BillF Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 (edited) Just took a look at the weather radar. There's a block of heavy rain heading toward the Chicago area that's as wide as one-third of Iowa. Right now it's about to drench Davenport. ... and the rest of Stockport, I expect This Davenport has jazz associations, as well as the Iowa one. I saw Shorty Rogers at the Davenport Theater in the mid-eighties leading NYJO (British National Youth Jazz Orchestra). He wrote a marvelous composition for them called "Davenport" which has probably never been recorded. Edited July 10, 2008 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just took a look at the weather radar. There's a block of heavy rain heading toward the Chicago area that's as wide as one-third of Iowa. Right now it's about to drench Davenport. ... and the rest of Stockport, I expect This Davenport has jazz associations, as well as the Iowa one. I saw Shorty Rogers at the Davenport Theater in the mid-eighties leading NYJO (British National Youth Jazz Orchestra). He wrote a marvelous composition for them called "Davenport" which has probably never been recorded. I remember the Davenport very well Bill. Never went to a jazz show, though I do remember a children's show in the very early eighties (my dad was the musical director) and Steve Coogan's "Bag Of Shite" show in about 1993. I only live round the corner from the site. They sold it to Stockport Grammar school and Kwik Fit, if you didn't know. It would be nice to hear that tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Humid and cloudy. The crows outside are going berserk, does anyone have any idea why crows sometimes erupt into total bedlam ?? Where we used to live we had a load of crows in the neighbourhood. And every afternoon, they'd congregate in a neighbour's tree, a very mature beech - hundreds of 'em. Then, all together, they'd take off yelling like crazies, wheel around in a big black cloud, then settle back into the same tree. They'd do this several times as dusk was approaching. Most dramatic. No rain today, so far. Went shopping into Cardiff - on the way back, it was raining in the small village of Creigiau, but nowhere else - I think it was specially for the benefit of a friend of ours. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Heat wave continues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Only rained briefly yesterday morning, then was fine the whole afternoon and evening. Best day we've had for a long time. Raining again now, of course. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 My office is Phoenix was hit by a flash flood early Friday morning. We had about a foot of water run through the place. Cost me a small fortune to have a company come out extract the water and run huge dryers and de-humidifiers over the weekend. I hate to see what the electric bill is going to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Warm and breezy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 My office is Phoenix was hit by a flash flood early Friday morning. We had about a foot of water run through the place. Cost me a small fortune to have a company come out extract the water and run huge dryers and de-humidifiers over the weekend. I hate to see what the electric bill is going to be. That sucks. I take it you own the business? Something like that happened at the museum I used to work at, except it was a ceiling sprinkler malfunction. It just happened to be over my desk and it destroyed my office. But the water stayed on all night and flooded the entire floor resulting in the same clean-up as yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 I went camping with my son this past weekend, on Lake Mathis (between Corpus Christi & San Antonio). It was against my better judgement because it's the middle of summer, but it was a cub scout activity, and I just signed him up a few weeks ago, and he really wanted to go. It was HOTTER than blazes out there - mid-100's, and 98 in the shade. We chugged water all day long, while doing some archery, bb gun shooting, canoeing, climbing walls, and other things. I kept the rainfly off of our tent at night, just to get some air to circulate, but it must have been 85 at midnight. Was nice to be able to look up at the stars from inside the tent though! He had a great time, so that's what matters. But I'm gonna wait until October or after to consider getting the tent back out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 July in Tallahassee. This is the month where one pays the dues for the pleasant winter months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gslade Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 102 at the moment (Medford Oregon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 My office is Phoenix was hit by a flash flood early Friday morning. We had about a foot of water run through the place. Cost me a small fortune to have a company come out extract the water and run huge dryers and de-humidifiers over the weekend. I hate to see what the electric bill is going to be. That sucks. I take it you own the business? Something like that happened at the museum I used to work at, except it was a ceiling sprinkler malfunction. It just happened to be over my desk and it destroyed my office. But the water stayed on all night and flooded the entire floor resulting in the same clean-up as yours. Yep. The place is a mess. Dude came back and said they needed to continue to run the dryer fans for another day or two since their was still moisture behind the walls. This is the third time we've gone through this shit. Had some grade and drainage work done last summer and this was the first real test since. It failed. Go figure in dry ass place like Phoenix, get a little rain and that shit has to roll into my yard. Fuckin' waste of money. I'm going to purchase a modular office that will be at least a couple of feet off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 90's and humid. Almost passed out mowing my lawn this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 37/80% humidity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Cranking up at long last to 25C+ here. Tomorrow - the beach ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Fairly hot, very humid. Supposed to be some thundershowers later - perhaps that will help lower the humidity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Wicked thunderstorm this morning then back to our regularly scheduled heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Just for a change here is the 3 am report. 27C 98% humidity. Impossible to sleep without airconditioning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Impossible to sleep without airconditioning. Yeah, same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hey Agg, you getting any nastiness from Hurricane Dolly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 High 36C Low 27C All my non essential outdoor activity is suspended until this heat eases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) Hot, hotter, hottest. [ugh] Edited August 14, 2008 by GoodSpeak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 It's not raining at this precise moment, so I just nipped out to measure the water in the water butt we bought three weeks ago. We intend to connect it to the downpipe from the garage, but haven't got round to it. So it's out there in the open, just getting what rain falls directly onto it. In three weeks it's got seven inches. But the butt is bigger at the bottom than the hole in the top, so I guess we've had about nine or ten inches of rain in three weeks! Pissed off with this. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Rain this morning which is not doing much to lower the humidity. Ready for fall big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 H37 L28 Humidity 80%* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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