2024 severe weather!

[ABMax24]

We're supposed to get 2" of rain in the next couple days, hopefully it comes because we really need it. The town of Jasper and most of Jasper National Park is under evacuation order right now due to wildfires. They're only supposed to get 1" of it, but anything helps.

Used to love visiting there, now it's kinda of sad, what used to be lush green forest is now a stand of black and grey dead timber. Between the pine beetle and the fires over the last few years the park just isn't the same.

 

[bogieb]

It's that wet stuff that falls a day or two after you've finished mowing the lawn!

I've only had to mow twice in the last 6 weeks - and the last time I mowed was July 2. I know that for a fact since my forward assist broke that day so it was all manual mowing. The guy picked the mower up on July 4 for repair. He brought it back on July 11 and I haven't even gotten to test it yet.

I do have a few scraggly weeds, but most everything is in survival mode and either brown or just staying low. The drainage ditch that always has running water, hasn't for at least a week.

It "rained" all day yesterday but last I saw, was up to 0.25" - not enough to get anything going. Have a chance of rain again today, but we'll see.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

We're supposed to get 2" of rain in the next couple days, hopefully it comes because we really need it. The town of Jasper and most of Jasper National Park is under evacuation order right now due to wildfires. They're only supposed to get 1" of it, but anything helps.

Used to love visiting there, now it's kinda of sad, what used to be lush green forest is now a stand of black and grey dead timber. Between the pine beetle and the fires over the last few years the park just isn't the same.

The fire will help it recover.

It sounds weird, but Yellowstone had its big fires in 85. When I visited in 97 the trees were all young and growing fast. I visited again around 3 years ago and you couldn’t tell where the old fires were. You could see where new fires had rolled through though.

 

[johneh]

I've only had to mow twice in the last 6 weeks -

I wish that were the case here every 4 days we have to mow these 3 acres of lawn
It has been the wettest summer I can remember. I am not complaining everything is lush and green
And the gardens are phenomenal.
More rain today

 

[thewoodlands]

We have this in the forecast for today and tonight.

Intervals of clouds and sunshine with a drenching thunderstorm; humid; storms can bring flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts

 

[ABMax24]

The fire will help it recover.

It sounds weird, but Yellowstone had its big fires in 85. When I visited in 97 the trees were all young and growing fast. I visited again around 3 years ago and you couldn’t tell where the old fires were. You could see where new fires had rolled through though.

Agreed. Its been a mess with "forest management" in the park. At one point fires were heavily controlled, now there is so much fuel that when one starts it's almost impossible to control, particularly due to the pine beetle kill in the last 10 - 15 years.

Unfortunately this time all the major infrastructure is in the fires path, the campgrounds, ski hill, many of the sightseeing venues, cabins and lodges and the town itself. If the wind doesn't change direction or if we don't get rain or may be a very sad sight in a week's time.

 

[thewoodlands]

I just dumped the water from the rain gauge, 2.16 inches of rain, it just started raining again.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Agreed. Its been a mess with "forest management" in the park. At one point fires were heavily controlled, now there is so much fuel that when one starts it's almost impossible to control, particularly due to the pine beetle kill in the last 10 - 15 years.

Unfortunately this time all the major infrastructure is in the fires path, the campgrounds, ski hill, many of the sightseeing venues, cabins and lodges and the town itself. If the wind doesn't change direction or if we don't get rain or may be a very sad sight in a week's time.

Ugh, I hope the wind changes. Will the ski slopes serve as a fire line? Are they wide enough that the fire won’t be able to jump them?

 

[ABMax24]

Ugh, I hope the wind changes. Will the ski slopes serve as a fire line? Are they wide enough that the fire won’t be able to jump them?

Hopefully. No not really, they're off to one side on the mountain, so the fire can still come up the valley anyway. Plus the runs are narrow enough I don't think they'll act as a fire break.

 

[thewoodlands]

So far any of the storms that knocked out power, stayed west us and then continued north, we'll see if we get anything tonight.

 

[ABMax24]

Hopefully. No not really, they're off to one side on the mountain, so the fire can still come up the valley anyway. Plus the runs are narrow enough I don't think they'll act as a fire break.

Rains didn't come soon enough, the fire has reached town.

 

[johneh]

What a shame. Mother Nature can be a Bitxx

 

[begreen]

I hope the rains overnight helped.

The earth is overheating and getting worse. Sunday and Monday were the two hottest days on the planet. Tuesday came in second behind those records.

 

[thewoodlands]

It feels like a fall today, 66.7 with a nice breeze that makes it feel cooler. Saturday the temps jump back up in the 80's for a good stretch again.

 

[ABMax24]

I hope the rains overnight helped.

The earth is overheating and getting worse. Sunday and Monday were the two hottest days on the planet. Tuesday came in second behind those records.

Unfortunately not, seen videos of the town this morning, 90+% of the structures in the video were completely levelled. There's nothing left of the town today.

 

[begreen]

So sorry. This is a national tragedy.

 

[bogieb]

I had the windows opened all night but no fans going. Started the fans up and could smell smoke. At 2:30 am, there is no one out doing campfires so figured it is smoke coming down from wildfires. Sure enough, the Wildfire Smoke map shows smoke density over the area at medium.



And holy cow there are a lot of fires

 

[begreen]

The Durkee fire in Oregon has grown to about half the size of Rhode Island, with no rain in sight.

 

[ABMax24]

The Durkee fire in Oregon has grown to about half the size of Rhode Island, with no rain in sight.

No good.

On the upside, only about 30% of the buildings in Jasper were destroyed, with evaluations on those still standing beginning to determine the extent of the smoke and heat damage. The Ski Hill and Tramway appear to have survived. Most of the damage was on the west end, and although entire neighborhoods in that end of town were levelled, major infrastructure like the hospital, school, and water treatment plant remain intact.

 

[thewoodlands]

I see that Vermont was hit again with flash flooding about 19 days after their last one.

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[begreen]

No good.

On the upside, only about 30% of the buildings in Jasper were destroyed, with evaluations on those still standing beginning to determine the extent of the smoke and heat damage. The Ski Hill and Tramway appear to have survived. Most of the damage was on the west end, and although entire neighborhoods in that end of town were levelled, major infrastructure like the hospital, school, and water treatment plant remain intact.

I was listening to the radio yesterday and heard this sobering interview on firestorms. These are incredibly destructive fire events that occur when conditions are right and the fire is so large and intense that it creates it's own devastating weather including lightning and possibly tornados. They are akin to a fire hurricane. This was an unknown phenomenon up to the late 1990s. Now they are becoming common. In Canada last year, over 160 were recorded. Here is the interview with John Vaillant, author of "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World" It's a sobering assessment of how different fire conditions are today.

What is a firestorm?

A firestorm is when large plumes of smoke from a wildfire interact with the heat and environment, causing rainfall, lightning strikes and sometimes tornadoes.

www.wbur.org

 

[bogieb]

I've only had to mow twice in the last 6 weeks - and the last time I mowed was July 2. I know that for a fact since my forward assist broke that day so it was all manual mowing. The guy picked the mower up on July 4 for repair. He brought it back on July 11 and I haven't even gotten to test it yet.

I do have a few scraggly weeds, but most everything is in survival mode and either brown or just staying low. The drainage ditch that always has running water, hasn't for at least a week.

It "rained" all day yesterday but last I saw, was up to 0.25" - not enough to get anything going. Have a chance of rain again today, but we'll see.

I mowed the drainage areas the end of last week as we were supposed to get some good rain over the course of 2-3 days. Those areas were just tall enough to mow, but it was mainly just me with a reason to get some exercise. I didn't mow any of the rest of the yard.

Well, the rain we were supposed to get turned into a a couple of hours of mist and a couple of days of heavy overcast, but that was it. This keeps up and my next mowing will be the for leaves in the fall.

Wish that we could have taken some of the rain from the northern part of NH/VT - they don't need it at all.

 

[thewoodlands]

We had rain overnight with more today for a total of an inch.

 

[bogieb]

Got a couple of sprinkles yesterday, but not enough to move the rain gauge - most times just enough to play connect the dots on the driveway. I'll be watering gardens today.

 

[thewoodlands]

We didn't get anymore rain overnight so I dumped the rain gauge. Not much rain in the forecast but with the high humidity, we never can tell how much we might get.