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  1. nw baltimore wx
    I always wish that I had a more open and bigger space, but I know I'd still get frustrated. I'm pretty fortunate that I don't have the battle what I know a lot of you have to because of the size and openness of your domain. Considering all the varmints that I could have patrolling my yard, I'm fortunate that a few squirrels and rabbits are the worst of it. There are plenty of cats in the area that keep the mice and mole population in check, and though there are tons of deer very close by, rarely do any come into my neighborhood. We had a family of raccoons try to move in under the back porch once, but a rag soaked in ammonia drove them off quickly and they haven't been seen in a couple years. I always worry about rats because I'm so close to the businesses and their dumpsters on Reisterstown Rd, but, knock on wood, I've never seen any. Between the cats and the several foxes that patrol the neighborhood, small critters are kept in check. But I know what you mean about the squirrels moving seeds all over the yard. There's a walnut tree close enough to my yard that I am regularly digging up saplings, and they're always in the most inconvenient places with a deep tap root that's never easy to remove. And don't get me started on the ground ivy that I have to constantly battle on the backyard perimeter... Higher cut turf also cuts down on the opportunity for weed seeds to germinate.
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    The birds here aren't picky but, out of convenience, in March I picked up a bird seed from a "bird store." Unfortunately, within a few weeks, a bunch of seeds sprouted under the feeder and I thought that's the last time I'll use anything other than the cheap box store seed. But, out of curiosity, I thinned the "weeds" and let them grow to see what they might look like. Now I've got a nice cluster of sunflower stalks growing under my feeder. The squirrels took the tops of a few, but the heads have set on about 10-15 so it should be a good show in a month or so.
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    Wow. That's impressive. Just under 3" here for the month.
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    I go to BC enough that we could make that work. Especially after tomorrow and eight weeks of freedom. Hopefully the hrrr that highrisk alluded to is wrong.
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    This was the best that I could do, and probably a little later than your shot.
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    That's them. Nice pic! From my vantage point, they eventually mushroomed and started trying to flatten at the tops. Back at home, just had a second downpour and eyeballing the rain gauge looks like close to .25" today. Also, the brewery is Nepenthe.
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    I had the same view coming home from work. A couple of those cloud tops were pretty impressive. I tried to get a picture but I was driving. They reminded me of flying saucers.
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    Ha! I'd never put good beer out for slugs! Natty boh or nothing for them!
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    I did a little more searching and this bottle trap claims to be far more effective. Also watch the embedded video. That's a hardcore gardener there! https://www.earth-ways.co.uk/resources/slugs/
  10. nw baltimore wx
    Moving from the obs thread.
  11. nw baltimore wx
    You got .02" more than me.
  12. nw baltimore wx
    A colleague’s farm off of Ten Oaks Rd took a hit yesterday. No injuries to peeps or animals. Sorry for the picture of a picture.
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    Is that Harpers Farm Rd?
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    Where was that taken?
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    My power came back on about an hour ago. The sump pump well is drained, the ice cream looks okay and is refrozen, the house is cooled down, and the fermenting beer was held at a great temperature, so bring it on. But hopefully I don't lost power again!
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    Thanks. It was pretty funny that I thought the storm was going north into your area, and then instead, it expanded south. And even funnier that I downplayed it until all heck broke loose. It kept intensifying as it went east of me and I hear the White Marsh and Perry Hall got hit pretty bad, and maybe even a tornado in Perry Hall? For me, my biggest concern is that I had just finished brewing and was putting the beer in the fermenter when the storm hit. I use an old chest freezer to control my fermentation temperature, and without power, it's a little tough! Beer concerns > property concerns.
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    Still no power in our hood from last night's storm. I've been living here for 15 years and this is the longest we've ever gone without power. Interestingly, BGE "updated" our grid last fall. Probably a coincidence, but it makes me wonder.
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    As soon as I said that storm here was typical, it went nuts. Hail, gusty winds and sheets of rain. No power since
  19. nw baltimore wx
    We got into the warning here with lots of thunder and lightning, heavy rain, and gusty winds. Fairly typical, at least here.
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    Getting a few rumbles of thunder and outflow breezes, but probably going to get missed by this next one. Mappy should get her second storm of the day..
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    It cooled down temperatures too. May only be a brief respite but better than nothing. Hopefully it holds together to give your yard a nice drenching.
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    The small line forming over me is putting down a decent downpour. Just some low rumbling thunder, but should only get better for areas northeast of me.
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    Yep. You're right. I'm disoriented looking at that shot and can't discern where it was taken from.
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    By the way, I think the high rise in that photo is Kenny's Columbia apartment building. He wasn't kidding yesterday when he said that the funnel went right over his house. Unfortunately, he wasn't there yesterday.
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    Those may be real shots that were spruced up through Lightroom. Also, big, wide angle lenses distort photos, especially on the edges, so it would make sense that the photos above look somewhat "rounded." I have no opinion on whether they are real or not. I'm still mad that the "enhanced" area got gypped.
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