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Tropicallvr
06-10-2008, 08:22 PM
One week ago-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/Musaaurticana3.jpg
This morning after 3.5 hours of snow, and hasn't stopped for a minute.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/WINTERINSUMMER002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/WINTERINSUMMER.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/WINTERINSUMMER001.jpg
Tree's don't seem to handle this wet stuff, especially after the last couple weeks of rain.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/WINTERINSUMMER004.jpg
Hope you guys in the east survive that heat wave. I'm getting the cross country ski's back out tommorrow since it's not supposed to stop snowing for another couple of days, and gonna get down to the 20's tonight!

Taylor
06-10-2008, 08:30 PM
On the topic, I'd rather be having the heat and smoke problems that we are having than that mess right there. Smoke is bad right now from NC forest fires, but I bet Carolina (the member) is getting it worse than I... and months of smoldering has been predicted, as it is only 20% contained (Great!) :eek:

Hope it all clears up for you Kyle. (After you get a good day of skiing!) How often is your last snow of the season normally?

Lagniappe
06-10-2008, 08:34 PM
That's nuts !
Thanks for sharing that Kyle. :coldbanana:

Tropicallvr
06-10-2008, 08:54 PM
How often is your last snow of the season normally?

Usually the last snow is in april or early may(but more of a last gasp, than like this), but this year it's been cold and rainy in may.
I've had family living in this area for the last 28 years, and the latest it's snowed in memory was June 7th about 11 years ago, and that was just a little dump, that didn't pile up or last. This is something else, and if it keeps this up it won't melt for quite a while(or heat up). This has been right up there with some of most snow in the shortest amount of time all year(winter season).

natedogg1026
06-10-2008, 10:39 PM
Uhh. That sucks Kyle. Haven't seen any of that stuff in a while. Hope it melts off quick so you can get those nana's out. I'll be sendin the lili one's out in full sun this weekend. :flouenaner: Did you have any Basjoo that you wintered outside? If so, how are they handeling this?-Nate

Tropicallvr
06-10-2008, 11:07 PM
At this point I don't care I just want enough to go sking, after that if it gets hot we'll have floods big time.

I only have one large basjoo in the ground. It hasn't gotten down to 30F since I planted it about 3 weeks ago, but the basjoo is gonna get fried tonight even though it is sheltered by the roof line.

stumpy4700
06-10-2008, 11:13 PM
WOW, why I would love to throw a snowball right now I'm frozen with fear for that naner. Hope he can snuggle up to the fireplace and have some hot chocolate.:gif_esqui:santananer::coldbanana:

Whatever
06-10-2008, 11:40 PM
that really stinks. At least you get to go skiing!

Greenie
06-10-2008, 11:42 PM
Wow!

Richard
06-11-2008, 01:19 AM
Last week it snowed in the Sierras and closed Tioga Pass road for a few days. At some locations snow can happen ... anytime!

dablo93
06-11-2008, 09:56 AM
wow.. snow in the summer!
our last snow was beginning of april, but when it touched the ground, it melted already.

mskitty38583
06-11-2008, 11:30 AM
hopefully your basjoo will be ok! i like to see snow in pics, but i hate to be in it. i dont like the cold. be careful going skiing.

chong
06-11-2008, 01:05 PM
wow.. snow in the summer!
our last snow was beginning of april, but when it touched the ground, it melted already.

But this is all because of global warming, you know!

Kylie2x
06-11-2008, 01:47 PM
OMG!!! That is soooo Beautiful!! SORRY!
It is Hotter than He!! here and the wind is blowing 25mph....I have already watered twice...
I hope you have a wonderful time out back.. I will be thinking of you while I am out sweating my BA off ..LOL Be safe and I hope the Basjoo will be fine...Great pics thanks!! Is that you in the last pic???
Kylie

Tropicallvr
06-11-2008, 01:58 PM
Nope that's not me, i was taking the pic.
"But this is all because of global warming, you know!"
This has happened before, but there have been so many records set in the US in recent years it's makes you wonder.

Kylie2x
06-11-2008, 02:07 PM
We broke 6 records just in the past week and a half with the higest Lows at night ever...Crazy Weather.... I'm just praying for rain!!!! We came in 3+" behind for May and haven't had any this month..

D_&_T
06-11-2008, 02:14 PM
And we a drowning up here especially in central and southern Indiana.

chong
06-11-2008, 02:27 PM
Nope that's not me, i was taking the pic.
"But this is all because of global warming, you know!"
This has happened before, but there have been so many records set in the US in recent years it's makes you wonder.

Kyle,
Where are you located, again?

Except for a 75°F, 95°F, 85°F on Thur, Fri, and Sat 4 weeks ago, we are literally also back in our winter weather here in the Seattle area. Mornings are in the low 40°Fs, and highs in the mid 50s to 60s. And lots of RAIN!!!!!! forecast over the next 3 weeks.

damaclese
06-11-2008, 07:53 PM
yesterday day it was 104 and to day its 91 are Werther is all )(*&&%^ up too two weeks ago we had 107 then three days of low 80s i don't mind the heat but my garden cant take such wailed extremes i have to go out and spray down the back yard just to keep the plants from burning up iv had to put shade cloth on normally full sun loving plants so Chong i agree Global warming!
by the way i found those pics vary inspiring and some of the best to come along in a wail really beautifully thanks for sharing them

mskitty38583
06-11-2008, 10:51 PM
it has been beautiful here. 80*-90* daytime...70*-80* here at night. we have started having thunderstorms here during the day( just like in fl) but we have only got a little rain. we are suppossed to have more rain tonight. hopefully kylie yall will get rain soon, and hopefully d&t you guys will dry out soon. global warming????? TROPICAL TENNESSEE..... LOL!:blueskirtnaner:

Tropicallvr
06-12-2008, 04:39 PM
I'm in Western Montana, about 70 miles north of Missoula.

Nice hot day today(low 70's) the snows melting quick, and alot of the decidous trees are bent over now.


Kyle,
Where are you located, again?

Except for a 75°F, 95°F, 85°F on Thur, Fri, and Sat 4 weeks ago, we are literally also back in our winter weather here in the Seattle area. Mornings are in the low 40°Fs, and highs in the mid 50s to 60s. And lots of RAIN!!!!!! forecast over the next 3 weeks.

chong
06-12-2008, 05:29 PM
I'm in Western Montana, about 70 miles north of Missoula.

Nice hot day today(low 70's) the snows melting quick, and alot of the decidous trees are bent over now.

Thanks, Kyle,
That's a very beautiful country there in Kalispell and Whitefish. I had the pleasure of traveling through there several times from the Kalispell airport to Blackfoot, just east of Browning on the reservation for project inspections. I remember coming back one time through the Sunset Highway and I didn't know that that was the national park and you had to pay to get in. Fortunately, the park ranger let me though without paying after seeing that I was wearing a suit and no camping gear.

Also, one mid-May, I drove through there and at one of the bends on the road near a waterfall, the spray from the falls was falling on the car's windshield like hail. That's how cold it was then, and it was mid afternoon with full sun.

The wind was blowing hard on the lake that it was forming surf-like waves that were odd shaped. I can see where they got the idea that there is a Loch Ness monster-like creature in that lake.

Oh! and there were still patches of snow on the grazing fields then, too.

Tropicallvr
06-12-2008, 05:55 PM
I like your descriptions. I've been to Browning a few times, really windy spot.
Glacier park is definatly the best place to visit in Montana, besides maybe the hot springs that are here and there. Did you drive on the "going to the sun" road?
I found these pictures, they aren't mine, but Glacier park is really a magical and breath taking place.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/att_image003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/weepwal.jpg
Maybe that's the waterfall?

chong
06-12-2008, 06:42 PM
I like your descriptions. I've been to Browning a few times, really windy spot.
Glacier park is definatly the best place to visit in Montana, besides maybe the hot springs that are here and there. Did you drive on the "going to the sun" road?
I found these pictures, they aren't mine, but Glacier park is really a magical and breath taking place.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/att_image003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/weepwal.jpg
Maybe that's the waterfall?

Yes, "Going to the Sun Road" was it! And I stayed at the Glacier Park Hotel, where the sewer and water pipes are visible above your room. The big solid Ponderosa pine posts they have as the building's main supports were very impressive. In my travels throughout the West Coast, I have not seen any pine anywhere near the size of those tree trunks. And I remember having breakfast at the hotel back porch where I could se the mountains as a backdrop like the ones in your picture. And also the golf course. I have pictures of the place, only they're buried in my files somewhere "safe". So safe that I can't find them. LOL.

And that's the waterfall next to the road. So, so, pretty!!! And to the right as you exit from the airport in Kalispell, there is an Italian restaurant that serves a mean pizza! The dough is awesome!

Oh! and the weather we're having here in Seattle? A co-worker has just named a "new" month - the month of "Juneuary"!

Tropicallvr
06-12-2008, 07:31 PM
Yeah they like doing these massive ponderosa pine supports here on all the buildings now- Grocery stores, government buildings, and even some gas stations, lol.
We have been having some of your "juneuary"(lol), but today it's turned the corner hopefully.
I think the Italian place was called Roccos, but it burnt up a bit, so now there's not a single Italian food place here in Kalispell. That's one thing about this area, lot's of good restaraunts, and when something new opens people pack the place, but if it sucks it goes away. Another thing is the people seem more friendly here than most places I've been, but less so in Browning, but I might not be either if I was on the "res".

mskitty38583
06-13-2008, 11:19 AM
love the pics they are beautiful!!!!!

Mason
06-13-2008, 11:32 AM
One week ago-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/Musaaurticana3.jpg
This morning after 3.5 hours of snow, and hasn't stopped for a minute.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/WINTERINSUMMER002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/WINTERINSUMMER.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/WINTERINSUMMER001.jpg
Tree's don't seem to handle this wet stuff, especially after the last couple weeks of rain.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Tropicallvr/WINTERINSUMMER004.jpg
Hope you guys in the east survive that heat wave. I'm getting the cross country ski's back out tommorrow since it's not supposed to stop snowing for another couple of days, and gonna get down to the 20's tonight!

Wow! Where do you live where it snows in June?

Tropicallvr
06-13-2008, 11:47 AM
Flathead County, NW Montana.