi tornado really make an impact about how powerful these things are. One of the reports is that 2 people died when a semi-truck landed on their house which had already lost its roof. :omg:
 
Yes it was BAD but fared OK. Cat was the only smart one to go to the basement but we were at least at the top of the stairs.

NWS says it will take weeks to compile documentation/data assessments.
 
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Maister said:
We got 6-7" snow last Friday. City Hall actually closed an hour early because roads were getting worse near the end of the work day. As of this morning 99% of the snow we got has already melted. Perhaps the old adage will hold true...March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.
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Last day of the month and the east coast has a chance of tornadoes. Back in the UP, it is snowing still.
 
So…April 1st we wake up to ~9 inches of fresh snow at our hotel in Minneapolis. W. T. H.

Not fun when also having to drive six hours home same day. 🤪
 
Overnight temp April4/5 in the mid Ohio River Valley did not fall below 70'F. That would be common in, say, August during the Dog Days, but the first week of April? This does not bode well.
 
Gedunker said:
Overnight temp April4/5 in the mid Ohio River Valley did not fall below 70'F. That would be common in, say, August during the Dog Days, but the first week of April? This does not bode well.
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It did the same up here in the western lower Great Lakes region.

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JNA said:
Fiona, Ian retired from list of tropical cyclone names
www.nytimes.com

Fiona and Ian Are Retired as Hurricane Names

Names are retired when a storm causes history-making destruction or death and reusing them would be insensitive, the World Meteorological Organization said.
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We were down in SW Florida last week and though we are generally pool folk my wife wanted a day at the beach so we headed out towards Fort Myers Beach. The devastation from Hurricane Ian was horrendous, even now 6 months later. Huge swaths of development were leveled from about the northern end of Bonita Beach all the way through Fort Myers Beach. We didn't venture over to Sanibel or Pine Island on this trip to see how they fared.

It looks like there is still a lot of work to be done in terms of debris cleanup and demolition and there is definitely a long way to go in terms of rebuilding. I think it will be years before the area is back to "normal".

The beach itself was pretty great though. One of the reasons we usually avoid the beach when we're down there is that it's generally packed and there aren't many places to park. It was empty this year. Since so many of the hotels and large condos and apartments (and many of the houses) on that barrier island were destroyed or damaged to the point of being closed still there weren't nearly as many of us pesky tourists in the area this year.
 
Holy carp, it's 70 out! This is the first warm warm day we've had this year. Supposed to get up to almost 80 next week.
 
74º when I was out on my lunchtime walk but it was heavily raining off and on. Hopefully the warmth sticks around and the rain and stormy weather passes through before too late so I can go for a run this evening.

Temps are supposed to be close to 80º next week.
 
The Man told us to leave at 3:15, about 45 minutes ahead of quitting time due to strong storms in the vicinity. I didn’t question The Man’s wisdom and skedaddled. Ninety minutes later NWS issued a tornado warning for my ‘burg and my son and I decamped for the basement. My daughter was at her job as a barista, so that was a little worrying. While we recorded winds close to 80-mph, we didn’t have a tornado locally. Thankfully, and it is all clear now.

It is a bit freaky seeing your town specifically in a Tornado Warning. Why yes, I think I will have another glass of wine, thankyouverymuch.
 
Gedunker said:
The Man told us to leave at 3:15, about 45 minutes ahead of quitting time due to strong storms in the vicinity. I didn’t question The Man’s wisdom and skedaddled. Ninety minutes later NWS issued a tornado warning for my ‘burg and my son and I decamped for the basement. My daughter was at her job as a barista, so that was a little worrying. While we recorded winds close to 80-mph, we didn’t have a tornado locally. Thankfully, and it is all clear now.

It is a bit freaky seeing your town specifically in a Tornado Warning. Why yes, I think I will have another glass of wine, thankyouverymuch.
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NJ had 6 confirmed tornadoes on Saturday. RT's uncle in Sullivan, IN had one pass a mile north of their house last week.
 
We just had a tornado drill at City Hall. Good idea to be prepared just in case a real one hits.
 
High pollen, trees dropping various seeds (the helicopters!), acorns falling, branches too & weeds are sprouting!

It's sunny & bright here and may get to 64.
 
I was sweating and cursing yard work today thinking that Spring was completely bypassed again (it is 81), but then I looked down and thought, "why the hell do I still have sweatpants and a hoodie on?"
 
Oldest brother is in Ft. Lauderdale. He said everywhere was flooded. It took him about 2 hours to drive 40/50 blocks. His screened porch flooded but he was able to keep it out of the house for now.
 
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