BrianW

I just got in from my sister's in Narragansett. Water ban signs up in just about every South County town. Looked like fall along sections with lots of trees already showing colors.

Finally some rain for the Pioneer Valley!

Another fantastic night in the 70s here on the shoreline. BDR and HVN 74 for the low.

Yeah. My cousin lives near BDR and it's torched there. Tons of trees and plants dying and lawns completely dead.

Nothing better than an early lawn watering when it's 77/74 at 6 am. You even get some bonus dews from the hose mist.

Looks like someone got their hands on some purple haze at Upton..

Those anomalies up north around Hudson Bay are impressive. Inuit's out on the beach like it's Miami.

Long Island sound is like 78-80 as discussed earlier..

Yeah. A seabreeze these days is 78-80 degree humid air coming off the sound...

What a summer for Long Island sound water temperatures...

Days and days. What a summer...

Some smoky and sneaky heat out there today..

They have the best firefighting aircraft and pilots in the world. Why arent we seeing Canadair CL-415 Super Scoopers making runs?

Great day to stick it to Eversource with solar production...

Yeah. Didn't realize how bad it's up North for you guys until I checked the goes.

@dendrite Just watched this and remember you were growing Chestnuts. Apparently there's 4 trees that seem to be blight resistant so there is hope of bringing them back. https://www.ctpublic.org/shows/human-footprint/clip/the-ghost-tree-bringing-back-the-american-chestnut-mzwjuw

Looks pretty warm to me.

I've yet to see or smell any smoke all summer here on the shoreline...

Yeah. They seem to love nesting in old New England homes with wide open wall cavities. Haha. But they will still nest in the ground and some the biggest nest's I've seen have been in the ground. It looks like @kdxkenhit a nest of Eastern YJ because their is no way he would be taking that picture if he hit the german ones. Haha

Maybe you guys dont have them up north...yet. I'm referring to these... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_germanica They are the most aggressive wasps out there. I work with people from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, etc. They claim afrancinzed bees are tame compared to them...

I know you probably know this but they aren't native to New England or even the US and I have zero issues nuking their nests. I do home improvement work and they are our worst nightmare when you disturb a nest. I'm going to try and find the picture where I got stung in the face after ripping out a window sill they nested in. Took like a dozen plus stings to my face. Couldn't see out of my eyes or even eat for like 3 days.

Warmest July on record for New Haven with a +4.9 for July and an avg temp of almost 79 degrees. Ranked 2nd for summer as well.

76 BDR and HVN for lows. Already up to 79 at HVN.

Yeah. Was working on a house near BDR last week and everything is torched to a crisp there.

I work in Home Improvement and deal with massive yellow jacket nests all the time. Buy a bottle of Taurus SC. The active ingredient is Fipronil which is the same stuff used for flea and ticks on dogs like the brevecta collar. A few second spray to soak the entrance hole and they are gone in 24 hours. They carry the stuff in and it wipes the nest out completely. Its not repellent so I spray the entrance from a distance during the day. They just think it's water/raining and don't bother you. Since Taurus is non-repellent, insects do not detect it and do not avoid it. Over it, they will consume or distribute Taurus SC across the colony.