N4521U
Colonel
A perfectly gloomy day!
The Weather Where You Live?
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ThomasP
Senior Master Sergeant
Finally received some significant rain after a long period of very little rain for about a month. ~4.5" over the last 2 days. Currently 61°F/16°C with 94% humidity.
Yay!
Yay!
slight drop in temp down to 21C but fine and sunny for most of the day.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
It's been raining every freaking day since I got here. I hear good things about saunas but this is ridiculous.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
When we were down in Trinidad and Tobago, you could almost set your watch by the rain. Almost every day it would start at 2:00 pm and quit 20 minutes later.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
That would be nice. It's rain here with an occasional 20 minute break for steam.
Cloudy to satart, then cleared to a fine and sunny day 21C
N4521U
Colonel
Hot yesterday, lotsa wind last night!
No........... not outta my posterior!!!!!!
Predicted 21C today, already 18C 6am.
No........... not outta my posterior!!!!!!
Predicted 21C today, already 18C 6am.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
One month into spring and we have had a big fat zero mm rain for September and it looks like autumn/fall with all the leaves on the ground. They ground is all cracking and the dam is now so low that our border collie dog can walk across when fetching ball without getting her belly hair wet. Buying in 13 tonnes of water a week to keep the fruit trees alive.
In August we had 1.2mm rain
In August we had 1.2mm rain
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Not much different with us, only 16mm in Sept but we have hope on the horizon with 45mm forecast on Wednesday. We have fingers crossed. 
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Summer has finally broken. It's only hit 95-96F here the last four or six days.
It feels like spring!
It feels like spring!
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Our ten day forecast is dry for the whole time - lows in the high teens and highs around 30C
Normal rainfall is Aug 19mm Sept 47mm and October 98mm. Normally we have 1100mm by now but this year only 736.
Normal rainfall is Aug 19mm Sept 47mm and October 98mm. Normally we have 1100mm by now but this year only 736.
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MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Despite the forecast zero rain before the 12th late yesterday we got a five minute storm that dropped 6mm followed by a high wind that will dry the ground out very quickly, if any actually soaked in anywhere except the fissures. Being so heavy most will have run off.
Our new neighbour has been complaining that the council made him cut down all trees within 25metres of the new house he is building.
This morning he came to borrow the chainsaw and tractor to cut up and dispose of a tree that came down in the wind and only just missed the house. Now he understands why. The particular tree must have been close to 40m high or he cheated on the 25m clear zone.
Our new neighbour has been complaining that the council made him cut down all trees within 25metres of the new house he is building.
This morning he came to borrow the chainsaw and tractor to cut up and dispose of a tree that came down in the wind and only just missed the house. Now he understands why. The particular tree must have been close to 40m high or he cheated on the 25m clear zone.
Isn't that for fires as well?
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Yes, primarily it is, but city people who have just moved to the country have difficulty realising it. This guy now realises that if that tree was on fire his house would have been a goner or if a tree close to the house had dropped on it he would have lost it all. He is now also considering my recommendations of shutters and a diesel fire pump.
Shutters because most houses are lost because radiant heat ignites the curtains. A diesel pump because when the electricity fails your electric pump becomes a decorative ornament. Having stop cocks on the gutters and filling the gutters with water saves the leaves and other rubbish in the gutters catching fire and starting a fire inside the roof.
Shutters because most houses are lost because radiant heat ignites the curtains. A diesel pump because when the electricity fails your electric pump becomes a decorative ornament. Having stop cocks on the gutters and filling the gutters with water saves the leaves and other rubbish in the gutters catching fire and starting a fire inside the roof.
I remember a while ago a local council was taking a guy to court for clearing trees around his house. Fire ensued while proceedings were underway and his house was the only one to survive.
In our area of Australia we have similar problems with clearing and firebreaks. This isn't allowed and that isn't allowed
to the point where some areas around sea change towns where people like to semi retire or retire are downright
death traps.
There is the additional problem of the trees themselves which are mostly eucalypts. The eucalyptus oil is in the leaves
which accumulate on the ground as they die off and are replaced, making a large amount of flammable material, not
only on the ground but in the canopy.
The fires in New South Wales a few years ago were so much worse as burning off and firebreak maintenance had been
neglected for literally decades.
I have a friend who is a firefighter and he explained that he can fight a fire that is putting out up to 3 megawatts of power
per metre (39") of frontage (look at Mitasols post re window shutters). The New South Wales fires were up to 70 megawatts
per metre frontage - fire bombers, firefighters, bulldozers, all useless.
to the point where some areas around sea change towns where people like to semi retire or retire are downright
death traps.
There is the additional problem of the trees themselves which are mostly eucalypts. The eucalyptus oil is in the leaves
which accumulate on the ground as they die off and are replaced, making a large amount of flammable material, not
only on the ground but in the canopy.
The fires in New South Wales a few years ago were so much worse as burning off and firebreak maintenance had been
neglected for literally decades.
I have a friend who is a firefighter and he explained that he can fight a fire that is putting out up to 3 megawatts of power
per metre (39") of frontage (look at Mitasols post re window shutters). The New South Wales fires were up to 70 megawatts
per metre frontage - fire bombers, firefighters, bulldozers, all useless.
rather warm and sunny day 32C
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Here in California, the rural areas have a 100 foot (30 meters) recommendation for fuels clearance (tall brush and ladder fuels). Trees inside that zone are acceptable as long as they're trimmed to 8 feet (2 1/5 meters) above the ground. Our trees here are mostly fire resistant as long as fire is prevented from getting into the crown (the tree's upper storey).
Also, having the soffit (roof overhang underside) sealed, meaning no attic vents, also helps prevent superheated air getting into the attic.
