ForestHillWx

45; two in a row.

45; first 40s of the fall.

53 currently; might get into the 40s tonight.

56 currently. Looks like a glorious stretch of weather coming up.

Noticed the progged low temps down here in the upper 40s for 9/14-15; sign me up.

56 currently; looking forward to more of these nights in a few more weeks....fall won’t be the same though.... damned COVID!

Decent rains. Some lighting/thunder now. Power was back 8:00 am this morning. Thank you Jcp&L. Hope the rest of you get power back asap.

Out since 12:30. Had over 3.5" here. The flooding in long valley thru califon on the south branch of the Raritan was impressive. The water was hitting the bottom of my '03 expedition. I was amazed at people in small sedans trying to get through.

My own losses were roughly 30% last year; but its due to varroa mites. Every beekeeper has to deal with it. I had just never heard of a queen bee die off Something to keep in mind is that honeybees are a non-native species to the Americans. Agreed they are vital for pollination of many crops used, but as important (if not more so) are native bees i.e. bumbles. Everyone should buy houses for them for their own yards. Personally, in my opinion one of the biggest culprits are manicured lawns. I seed clover in my yard as hit helps with nitrogen fixation and drought tolerance (not to mention my bees love it), but my wife doesn't like it and is concerened my kids will get stung with increased bee presence. Fair points.

Where is this stat from? Just curious

Jumping in late on this convo, plenty of lighting bugs out this way. Also got my first nesting pair of blue birds, with babies. I'm looking into nesting boxes for screech and barn owls now. I need something to curb the chipmunk populations.

Surprised how quiet the threads are with a tropical storm at the door. If this was winter I would expect pages of overnight posts. Im looking forward to the deluge. We need it.

A few minutes late on this, but there was also the fabled "Polar Vortex" of January 2014. I am still dealing with the aftermath (by dealing, I mean thankfully busy) in defending multiple lawsuits arising from slip and falls to property damage claims due to freeze ups and pipe bursts.

Someday, I will get out to the Black Hills. My great-great grandmother is buried out near Lead, South Dakota..she died giving birth to one of my great grand fathers siblings around 1900. They had been living in the area since the 1890s. After her death, my great-great grandfather moved back east to Elizabeth, NJ. His descendants remain in North Jersey. I came across an old photo of them in a conestoga like wagon, simply incredible to me.