Juliancolton

Agree with everything you (and @JerseyWx) said. Summer basically didn't exist this year in the cultural and social senses. I know it's melodramatic and a first world problem, but if you asked me to recount a single experience I had this summer, I'd have nothing to offer. Just ennui begetting more ennui. With the election and worry of Covid resurgence, time will probably continue to have no meaning for the remainder of the year. Long days and short months.

Still a few fireflies active in the yard even with the cooler temps tonight. I wonder whether they could have coasted to September if the warm pattern stayed in place for another couple weeks.

That's why I like staying at the PVInn in squammy. Not cheap, but you can always count on a quiet parcel of sand even in the busiest times. Walking a mile or whatever down to the mobbed state beach is like a spectator sport. As long as you don't draw attention to yourself, you can usually even slide on down to a couple of the resident-only town beaches for extra isolation. And yeah, I don't strictly need the rain anymore for immediate water usage purposes (10.11" since the solstice, about half of that since Isaias), but this beats the heck out of 80s and scorching sun.

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/GL003i008p00463 "A rough estimate of the efficiency of fixation yields the value of 1026 NO2 molecules per lightning stroke." I have no idea how to qualify that number or compare it to anything tangible, but I do know that the atmosphere, specifically lightning, is a significant source of nitrogen fixation and has been recognized that way since at least the 60s. Not a kernel of truth but a long-recognized tenet. I think where Tony went wrong is in implying that it's a localized effect, as if grass shoots up in a ring around individual CGs. It wouldn't be something that you notice in your neighborhood, because the effect is cumulative.

That one is actually true. Lightning doesn't add nitrogen, but it does fix nitrogen already in the atmosphere into nitrates that plants use. I believe this accounts for something like 10% of nitrogen fixation around the globe, so it's pretty substantial.

That's a sweet shot. Looking forward to my weekend in Westerly in early Sep, haven't left this G-d forsaken state all year.

It'll be hot again for sure. Three weeks takes us to Labor Day weekend though and by that point, evidence of the seasonal shift will be abundant.

It looks troughy through the balance of the month. Point forecast highs in the 70s through next week. Summer's back is broken.

Add another inch to that last night. Feast or famine these days.

My 2.40" one-hour rainfall total this evening easily bests my Isaias storm total of 1.97". The post-tropical storm remains the leader in sending entire states back to the Stone Age, however.

Happy days here as well, Optimum finally restored internet service. Glad that's over, but hard to imagine we won't have more tropical threats over the next three months.

Yessir. You love to see it.

Took just a bit over 48 hours to get power back here, nice job by Central Hudson as far as I'm concerned.

Funny story... I was much older than I care to admit when I learned that backfeeding was not the proper way to hook up a generator. It was just the way my dad did it when I was growing up. Didn't know the difference until I had an electrician buddy looking at something in the basement and he said "...you know this is totally illegal, right?"

Yeah what's the deal with this? Cuomo sent out a tweet along the same lines. What am I missing?

Still no power/internet/cell coverage at home. Word on the street is the local Verizon tower took heavy damage, and with trees still dangling in the wires, not looking great for at least a few days.

Things got really intense around 3 pm here. Widespread uprooted trees and felled fences... every secondary road in my town saw blocked as far as I could tell. Just a hair under 2" of rain. Genny up and running since 4. No internet or cell coverage at home, annoyingly.

It'll be sunny by 4 pm. This sucker's cruisin'.

Wow, hopefully he and his party are all safe. The storm surprised many of us with its last-minute rally after a week+ of floundering. Definitely a bucket list thing to experience the core of a real TC.

Looks like the heaviest rain stays west of the river tomorrow. Hopefully winds behave themselves on the dry side of the low.

Maybe if you didn't drive so slow...

Pretty impressive structure and a cute little funnel in my part of the world this afternoon.

Best news I've heard all summer.

Kinda nerdy, but I'm excited about the likelihood that I'll see fireflies in my yard during four consecutive calendar months. By far the longest season for them that I've witnessed.

It's throttled pretty aggressively to save bandwidth. Wish I could pay for a faster version