LibertyBell
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I had to do a doubletake.... 86 inches of rain is a lot.
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What is that thing? Look at those eyes, it looks ANGRY. I had some giant black bugs coming out of my drain over the summer I sprayed so much RAID that I had a headache for a week lol. They were some kind of flying beetle or water bug they were only able to fly a few feet but were scary nonetheless. Then when the rain started I saw a huge 4 inch long centipede with dozens of legs that looked like eyelashes and that had to get squished too.
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Yeah my neighbors who have grass got all greened up back in September. You don't need that much rain to do that, an inch is enough.
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Sun is coming out on Thursday and then probably not going away for over a week.
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Will they post a final map tomorrow night when the rain ends? I'd really like to see both the final rainfall totals and the highest wind gusts recorded.
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Wasn't the tropical season also more reminiscent of an El Nino pattern?
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Yes there's been a sharp cutoff up by you guys. Meanwhile the heavy rain has made it all the way back to NEPA.
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I was watering the new trees I planted so I know what you mean, but the drought was pretty localized to our area. I'd like to see how this compares to some of the big droughts we had in the 80s and 90s when there were widespread water shortages. The one in 99 I referenced earlier was historic, in that there was half an inch or less of rain for multiple months. It seems like a big tropical system or noreaster is what breaks the pattern; in 1999 it was Floyd right around my birthday./
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At this time of the year it doesn't matter-- we're well into fall and nothing is growing here right now. Also the reservoirs are fine, so any rainfall deficit doesn't really matter. Not every year has to be way above normal, we've had plenty (too many!) years with too much rain, it's time for things to balance out now. Also, if you want to water something, you can do so. Lawns are a waste of space and a waste of resources, so I was done with those years ago.
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Yes at 80. It had a slight burning smell at the beginning and I saw a some wispy smoke, but that was likely just the dust from over the summer being burned off
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If it was winter, it still wouldn't be snowing here.
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Dude my legs were freezing, I didn't just turn the heat on, it's up at 80! Perfect!
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Not including Central NJ where it's already over half a foot just south of Toms River; that area may end up with double digit totals (of rainfall of course lol).
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You're not wrong. Getting something like 1" of rain every other week during the summer is fine, this cold clammy windy crap is awful and it just reminds me I need to insulate my drafty windows.
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Honestly though a lot of people I know were getting sick and tired of all the wet summers. The beautiful dry sunny weather was a nice change and reminded me of how summers used to be around here. I don't have any grass in my Lond Island house, I got rid of that a few years ago and replaced it with a rock garden. I did get various kinds of plants to plant around the yard; I used my waterhose to water them, no biggie.
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2002 had a truly classic summer. Really hot and very dry. I have some pictures from that year that show lawns that looked like straw. 90 + heat from that first historic heatwave in April onwards right through September. Good times! And of course what made it even more classic was the winter that followed.
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I'd much rather have my warm Octobers. Cold weather right now does nada except add to heating bills without the visual benefit of snow.
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Yeah I remember when the reservoirs were down to around 40% back in the 80s-90s era so it's amusing that having them around 75% or so in the middle of the summer was considered extreme.
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It's raining very hard here, we already have over 2" in this event. This whole week is a huge downer lol. I think people forget that for most of NYC's climate record, the average annual rainfall was around 40". Going by the full climate history, this isn't much of a drought.
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I wouldn't say the rain is desperately needed though....this isn't California.
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Also goes to show how hot the back to back years of 2010-2011 really were. I hope we get back to that (and more like the era of the 1990s when we had the most high 90 degree days)....having drier summers would be a nice first step.
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The weather we had before was great. Meaning temps in the 70s, sunny and low humidity.
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He must have a heater on to stay warm.
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In the winter though this would seem like the first storm in February 2010.....
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This storm in January would probably be better for most of the area than getting this in December.
