CapturedNature

Just in time for the peak of hurricane season.

I guess the top 5 impactful events that I have witnessed would be (in no particular order): December 1992 Storm (got to see deep snow to crashing waves after years no big storms) December 1989 Cold (coldest weather I've ever seen) January 1998 Ice Storm (Most devastation and longevity I've ever witnessed) June 1, 2011 Tornado (Got to witness the aftermath first hand) January 2011 Snow (multiple storms dropped a seasons worth of snow on my house in less than a month) Honorable mentions would be the October 2011 Storm, the 1972 Ice Storm (I think that help shape my interest in weather events) and the cold months of January 1994 & February 2015. I gave the nod to December 1989 because I was at Lyndon and the elevation and northern latitude enhanced the cold for me. I don't know that I'll experience a month like that again. Lots of good memories here by all!

We have a couple of hillsides around here that are filled with dead oaks. There's a scattering of them at my parents place. That's the worst I've seen in this area from the gypsies in my life. Speaking of dying trees, I have an apple tree that I planted about 12 years ago. It's never flowered and last month the leaves just started to fall off of it and it's just about nude now. Any thoughts on what's happened to this tree? It's always looked healthy, just never flowered and now this. Not sure if it's a gonner or not but I'll wait for spring. As if I don't have enough dying trees in my yard, I have a Western Hemlock that I planted over 20 years ago to hedge off the Wolly Adelgid is also showing issues. The top portion has lost its needles..the bottom looks OK so I'll see what that does too.

I was noticing that myself looking at some hillsides even in SNE. You can spot a green hue difference between trees. It was more noticeable above 1500' in the Berkshires on I-90 but definitely there. Maybe we're in for a long foliage season...

I respectfully disagree about people taking extremes on climate change. There's the bury your head types and then there's the water world/Massachusetts will be like the tropics in a 100 years if we don't do anything types. I see these extremes almost every day on other forums and I think it's why nothing gets done anymore. Everyone takes an extreme perspective.

I agree with the language comment. I've never understood the need for people to have to interject "colorful adjectives" in normal speech. It's a free world though...

Not for me. Gloria was way more impactful in Connecticut than Bob was. I only mentioned Bob because it is the last hurricane to make landfall in New England. There was a lot more damage here from Gloria than Bob but I did have way more rain from Bob. The thing I've never understood is the dismissive attitude people give to category 1 hurricanes or even tropical storms. I stood atop Mount Washington in 75MPH winds and the one thing I remember thinking was "So this is a category 1 hurricane?" and thinking I would never think the lessor of one again. It seems like everyone just likes to focus on the extremes whether it's weather, climate change or politics. All extreme, all the time.

Yeah, I was just thinking about that. We had 6 in the 22 years between 1938 and 1960 and a scattering until Bob in 1991 but nothing since then. It's interesting that just as the frequency of snow storms increased in 1992 we haven't had a landfalling hurricane. Is there a correlation?

Sounds like a prediction like calling for HHH from a certain date "and beyond" as if we know exactly what will happen between now and December and then call for something exciting to track in December. Who knows? Perhaps December will be boring..

Because he has a well? What makes Kentucky backwards? Sounds like you've never been there.

I can't imagine what people would do/say if we went through another 1938-1960 stretch. There's still visible scars to trees from that storm. Walk through a mature forest and look for trees that are at least 100 years old and you'll notice a lot of them have Y's in them about half way up. A forester friend told me that was a remnant of the 38 hurricane because it snapped off the tops of so many trees. Growing up and still to this day there are old logging paths in the woods around here that were used to remove so much of the fallen timber.

I used to be one of those people that chased storms but I stopped about 20 years ago after I became a victim and a drain on local resources. I felt like crap being able to leave people behind to live through the aftermath misery. For several days while I was there and unable to leave I felt like an unnecessary drain on limited resources. I believe in personal freedom and he's welcome to do what he chooses but I couldn't live with myself just showing up and leaving. I'm glad he was able to help some folks while he was there.

Tell him that the farmers almanac is calling for a "polar coaster".

I'm glad that breweries that make a maple beer actually use maple syrup. It's become one of my specialties...

Yesterday while I was stopped in construction I grabbed this lousy pic of one of the maples in our area that is showing some color on its tips. There's others and considering the changes coming to the New England landscape over the next 8 weeks or so I thought I would start the thread for this years foliage season.

It's on the list but it shows the expected signal strength at over -21dB and the path is Tropo. That means conditions would have to be perfect and you'd need some special equipment and even then it might only come in for a little while and not strong enough to be watchable. I think it lists any signal that reaches your destination. You need about a -10dB signal at your tuner to be usable. An antenna will have gain which is why you can pick up a signal that has a strength around 0dB. Like I mentioned, you can also get signals around -17dB with an amplified antenna because it will boost the antenna's gain making it around 8-10dB at the tuner and usable.

Youtube is good if you like sports and cable channels as well. It doesn't have NFL Redzone or the NFL Network but you can watch those OTA if you just follow one local team. If you want those in addition to what YouTube TV has, Fubo TV has those channels for $55/mo.

Take a look at tvfool.com It will tell you what signals reach your house and that will determine what you can use. Some people can use indoor antennas others not so much. With an outdoor antenna you can get so many more channels/markets. I cut the cord over a decade ago and haven't looked back. I'd be glad to help if you need advice. Here's a generic look at what can be received in Moosup: http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d9038db977e85b5 You can specify your address for a more accurate report. You should be able to receive anything over +10dB with an indoor antenna and you'd be able to receive anything over about -15dB with a decent amplified outdoor antenna. It looks like you'd be able to receive Hartford, Providence and Boston channels.

I recalling feeling the same way about December '92, particularly when the "Blizzard of '93" came on it's heels. It was such a turning point. Too bad I left the weather business within a couple of years.

Well said. There were some good seasons like 87 or 88 but the 3 years that followed were putrid (save December 1989).

Yeah, that's good data. I keep track of the total numbers greater than a certain threshold but I don't break it down by season. I just like to know how many events I have greater than 1" or greater than 6" or greater than 10" for example. I like the break down in Will's. Speaking of the data, I like how there are two seasons in the 80s with no events greater than 6". I'm glad I was in High school and college. I can't imagine being a little kid.

Take a look at Tire Rack to see if you can find a tire there. I usually buy my tires there because they have a local warehouse and pick them up and have my local garage install them. Much cheaper than a tire store. I noticed that they have free shipping right now. I run two sets of tires - one for summer and studded/snow tires in winter. It forces me to rotate my tires and you really notice the extra traction in winter, even with AWD/FWD.

I saw this survey yesterday about thoughts on the future of the Boston Common and thought I would pass it along. Perhaps if enough of us commented that they should put a weather station there like Central Park has, they might consider it. I know we've long talked about the benefit of having one, particularly in winter. This is your chance! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BostonCommonMasterPlan

Looks like a great trip Bob!

It's probably the float not triggering the pump to turn on. It might help to get a hose in there and clean everything off, particularly if there is a contact switch mechanism. If that is internal to the float, you might need to replace it (or have it replaced).