BrianW

Lol. Me too. I get all my seeds from North Atlantic Seed Co in Maine.

Try some marijuana. They have specific strains that will put you right to sleep. I know tons of people that have gotten off all the synthetic sleep aids and use marijuana now. You're in Maine it's legal there.

What a furnace up in Northern Canada. There are alot of 90s just south of James Bay.

Awesome week for shoreline folks.

You should get a drone.

4 deaths from that derecho yeaterday in NJ. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 409 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2020 ...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON JUNE 3, 2020 DERECHO... A DERECHO, DEFINED AS A LONG-LIVED AND EXPANSIVE THUNDERSTORM WIND COMPLEX THAT PRODUCES WIDESPREAD SWATHS OF DAMAGING AND OFTEN SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS OVER A PATH GREATER THAN 240 MILES IN LENGTH, DEVELOPED JUST SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ERIE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 3, 2020. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WERE SPORADIC IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, BUT AS THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVED INTO INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE JUST BEFORE NOON, WIND DAMAGE REPORTS BECAME MORE NUMEROUS AND WIDESPREAD. BY THE TIME THE DERECHO MOVED OFF THE COAST AROUND 130 PM, OVER 250 WIND DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE FROM EMERGENCY MANAGERS, TRAINED SKYWARN SPOTTERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. MOST OF THESE REPORTS WERE LOCATED WITHIN A 50-MILE WIDE SWATH EXTENDING FROM BERKS COUNTY EASTWARD TO THE PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA, THEN FURTHER EAST TO THE OCEAN COUNTY SHORELINE IN NEW JERSEY. WIND GUST REPORTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH WERE COMMON, WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST GUSTS AS FOLLOWS: 93 MPH AT BEACH HAVEN, NJ (OCEAN COUNTY), 92 MPH AT SURF CITY, NJ (OCEAN COUNTY), 83 MPH AT READING REGIONAL AIRPORT, PA (BERKS COUNTY), 76 MPH IN POTTSTOWN, PA (MONTGOMERY COUNTY), AND 76 MPH IN BRIELLE, NJ (MONMOUTH COUNTY). IN ADDITION TO DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS, FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE ALSO EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. TRAGICALLY, FOUR DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE NWS MOUNT HOLLY AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM THIS DERECHO. THREE FATALITIES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WERE DUE DIRECTLY TO FALLING TREES, WITH THE FOURTH FATALITY IN DELAWARE COUNTY DUE TO A HOUSE FIRE CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION FROM A FALLEN TREE. THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FATALITIES FROM A DERECHO EVENT IN THE AREA SINCE 1950. BECAUSE THIS DERECHO MOVED OFF THE COAST BY 200 PM, THE WARM AFTERNOON SUN WAS ABLE TO SUFFICIENTLY DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE FORMATION OF ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOME OF THE SAME AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED THEM EARLIER IN THE DAY. REPORTED WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY RANGED BETWEEN 45 AND 65 MPH, WITH A 68 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS THEN MOVED OFFSHORE BY 1000 PM, WHICH BROUGHT AN END TO THE DAY’S SEVERE WEATHER.

Thats right I think I read that here. I have been tempted to plant a Tulip Poplar. They can get insanely big. I don't think they grow north of the CT coastline. This one is around the corner from me and there are a few saplings in the ground nearby. It has to be 150+ years old.

I have been using a bottle of Dominion 2l that cost like 25$. Depending on the tree size its really cheap to treat them. The other Ash tree was like 2500$ to cut down so it seems worth it. I read last year they genetically modified american chestnuts against the blight. I thought I read they were going to have them available soon. I am going to have the ash stump removed and plant another tree. Will have to look into doing a chestnut if they are available.

I had 2 100+ year old green ash trees that I have been treating with a soil drench of insecticide against EAB for the last 5 years. One didn't make it and the canopy completely died so I had it cut down last fall and the other one trimmed. I counted the rings on the stump and it was over 100 years old. The arborist from the tree company said he has seen some older ash show some resistance to EAB. Every single Ash has been completely killed around here from the Emerald Ash Borer. Nice to see this one still hanging in there. It's such a cool looking tree. It was also cool to see the shoot from the old stump come up this spring.

Anyone following the dam failures in MI?

Another band about to roll through CT. I'm right on the sound in Branford. 36 and a nice squall just rolled through and coated everything. Impressive for this time of year.

Even had snow showers here in Branford right on the water this afternoon. Had ice on the deck this morning and it looks like my hydrangeas and some other stuff got wiped out. Plants have been really early here this year.

Even had snow showers here in Branford right on the water. Had ice on the deck last night and it looks like my hydrangeas and some other stuff got wiped out. Stuff has been blooming here crazy early this year.

First mow of the season and Maple trees are leafing out here on the shoreline in Branford.

Some potential tonight for a possible viewing.

Jet Blue 1098 is my flight tomorrow at 530 pm.

I am in DC for a wedding tonight and have a jetblue flight back to Hartford from Reagan airport at 5 pm tomorrow. Thoughts on that flight happening? We were planning on taking a cab or uber to the airport. Looking forward to the storm though. Its been pretty much snowless back home in CT.

This is done for central and western CT. People reporting on Facebook it's full sun in western ct.

WTNH just downgraded a good chunk of CT to 0-3 inches. This is busting huge out this way.

February 9th 2013 woke up to this in Wallingford, CT.....

Just got a ton of reports from friends//family of some good sightings of the Orionid Meteors tonight along the CT shoreline. One of the year's best sky shows will peak this weekend between Oct. 20 and 22, when the Orionid meteor shower reaches its best viewing. The meteors that streak across the sky are some of the fastest and brightest among meteor showers, because the Earth is hitting a stream of particles almost head on. https://www.space.com/34373-orionid-meteor-shower-guide.html

I lived in South Hero for a few years. The causeway is a good spot for viewing. Saw the lights a few times from there. Awesome wide open view looking north.

From NWS Boston.

Wallingford, CT Feb 8-9 2013 Noreaster/blizzard. A storm I will never forget.