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Rain today

CHASZ51 said:
Nothing here.
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You appear to be in the "Bermuda Triangle" of NO RAIN! Our dedicated trucking route takes us through the area east of Tampa (I-4 to I-75) and the drainage ponds that we see going north are caked with dried green algae but hardly any water, whereas all the other areas in Florida are practically flooded. :shrug01:
 
Looks like that Bermuda Triangle of drought has spread up here too. Typical for this time of year, it seems. Probably no rain till a tropical storm system develops in the Gulf. Or we get a sporadic and unpredictable thunderstorm that just pops up out of nowhere that just raises the humidity 1000 percent.
 
Weather radar is showing storms to the east of us and to the west of us, but nothing here. I am not expecting anything beyond pie in the sky forecasts for at least the next two weeks. There are slight chances shown now in the forecast, but this time of year they normally turn out to be false hope. Storms will come right at us, evaporate when the front gets here, then reform over on the other side after passing through.

So, with that in mind...

Total accumulated rain for April, 2022 = 4.37 inches

Total for 2022, so far = 27.40 inches.
 
We finally got some rain today (Friday). 0.67" worth. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if that will be all till into June sometime.
 
We got 1.11" of rain today, surprisingly enough.

Damn yellow flies are beginning to kick up, though, so time outside will be a real challenge.
 
Had a brief shower today dropping 0.13" of rain. I am thankful for the rain watering the fruit trees because the yellow flies are coming into season and they make doing anything outside a real challenge. I have a bug zapper in hand, but still, one or two sneaky sonsofbitches will get through for a bite any way.
 
We got 0.55" of rain this morning. Thought we would get more, but heck this time of year any rain is certainly welcomed. I just wish it would rain hard enough to pummel and drown the damned yellow flies.
 
1.43" of rain today. Had a few sprinkles over the last few days, but nothing worth making note of.
 
Yeah, I'm glad I don't have to be running around watering the fruit trees. With the yellow flies and other more serious things on my mind, it would be a bit much right now.
 
March and Apr are the only months i have had rain. Bone dry here and now my A/C is out again.

Thinking about a mini split system.
 
CHASZ51 said:
March and Apr are the only months i have had rain. Bone dry here and now my A/C is out again.

Thinking about a mini split system.
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Since (I assume) you already have ductwork wouldn't just replacing the existing system be less expensive? I just replaced the upstairs system on my house along with new ductwork to the tune of nearly $14K.

I had both downstairs units replaced (outside units and inside air handlers) for $12K for both but the guy that did the lower floor units retired before I could get him to do the upstairs. And being up here in the boonies of southwest Georgia there's not a plethora of choices when it comes to A/C installers but I will say that both companies did an excellent job. Spent another $24K on all new windows so I'm sure that had a bearing on the low electric bill too as the old windows were the originals from 1970. Huge difference!

Gotta say I'm pleasantly surprised but the electric bill has not hit $200 yet and this house is 4600+ sq/ft. Curious what July and August bills will be like.
 
I probably need to replace the windows in our house sometime soon, since ours our 30+ years old now. Just hope I could find someone to do it that wouldn't tear up something else in the process. It seems to be a law down here that nearly everyone follows.
 
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