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Post by philagardener on Jan 7, 2018 7:38:14 GMT -5
0F for us this morning but starting to climb this morning.
Forecasts have us in the mid-50s by the end of the week. Don't know what to think of see-sawing through these extremes . . .
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Post by walt on Jan 7, 2018 15:54:08 GMT -5
Carried all my citrus outside this morning. It is possible I can leave them there for a few days. But I'll check weather daily. I'll carry them in and out as I need to.
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Post by reed on Jan 7, 2018 17:37:25 GMT -5
It is currently 34 F, the first above freezing temp in a couple weeks YEA! Feels like a heat wave. Still not warm enough for the sweet potatoes to go out but sounds like it may get there later this coming week.
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Post by Day on Jan 7, 2018 18:34:09 GMT -5
After having no rain for many, many months, and over 300,00 acres of our hills burned from wildfires (and that's just what burned in December) we're now about to get a 36hr rainstorm that may result in up to 1/2 to 1 inch of rain per hour.
So... this should be fun.
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Post by steev on Jan 7, 2018 21:02:06 GMT -5
I'm so proud that the biggest wildfire in Cali history has my family's name.
Had rained 0.2" on the farm; hoping the coming storm does much more good, although it could be awful for the burned areas.
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Post by Day on Jan 8, 2018 11:30:09 GMT -5
After having no rain for many, many months, and over 300,00 acres of our hills burned from wildfires (and that's just what burned in December) we're now about to get a 36hr rainstorm that may result in up to 1/2 to 1 inch of rain per hour. So... this should be fun. Hmm scouring events really reset the plant communities in riparian areas down there. The extensive recent burned area may have hydrophobic soils still and without live above ground tissue nothing to use or slow the rain. So overland flow should be extensive. Also it's a germinating event so wildflowers will germinate everywhere. Some of my old field sites would be really interesting to visit in a couple days. Heck in a couple months they may have reformed as wildflower fields on fresh sediment. The Arundo thickets may get scoured away. Tomato plants tend to volunteer in both riparian and burned areas. Might be a good spring to go feral Tomato hunting. Though such plants may have no adaptive significance- much depends on how many generations they've been feral. If a Johnny tomato seed could get into the burned areas tonight the tomatoes would germinate right along with the wildflowers. So... what you're saying is that what I should have been doing last night was running around the foothills in my  gear throwing tomato seeds to the wind like Johnny Solanumseed... dammit, what a missed opportunity. This could have been my big break. I could have been the rebel underworld veg hacker who sparked the Los Angeles Tomato Sprout Takeover of 2018. Now what do i live for. gee thanks william |
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Post by mskrieger on Jan 8, 2018 15:58:15 GMT -5
Yea the storm surge up there in New England looked a little rough. As far as cold and snow goes I don't see what the big deal is. It's New England, it's winter. Exactly. It was winter in New England. Frankly it's just like winter in 2014-2015, and the two years before that... However, the intervening couple of years had done enough further damage to the window in the room we don't heat that there was actually snow inside of the window, and ice on the carrots we had stored in there. Time to reglaze, methinks. Normally it doesn't freeze in there. But I guess -15F is a mite chilly. |
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Post by mskrieger on Jan 8, 2018 15:59:48 GMT -5
However, today it actually rose above freezing in coastal Connecticut! I heard the maintenance guys in the building I work in discussing how it hadn't been quite warm enough to defrost any frozen pipes yet. They were thinking tomorrow is the day of the deluge.
Supposed to hit the forties by the end of the week. We'll all be sweating.
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Post by steev on Jan 9, 2018 0:24:32 GMT -5
Been raining since early AM; not heavy, so just good for soaking, very nice; supposed to sputter out tomorrow, then clear maybe a week; hope it's done some good on the farm.
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Post by richardw on Jan 9, 2018 19:21:08 GMT -5
Raining here today which should keep for two more days, saying 125mm - 5", thats a real socker.
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Post by Day on Jan 11, 2018 17:36:50 GMT -5
william ...it's not been a fun few days, no. There's no real way to help, either, which is the most difficult part of living where I live. I'm close enough to be able to help in theory, but the very nature of the incident (mudslides, downed power lines, roads closed etc.) means I can't get there. I'm 110% fit and able to help search for the missing, I mean christ there are kids MIA. But even the firefighters can't reach some areas yet. And other areas are currently exclusion zones. While I understand the reason for it, it's nevertheless very frustrating, and the whole thing is extremely tragic. This article has a decent overview with a slideshow link
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Post by philagardener on Jan 12, 2018 21:05:19 GMT -5
Made it to 65F today. Supposed to drop from now through tomorrow night to a low of 14F. That's not a roller coaster - it's almost free-fall!
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Post by reed on Jan 12, 2018 21:08:36 GMT -5
Believe it, we had 67F yesterday, it's currently 19F. At least there is a little bit of snow this time, maybe an inch.
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Post by reed on Jan 13, 2018 9:35:09 GMT -5
Overnight it dropped down to 10 F. The big ice and snow storm that had been predicted didn't materialize here but there was a little bit of snow and freezing rain, just the perfect amount really.
It's generally rather drab, OK ugly, around here in the winter but this morning and even now, 3 hours after sunrise it is still one of the most beautiful natural sights there can be. Everything is crusted with thin ice with a touch of white on top. The sun shining on it bright and slight breeze moving it around makes everything sparkle. Earlier there was even some freezing fog so even the air itself sparkled. I tried to take a picture of one particular cedar tree but the camera just couldn't capture it so you'll have to take my word for it, it's pretty.
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Post by mskrieger on Jan 18, 2018 14:05:06 GMT -5
It's generally rather drab, OK ugly, around here in the winter but this morning and even now, 3 hours after sunrise it is still one of the most beautiful natural sights there can be. Everything is crusted with thin ice with a touch of white on top. The sun shining on it bright and slight breeze moving it around makes everything sparkle. Yes yes! This described my drive to work exactly. It was beautiful. |
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gear throwing tomato seeds to the wind like Johnny Solanumseed... dammit, what a missed opportunity. This could have been my big break. I could have been the rebel underworld veg hacker who sparked the Los Angeles Tomato Sprout Takeover of 2018. 
