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8 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I agree.

Is this kinda longer than usual to go between El Ninos?

So on a whim I bought Radarscope during tonight's storminess...lol Not the juiciest storm, but even so...have always wanted to have a nicer radar to follow!

2 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

Dark as nightfall in Balt City. 

Indeed

19 minutes ago, Stormfly said:

Lime sized hail? When did they start using fruits?!

 

Just saw whitecaps on Deep Creek Lake via bridge CHART cam!  Definitely looks windy.

And lime sized hail is obviously followed by coconut...

So...what are we lookin' at...another back-to-back la nina event (again)? I know, too early to tell...but of it is...I'm gonna have to follow things from a distance for my own mental health, lol

This would likely be the longest we've gone without a snowfall of a foot (in Baltimore) since the 1988--1992 period....

Was at a shopping plaza earlier that I hadn't walked to since getting the shovel before the 2016 blizzard...made me a tad sad! But...these are the times we live in...

39 minutes ago, CAPE said:

we all on fire.

Well that's the weekend Artscape used to fall on...so that's about right!! Lol

I must congratulate this thread on being the only virus thread on this forum to survive through the pandemic, lol (no pun intended) All the others went down in a dumpster of fire...congratulations mods!! 

10 hours ago, Hoosier said:

Right before I went to bed last night (~15 hrs post-vax), I started to get some chills and just a general ill feeling, which continues today.  It's not very intense but it's enough that you know something is going on and it kept me tossing and turning much of the night.

Similar timing with my post 2nd dose symptoms...chills and possible fever came on quite suddenly...then just a general malaise the next day during which I slept a lot, lol

On 6/12/2021 at 8:14 AM, Stormfly said:

For thunderstorms it's hard to beat Cloudburst in Grand Canyon Suite!

 

Ah I hadn't heard that one! Now interestingly enough...Beethoven employed some of these same elements over 110 years before  (one of the reasons I love Beethoven...always ahead of his time!)

On 6/1/2021 at 1:21 AM, raindancewx said:

Canadian Model has trended much warmer in the short term in the tropical pacific but still shows a La Nina redeveloping in Fall.

Oh goody...so we're seeing that annoying 2-year la nina thing again?  (didn't this like...just happen a few years ago in 2016-17 and 17-18?)

3 hours ago, mappy said:

 

 

And here we have ladies and gentlemen, an intersection that may as well be named Little Ellicott City...smh

That was a pretty awesome storm(s) yesterday! (and more rain today? Wow) The certain direction the wind was driving rain somehow felt quasi-tropical! As it stormed I sat down and played a stormy Beethoven  I'll typically play a storm-themed piece on rainy days...usually either Beethoven's "Tempest" or Chopin's "Raindrop" prelude...nice afternoon!

On 6/5/2021 at 1:15 PM, Always in Zugzwang said:

Female cicada laying eggs in a twig. 

Wow great shot! (had never seen that process) Planting the next generation freak party, lol

13 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

Nothing on radar and a 0% chance of rain, and we have a pretty decent hard rain that popped over my house just now. Enough cloud cover to disrupt the satellite. 

Still raining over my house now! What the heck? Lol

On 6/5/2021 at 5:38 PM, Always in Zugzwang said:

Cicada coastal has really taken over this week, with a full tuck and stall. High ratio banding! 

Only problem is @psuhoffmanliterally got fringed, lol

1 hour ago, North Balti Zen said:

It is truly amazing to experience this. 

Indeed...I'm trying to savor every moment!!

On 6/5/2021 at 4:07 PM, forkyfork said:

wait til they die and the bodies are everywhere

 

Dude a bunch came out in apocalyptic fashion under a tree on my street a few weeks ago at the start of the emergence...walked by the same tree the other day and had to cover my nose!!

3 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

Nope. Ton where I work in Baltimore. Not a one up here. 

That is weird...especially with all the trees you have in your neck of the woods. Maybe you get a different brood?

(And you still work at Carver, right? Definitely plenty of trees in that neighborhood!)

39 minutes ago, vastateofmind said:

Oh, I was in your shoes at one time. But as @H2O and probably just about every other parent on here would attest....you would be astounded at what you A) get used to, and tolerate, when it comes to addressing, disposing of or otherwise addressing bodily fluids originating from humans under the age of about 10. Like nearly everyone else...I'm guessing you'd be a pro at about 3-4 months into the process...   

Nah man you don't know how deep my emetophobia really is (Actually I think I'd be better with baby barf than when they get slightly older)...Yet my dad is just as bad with that, and somehow pulled it together one time (I still can't drive by that school without feeling a tad nauseous, lol). Also had another with my same phobia tell me that the parental instinct would kick in and kinda override it!

7 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said:

"Sex trees"...LOL!!!  Yeah, don't want them fornicating on your neck, either!!!  Brings a new meaning to the word "necking"!!! 

Necking?? Lolol I'll have to say that's a new term for me

3 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

No cicadas up here. 

Wait seriously?

Been a bit of a Baltimore split too...missed just north and then south (and possibly north again?)

1 hour ago, H2O said:

the crap filled diapers are much worse

I don't know dude...I think I'd fare much better with those than the other (I'd be in the fetal position, lol)

1 hour ago, wxtrix said:

yep. Magicicada septendecim are known as the “Pharoah cicadas” because of their song.

Yes their sound is beautiful (although close up it kinda sounds like someone screaming "wooooooo!" with a slightly raspy voice!

2 hours ago, H2O said:

Used to have a dog and been through 3 kids who were 50/50 on making it to a trash can in time

Now see I'm very emetophobic...and stories like this always give me pause on the idea of kids, lol