Jump to content

HIPPYVALLEY

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    29,434

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by HIPPYVALLEY

    August 2019 Discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    12 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

    What was it last year, white faced hornets inside the house or just outside on the house structure? They are nasty if you disturb them near their nest. Very painful stings too. Might be the most painful I've had. They just aren't as nasty as yellow jackets away from the nest. A yellow jacket will sting you pretty easily away from the nest...it's like they are just happy to be azzholes and sting for the hell of it...most other species of bees, wasps, and hornets wont bother you too much away from the nest. 

     

    8 -10 white face bites put me in the emergency room a couple of summers ago. I hit a nest on mowing and it felt like burning embers shooting into my shins, at first I thought maybe the lawnmower was throwing sparks.

     After about 30 minutes it was insane burning and itching in my lymphatic areas and my face started to swell up.   Sitting in the emergency room it started to get worse and worse and the staff kept telling me they were still nine people ahead of me in line so finally I told my wife to just tell them I was having chest pain's.  They wheeled me in immediately LOL 

    They jammed a harpoon of epinephrine into my thigh, I thought my heart was going to explode,    Now I have an EpiPen prescription. The funny thing is I had had plenty of stings over the years something about the wfh really made me react poorly.   Fortunately I have not seen wfh in a few years but I'm still pretty cautious around Yellowjackets.

    • Like 1

    July pattern(s) and discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    1 hour ago, kdxken said:

    july-will-warmest-month-ever-recorded-boston

     

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/07/31/july-will-warmest-month-ever-recorded-boston/od20eTxfUb53bglxAoB4xO/story.html

     

    I find this all really interesting because it's really only been on the warm side of a normal summer here.  Many of the hot days have been tolerable humidity so I guess that helps.  There are no accurate long term records for this part of the state but I bet we have been no more than a +2 - +2.5 for July.

    July pattern(s) and discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

    BTV getting crushed . Pony Tails getting ripped off heads right now  

    Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
355 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

NYC019-VTC007-011-013-015-019-302045-
/O.CON.KBTV.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-190730T2045Z/
Clinton NY-Lamoille VT-Orleans VT-Grand Isle VT-Chittenden VT-
Franklin VT-
355 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CLINTON...NORTHWESTERN LAMOILLE...NORTHWESTERN
ORLEANS...GRAND ISLE...NORTH CENTRAL CHITTENDEN AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES...

At 354 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 19 miles north of Morses Line to Hyde Point, moving
east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Highway department reported wind gust of 76 mph in
         association with this line of storms.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Enosburg Falls, Franklin, Alburgh Village, Johnson Village,
Cambridge, Montgomery Center, Montgomery, St. Albans City, Fairfax,
Sheldon, Belvidere Center, Georgia, Enosburg, Swanton, Waterville,
Grand Isle, St. Albans Town, South Alburgh, Johnson and Alburgh.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

If on or near Lake Champlain, get away from the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. remember, lightning can strike out to
15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now!  Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4501 7255 4459 7266 4469 7337 4501 7331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 285DEG 14KT 4529 7301 4474 7325

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH

    July pattern(s) and discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

    ACATT Haven’t had any true COC k since mid June , so manufacture it to be 88/62 . Nice n comfy 

    CT has been roasting but NW MA has had some pretty nice warm and dry days with cool nights.  It's 78F and bit humid but aren't these the summer nights we cherish?

    July pattern(s) and discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, MetHerb said:

    CT is more than BDL & HFD.  The problem is it's been hot but not humid overall.  Sure we've had a few days here and there but that warmth has been mostly during the day with hot day time temperatures.  You've been calling for an HHH summer and I've been asking where the other two H's are.  They have been absent for the most part which has allowed for temps to drop at night.  We've also had below normal days and one down right chilly day.  

    This July siting a few hundredths of a degree outside of being one of our top 10 warmest July's and there's still 3 days left to go so we'll see.  I don't make stuff up.  I record my high and low temperature every day using the same methods I've been using for 35 years.

    You've doubled down and called for August to have at least 15 days with a Dp of 70 or higher but haven't qualified where and what counts which means you'll be able to claim you were right by cherry picking data and what qualifies.  Congrats!

    It's been normal summer here with the expected scattering of hot days.   The cool nights have made it seem tolerable.  I think I've only had 6 or 7 A/C days so far (far more in the car).  This afternoon I'll probably need it. 

    • Like 1

    July pattern(s) and discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, radarman said:

    New England beaches are absolutely world class.  We've been stacking 10/10 days, great surf, perfect water temps... Folks of all ages looking like Cheshire cats.   Sharks be damned, we play.

    I don't get to CT or RI beaches very often but Cape Cod certainly has some fantastic white sand beaches. 

    July pattern(s) and discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    4 hours ago, powderfreak said:

    Made a new friend this afternoon.

    He said, "I'm not even sweating today, and I've got this fukkin' coat on all the time."

    67245780_10103801357565830_4900517917633

    I end up interacting with more than my share of bears for some reason and that is the thickest coat I have ever seen.

    • Like 1
×
×
  • Create New...