Becks country sites of the lower 48.

[FlamingoTutu]

It is disheartening. If we had that much rain right now, the homes that made it through those fires would be in danger from mud/ash slides. I've really been gobsmacked by how green the rest of the country has been through your travels. I've also repeatedly said we'd love to take everybody else's rain (easily 60% of the trees in our neighborhood are dead or dying). Just want to make it clear, I do not mean to make light of anybody's current situation with flooding.

 

[AndriaD]

It is disheartening. If we had that much rain right now, the homes that made it through those fires would be in danger from mud/ash slides. I've really been gobsmacked by how green the rest of the country has been through your travels. I've also repeatedly said we'd love to take everybody else's rain (easily 60% of the trees in our neighborhood are dead or dying). Just want to make it clear, I do not mean to make light of anybody's current situation with flooding.

To me that's the worst thing about the west coast, the ground won't sit still! If it's not an earthquake, it's a mudslide!

We have some genuinely crappy weather, but at least the ground sits still!

Andria

 

[beckdg]

To me that's the worst thing about the west coast, the ground won't sit still! If it's not an earthquake, it's a mudslide!

We have some genuinely crappy weather, but at least the ground sits still! [emoji38]

Andria

1st...

ROFL

2nd. ..

Oh I dunno...

You're on the east coast.

Best weather in the country IMHO.

We get it all in moderation.

And usually know how to deal with it.

Tapatyped

 

[AndriaD]

1st...

ROFL

2nd. ..

Oh I dunno...

You're on the east coast.

Best weather in the country IMHO.

We get it all in moderation.

And usually know how to deal with it.

Tapatyped

I really hate Atlanta's weather; we get about 3 months of fall, winter, spring, which can include: tornadoes, freezing rain (ice storms!), endless rain that just won't stop (like the last 10 days)... then we get about 9 months of absolute HELL, heat, humidity that feels like trying to breathe a sponge, more tornadoes, lightening, hail, and sometimes drought. Just horrible weather here.

Michigan was nice; I didn't even mind the snow; down in the lower part of the state, the snow isn't really that bad. Summer in MI is WONDERFUL, only maybe 2 wks of really hot/humid weather.

Andria

 

[FlamingoTutu]

I really hate Atlanta's weather; we get about 3 months of fall, winter, spring, which can include: tornadoes, freezing rain (ice storms!), endless rain that just won't stop (like the last 10 days)... then we get about 9 months of absolute HELL, heat, humidity that feels like trying to breathe a sponge, more tornadoes, lightening, hail, and sometimes drought. Just horrible weather here.

Michigan was nice; I didn't even mind the snow; down in the lower part of the state, the snow isn't really that bad. Summer in MI is WONDERFUL, only maybe 2 wks of really hot/humid weather.

Andria

And you say you hate California's weather? Low humidity, very rare flooding (but anything that is burnt isn't going to do well with rain), no hurricanes or tornadoes. In the last 25 years I've felt two or three small earthquakes. The meteor was more scary since I was looking out the window when the shock wave hit. Usually only get one good snow a year of 6"-8". That almost always melts completely within days to a week. We're at 3,000 feet so won't get hit by a megatsunami either. We're just in the bulls eye of a devastating drought right now.

 

[AndriaD]

And you say you hate California's weather? Low humidity, very rare flooding (but anything that is burnt isn't going to do well with rain), no hurricanes or tornadoes. In the last 25 years I've felt two or three small earthquakes. The meteor was more scary since I was looking out the window when the shock wave hit. Usually only get one good snow a year of 6"-8". That almost always melts completely within days to a week. We're at 3,000 feet so won't get hit by a megatsunami either. We're just in the bulls eye of a devastating drought right now.

Northern CA, far enough inland from the San Andreas, I probably would like. It's that "moving earth" thing that gives me the willies -- earthquakes are just flat out terrifying, and mudslides... ugh. Couldn't deal with that at all.

But yeah... a lot of places have MUCH!!! better weather than ATL. Oh, one thing I forgot to mention... the season of "green snow" -- about a month, mid-Mar to mid-Apr, where EVERYTHING outdoors is just covered in yellow-green pollen, just heaps of the stuff. I'm not allergic to that tree pollen, but the dust of it in the air plays hell with my asthma. All the flowering trees are gorgeous, but the pollen from them... bleah!

Ice storms are pretty much a regular feature around here; Feb-Mar, we get the warm rain up from the gulf, and if that coincides with an "Alberta clipper" frigid weather system, then all that warm rain freezes solid on everything -- and N. GA is the "piney woods" -- pine is soft and when it freezes, fudgeddaboutit, it's going DOWN... it will sound like a firecracker storm, during one of those, and only if you're really lucky do you miss having some frozen pine fall on your power lines.

Andria

 

[FlamingoTutu]

We get those big choking clouds of tree pollen too. Really glad I'm not allergic to it. You get drifts of it on the car, deer, dog, everything. PITA when you get caught in a wind gust of that stuff, lol.

 

[beckdg]

New Boston, TX
I 30 WB

Tapatyped

 

[FlamingoTutu]

Woohoo, on the road again! And not to mention out of the rain. Happy (safe) trails and looking forward to this. BTW, Your strata photos haven't gone unnoticed. Great, interesting photos. Much appreciated. Safe trip.

 

[beckdg]

Bowie, TX
US 287 NB

Tapatyped

 

[beckdg]

Andria;

Per that moving ground concern.

Dunno what state yet.
But I 95 is closed this morning between mile marker 86 and mile marker 160...

BECAUSE IT WASHED AWAY.

[emoji38]

Tapatyped

 

[beckdg]

Datsalottafreight

Tapatyped

 

[Rossum]

South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, SC (FOX Carolina) -

The South Carolina Department of Transportation said a significant portion of Interstate 95 was closed Sunday afternoon.

SCDOT said a 70-mile section of I-95 was closed between the I-20 and I-26 interchanges. The decision to close the roadway was made after flooding over the weekend.

Read more: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/30...-of-i-95-closed-due-to-flooding#ixzz3nhg7NG6c

 

[AndriaD]

Andria;

Per that moving ground concern.

Dunno what state yet.
But I 95 is closed this morning between mile marker 86 and mile marker 160...

BECAUSE IT WASHED AWAY.

[emoji38]

Tapatyped

Heh... Where is that? TX? Since your last pics were in TX...

Just be glad you're NOWHERE NEAR South Carolina... you'd need a boat.

Andria

 

[Rossum]

Boat? Look at what you can do with a semi!

 

[AndriaD]

Heh... Here's some pics -- the first one, mainly because I've been to this place, in fact I have some great pics when it WASN'T underwater... But they're right at Charleston harbor, across the street from the seawall (which is UP TO the wall and slopping over!) so it's not that surprising with a storm surge:

But this one -- Columbia, SC, so they're NOWHERE NEAR the ocean:

Andria

 

[beckdg]

Clarendon, TX
US 287 NB

High and dry
For now

Tapatyped

 

[AndriaD]

OMG!! Alert the press!! The sun just came out!!!

Andria

 

[FlamingoTutu]

You need a truck like this one for those big puddles.

OMG!! Alert the press!! The sun just came out!!!

Andria

 

[AndriaD]

Here's another pic that just flabbergasts me... they say that Columbia, SC got 11.5 inches of rain Oct 3-4; I don't understand how 11.5 inches of rain causes this...

Andria