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Snow?
- Thread starter Rich Z
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Hey. Come on fellas get things sorted !!
We're coming over to Florida early April to see our son !!
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Have no fear, heat will be here by April. You may even get to do a little field herping while here.
The running type bamboo handles cold really well. It's considered a temperate climate plant. Some of the clumping types I have, not so well. But surprisingly over the last few Winters, it hasn't gotten kicked back at all. I bought some really large stuff from a guy near Tampa years ago that got kicked back every Winter for years after Connie and I planted it. So I figured it was going to just be a perennial, coming back each Spring. So it is actually getting some larger sized culms lately, since it doesn't have to regrow everything every year.
I walked down to my largest bamboo grove this evening to dump some compost and noticed that the peach trees think it is Spring time as well.
Last couple of years we would have the citrus trees blooming like crazy only to get knocked back with a late freeze. But even so, Connie still has more Meyer lemons then she knows what to do with. And we aren't going to be able to finish off all the tangerines before they get past their prime. She only got three of her pomelos this year. They are the HUGE grapefruits she is growing. So this must have been an off year for them. That tree is protected pretty well between the old snake building and mouse building. And a dancy tangerine growing on the north side of it boxes it in pretty well.
They are ratcheting up the forecast low on Tuesday night, so hopefully the forecasters are fine tuning their wild guesses yet again. I suppose they have figured out that if they forecast some outrageous forecast several days in advance, they get a lot more traffic from people checking on it. They need a busy season to sell advertising outside of the hurricane season, I guess.
Damn shame to see "fake news" taking hold in the weather news too.
Heck, yesterday I saw a fence lizard sunning on the side of a tree along my driveway. You can see green anoles out all year long nearly every day here in north Florida. Saw a black racer coiled up and sunning alongside our foot/bike path through the woods a couple of days ago. So all you need is a bright sunny day, even with the air temps being a little cool.
In April you could probably be swimming in most parts of Florida.
If you want to swim in my area you better be in a pool. The red tide never really left. The snow crab trappers had to give up early, and there's virtually no nice fish left anywhere near shore. I read yesterday that it's been 16 months so far. The tourist economy is in the dumper.
MysticExotics
(formerly NWHeather)
And here I have been wishing for snow here in the Puget Sound.
Yeah, Connie has been wanting to take a little trip down to Sanibel just for a few days to eat at her favorite restaurant there. But we've gotten into high season there, and with the red tide crap, we just don't have any interest in going anywhere near the coast lately. Haven't even driven over to St. George Island, even though the problem probably hasn't come this far north.
A couple of weekends ago we drove through Mexico Beach. Good Lord, what a mess it is out there. I took some video that I'll have to process one of these days. Honestly, I got tears in my eyes seeing all that destruction. So many people's dream beach homes just nothing but rubble. If they could even find that. You know many people couldn't afford the insurance, so they figured they would just roll the dice. So it is a complete loss to them. Nothing left but the lot the house used to stand on.
I sure am glad that storm didn't make a direct hit here. We don't have home insurance, neither. Mostly because of the ridiculous deductibles they have foisted on us. Even with insurance most people won't be able to afford to rebuild without taking out substantial loans.
Most people can't visualize the impact of the hurricanes, or for that matter, losing your home in a wildfire. Just look around your home and think what you could take with you in your vehicle when told to evacuate. Pets are usually taken along, most will take some electronic items, women will take their jewelry, and some clothes are packed. Expecting to be back and finding water damage only, most of your possessions are left behind. Then you return, when the authorities allow it, to find your home a big pile of rubble.
My brother helped his neighbors look through their rubble. Important papers were missing, family portraits and albums were smashed and water logged, 10-60 years of family mementos were smashed, not to even mention furniture and appliances. Cars and boats were destroyed. I saw one picture of a pile of boats over 30 feet high on a couple city lots. It tears your heart out, but people go on, rebuild or relocate, but some
only have memories of what they lost.
My brother helped his neighbors look through their rubble. Important papers were missing, family portraits and albums were smashed and water logged, 10-60 years of family mementos were smashed, not to even mention furniture and appliances. Cars and boats were destroyed. I saw one picture of a pile of boats over 30 feet high on a couple city lots. It tears your heart out, but people go on, rebuild or relocate, but some
only have memories of what they lost.
This has got to be one of the most eye-opening and impressive videos I have ever seen of a hurricane and what it would be like to be right in the thick of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ofAJSqpLM
I wouldn't want to be anywhere NEAR this sort of thing. It would likely peel your skin right off of your bones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ofAJSqpLM
I wouldn't want to be anywhere NEAR this sort of thing. It would likely peel your skin right off of your bones.
Yeah, the day before Michael was supposed to make landfall, my spider sense was tingling like crazy. Forecasts were calling for it to lose strength the closer it got to shore, and I just felt that wasn't going to happen at all.
So we bailed out and headed over to the east coast. It was the only direction that seemed safe to go. I sure am glad I don't have the animals to be responsible for any longer. That would certainly have complicated matters.
As it was, Michael was only 1 mph below being rated a Cat 5 storm. You WALK about 3 miles per hour, so the difference was negligible, to say the least.
Anyone who thinks they can tough it out with a major hurricane really needs to watch that video. It looks like a very easy way to die.
So we bailed out and headed over to the east coast. It was the only direction that seemed safe to go. I sure am glad I don't have the animals to be responsible for any longer. That would certainly have complicated matters.
As it was, Michael was only 1 mph below being rated a Cat 5 storm. You WALK about 3 miles per hour, so the difference was negligible, to say the least.
Anyone who thinks they can tough it out with a major hurricane really needs to watch that video. It looks like a very easy way to die.
MysticExotics
(formerly NWHeather)
I have to say, I'm glad I don't have to worry about hurricanes.
I think if there were a perfect place for everyone to live, then everyone would be living there. And then it would no longer be perfect, because it would be way too crowded.
I guess a lot of people probably think that Hawaii is a perfect place to live. Until a volcano erupts nearby. I know some things happen rarely, but yeah, that rare day COULD be today.
I guess a lot of people probably think that Hawaii is a perfect place to live. Until a volcano erupts nearby. I know some things happen rarely, but yeah, that rare day COULD be today.