Thursday, 12 January 2023
A fast-moving, serious storm came through in the afternoon. We got wind and rain, but not for long. Whew. Far worse, horrible actually, southwest of us in Alabama, and along Atlanta’s southern suburbs. At the moment in this capture, we were through the worst of it (whew!).
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Feeling genuine? I hope so.
Feeling safe? Hope so, but it’s tough if you’re near the Cali coast.
Wednesday, 4 January 2023
Turns out we got another wave of precip/storm overnight (after yesterday’s post) and through midday. This was at 7:20am. We received enough rain to cause local flooding and general super-moistness. Then, by 2pm, sunshine and gorgeousness.
So, we headed to our favorite international food shopping emporium to peruse a large assortment of plant varieties (while well masked). I found these Win Beans. That’s a typo for winged beans, and winged beans are Psophocarpus tetragonolobus. The whole plant is edible (including roots), and the pods have frilly edges, as you can see. Did not buy (call me chicken?).
Tuesday, 3 January 2023
I saw these colorful blobs this morning. Please note the iridescent blob behind “Roanoke.” The meteorologist interpreted this as a possible tornado touching down, or one forming/ready to do so. In short, scariness.
By the way, the Roanoke is not in Virginia, and the Texas is not that huge state. However, that slanting red line between the two is the state line between Alabama and Georgia.
So this worrisome storm-tracker radar is for the area southwest of us. At the time, the worst of it was moving northeast, toward us, yet the scary blob actually never nailed us. Instead, we received more peripheral storminess than was predicted this morning.
Sunday, 25 December 2022
This was yesterday morning’s prediction of wind chill for the day. None of the stations did weather this morning. I could understand except for the scary-cold aspect of conditions. I know it was worse just about everywhere north of us, but, geeze, all that stuff about public service…kinda out the window today.
Saturday, 24 December 2022
In honor of this cold, voila!, the Cut Bank, Montana, penguin…on a sunny day with no snow, ice, or freezing temps. [Photo from our archive.]
Learned the term qubit today. Not a cubit. A portmanteau of quantum and bit. Instead of being binary, either one or zero, a qubit can be one or zero or both. I fail to understand how that can work, so it’s a good thing that better minds than mine are working with the darned qubits. Somehow, a qubit can also hold two bits. Now my brain is fractured.
Friday, 23 December 2022
I played ostrich today and stayed inside. This photo is from Before the Arctic Blast.
My wrist device claims single digit temps for at least four hours beginning before dawn tomorrow. On the other hand, my hand-held device (and a different app) indicates it’ll only get down to 10°F. That’s a hair-splitting difference, however.
Thursday, 22 December 2022
All plants! Pay attention! We’re to have below freezing temperatures for three days beginning in the dark hours overnight tonight. All of 45°F now should drop to 16°F by 7am, and 14° an hour later…dropping dropping brrr. Yikes!
Monday, 19 December 2022
Turns out it is grass germination season. I suspect it won’t last. Beginning this weekend we’re to have lows in the teens and as low as 10. Not growing weather for plants.
