Mother Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 TMC, Are hysterical, am hysterical, get hysterical,,, Yep, all that could fit me. LOL. Annarchy, I like your version of the rain dance better than mine. I can't show you mine, I can't find an emoticon of a fat lady in an electric wheel chair with feathers stuck in her hair doing 'wheelies' in the drive..... BUT, Cat, you and Jori have to admit IT WORKED!!!!!! (Maybe if I could have kept it up more than two minutes the rain might have lasted longer ) Seriously, we didn't get a lot of rain but every little bit helps. If we don't get some decent rain this next couple of weeks on drought stricken areas were all going to suffer much higher prices than they already are. Our weather report calls for mid to upper nineties for the next two weeks with only a few slight chances of rain and that hit or miss. Annarchy, I thought the earth always WAS tilted, is it more so now? Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Oh Mother, the mental image..... Annarchy, I thought the earth always WAS tilted, is it more so now? NASA ~ Japan Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days, Moved Axis Axis tilt of Earth Earth's Axis Tilt Quote Link to comment
Mother Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Well now, --- Gross said the changes in Earth's rotation and figure axis caused by earthquakes should not have any impacts on our daily lives. "These changes in Earth's rotation are perfectly natural and happen all the time," he said. "People shouldn't worry about them." --- They tell us the earth's wobbling a bit but at the end say "Nothing to see here, move along as usual". But of course, they don't have enough data to KNOW if anything is being affected. I do wonder though, for people with chronic dizziness like myself, if we can actually feel that wobble. I always did say I was one of the few people who can feel the earth move under their feet. I've also said that I'd like the earth to stop so I can get off but maybe that's not such a good idea. Better it wobble than stop I guess. Like you, Annarchy, I wonder if it was enough to change the weather patterns. Another possibility is perhaps the number of volcano erruptions spewing ash into the atmosphere. They know that has had a weather effect for years after, historically. Then there is the astroids coming so near the earth and, of course, the end of the Mayan Calendar theory. They, whoever 'they' are, have of course ruled out the overpopulation theory I believe. It's strange that for a long time we heard vehement protests against there being any global warming and yet now that's all you hear from the mainstream media. The weather IS nasty out there and almost all over the U.S. It's nice to see some of the old posts being bumped up so we can re-learn how to cope with it. Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Wooo-hooo! Love all the rain dances. We finally got some too. It wasn't much and didn't last very long but beggars can't be choosers. Also, the earth moved when that huge earth quake/tsunami hit India in, I think, 2004. So, there has been quite a lot of movement going on just in the last decade. As Al Gore said, "The arth has a faver." My Algore impersonation was lost in the translation. Quote Link to comment
Amishway Homesteaders Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 They called for rain tonight but here I sit Dry as a bone? Had a nice 'day trip' today visiting different Amish Shops in area (120 miles). Everywhere we went they were talking about how dry it is and IF we don't get long rain soon....................... Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Interesting tid-bit. While traveling yesterday through parts of NM, we hit rain and many of the fields are planted with corn and it looks great! We even noticed that some of the fields were planted later and that corn is about knee high. We commented that they may be growing it to compensate for the losses elsewhere. Usually those fields are full of cotton this time of year. Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 They called for rain tonight but here I sit Dry as a bone? Had a nice 'day trip' today visiting different Amish Shops in area (120 miles). Everywhere we went they were talking about how dry it is and IF we don't get long rain soon....................... I went outside at 5pm yesterday to trim back the only vegetation that continues to grow despite the drought...Trumpet Vine! Anyway, I could feel the ocassional sprinkle on my arms as I worked. I worked quickly because I didn't want to be caught out in the rain. 15 minutes later I was done and so was the sprinkling. I don't think that I felt more than one sprinkle per 30 seconds. Quote Link to comment
sassenach Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 yes, I was wondering when I saw the only light-medium green radar going over your area, TMC and AH. Unless it is yellow or orange, darker radar colors, one usually cannot trust it will rain at all significantly. Alot of it just doesn't reach the ground from the lighter green colors which was the majority in that area. Quote Link to comment
out_of_the_ordinary Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 We got nearly an inch and a half of rain yesterday!! Praise God!! Quote Link to comment
Dee Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 NICE out of the ordinary!!! Quote Link to comment
sassenach Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 We gotta do this more! well , do your own version of the rain dance! Intent does help! Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I think we might have gotten some rain over Friday night because the grass is a lighter shade of brown. If so, I slept through it. Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Coming home, southern Arizona was being soaked in areas. The clouds are heading for NM and TX. Hope you all get some rain where it is needed. Quote Link to comment
Jori Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Had a few sprinkles as I was trying to weed the garden. The weeds are so bad. Quote Link to comment
Amishway Homesteaders Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Since I was up at 4am anyway did get to see some Thunder Bloomers, and then rain started in a little bit. Then another Thunder Boomer and it stopped! So I guess they called for rain today and THAT was IT? There are small puddles on the road but nothing that big. Grass is still so brown and dead we can hear it crunch as we walk on it. Quote Link to comment
Dee Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Same here AH. The clouds build, the thunder roils around the sky and it all moves on. 20% chance today but...... Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 No rain yet... Lots of lightning last night. Rain is forecasted for today...We shall see... Quote Link to comment
Amishway Homesteaders Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I think weather.com is just putting up pictures of rain to keep our hopes up that this dry weather may end. But seeing every day they post rain and we don't get it maybe they are just rolling dice to post weather each day? Was at a picnic on Sunday and someone stated that Weathermen are the only people they know that can get things wrong EVERYDAY at work and STILL have a job. Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I think weather.com is just putting up pictures of rain to keep our hopes up that this dry weather may end. But seeing every day they post rain and we don't get it maybe they are just rolling dice to post weather each day? Was at a picnic on Sunday and someone stated that Weathermen are the only people they know that can get things wrong EVERYDAY at work and STILL have a job. I think I should subscribe to your theories, Michael! They make more sense than most of the other things that I've heard, lately! Still no rain here. It was cloudy for awhile, but nothing ever came of it. Sunny skies are practically blinding me and the temperature is 88 degrees. Quote Link to comment
Dee Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Of course, when they say there's a 20% chance of rain, you have to remember there's an 80% chance it won't rain! Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I just talked to a cousin who farms in southern Indiana. She said her DH checked an ear of sweet corn and it only had 2-3 kernels of corn on it. She said the field corn looks just as bad and all dried up looking. She did day their soy beans looked pretty good though. Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 We got some rain last night and the ground was still wet this morning at 7:30 when I went outside. I just don't know how much rain we actually got, to know if it will have any real impact. Quote Link to comment
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