Storms ripped through our area this afternoon, downing powerlines and trees...and causing mass flooding...I was just talking about the huge trees next to my window in fitness's thread, and how they are an accident waiting to happen...sure enough, one of those rotted oak trees fell over onto my neighbors truck! Maybe now my neighbor will get the picture that his old rotten hollowed out trees should come down. It's totalled. check it out...better photos later...It's also rather erie that I was just talking about these hazardous trees.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y190/drewnolan82/crash.jpg)
My wife just informed me that she had one hell of a Tuesday night in RI.
Temps were over 100 before the storm came through. She described torrential rain, dead calm, then hail.
I can't even recall the last time we had hail in our area.
She went on to tell me how the winds kicked up and then WHAM! a big gust came through the neighborhood
like a wave.
It took out one smallish tree that came down on our new roof (no damage luckily) but down on the boulevard, almost 300 yards of big trees were downed by a microburst.
Then the lightning hit. One bolt hit our neighbor's tree and split it in two, and anothter hit a tanker unloading gasoline down
in Narragansett Bay. It took 90 firefighters all night to take control. Sue says that she can still smell the fumes and the wharf is about two miles from our home.
Me? I'm still stuck in China waiting to come home and breath some fresh air. We're having a heat wave here too. This morning, it went all the way down to 87 degrees....
Dan
it's the New Mother Nature takin' over :ph34r:
I'll take a pic tommorrow of the truck in daylight...it looks like king kong or something stepped on it...lol
Quote from: fitness1 on July 19, 2006, 10:19:27 PM
it's the New Mother Nature takin' over :ph34r:
It's the new splendid lady come to call...
Quote from: ronmac on July 20, 2006, 06:27:05 AM
It's the new splendid lady come to call...
I knew you'd "get it" Ron....
Yeah, I guess I am showing both my age and the maple syrup that runs in my veins. :GRN>
I did media support for David Suzuki a month ago and he spoke some on global warming and how many of us just don't understand the impact that we are having on our environment, and how that changes seaonality and weather patterns.
'Cause it's the new Mother Nature takin' over
It's the new splendid lady come to call
It's the new Mother Nature takin' over
She's gettin' the law
She's gettin' us all
Burton Cummings (1969)
Burton was on to it even before Al Gore! The man is a prophet in his own time.
Discovery Channel did a special this past Sun. night; multiple scintists from around the globe, the scientific proof is uncontestable, all we can do now is make the changes less traumatic (IF we act) and watch Mama clean house. :<>
With all due respect...
I'm not saying that global warming doesn't exist, but I don't think the proof is uncontestable. There is still much debate and controversy from many reputable scientists and meteorologists.
One thing's for sure, though...the past week or two has sure been miserable. -_-
Quote from: jmhyer on July 21, 2006, 01:51:13 PM
With all due respect...
I'm not saying that global warming doesn't exist, but I don't think the proof is uncontestable. There is still much debate and controversy from many reputable scientists and meteorologists.
One thing's for sure, though...the past week or two has sure been miserable. -_-
Amen!
I disagree about the past few weeks being miserable though...I love the heat and thunderstorms...but that's just me.
Quote from: naboz on July 21, 2006, 01:15:52 PM
Discovery Channel did a special this past Sun. night; multiple scintists from around the globe, the scientific proof is uncontestable, all we can do now is make the changes less traumatic (IF we act) and watch Mama clean house. :<>
and what scientific proof might that be? I've never read one piece of evidence that proves man is speeding up the natural warming cycles of the earth. But hey, if it gets your vote, politicians will use whatever!
Whatever is going on, ya'll try to stay save!
If you need someone to store your Larrivees PM me. :WNK>