Weather Talk

[Smitty335]

We we may have got off lucky last night, son that lives with us texted and said his fan got hit by the tree lightning 100 feet from our house while we were out for breakfast and said we had no hot water. Found the lighting strike had tripped the GFI. Round 2 tonight.

 

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[lowrider]

My cousin bought a nice aluminum one in PEI for his
Probably half price for you with the dollar.
😊
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Nice rig!! I'm holding my Canadian Dollars for better times...hope I live to see it!!

 

[lowrider]

We we may have got off lucky last night, son that lives with us texted and said his fan got hit by the tree lightning 100 feet from our house while we were out for breakfast and said we had no hot water. Found the lighting strike had tripped the GFI. Round 2 tonight.

SEE! Thunder storms are evil!!!!!

 

[lowrider]

I was reminded by the comment I wrote about a trip from Lethbridge to Cutbank, MT. Forecast by Canadian weather guessers was for CAVU all the way to Cutbank so I left fat, dumb and happy thinking about a nice juicy MT beef burger when I landed. About to cross the border and made all appropriate radio calls and I had been fooled by that forecast. About 10 miles into US airspace two thunderstorms popped up, one on each side of my path...evil black things with lightening. I called Flight Service and asked if I could cross back into Canada and explained my situation. NOPE.. gotta file 24 hours in advance. At that point, I was flying a Cessna 185 which is a good "off field" plane so I landed on a ranch road and sat for a couple hours until the evil things passed to the East...got to Cutbank and no burger to be had. Spent the night under the wing in my sleeping bag and fueled up in the morning. Thunderstorms SUCK!!!!!

 

[lowrider]

I was reminded by the comment I wrote about a trip from Lethbridge to Cutbank, MT. Forecast by Canadian weather guessers was for CAVU all the way to Cutbank so I left fat, dumb and happy thinking about a nice juicy MT beef burger when I landed. About to cross the border and made all appropriate radio calls and I had been fooled by that forecast. About 10 miles into US airspace two thunderstorms popped up, one on each side of my path...evil black things with lightening. I called Flight Service and asked if I could cross back into Canada and explained my situation. NOPE.. gotta file 24 hours in advance. At that point, I was flying a Cessna 185 which is a good "off field" plane so I landed on a ranch road and sat for a couple hours until the evil things passed to the East...got to Cutbank and no burger to be had. Spent the night under the wing in my sleeping bag and fueled up in the morning. Thunderstorms SUCK!!!!!

Now I rememeber another thunderstorm story in a boat in the Gulf with my Dad in an alum boat but I'll save that for another day.

 

[Caper]

Nice rig!! I'm holding my Canadian Dollars for better times...hope I live to see it!!

He can take his Kabota tractor with a cab, easily, and it fits his new mill. Awesome
Caper

 

[Smitty335]

He can take his Kabota tractor with a cab, easily, and it fits his new mill. Awesome
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In one trip?

 

[SWB]

@Smitty335 Chance storms in NW part state tonight.

 

[Smitty335]

@Smitty335 Chance storms in NW part state tonight.

Yes 11:00 PM -3:00AM with possible 70 MPH winds. And winds building now.

 

[lowrider]

He can take his Kabota tractor with a cab, easily, and it fits his new mill. Awesome
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Great mill!! I cut 8 big DougFir that would have done well 12' at a time.

 

[Caper]

Great mill!! I cut 8 big DougFir that would have done well 12' at a time.

It has a hydraulic loader and he has an extension that will do up to 20’
He’s cutting some big pine that’s over 2’ at the butt. Getting some nice boards.
Caper

 

[lowrider]

It has a hydraulic loader and he has an extension that will do up to 20’
He’s cutting some big pine that’s over 2’ at the butt. Getting some nice boards.
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Nice!! We used plastic pipe to separate boards so you don't get rust stains...I guess when you plane they go away or maybe that's barn lumber. We did thousands of BF of red oak in a different life. When I was kid in FL we did a fiar amount of cypress and it all went to bed frames. Can't make perfume to smell like fresh cut timber.

 

[Caper]

Nice!! We used plastic pipe to separate boards so you don't get rust stains...I guess when you plane they go away or maybe that's barn lumber. We did thousands of BF of red oak in a different life. When I was kid in FL we did a fiar amount of cypress and it all went to bed frames. Can't make perfume to smell like fresh cut timber.

Yeah it’s all ruff cut, so he’ll be planing it. He has a nice planer too. Retired RCMP. You know those guys. 😂
Caper

 

[lowrider]

Yeah it’s all ruff cut, so he’ll be planing it. He has a nice planer too. Retired RCMP. You know those guys. 😂
Caper

Very well and in some cases their offspring.

 

[Wallace]

60 and sun.

 

[lowrider]

60 and sun.

24 and a peaking sun. I like the 60's and the 70's until the humidity creeps in.

 

[Wallace]

24 and a peaking sun. I like the 60's and the 70's until the humidity creeps in.

The humidity is only 50% today. It was 99% yesterday.

 

[lowrider]

The humidity is only 50% today. It was 99% yesterday.

30% here but it snowed 4"+ yesterday. Now it's beautiful blue up there and 24F down here. Still going to AZ next week.

 

[Caper]

The humidity is only 50% today. It was 99% yesterday.

Hard to believe already
Caper

 

[Smitty335]

The humidity is only 50% today. It was 99% yesterday.

33% here no additional damage from the wind last night other than blowing some widow makers out of a couple trees, wind is a steady 15 MPH now. And 68*