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    Summer Banter, Observation and General Discussion 2018

    in New England

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    21 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

    Actually it's starting to look really good. Threw down some fert last weekend

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    It was rather meager rain wise here until yesterdays deluge, As soon as i touched off my spotternetwork.org flash flood report the cell phone went off for flash flood warnings for Androscoggin county, Quite sure the folks that had toilets overflowing back into there houses were not impressed..............:(

    Summer Banter, Observation and General Discussion 2018

    in New England

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

    77/72 but at least the sun is out. Dryslutter got banged. People still try to drive through flash floods, common sense escapes many. 

    There were many that did not fair very well, And they were interviewed as well, One kid told newscenter6 he tried driving his toyota through 2'+ of water and it died and he had to walk out in near waste deep water as his car floated thru the intersection.

    Summer Banter, Observation and General Discussion 2018

    in New England

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    9 minutes ago, tamarack said:

    I've read that the waters around PEI often get into the 70s, far milder than in the Fundy region.  Some "overflow" from the Gulf Stream?
     

    I came across this snapping turtle on the side of the main road by the entrance of development where I reside and tried to pick it up to help it cross the road, but it wasn't having it so it snapped at me. I gave up after a couple attempts and then decided to let it cross on its own as it was not worth risking a finger or worse. Fortunately, it made the trek safely without any further intervention from me, but this was one mean turtle! I've picked up other turtles in the past to help them cross the road before and they'd just hide in their shells, but not this one. Luckily he didn't bite a finger off. 

    Back in the 1960s when I was catching snappers near my NNJ home - some up to 45 lb - I'd pick them up by the tail so as to stay away from the business end.  I've since read that such handling can cause spine injuries, which weren't an issue for reptiles headed for the soup pot.  Supposedly the safe way (for animal and person) to handle them is by using both hands on the back half of the shell.  Or you could shove a long (3-4 ft) stick at the turtle's head and drag it off the road by its own "teeth" - might cause some road rash on the plastron, however.

    I have actually picked up a very large snapping turtle (25lbs or so) back in the 70's by having it clamp onto a broom handle and placing it in the trunk of a car and transported it to a different watershed.

    General Severe Weather Discussion 2018

    in New England

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    1 hour ago, tamarack said:

    MHT had 2.30" 8A-2P, and were reporting TS at 4.  Probably some fun there. 

    If Lava Hill got only 0.23", radar over my place indicates considerably less.  Hope that line cooking up by the frontier can add something.

    He beat me by 3 cents...:lol:

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