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Monsoons....
« on: July 11, 2013, 09:24:03 AM »
We have had so much rain this summer... TVA is LOWERING their rates to the power companies, in turn our power company is LOWERING our electrical rates in mid summer!

Local meteorologist said this year is closing in on the wetting year ever which was 1875.... as he pointed out, Ulysses S Grant was president!

That YEAR, we received 73.77 inches of rain.

As of 8pm last night... a little over half way through the year... we have gotten 45.82 inches. (ha! a heck of a lot more at my house!).

Only 27.95 more inches needed to surpass the all-time record!

More rain is predicted today... then we are actually supposed to have a Friday AND Saturday - with no rain.
Rain is supposed to start again on Sunday...predicted in the inches through Tuesday, then just scattered the rest of the week.

He said this rain, rain, rain weather pattern is predicted through "at least the middle of August! We've been in this "pattern" since last fall. This is E Tn, not Seattle!

Shallow-root trees are falling, rock and mud slides are happening, basements are wet, roofs are collapsing from weight of water, vegetables in gardens are rotting from so much rain, everything is mildewy or getting really moldy, LOTS of car accidents, and the mosquitoes are reproducing at alarming rates and it's too wet to spray for them...

It is super green though... along with the rain, the temps have been in the 80-90's.  Lots of "steam" and fogginess.

Can't imagine having to entertain small children in this weather. Choices are limited: drag them to the mall, movies (which are very expensive these days), to the grocery store (where they are either running wild or screaming in carts). Inside activities at home, day in day out, parents run out of ideas. Even adults are getting fed up with the constant rain... normally in the summer here... people are going crazy from the heat... now they are from all the rain!

Outside stuff just isn't working out too well. Many of the "outside" businesses are really suffering this summer. Restaurants, golf courses, marinas, pay-for water activities (rafting, tubing, canoeing - rivers are too full). It's been really tough on businesses up in Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg as they have had more rain than we have.... and it's tourist heaven up there.

I know in years past... when we have had a drought or the midwest has... grain and hay has been exchanged to feed stock animals.

Too bad no one's figured out a way to ship LOTS of water... we could send it west...

I really hate gray and gloomy.  :(



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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2013, 09:41:49 AM »
Same here in SC....my tomatoes are turning yellow and the tomatoes are splitting due to much water .....the squash look just as bad and I can't plant my late peas because the garden is pure soup....not mud, soup.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2013, 09:56:04 AM »
Global warming!
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2013, 10:46:50 AM »
Quote from: debk on July 11, 2013, 09:24:03 AM
I really hate gray and gloomy. 

I hear you.

We never get much rain, but two summers ago it was overcast and grey all season.  The garden didn't do well at all.


Quote from: JohnnyReb on July 11, 2013, 09:41:49 AM
Same here in SC....my tomatoes are turning yellow and the tomatoes are splitting due to much water .....the squash look just as bad and I can't plant my late peas because the garden is pure soup....not mud, soup.

Are they splitting at the yellow stage?  Try picking a few of them and put them in a dry place to finish ripening.  I've read that if the inside of the tomato has a sticky membrane and the seed have turned hard that they will ripen at that stage.   I put mine on the window ledge and they ripen in a couple of days, but that might be too hot where you live.

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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 10:58:45 AM »
Lakes Michigan and Huron are supposed to gain about 2' this year.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 11:09:38 AM »
Quote from: Freeper on July 11, 2013, 09:56:04 AM
Global warming!
Wasn't the anointed one supposed to cause the waters to recede ?
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2013, 12:20:22 PM »
Quote from: Dori on July 11, 2013, 10:46:50 AM
I hear you.

We never get much rain, but two summers ago it was overcast and grey all season.  The garden didn't do well at all.


Are they splitting at the yellow stage?  Try picking a few of them and put them in a dry place to finish ripening.  I've read that if the inside of the tomato has a sticky membrane and the seed have turned hard that they will ripen at that stage.   I put mine on the window ledge and they ripen in a couple of days, but that might be too hot where you live.



I picked the good yellow ones but most are green when they split top to bottom.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2013, 12:51:04 PM »
We had a deluge yesterday about 3 PM--we got half an inch of rain in six minutes!  One of our resident smartasses was out on a gold course at the time, and he said that in his cart heading for the clubhouse, he had to put his umbrella out to the side to keep the horizontal rain from getting in the cart.  It kept the occupants of the cart somewhat drier than other foursomes out there. 

At work, as I was looking out the windows at the sheets of rain coming down, I thought I saw the resident squirrels pairing up and going off towards a big boat in the distance. :whistling: O-)
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2013, 01:27:38 PM »
I do not know...what is this rain of which you speak?   :???:
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2013, 05:13:15 PM »
It's raining again.... :bawl:
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2013, 05:17:53 PM »
Quote from: debk on July 11, 2013, 05:13:15 PM
It's raining again.... :bawl:
The bottom just fell out here too......and a tropical storm is headed our way in a few days.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2013, 05:21:06 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on July 11, 2013, 05:17:53 PM
The bottom just fell out here too......and a tropical storm is headed our way in a few days.


"Chantal"? Yeah... weather guy just mentioned it may affect us too.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2013, 06:00:45 PM »
We are getting poured upon as well .when it isn't raining, it is like a sauna! Humidity and squiters. Due to overwhelming rain, we have mutant mosquitos! I feel I should warn Sparky and Krista!
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2013, 07:17:03 PM »
Quote from: debk on July 11, 2013, 05:13:15 PM
It's raining again.... :bawl:
We got a deluge about 3pm.  It only lasted for half an hour, but it knocked out our power twice.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2013, 07:27:52 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on July 11, 2013, 01:27:38 PM
I do not know...what is this rain of which you speak?   :???:

Same here in big B.R. However, hurricane season has started. ugh.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2013, 08:39:51 PM »
Quote from: Lacarnut on July 11, 2013, 07:27:52 PM
Same here in big B.R. However, hurricane season has started. ugh.

I got excited today.  Skies turned grey...I heard thunder.  And then the rain got sucked up into the sky backwards.  Lakes are down 18 feet in some places.  Water restrictions are on full force, only one day of watering lawns.  Screw the lawn, I water my garden only.  Vegetables, mind you.  Everything is crunchy, and yet the West Nile bearing skeeters are everywhere?  I thought they only liked MOIST conditions?   :???: 
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2013, 02:27:46 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on July 11, 2013, 08:39:51 PM
Everything is crunchy, and yet the West Nile bearing skeeters are everywhere?  I thought they only liked MOIST conditions?   :???: 

Moist, like in old tires, animal watering holes, etc.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2013, 07:56:54 AM »
Quote from: CG6468 on July 12, 2013, 02:27:46 AM
Moist, like in old tires, animal watering holes, etc.

They done dried up.   :-)   It's crunchy here.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #18 on: July 12, 2013, 07:59:46 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on July 11, 2013, 08:39:51 PM
I got excited today.  Skies turned grey...I heard thunder.  And then the rain got sucked up into the sky backwards.  Lakes are down 18 feet in some places.  Water restrictions are on full force, only one day of watering lawns.  Screw the lawn, I water my garden only.  Vegetables, mind you.  Everything is crunchy, and yet the West Nile bearing skeeters are everywhere?  I thought they only liked MOIST conditions?   :???: 

Really? We got a bunch of rain in the Plano area. It rained for at least an hour. Guess we got lucky. :tongue:
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2013, 08:02:05 AM »
Another 3 inches last night.....I'm getting web feet.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2013, 08:05:41 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on July 11, 2013, 01:27:38 PM
I do not know...what is this rain of which you speak?   :???:

How soon they forget...    :-)
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2013, 08:31:14 AM »
Quote from: Mike220 on July 12, 2013, 07:59:46 AM
Really? We got a bunch of rain in the Plano area. It rained for at least an hour. Guess we got lucky. :tongue:

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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #22 on: July 12, 2013, 09:36:49 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on July 12, 2013, 07:56:54 AM
They done dried up.   :-)   It's crunchy here.

You'd probably be surprised how little water they need to reproduce.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2013, 11:40:15 AM »
Quote from: CG6468 on July 12, 2013, 09:36:49 AM
You'd probably be surprised how little water they need to reproduce.

There have already been West Nile cases here this summer.

The county was supposed to be out the other day, spraying specific areas, but I don't know if they got to it or not, because it rained...

Sun is out  :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: and supposed to be through tomorrow...  :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Humidity is supposed to go down too, maybe we can do some drying out.

I've been looking checking Craig'slist for a carpenter with ark building skills....
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #24 on: July 12, 2013, 12:05:34 PM »
Quote from: debk on July 12, 2013, 11:40:15 AM
There have already been West Nile cases here this summer.

The county was supposed to be out the other day, spraying specific areas, but I don't know if they got to it or not, because it rained...

Sun is out  :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: and supposed to be through tomorrow...  :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Humidity is supposed to go down too, maybe we can do some drying out.

I've been looking checking Craig'slist for a carpenter with ark building skills....

No cases around here, at least that I know of.

Now it's sunny, low humdrumidity, pleasant.
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