Started to rain here about 30 mins ago and should last about nine hours.

Yippy, except I have to drive in this mess later today.

It has been raining for about 16 hours here and heavy at times, "keep coming" YES!!!!

Temp is in the 50's, it was a good day for a Christmas party inside. LOL we had a Elvis look a like on tap. LOL
The food was great.

He was singing "Return to sender" and the postman come in for real.. LOL

Firefox - both radar and camera appear to be working - I'm not expecting to see any sunbathers on their way to skinny dip at -6C!

I wouldn't think so either. LOL

It has been raining for about 16 hours here and heavy at times, "keep coming"

That's great, Grant. I hope this means your drought is coming to an end, and you get sufficient rainfall from here on...

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

18°F/-8°C. Overcast. Humidity = 39%. Down to 1°F, tonight. 40% snow showers, with winds 18-23 mph, and gusts up to
60 mph. Burr. . .

Currently 3, 4, or 5 F (depending on who you ask). Warming a bit overnight. Snow Friday evening into Saturday, then deep freeze: high of 0F on Sunday.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

It has been raining for about 16 hours here and heavy at times, "keep coming"

That's great, Grant. I hope this means your drought is coming to an end, and you get sufficient rainfall from here on...

Tell you what Gordon we need a lot more yet but I hope your right and get enough to hold us over the year ahead.
Our rain season runs up to about April then nothing until Oct. or Nov.
So we have 3 more months to make up for.

Looking at the rain totals we have got 5.95 inches this month so far and 3 of it was this last storm.

Low tonight 50 and tomorrow high in the 50's..

Thanks Julie for the rain.:)

Not going to be a pleasant weekend.
Snow already approaching, and they are still predicting up to a foot of it here.
And then as the snow ends late on Saturday, the winds pick up to blow it all about and the temps go sub-zero.
No going to be pretty.

Meowbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Boy that's way to cold for me.

Boy that's way to cold for me.

Way too cold for me too.
I have lived in Wisconsin for all of my almost 60 years on this planet.

Times like this I wonder why.................LOL.

Right now I have 8 crunchers going full bore, two 1500w space heaters on, and left the waterbed heater on all day so the kitties were comfortable.

Meow.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Boy that's way to cold for me.

Way too cold for me too.
I have lived in Wisconsin for all of my almost 60 years on this planet.

Times like this I wonder why.................LOL.

Right now I have 8 crunchers going full bore, two 1500w space heaters on, and left the waterbed heater on all day so the kitties were comfortable.

Meow.

Boy the power company is going to love you on the next billing. I'm lucky here I don't have to pay anything but gas and that's cheap.

Cloudy, foggy 3°C.

Weather underground reports 27°C :(
Kind of funny.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Cloudy, foggy 3°C.

Weather underground reports 27°C :(
Kind of funny.

Maybe they mean 2.7ºC Mike.

Current temp 54.3F, 10% chance of rain, the radar shows, yep, a spot, of rain, in Barstow.

Why am I up? Don't ask, and I won't tell.

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10% chance of rain became 40%, yeah I was at the local food pantry, and the weather rained on My car.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Boy that's way to cold for me.

Way too cold for me too.
I have lived in Wisconsin for all of my almost 60 years on this planet.

Times like this I wonder why.................LOL.

Right now I have 8 crunchers going full bore, two 1500w space heaters on, and left the waterbed heater on all day so the kitties were comfortable.

Meow.

Boy the power company is going to love you on the next billing. I'm lucky here I don't have to pay anything but gas and that's cheap.

I am on 'time of use' rates, so if I shut the heaters off during the day and try to run them just at night when I am home and the rates drop, it should not be too bad.
Like maybe $700.00 instead of $450.00.................

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

52ºF here right now with a ton of sunshine.

Looking at the forecast it looks like Santa will be getting a soaker on Christmas, hope he doesn't get my new toys wet. LOL

Boy that's way to cold for me.

Way too cold for me too.
I have lived in Wisconsin for all of my almost 60 years on this planet.

Times like this I wonder why.................LOL.

Right now I have 8 crunchers going full bore, two 1500w space heaters on, and left the waterbed heater on all day so the kitties were comfortable.

Meow.

Boy the power company is going to love you on the next billing. I'm lucky here I don't have to pay anything but gas and that's cheap.

I am on 'time of use' rates, so if I shut the heaters off during the day and try to run them just at night when I am home and the rates drop, it should not be too bad.
Like maybe $700.00 instead of $450.00.................

Ouch, here I'm having RAIN, for the desert, lots of RAIN, just so there is no Flash Flood. And to think I've mostly converted to LED lighting, a bunch of GE lamps at $3.59(7w 470 lumens *6) and at $3.99(9w 850 lumens *2), the 7w are bright(they're Soft White), yet almost have no temp, the lamps were on sale at the local Stater Bros Market(they'd been sitting there a while, wipe the top of each box, and I got black dust on My finger), sounded like a bargain @ $31.88 after 8% sales tax. They replaced 8 CFL lamps rated at 14w that I'd had since late 2006, the 9w'ers will be a bit tricky, since I may have to stand on a cooler to reach the ceiling in 2 spots(no working ladder at the moment), twice, once to take down the old lamps and dirty shades, install the 9w Daylight lamps, then again to install the cleaned up glass shades. I'm waiting on some replacement nuts for one of the shades($6.00 for 5, I'll have spare parts, wow...), as one nut is stripped, but then they're made of plastic. Plus for $5.98 there are two 4w LED lamps for the oven range hood coming in, and I still have not decided about the 2 external lights next to the doors... Maybe later.

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LED is the only way to go in my book, I love them.

LED is the only way to go in my book, I love them.

Oh yah.
I've converted almost everything to Cree LED bulbs. The soft white versions are literally almost impossible to distinguish from an incandescent. Their 100w equivalent uses only 16.5w and yields 1650 lumens.
I started buying them when they were over twenty bucks a pop.
They are now $12.97 at Home Depot.
And of course, there are lower wattage equivalents as well.
I highly recommend them.

Kitty tested, kitty approved!

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster