Hey all,

I don't know about the rest of you in other parts of the US, but here in the NE it has been raining constantly all summer long! 

We've had maybe a handful of days where it's been nice, but the vast majority of the time it's either raining constantly, or about to rain in the next five minutes.  Storm after storm rolls in, it's crazy.  Global warming, anyone?

Jenn

Here in SoCal...always sunny Sometimes a little TOO hot, but still nice.

Its been hot and dry in Cali, witness all the fires.

Sara, Tekla, I don't know how you can stay out there.  Yeah, I know it's really nice and beautiful weather wise (I went to San Diego for a week last year) but the fires! Oy!

I have an aunt who lives in Northern California, and she recently had a wildfire that came within a few hundred feet of her house before the firefighters stopped it.  She and her husband had to evacuate with their dogs and whatever they could fit in the car, I don't know how they did it.  That would drive me nuts.  Give me three feet of snow any day! 

Jenn

Well in SF it can be cold, up to a 30-40 degree difference between SF and Santa Rosa.  So its nice to work when its in the sixties, and then come up to the office and bake in the 90s.

We are 1 inch below normal so it is an average year.

Could use some of that rain since there is a drought going on here. Drove by a man-made pond that is along one of my four routes home the other day and it was basically a big ditch with grass and a spot of water.

I heard that it's the wettest summer on record in New England. It feels almost like we haven't had summer up here.

Z

It's rained more than normal in SE PA. The Delaware has been running at a level a good bit higher than usual for the past 6 weeks. The rocks at the fall-line between Reigelsville and Trenton are genrally invisible and that is unusual for July and August. It's never just a trickle, but the rocks are usually very nice roosting spots for the gulls and ospreys. This year, not so much.

N~

Quote from: fae_reborn on August 14, 2008, 02:12:45 PM
Sara, Tekla, I don't know how you can stay out there.  Yeah, I know it's really nice and beautiful weather wise (I went to San Diego for a week last year) but the fires! Oy!

Yea, everyone always talks about the fires and the earthquakes. Honestly, I rarely notice them. It takes a good sized earthquake for me to actually feel it, and the fires have only rarely come close to where I live. I can deal with those a lot better than tornadoes in Kansas, Hurricanes in Florida, and the other crazy weather throughout the rest of the USA.

The weather here (The Valley in Los Angeles) is always sunny, sometimes with clouds (those are the best days). I don't even remember what rain sounds like, or what it feels like falling on my skin. I miss it.

Well, thanks Jenn!!! You apparently made certain it would rain again today!! A huge thunderstorm is in my area and moving in rather quickly. No 10-year old football practice today. Lightning and thunder, bet the river rises.

Nichole

Quote from: Nichole on August 14, 2008, 05:12:19 PM
Well, thanks Jenn!!! You apparently made certain it would rain again today!! A huge thunderstorm is in my area and moving in rather quickly. No 10-year old football practice today. Lightning and thunder, bet the river rises.

Nichole

It's not my fault, sister.    Today was actually sunny up here, but I'll bet it'll rain tonight or tomorrow.

Jenn

Quote from: fae_reborn on August 14, 2008, 05:44:12 PM
It's not my fault, sister.    Today was actually sunny up here, but I'll bet it'll rain tonight or tomorrow.

Trust me, Jenn, if I thought you were that accomplished a witch I'd be driving up the interstate every weekend to sit at your feet! LOL

Nichole

Today is the first day in a month where it hasn't rained.  Every other day we've had violent storms that last for hours.  Lightning every few seconds, howling wind, downed trees and power outages.  It's almost a welcome change from several months of 105+ F with 100% humidity, which we had at the beginning of the summer.

Quote from: Nichole on August 14, 2008, 05:55:41 PM
Trust me, Jenn, if I thought you were that accomplished a witch I'd be driving up the interstate every weekend to sit at your feet! LOL

Nichole

O', Nichole, if only...

Jenn

old england is particularly wet, but still drier than last month at least

Here in WI, things are getting a tad dry...I actually had to go out and water the garden today. 

QuoteWettest Summer Ever

Yes Jenn, it has been the wettest, hottest summer ever, but they say that we are going to have one of the coldest winters as well, so you see, there has to be a balance for everything in life.  Personally, I can't stand hot weather of any kind, especially when it is humid, but it certainly compensates for all the frigid winters we've had for years and years. *giggles* 

tink

Quote from: Tink on August 14, 2008, 09:42:26 PM
they say that we are going to have one of the coldest winters as well

I better bundle up then. 

Jenn