This weather is some BIBLICAL PROPORTION stuff going on right now...

[DeltaV]

At the risk of sending this to the Pol Section, Bill Gates, that asshole, is funding research into blocking the suns rays ...in case "Climate change" becomes 'Too Warm", so they can cool things down...lol.

1) position the moon so there is always a total eclipse of sun somewhere on the earth.
2) controlled eruptions of volcanoes. Start with Krakatoa.
3) nudge the earth's orbit slightly away from the sun.
4) reduce the earth's human population by two thirds when the above are deemed impractical.

 

[Cranky]

At the risk of sending this to the Pol Section, Bill Gates, that asshole, is funding research into blocking the suns rays ...in case "Climate change" becomes 'Too Warm", so they can cool things down...lol.

Mother Nature will not lose!

When we bought it in 2012 you couldn't even see the front of the house, the flower beds had grown higher than the eaves. The back was the same with vines and bushes out of control and 10 feet tall. I reclaimed 10 feet of yard around the edges in the back. We have planted dozens of trees and many bushes since then. Fenced about 5 acres. Built a barn, added to it, built a feeding shelter, a corral, increased the mowable yard area by 50%...etc,,,

Sounds like some of the things I did when I bought my place. It had some vines out back but was able to get most of that out fairly easily and planted dozens of trees too after bringing in 80 truck loads of good soil for just 1 acre! One of the first things I did was to build my shop.....just wish it was much bigger!

@moparedtn Greatest rainfall for the Houston area for 24 hours is 16" but there were some surrounding areas that got more! The 16 inches happened in 2017 during Harvey. My rain gauge got 18" at my place.....

 

[Triplegreen500]

Hope all is well weather-wise for everyone. Had some hellacious winds last night at my place (western MD) and an hour or so of torrential rains, but that's about it.

I like those standing-seam roofs early in the thread. I'm debating for my place. It was built in '87, so the asphalt shingles are nearly done. No curling or lifting yet, but... I live in a stone house, and standing-seam would look awesome, I just worry about the cost compared to the shingles. I'd love not to have to worry about it again. Ever. But it'll come down to dollars, I guess.

There's a creepy shot of my house, from google maps. I say creepy because...I have NO idea who that is in my yard. I don't own any shirts that color, I don't own nor wear denim shorts, and that's not my build!

Regardless of the yard gnome...I think the place would look good with a standing-seam roof.

 

[Brandy]

Our cabin was built in 1975. The shingles on it when we bought it in 2012 had been on since '97. We figure to save money long term by not having to repair or replace shingles ever again. Plus, the rain sounds nice against the metal..

 

[DeltaV]

Hope all is well weather-wise for everyone. Had some hellacious winds last night at my place (western MD) and an hour or so of torrential rains, but that's about it.

I like those standing-seam roofs early in the thread. I'm debating for my place. It was built in '87, so the asphalt shingles are nearly done. No curling or lifting yet, but... I live in a stone house, and standing-seam would look awesome, I just worry about the cost compared to the shingles. I'd love not to have to worry about it again. Ever. But it'll come down to dollars, I guess.

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There's a creepy shot of my house, from google maps. I say creepy because...I have NO idea who that is in my yard. I don't own any shirts that color, I don't own nor wear denim shorts, and that's not my build!

Regardless of the yard gnome...I think the place would look good with a standing-seam roof.

Oh!, you should set-up some wildlife cameras and see how many 2-legged critters show-up on your property after dark.

 

[Triplegreen500]

Oh!, you should set-up some wildlife cameras and see how many 2-legged critters show-up on your property after dark.

I have two mouthy dogs who alert me anytime I'm home...and watchful neighbors. They know my cars. I've gotten texts from Kevin when I have friends over, and he sees a Ford or a Kia in my driveway...he knows if it ain't one of my Mopars, it doesn't live there!

 

[beanhead]

What do you mean 'biblical'??

 

[moparedtn]

Mother Nature will not lose!

Sounds like some of the things I did when I bought my place. It had some vines out back but was able to get most of that out fairly easily and planted dozens of trees too after bringing in 80 truck loads of good soil for just 1 acre! One of the first things I did was to build my shop.....just wish it was much bigger!

@moparedtn Greatest rainfall for the Houston area for 24 hours is 16" but there were some surrounding areas that got more! The 16 inches happened in 2017 during Harvey. My rain gauge got 18" at my place.....

Yeah, y'all get them thar hurricanes through there every so often...no thanks.

 

[moparedtn]

Hope all is well weather-wise for everyone. Had some hellacious winds last night at my place (western MD) and an hour or so of torrential rains, but that's about it.

I like those standing-seam roofs early in the thread. I'm debating for my place. It was built in '87, so the asphalt shingles are nearly done. No curling or lifting yet, but... I live in a stone house, and standing-seam would look awesome, I just worry about the cost compared to the shingles. I'd love not to have to worry about it again. Ever. But it'll come down to dollars, I guess.

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There's a creepy shot of my house, from google maps. I say creepy because...I have NO idea who that is in my yard. I don't own any shirts that color, I don't own nor wear denim shorts, and that's not my build!

Regardless of the yard gnome...I think the place would look good with a standing-seam roof.

In this neck of the woods, there's metal roofing production companies all over the place.
The stuff is quite affordable as a result - in our case, it was actually cheaper than shingles (at least, decent
quality shingles). There's typically a choice of two grades of roofing metal, as expressed in warranty length.
Always choose the "50 year" stuff.
Always...
The other stuff is tin shed quality.

 

[moparedtn]

Our cabin was built in 1975. The shingles on it when we bought it in 2012 had been on since '97. We figure to save money long term by not having to repair or replace shingles ever again. Plus, the rain sounds nice against the metal..

Yep, and with the electro-whatever process they do with the good metal these days, you never have to worry
about painting the dang stuff either.
A HUGE part of our decision came down to "Ed won't be around when the roof needs attention again".
That made the decision easy.

 

[moparedtn]

I have two mouthy dogs who alert me anytime I'm home...and watchful neighbors. They know my cars. I've gotten texts from Kevin when I have friends over, and he sees a Ford or a Kia in my driveway...he knows if it ain't one of my Mopars, it doesn't live there!

The good news here is the Google buggy doesn't come within a country mile of our place.

The bad news here is the Google buggy doesn't come within.... well, you get the idea.
Yes, the neighborhood good ol' boy network is alive and well, as we watch out for one another.
Several times I've had a visitor come up the ridge, then say "it almost felt like I was being watched!"
I always reply "you were - usually through a scope".
Not kidding.

 

[Budnicks]

They get ALL the natural disasters out there every year - floods, fires, landslides, earthquakes, imploding governors...

we don't get the monsoons, the hurricanes or tornadoes, killer hail
or killer lightning storms or killer dust/wind storms or the 40"- 60" of rain
or 2"-4" (inches) of snow that seems to always/shuts the whole place down
(I know some get more too)
or much of that stuff the midwest, east coast or south, south east
type weather events
like many other states, that also have
earthquakes, fires, floods, landslides
& some truly shitty govn.'s too

we do get our fair share of snow at elevations, feet not inches
we do have about 300 days of classic/collector car driving weather
only about 3 of every 7 years
we do have much more than 60+ days of measurable precipitation
this was one of those years
we do OK

It all ain't roses & rainbows out there either

 

[Cranky]

Yep, and with the electro-whatever process they do with the good metal these days, you never have to worry
about painting the dang stuff either.
A HUGE part of our decision came down to "Ed won't be around when the roof needs attention again".
That made the decision easy.

Yeah, my roof is getting at the point of needing replacement and well, 70 is right around the corner and can't afford it either. Thinking about doing that dreaded reverse mortgage crap.....

Several times I've had a visitor come up the ridge, then say "it almost felt like I was being watched!"
I always reply "you were - usually through a scope".
Not kidding.

Got a good laugh at that one!! The only long gun I have anymore is a pellet but it has a scope on it and yeah, I've used it to look at people before

 

[moparedtn]

we don't get the monsoons, the hurricanes or tornadoes
or killer dust storms
or stuff the midwest, east coast/south east type weather events
like many other states that also have
earthquakes, fires, floods, landslides, huge lightning storms, huge hail storms
& some truly shitty govn.'s too

It all ain't roses & rainbows out there either

Not saying it is, sir - and you realize of course that what happens in your part of that state
isn't necessarily representative of what happens climatically in other parts of the same state.
My point is valid - California is a big enough state, with many different environments/terrains,
that it sees pretty much all the natural events, although twisters are rare.

 

[F4R/T]

Ed , for the times I’ve spent in Tennessee I love it in the hills. I don’t know where to go nowadays but I will say the volunteer state is number one in my radar... it’s so dang nice I just have to grow a set and move away from Illinois where I was born and raised... I actually get in a better mood when I’m there... idk why but those hills.. I just don’t care for the cold anymore.

 

[Budnicks]

Not saying it is, sir - and you realize of course that what happens in your part of that state
isn't necessarily representative of what happens climatically in other parts of the same state.
My point is valid - California is a big enough state, with many different environments/terrains,
that it sees pretty much all the natural events, although twisters are rare.

No offense intended ED

we have all 7 wonders of the world in 1 state
there's a ton of hyperbole being spread
(mostly a dig, by all the god damn haters)

I know my state very well, reality

I was born here Concord 1959 & lived almost all my life here
I'm not some transient or transplant from god only knows were,
mostly all from points east or back east...
(short spells in Alaska & Oregon, short stint in Springfield Mo.)
From Pacific Beach (south) to Yreka (north),
Georgetown to Shingle springs or Wentworth Springs, Rubicon trail to Tahoe
to all parts of the greater Sierras, where I live now (Gods Country)
from Death Valley to Yosemite, from Calistoga to San Fagcisco to Oakdale
from Concord to east of Sacramento/Rancho Murieta to Fremont
from San Jose to the East Bay Orinda to Pleasanton, Pleasnat Hill,
From Lafayette area, from Salinas to Pebble Beach, from Bakersfield to Fresno
From Anderson to Lassen, from Mt. Shasta to Humbolt & back multiple times
& I have also worked in all of It, for extended periods of time...
7+ Generations of my family are from here, even before it was a state...

I think I know what I'm talking about,
what I described is 100% accurate
a lil' sprinklings of "select weather" stuff here or there,
isn't the norm, at all
yes the south is more humid or extremely dry desert
& north or east is green/er or arid depending on where

I've been all over the USA too,
to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Virgin Island etc.
just not Maine or N. Dakota much, not many racetracks there
(or wasn't)
I know the true/real comparisons, not just stuff off the -www-
been there done that...

I have even seen a funnel cloud, 1 time
in the valley while in a golf tournament
I doubt someone from Oaklahoma or points east like Alabama
or points north or the midwest states
would consider it a Tornado
We do get some Tropical depressions, Pinneaple Express storms too,
via Hawaii, Mexico or the gulf of Alaska
but far from any hurricanes, not what someone from Louisiana or Florida
would ever call a hurricane...

carry on

 

[Slap Stick]

It's not a tornado until it touches the ground. Until then it's a funnel cloud.

 

[moparedtn]

Meanwhile, today was a beautiful sunny day here, if not a bit nippy with highs in the 50's.
Tomorrow we'll be back in the low 70's like nothing happened...and the grass will shoot up a foot.
That's ok, I kind of enjoy mowing, even if it takes a while at this volume.

 

[Brandy]

Meanwhile, today was a beautiful sunny day here, if not a bit nippy with highs in the 50's.
Tomorrow we'll be back in the low 70's like nothing happened...and the grass will shoot up a foot.
That's ok, I kind of enjoy mowing, even if it takes a while at this volume.

Full sun and 65 degrees tomorrow..lol.

 

[SteveSS]

Snow tomorrow, about an inch.