Is America Frying?

Flint • Jun 1, 2007 2:17 pm
Is America Dying?
Griff • Jun 1, 2007 2:35 pm
I think you meant "flying", you no good racist.
SteveDallas • Jun 1, 2007 2:36 pm
Yes.

Fried chicken, fried snickers bars, fried twinkies . . .
lumberjim • Jun 1, 2007 2:37 pm
Griff;349688 wrote:
I think you meant "flying", you no good racist.

That's fLying, you plick!
Shawnee123 • Jun 1, 2007 2:39 pm
It's almost 90 degrees with very high humidity. It hasn't rained here in forever (though it seems to have rained in all the neighboring towns) so yes, I would say this little burg in America is frying.


It never got this hot in Brooklyn.
This is like Africa hot.
Man it's hot. Africa hot. Tarzan couldn't take this kind of hot.

--Biloxi Blues
bluecuracao • Jun 1, 2007 7:11 pm
This city I'm in was frying, and is now steaming. Eww.
freshnesschronic • Jun 1, 2007 7:21 pm
What's with the picture, how does that represent frying?
Beestie • Jun 1, 2007 7:28 pm
That's Flint's brain on... the sidewalk.
zippyt • Jun 1, 2007 10:04 pm
Not to bad in this part of the world , a denium sirts is just starting to get heavy during the day , so its TShirt weather ,
Our Inflato pool is at about 83f and doesnt seem to want to heat up YET .
oh and a dew rag under the hard hat is ALL ways in order , just got to break out the thinner summer ones , no big !!


Oh and Flint , avoid the Brown Blotter !!!
Shawnee123 • Jun 2, 2007 10:55 am
Hasn't rained in a month. Went to a catholic church festival yesterday evening to watch my ex husband play in a very popular local band. As soon as I pulled up to park, it's starts pelting rain. And it didn't stop. I was soaked, but had a good time. Drank lots of draft beer and saw some peeps I haven't seen in a long time.

Puh, that's Ohio for ya.
HungLikeJesus • Jun 2, 2007 11:42 am
I woke up this morning and could hear the heat running. There was ice on the skylight. Right now (9:40 AM) it's 46 degrees.
TheMercenary • Jun 3, 2007 10:59 am
HLJ;350074 wrote:
I woke up this morning and could hear the heat running. There was ice on the skylight. Right now (9:40 AM) it's 46 degrees.


The tropical storm is all but gone, skys are clearing but it is still windy with some significant gusts, expected high will be 86 today. May have to run to the beach and see what the ocean kicked up. Now things may resume the regularly scheduled frying.
HungLikeJesus • Jun 3, 2007 11:16 am
TM - are there fires burning near you? I haven't kept up with the fire situation for a few months.
TheMercenary • Jun 3, 2007 11:28 am
HLJ;350355 wrote:
TM - are there fires burning near you? I haven't kept up with the fire situation for a few months.
Yes, unfortunately. We have a 700 acre fire about 20 miles from our house. Small compared to the big ones. The larger fires, in the south by the Swamp, are large enough that smoke is visable and in the air at our place, 2.5 hours away, and in Atlanta, 4.5 hours from the fires. You can see them on Sat maps:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14218

Hopefully the storm took care of most of them. Somehow, from what I know about these big forest fires, I doubt it.:(
HungLikeJesus • Jun 3, 2007 11:36 am
By "the Swamp" I assume you mean Florida?

The larger fires will create their own weather systems, due to the heat and the winds and the amount of moisture that they put in the air.
TheMercenary • Jun 3, 2007 11:51 am
HLJ;350364 wrote:
By "the Swamp" I assume you mean Florida?

The larger fires will create their own weather systems, due to the heat and the winds and the amount of moisture that they put in the air.


Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp
lumberjim • Jun 3, 2007 1:13 pm
the fire has been burning for a month and a half?

“In the long term, the burning of the swamp will ultimately benefit the swamp wilderness habitat, which is a fire-dependent ecosystem,” said a press release issued from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on May 4. Such ecosystems require fire to remain healthy. In the case of southern pine forests, many pine species need fire to remove litter from the ground and release soil nutrients so that new seedlings can grow.
huh
Image

You can download a 28.5-meter-resolution KMZ file of the Sweat Farm Road Fire for use with Google Earth.
kerosene • Jun 4, 2007 12:47 am
When we were in Florida three weeks ago, the haze was pretty much everywhere. I am sure it didn't start then.
HungLikeJesus • Jun 8, 2007 3:38 pm
It was 22°F when I got up this morning. Winter is on the way!
Shawnee123 • Jun 8, 2007 3:41 pm
HLJ;352482 wrote:
It was 22°F when I got up this morning. Winter is on the way!


WHAT? Hush! Where do you live, HLJ?
HungLikeJesus • Jun 8, 2007 3:49 pm
Don't spread this around (private information):
[COLOR=Silver] I'm about 20 miles west of Denver, at an altitude of 7,800 feet.[/COLOR]
Shawnee123 • Jun 8, 2007 3:55 pm
So you CAN see my house from up there! lol
rkzenrage • Jun 8, 2007 4:48 pm
Went to my son's swimming class graduation today... damn hot.