Drove down the palisades parkway from the Bear mountain area to Nanuet yesterday. The area from Bear mtn. to Stony Point is dry as a bone and some of the trees are dropping their leaves. It’s a primed up tinderbox. Hopefully we get some rain Monday into Tuesday.
I know I’m around what you have. 1.5 is a good number. Irishrob has a little more than me. It’s actually nice having some cloud cover currently. Had about 25-30 raindrops this morning.
I remember in the younger days strapping an Indian tank on and a rake to put out those fires on clausland mountain in orangetown. Then the forestry hoses came out, made it easier. With these dry conditions, the peat moss catches fire underneath and burns for sometimes days or till a good soaking rain comes.
High of 96 here today, no rain IMBY.
Plus another one in Fort Montgomery. These s/w winds and drought conditions are definitely not a help along with the heat. These guys have their work cut out. Watch the heat exhaustion.
and I jumped in a lake in my back yard and was covered in dust. Those damm mirages. Only kidding. Had a few rumbles and a quick shower that put 0.02 in the bucket here yesterday.
Hopefully she doesn’t push it. I wouldn’t go for a walk today. 98 the high here. Hopefully we can get a quick shower shortly. They seem to be pulsing down out by the ny/pa line.