In the paper (The Guardian) today- 1 in 6 countries expect to have a food shortage this year, because of drought.
Yesterday 78 F, a short thunderstorm and
today 54F and rain, rain, rain, shiver.
68°F today, yesterday no thunderstorm otherwise the same (subjective feeling: much more rain than anywhere else - but tv videos show different).
54?
thats cold
what you done against god?
This is where I want to be now:
Outerbanks, 90F
96F here today, with 95% humidity. Absolutely sweltering. Fingers crossed for thunderstorms.
It's raining and I was cold all day. It is supposed to be better over the weekend.
German summer - one day it's so hot you can hardly breathe - the next day you need a cup of hot tea to survive in the cold office...
eastern lake onario : weather report this morning promised 20-25 mm of rain by this afternoon.
we didn't get a single drop ! haven't had any real rain since the beginning of may.
temperatur reached 30 C again. to cool off we went for a ferry ride on lake ontario at 7 pm; it was just beautiful to cross the lake. there was a good breeze blowing that really felt good. it's finally started to cool off, 15 C overnight. still no rain in sight for the next week (in western canada there has been so much rain that many rivers have breached the dikes and many manitoba farmers have pretty well lost their growing season. we would have been glad to take 10% of their rain. hbg
weather or not
report from western canada (canoe news - yes that is the name of the network, truly canajen)
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July 1, 2005
Volunteers sandbag homes in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG (CP) - Volunteers spent the early part of their Canada Day weekend heaving sandbags to help about 100 of their neighbours protect their homes from the rising Red River.
Provincial flood forecaster Alf Warkentin said water levels on the river rose significantly in the city on Thursday night as people worked to flood-proof the low-lying homes. Levels dipped on Friday, but Warkentin noted everyone was watching the sky, hoping the rain that Environment Canada had forecast to begin Saturday night wouldn't materialize.
"Hopefully, the precipitation will be on the light side or this situation could worsen," Warkentin said.
None of the 97 homes that are at risk in Winnipeg suffered any flood damage on Friday, according to Chuck Sanderson, director of Manitoba's Emergency Measures Organization.
But Sanderson said the situation was different in Deloraine, in the southwestern part of the province, where 80 homes had basements flooded by runoff from the nearby Turtle Mountains.
Overall, Sanderson said the situation in rural Manitoba was improving Friday because surface water from heavy rain was making its way into nearby rivers. However, he said that meant the province's larger rivers were rising.
Across Manitoba, Sanderson said eight municipalities had declared local states of emergency this summer while 93 have passed resolutions calling for government flood relief.
Warkentin said it was the worst summer flooding the province has ever experienced, adding that some farmers have been forced to keep their cows in barns because their fields are too soggy for the animals to walk on.
"The on-farm flooding is basically unprecedented," Warkentin said. "People who have been farming here for 50 years have never seen anything like this."
In the cottage community of Lester Beach on Lake Winnipeg, a clogged culvert collapsed early Friday morning, sending a wave of water rushing down a creek and into the town. No one was injured, but damage was extensive.
"I was there right when it started gushing," said Brenda Pshednovak, who works at a nearby store. "It took four or five cabins with it."
Several empty vehicles were washed into the lake by the deluge.
Warkentin said water levels were also rising significantly on the Assiniboine River, and he expected that could cause flooding to a park in the city of Brandon in southwestern Manitoba.
Cocoa Beach, Florida Local Weather
Current Conditions
Reported at Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base, FL
Updated 10:55 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005
Mostly Cloudy
79°F
26°C
Humidity: 89%
Wind: SW at 7 MPH
Barometer: 29.92 in.
Dewpoint: 75°F
Heat Index: 82°F
Visibility: 7 Mile(s)
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated evening thunderstorms...Then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Current Conditions
Reported at Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base, FL
Updated 9:55 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005
Mostly Cloudy
82°F
28°C
Humidity: 79%
Wind: SSE at 3 MPH
Barometer: 29.94 in.
Dewpoint: 75°F
Heat Index: 90°F
Visibility: 7 Mile(s) Rest Of Tonight
Rest of the night:
Partly Cloudy
Lo: 75°
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Vienna :
53.6 °F / 12.0 °C 68.5 °F °C
Dew Point 50.2 °F / 10.1 °C
and rain.
Temperatures (in Centigrade) from within the last 24 hours
(just guess, when we had a short, but heavy thunderstorm :wink: )
If It Wasn't A Tornado, It Was The Next "Best" Thing
At 5 pm on Tuesday, July 5th, Charlottesville, Virginia (usa) -my home town- got hit with one ferocious storm...if you happened to be in the wrong place. At my house, 5 miles north of town, it was just a typical July thunderstorm. A bit of wind, a bit of rain, but nothing notable. At my store, four blocks from the University of Virginia's central Grounds (as we call the campus), there was heavy rain and high wind, but only minor damage to trees.
But a mere four blocks away, by the Rotunda, the historical centerpiece of UVA, founded and largely designed by Thomas Jefferson, the damage was pretty severe, with a number of trees and many, many limbs, branches, twigs and leaves down, taking with them power lines, and several cars and hurting several houses that happened to be in the way.
The weather service hasn't confirmed whether or not it was a tornado, but there definitely is a swath of extreme damage along about a six block area running from the WestNorthWest to the EastNorthEast, and perhaps a block wide.
Andy, one of my employees was driving a van and happened to be near an interesection right in the middle of it when it hit. He described it as being a surreal experience:
There was the heavy rain and the wind, of course. And then there was an absolute white-out where he and his lady, Katie, could not even see the cars stopped ahead of him (everyone had the good sense to not try to move). The white-out cleared for a second, and Andy reported that there were tree limbs "floating" through the air above and ahead of them at the intersection. "Floating" as if in slow motion. Sometime, I guess before the first white-out, they saw a lady with an umbrella standing on the sidewalk three car lengths ahead of them. The next time they saw her she was still there but the umbrella was gone and the next time they could see, she was gone. This morning's paper said there were no major injuries, so we hope she was able to take refuge in one of the stopped cars.
This is the third such "incident" in the past 5 years and when johnboy was a lad there was a tornado about 10 miles west of town that ripped through a trailer park and then through one of the fanciest country-club areas (a non-discriminatory tornado). Ten people were killed as I recall.
rjb, what a scary experience! Those tornadoes are deadly, not two ways about it, you do not want to be in their way!
Light Rain
82°F
28°C
Humidity: 89%
Wind: E at 14 MPH
Barometer: 29.94 in.
Dewpoint: 79°F
Heat Index: 92°F
Visibility: 7 Mile(s)
Rest Of Tonight
Chance Of T-Storm
Lo: 81°
POP: 60% Mostly cloudy with numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows in the lower 80s. East winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
I can see some sunshine! Yeah! Maybe summer isn't over after all in Balingen... We had to turn on the heat in the bathroom this week. Too cold!
eastern lake ontario : yesterday afternoon it finally started to rain, what a relief ! it was still raining a bit this morning and the air was really fresh, about 24 C at 3 pm. had a nice long walk along lake ontario. wound up visiting our favourite baker and bought a fresh loaf of "kimmel" (light rye with caraway seeds), stopped at the farmers' market for some local strawberries (after picking our own berries for more years than i care to count - 40 + - , we decided to let someone else do the picking), final stop was at the library for a dozen magazines and travelbooks. off to the garden now for cheesecake, strawberries and raspberries (our own crop) and strong tea. see y'all later ! hbgl
we need some more rain - we'll probably get the tailend sometime next week. hbg (but we don't want a tornado !)
I'll send you some rain, hamburger. We just had another thunderstorm. I am sitting here at my computer wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a sweatshirt... Hey, it's July!!!!
