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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 10:35:45 GMT -5
I welcome input from other Californian's. rockpickerforever and Pat plus all the rest.... My observation is summer is ending in SoCal. Dog's are putting on winter coats. And last night got into the fifty's here. Anybody else notice dog's changing coat's already?
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Post by Pat on Aug 26, 2014 11:03:56 GMT -5
It's coming to an end here, too.
While walking around the block yesterday, we noticed one red leaf on a ginkgo tree. Beautiful!
Cat not shedding much.
Can't eat outside until later in the morning and earlier in the evening.
I'm wearing longer sleeves.
Don't need the fan on in the shed.
I like all the seasons, summer most of all.
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Post by junglejim on Aug 26, 2014 11:20:59 GMT -5
Wish it was like that here. Low last night was 77. Supposed to be 97 today with heat index of 105. Cooler than yesterday though.
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Post by mohs on Aug 26, 2014 11:44:19 GMT -5
Been a mild summer in Phoenix...mostly 2nd one in a row... Yahoo been out working rock this morning pleasant
usually, as general a rule I don't start the rock'n heart season until the middle of September mornings get down into the high sixties good times, then
this morning was 77 degrees slight breeze working some Stone Canyon from BeefStock
where is that rock hounding dude?
mostly
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Post by radio on Aug 26, 2014 16:10:24 GMT -5
low to mid 90's forecast all week for my old stompin' grounds in the central valley. Don't break out the sweaters just yet:-)
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 26, 2014 16:22:18 GMT -5
Weather prediction for Texas is an early polar vortex arriving in September. Supposed to be a colder and wetter fall....Mel
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 26, 2014 16:26:32 GMT -5
Summer is not over here, yet. Got "down" to 67 last night, currently it is 92. Supposed to be getting a few degrees hotter each day for the rest of this week. It will be hot here all the way into Sept and Oct.
Dog is still shedding, no winter coat on her yet. No more cats to observe.
Were I to go up to the mountains, I'm sure I'd see some changing leaves. Just not getting cold enough to make that happen here.
The biggest thing I notice about the changing season, is the shortening of the day. At 5 am, it is still way dark out. Have to use a flashlight (checking for skunks and other critters) when I take Lucy out at 6 am. By 7:30-ish pm, sun is going down, day is ending, not much more light left. As soon as I start getting used to the shorter days, we'll go off daylight savings time, and have to readjust our internal clocks - again. That sucks! Wish they'd just do away with the whole time change thing.
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Post by snowmom on Aug 26, 2014 17:38:55 GMT -5
dog and cat have been shedding about 3 weeks now, trees are turning red and gold (early stages)Here at the east side of the tip of the Mitt in Michigan and the ditches are going golden instead of green. Summer was 3 weeks late here, some are predicting autumn and frost 3 weeks early. I just got my first full sized tomatoes off the vine today.
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Post by braders on Aug 26, 2014 18:56:00 GMT -5
Been snowing in mountains here Get them stones while you can !! But yes the pooch n the nature and skies seem to say get ready .
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 26, 2014 20:11:06 GMT -5
Here on the southern end of California's Central Coast it's been warm: 81 today rising to 86 Wed., 88 Thurs. and 86 Fri., with mid 80s forecast for next week. We're fortunate to have a little onshore flow and the occasional cool sea breezes are welcome. In the time we've lived here September has always been the hottest month with -- hopefully -- some good rains starting toward the end or in early October. It didn't rain much at all last year and we're now into our 3rd year of severe drought. I've cut lawn watering way back and things are turning brown. Locals are saying an unwashed car is the sign of a good citizen -- finally I have an excuse! No real signs of Fall here yet except slightly cooler mornings and somewhat shorter days. I just had solar panels installed so if the weather holds true to form I should have pretty low power bills for the next couple of months. My next-door neighbor just got his first Edison bill after installing solar. It went from around $300 to $1.46.
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Post by chassroc on Aug 27, 2014 6:56:42 GMT -5
We've had cool but mostly enjoyable weather this summer
Even this week when it is approaching and hitting 90, the nights are in the 50's
It's turned dry as it usually does toward September
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 9:35:36 GMT -5
My next-door neighbor just got his first Edison bill after installing solar. It went from around $300 to $1.46. haha! But what was her solar panel bill?
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 27, 2014 11:00:48 GMT -5
My next-door neighbor just got his first Edison bill after installing solar. It went from around $300 to $1.46. haha! But what was her solar panel bill? They're expensive to install, no question. But I've done the math and I'm satisfied it's a necessary investment. The current mix of rebates, financing options and enhancement of home resale value tipped the balance for me. My power bill has tripled over the past 4 years and there's no end in sight. Obama's campaign promise that "electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket" is one he's definitely kept. Hidden on a back page of my latest Edison bill was this: "Things You Should Know: Rates are changing...We want you to know up front. We're building a cleaner, smarter grid with new technology, etc., etc." Meaning: Grab your wallet with both hands!
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Post by MrP on Aug 27, 2014 11:28:24 GMT -5
The price of solar keeps going down. Great for the solar market. What do you think the cost of electricity will be when enough people get solar? The electric company will still have to be there on the cloudy days when solar does not generate. Then you will get to pay$$$.........MrP
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Post by Thunder69 on Aug 27, 2014 16:24:23 GMT -5
It's hot and super humid here...Heck , I bet if I threw an empty bucket in the air it would come down full...LOL..now that's humid...John
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 18:02:17 GMT -5
The price of solar keeps going down. Great for the solar market. What do you think the cost of electricity will be when enough people get solar? The electric company will still have to be there on the cloudy days when solar does not generate. Then you will get to pay$$$.........MrP Not if they go off grid. Edison batteries are making a comeback and more folks going off grid.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 27, 2014 20:35:26 GMT -5
Cooler mornings and shorter day length says it all. never use a clock, always the sun. Cool mornings spells summers end for the most part. The bucket of water says a lot John.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 28, 2014 10:51:58 GMT -5
Summer over in California?? No way!! Ninety-six degrees yesterday, 69 degrees the low temp this am. The high expected to be pushing 100 this afternoon.
The weather people say the temps are above average right now, but anyone that has spent time here knows our hottest days are in September and October. Well, except for those occasional odd hot days in February, like this year.
Well, for right now, anyway, at least it is a dry heat!
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Post by jamesp on Aug 29, 2014 9:52:06 GMT -5
Summer over in California?? No way!! Ninety-six degrees yesterday, 69 degrees the low temp this am. The high expected to be pushing 100 this afternoon. The weather people say the temps are above average right now, but anyone that has spent time here knows our hottest days are in September and October. Well, except for those occasional odd hot days in February, like this year. Well, for right now, anyway, at least it is a dry heat! I am losing lotus to heat(or radiation) for the first time ever. It has been dryer and w/deep blue skies for 3-4 day stretches. Like desert radiation, high 90's but comfortable relative to humid days. but baking my plants, about 4 varieties that are sitting out in hot spots. Simply the low humidity is the issue which is related to jet stream placement and hurricane locations. Coldest winter I ever had while doing plants for 25 years and almost no loses in the nursery, but the heat/radiation sure doing damage. In winter we get those royal blue skies, but never in summer, too much haze from the humidity. Hurricanes sweeping north along the eastern seaboard draws all the moisture, they are moisture sponges for inland states. When they make it into the Gulf of Mexico moisture explodes all over us. One died down and came over west of Atlanta from the gulf and dumped 17 inches of rain in Douglas County a few years back and flooded well over the 500 year flood level and washed out/damaged 3-4 DOT bridges. A buddy and I kayaked the Dog River after the flood water left and the bark was removed 30 feet up the trees from the debris flowing down the river. And all the brush scrubbed clean. Rocks 15-20 feet lifted and moved. The river turns were devoid of trees where the river ramped up the hills at the turns and took 30 inch trees and washed them away. Cars crushed in the trees. There was fatalities(10). Could kick myself for not taking photos. Adrenaline junkies kayak it after rains for death wish, full of reverse hydraulics from granite shelves facing flow at about 45 degree angles. found these, 2 years later, re-vegetated. See the high limb line= water level @ peak Damage more prevalent on our kayak journey at gorges,shuts and bends. Shortly after, upstream side of trees bark removed. Mother nature don't play. This is a wide spot. Next 4 miles below this bridge is steep and narrow with a lot of falls and altitude drop, high velocity. Called screeners, flood water running through the adjacent forest at high speed(screens kayaks and wraps them around trees).
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 29, 2014 11:49:43 GMT -5
True to the forecast, it was 98.6 degrees here yesterday. Didn't cool off much over night, terrible sleeping weather. Electric bill high from running the window A/C, plus all the fans.
James, my lotus are still doing okay, but some of the water lilies are having issues. The large one with the scalloped edges is doing best, the spotted one (Leopardess?) and the arrowhead one are having issues, probably because of the heat. I believe the Colorata died off. Water in the black 1/2 kegs heating up, and cooking the thinner leaves of the other two. Also, a lot of algae growing in water, making it the color of pea soup (but not as thick). Had to dump it out and change it the other day.
I'll try to get them all through this summer heat, still more of it to come.
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