that my engineers went on strike and I can’t run the railroad. The glue holding the ballast has melted…ok, it is only 94 but that’s hot for us.
Wayne
94??? Thats nothing, up here in Ontario we see 100 or more but thats after the snow melts.[:X]
Here in the dessicated desert, our first real spring day (first triple digit, that is) is expected this weekend. As for snow, I think that’s what they call that white stuff I see on Mount Charleston…[swg]
I recall an Air Force buddy who told me, “I left my heart in San Francisco - and moved to Oakland.” He was referring to the, “59 and foggy,” June forecasts.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
I’ll take a little of your heat. It’s only getting into the 60’s here and it’s rained almost every day for the couple weeks. I planted a big garden 3 weeks ago and hardly anything germinated. Green beans didn’t even come up!![banghead]
At least it’s been comfortable in the train building instead of 110 degrees like last summer.
Wayne–
I hear you loud and clear. I live about 90 miles east of you and it’s 103 here in Carmichael. Generally when we have our Central Valley heat waves, it’s supposed to cool the Coast down like crazy because it draws the fog in off the ocean, but this high pressure ridge takes in the entire West Coast for about the next three days, so be warned. Darned thing extends from Hawaii all the way up to British Columbia. Your ballast is melting and my Realistic Water is turning into just THAT from the heat, LOL!
Tom [:-^]
I know what you mean. BTW: my brother lives in Lincoln and visits the same Hobby Shop you do in Roseville–he loves it. I’ve been there twice and it is better than anything we have down here.
Wayne
Our first triple-digit day was last week here in the central valley! Snow? Its white you say… is it related to plaster?[(-D]
Oh shut up, ya panzy! …It’s 101 down here …[(-D]
My sixty-year experience of living in California is that temperature is very variable in May. One day it can be freezing and a couple of days later the temp is in the three digits. One late May I took a trip to Shasta Lake where the elevation is only 1000 feet. It was snowing. After a couple of days, it was 103 degrees.
San Franciscans and other residents living alongside the Bay and ocean aren’t used to the heat. They usually enjoy nature’s air conditioning caused the Big Valley’s heat creating a low pressure system sucking in air coming off the cool Humboldt current. On a normal summer day, it can be 60 degrees in San Francisco, and 90 degrees 25 miles east on the inland side of the hills. While most inlanders have air conditioning and face many days of high heat outdoors, San Franciscans and their like often don’t. Thus, we have today’s whining from those on the other side of the hills.
Mark
Around here in Jersey it can be whatever it feels like, great for allergies and sickness. What it’s not anymore is normal.
Wayne–
Yes, Mike and his crew at Railroad Hobbies run a great store. I’m pretty much a regular over there, if I’m not at Bruce’s in Sacramento. We’re lucky here in the SacTown area, TWO really great model train stores within about 15 miles of each other with really great, helpful people.
BTW, you’re supposed to cool down to 84 tomorrow, according to KCRA Channel 3 here in Sacto. We’re supposed to warm UP! Time to turn on every fan I own in the garage, LOL! Gotta keep that track from expanding too much. But help is on the way, it’s supposed to cool into the 80’s up here by Monday, so that means you’ll be back to normal.
Keep the Faith, friend.
Tom [:)]
LOL here…[(-D]
But we don’t even have AC here…[:)]
Aw, C’mon, when ISN’T it, LOL? At least everytime I go down there!
OOPS, here we go, Northern and Southern California again–separate states within the state and all–sorry about that–[:I]
Tom [sigh]
The high here was 65 last week, so more May madness at work.
BTW. no A/C here either…[:O]
Here in the Midwest we have had one of the coolest springs on record. When are we going to get that global warming Al Gore keeps promising?
When in SF a few summers ago, it was chilly and rainy and foggy. But I got to do some railfanning and riding on some good traction stuff.
You say Jersey was normal at one time? I’m wondering just who are people to tell nature what it is and isn’t to do? Wasn’t the jet stream only discovered by people a little over 50 years ago? Yes today was warm for us here too but we still have 30 or more feet of snow below the 5,000 foot mark.
Did you notice that, when Al shut up and stopped generating hot air, Tennessee started having record cold?
Chuck (ex-Tennesseean modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
It gets to 120 here in july![xx(] Great for 4th of July- who needs the stupid grill? Put the burgers on the car!
Cool! NOW I know where to head for the 4th of July barbecue, just 18 miles west, LOL! One question though–is the beer still cold?
Tom [:P]