Subj : Re: Stormy To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Oct 29 2019 00:55:02 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 16-Oct-2019 17:28 <=- 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... :) BM> Yes, plus how the person responds to the heat. Some are fine, some BM> like me sweat like crazy! Or, worse, don't sweat easily and then overheat badly.... But others are cold even when most people are dying of the heat.... ;0 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. BM> And a slight update to a previous message in this packet: there are a BM> few small patches of reddish leaves but at this point insufficent to BM> verify is actually the Burning Bush or just the Fall transition. Progress.... by now maybe things have progressed enough to tell...? 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 pretty NB>> much at peak... very pretty... :) But a bit more dull than some NB>> years, not as brilliant colors, just a bit more subdued... BM> According to one source this area is about ready for peak colours and BM> should be past-peak a few days into November. Still looks relatively BM> green out there to me, but as I said in an earlier message do see a BM> lighter green. Suddenly, things are changing here at home, and I'd say we are getting to peak... again, not as brilliant colors as some years, but reds and yellows most everywhere now... and lots of leaves on cars and roads and yards and all... :) When we went up to the Pond to close up, most of the trees had dropped their leaves there, but up in Canada, things were more at peak, maybe just a little past... 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... :) BM> Yes, and then even with Real Time will be dark at 5 p.m.! Waiting so long to get back to Real Time, the earlier dark is more pronounced.... 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.... BM> Plus an over 25ø temperature change, though part of that could well be BM> the time of day the data was collected; we have 20-25ø differences BM> from morning to mid-afternoon. That would be my guess... :) ttyl neb .... Sow your oats on Saturday night And on Sunday pray for crop failure. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .