InfiniteNow Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 ___Firstly, a rain incantation for Texas, and per se their generally dry area. May a full easy rain from the East settle your dust & quench your fires this week. ___Hereabouts, the heavy rain continues as does the flooding and landsliding. Mountain passes above snow level have avalanche and mudslide closures, and slow going on chains-only traffic. My house is situated on an old slide (Missoula Floods era); so far the slope seems to look OK, but the seams in the sheetrock have started cracking & I may have to evacuate. ___Currently: 54 deg F. Barometer 29.7 Cloudy with occasional clearing.:beer:It rained here again today... I think I may just be starting to buy into this whole incantation thing... :hihi: Good luck on your end too Turtle. A similar lack of slide incantation to you and those around you. If you have to evacuate, try Texas. I'll buy you a beer. :beer: Cheers. :lol: Turtle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 ___Current conditions:Temperature 50 Deg. FahrenheitBarometer 30.00 Inches of MercuryWind 12 MPH & GustySkys Cloudy ___What they have called the "biggest" storm of the season is forecast to reach me later this evening. Winds 50+ MPH, & heavy rain driven up from the South by a high pressure gradient.___The walls in my house have started cracking & even though I see no slide activity on the immediate slope I found in county records that I sit on an old slide. I plan to keep my video cam rolling in case one of the 500 year old Oaks on my slope goes down in the wind. The birds at the feeders have started gulping their food; I always wonder where they all hide out from the storms & so nearby as to show up at the first break?___This concludes my irregularly scheduled blogcast.:cup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 ___What they have called the "biggest" storm of the season is forecast to reach me later this evening. Winds 50+ MPH, & heavy rain driven up from the South by a high pressure gradient.Do you think Clooney and Wahlberg will show up in a boat anytime soon? Kidding... best wishes. If you see a boat full of two of every animal, try to jump aboard (and teach them about evolution while you're there :D). :cup::) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Do you think Clooney and Wahlberg will show up in a boat anytime soon? Kidding... best wishes. If you see a boat full of two of every animal, try to jump aboard (and teach them about evolution while you're there :)). :singer::cup: :) ___I don't know those fellas, but I heard on the grapevine that Mel Gibson owns some property somewhere nearby up the hill. ___Speaking of hill, my situation is definately precipitous. I sit on the last 70 or 80 feet of elevation above the Columbia River on a steep slope which rises another 300 feet or so on:Waldo: my uphill side. For the last 6 months large excavators have continuously worked to strip & contour the high slope some 50 or so below the crest. Next is a major highway, then new construction on an entire block just across the street. With over 17" of rain already & a major storm on the way, and cracks in the walls, I thinks it's going to get pretty bad here.___I intended to hang at 3111, but as I can't trust tomorrow, screw that. More reports to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Do you think Clooney and Wahlberg will show up in a boat anytime soon?Poor reference to (not exactly my favorite) Hollywood blockbuster, "The Perfect Storm." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 How was the weekend Turtle? Much ado about nothing I hope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 How was the weekend Turtle? Much ado about nothing I hope... ___The storm reached me rather weakened; most of the power outages (about 20,000 region wide) occured in the coast range. although a few houses in Portland metro area suffered major damage from falling trees. I only received 3/10 inch of rain from the storm & moderate winds. Today was dry & sunny & they have forecast dry weather for the coming week.:Waldo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Thank God for dry weather here in the West by Northwest and North by Northwest regions.It was beginning to feel like India during Monsoon season! Today was an exceptionally nice winter day!Rode my bike to and fro school! Guess the Groundhog didn't see his shadow eh?Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Thank God for dry weather here in the West by Northwest and North by Northwest regions.It was beginning to feel like India during Monsoon season! Today was an exceptionally nice winter day!Rode my bike to and fro' school! Guess the Groundhog didn't see his shadow eh?Fingers crossed. Don't know how that double posted but it did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 I only received 3/10 inch of rain from the storm & moderate winds. Today was dry & sunny & they have forecast dry weather for the coming week.:Waldo:Glad to hear it mate. I always love the day after a heavy rain. At least, here in TX, the air is clean and refreshing and the sky seems bluer. The plants have new growth and are greener (a welcome change from their normal burnt brown/beige colors)... the waters are flowing, the animails singing... Okay, I think I just turned into Mary Poppins for a second there. Enjoy the weather! :Waldo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted February 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 ___I rose before dawn today; very unusual.Current Conditions:Temperature 55 Deg. F.Barometer 30.35 "SunnyWind 25 to 40 here in the throat of the Columbia Gorge:phones: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Today's weather extreme is high winds (40 mph steady with higher gusts) coupled with below normal temperatures. Wind chill is currently a very real helath risk, so I plan to stay in as much as possible. I had to go out & recover blowing debri around the house already, & falling trees present an ever present danger to my house.Sign me, "hangin' on for dear life!".;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 The sky is falling!The bird feeders just blew off the upper deck & I had to go out to retrieve them. Buuuuurrrrr:eek: ;) Current Conditions:Temperature 24 deg F. & fallingWinds:28 to 40 mphBarometer: 30.3 inches Precipitation: None Forecast: More of the same with increasing intensity.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Whoa!!! It's starting to snow here!Its been dry and very cold.There are small flakes coming down. It looks like a bad case of Dandruff. :lol: Are you watching Turtle? Are you getting it too?It doesnt look like it will stick. Just ice up the roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted July 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 A freak lightning storm has moved in and I have the handy-cam rolling for some shots. Toyed with the idea of hooking some fine transformer wire to a bottle rocket & take a shot at a cloud but was voted down.:lol: :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chacmool Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 I'm glad you decided to rather not play with the lightning - we don't want a toasted Turtle! :hyper: It's winter here in South Africa, and where I live the maximum temperature for today is a "freezing" 17C... :doh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Grimm Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 It's winter here in South Africa, and where I live the maximum temperature for today is a "freezing" 17C... :hihi: :) You should be in durban from that temp? Or is it just a nice day in joburg today? Down here on the tip of africa i'm shivering in 16 degree weather - and very overcast... Beautiful clouds though (Turtle you really should come down and see the weather down here in storm season, its so dramatic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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