To Heck with a flowerbed, I need a couch!

[peteyfoozer]

I know they used to have a rain dance....if we go backwards and moon-walk, will the bad weather go away?:rose

 

[thistlebloom]

So you didn't think to bring some sun and heat back with you?? You're slipping Heather!

 

[desertcat]

I'd almost trade your snow for my 100 degrees yesterday. A little ways south of here, they had the "joy" of hitting 110 yesterday! Today we have a "cold front" coming through that should drop us down into the low 90's.

 

[digitS']

It is the heat there, that is causing so much trouble here.

The surface heat builds big pillows of air above it. Air moves but doesn't move away quickly. Meanwhile, air movement above the ocean begins coming on-shore. Instead of the ocean air going some place where it could bring cooling and rain, it kind of careens around usually heading north.

The Pacific Northwest can't warm up and the middle of the continent (especially to the south) cannot cool down! Sometimes, fairly serious storms occur where all this cool air and all that over-heated air meet.

Much of the US had a really warm winter. Meanwhile, Alaska was tragically cold and stormy.

Steve

 

[momofdrew]

there is one sure thing....You CANNOT change the weather...you CAN work around it...I have used the water wells to grow plants that dont like our shorter season... you can use milk bottles/water bottles with water in them to surround the plant and that will act the same as the well does...it raises the ground temp at least a 1/2 zone...so if you are in zone 4 using the wells or bottles you can raise the zone

 

[ducks4you]

Nobody is saying it, but WE are in a moderate drought. I see a silver lining--hardly ANY mosquitoes!!
On the other hand, I'm watering almost 6 days/week.