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Post by steev on Oct 24, 2019 23:54:59 GMT -5
It's expected to hit 90F tomorrow in SF; people literally die in such weather, SF not generally being AC country. Also, winds are very blustery in NorCal, so wildfire is very likely.
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Post by reed on Oct 25, 2019 14:24:09 GMT -5
Still very very dry here too but at least it's cooled off considerably. Supposedly there is rain on the way for tomorrow, will see I suppose.
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Post by steev on Oct 26, 2019 2:34:37 GMT -5
Oh, Lord; Cali is burning rapidly again; gusty winds are promoting the fires. The agro-business parts of the state don"t suffer from this, partly being so utterly managed, but mostly being utterly domesticated land, all cleared and leveled; the fires mostly happen in less managed land, often mountainous, where the fires are harder to manage and contain, like that. It's remarkable that Cali produces a third of the USA's veggies and two thirds of it's fruits and nuts while still having so much wilderness. My farm is in the middle of nowhere and I couldn't be more pleased about that; I prolly won't get burnt out; couple fires have come within ~two miles but no prollem. Just makes a bit of drama.
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Post by reed on Oct 26, 2019 3:36:30 GMT -5
Are you in an area where they're turning off the power?
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Post by steev on Oct 26, 2019 10:54:51 GMT -5
No; in Oakland, I'm in an area with many hospital facilities, so we very rarely have power outages; there were deliberate outages in the Eastbay hill areas of Oakland and Berkeley last week; OTF I'm off-grid, although the power lines are on my property along the road; if the power is off in that area, I'll only know it because I'll be able to hear every generator in the valley running, not that rare at all.
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Post by steev on Oct 28, 2019 20:18:58 GMT -5
Going North Saturday, there was a high plume of smoke from the Sonoma fire flowing East over the Central Valley; OTF, Sunday was very gusty NNW wind; today there was lots of smoke from the ground up, all down the CV; it's not so bad inside the Bay; that awful wind is to return tomorrow; deliberate power outages are all over; many schools, businesses, traffic lights, and gas stations are shut down. PiGgiE hasn't been adequately up-grading its infrastructure, maintaining it, keeping lines clear of trees, or under-grounding lines for decades. So because they've been fucking the dog for so long, all they can do is shut off the power; kind of like not cleaning up a leg wound, which they had time to do, until they have "no choice" but to amputate. Fine. Let's amputate some of their executive/managerial class or give them a peavey and put them on the fire lines.
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Post by prairiegardens on Oct 28, 2019 23:25:36 GMT -5
One report said they are bankrupt because of all the damage they are responsible for causing, which raises the question of what now? Very glad to hear that at least so far your place hasn't been impacted by this.
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Post by RpR on Nov 7, 2019 14:27:29 GMT -5
22 degrees F. Our predicted daytime high is 4 degres lower than the night-time average low for today. Global warming is keeping daytime highs from 20 to 10 degrees below average for the next ten days and so far most of October and November.  |
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Post by steev on Nov 15, 2019 1:18:28 GMT -5
Thin sprinkle today; not much use; rain is ~three weeks late.
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Post by walt on Nov 15, 2019 15:57:45 GMT -5
After a few days of low 20sF, it is nice with above freezing for the next 4 days. Not that I won't be checking daily forecasts during this time. But my citrus trees are outside again for a few days. We may be moving in a couple of weeks. Only about 4 blocks. I'll still be 6 miles from my garden-orchard.
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Post by reed on Nov 15, 2019 17:18:07 GMT -5
Had a couple days of winter, 8F low a couple nights ago. Beautiful spring like weather today. Interesting observation, when a pecan tree has a hull cover of green leaves and they get frozen, as soon as the sun hits them the next morning they all fall off. Starts on the east and when the next one gets sun it falls off, east to west defoliation across the tree in a matter of ten minutes or so. They made a neat sound as they hit the roof and side walk in the otherwise quiet of dawn.
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Post by steev on Nov 19, 2019 3:10:47 GMT -5
Still no rain in sight, three weeks late in the "normal" rainy season start; this is a serious concern because the first hump of our rainy season is when we normally get our heavy rains.
Personally, this concerns me because I have favas and peas to plant, and it wont happen until the soil has some hydro-therapy to relax it so I can till.
At least the temps are getting cooler, which is a blessing.
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Post by walt on Nov 21, 2019 15:57:19 GMT -5
Light rain today. Very light. Not doing much good. Freeze again tonight. This might be the last time my citrus will be outside this year. They go inside tonight. Actually, they aren't getting sun today. I said its raining. But they are getting natural light.
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Post by walt on Nov 22, 2019 11:34:13 GMT -5
4 inches of snow and more falling right now. It isn't much below freezing and no wind. So its quite pleasant actually.
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Post by steev on Nov 22, 2019 18:59:43 GMT -5
2 or 3 days light rain predicted next week, both Oakland and OTF.
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