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25,000 - due to someone sneezing near a power line.

I've always enjoyed Africa...

Are we supposed to take something posted by someone named “Joestramus” seriously? I’m more inclined to believe a forecast from Joestrami… on rye… with mustard.

It’s one of the only things to dislike about autumn/winter in New England. Not a fan of leaving work at a normal time and it’s dark already, especially when things move to standard time in November.

If a Maine resident's direct lineage dates back to before 1820, then they are originally from Massachusetts anyway!

What I've been doing is spraying the insides with bleach spray and then using a hose to clean out the insides. I've seen some YouTube videos on how to do thorough cleanings of A/C units but a lot of the current units being sold do not open as easily as the older units that used to be on the market. It sucks...

Ha ha! His bed is up against the wall of the bathroom. So the answer is all of the above, and then some...

Newport getting slammed by a thunderstorm. Been a while since we've gotten one during the day here...

We are the opposite - 4 window units cool our 1 floor ranch. One of the larger units is insanely loud when the compressor turns on. We just deal with the noise. I’m fact it’s helps with my son as the a/c noise helps drown out noises from the bathroom and kitchen that’s right near him. IMO biggest issue now with Window units is mold buildup. The new high efficiency units intentionally keep water in the unit to use for evaporative cooling to help supplement the compressor. Every year it’s a battle in preventing mild buildup on these things. The two larger units I have that are not Energy Star rated drain from the bottom still and don’t nearly have as much of an issue.

There was a noticeable drop in QPF between 01z HRRR and 02z HRRR....

I'm figuring there will be more action overnight for RI as stuff moves east out of CT. Tornado watch for all of RI now as of 11:35 PM...

It is quite amazing how often the "exhaust" zone in these events ends up over RI, even if it's transient - while its total chaos to the east and the west of us...

Looks like RI may get a "lull" for an hour or two before radar fills back in with heavier stuff...

Holy moses... there's an 11" jackpot in RI on this...

This is cool...the storm total loop looks like it's going haywire, but what it's actually doing is dynamically updating the color scale because the precipitation keeps exceeding the top of the scale... https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/?parms=OKX-DSP-1-96-100-usa-rad

It's probably gonna fill in... but southern ri always looked like it was going to be in the 2-4" zone... 3-6" central northern ri...

Yes, BOX 7:30 discussion mentioned 1 in 200 year for SNE this evening... glad we are getting 800 years less of rain over here... lol...

This is definitely the most interesting thing on TV tonight…

The Asian car makers have decimated the US in sedan sales for a while. Camry, Corolla, Accord, Civic were in the top 10 each year for at least a decade, probably longer. With people buying less of them, it just wasn’t worth it for them to continue to invest in them when many are switching over to compact and sub-compact SUV’s instead.

Someone probably got fired for this. Usually an engine seize is caused by some sort of oil leak, or, lack of maintenance and they try to blame the owner. They probably started taking notice when dealers were putting in for engine replacements on cars that had all their proper scheduled maintenance.

Except they do affect us more than once a century...

Just curious as to what brand/model of car has enough seizing issues to issue a recall... so I can avoid it :-)

I don't think we quite know yet how global warming will affect hurricane landfalls in New England. There seem to be factors in play that would make landfalls both more likely and less likely. I think the only thing that's truly increasing our chance of a hurricane making landfall is each year goes by that it doesn't happen, lol...