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Hallo! =) Der Winter ist kalt. Lol. FTW! Ich muss dann nicht so schwitzen. Dann ist es kühl und ich kann einen Schneemann bauen. =D
Winter in San Diego? *confused* Wie kalt?

Its 77 degrees here.

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I think I'm living in hell...High of 111 degrees today...I can't wait to move up to Silicon Valley where it rarely gets above 90.

Just checked the weather in Santa Clara, where I'll be moving to in a month for college. Absolutely PERFECT weather for bananas! :)

Weather Forecast Santa Clara, CA | Santa Clara Weather | Wunderground

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Its raining.. so no watering for me today.. lol (My water bill has gone down since I started watering my nanners heavily) I'll be feeding them later.. :^)

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heavy thunderstorms forecast for the Charlotte area around lunch today. Much less humid tomorrow with a 90 high!

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Man its really Hot (100F in the shade).. and my nanners are liking it, especially the one's getting misted.... :^)

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69F at sunrise but will heat up to over 100F again today for the seventh consecutive day. The past three summers have been relatively cool but this is a warm one.

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....still...H O T....

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For us it now a tropical storm heading for the gulf of Mexico and at the moment pointing towards NW Florida and nearby Alabama. It still may go elsewhere and we will have to wait to see after it gets past cuba for more precise determinations. For me highwinds could damage my fruit trees and I will have to prune them to keep them from blowing down.

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Well - good luck and stay safe. It has just been passing us last night and today about 150 miles away, and although it is BIG, it is kinda wimpy and never made the projected hurricane .- we didn't even need to bring in the patio furniture. Having said that - the wind is getting up a bit now that we are in the NE quadrant and we will probably get a bit more rain. The kids are out surfing!

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They have just updated the forcasts for TS Isaac, and storm watches are in place for Jamaica and Cuba as they now expect the track to go more west than northwest, so possibly the New Orleans area again!

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It might be a wimpy storm, but I have several hundred maybe even thousands of platanos on the ground. A lot of rain and a little wind is not a great combo. This is a good time to think of some new experiments, I have an ample supply of large p-stems and standing them back up is not an option.

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Its raining here.. alright.. :^)

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Sorry to hear about your losses Keith - sometimes the lie of the land channels the wind where you don't want it, and compared to a hurricane, this was not bad. We have had a very windy afternoon but my Sabas are still upright with huge bunches on them - whether they will last the night, I don't know. We have the mountains at our back which helps. Which side of PR are you - N,S,E or W? We are on the north coast of the DR.

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Thanks Cassie,
I'm on the top of a mountain on the SE coast with a beautful ocean view, so I accept the bad with the good. I go into hurricane season expecting a 100 % loss, so anything less than a complete loss is a windfall.
Another good thing about ARH is you can haverst at the 40 day mark if needed, 20-24 oz fruit are still respectable.
The mountains to your south are also very beautiful and a good place to find amber. I think you are in Sosua.

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We are down the coast to the east from Sosua and yes - we can pick up amber from the beach which is down the road! And our Sabas are good to use if the wind blows them down - I had been thinking of cutting them down anyway. Keep in touch neighbour!:waving:

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I never considered finding amber at the beach, the rivers can bring it from the mountains to the ocean. Amber being fairly light should easily wash up on the shore. How is the quality of the amber affected by the ocean or the sand ?

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Amber floats but our beach is some way from a river mouth, so we only get small pieces. I don't know if the quality is affected by being in the sea as I really don't care for it enough to have found out. I know that a lot is mined here but isn't most of the Baltic amber found washed up on the beach?

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8.5" of rain...WOW everything is flooded except for my bananas.

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I dont know how much rain we had .. Just know it was a lot and plenty of wind . Not so bad got plenty of torn leaves . Before this storm was on its way I had tied my tall plants to the fence and house . So they did pretty good I guess.. Still we get rain every hour or so. By tomorrow it will stop.

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I spoke too soon, there are a few that are under water at the house, but the main farm is not flooded.