Re: Post your current weather status

by **duffy munn** Wed 10 Jul 2024 - 19:50

It stopped raining

by **tGreenWay** Wed 10 Jul 2024 - 20:15

Four inches from the first storm yesterday. Not sure how much in the next and subsequent rains, but the second wasn’t as powerful as the first.

by **The Pantry** Wed 10 Jul 2024 - 20:42

Weird watching clouds this morning. The counter-clockwise spin moving from NE to SW.

by **tGreenWay** Wed 10 Jul 2024 - 20:52

We just had a little late-day sunshine. Holy cowski!

by **The Pantry** Thu 11 Jul 2024 - 19:41

The Pantry wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:
the No Mow May folks aren't happy.
Next door neighbor's lawn is immaculate. Does his own fertilizing/weed killer. Has cut his lawn at least 4 times so far.

We share a city easement (sidewalk to street) between driveways. When cutting the grass there couple weeks ago he also cut my side of the easement. No problem with that as it was getting nasty.

Charged the battery (it was dead) on my JD rider and cut the grass on Saturday. Figured I'd return the favor and cut his side of the easement.

Was in the garage Tuesday evening and he strolls up the driveway. Said I'd cut his grass too low Apologized and explained my mower only has only one higher setting. Whatever. Never cutting his side again

Was getting semi-worried. Anal-retentive-lawn neighbor hadn't cut the grass in over a couple weeks. It was getting wild.

Relieved to see him out cutting it now. He's a bagger. Long as his lawn got, he's stopping every 5 minutes to empty. Will likely be mowing for another 2 hours and past my Post your current weather status - Page 20 1567726941

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by **tGreenWay** Tue 16 Jul 2024 - 0:32

Second night in a row with nonstop lightning. Lots of thunder, too, but the rains won’t start for a little bit. Seems like it’s another night of Big Wet, which is also what Kingston used to do to his bedsheets every night. Post your current weather status - Page 20 1494614055

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by **The Pantry** Tue 16 Jul 2024 - 6:58

Rained like hell here. Power out at work. Number of traffic lights out.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Tue 16 Jul 2024 - 7:24

slept through any rain/storm that came through my run down East Lansing neighborhood last night.

temp is manageable this morning but the dew point = 68° so my long bike ride this morning will include two water bottles, a Camelbak of water and electrolyte tablets just in case.

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by Zurn Tue 16 Jul 2024 - 8:52

1.55 in of rain overnight.

Current dew point 67

by **Jake from State Farm** Tue 16 Jul 2024 - 9:19

Zurn wrote:1.55 in of rain overnight.

Current dew point 67

I'm starting to think I should plant some palm trees in my yard.

by Rick Saunders Tue 16 Jul 2024 - 14:06

Jake from State Farm wrote:
Zurn wrote:1.55 in of rain overnight.

Current dew point 67

I'm starting to think I should plant some palm trees in my yard.

Wind chill 101 ˚F.

by **The Pantry** Tue 16 Jul 2024 - 16:08

Fairly pleasant now. Even better, supposed to cool down a little next couple days Post your current weather status - Page 20 55953254

The bad news. Power restored at work an hour ago. Little chance of day 2 working from home Post your current weather status - Page 20 4177874726

by **The Pantry** Tue 6 Aug 2024 - 15:04

Started raining about 5:30 this morning and just stopped. The retention ponds and creeks are full. Dangerous puddles on the roads. Roof at work was pretty loud most of the day. Also leaking in a couple spots.

by **tGreenWay** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 16:30

Big winds are picking up as the sky darkens. I don’t think the Andrea Gail is going to make it back from the Flemish Cap.

by **tGreenWay** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 16:34

Wind gust just hit 70 mph.

by **tGreenWay** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 16:46

Gonna be a lot of downed trees and limbs and likely power outages. The intensity has backed off a bit, but there’s another half-hour to go. You peeps in SE Michigan should keep an eye on this.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 16:50

by **The Pantry** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 17:36

Fucking 94°

Feels like temp is 103

by **The Pantry** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 18:00

Severe thunderstorm warning. Temp is supposed to drop 15 degrees in the next half hour.

by **tGreenWay** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 18:04

You guys (sorry, Duffy) are in for a gullywasher. The winds alone were brutal.

by **The Pantry** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 18:33

Storms went through but were almost nothing in my area. Very little rain and wind. Fortunately, the temp did drop.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 18:41

tGreenWay wrote:You guys (sorry, Duffy) are in for a gullywasher. The winds alone were brutal.

What the fuck is gullywasher

by **The Pantry** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 18:56

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:You guys (sorry, Duffy) are in for a gullywasher. The winds alone were brutal.
What the fuck is gullywasher

Enough rain to wash out gullys.

by **tGreenWay** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:02

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:You guys (sorry, Duffy) are in for a gullywasher. The winds alone were brutal.
What the fuck is gullywasher

What Pantry said.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:07

I hate that

by **Robert J Sakimano** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:08

tGreenWay wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
What the fuck is gullywasher

What Pantry said.

lots of limbs/trees down in the 'hood.

took this picture at the corner of Harrison and Southlawn.. tree down, literally ripped up the sidewalk. Shocked

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by **tGreenWay** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:11

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

What Pantry said.
lots of limbs/trees down in the 'hood.

took this picture at the corner of Harrison and Southlawn.. tree down, literally ripped up the sidewalk.

Isn’t that the spruce that had a nice canopy hanging over the very same sidewalk?

by **tGreenWay** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:13

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:I hate that

I didn’t create the word, Travis.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:13

tGreenWay wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:lots of limbs/trees down in the 'hood.

took this picture at the corner of Harrison and Southlawn.. tree down, literally ripped up the sidewalk.

Isn’t that the spruce that had a nice canopy hanging over the very same sidewalk?

yep.

from what I can tell, the house was unscathed. But, man, there was some serious wind shear moving through.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:14

tGreenWay wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:I hate that

I didn’t create the word, Travis.

I’m allowed to hate words as I see fit you can’t stop me

by **tGreenWay** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:22

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

Isn’t that the spruce that had a nice canopy hanging over the very same sidewalk?
yep.

from what I can tell, the house was unscathed. But, man, there was some serious wind shear moving through.

I saw the craziest thing with this wind: Rain was horizontal to the ground, then forced upward. I don’t think I’d ever seen that before.

There’s also a small tree down at Northlawn and Harrison (where the large garden is) and a bigger tree down across the street at the school.

by **tGreenWay** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:22

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

I didn’t create the word, Travis.
I’m allowed to hate words as I see fit you can’t stop me

Please make a list of words you hate so I can use them more often.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Tue 27 Aug 2024 - 19:53

tGreenWay wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote: yep.

from what I can tell, the house was unscathed. But, man, there was some serious wind shear moving through.

I saw the craziest thing with this wind: Rain was horizontal to the ground, then forced upward. I don’t think I’d ever seen that before.

There’s also a small tree down at Northlawn and Harrison (where the large garden is) and a bigger tree down across the street at the school.

yep. Saw those too.

Was a mess.

Love that garden too. I keep wanting to stop by and talk to those folks about it, but I haven't.

by **Floyd Robertson** Wed 28 Aug 2024 - 7:53

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:You guys (sorry, Duffy) are in for a gullywasher. The winds alone were brutal.
What the fuck is gullywasher

I feel bad that you never watched black and white westerns as a kid.

by **The Pantry** Wed 28 Aug 2024 - 8:33

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

What Pantry said.
lots of limbs/trees down in the 'hood.

took this picture at the corner of Harrison and Southlawn.. tree down, literally ripped up the sidewalk.

Got to thinking about that pic and who pays for repairs. Getting rid of the tree is obviously the homeowners responsibility. The sidewalk belongs to the city. Will the city charge the homeowner for sidewalk replacement?

And, the old sidewalk needs to be removed before the tree can be removed. Who pays for that?

by **Floyd Robertson** Wed 28 Aug 2024 - 8:43

The Pantry wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:lots of limbs/trees down in the 'hood.

took this picture at the corner of Harrison and Southlawn.. tree down, literally ripped up the sidewalk.

Got to thinking about that pic and who pays for repairs. Getting rid of the tree is obviously the homeowners responsibility. The sidewalk belongs to the city. Will the city charge the homeowner for sidewalk replacement?

And, the old sidewalk needs to be removed before the tree can be removed. Who pays for that?

I'm not so sure about the sidewalk being city responsibility/ownership. For example, in Shelby Twp there are a lot of areas on main roads without sidewalks. When the township decides it's time to add one, they do it and just add the charge to the homeowner's property taxes. I mean, they give you a choice of paying 100% of the cost out of your pocket or adding 100% of the cost to you next property tax bill. Either way, homeowner pays for the improvement. Same kind of deal if they come through and mark your sidewalk as needing repair/replacement.

by **The Pantry** Wed 28 Aug 2024 - 9:15

Floyd Robertson wrote:
The Pantry wrote:
Got to thinking about that pic and who pays for repairs. Getting rid of the tree is obviously the homeowners responsibility. The sidewalk belongs to the city. Will the city charge the homeowner for sidewalk replacement?

And, the old sidewalk needs to be removed before the tree can be removed. Who pays for that?

I'm not so sure about the sidewalk being city responsibility/ownership. For example, in Shelby Twp there are a lot of areas on main roads without sidewalks. When the township decides it's time to add one, they do it and just add the charge to the homeowner's property taxes. I mean, they give you a choice of paying 100% of the cost out of your pocket or adding 100% of the cost to you next property tax bill. Either way, homeowner pays for the improvement. Same kind of deal if they come through and mark your sidewalk as needing repair/replacement.

Always thought existing sidewalks and the "devils strip" (grass between sidewalk and street) were a city easement and its responsibility. Troy comes through every few years and replaces bad sections of sidewalk. Pretty sure there is no charge to the homeowner.

There's a couple places nearby where sections of sidewalk have heaved by up to a couple inches. City has spray painted the heaved faces of them orange to alert pedestrians.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Wed 28 Aug 2024 - 11:19

Motown Spartan wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:
it's a magical place... where dreams take wings.

Pack you bike in your car and come visit. I’ll take you on a bike ride and even buy the PBRs. You can stay with us, in a tent, or camper. I promise you won’t see many people in khakis.

thanks, man - I'll have to come up that way one of these days.

by **The Pantry** Sun 1 Sep 2024 - 10:28

Welcome September! Today looks to be the perfect day. Sunny/mostly sunny with a high of 76.

by **Trapper Gus** Tue 10 Sep 2024 - 8:22

The Pantry wrote:Welcome September! Today looks to be the perfect day. Sunny/mostly sunny with a high of 76.

And just like that the weather changes back to August...

https://www.mlive.com/weather/2024/09/a-long-duration-september-heat-wave-is-upon-us-see-how-hot-for-how-long.html

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