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Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.
Rain today
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It happened to another husband/wife team that we worked with almost three years ago. It was night and Charlie was driving on I-8 in California when he got a wind warning to shut down. The company we worked for then had their own meteorology crew that would warn us of hazardous weather conditions and order us off the roads if conditions warranted it. He was trying to get to an exit but he didn't make it. Lucky (I guess) there was a fire/rescue crew working a blow over that had happened minutes before at the same location that Charlie's rig flipped. There was also a television news crew on scene filming the first incident and the rescue crew was filmed cutting the windshield out of Charlie's truck getting him and his wife (Amy) along with their German Shepard. I saw the news video of them crawling out of the truck. Amy was asleep in the bunk when it happened and even though she had the safety net over the bunk she got a concussion from it. They were owner/operators and had a really tough time with the insurance company over repairing their truck. It actually traumatized Amy to the point that she quit driving so Charlie drives solo now.
We are just getting fog, that seems to make everything rather moist lately. But no rain to speak of for the month.
Interesting website detailing the drought condition here:
https://www.weather.gov/tae/localdrought
Interesting website detailing the drought condition here:
https://www.weather.gov/tae/localdrought
CHASZ51
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I DON'T SEE HOW YOUR AREA HAS A DROUGHT. You have had about double the rain i have. I have had months with no rain at all.
We actually found two mosquitoes in the house yesterday that must have followed me in through the front door. So there must be enough moisture for them to be active. Odd that I didn't notice any buzzing me while I was working in the yard. Might have to crank up the mosquito magnets again.
I hope they aren't going to become a nuisance. Connie really enjoys the walks we have been taking around our path lately. That sure would put a damper on things, as I don't want her getting bitten by a mosquito while she is in chemo treatments and her immune system is depressed. She did get bitten by a tick a couple of weeks ago on her left side, and that did seem to heal up OK. But I noticed that she didn't get an inflamed area around it like she usually does with tick bites. Not sure is that is good news or bad news.
I hope they aren't going to become a nuisance. Connie really enjoys the walks we have been taking around our path lately. That sure would put a damper on things, as I don't want her getting bitten by a mosquito while she is in chemo treatments and her immune system is depressed. She did get bitten by a tick a couple of weeks ago on her left side, and that did seem to heal up OK. But I noticed that she didn't get an inflamed area around it like she usually does with tick bites. Not sure is that is good news or bad news.
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The way it has warmed up bugs will just get worse. Just gets hotter every year and less rain for my area .
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A tornado hit the house of a friend of ours in Sopchoppy Wednesday night. Wrecked their roof and scared them nearly to death but they're ok. Only about a mile from where we used to live!
It actually made the WCTV news!
Tornadoes are definitely a worrisome weather event. I thought they were normally mostly a Spring weather event, though. But I guess any time warm air from the Gulf heading north impacts a cold front heading south sets the stage for one or more to develop. They don't seem to be as powerful as those in the midwest, but even a small one could ruin someone's day.