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Mini split or central air?

Europe never understood America’s love of air conditioning — until now BERLIN — A second-sizzling heat wave that’s sweeping Europe this summer is fueling a shift in attitude across the continent to the once foreign concept of air conditioning. Until now, fewer than five percent of all European households have air-conditioning, compared with 90 percent in the United States. But Europe’s air-conditioner stock is estimated to roughly double within the next two decades, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), as record heat becomes more frequent. https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/06/28/europes-record-heatwave-is-changing-stubborn-minds-about-value-air-conditioning/%3foutputType=amp Wow. Never realized the less than 5 percent have AC in Europe.

Heading out to my families beach house in Narragansett and then off to Block Island for the weekend. Looks like an epic weekend weather wise!

3.21 here. Ton of 3+ reports along the CT shoreline.

2.46 here and over 1k lightning strikes.

This lighting has been like completely stationary over New Haven. Absolutley insane thunder and heavy rain. My lightning detector has 316 strikes last hour within 25 miles.

There was like no lighting' as this approached KHVN and then it just exploded. Wow.

Good soaking here before the big heat. 1.35 so far and more coming. This stuff has been real slow moving and just dumping rain. Flood advisory up now.

My friend in CO posted this 2 days ago. He is in the Aspen area. Looks like they still got a solid pack in some spots.

Been a pretty epic start to the month for those with solar panels. Been having some amazing production since the start of the month. My panels have been pretty much at peak efficiency the last 2 weeks.

This was posted in the tropical forum. Hell Is High Water When will the Mississippi River come for New Orleans? ....One of the most unnerving aspects of this year’s record high water is that it now coincides with the start of hurricane season. The Army Corps’ river levees are built with the assumption that tropical storms would coincide with a river only 8 feet high—less than half its present height. Hurricane Katrina pushed a surge of 13 feet up the river. Hurricane Isaac made the river run backward, with a surge of 8 feet up to Baton Rouge. A storm surge of that size right now would cause the Mississippi to overtop the levees in New Orleans, a catastrophe in its own right that would weaken the barriers below, threatening worse. https://slate.com/business/2019/06/new-orleans-mississippi-river-high-water-climate-change.html

70 here at my sisters beach house in Narragansett. This is such an awesome area in the summer that never really torches as we are pretty much surrounded by water.

I am trying to save my other ash and I started treating it with a insecticide soil drench a few years ago. Cost about $10 a year to treat with a professional grade insecticide available online. They trimmed some dead branches off it but the crown is really healthy still. The other picture is the tree that was taken down. Notice the entire crown is dead and when that happens there is no saving it. Just about every ash around me is dead so this may be one of the few still alive and doing well in the area.

My dying ash tree was taken down Monday. I had them leave the wood for my wood stove. Love burning in the winter. Had to break up the main trunk with a sledge and maul as they were to massive to move. Those that burn know how back braking using a maul is especially in this heat.

Its really strange. Literally havent seen a single one. Heard from many other people in CT the same thing. Something must have wiped most of them out. I have seen a huge increase in red tailed hawks?

Anyone else notice there are like zero chipmunks this year? I usually have like half a dozen terrorizing my yard. Havent seen a single one yet this year.

Emerald Ash Borer completely killed my 2 green ash trees my uncle planted in 1958. They were awesome old trees with cool low branches. Its insane how quick they die once they are attacked. Ash trees will be extinct soon as there is no defense against them except treating with insecticide.

This has been like the ultimate lawn growing weather. Lawns everywhere look like Ireland or the Pacific northwest. I read this Pacific Northwest type weather has been perfect for grass. Cool temps, ton of rain and a day or two of sun here and there. Most grass thrives in cooler temps in the 40-60 degree range. Look at your bag of grass seed and I bet the seeds are from WA or OR. Its like the ultimate grass growing climate. Get that seed down. Stuff I seeded last month has exploded in growth.

With all the technology out there where are the automatic snow depth sensors? Infared triangulation and ultrasonic sensors are extremely accurate and cheap.

Sun should come out and melt most of this today right? I am hoping it melts off my solar panels quick so I can take advantage of the clear days coming up. My solar production is really starting to ramp up this time of year.

SE CT and RI getting crushed under that band.

Just measured 2 inches in Branford.