danasgoodstuff Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 AQI here is below 200 for the first time since last week. At least it's not Happy Camp, CA where the readings were approaching 'you're dead' recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted September 27, 2020 Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 Hot, high winds, with fires. Many places in St. Helena are being evacuated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 Fantastic clear skies and high teens temps. yesterday - perfect walking weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 1960 Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 Much needed rain today. But with morning temperatures around 65 degrees before 7 a.m. a great morning to sit outside on the back porch with a cup of coffee. Bliss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 (edited) Hot & windy, with very thick smoke from the Glass Fire. We expect an evacuation order sometime today or tomorrow, the fire is at the boarder of Rutherford, and we're next in line. Plus, there's a new fire, Campbell Fire, that is right above us, it's smaller, but we'll see what happens. Edited October 1, 2020 by Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, Matthew said: Hot & windy, with very thick smoke from the Glass Fire. We expect an evacuation order sometime today or tomorrow, the fire is at the boarder of Rutherford, and we're next in line. That is worrisome. Be safe Matthew and good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, Matthew said: Hot & windy, with very thick smoke from the Glass Fire. We expect an evacuation order sometime today or tomorrow, the fire is at the boarder of Rutherford, and we're next in line. Plus, there's a new fire, Campbell Fire, that is right above us, it's smaller, but we'll see what happens. A winery I really like (Behrens) burned down. Others too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 Thanks for the good wishes, it seems as if we will be sticking around, there's been no word about having to leave. AQI is now at 306 here, I'm drinking water constantly to clear my throat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Matthew said: Thanks for the good wishes, it seems as if we will be sticking around, there's been no word about having to leave. AQI is now at 306 here, I'm drinking water constantly to clear my throat. Well then you can pee on the flames. Or save some of that water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Freezing rain in Yukon Oklahoma this morning. The picture was taken by one of my guys. He left NY on Sunday and got caught up in this mess yesterday. Thought he was going to make Amarillo today but I had to tell him to stay put. Edited October 27, 2020 by catesta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Amarillo by tomorrow morning...maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 6+ inches of snow here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Anybody know anybody who does the Farmer's Almanac thing? I've heard two people who do say that this is supposed to be a hard winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiRiIII Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Athens in snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 A fair bit of snow in Toronto this morning. It was dry and reasonably light but there was still a lot to shovel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Fourteen straight hours with no power last night (after two hours of power preceded by five hours with no power), while temperature plunged to Minus 2 F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 21 minutes ago, kh1958 said: Fourteen straight hours with no power last night (after two hours of power preceded by five hours with no power), while temperature plunged to Minus 2 F. You have my sympathy. What was the lowest on the thermostats? Or do you have electronic ones and don't know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Sorry to everyone enduring in Texas enduring the combination of a deep freeze and lost power. Hope things warm up quickly and that all of you and your loved ones stay safe. Climate change is really fucking things up for a lot of us worldwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 - 8 inches of snow here this a.m. Not as cold as yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiRiIII Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, kh1958 said: Fourteen straight hours with no power last night (after two hours of power preceded by five hours with no power), while temperature plunged to Minus 2 F. Due to high demand or technical failures? There are power failures in Athens too, due to this strange snowfall that goes on for 48 hours that collapsed overhead power cables. Best and warmest wishes. Edited February 16, 2021 by RiRiIII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 We had some of the coldest temperatures for 25 years in the UK last week - notably in Scotland. It has to be a damn weird period if Athens gets snow. Stay warm, put on a few Art Blakey LPs ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiRiIII Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 39 minutes ago, sidewinder said: We had some of the coldest temperatures for 25 years in the UK last week - notably in Scotland. It has to be a damn weird period if Athens gets snow. Stay warm, put on a few Art Blakey LPs ! Thanks! I ll do for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 12 hours ago, Dan Gould said: You have my sympathy. What was the lowest on the thermostats? Or do you have electronic ones and don't know? Not as bad as it might have been--it was 45 F early this morning inside. Finally the power came on and then went off (repeat and repeat)--bascially about six hours of power spread across the day. 10 hours ago, RiRiIII said: Due to high demand or technical failures? There are power failures in Athens too, due to this strange snowfall that goes on for 48 hours that collapsed overhead power cables. Best and warmest wishes. Well, we are having a highly unusual level of cold weather across the entire state, sending demand very high (but not as high as we have during heat waves in the summer). However, it appears the power generation companies did not do what was recommended the last time something similar happened about ten years ago--to appropriately winterize the power generators, resulting in many generators failing in the extreme cold and collapsing supply while demand was peaking. We also have the situation where the power industry has been privatized, so the industry is not really operated like a government monopoly utility any more. That may have something to do with it (what's the profit in preparing for the worse case scenario?) In addition, Texas has a large investment in wind power, which has been said to be failing at this point in the extreme cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 They didn't winterize the wind turbines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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