Pete J. Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) Holy gusts Batman! 93 degrees in SoCal today and 20 mph winds gusting to 40 with some remote parts of the county getting 100mph gusts. Tractor trailers flopping over like narcoleptic goats! Suppose to be three days of this stuff and then back to the 60s and 70's. The Santa Anna's are just crazy! I just hope some loony toons doesn't decide it would be fun to light something on fire! Edited May 2, 2014 by Pete J.
Joe Handley Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 We're getting rain, according to one of the news stations, we're also in for 7 more days of it......
High octane Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 Sure beats snow Joe............................................
Joe Handley Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 Sure beats snow Joe............................................ Talking to the R/C Airplane guys, they're just as sick of this rain/wind/cold as they were of the snow and cold.............these guys just want to get out and fly!
BirdWatcher Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 It's like a comedy. I walk out, it's sunny. I run back in to get something to paint, come back outside and it's windy and overcast. And that was the third time I tried. Ha!
Agent G Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 It's been so windy in Vegas I saw a flying monkey by Bellagio. I wasn't sure if it was a new Cirque du Soliel show or my ex was in town. G
Danno Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) :lol: Honest mistake. Edited May 2, 2014 by Danno
disabled modeler Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 Id be happy if it would just get and keep above the mid 60s here.
Pete J. Posted May 2, 2014 Author Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) I know that they don't sound too bad, but the last time we had wild fires blow through town, the damage they did was phenomenal. This was in 2007. We had similar conditions. Very dry winter, temps in the high 80's and a 30+ dry Santa Anna blowing out of the east(desert). It burned 50 miles into San Diego. The fire plus the wind were a blow torch. When it got into town, it was so hot that there were streams of aluminum flowing down the gutter from the fire melting the rims and other aluminum parts off of cars. After it burned through a block of houses the only thing left was ash, a foundation and chimney if it was brick or concrete. We were lucky that the wind switched to an onshore flow just after it jumped the 15 freeway or it would have burned to the coast and likely take over half of the town with it. When the new shows these fires, you generally see some brush burning up a hill side. That is just what they can film because of the smoke. This is as scary to us as a hurricane is on the east coast. Edited May 5, 2014 by Pete J.
Agent G Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 Oh heck yeah. Hot, dry and windy are the conditions that big fires love. One year after the big Carpenter 1 fire north of town, people here are finally realizing what a danger fire poses. They didn't understand that just because we aren't surrounded by trees doesn't mean that fire wouldn't march right across the valley. G
Quick GMC Posted May 5, 2014 Posted May 5, 2014 I was in vegas all week last week. It was nice compared to Palm Springs. 100 degrees and 40MPH. It doesn't seem to be letting up any time soon.
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