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It was definitely a hot summer in combination of the bad logging practices. Insane how it burned a million acres in a day. If I remembered correctly when I was doing some reading on this awhile back ( I’d have to go back and find it) but the thumb fire is one of the big reasons the thumb region has a lot of farm land now. I bet you can still find some of those scars by the creek/riverbeds and around if you checked sediments. Burned all the way to the shores of Huron imagine being a boat going to port Huron or Detroit and witnessing a wall of red

Still awesome

The thumb fire of 1881 is another one I was thinking of

Wicked supercell in Mississippi going on right now

Amen

That’s why I’m happy I’m getting rain. Had enough of the damage lol

Even so the fact it will get very dark for a time is fascinating considering it’s mid afternoon when it rolls thru. A life goal to check off the list

It’s this winters theme lol

We also have a total solar eclipse 04/08/24. 98% totality thru most of the metro. I’ll be going to Toledo the day that happens. I’ve been waiting for that day since 2012 when I found out about it. And at some point we will have some Auroras overhead without clouds. I think we are 6/6 on clouds when it comes to the last few times they have been visible down this way

Awe man I was so upset to miss these lights the clouds blocked my view. With how active this solar cycle has become and it’s still early on in it. I believe we will be getting quite a few of these maybe one even stronger. When we hit autumn or spring equinox with the way our magnetic fields works any strong solar activity is only amplified around those times. We had a G4 class storm if it was a few weeks prior or later would have possibly been a G3 class

Also weren’t those some of the years we had the great Chicago fire and the Great Michigan wildfires that raged thru the thumb? If I recall on reading it was very dry for a few years before the event and with our bad logging practices

With the wind I definitely don’t mind a rain as much. Share the wealth and we get the next one

Great pics!! I look forward to being there when it’s a more summer like storm pattern. Love the beautiful sands and water even tho I love our Great Lake dunes

I’m headed that way with the fiancé and the kids in the second half of may let me know how it is! Red tide seems to be subsiding a tad also

You know it’s a tad warm when a swarm of these guys are already following you

Remember we can blast off for a couple days into the 70s out of nowhere. Definitely getting into that time period where warm ups can be a lot stronger

Got my rain jacket on outside at work and I gotta say I definitely feel the 51 degree dew point today

Siesta key is great when it’s you and your spouse. A sleepy ish beach town without all the sleezeballs

Hell mind as well go Siesta Key or Anna Maria island. At least you get full blown Gulf access with white quartz sand

I’ve been seeing those atmospheric rivers plow the west all winter it’s crazy how much snow they got at mammoth mountain. Record is 67 and they are in the mid 50s in feet about now right? I hope the spring out that way is gradual so all that don’t melt quickly and cause more flooding issues

I remember shoveling/snow blowing multiple times due to the wind blowing it back. Me and my brother also had to go out the morning after and our family car was fully covered in a drift and the truck more then half way. The persistent cold was impressive and also trying to do the boiling water trick was fun to do. Thing is it will happen again at some point in the future and we all will be here tracking it

L for Livingston county lol. I hope for just average rain but a little dryness could help with the skeeters later in the spring

As of 6am EST if you look at the radar it this system has precip from Hudson Bay all the way down to Brownsville TX

Damn those are good pics sir. Ahh that’s right I forgot about that one. I was sleeping thru that one. Pretty cool how we can torch and on the flip side get neat experiences like that. Edit: If I remember correctly didn’t the weeks following flip pretty hard?

Your snow pack pics are going to be very impressive