Things are slowly getting nicer.

 

 

Finally heading out of winter.

 

We (Boston) had a couple of 80s last week. This week is in the 50s and 60s.

 

A picture is worth a thousand words:

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This is Eastern Arizona, looking due East toward the Superstition mountains, toward New Mexico, its 95F and 10% humidity just now, I should have solar, don't ask me why I don't.

 

I should have solar, don't ask me why I don't.

AK ... why don't you have sol.... sorry, never mind

 

We (Boston) had a couple of 80s last week. This week is in the 50s and 60s.

This is what's it's been like this week.

 

Talk about a frog strangler, we had over 4" of rain in 6 hours last night. Plus we missed the downpour of golf ball sized hail the night before in the counties just north of us. And still more for the next couple of days in the forecast! They talk about Seattle being the rainy city but we get the same amount of rainfall here. Only it doesn't drizzle, the heavens open and it POURS down!

 

The PNW is rainy, cold, cloudy, windy with little sun 8 months out of the year. The moss that grows on everything exposed, loves it. We would love down pours to break the depression of wet seasons glum.


https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2017/04/portland_metro_wednesday_weath_58.html

National Weather Service in Portland is quoted in the article saying Portland has experienced the most wet days ever, with 145 days of of rain since Oct. 1, 2016. Tell us about it.


Wednesday will add another day to that auspicious total (making it 146) and Thursday will pile on one more. The the old record of 142 was set in between Oct.1, 1998, and April 30, 1999 (records for Portland go back to 1940).

 

April showers bring May flowers. lol

 

April showers bring May flowers. lol

Even the tulips are late this year. Too much cold and too much rain. lol


https://www.woodenshoe.com/

Tulip Bloom Status
We slowly but surely have more tulips starting to bloom. However, with rain in the forecast, we still don’t expect good color in the fields until late April

We have been growing tulips for over 40 years and every year is a new challenge for our family. We have never seen our field this late. We are frustrated beyond words but know that we have no control over the weather.

The best time to visit is late April. Due to the late weather, we will be extending our tulip season until May 7th.

 

We (Boston) had a couple of 80s last week. This week is in the 50s and 60s.

About the same here. A beautiful week of upper 70s and low 80s all with sunshine. But this is NE Ohio where we can actually have all four seasons in a single week. Cold now with 40s and 50s complimented by rain. They expect this to continue till mid May, cold and wet. Currently 55 with rain. That week spoiled me.

Ron

 

One really nice day.

 

 

I would be happy with that.

Ron

 

Just ran my first low to mid 90s run of the year today.

I'm obviously deacclimated to heat. Couldn't even do a 5K.

 

I would be happy with that.

Ron

Just remember, that ocean take's no prisoners.

 

Living in Maine as a pre-teen, we had 3' of fresh powder snow on Easter Morning so I spent the entire Easter break on the slopes skiing. Here on the coast of Georgia, the Azaleas bloom and the gnats are biting. This year, it's raining and lots of it... Rained so hard the other night, the ditches were full and roads were puddling up.

 

Just remember, that ocean take's no prisoners.

The guy makes a real good point. Most emergencies are tourist. Growing up on Long Island we pretty much lived on the beaches. The same applied years ago. Rip tides and undertow gat their share every year. The beaches were a 10 min ride on the Meadowbrook Parkway. While not as bad as the ocean here in Cleveland Lake Erie takes its share of lives every year, mostly tourist. A big problem here which keeps the Coast Guard busy is stupid people. Normally the harsh cold winters freeze the lake over which brings out all the ice houses on the lake for fishing. Come Spring the ice begins to crack and this results in ice flows. People are stupid enough every year, despite warnings, they get stuck on a flow. Now we have the Coast Guard plucking them off ice flows. Every year it's the same. This year it was not too cold so actually some ice on the lake but not as usual so nobody set up an ice house out there. Even in the few areas with ice it was never thick enough to walk out on.

Something cool on the ocean beaches was when you went out you always noted exactly where you were. Use a point of reference like a life guard stand. After maybe 30 min out there bobbing around maybe chest deep you look for that life guard reference and discover you are now 1/2 mile from where you went out. Under tow or riptide we stayed on the beach, only tourist would end up in trouble and the ocern is not forgiving.

Ron

 

At low tide, just off the beach on St. Simons Island Ga. a sandbar appears at low tide. So, the tourists wander out to play on it as it is easy to wade out to it. Then, when the tide starts coming back in, there is a hell of rip tide with undercurrent between the sandbar and the beach and it happens fast. Lost a distant cousin who tried to save one of the tourists caught in it several years ago. Lose a few folks there year after year even with all the warning signs as that sandbar calls them like a Siren.