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Offline JohnnyReb

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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #25 on: July 12, 2013, 12:21:43 PM »
It's raining again here.....flash flood warnings for the rest of the day......and I ain't even got a decent inner tube I can pump up. Damn tubeless tires.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #26 on: July 15, 2013, 11:42:14 AM »
So much for the no rain weekend.

Rained Saturday... those spotty ones, that if they hit where you were, it was a deluge. BFF and I drove up to NE TN to see her daughter, SIL & granddaughter...and exploring the area. We didn't run into any rain, but everything was wet when we got home. I thought maybe it had rained not long before we got home, cause the streets and grass were wet and there were puddles. Got home about 9, M said it rained around 6. Everything is just so wet, 3 hours and 80 degrees still didn't dry things up.

Rained yesterday. I watched it pouring across the street, and sprinky dinkin' here...took about 5 minutes for the deluge to make it across the street.

Supposed to be in the 90's this week... very humid with spotty showers... no torrential rain expected until Friday -Saturday -Sunday...

At the rate we're going, we should hit the all time yearly record about October.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #27 on: July 15, 2013, 08:24:27 PM »
OMG!  Today, midway through July it was raining, and the high was 80 degrees!  Lord help me!  Chirrens were dancing in the street!
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2013, 09:40:48 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on July 15, 2013, 08:24:27 PM
OMG!  Today, midway through July it was raining, and the high was 80 degrees!  Lord help me!  Chirrens were dancing in the street!

Yay!  Happy for you and all the chirrens!  lol

From a Columbia University report which explains the relation of WNV and drought:

"Throughout the world there are cycles of drought and rainfall, it is only when egregious droughts occur that endemic reservoirs for vector species die-off and the vector is forced to human or livestock hosts. This is compounded as more and more humans enter endemic systems more frequently. Birds on wing are able to leave the areas where water is lacking; mosquitoes go dormant some even require a cycling of drought and moisture for their eggs to hatch. In New York in 1999 there was an unusual drought. Birds flew away and mosquitoes were forced to the remaining standing bodies of water most of which were urban. Unattended pools and the plethora of urban floral attentions, including those at public zoos and gardens, create ideal habitats for both aviphilic and anthrophilic mosquitoes. When late summer rain does arrive the mosquito population booms and without one of their major natural predators, birds, the females, seeking a protein source, blood, for their eggs, are voracious. At this point transmission is just a matter of odds: one female mosquito, infected with West Nile and without an avian source of blood, had to bite and infect one human or even house pet.

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/WestNile.html

I was very interested in this when we had a bad outbreak here in WY where we get maybe 10" of precip in a year!  I got WNV. 
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #29 on: July 16, 2013, 07:00:11 AM »
Quote from: longview on July 15, 2013, 09:40:48 PM
Yay!  Happy for you and all the chirrens!  lol

From a Columbia University report which explains the relation of WNV and drought:

"Throughout the world there are cycles of drought and rainfall, it is only when egregious droughts occur that endemic reservoirs for vector species die-off and the vector is forced to human or livestock hosts. This is compounded as more and more humans enter endemic systems more frequently. Birds on wing are able to leave the areas where water is lacking; mosquitoes go dormant some even require a cycling of drought and moisture for their eggs to hatch. In New York in 1999 there was an unusual drought. Birds flew away and mosquitoes were forced to the remaining standing bodies of water most of which were urban. Unattended pools and the plethora of urban floral attentions, including those at public zoos and gardens, create ideal habitats for both aviphilic and anthrophilic mosquitoes. When late summer rain does arrive the mosquito population booms and without one of their major natural predators, birds, the females, seeking a protein source, blood, for their eggs, are voracious. At this point transmission is just a matter of odds: one female mosquito, infected with West Nile and without an avian source of blood, had to bite and infect one human or even house pet.

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/WestNile.html

I was very interested in this when we had a bad outbreak here in WY where we get maybe 10" of precip in a year!  I got WNV. 

Thanks LV, makes a lot of sense.  I loathe Mosquitoes. 
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #30 on: July 16, 2013, 08:39:23 AM »
Bone dry and hot/humid here for about 1.5 weeks. Grass is drying up.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #31 on: July 16, 2013, 10:11:07 AM »
I can't stand mosquitos either. The sound their buzzing wings make is at the perfect frequency to aggravate and agitate. I sure hope I don't get WNV.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #32 on: July 16, 2013, 05:47:08 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on July 16, 2013, 10:11:07 AM
I can't stand mosquitos either. The sound their buzzing wings make is at the perfect frequency to aggravate and agitate. I sure hope I don't get WNV.


Strange, I live just up the street from Sea and so far not seen any mosquito's, wasps or hornets.

I planted a big English Garden full of wild flowers, love these darn things as no weeding needed, and have seen quite a few Honey Bees visiting my garden.     Must be new age Bees as they head straight for the poppies, they are too small to tell if they have a opium pipe on them but the honey must be interesting.

We do have some odd wild plants growing in the yard, first noticed them a couple years ago.   These suckers have very large leaves and a spike grows out of them that shoots up 3 feet high with small buds that produce small yellow flowers.  I have yet to know what the heck these plants are, Mom says they could come from a bird dropping as the birds migrates around.   Neither drought or flood seems to effect these plants----------Darn my daughter mentioned Pod People and Little Shop of Horrors to me when I asked her openion.      Strange part is these plants only grow around our deck, not in the open yard.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #33 on: July 16, 2013, 07:44:38 PM »
Birds will crap seeds they ate from somewhere else, and then you have crazy plants.  That's how I end up with thistle every year.   :banghead:
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #34 on: July 16, 2013, 08:45:24 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on July 16, 2013, 07:44:38 PM
Birds will crap seeds they ate from somewhere else, and then you have crazy plants.  That's how I end up with thistle every year.   :banghead:
Odd, I didn't think thistle was an invasive plant
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #35 on: July 16, 2013, 09:18:01 PM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on July 16, 2013, 08:45:24 PM
Odd, I didn't think thistle was an invasive plant

Yes.  When birds eat the seed that your neighbors put in their feeders, and poop in your yard, you end up with thistles.  Left untouched, they can grow as large in diameter as a cabbage in your lawn.  They also grow quite tall, much to the city code compliance department's dismay, or pleasure...depending on which way you view the situation.  Quite a mess indeed.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #36 on: July 17, 2013, 05:06:01 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on July 16, 2013, 09:18:01 PM
Yes.  When birds eat the seed that your neighbors put in their feeders, and poop in your yard, you end up with thistles.  Left untouched, they can grow as large in diameter as a cabbage in your lawn.  They also grow quite tall, much to the city code compliance department's dismay, or pleasure...depending on which way you view the situation.  Quite a mess indeed.

Flower bed around the mailbox is full of them this year! They weren't there last year, and have just shown up in the last 2 weeks. With all the rain... they are everywhere and I have to figure out what to do about them. They are scattered all in a bunch of fir or juniper bushes - which I am allergic to. I think I'm going to have to call the little Guatamalan guy who did some yard work for me a couple of months ago...  :censored:

Damn birds could have dumped daylilly pellets...  :whistling:
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #37 on: July 17, 2013, 05:07:41 PM »
I like birds.

Not too crazy about day lilies though.  :-)

Things finally dried out around here. One of the wettest springs on record (2008 was soggier), but things are getting nicely brown now.

Brown means no mowing.  :-)
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #38 on: July 17, 2013, 05:15:50 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on July 17, 2013, 05:07:41 PM
I like birds.

Not too crazy about day lilies though.  :-)

Things finally dried out around here. One of the wettest springs on record (2008 was soggier), but things are getting nicely brown now.

Brown means no mowing.  :-)

We've had 3 days - if we get through tonight - without rain.  :yahoo: But thunderstorms are starting to surround us... it's really weird... the storms are coming from the SE!  :???:

Thunderstorms are forecasted from today on through all next week until Friday.  :(

It's 91 out there now at 6:15....with dewpoint at 71 - like a damn steam room.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #39 on: July 17, 2013, 08:57:13 PM »
Quote from: debk on July 17, 2013, 05:06:01 PM
Flower bed around the mailbox is full of them this year! They weren't there last year, and have just shown up in the last 2 weeks. With all the rain... they are everywhere and I have to figure out what to do about them. They are scattered all in a bunch of fir or juniper bushes - which I am allergic to. I think I'm going to have to call the little Guatamalan guy who did some yard work for me a couple of months ago...  :censored:

Damn birds could have dumped daylilly pellets...  :whistling:

Or just friggin pellets!!!!!  Day lilies would be great though.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #40 on: July 17, 2013, 09:34:06 PM »
It has been an absolute sauna here in NE!!
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #41 on: July 18, 2013, 09:21:42 AM »
A THI (Temperature Humidity Index) of 106o is forecasted for this afternoon. With the high humidity, I'll just lie low and watch the world pass by....

It's already 86o at 9:00 AM.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #42 on: July 18, 2013, 10:51:40 AM »
Supposedly it's only 79 outside right now... but the humidity is 77%...

We ended up only getting sprinky-dinks here at the house last night along with some thunder. But the sky got the creepiest shade of YELLOW!! Granted it was a grayish yellow...which was just as gross a color as the description. I don't think I've ever seen a stormy sky go to such a weird color. It the wind hadn't been blowing as much as it was, it would have been scarier...

Storms due in this afternoon....after the temp gets up around 90...
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #43 on: July 18, 2013, 11:08:57 AM »
Quote from: debk on July 18, 2013, 10:51:40 AM
Supposedly it's only 79 outside right now... but the humidity is 77%...

We ended up only getting sprinky-dinks here at the house last night along with some thunder. But the sky got the creepiest shade of YELLOW!! Granted it was a grayish yellow...which was just as gross a color as the description. I don't think I've ever seen a stormy sky go to such a weird color. It the wind hadn't been blowing as much as it was, it would have been scarier...

Storms due in this afternoon....after the temp gets up around 90...

Ah, yes. Puke yellow. One of my favorite colors.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #44 on: July 18, 2013, 11:16:00 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on July 18, 2013, 11:08:57 AM
Ah, yes. Puke yellow. One of my favorite colors.

Uh... yeah.. come to think of it.. that's a better description, of what it looked like, than mine!  :thatsright:
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #45 on: July 27, 2013, 12:12:31 PM »
This morning the weather guy said we were less than a 10th of an inch away from a year's worth of rain.

That was before the heavens opened up. Twice.

Tomorrow night, it's supposed to get down to 57.

It's the end of July in East Tennessee.

This is global warming?  :???:
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #46 on: July 27, 2013, 12:18:21 PM »
Quote from: debk on July 27, 2013, 12:12:31 PM
This is global warming?  :???:

Nah...they call it climate change nowadays. Just in case.

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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #47 on: July 27, 2013, 04:06:39 PM »
Quote from: debk on July 27, 2013, 12:12:31 PM
This morning the weather guy said we were less than a 10th of an inch away from a year's worth of rain.

That was before the heavens opened up. Twice.

Tomorrow night, it's supposed to get down to 57.

It's the end of July in East Tennessee.

This is global warming?  :???:

AlGore made his millions off of that scam already, so he's on to other swindles of gullible libs.
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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #48 on: July 29, 2013, 03:00:58 AM »
We had 60% of our average annual rainfall in one afternoon Sunday. 3 inches. The runoff from the mountains created some flash flood conditions and several streets and highways were closed.

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Re: Monsoons....
« Reply #49 on: July 29, 2013, 10:01:24 AM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on July 29, 2013, 03:00:58 AM
We had 60% of our average annual rainfall in one afternoon Sunday. 3 inches. The runoff from the mountains created some flash flood conditions and several streets and highways were closed.



I saw reports on the news last night from your area. The bus that slid off the road because of water?  :o :o :o

Have you seen the reports of the rain in NC? It's horrible.
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