Happy 5th of July! Hope you were able to celebrate your independence in true American style yesterday. It was quiet here on The Farm– until it wasn’t. After our Blueberry Pancake and Homemade Sage Sausage gilled on the flat top, Mr. Big Food started his day doing some hand cutting on the Peninsula with his
Nothing happened today at Pocket U. Let’s check another source, shall we? History As You Heard It, by Lowell Thomas (1957). I posted several times about Thomas and this crappy old book. June 6-8, 1944. September 28, 1938 (“… unrestrained joy because the word tonight is peace.”). December 8, 1941. You get the idea. Lowell
Filed under Life in Mississippi I had to call the Mississippi Department of Revenue this morning with a question. The nice lady who answered the phone directed me to an equally nice man who clarified, then answered. He said, “It really doesn’t matter where as long as it gets on there somewhere,” and then he
There are five radar stations in my general area that are OUT. Columbus, MS, Evansville, IL, Atlanta, GA, and Tallahassee, FL, and Savannah, GA. Never seen that before. One or two across the country, maybe. But not this.
Over the past few days I’ve been posting random screen shots of tropical depression/storm Cristobal with very little commentary. Consider these two more of the same! Later today I will collate the various shots and comment. And I will be honest in my recollections of what I was thinking. So stay tuned. I will say
In this day in 1868, Robert Falcon Scott was born. Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions that would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surly, surly, a great
Overall, the models remain in good agreement, although the GFS and ECMWF have shifted a little to the left of their previous forecasts. The new official forecast is similar to the previous forecast and lies near the various consensus models. TWiP is not up yet.
That’s almost a 40 degree difference in less than two hours. And nearly an inch of rain in 33 minutes. Not bad. Welcome to Mississippi. (Pay no never mind to the yearly rain total. If the weather station loses power, I have to re-set it. Actual totals are on the SD card.)
In case you’ve forgotten– it has been several years since we calculated Heat Index by hand– the “what it feels like” colloquial version of the Heat Index is, in fact, what it feels like in the shade. That explains a lot this afternoon.
We’ll see what happens with that tropical storm. I am not yet convinced too very much will happen– not just in these parts but in general for the Gulf Coast– but what do I know? We are probably in for some rain the next few days, so we drove up to the Summit of the
It was beautiful. Tie dye. Slab of marble. Painted and textured wall. There was a time, and I can’t think of when it was, when book covers were looked like this. Different colors but this sort of theme. Can’t seem to put my hands on one right now and am not highly motivated to go
It will be interesting to watch this throughout the day. The top shot is from the radar in Columbus, Miss. The system is moving southeast to northwest at just under 20knots. The bottom shot is from Jackson, Miss. radar. That system is moving southwest to northeast at just over 10knots. Crash? Looks a lot like
Of course, as Mr. Big Food commented, that’s nothing compared to what’s coming. We had a brief downpour at 6:43. Right humid. Hum. I see a large portion of these United States are quite warm this morning. You know, if I had nothing better to do, I could answer the question, “When did we switch
Mr. Big Food grilled two filets this evening. They were perfect. The steak knives self-identified as butter knives. We had real onion rings and Spicy Frozen Cucumbers as sides. And then we fed Jack & The Dummies, came inside, and finished watching The Odd Couple. A disturbing movie when watched with some years under your
I decided to change the microenvironment last evening. Who remembers the Shack in Cincinnati? Turns out learning how to manage the environment within the Shack– formally, The Synaptic Junction— was good training. The low temperature last evening was in the high 30s. The make-shift fire pit made a difference. Happy gardening!
An Inquiry into the Viability of Out-of-Date Seeds is coming along. The overnight low last night was 56° and temperatures stayed fine. However, a quick peek at RadarScope this morning indicated that I needed to get moving. Fortunately, I had a brand new tarp and paracord. So I fashioned a new, rain- and wind-resistant outer-outer
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