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Apparently canceling my lawn service and not watering my lawn this summer has invited Yellowjackets to build a nest IN my lawn. I unfortunately discovered this when attempting to mow the sparsely grown tan lawn covered in leaves this evening. Apparently I unknowingly mowed right over this Yellowjacket construction site. I first got stung on my elbow. Thought it was a mosquito. Then I got stung THROUGH my t-shirt. Then on my hand. Then again through my shirt. Of course I start doing a weird rendition of a rain dance of some sort. My neighbors clearly think I've lost it. I try to play it cool, all the while being attacked by these invaders. I go inside for safety. One stings me on my hand again, IN the house. I take off my t-shirt. Thinking I'm safe, I go upstairs. A Yellowjacket. I go in my room. A Yellowjacket. They hitched a ride on my clothes? I killed a total of 6 in my house. Thankfully it was easy because they fly to the windows and just crawl around. Easy targets. I think they got them all. Google says to douse them with a mixture of water and dish soap to drowned out the nest. I will also start up the water sprinkler, which needs batteries because I didn't use it all summer. I will let that run until the grass is nice and soaked, which will also drown out the nest. Meanwhile, my lawn is half mowed. lol It will remain that way until I'm sure it's clear. I have a nice credit on my water bill because I didn't water my lawn. I have a few extra gallons to spare.

Didn't we have a drought heading into fall last year? I recall we had like two straight weeks without a single cloud in the sky or something freaky like that.

For these 10% chance of rain days, I sure am getting the 10%. Would have loved for it to rain in the morning or at night. Bad timing.

Oh man. Stay hydrated and dry. I wonder if sweat wicking suits exist.

Absolutely love nights like last night. Rumbles of thunder for hours. Great sleeping weather. I slept for 9 hours. Just one of those nights per week please. This makes up for last year's storm drought.

Thanks. I will use that link. We're both near the NW Branch trail. My house is about a tenth of a mile from it. However, my house is way up on a hill. It would take a biblical flood and the creek would still not reach me. I live just before the creek hits the low lands at University BLVD. I never have to worry about flooding.

Took a ride on the NW Branch trail here in Hyattsville and Riverdale and the streams are already higher than normal. I could see the extent of the flooding from the previous storms. Parts of the trail was washed over with sand and debris. Won't take much to flood again.

Lots of lightening with this line.

The radar is amazingly clear for 100% chance of rain.

Line fell apart. Booo!. Bout to get the scraps.

Had brief hail with this last storm. A few bolts of lightening.

What is this app?

Big gusts with that line of storms coming through the area. Heard a branch fall on my roof. Hope it's a small one.

Very sunny and warm today. 80F partly cloudy. Anyone want to pitch in for a GoFundMe for some rain?

Reminds me of the time I had my brand new 1997 VW Jetta GT manual. Parked it at work. Left the sunroof open to keep it cool. HUGE storm rolled in with like an inch of rain in 20 minutes. I got to the car, there was an inch of water int he foot wells. lol. I vacuumed it out and let it air dry. No mildew smell and all the electronics worked. I miss that car.