Semi-OT: Northeast drought....

[buddybikes]

Fortunately for the trees and plants, our growing season was plentiful with rain. If damn people would not light matches we'd be ok till Mother Nature gives us some needed rain. One house was partially burnt, the dummy had outdoor fire pit running to "enjoy".

1/4 inch coming, think some people will be out doing rain dance for this little storm to stick around bit longer

[45K10]

My local spot to MTB, Lynn Woods in Mass is burning right now. 302 acres so far and it's still going. So depressing...

[glepore]

Originally Posted by Spaghetti Legs

Here in Virginia we had sprinkles or full on rain pretty much every day in September and none at all in October. A 5 minute shower last weekend but that’s all. Oddly it hasn’t seemed that dry otherwise and creeks, etc, are still flowing.

Its funny, I live just a few miles northwest of the esteemed Mr Legs, and we had zero rain for almost all of August through Helene, when we had 6 in or so of rain over several days, and then zilch since. My home is situated about a mile from the Blue Ridge and just north of a large foothill, and the combo seems to direct the weather in odd ways.

Parts of Va have been in extreme drought all summer. We cleared a couple acres to bring our horses home and have really been struggling to start pasture grass-bad timing. Groundwater is fine, due to a wet spring and the hurricane, but soil surface moisture is non existent.

Another oddity, we've not had a killing frost yet, and its a good month later than average. I still have tropicals in containers out, although it looks like they'll need to come in by Tues night finally.

[benb]

Originally Posted by BdaGhisallo

What does that amount of water cost you, out of curiosity?

$720 IIRC for half a year. That’s just for the water for the yard. The water for the house is more expensive. (We got a 2nd meter)

We have a base rate plus penalty rate for using too much. Then a sewer fee. Irrigation meters always pay the penalty rate but no sewer charge.

We have lots of water here and no use restrictions but the rates are expensive for the US. Ironically many desert regions in the US have lower rates despite facing dire shortages in the future.

I think our total bill for the year is more like $2500.

[45K10]

Originally Posted by benb

$720 IIRC for half a year. That’s just for the water for the yard. The water for the house is more expensive. (We got a 2nd meter)

We have a base rate plus penalty rate for using too much. Then a sewer fee. Irrigation meters always pay the penalty rate but no sewer charge.

We have lots of water here and no use restrictions but the rates are expensive for the US. Ironically many desert regions in the US have lower rates despite facing dire shortages in the future.

I think our total bill for the year is more like $2500.

Yeah water bills in Massachusetts are crazy high. We lived in Vancouver BC before we move to Mass and our water bill for the year there was like $100 CaD. I think we paid around $1400 last year but we don't water the lawn and we have 8 rain barrels for our garden.

[Mr. Pink]

I'm blaming mulching mowers for a lot of issues around here. Leaves are now just turned to dust, and all of that dust is on my car.

At least you guys in the "northeast" had a reasonably wet spring and summer. It was horribly hot and dry here in Maryland early to mid summer. Had a few weeks of rain, now, no rain for five weeks.

[Hilltopperny]

We are on a drilled well that never runs out and we get rain pretty frequently. We have had some rain showers and little bits of rain here and there throughout the entire year and will have some more tonight. My spring fed well out back also always stays full.

I rode up north yesterday on hero dirt that wasn't dusty in the slightest. I could have ridden a road bike over it. Almost perfect conditions aside from the highs being in the mid 40's.

[CNY rider]

Originally Posted by Hilltopperny

We are on a drilled well that never runs out and we get rain pretty frequently. We have had some rain showers and little bits of rain here and there throughout the entire year and will have some more tonight. My spring fed well out back also always stays full.

I rode up north yesterday on hero dirt that wasn't dusty in the slightest. I could have ridden a road bike over it. Almost perfect conditions aside from the highs being in the mid 40's.

We are definitely not as dry up here as areas to our south and east have been.

We have a deep water well also and a month or two without rain makes zero difference in how much water we have. I can't imagine having a personal well or even worse a muni water system that is so dependent on weekly or monthly rainfall. Not good!

[2metalhips]

Here in Rhode Island we are a foot above normal for the year but it all fell in the first half. It's been super dry since then, there are areas on the trails in the tri state region of RI/Ma/Ct that are ALWAYS wet but are completely dry now.

[cmg]

Hit 85 today in SA. Hotter than most. Winter is going to be very short. And yet no one says climate change.

[benb]

We went up to Salem today and drove through smoke. Seemed like it had to be wildfire.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by cmg

Hit 85 today in SA. Hotter than most. Winter is going to be very short. And yet no one says climate change.

Well, no one in TX anyway...

[wc1934]

Major drought in most of MA, which has lead to active wildfires across the state.

From MA Gov:
https://www.mass.gov/news/major-drou...-massachusetts

[CNY rider]

Pleasant moderate intensity rain falling in upstate NY right now.
The wind earlier today was brisk from the south and it definitely smelled of smoke.

[Llewellyn]

The Black Summer bushfires here burnt over 17 million hectares (42m acres) but the usual suspects claimed that climate change wasn't a factor