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• Post #4086971

  Saturday’s Nice or Nasty outlook is for Deep South thunderstorms and monsoon rains continuing in the Sonoran Desert. New aengland enjoys a Camelot summer day. #NastyOrNiceOutlook

• Post #3939282

  Mr Sycamore wanted his street side photographed.

• Post #3922742

  Republican nCongress is not so hot on oyster restoration. https://www.whro.org/environment/2026-07-17/congress-could-open-chesapeake-bay-oyster-sanctuaries-for-commercial-harvest

• Post #3832833

  NHC has its weather eye peeled on an Atlantic coast rainmaker. https://www.weather.gov/akq/Tropical

• Post #3671493

  Wednesday’s Naughty or Nice outlook … don’t believe the bluebird of happiness. Severe weather in the Great Plains. Excessive rain in an arc from Houston to Washington. And unpleasant heat and humidity over much of the country Wednesday. Cue “Stormy Weather” #NastyOrNiceOutlook #SevereWeather

• Post #3655955

  The excessive rainfall blob has changed shape. Storms are starting to pop in the 757 as prophesied. Flash flood watch just went live. #vawx

• Post #3534438

  NWS Wakefield Thursday Forecaster’s Discussion Extreme Heat Warnings are issued for parts of Southeast Virginia, including Tidewater, due to expected Heat Indices of 110 or greater. 1) A major heat wave will continue today through Sunday, breaking down by late this weekend. This could be the most significant in magnitude and duration since July 2012 for most of the CWA. 2) Temperatures will gradually trend closer to normal late in the holiday weekend and beyond, with a more unsettled pattern.

• Post #3508197

  Heat warnings for Wednewday through Friday. Thunderstorms Friday. Include access to cooling and shelter in your weekend plans.

• Post #3438119

  Fireflies!

• Post #3428059

  The #FUGLY has returned with a vengeance. Chew each breath thoroughly as humidity is high and winds are light. Today’s forecast is for afternoon and evening thunderstorms possible with isolated strong storms. Saturday’s advisory are for today’s storms and for continuing #HHH #VAwx #NCwx #SevereWeather

• Post #3316935

  Sunday’s Nasty or Nice outlook begins with the US radar composite. It’s a complicated tangle of fronts with some rain showing. #NCwx #VAwx #NastyOrNice #SevereWeather

• Post #995945

  Mr. Pecan heard King Trump talking about the demented leader with nuclear weapons and thought Trump was talking about himself.

• Post #995944

  While Artemis 2 crew was trying to describe a lump of moldy Brie without out using the words “gray”, “green”, or “cheese”

• Post #995943

  Apparently, it is to be a bit breezy today. #VAwx

• Post #995942

  Brushless excitation has long been used in AC TurboGenerators for reliability and efficiency. The trick is to wind two machines on the rotor shaft, the motor armature and an exciter generator. A second stator winding creates the exciter field. This field is controlled to adjust the strength of the rotor field which controls the machine’s back EMF presented by the stator. This trick dates back to the 1960’s. A GE friend introduced me to it in the early ‘80s. https://apple.news/A4e3qYxNJR4iwUZ...

• Post #995941

  The Regional Greenhouse Gases Initiative is similar to the SO2 market used to manage SO2 emissions that caused acid rain. Keep in mind that the utility customers always pay because that’s where the revenue comes from. If your emissions are lower than RGGI quota, you can sell credits. The idea is to encourage use of lowest heat-rate generation and harvesting of energy from environmental sources (wind, solar, hydro). The trading market worked well for acid rain . https://www.whro.org/environme...

• Post #995940

  Bonus story from our Planet Money friends. They do long-form reporting on the economy — Bill Phillips is noted for his insight into things economic. https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/07/g-s1-116575/how-bill-phillips-used-flowing-water-to-model-the-economy

• Post #995938

  Good thing I still have my winter coat on. That purple on the weather hazard map is a freeze warning. Them’s for agricultural interests mostly that may have plants in the ground — tobacco and peaches especially. Those not treated to overnight freezes can worry about wildfire ignition and spread. That’s the second color ashore. And blowy on the bay and offshore waters. #VAwx @NCwx #greyhounds

• Post #995937

  Especially good Purple Haze today. #Blueberry #porridge #SlowFood

• Post #995936

  I’m working on supper on demand. #greyhounds

• Post #995935

  Collar City April Fools. 3 more weeks of crazy before spring.

• Post #995934

  Dismal Thomas and Dismal Gardener built IKEA Tuesday afternoon. I hid. In the red room.

• Post #995932

  Dismal Butler changed the duvet cover Tuesday.

• Post #995931

  Dismal Chef gave me too much waffle yesterday. I’m stinking out the residence as gut bacteria are fermenting up a brown fog. #greyhounds

• Post #995930

  Tuesday’s sunset is candy floss and bubblegum.

• Post #995929

  Looking back over our shoulder in the candy floss pink light of Tuesday’s sunset.

• Post #947615

  Interrupted Tom Petty and Heartbreakers to catch the news. Artemis astronauts are looking for the source of an odor in the cabin.

• Post #947614

  We should be eating so good — https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-2/artemis-ii-whats-on-the-menu/

• Post #947613

  Doing important things after Dismal Butler finally opened the gardens. #greyhounds

• Post #947612

  Mr Sycamore has his Easter bonnet on.