Seeking6 Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, IUFLA said: My uncle use to be the head boiler room guy at Chanute AFB in the early 70s. Always cracked me up that there was a head shop outside of every gate at Chanute... One of my roomies in the USAF was from GC...then when I went to Greenland, I was playing volleyball with a mixed group of Danes and Americans, and one guy (RCA tech) had a Gibson City Greyhounds t-shirt on...he'd graduated with my roomie...small world I guess... Spent many a trips near that AFB....both Grandfather and Great were pilots. Small world for sure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Spent many a trips near that AFB....both Grandfather and Great were pilots. Small world for sure! When I was filling out my "dream sheet" in basic for where I wanted to be stationed after tech school, I put Chanute down for some reason...then afterward I found out they didn't even have a functioning airfield (closed in the 70s) any more...not much use for ATC there...boy did I feel like a dummy... Edited August 15, 2021 by IUFLA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Can't say I've ever seen that before, pop up storm brought rain through while the sun was out. The rainbow was literally only 50' from me! Didn't see the pot of gold though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatShot Posted August 18, 2021 Report Share Posted August 18, 2021 All the schools in my county closed today because of fog. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 18, 2021 Report Share Posted August 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, TheWatShot said: All the schools in my county closed today because of fog. LOL We were on 2 hr delay yesterday due to fog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDB Posted August 18, 2021 Report Share Posted August 18, 2021 When do schools start down there? We don't start for another week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 18, 2021 Report Share Posted August 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, BDB said: When do schools start down there? We don't start for another week or so. My son went to school Aug 5th but some Indy area schools at least a week earlier than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 10 hours ago, Billingsley99 said: My son went to school Aug 5th but some Indy area schools at least a week earlier than that. School in July...why don't we just skip summer break? I feel old remembering not going to school until after Labor Day...{sigh}... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 18 hours ago, BDB said: When do schools start down there? We don't start for another week or so. NKY started yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 Rained at the highest point in Greenland for the first time in recorded history. https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/weather/greenland-summit-rain-climate-change/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 36 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Rained at the highest point in Greenland for the first time in recorded history. https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/weather/greenland-summit-rain-climate-change/index.html I was stationed down at Sondrestrom Fjord (Kangerlussuaq on the map) for a year. Went out to the ice cap where the summit station was a couple of times. It was activated a few months before I left in 1989. Definitely going to be an issue in the future... Looking at the names of the various towns you get a feel for the Greenlandic language...long words with lots of vowels...the old Danish joke was at a meeting, a Danish diplomat asked a Greenlandic diplomat a question. The Greenlandic diplomat talked for 5 minutes, but when the Danes asked the interpreter what he had said, the interpreter said, "He said yes." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muckraker Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 Looks like Henri is going to impact the northeast... for all you New York area folks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 8/20/2021 at 11:00 AM, Muckraker said: Looks like Henri is going to impact the northeast... for all you New York area folks. I think @Lostin76 had gone to Maryland for a couple of weeks, so hopefully he and his wife are out of harm's way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 8/20/2021 at 12:00 PM, Muckraker said: Looks like Henri is going to impact the northeast... for all you New York area folks. Returned just in time from ten days in Maine (Camden, Bar Harbor, Portland) and Rhode Island (Newport). At the time we left, it looked like Connecticut/RI might take a direct hit. Guess it still could, but Weather folks have shifted more towards Long Island, it seems. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 8 hours ago, IUFLA said: I think @Lostin76 had gone to Maryland for a couple of weeks, so hopefully he and his wife are out of harm's way... Thank you, yep, we are here in MD for a couple of weeks. I did have to drive up to CT for a small (outdoor) pool party at my bosses house today (drove up last night and spent the night in our apt) and everyone is preparing. After the party, I drove straight thru to get back to MD though as I didn’t want to be caught in any of the storm. Apparetnly there was a big concert in Central Park this afternoon and they made everyone leave b/c of the weather. I didn’t have a drop of rain on my drive back to MD. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Terrible situation in TN w 10 dead and dozens more missing due to flash floods from as much as 17" of rain in 12 hours https://amp.tennessean.com/amp/8227696002 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 13 hours ago, Lostin76 said: Thank you, yep, we are here in MD for a couple of weeks. I did have to drive up to CT for a small (outdoor) pool party at my bosses house today (drove up last night and spent the night in our apt) and everyone is preparing. After the party, I drove straight thru to get back to MD though as I didn’t want to be caught in any of the storm. Apparetnly there was a big concert in Central Park this afternoon and they made everyone leave b/c of the weather. I didn’t have a drop of rain on my drive back to MD. Great to hear you guys are safe. Did you take in all of the plants on your balcony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, IUFLA said: Great to hear you guys are safe. Did you take in all of the plants on your balcony? Ha, nope they are going to ride it out. I did set up our camera to see how they were doing. So far so good! I don’t think Brooklyn was getting much besides a good soaking and strong winds. Edited August 22, 2021 by Lostin76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatShot Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Illinois getting storms today. Nothing but dry, oppressive heat in Indiana. Good lord this storm season has been a complete snooze fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 15 hours ago, TheWatShot said: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Illinois getting storms today. Nothing but dry, oppressive heat in Indiana. Good lord this storm season has been a complete snooze fest. Here in Indy we just had a downpour for about 30 straight minutes. No clue on numbers but my guess is we got more rain this morning than we've had in the last month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: Here in Indy we just had a downpour for about 30 straight minutes. No clue on numbers but my guess is we got more rain this morning than we've had in the last month. These downpours can be very localized so i like to check nearby weather stations on Wundermap. I used to have a station a few hundred yards from me but I think he moved. Looks like I got around an inch. https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 The roof in my office sprang a leak 20210825_111544.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Dang, Shane...that's a flood!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Lurker said: These downpours can be very localized so i like to check nearby weather stations on Wundermap. I used to have a station a few hundred yards from me but I think he moved. Looks like I got around an inch. https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap Really cool map. Thanks for link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 I just want the heat to end. About ready to apply for a job as a janitor in Antarctica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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