Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

We had 81.5% coverage here, I took some pics through the welding helmet with my iPhone, but they're awful. Hot and humid today, but fall like by week's end.

 

[rswyan]

76.6F and mostly cloudy, predicted high today of 82F. High on Thursday only expected to hit 71F, low on Friday only 51F.

Just had a brief heavy downpour. Checking the two closest reporting stations (3 and 6 miles), the first shows 3.12" since midnight , and the other shows 0.07" ... dunno if the first is accurate or not, but if so it really shows the hit-or-miss nature of the showers.

Good likelihood that we'll get more as the day wears on ... which is good because it's sorely needed.

Yesterday was mostly a bust ... but we did get a short downpour.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I wonder who has the most posts?

Good question, Drew. But with the post count behaving erratically, sometimes advancing, most times not, it would be difficult to say with any certainty what the highest count is...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 74F@ 8:30AM. Mostly cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. High around 90F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

We'll be under a Red Flag warning for lightning initiated wildfire starting at 2PM today until midnight. A low pressure system is moving in off the Pacific bring moisture winds, and thunderstorms, so any fires that do start will spread quickly. Gonna keep the stereo turned down low and listen for airplanes circling overhead, probably skip the siesta.

Anybody using melamine dishes out there? Are they OK to use in a microwave? Some say yes, some say that the material dries out and cracks, but no problem with leaching into your food.

 

[sodamo]

72°F and 1.76 inches rain. Looks to be a wet day ahead.

Our sunrise was a bit clouded yesterday so even our partial eclipse was a bust we we did watch the ABC news which did a great job tracking it across the country as we enjoyed morning coffee

Managed some more mowing before heading into town for dentist visit. Wove has to return for a small cavity next week. The real shocker was the $613 bill and that was with a so called discount!!!! Might have to rethink getting dental insurance. Likely a no win either way.

No big plans today given this weather.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[PJSprog]

Might have to rethink getting dental insurance. Likely a no win either way.

The Wife and I sat down and gave that hard look, too. The insurance package I get at work is OK (BC/BS), but expensive for the employees. We crunched the numbers regarding the dental portion, and decided it was more cost efficient for us to not have that insurance. It's turning out to be considerably cheaper to pay for our visits than it would be to be paying the monthly premiums. Of course, we haven't had any major work done either.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Good Evening? When does afternoon end and evening begin?

I was in the office during the eclipse. NASA had some great photos though...

Wife and I went on a quick trip back to Jamacia Thur-Sunday (She won the trip at work!!!!) and that was awesome but no tractor time.

heavy rains after eclipse have destroyed my driveway again. I also seem to need to bush-hog EVERYTHING again an I've only ground 4 of the 40+ stumps we just created.

Been a busy couple weeks.

Hope all are well and talk to you guys again soon.

David

 

[txdon]

Anybody using melamine dishes out there? Are they OK to use in a microwave? Some say yes, some say that the material dries out and cracks, but no problem with leaching into your food.

I have some plates I bought about a year ago off Amazon. The box specifically said "Not For Microwave Use" when they arrived. They did not say what tragedy would occur if used in the microwave. If I would have known that I would not have bought them. Target has some that are safe for microwave use. I guess there are different types of melamine. Or maybe I just got the ones boxed for California.

 

[txdon]

Good afternoon! We will have tropical storm Harvey forming in the Gulf which might turn into a hurricane and hit us on the day of the fish fry. The bad, wind and rain, the good 78˚. This will be an exciting weekend. There is no plan B. The tents will not withstand the winds so a hurricane party for 1200 is not a good idea. We might have to formulate plan B tonight.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Hope we only get some good rain from it Don. But maybe a break for you guys Saturday for a handful of hours.

I was hoping for some better radio transmissions during the eclipse, but Don's eclipse photo really made me pull my hair out disproving my theory.

CWB, It looks like you had a great seat to view. Some reporter somewhere got stuck in traffic for something like 12 hours.

Finally got the go ahead on making a new fuel cell for a project at work. It will keep us busy for over a month.