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Just torrential rain. Considering how hot it's been, the yard is remarkably lush.

Fine by me. Took a week to finish cutting up the trees that fell during the 7/4 storm.

I remember people describing the sky as a sickly amber color before the '38 hurricane. I wonder if it was similar to today. Pretty wild looking out there, but nice and cool thankfully. Running was definitely off the table though. The lungs are not happy.

Yep, it will have implications broadly, including the feasibility of a lot of social safety net programs. anyway, damn smoky down here. Definitely feel it in my throat.

Not sure we even need a calamity. Just look at birth rates throughout the world. Any developed country is not producing enough people to sustain our population. A lot of Asian societies are facing a remarkable collapse in the coming decades. Human population growth looks to go into general decline in the coming decades.

wasn’t there a high risk in the Plains some years back that busted badly and was attributed to wildfire smoke?

Why do you feel the need to hurt me like this?

That was a pretty wild storm. Wind seemed to switch around to all directions from one moment to the next. Patio furniture survived, but fence is crushed and I think my canoe/kayak are too. this was a throwback way to end a heatwave. Reminds me of July ‘95.

Looks like a roughly 30-40 ft chunk of maple has crushed my patio furniture and neighbor’s fence.

Getting dark and constant lightning to the northwest. Also shitton of fire works!

We’re overdue for a Hamden tor.

Yes, please take it!

Go figure as soon as I'm supposed to go out to the island we're looking at a deluge. Same shit happened Memorial Day weekend. Just not my summer.

Oxford CT washed away again?

Man, the sunset has strong southern Florida vibes. Just tropical out there.

Man it’s savage out there. I went on a half hour errand and came back just soaked. Paul must be in his element, but I can do without the swass at the office.

Yep, as much as I like the low electric bill and green aspect of it, not a fan. They effed up the flashing on my parents’ roof and the water damage destroyed the underlayment in their attic. They’ve been trying for months to get them to remove the panels so a roofer can replace the roof, but it’s going nowhere. My neighbor had panels installed and had water pouring through his bathroom fan during the first rain. These outfits slam as many arrays on as they can, but they often do substandard work and completely ignore problems once the project is done. Caveat emptor for sure.

That's a mean looking MCS dropping out of Canada. My dad might have to abandon his campsite for the second time today. Oof.

My dad is camping up there and had to abandon his campsite in advance of the storm. Fortunately his weather radio worked out in the wilderness.

Miniature landphoon? Pretty wild whatever it is.

Yeah that one hurt a lot.

The Hamden F4 is my earliest memory. We’re due!

Solid storm on Fishers. Constant thunder for an hour. A fair number of CGs over the water. A welcome drink for the plants most of all.

It seems criminal I had to work on a day like this. I think the office should declare force majeure on days like this and send everyone out to the beach.

No damage from last night's storm in my back yard, but my neighbor four houses up had two mature maples snap about 10 feet from the ground, one of which crushed his Jeep. Major bummer!