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Feels like a good day for storms with the breeze, temp, and dew. I think southern VT/NH is the sweet spot.

75/70 but a good breeze is blowing. Actually have the windows open.

Given the events of a couple weeks ago, a much stronger system and CT will just start its own state-funded electric system afterwards.

Tip had a great post a while back on storms dying east of the river with S winds I believe.

I like that east of 84 into northern RI area. Small sweet spot. I think they fizzle by the time they get around/past PVD.

My initial response was to post about filling up cars and home heating oil tanks given refineries but they actually dropped after Harvey if I remember correctly.

After throwing punches of garlic, oregano, and basil.

All my teaching of stats and research methods classes tell me this is that it is a sampling issue and one could make an argument for either based on sample location?

Finally wrapping up, just some distant thunder. A tad under 2.5", a couple miles east in town looks to have gotten 4+.

Still booming and lighting up, over 2". A couple roads including rt 181 in town blocked for trees/wires.

Radar just keeps filling in over us. Pretty cool, now lets see it with white stuff in winter lol

Latest update has multiple spots 4-5'" already with a lot more to go. Maybe 6-7"?

Looks like some areas in Ware-Brookfield could grab 4-5" . 1.48" here, less than a mile west has a tenth or so. Some big thunder and lightning now.

Multiple hummingbirds on feeders are like f- this, just waiting it out under cover lol

Street looks like white water.

Windows open, house down to 64. Loving it.

Good rumbles on the Quabbin. Waiting it out in the truck.

Yea, the Euro is really building it back in. I wouldn't mind a torch next week followed by starting September with morning lows in the upper 40s a la GFS.

Thunder and lightning but DIT said reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was his final, most essential command.

Should see some storms late tonight. Happy we live here. I'm trying for 100% wood this year. We were about 80/20 last year. Damn oil and electric combo is over 2k a winter to keep the 1500 square foot house in the low 60s. Learned the hard way the first winter. Since we will both be home this year I imagine the stove will be running 24/7. Ran through 2.5 cords last year just running it in the evening and overnight. Its a 20 year old Jotul so minimal secondary burns and a packed stove really only throws out heat for 5-6 hours. I have about 5 cords of oak and maple ready for this year. Always a battle trying to get ahead. Split my oak into toothpicks for quick trying and packing more in the stove. What can I say? I'm a sucker for the accents.

Beautiful day to work outside and split wood for next winter. Damn Crohn's has probably taken 20 pounds off me this summer and I barely got through half a cord. Only 6-7x more needed for 2021-2022. Looking forward to some thunder later after a jump in the pool.

Down at the in-laws in East Haddam. Some large dark towers starting to form.

Na, just like in June it will be 81/62 and folks will be commenting "oppressive."

I'm happy Mass schools open a month after many schools down south so we can see what happens. North Paulding (where the now famous picture of the hallway came from) is closed again today since they have now had 35 test positive after 4 days of classes on a reduced schedule. It's another BioGen in the making.