#1Jul 2nd, 2010
it'll be until I loose power. TV (digital) is intermittent at best, but the Internet
access is holding up so far.
More Rain....
it'll be until I loose power. TV (digital) is intermittent at best, but the Internet
access is holding up so far.
#2
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Jul 2nd, 2010
I like those. Better fireworks than anything humans can conjure up, IMO
#3
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Jul 2nd, 2010
I'm listening to "house rattling thunder" and "pounding hail" by Thor and the Rainmakers.
I heard this one yesterday to the tune of $17K.
Enough already.
I heard this one yesterday to the tune of $17K.
Enough already.
#5
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by AnnaG
Floods too?WOOOHOOO Send some here, please!
#6
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by petros
Don't need that. I heard California always needs water, though.Floods too?
#7
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by AnnaG
WOOOHOOO Send some here, please!
My end of the block, the street is flooded up over the sidewalks &
onto the lawns. You sure about that?
#8
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Jul 2nd, 2010
There was no room for more water last fall. The well at the farm has never been this high. Normally it's 70ft before the bucket splashes down. Too bad it's all poisoned from fricken' fracking. Not even safe to use for irrigation. But if America really really needs it then I'll gladly let them have it.
Quote: Originally Posted by Ron in Regina
Did you notice this rain smells like a lake? I'm going to pH it in a few minutes.My end of the block, the street is flooded up over the sidewalks &
onto the lawns. You sure about that?
#9
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by Ron in Regina
I said not the water part! My end of the block, the street is flooded up over the sidewalks &
onto the lawns. You sure about that?
Just the lightshow and thunder. #10
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by AnnaG
Prairie storms aren't like that though. Just like natures other beautiful things they'll kill ya in a heartbeat.I said not the water part!
#11
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010
This is my street last Thursday:
Seems they don't have a symbol for waves of hail storms....
Here's the one that hit Hazmart in S'toon two days ago:
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Seems they don't have a symbol for waves of hail storms....
Here's the one that hit Hazmart in S'toon two days ago:
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#12
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010
We lost a lot of wheat and barley yesterday to bigger than golfball hail.
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#13
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010
That's kind of sad. I saw some people lost homes and stuff. Okanagan had a pile of rain a while ago and it caused a mudslide. Wiped out a few farms and houses, too.
#14
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by petros
We lost a lot of wheat and barley yesterday to bigger than golfball hail.
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Shytie....my crop consisted of 14 strawberry plants. Most drowned, and
a few are hanging in there, & three of them are HUGE!! I think a couple
of those must be mutant aquatic strawberry plants....(see above pic)
Quote: Originally Posted by petros
Did you notice this rain smells like a lake? I'm going to pH it in a few minutes.
.....and?
#15
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by Ron in Regina
Apparently strawberries do well in hydroponics. Maybe I should have planted rice? It will be tough to turn a nickel this season. Ah well, I'm glad I'm not a gopher.Shytie....my crop consisted of 14 strawberry plants. Most drowned, and
a few are hanging in there, & three of them are HUGE!! I think a couple
of those must be mutant aquatic strawberry plants....(see above pic)
Quote:
The winner is:.....and?
7.7
#16
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by petros
Apparently strawberries do well in hydroponics. Maybe I should have planted rice? It will be tough to turn a nickel this season. Ah well, I'm glad I'm not a gopher.
The winner is:
7.7
Rhubarb seems to be liking this weather. I've no idea what large scale
production & harvest (and finding a market for it...) would entail though.
....& 7.7 means what? Is that normal-ish?
#18
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by petros
7.0 is neutral and means it's damn dusty way up there.
Huh.
#19
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by Ron in Regina
Rhubarb would have made great jam with those strawberries. Rhubarb crisp is really good and would sell well if you can find some old Ukrainian ladies to buy them.Rhubarb seems to be liking this weather. I've no idea what large scale
production & harvest (and finding a market for it...) would entail though.
....& 7.7 means what? It that normal-ish?
Quote: Originally Posted by Ron in Regina
Be glad it wasn't 6 and raining pee. Our weather was out of the US deserts which kick up quite a bit of limestone dust which added to neutral vapour and gave it a 7.7
Huh.
Sometimes we get dust from Mongolia
#20
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010
We have three healthy plants left, & the birds usually beat us to the berries.
You might want to find a different strawberry supplier. I love Rhubarb Crisp!
You might want to find a different strawberry supplier. I love Rhubarb Crisp!
#21
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010
My neighbour has really nice strawberries so I eat those before the crows do (the neighbour has yet to notice) but no rhubarb. Raspberries are looking great this year same goes for the wild cranberries up at the farm.
Hey maybe you can make rhubarb booze?
Hey maybe you can make rhubarb booze?
#22
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010
Rhubarb Wine? I'd try that.
Hey, look at this one closely, & you can see the curb:
Hey, look at this one closely, & you can see the curb:
#23
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by Ron in Regina
Set your guppies free!Rhubarb Wine? I'd try that.
Hey, look at this one closely, & you can see the curb:
#25
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010Quote: Originally Posted by Ron in Regina
I was reading in the Leader Post that the crops will be down something like 50% this year due to all the rain. Ginny, my sister in Regina, keeps telling me about all the 'lakes' forming on the fields and of course the national news has been covering the highway wash-outs. After all the years of drought, to have more rain then they would ever need is a crushing blow to farmers across the province. Right now I'm listening to a Prairie Summer Storm, & wondering how long
it'll be until I loose power. TV (digital) is intermittent at best, but the Internet
access is holding up so far.
Hope your power managed to stay on, Ron.
#26
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010
I'm sorry all of you have so much trouble from the rain. I guess we must be more prepared for it here because it rains often like Ron's pictures show but it doesn't flood here. The older parts of town have large drainage ditches. In the newer parts the drainage is buried but it's still there and works well. It's just a given here that most driveways and sundecks etc. are built with a little more degree of "drain" because we do get rain that looks like that quite often. It can and does rain so hard it's just bouncing off the road but it never builds up to flood levels. It has not rained hard here for about a week but it's been chilly. Temps are ranging from a high of 16 to lows of 4. Hubby worked graveyard shift and I woke up one night really cold. When he came home he said it dropped down to 4 in the night and he had to turn the heat on in the bldg. he was in. It's an office. But - unless they change it again - next week when we have made plans to go to a wonderful beach campsite, right on the ocean, temps are supposed to be at least 23 or better.
7 - 7.5 is perfect for a swimming pool or hot tub PH
7 - 7.5 is perfect for a swimming pool or hot tub PH
#27
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010
Photo of storm cloud on outskirts of Regina the evening of July 1rst. What an ominous looking cloud!
#28
Re: More Rain....
Jul 2nd, 2010
49% Humidity? I seriously doubt that number....
Sound's like Saskatoon & Yorkton got it again hard last night.
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