Subj : Stormy To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Oct 16 2019 17:28:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> No a/c here, so even if it is too hot, all we can do is wait for it to NB>>> cool down outside so that we can use that to cool off the house... :) BM>> "Here" being at The Pond, right? NB>> No, that one was at home.... the Pond has somewhat natural air NB>> conditioning, what with the woods to cool off the breeze, and having NB>> lots of windows to keep open to get the breezes... but not what we NB>> think of as air conditioners there either... BM> It can get very hot and very humid and sometimes hot and humid here, BM> so air conditioning is almost a requirement. LIS in other messages BM> there have been numerous times when there is barely a breeze outside. BM> ...And then there are those times when too much! NB> Some places, a/c is more of a requirement than other places... :) Yes, plus how the person responds to the heat. Some are fine, some like me sweat like crazy! NB>>>> Is it called Burning Bush for flowers in the spring or for red leaves NB>>>> in the fall....? Or both....? BM>>> Red leaves in the Fall. And it doesn't flower so it's generally a BM>>> shrub to give greenery along the fence. And the birds like it because BM>>> gives them protection at the nearby bird bath. And a slight update to a previous message in this packet: there are a few small patches of reddish leaves but at this point insufficent to verify is actually the Burning Bush or just the Fall transition. NB>>> If there's no flowers, then there wouldn't be any seeds.... BM>> True. And even though the nights are cool (mornings have been in the BM>> 50's and 60's this week) I haven't seen any sign of redness in the BM>> leaves yet -- is a little too early; Fall just started Monday. NB>> Driving down to NC, I found the trees in the PA mountains had turned NB>> more than we have here, possibly even more than up at the Pond NB>> (although that could have turned a lot more after I left, the week NB>> before)... some of the early ones had already turned here, though... BM> I haven't noticed any Fall colours but it does appear the green leaves BM> in the trees aren't as an intense green. Cooler in the mountains, so BM> probably why. NB> Probably... :) And now when I got to the Pond, everything is NB> pretty much at peak... very pretty... :) But a bit more dull NB> than some years, not as brilliant colors, just a bit more NB> subdued... According to one source this area is about ready for peak colours and should be past-peak a few days into November. Still looks relatively green out there to me, but as I said in an earlier message do see a lighter green. BM>>> Yes, just all of a sudden it seems to be really dark out when I get BM>>> up. Gradual change suddenly realized. NB>>> It does sneak up on one... BM>> Little by little! I was fiddling with the configuration file for BM>> ansiweather later last week mainly because it was raining and the BM>> umbrella character did not show up properly (at least to my eyes); BM>> fixed, or at least better. Did also add the sunrise and sunset times; BM>> was 7:00 and some seconds; now BM>> - Sunset => Tue. Sep. 24 2019 @ 18:56:58 BM>> so 'lost' three minutes in less than a week. NB>> It does that... BM> Definitely darker earlier! Used to be bright outside when I'd go down BM> for TV Time, now I'm shutting the blinds up here an hour or so after BM> dinner. NB> And doesn't get light as early in the morning, either... that at NB> least will be helped a little when we go back to Real Time... but NB> still not all that much... :) Yes, and then even with Real Time will be dark at 5 p.m.! BM> Also changed the display from one long line to a list format: BM> barry@NZXT:~$ ansiweather BM>> Current weather in Bettendorf => 73 øF BM>> - Wind => 11.41 mph SSW BM>> - Humidity => 56 % BM>> - Pressure => 29.91 inHg BM>> - Sunrise => Tue. Sep. 24 2019 @ 06:51:17 BM>> - Sunset => Tue. Sep. 24 2019 @ 18:56:58 NB>> Nice display.... :) BM> Thanks! And just for comparison two weeks later: BM> Current weather in Bettendorf => 46 øF BM> - Wind => 3.36 mph WSW BM> - Humidity => 87 % BM> - Pressure => 30.18 inHg BM> - Sunrise => Mon. Oct. 07 2019 @ 07:04:49 BM> - Sunset => Mon. Oct. 07 2019 @ 18:34:44 NB> That really does play up the shortening of the days... 15 minutes NB> or so from the morning, and another half-hour or so at night.... Plus an over 25ø temperature change, though part of that could well be the time of day the data was collected; we have 20-25ø differences from morning to mid-afternoon. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Violinist: A high-strung musician --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .