Jonger

On 6/4/2023 at 11:00 PM, Stebo said:

I hope you are hit with water restrictions. Talk about an arrogant yard.

Why you be hating?

Let's see if next Monday's system holds together, would really dent the drought situation. 

8 hours ago, WaryWarren said:

According to Jonger, it's a bunch of bored arsonists. Next question.

85% isn't 100.... so there's a big of wiggle room in there for natural causes.

That's a wrap. Just to compare, May 2022 had over 10,000 lighting strikes.

On 5/25/2023 at 3:47 PM, WaryWarren said:

Poor Stebs and his Bustcation.

It's tough out there

2 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

lol

 

Looks perfect 

10 hours ago, Torchageddon said:

The last rumble and storm were Apr 5 here, I'll probably not hear any til Sept. 10,300 strikes in one month is incredible, I only get around 2000 a year on my station and its radius is 40 km!

August 2022 I actually had 17,000!

I haven't detected a lightning strike in 17 days. 

Here's May 2022 versus May 2023 for severe weather.

This has a 30 mile radius of detection.

34 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Native tallgrass prairie plantings are much more aesthetically pleasing then Kentucky Bluegrass imo. Not to mention lower maintenance. 

I don't water or fertilize mine, I just burn about a gallon of gas every 7 to 10 days mowing it. Grass is primarily a uniform erosion control, which native grass would accomplish. Cutting your lawn does work as a rodent and pest barrier for the home, so that's one unmentioned perk.

20 hours ago, frostfern said:

I just read the AB fires are so bad the bogs are literally burning.  Apparently lowland boreal forest in northern Alberta has a lot of thick peat mats.  Without a soaking rain that stuff could take months to fully burn.   Looks like the smoke is not going away any time soon.

I don't need sunglasses.... saves on eye strain. 

35 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

lawns should be illegal 

It's a giant waste of time for myself, but it keeps old men busy.

This smoke overhead absolutely sucks. It has an September vibe.

59 minutes ago, Geoboy645 said:

Err these fires are from Alberta and not California. Alberta decidedly did not have an incredibly wet winter. And yes, it is involved with climate change because this ridge pattern that is giving Alberta such bad fire conditions is almost an exact carbon copy of the June 2021 heatwave that oh you know led to the very natural 110 degrees in the Olympic Rainforest. A pattern that almost assuredly couldn't have happened without climate change. And this super unprecedented pattern happened again all of not even 2 years later...  Which has led to consistent 80s to 90s and very low humidity and wind which are like the best pattern for fire spread from literally any ignition source.

I read "ca" and thought that was California, kind of a weird abbreviation when California is synonymous with forest fires.

18 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Kinda ended up being an overcast day with all the smoke. I can’t remember seeing it this bad this early but nothing unprecedented. 
 

We did manage to get up to 81 today. Backdoor cold front coming tonight will cool us off some. 

My weather station recorded it's highest UV rating back in early May..... smoke has kept the higher sun angle from registering a higher reading since then.

Who keeps lighting these fires.

17 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

Isn't it like 3 months early for these smoky skies?

At least we know it has nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with arson. We just had one of the wettest seasons on record and just like that.... FIRE CITY!

Everyone knows that 85F weather spontaneously ignites fires.

4 minutes ago, WaryWarren said:

Damn, they started all 100+ fires?

That's all?

5 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

the ca fires are wild and just cranking, we're gonna be in this for a while

Damn, arsonists getting an early jump on the intentionally set forest fire season eh?

3 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

When I first moved to Michigan in 2010 I distinctly remember in Holland waking up multiple times to tstorms very late at night to right before sunrise.  It almost was regular enough to make me think this is how it goes in Michigan.  Then reality set in over the next 12 years and I realized this was an anomaly, not the norm.

Summer storm activity in Michigan has really declined over the last 15 years or more.

10 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

These both almost look like chipseal, just one newer than the other. 

I might be wrong, but I believe they spray this down and then spread the fine gravel over it. They rarely ever do this here.

I have had a sore ass about this subject for years. Had to weigh in.

4 hours ago, nwohweather said:

It's the oddest thing about Michigan. You have legitimately nice neighborhoods in SE Michigan connected by gravel roads. Ohio in very rural places can have extremely narrow roads, but they're always paved

I noticed that Ohio & Indiana use a asphalt/gravel road composition for some rural roads. This road type you just don't see used in Michigan. We seem to be left with dirt.

This is a typical Ohio rural road situation. You can see where the more privative low traffic asphalt meets a different texture/higher traffic asphalt mix. In Michigan the roadway on the right would be asphalt and a skirt would extend about 20 feet onto the left roadway, then it would transition to dirt. 

57 minutes ago, Lightning said:

Best part of dirt roads is they keep the big city folks away.  Works like Deep Woods Off and mosquitoes    

Been down a few Fenton area dirt roads.

5 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said:

All I gotta say is yuck 

I totally hate dirt roads. Spent 16 years on one..... never again.