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This lighting is prolific

Well that escalated quickly. Severe storm in Huntingtown, big wind and heavy rain for the past hour. We lost power about ten times in 30min, I'm sure that was good for the household electronics. Glad we have a propane stove so we were still able to make dinner.

Huge strike and boom north downtown silver spring just now... That probably distracted a lot of folks on the beltway. Tons of energy zapping around. Here's a better shot of the poplar that got zapped on my street at 330pm. Looks like a tree bomb went off, bark scattered all over the street. Luckily my house is outside the fall radius ... But power lines and several houses aren't. Hope it doesn't fall!

Something just got hit . Holy shit

Well, since nearly all other climate experiments and research has been squashed we should be happy ours will be ignored and be more likely to continue unimpeded.

0.77” so far

Quick downpour in mahwah. Purple and pink skyes as I walked out. Nothing now. Radar looks incredible everywhere except where I'm driving too. Sussex county for the win... Again..

That was a beast

Similar forecast maps leading up to last winter. Gulf coast looks bone dry on that forecast, meaning little/no chance of miller A coastals. So like the last 2 winters, we need to get our snows from northern streamers that trend south or deamplify in short lead times.

So far via weather underground 4.36 Asbury park and 4.13 Herbertsville...sough edge of our forum. That's today only. does not include anything last evening.

Just popped up over me

Go suck on your delivery trucks tailpipe…

Southern MD about to get drowned.

Good lord

.85” for me - my gauge hadn’t updated earlier

I would say June was comfortable the first half, although wet. The second half mostly hot.

A decent line after all.

Tiny downpour. It poured for about 2 minutes.

Picked up 0.2" pretty quickly there. Temp is down to 76F. Couple screen grabs from the time lapse I captured.

I think we finally got a round in my yard after missing the first 2 rounds earlier... ill see when I get home.. Definitely over here in Northern Albemarle into Green there is going to be some big totals...

Wow. My sister went to Dickinson. That FB feed brought back memories of visiting her. It is a lovely campus and Carlisle is a nice town. Thankfully no one was hurt.

Scooter knew

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Brother lives in new Britain and lighting hit something about 1/10th of a mile from his house

Hi Bob, Wow - that's impressive! You've really done a lot - to say the least! Very nice layout for the raised beds. I wish I had the time to work on home projects F/T. Maybe in a couple more years. Can appreciate the clearing work. After moving into our place in 2009 we reclaimed 1/2+ acre that was not maintained for decades. Removed 30+ trees, regraded the ground with a power rake, removed four 30 yd dumpsters of debris and spread over 100 yds of 50/50 topsoil and mulch and 400 lbs of seed. Managed to grow some great weeds! It was a lot of trips with the Kubota BX and a 4 foot bucket. You have a REAL tractor with that MX5200. Would love to have a Kubota B with the glass cab, AC/heat and 5 foot bucket, but can't justify it with our smallish spread. Below are a few pics of our wall project. Started the project 3 years ago by relocating some azaleas that were on the hill where the terraces are now - fortunately they all lived! In 2024 I removed the old steps, graded the terraces and relocated the water line running from our well to the house. (we live 1/2 mile from Vienna but are on well and septic - go figure). Started laying block last Fall with 42 pallets of wall block - 82 lbs each. Have a little over 1 pallet of block remaining along with 5 pallets of caps. The caps will be a patio at the bottom of the lowest wall to the right of the steps Will be happy when the project is done, but it's been fun - most of the time. Can relate to the humble part too. Part way through the pile of blocks I was not sure how it would go. Kept at it steadily with a focus on the big picture. Managed to lose 26 lbs in the process and feel pretty decent these days. Not as sore in the mornings as when I started. Good luck with the rest of your adventures on your homestead. R.