August 2025 Summer Thread

[Brewbeer]

currently 71/61, looking forward to the upcoming week of unabated windows open 

[dendrite]

49 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Can we tariff Canadian wildfire smoke?

Maybe deport it?

[kdxken]

Temporary win for the yellow jackets . I'll light it on fire if I have to.

[rclab]

33 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Maybe deport it?

Well spoken dendrite! …… If only we could. As always ……

 

[kdxken]

Meh

[dendrite]

+9F for a week. Our impressive cold shots are like -5F for 3 days.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

45 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Temporary win for the yellow jackets . I'll light it on fire if I have to.

Nuke em’ 

[dendrite]

14 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Nuke em’ 

I’m breeding more here and advecting them south. 

[dendrite]

Smoke’em if you got’em

[kdxken]

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Smoke’em if you got’em

No joke , just entered Connecticut. Awful smoke. Why do people live in that hell-hole?

 

[dryslot]

Where's there's smoke, There's more smoke.

[Damage In Tolland]

Didn’t someone from CT say Arctic blue skies like an hour ago? 

[BrianW]

21 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I’m breeding more here and advecting them south. 

I know you probably know this but they aren't native to New England or even the US and I have zero issues nuking their nests. 

I do home improvement work and they are our worst nightmare when you disturb a nest. 

I'm going to try and find the picture where I got stung in the face after ripping out a window sill they nested in. Took like a dozen plus stings to my face. Couldn't see out of my eyes or even eat for like 3 days. 

[weatherwiz]

Constant comping. This is what happens when you have low dews. I’ve noticed a lot of aggression…lots of anger, both here and in the world. Parents aggressively pushing strollers, kids screaming and yelling, dogs barking, birds violently poooping on cars. Low dews just makes everyone in a terrible mood. 

[dendrite]

9 minutes ago, BrianW said:

I know you probably know this but they aren't native to New England or even the US and I have zero issues nuking their nests. 

I do home improvement work and they are our worst nightmare when you disturb a nest. 

I'm going to try and find the picture where I got stung in the face after ripping out a window sill they nested in. Took like a dozen plus stings to my face. Couldn't see out of my eyes or even eat for like 3 days. 

Eastern yellow jackets are totally native.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_yellowjacket

[DavisStraight]

14 minutes ago, BrianW said:

I know you probably know this but they aren't native to New England or even the US and I have zero issues nuking their nests. 

I do home improvement work and they are our worst nightmare when you disturb a nest. 

I'm going to try and find the picture where I got stung in the face after ripping out a window sill they nested in. Took like a dozen plus stings to my face. Couldn't see out of my eyes or even eat for like 3 days. 

I'm not a fan either, had a nest behind a shutter when I went to take the shutter off to paint i got nailed, mostly arms and hands got stung.

[Baroclinic Zone]

Hazy here.

 

[ineedsnow]

GFS takes a weak tropical storm over the Cape.. If we can keep that off the coast it could be fun

[HoarfrostHubb]

On the Pike heading towards CT.  From our house to here the smoke has been pretty thick. You can smell it at times. 

[Damage In Tolland]

Just now, HoarfrostHubb said:

On the Pike heading towards CT.  From our house to here the smoke has been pretty thick. You can smell it at times. 

Antarctica like? 

[BrianW]

42 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Eastern yellow jackets are totally native.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_yellowjacket

Maybe you guys dont have them up north...yet.  I'm referring to these...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_germanica

They are the most aggressive wasps out there. I work with people from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, etc. They claim afrancinzed bees are tame compared to them...

[dendrite]

21 minutes ago, BrianW said:

Maybe you guys dont have them up north...yet.  I'm referring to these...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_germanica

They are the most aggressive wasps out there. I work with people from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, etc. They claim afrancinzed bees are tame compared to them...

I had read somewhere that the german ones are more likely to nest in walls and the native eastern ones more likely underground.  

[Damage In Tolland]

1 hour ago, dryslot said:

Where's there's smoke, There's more smoke.

You meant where there’s Coc k , there’s smoke, Dews don’t bring smoke 

[Ginx snewx]

3 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

80s is perfect not a hint of smoke. We Arctic blue

 

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Didn’t someone from CT say Arctic blue skies like an hour ago? 

3 hrs ago we smoke 

[jbenedet]

Smoke haze generally sucks, but silver lining in reducing the UV index, while we bone dry for at least another week here

[Torch Tiger]

3 hours ago, Brewbeer said:

currently 71/61, looking forward to the upcoming week of unabated windows open 

let all that fresh smoke in

[Chrisrotary12]

5 hours ago, powderfreak said:

This air quality is something.  Code Red Unhealthy for Everyone.

That smoky haze…

I’m not making this up right, the number of days with smoke has climbed exponentially over last 5 years right? 
I remember as a kid in the 90s how big of a deal it was the one day we had smoke. Now it’s like twice a week. 

[Torch Tiger]

JV models hinting at something as well

[BrianW]

33 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I had read somewhere that the german ones are more likely to nest in walls and the native eastern ones more likely underground.  

Yeah. They seem to love nesting in old New England homes with wide open wall cavities. Haha.

But they will still nest in the ground and some the biggest nest's I've seen have been in the ground.

It looks like @kdxkenhit a nest of Eastern YJ because their is no way he would be taking that picture if he hit the german ones. Haha

 

[Damage In Tolland]

4 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

I’m not making this up right, the number of days with smoke has climbed exponentially over last 5 years right? 
I remember as a kid in the 90s how big of a deal it was the one day we had smoke. Now it’s like twice a week. 

Only on Coc k days with N flows.. ACATT would rather have that and be forced to stay inside due to bad air quality, respiratory failures, wheezing etc , than have humid dews where they can get outside and breathe, be active and healthy. Definitely odd