Just hit here about 10 minutes ago. Continuous lightning, couple of power hiccups. Should be gone shortly. At least the heat will be gone.
Here comes the hot weather
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That's the one that hit us. All gone now, left a yellow orange sky. I would hate to be someone fishing offshore.
Bamber was scary dark, but dodged the bullet. The main storm was northeast of us. Chris in Bayville likely got hit pretty hard.
That looked like a nasty, fast moving storm on radar. The sky was flashing here and I heard the thunder. But it was North of me. Still dry as a bone here, didn't get a drop of rain last night.
At least it didn't get up to 102 degrees like they had forecast, the high was "only" 95. But it was a hot night, without any breeze. Still about 85 degrees at 11:00 PM last night.
At least it didn't get up to 102 degrees like they had forecast, the high was "only" 95. But it was a hot night, without any breeze. Still about 85 degrees at 11:00 PM last night.
Entered the 20th century last Thursday when the electric service was restored after 7 days out. Returned to the 21st just today when the phone & internet wires were repaired 11 days out. In retrospect I have no complaints. Atlantic Electric and Comcast did a splendid job under difficult conditions. I still hug trees too!
S-M
S-M
Guy,
Outages are part of the Pinelands experience. This is still a rural place. Neighbors help each other. We don't expect too much from government, but got a lot anyway. Public works was out cutting with chain saws just as the storm passed around 2:00 AM. At 6:30 AM their loaders opened my road.
By end-of-day, it seemed as if all Township roads were passable, even the dirt ones. This was a remarkable feat considering the amount of trees down.. By the next day, the municipal hall had ice and bottled water (donated by Shop-Rite) free to residents. The fire hall had a hose running for bulk refill.
Outages are part of the Pinelands experience. This is still a rural place. Neighbors help each other. We don't expect too much from government, but got a lot anyway. Public works was out cutting with chain saws just as the storm passed around 2:00 AM. At 6:30 AM their loaders opened my road.
Main Avenue looking south beyond the edge of my property just before it reopened.
By end-of-day, it seemed as if all Township roads were passable, even the dirt ones. This was a remarkable feat considering the amount of trees down.. By the next day, the municipal hall had ice and bottled water (donated by Shop-Rite) free to residents. The fire hall had a hose running for bulk refill.
A large sign in the village along US Route 40 letting folks know water was available.
This is why we are willing to fight hard to preserve our Village.
S-M
It is a scorcher today. The ambient air temperature, from the temp sensor on the machine I use at work, registered 115 degrees in a pasture by New Egypt around 2:15 PM. When the humidity is factored in, it is just awful. Hopefully, the weather will take a turn for the better this evening, following the passing of the storms. I can't hydrate enough. I'm consuming over a quart an hour and still feel sluggish. July has swapped August for hot and humid "dog days".
I hope we get some rain, none of the other storms have come down here since the "derecho" and it is really dry. Hopefully no more falling trees though! There are still crews working all over the area today, doing more permanent fixes to the things they quickly patched up before.
So, how do you know that August isn't going to be even more hot and humid?
Good point, but I don't think it can get hotter or more humid than it was today. Can it?
Hopefully not. It isn't fun when the weather is like it was this afternoon. The change is drastic now that it is raining.
I just watered my plants. It is depressing that the rain always seems imminent and then nothing.
There was a big cell that appeared to be heading right towards me. Somehow, it managed to zig-zag around me while soaking areas just a couple miles to both the North and South. I had about two minutes of very light rain. Didn't even make the ground wet.
But I see a lot of other stuff brewing to the West, and the forecast has a higher probability of rain for Thursday - Friday, so hopefully something will hit us. But I'm not going to complain too much right now, because the temperature has dropped about 10 degrees here over the past hour and that feels great.
But I see a lot of other stuff brewing to the West, and the forecast has a higher probability of rain for Thursday - Friday, so hopefully something will hit us. But I'm not going to complain too much right now, because the temperature has dropped about 10 degrees here over the past hour and that feels great.