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7 hours ago, canderson said:

Da fuck? Sandy tore off all my facia and had water pouring through my windows. I had s $9,000 insurance damage because Sandy. 

Yeah, open areas and high elevations had problems. Tamaqua, however, sits in a protected, upside down, V shaped valley. 

From my house, I could hear the non-stop roar of the wind on the hilltops surrounding the borough. Yet, even though there was widespread damage and power failures all around us, we came through virtually unscathed. 

There was very little damage in the borough proper, and while the power flickered a few times, the lights stayed on during the entire event.

Even standing outside, there were few wind gusts, let alone sustained high velocity wind. It was more like a normal, breezy, post FROPA day/night, as opposed to a post tropical hurricane. 

41 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Low of 37.  It's my wife's birthday today and she wants to go golfing.  Of course, what she really means by "go golfing" is that she wants to ride along in a cart and drink box wine.  Should be a beautiful day to hit the links. 

If she's gonna drink, you should make the day double interesting and let HER drive the golf cart...

How to do spring in Pennsylvania...

Just now, mahantango#1 said:

You have the balls to post this while back here in Pa. were shivering our balls off.

If there's one thing I lack, it's good judgment... 

Came close to 100 yesterday here in the desert. The wife and I went shopping yesterday afternoon, and when she got out of the Jeep she goes, "it's suckin' hot out here"...lol

9 hours ago, canderson said:

It got cold with the strong wind out of RF. Lots of blankets sales I saw. 

That happened to us at an Iron Pigs game a few years back. It was a hot upper 80s day. About the 3rd inning a cold front with a hell of a storm blew through. After they resumed play, the temps were in the low 60s with a good wind from the NW that blew from left field. 

9 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

And that dilemma is heartbreaking and sad at times.

It sure is.

22 minutes ago, Atomixwx said:

The irony if she somehow decides to move out as you're preparing to move home lol
 

I would be lying if I said I didn't think of this scenario a few times. I some ways, I'm somewhat hoping she has a miraculous change of heart and wants to move here. It pains me a bit to have to sell my parents' home that they lived in and loved these past 25 years. It really is a nice house, and one filled with quite a few memories for me of them enjoying the lifestyle of the southwest desert.

But, at some point most of us end up faced with this dilemma.

10 hours ago, Bubbler86 said:

Down to 47 here and heat is on.  House got down to 64 before I pulled the trigger.  Going to be a heat only weekend it seems.

It's going to be one here, too. High of 95 today and 98 tomorrow. My wife comes in today, so she's in for a weather shock when she comes out of the airport...lol.

12 minutes ago, canderson said:

When are you planning a return? I'm guessing it'll be tied to a job you find? 

I'm hoping May or June. I have to put my mom's will through probate, and then sell the house and a couple of higher value items, donate clothing and furniture, and then probably trash things I'm not taking and no one else wants.

I have a full house back in PA, so I can't bring a large amount of stuff back with me. There's simply no room for it all.

I may be able to transfer with my company to an account we have in Hazleton. We'll see, though.

Good. Get those BN temp out of there and over with before I come home... 

I was just perusing Accuweather's (don't shoot me) future radar, and at the of the run it looks like a secondary line of storms forms along I-80.

I guess it's time to tell you guys.

This past Tuesday, I lost my mom. She passed peacefully late afternoon. She couldn't overcome the digestive system infection (c diff) that she contracted while in rehab for a broken hip.

I sat with her, holding her hand as she slipped away to the other side, reiterating that I loved her, but that I was ok, and that I wanted her to be pain free, to see again, and be with my dad and brother again.

We had some differences of opinion while I was here, but I hope my being here in Arizona was a comforting factor over the past year and a half that I spent with her.

2 minutes ago, AccuChris said:

As is usual in April around PA, the perfect winter pattern finally takes hold lol.  Next weekend looks cold and even the GFS hints the following week into weekend could have days 20+ degrees below normal a few times.  As of 6z, shows Friday 4/26 sitting in the 40s and rain

Seems to happen most years. 

Seeing all these rainfall numbers being posted, I wish the gauge in my backyard station was working. When I get back home I'll have to see what the problem is.

57 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

May 9th, 2020, Mothers Day 1977, I think 2013 as well. 

The 5/9/20 event is remembered well, strangely because it was the day I finished off my partially torn rotator cuff trying to remove an old kitchen faucet. Had to call my nephew to finish the job.

It was the first time I'd ever seen snow in May.

35 to 81 for Tamaqua. Fairly impressive temperature spread today.

79.3 in Tamaqua. I was caught by surprise that it was that warm.

When your working, but just happen to be fortunate enough to be in the path of totality. This guy was in DFW either loading or unloading when totality hit.

According to the graph on my Tamaqua station, the temp dropped 7 degrees from 67.3 at 1:25pm to 60.1 at 3:40pm. 

Pic my daughter sent at peak eclipse (92.8%) through the clouds.

3 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

MU still hyping snow and graupel on Thursday - "funny things happen under upper level lows..."

That is a fact. We've had a couple of graupel events here in parts of the metro Phoenix area from upper level lows this winter.

1 hour ago, Atomixwx said:

The Dbacks are playing the worst team in baseball. That 14-run inning they served up may be surpassed by 20-run innings the Rockies give up to the Dodgers and Braves this year. We'll see how the Dbacks are when they play a major league club.

The only thing that is keeping the Dodgers from 110 wins is a sandbag in August to keep them from getting a bye round. They and Atlanta are 0-2 on the byes, so I wouldn't be shocked to see some sandbagging in the NL between the Dodgers, Braves, Phillies, and Cubs which may lead to a shock division winner like the Red, Giants, or Dbacks.

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Yeah, the Rockies suck. My post was mostly about how much I hate the Dodgers. 

I do think the Dbacks have a pretty good, competitive team, though. Would love to see a Phillies/Dbacks series again this fall, as I am a big fan of both teams.

2 hours ago, anotherman said:

It’s one game. Last year they started 0-4 and came within a win of the World Series.

On the flip side of that, the Dbacks are 2-0, winning decisively last night after their epic home opener on Thursday. I'm really hoping that they run away with the NL West and hand the ridiculously overpaying Dodgers their asses this year.

@canderson

Is that a pic of your trash can at the bottom of the right side frame?

13 minutes ago, canderson said:

Easter weekend looks drop-dead gorgeous. 

Ironically, Saturday night through Easter Monday might be quite a bit rainy (and windy) here in AZ...