Summer Banter 2021

[CIK62]

Both JB and SD warning of hurricane action affecting the n.e. in late August.

Imagine a storm that has the tidal flooding of Sandy,  the flooding rains of the Connie/Diane  and wind gusts of Hurricane Hazel.

Goodbye Cruel World!       Take Covid Delta, Delta+, Lambda and the coming Epsilon variant off the front page.

[bluewave]

4 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

weird it's also happening in areas that are in megadroughts.  It is the monsoon season though!  Any reports of excessive reports out of the Asian monsoons?

 

Yeah, more record rainfall and flooding.

 

 

[LibertyBell]

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, more record rainfall and flooding.

 

 

There's a place in the Himalayan foothills called Cherrapunji that sets monthly and yearly rainfall records for the entire planet, I wonder if they are approaching rainfall records now.

 

[WE GOT HIM]

10 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Whats the cause of this sudden global rainfall increase all across the world, even in areas experiencing a super drought?  It's almost like we have a monster storm circulating across the entire planet, our own version of the Great Red Spot.

 

 

[Rjay]

On 7/24/2021 at 12:14 AM, Will - Rutgers said:

why?  say it pls

I still have sooo much to say. 

[rclab]

31 minutes ago, Rjay said:

I still have sooo much to say. 

Good evening Rjay. If a picture is truly worth a thousand words …. You’ve already done well …. As always …..

[Stormlover74]

.25" in the past 10 days

[doncat]

9 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

.25" in the past 10 days

0.48" past 10 days but 8.90" the previous 17 days.

[LibertyBell]

well the cicadas have been here for a few days now.  Not a lot of them, seems like the normal amount and around the time when they arrive (they used to get here in early July but it's been late July the past few years.)

 

[etudiant]

9 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

well the cicadas have been here for a few days now.  Not a lot of them, seems like the normal amount and around the time when they arrive (they used to get here in early July but it's been late July the past few years.)

 

Interesting to hear, they have likewise just really begun to be heard here in NYC Central Park. I've only seen one thus far on my daily walks, but there are scattered individuals audible as well.

There is nothing like the 'brood of the century' hype that was widely posted in the media. In fact, thus far it is a pretty spotty performance, even compared to last year.

 

[Stormlover74]

5 minutes ago, etudiant said:

Interesting to hear, they have likewise just really begun to be heard here in NYC Central Park. I've only seen one thus far on my daily walks, but there are scattered individuals audible as well.

There is nothing like the 'brood of the century' hype that was widely posted in the media. In fact, thus far it is a pretty spotty performance, even compared to last year.

 

Down in Central NJ and the mid Atlantic that Brood was massive

[the_other_guy]

On 7/24/2021 at 8:08 PM, bluewave said:

Hard to keep track of all the record flash flooding around the world. Luckily, the driver survived. 

 

that bridge was due to collapse anyway…

[bluewave]

21 minutes ago, jfklganyc said:

that bridge was due to collapse anyway…

That was just a temporary bridge put in place after the original bridge got washed away. 
 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/suspension-bridge-collapses-flooded-russian-051203234.html

 

The bridge, mainly made out of wood, was located in Uryum village, over 4,500 kilometres away from Moscow.As the truck reached the middle of the bridge, it started failing under the load, eventually falling into the swollen river along with the vehicle.The driver was later reported to have survived, but the truck could not be recovered from the water.The suspension bridge was constructed in place of a road bridge that was destroyed during one of the previous floods in the area. Currently, the residents of Uryum village do not have a way to cross the river after the accident.Bridge in Uryum is not the only one in the region that got damaged by extreme rainfall. Flooding has also damaged a bridge on Russia's Trans-Siberian railway, suspending traffic in the area.A also bridge gave way in Zabaikalsk region, some 300 km (190 miles) north of the border with China and Mongolia, The emergencies ministry said that no casualties were reported.TASS news agency said around 650 houses were reported flooded and five road bridges washed away in the flooding in the Zabaikalsk region on Thursday after heavy rain.

[the_other_guy]

3 minutes ago, bluewave said:

That was just a temporary bridge put in place after the original bridge got washed away. 
 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/suspension-bridge-collapses-flooded-russian-051203234.html

 

The bridge, mainly made out of wood, was located in Uryum village, over 4,500 kilometres away from Moscow.As the truck reached the middle of the bridge, it started failing under the load, eventually falling into the swollen river along with the vehicle.The driver was later reported to have survived, but the truck could not be recovered from the water.The suspension bridge was constructed in place of a road bridge that was destroyed during one of the previous floods in the area. Currently, the residents of Uryum village do not have a way to cross the river after the accident.Bridge in Uryum is not the only one in the region that got damaged by extreme rainfall. Flooding has also damaged a bridge on Russia's Trans-Siberian railway, suspending traffic in the area.A also bridge gave way in Zabaikalsk region, some 300 km (190 miles) north of the border with China and Mongolia, The emergencies ministry said that no casualties were reported.TASS news agency said around 650 houses were reported flooded and five road bridges washed away in the flooding in the Zabaikalsk region on Thursday after heavy rain.

Wow. On so many levels

[rclab]

5 minutes ago, etudiant said:

Interesting to hear, they have likewise just really begun to be heard here in NYC Central Park. I've only seen one thus far on my daily walks, but there are scattered individuals audible as well.

There is nothing like the 'brood of the century' hype that was widely posted in the media. In fact, thus far it is a pretty spotty performance, even compared to last year.

 

I only heard what sounded like a mournful lonely one in the sycamores, this past Tuesday. For that little ones sad song, cicada and celibacy will have to rhyme. As always …

[STORMANLI]

Heard first one Sunday.  Very long song.  Could not get a visual.

[Rjay]

1 hour ago, Stormlover74 said:

Down in Central NJ and the mid Atlantic that Brood was massive

I don't even bother anymore.  Just let people say whatever they want with no pushback.  What's the point anymore?

[LibertyBell]

17 hours ago, etudiant said:

Interesting to hear, they have likewise just really begun to be heard here in NYC Central Park. I've only seen one thus far on my daily walks, but there are scattered individuals audible as well.

There is nothing like the 'brood of the century' hype that was widely posted in the media. In fact, thus far it is a pretty spotty performance, even compared to last year.

 

I think they stayed south of us.  Likewise the hot summer that was predicted went west of us lol.

[LibertyBell]

16 hours ago, STORMANLI said:

Heard first one Sunday.  Very long song.  Could not get a visual.

question is, why would you even want a visual lol

[forkyfork]

20 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

Down in Central NJ and the mid Atlantic that Brood was massive

so many people can't seem to grasp that periodical cicadas and annual cicadas are completely different animals 

[LibertyBell]

21 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

so many people can't seem to grasp that periodical cicadas and annual cicadas are completely different animals 

Yeah the ones we're seeing are the annual ones.  But even those seem to be coming later than they used to.  When I first moved to long island during the 80s they consistently came in the first week of July (80s-00s).  Over the last decade or so, they've come later, in the last few days of July.  I wonder why this is?

 

[Stormlover74]

11 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Yeah the ones we're seeing are the annual ones.  But even those seem to be coming later than they used to.  When I first moved to long island during the 80s they consistently came in the first week of July (80s-00s).  Over the last decade or so, they've come later, in the last few days of July.  I wonder why this is?

 

I've been hearing them for the past 2 to 3 weeks

[etudiant]

On 7/29/2021 at 4:46 PM, rclab said:

I only heard what sounded like a mournful lonely one in the sycamores, this past Tuesday. For that little ones sad song, cicada and celibacy will have to rhyme. As always …

Afaik, they do actually eat, unlike some other adult insects, so they can last longer than you might think

Still, appreciate the mental image of a lonely cicada belting out its courtship song into an empty void....

[STORMANLI]

Sunset from Liberty Warehouse

Red Hook, Brooklyn

 

[LibertyBell]

On 7/30/2021 at 1:23 PM, Stormlover74 said:

I've been hearing them for the past 2 to 3 weeks

thought pesticide use on Long Island might be affecting them

[LibertyBell]

On 7/30/2021 at 7:42 PM, etudiant said:

Afaik, they do actually eat, unlike some other adult insects, so they can last longer than you might think

Still, appreciate the mental image of a lonely cicada belting out its courtship song into an empty void....

pesticides.....

 

[dWave]

On 7/29/2021 at 4:03 PM, etudiant said:

Interesting to hear, they have likewise just really begun to be heard here in NYC Central Park. I've only seen one thus far on my daily walks, but there are scattered individuals audible as well.

There is nothing like the 'brood of the century' hype that was widely posted in the media. In fact, thus far it is a pretty spotty performance, even compared to last year.

 

The ones we hear now are the run of of mill cidadas that are around every year in mid to late summer.  I read somewhere the much hyped, 17 yr cycle ones are not very prevalent in/around NYC anymore for whatever reason. Increased development, espcially in the suburbs probably. Every new sprawling condo complex or houses and its accompanying parking lot kill some off when its time to resurface. That happens everywhere though so any other factors I dunno. There are more as you go south of NYC, espically by the time to get to DC area, and west to PA as well.

[gravitylover]

I've seen 3 and hear fewer than usual for this time of year. Brood X has been a non issue here.

[CIK62]

First run of the month for the GFS.       Looks like a Sperm Cell chasing the Egg----the US Coast  lol.        Has not repeated yet:

 

[nycwinter]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

It will be interesting to see if this influences the fall into winter pattern.

 

i'm more impressed with 13 days in a row of temps 86 or above  in sapporo then the few days in a row  over over 100 in seattle..