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Oh, good luck my friend. I had that done back in 2020, and I hope I never have to do it again. I was out of work for six months after that surgery for recovery and physical therapy, but that was because of the physical nature of my work. You may be able to return to work faster. One thing to be prepared for is pain. It was the most painful therapy I've ever gone through. One word of advice my surgeon gave me was to stay ahead of the pain. Don't try to man up. If he/she doesn't give you a time estimate of when the nerve block will wear off, ask. That nerve block is awesome, but when it wears off, you'll know it. When I came home after surgery, I was like "that wasn't so bad". Yeah right...lol You'll want to take your first Vicodin, Percocet, or whatever they give you an hour before, because if you try to play catch up, you won't.

Got 1.31" from yesterday's storms. The rain was incredibly intense at times in that afternoon storm. Windshield wipers on high speed couldn't keep up. I got the truck parked before the worst hit (I still got soaked going from the truck to the shop and then the car, though), but the ride home in the car was intense with the rain and the flooded roads.

91/75 now. Heat index 102.

87/73 in Tamaqua at 10:30am...

Everything west of the Susquehanna seems to be dying out as it moves northeast. How can full sunshine with this heat and humidity be so stable as to kill storms?

90/76 in Tamaqua currently. It's a steam bath outside...

Tank about an NEPA to South Central screw zone...sheesh.

.57 yesterday/overnight in Tamaqua.

Finally getting some of the goods here after being mainly dry all day. Just had a heavy burst of rain. .45" according to the latest look at the Tempest gauge.

Ended up at .57" yesterday.

So far every developing storm has missed Tamaqua. One popped just south oh Hazleton and looked good to get us, then took a sudden left turn and is getting Carbon County. I can hear the thunder, but it all east. A second potential popped south of Berwick, but that "looks" to skate by just to our west. I feel like I'm dead center of the goalpost, but the field goal kickers suck...lol

My forecast for today...sunny My reality at this time...cloudy

For sure. That was amazing!

You yell at me about heat in the car, and look at you. Wearing a winter coat...lol

Oh, and for this morning, down to 51 at approximately 4:45am. The usual cold spots (especially where my work home base is) are down into the mid and upper 40's.

That was one of the most impressive posts I've seen! I don't know how you do it, but what an amazing breakdown. Thanks so much!

I can't seem to tolerate "extremes" on either side of the calendar anymore. Cold always bothered me, but now summer heat and humidity does as well. I probably should move to San Diego.

Driving back and forth over the Blue Mountain multiple times per day, it's easy to see the haves and have nots just by looking at the lawns on either side. Green in Schuylkill County and brown in Lehigh County.

53 this morning here. I'd be wearing jeans today for work if I had an earlier start than 8am. By the time I load the first tank of the day, the sun is starting to warm things up. Gonna need the heat in the car, though, for starters.

We had very little sunshine, and really not much of anything this afternoon as far as storms were concerned.

We did here in the Skook. I got my notification about 10 minutes ago

Yeah, I think we're just about done as the last cell has moved northeast. I didn't think we'd pick up close to an inch in the forecasted first round. Ended up with 0.92" in my backyard. Locations to my immediate north (Hometown, Lake Hauto) are showing between 1.25" and 1.50".

Outside with my second coffee and smoke, and she's flashing and booming a bit now. And as I type this the rain is getting heavy again. These morning storms seem to be training right up through Schuylkill County.

Yeah. No thunder, but heavy rain. Woke me up at 4:30AM and already got 0.36"

It's not generating buzz on any of the forums.