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  1. Hank Scorpio
    Where's @IronTy? I have a bunch of imperial moth eggs for him to save. Guessing they won't do too well on brick, since they really belong on a leaf
  2. Hank Scorpio
    Yeah, agreed, trend for the past 6 weeks has been stuff fizzling before it gets to Loudoun. I know some parts of the area got hit nicely yesterday, but there's still a good swath that hasn't seen much in quite a while. I know it'll flip at some point, but until I see rain falling I'll remain skeptical with radar extrapolations haha.
  3. Hank Scorpio
    Leesburg has been in a tiny little precip hole too. We're sitting at a measly 0.5" for the month as everything seems to be collapsing just before getting here. I'm optimistic about today though... things will ultimately even out:) This rainfall estimate from the past 72 hours shows that hole pretty well. Sidenote... why did iWeather stop letting you actually zoom in on their maps? Makes them far less useful
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    Ohhhh crab shell, interesting! Thank you for the tip. Logically it makes sense and is similar to the suggestion I read to use milky spore as a way to get rid of the grubs. Between voles and now Japanese beetle grubs, I've got quite the challenge on my hands it seems! Who knew growing plain old grass was so difficult haha
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    Yeah, that seems to be the case here too. This is the third summer I've been in this house and the first time I'm seeing them in such huge numbers. I also did some research and can't believe I didn't realize sooner that they lay eggs in the soil. I'll be spreading some grub killer in my yard over the next day or two and then treating plants directly going forward. The bags do a great job at pulling the beetles in, but maybe too great a job... pretty sure I'm pulling them in from all my neighbors yards too. Annnnnd, they smell awful once they get into high concentrations, so I'm gonna toss them in the trash.
  6. Hank Scorpio
    If I'm not gonna get storms, at least the cells off in the distance look great. This was looking ESE at the storm that just crossed the Potomac south of DC
  7. Hank Scorpio
    Have a pretty nice view of that Rockville/ silver spring cell. Looked like it was putting down a lot of water
  8. Hank Scorpio
    Seems specific to the Dover doplar. Not that it shows anything yet, but TIAD is loading and updating ok
  9. Hank Scorpio
    Anyone else dealing with a severe Japanese beetle outbreak? My yard was suddenly full of them over the weekend, with enough flying around to completely fill one of those beetle bags in 12ish hours. They're totally wrecking my poor birch tree
  10. Hank Scorpio
    Just saw my first of the year too! Must be a strong smokey air + lightning bug correlation
  11. Hank Scorpio
    Wonder if the winds just shifted or something, because we just had a huge drop in the amount of smokiness in Leesburg
  12. Hank Scorpio
    We got enough rain in Leesburg to cause some small creek flooding. I drove past sycolin creek just before it started to seriously come over the road and banks.
  13. Hank Scorpio
    That looks like a cool app. I have a website I always use for rough elevation info, and now I'm wondering where they're all getting their topo data from. https://en-us.topographic-map.com/maps/blrg/Meadow-Mountain/
  14. Hank Scorpio
    Was pretty legit as it moved through the Leesburg area. I was on the northern periphery of the stronger winds, but it had that certain sound that comes with high winds in stronger storms. Based on radar, guessing the higher terrain just west and south of Leesburg down around stone tower winery got the worst of things. Somehow though, my neighborhood seems to be the only one without power at the moment. Never wanna be without power, but at least we're the only ones. Fingers crossed that means it'll be back on soon.
  15. Hank Scorpio
    Rare late night severe warning for Loudoun. Been seeing lightning flashes for a while, now just waiting to see if the storm can keep its intensity up as it continues to move east.
  16. Hank Scorpio
    A little gusty just before the rain moved in, but the star of the show was the hail here in Leesburg. Got up to about quarter sized before calming back down.
  17. Hank Scorpio
    Lots and lots of cloud to cloud lightning with this little cell moving through Loudoun right now. Good consultation prize after most of the activity from today and yesterday missed in all directions
  18. Hank Scorpio
    Worst gif ever, but the base was showing the tiniest little itty bitty signs of rotation just as this cell got going. Guessing lots of storms do this though, and it's only through the power of a sped up gif I noticed anything hyperlapse-20220702-202144-4x_1.mp4
  19. Hank Scorpio
    At least this storm looked nice as it missed me just to the north
  20. Hank Scorpio
    Towers going up looking towards southern Loudoun / northern PW county. Guessing we see radar light up down that way shortly
  21. Hank Scorpio
    Nice sky earlier after the rain was about done
  22. Hank Scorpio
    New hat for the summer acquired
  23. Hank Scorpio
    Lots of good lightning and loud thunder with that stretched out blob moving into Leesburg. Great example of a classic afternoon summer thunderstorm
  24. Hank Scorpio
    I did end up taking a drive in search of big hail stones. Even though I arrived 15 minutes after the hail ended there were still lots and lots at quarter size and above covering the ground. A couple examples plus some weirdo shaped hail
  25. Hank Scorpio
    Thanks! I feel like I should ditch my meeting and see if I can go find some big hail stones laying around lol
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