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2.05" of rain since 1 a.m. (Original Post) Earth_First Jul 2014 OP
tell us where you are at? rurallib Jul 2014 #1
Yes, where are you? ailsagirl Jul 2014 #2
Apologies... Earth_First Jul 2014 #3
It must be humid as hell ailsagirl Jul 2014 #4
It can become unbearable sometimes... Earth_First Jul 2014 #5
Thank you! All Californians are keeping their fingers crossed. ailsagirl Jul 2014 #6
I was driving home from Chico and about 30 miles before Sacto I could smell the fires. mackerel Jul 2014 #7
And for all our progress and breakthroughs in science... ailsagirl Jul 2014 #8
Please send some our way...we could use it.nt clarice Jul 2014 #9

ailsagirl

(22,896 posts)
2. Yes, where are you?
Mon Jul 28, 2014, 09:51 PM
Jul 2014

I'd kill for rain.

(I'm in California, where it doesn't rain in the summer... or in a drought )

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
3. Apologies...
Mon Jul 28, 2014, 09:55 PM
Jul 2014

Rochester, NY

Nearly 5" of rain when it stopped late this afternoon.

Roads washed away, homes flooded and vehicles stranded.

What a mess...

I have 10" of standing water in the backyard from the runoff.

ailsagirl

(22,896 posts)
4. It must be humid as hell
Mon Jul 28, 2014, 10:00 PM
Jul 2014

But green year 'round, right?

I've heard stories about NY in the summer-- my parents lived in Ithaca and said it was unbelievably uncomfortable.

No offense!! It's dry as a bone out west, particularly in summer. Fire danger is always lurking.

Some wacko started a fire near where I live-- it did a lot of damage, though no homes were destroyed. Such a strange fixation.

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
5. It can become unbearable sometimes...
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 12:08 AM
Jul 2014

However at the moment, and has been much of the case this summer, it's unseasonably cool. Tonight it's 56 degrees...very uncommon for July in Upstate, NY.

We generally only get a handful of 90+ days per year...

Our recent rainfall however is our excess, however your desire.

I wish you and those in CA some much needed relief.

ailsagirl

(22,896 posts)
6. Thank you! All Californians are keeping their fingers crossed.
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 12:13 AM
Jul 2014

Except, perhaps, the repukes, who have always sought the opposite of what normal, sane people want.

By the way, what does the humidity in NY run? It was 70% indoors the last few days and it was so heavy... I mean the air, literally. I know it's good for plants, good for the skin, lungs, and all that, but terribly hard to bear.

My mom said she could take a shower and be dripping wet with perspiration half an hour later. Yikes!!

Right now it's 57 degrees and very nice.



mackerel

(4,412 posts)
7. I was driving home from Chico and about 30 miles before Sacto I could smell the fires.
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 12:48 AM
Jul 2014

I heard there we a few to the East. Last weekend I drove past the San Luis Reservoir and it was sooooooo low.

ailsagirl

(22,896 posts)
8. And for all our progress and breakthroughs in science...
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 02:24 PM
Jul 2014

we're still utterly helpless as to something as basic as rain. And the weather in general.


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